Engineering 1946 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index

1946 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index

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

ABERAYRON & District Electricity Supply & Power Co., Ltd., Operations of, 176*, 199*
Abercrombie, Sir P., Plan for Kingston-upon- Hull, 518
Abinger Observatory, Work of, 203, 316
Abrasive Industries Association, Standardisation of Grinding-Wheel Markings, 269

Accidents :

Accidents from Electrical. Machinery, Prevention of, 494
Electrical Accidents in Factories, Annual Report, 301
Industrial Explosions, Prevention of, 476 Locomotive Failures on Southern Railway, 414
Railway Accidents in 1945, Report, 157
Accles & Pollock, Ltd., “ Silentgrip ” Box-Spanner Wrenches, 33*
Acoustics, Theory of Sound Waves, (Review), 267
Acetylene, Production of Carbon Black from, 54, 76
—- Welding See Welding
Adam, H. D., Liner-Wear and Crankshaft Alignment Indicator, 512*. See LETTER, 568
Adams, M. H., Kearsley Power Station Extensions, 402
Addison, H., on Nile Flood of 1946, 568. See 424. See LETTER, 496
Address, Presidential. See PresitZenZiaZ Ad- dress
Aden, Port of, Report, 380
Admiralty Chemical Advisory Panel, Fire- Fighting Trials on Magnesium-Base Alloys, 481*
— See also Warships
Advisory Council, Engineering, to Ministry of Supply, Formation of, 616
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronaidics Aeronautical Society, Royal, Wilbur Wright
Lecture on Aeronautical Developments, by E. F. Relf, 188*, 214*; Aircraft Propulsion, by F. M. Green and J. E. Wallington,
543. See 570, 593

Aeronautics :

Aerodromes, Fog Dispersal at, Investigation on, 567
— Lighting, British Standard Guide to,538 Aeronautical Developments, Recent, 188*, 214*
Aeronautics, College of, Cranfield, Opening', of, 63
Aeroplane, Avro “ Lancastrian,” with Merlin and Nene Engines, 282*
— Avro “ Tudor I,” Tests of 'Pressure- Controlled Cabin (A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd.), 7*
— Civil Transport, “ Marathon ” (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 258*
— de Havilland D.H. 108, Loss of, 327 —• Design, Developments in, 188*, 214* — Fairey “ Firefly ” Mk. IV, Tropical
Tests of, 436
?— Fighter, Gloster-Meteor, Air Speed Record by, 256
— 10/44 Fighter, with Nene Jet Engine
(Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Aircraft Section), 282*
— Passenger, de Havilland " Dove,” 162*
— “Swordfish” Torpedo Bomber (Review), 5
— Tailless, with Goblin Jet Engine (de Havilland Aircraft, Ltd.), 282*
Jet-Propelled (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 591
— Training, Fairey " Firefly,” 396 Air-Raid Damage, Hull Electricity Department, 135
Effects on Southern Railway, 454
— — Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Re
search Applied to, 495
— Speed Record by Gloster-Meteor Jet-Propelled Aeroplane, 256
— Transport, Influence on London Plan, 405
Aircraft for Argentina, 460
— Carriers, H.M., 1914-18,17,27, 49*, 97*
— Construction in Scotland, 401
— Engineer’s " C ” Licence (Review), 147
— Naval, 1914-18, Types of17, 28,49*,97* — Propulsion, Future of, 543, 570, 593
— 20-W Rotary Transformer for (English Electric Co;, Ltd.), 246
— Salvage, Inflatable Fabric Cells for, 322*
— United States, Instrument-Landing System for, 295
Airport, London, Road and Rail Transport Connections, 405
— United States, in Azores, 289*
Avro “ Lancastrian,” with Merlin and Nene Engines, 282*
Avro “ Tudor I ” Aeroplane, Pressure-Controlled Cabin, 7*
Bomb, Atomic, Experiments at Bikini Atoll, 13, 87
Aeronautics—continued.
British Aircraft Constructors, Society of, Flying Display and Exhibition, 282*
— Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, Annual Report, 255.
—Overseas Airways Corporation, Annual Report, 269
Cierva Autogiro Co., Ltd., Helicopter for Spraying Crops, 65 ; W9 Helicopter, 283*
Civil Aviation, British, and Argentine, 29 and Export Trade (Review), 460 r International Co-operation in, 304 Organisation, Provisional International, Visit to Great Britain, 254 Radio Aids to, 254 de Havilland “ D.H. 108 ” Jet-Propelled Aeroplane, 327
de Havilland Tailless Aircraft with Goblin Jet Engine, 282*
“ Derwent I” Jet Aircraft Engine, Reliability of, 394
“ Derwent V ” Gas-Turbine Engine (Rolls- Royce Ltd.), 224*
“ Dove” Passenger Aeroplane, 162* Engine, Aeroplane, Air-Filters for, 399 Developments in, 215
— — Gas-Turbine Developments by Rolls-
Royce Ltd., 224*, 247*. See Errata, 557
— Internal-Combustion Turbine, 208 —- — Jet, “ Derwent I ” Rolls-Royce, Reliability of, 394
— ?— Jet, “ Derwent V ” • Rolls-Royce,
224*
Jet. See also Turbine, Gas
— — “ Theseus I ” Propeller Gas-Turbine
(Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 367*
— — Twelve-Cylinder “ Merlin 620 ”
(Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 117
Types, Future of, 543, 570, 593 “Firefly” Aeroplane, Mk. IV., Tropical Tests of, 436 ; High-Speed Training Aircraft, 396
Flying Boat, Fighter, Jet-Propelled (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 466
— —-“Walrus,” for Whale-Oil Factory
Ship " Balaena,” 393*
Fuel Gauge, “ Pacitor,” for Aircraft (Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd.), 31* Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft (Review), 268
— — See also Turbine, Gas
Glider, Tailless, A.W. 52 G (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 283*
Gloster-Meteor Jet-Propelled Aeroplane, Air-Speed Record by, 256
Gun Turret, Aircraft, Amplidyne Electrical Set for, 105*
Helicopter Association of Great Britain, Ltd., Historical Review of Helicopter Development, by Group Captain R. N. Liptrot, 375
— W9 (Cierva Autogiro Co., Ltd.), 283*
— built in 1905 (W. Denny & Brothers,
Ltd.), 401
— for Spraying Crops, 65
Jet Flight (Review), 76
" Marathon ” Civil-Transport Aeroplane, 258*
“Merlin 620” 1,165-b.h.p., 12-cylinder Aero Engine, 117
Naval Flying, Early, Recollections of, 17, 27, 49*, 97*
Navigation, Aerial, Civil Aviation, Radio Aids to, 254
Nene Gas-Turbine Engine (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 225, 247*. See Errata, 557 ; for “ AW 52 ” Tailless Aircraft, 591
Northern Heights Model Flying Club, Meeting at Langley Aerodrome, 15
Royal Air Force, Kidbrooke Depot, Civilian Industries at, 203
— Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Display of Aircraft at, 15 ; Investigation on Corrosion of Light-Alloy Rivets, 307
Saunders-Roe Jet-Propelled Flying Boat, 466
“ Swordfish ” Saga, Torpedo-Bomber Aeroplane, (Review), 5
“ Theseus I ” Propeller Gas-Turbine Aero Engine, 367*
Trent Gas-Turbine Engine (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 249*
“ Walrus ” Flying Boats, for Whale-Oil Factory Ship “ Balaena,” 393*
Welland Gas-Turbine Engine (Rolls- Royce Ltd.), 224*
Wind-Tunnel Experiments, Effect on Aeronautical Developments, 188,214*
Wing, Aeroplane, Laminar Flow, 188* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
Afforestation and Soil Conservation in Canada, 223
Ageing of Aluminium Alloy Containing 4 per cent. Copper, 306
Agreements, Labour. See Labour Agricultural Advisory Service, National, Inauguration of, 399
— Hall. See EzAi&ition
Agricultural Machinery, Market for, 230
— Pests, Chemical Destruction of, Demonstration 65
— Purposes, Application of Steam Power to,
591
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture and Soil Conservation in Canada, 223
— See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX Air, Compressed. See Pneumatic
— Compressor, Centrifugal, for Aircraft Jet-
Propulsion Engine, 247*. See Errata, 557 Free Piston Type, 567, 617
— — for Gas Turbines, Researches by Sulzer
Brothers, Ltd., 69*, 117*
Index of European Patents for (Review), 196
Indicator Diagram from, 364*
for Internal-Combustion Turbines, 208
— — Portable (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.)
309*
for Propeller Gas-Turbine Aero Engine (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 367*
— Conditioning by Heat Pump, 557
— — in United States Warships, 439
— Filters for Internal-Combustion Engines, 399
— Force, Royal See Aeronautics
— Pollution. See Atmospheric Pollution
— Power Transmission System for Motorships,
583*
—- Pressure-Controlled Aeroplane Cabin, 7*
— Pump. See Pump
— Raids. See Aeranawtics
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft. See Aeronautics
— Carriers. See Aeronautics
— Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics Akaba, Gulf of, H.M.S. “ Minerva ” in, 74* Alabama Power Co., Underground Coal-Gasification Experiments, 558
Alaska Highway, Agreement on, 110
Alexander, Dr. W. O., on Copper-Nickel-Man- ganese Alloys, 330
Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd., Automatic Self-Cleaning Filter, 488*
Allan, A., on Extinction of Arcs in Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 469
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 462
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Allsop, G., on Safety of Electrical Apparatus, 462
Alternating Stress. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Alternators. See Generators, Electric ; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— See also Metallurgy
Amer, D. F., on Extinction of Arcs in Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 469
America. See North America; South America ; United States
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. See Mining
— Navy. See United States under Warships American Rolling Mill Co., “ Hipersil ” Transformer Iron, 53
— See also United States
Amino Plastics, Synthetic Materials for (Review), 171
Synthetic-Resin Moulding Materials, Specification, 250
Ammunition, Elements of (Review), 556
Amplidyne Electrical Control System (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 103*
Amplifier, 1,000-Watt (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 34
Analysis, Carbon and Sulphur in Steel, by “ Conductometric ” Method, 425
— Chemical, of Leathers, Specification, 202
Anderson, Lt.-Col. H. H., on Efficiency and Cavitation of Fluid Machines, 334*
Andrade, Prof. E. N. da C., on Sir Isaac Newton, 62
Andrew, Prof. J. H., on Removal of Hydrogen from Steel, 545
Andrew, R. P., on Effect of Rate of Strain on Mild Steel, 171*. See LETTERS, 304*, 376
Angles, Pipe-Bend, Formulae for Calculation of, 400*
Anglo-Argentine Trade Agreement, 367
— Belgian Trade, Conference on, 127
—- Brazilian Trade Agreement, 367
Annealing. See heat Treatment under flfetoZ- lurgy
Annuals and Reference Books, 6,120,161,216, 239, 281, 503, 623. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anson, B. O., the Late, 160
Antarctic Expedition. United States Navy, 558
Antimony, Effect on Brass, 281
Apparatus for Determining Poisson’s Ratio, 52*
— Electrical, Intrinsic Safety of, Report on,
462
— Hydrographical, Developments in, 313*
Applied Mechanics, Sixth International Congress for, Paris. Report of Proceedings, 398; Plastic Strain in Isotropic Strain- Hardening Material, by Prof. H. W. Swift, 381*. See 398
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Apprenticeship. See .Education
Arc. See Welding
Archimedean Screw, Discharge Tests on, 309* Architects and Builders, Heating and Ventilating for (Review), 76
— Naval. See Naval Architects
Argentina, Engineering Notes from, 29, 150, 257, 367, 460, 618
—Water Power in (Review), 51
Argentine Railways, Future of, 29
Armament Research Department, Investigation on Antimonial Brass, 281
Armour Plate, Roller Levelling Machines for (Head, Wrightson & Co., Ltd.), 56*
Armoured Ships. See Warships
Armstrong, Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., “ A.W. 52 G.” Tailless Glider, 283* ; Jet-Engined Tailless Aeroplane, 591
Army Electrical and Mechanical Equipment, Inspection of, 591
Arnold, D. V., on Filing and Indexing, 424. See 365, 423
Arran, Isle of, Electricity Supply Scheme, 159 Arts, Royal Society of, Colloidal Carbon, by
Major W. H. Cadman, 54, 76; Fog Dispersal, by A. C. Hartley, 567
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Asbridge, H. H., the Late, 88
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Astronomer Royal’s Annual Report, 293, 316 Aswan Reservoir and Nile Flood of 1946, 424.
See LETTERS, 496, 568
Atlantic Liners. See Ships ; Steamers Atmosphere, Gaseous, for Carburising Mild and High-Carbon Steel, 260*, 285*
—- Inert, Effect on Fatigue Tests of Copper and Brass, 197, 330
Atmospheric Pollution and Fuel Problem, 222 from Power Stations, 135
Atomic Bomb Experiments at Bikini Atoll, 13, 87
— Energy, International Control of, 423
— — Research Laboratories, United States, 558 Utilisation of, 199
and World Power, Impact on International Relations (Review), 101
— Particles and Light Quanta, 478*, 502*. See
Errata, 536
•— Structure and Transmutation, 406*, 429* Aughtie, Dr. F., on Electric Resistance Wire Strain Gauges, 280. See 121*
Augmentor, Circulation, for Marine Water- Tube Boiler, 472, 498, 521, 548*, 575*. See LETTER, 592*
Australia, Institution of Engineers, Australian Water Resources, by J. D. Lang, 174
—- Voltage Standardisation in, 256
Australian Water Resources, 174
Automatic Signalling. See SignaZZing Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Quadra- . genary Celebrations, 39; Amalgamation with Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 113
— See Motor Cars
Automotive Engineers, Society of, Report on Effects of Torsional Vibration, 88. See Errata, 107
Automotive Products, Co., Ltd., Hydraulic Equipment for " Fork-Lift ” Industrial Truck, 560*; Lockheed Hydraulic Remote-Control Boiler Damper Gear, 608* Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine Aviation. See Aeronautics
Avro “ Lancastrian ” with Merlin and Nene Engines, 282*
Avro “ Tudor I ” Aeroplane, Pressure-Controlled Cabin, 7*
Axleboxes, Wear of, Southern Railway, 414*
Ayre, Sir A. L., on Memorial to Marine Engineers, 113 ; on Review of Ship Propulsion, 271, 294
Azimuthal Equidistant Projection Chart of World, 202
Azores, Santa Maria United States Airport, 289*

BABCOCK & WILCOX, LTD., Boiler Plant for Kearsley Power Station, 402; High- Head Boilers, Lockheed Hydraulic Remote-Control Gear for Dampers, 608*
Bacon, J. E., on Information Office, 352. See 278
Bacteriology, Water, with Special Reference to Sanitary Water Analysis (Review), 221
Bailey Bridge, Evolution during War, 245
Baker, Prof. J. F., on Rate of Strain of Mild Steel, 376. See 171*. See LETTER, 304*
Baker, R., on Some of the Ships of the Invasion Fleet, 401
“ Balaena,” S.S., Whale-Oil Factory Ship, 393*
Baldwin, T., on Temperature Strains in Structural Members, 265*
Barron, S. L., on History of British Scientific Instrument Industry, 113,127
Bascule Bridge. See Bridge
Baths, Cast-Iron, Specification, 274 —Ferrous Traps for, Specification, 82
“ Bathori,” S.S., Sinking of, 74
Batt, W. L., on Unification of Screw-Thread Practice, 254
Batteries. See Cell under Electric
Battleships. See Warships
Baud, R. V., on Magnetism and Testing of Materials, 41*. See LETTER, 112.
Baulk, R. H., on Heat-Flow Meter for Use in Furnaces, 497
Beam, Shoe, Steel, for Electric Rolling Stock, 185*
— Wide-Flange, in Longitudinal Bending, 603* Bearings for Electricity-Supply Meters, 441
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Silicide-Hardened Copper Compacts for, 126 Beaufoy, L. A., on Periodicals in Reference
Libraries, 448
Bedford-Bletchley Railway, Centenary of, 471
Bedford, Dr. T., Instructions on Environmental Warmth and its Measurement, 38
Beenham's Heath Pumping Station, Reading, 53
Belgian Trade with England, Conference, 127 Belgium, Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467
Bell, Henry, Model of S.S. “ Comet,” 449*
Bench, C. E., Automatic Pneumatic-Indexing Drilling Jig, 440*
Bending Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Benson, L. E., on Internal Stresses in Heat-
Treated Aluminium Alloy, 463. See 306 B.F.B. Cast-Steel Locomotive Wheels, 44* Bikini Atoll, Atomic Bomb Experiments at, 13 87
Bilge Keels of H.M.S. " Greyhound,” Effect of, 355, 454
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Binns, A., the Late, 15, 40*
Bird, Sir J., the Late, 207
Birmingham City Electric Supply Department, Annual Accounts, 87 /
Birmingham and Midland Omnibus Co., Ltd., 100-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Oil Engine for Omnibus, 465*
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 462
Black, Carbon, Properties, Production and Application of, 54, 76
Blading for Gas Turbine, 118*
— Internal-Combustion Turbine, 208
Blair, J. 8., on Reinforcement of Branch Pieces, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
Blowers, Index of European Patents for (Review), 196
— and Pumps, Centrifugal, Theory of, 16* Board of Trade, Cumberland Development
Area, 135 ; Statistics of Trade Bill, 567 Boat, Flying. See Aeronautics
— Motor. See Motor Boat
Bogies for Southern Railway Locomotives, 45*
— See also Trucks
Boiler Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Dampers, Lockheed Hydraulic Remote-
Control Gear for, 608*
— Feed Pump. See Pump
Water. See Feed, and Water
Water Softening. See Water Softening
— Future of Pulverised-Coal Firing for, 615
— High-Pressure, Portobello Power Station,
164
— Locomotive, Scale Deposition in, 414*
— Marine, H.M.S. “ Minerva,” Trials of, 73
— Non-Ferrous Metal Pipes for, Specification,
226
— Plants and Atmospheric Pollution, 222 Kearsley Power Station Extensions, 402
— Water-Tube, Marine, Feed-Distribution and
Hunting in, 472, 498, 521, 548*, 573*. See LETTER, 592*
Tube, for Transportable Power Station (International Combustion, Ltd.), 270*
— See also Engines' and Boilers In PARAGRAPH INDEX
Boissier, J. S., the Late, 160
Bolivia, Engineering Notes from, 29
Bolsover Mission to Caribbean Oilfields, 155 Bolts and Nuts, Black, Specification, 586
— Driving Machine. See Machine Tools Bomb, Atomic, Experiments at Bikini Atoll,
13, 87
— Disposal, Research Applied to, 495
— V-2 Rocket, Tests in New Mexico, 193* Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane and Aeronautics
Bond Street, London, Fluorescent Lamp Installation, 526*
Bonded-Paper Sheet, Synthetic-Resin, Specification, 418
Bonus System. See Labour
Books, New, Notes on, 24, 43, 95,144,187, 210, 285, 309, 452, 477, 501, 548, 573. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 154, 178,
202, 226, 250, 274, 298, 322, 346, 370, 394, 418, 442, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586, 610
Booker, Dr. H. G., on Wave Propagation and Impedance Concept, 547
Boring Machines. See Machine Tools Boron Atom Bombarded by Proton, 430* Boustead, J. C., on Railway Gauge Act, 1846, 280. See 160. See LETTERS, 208, 353
Boyce Trade Mission to China, 137
Boyd, G. M., on Effective Flange Width of Stiffened Plating in LongitudinaLBending, 603*
Brailsford, Dr. F., on Condenser-Discharge Magnetiser for Permanent Magnets, 145* Brakes, Continuous, for Railway Wagons, 593 Branch Pieces, Reinforcement of, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*. 605*. See Erratum, 562 Brass, Antimonial, Investigation on, 281
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Effect of Inert Atmospheres in Fatigue
Tests on, 197, 330
— Foundry. See Foundry
Brazil, Engineering Notes from, 29, 150, 257, 367, 461, 619
— Railway Rolling-Stock Construction in, 619 Breakdowns. See Accidents
Bridge, Bailey, Evolution During War, 245
— Bascule, Skew, Over Gowanus Canal,
Brooklyn, 25*
— Laying Equipment, Scissors, for Military
Tanks, 455*
— Railway, Over Tennessee River, Raising of,
Bridges and Roads, Canadian, Report on, 335
— Skew, 60-ft. Plate Girder, Metropolitan
Railway, Reconstruction of, 451*
— Suspension, Over River Humber, Proposed,
518
— Timber- Trestle. Railway, Over Tennessee
River, 457*
— Welded, Steel Tubular (Stewarts and Lloyds,
Ltd.), 391*
Bridgen, C. W., the Late, 514
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., " Theseus I ”
Propeller Gas-Turbine Aero Engine, 367* “ Britain-Can-Make-It ” Exhibition, 87,303,443 British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 2,870-kVA Amplidyne Controlled Motor, 104* ; Acquisition of Falkirk Rolling Mills, 203 ; Research Laboratories, Application of Thermodynamic Principles to Liquidus Surfaces of Alloys, 306

British Association:

Engineering Section and Social and International Relations of Science Division :
Conference on London Traffic and the London Plan :
Reports of Proceedings, 255, 277
Underground Railways and London Planning, by J. 0. Martin, 318. See 278. See LETTER, 353
Sub-Surface Works and London Traffic Plan, by H. F. Cronin, 342. See 278
Railways and Replanning of London, by V. A. M. Robertson, 294. See 278. See LETTER, 353
Air Transport and London Plan, by
E. C. Shepherd, 405
British Brown-Boveri, Ltd., 2,500-h.p. Gas-
Turbine Locomotive, 523
— Cast Iron Research Association, Silver-Jubilee Luncheon, 591 ; Presidential Address, by Dr. H. Hartley, on Recent Developments in Cast Iron Research, 595
— Coal Utilisation Research Association, on
Port Design in Open-Hearth Furnace, 486, 497; Luncheon, 592
— Corporation Register of Shipping and Air
craft, Annual Report and War Years in Retrospect, 255
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Reports on Electrical Faults, 87 ; Report on Cracking of Molybdenum- Steel Steam Piping, 209; Report on Electricity Supply for Arc-Welding Plant, by R. Neumann, 446
Development Association, Report on Electricity Supply in Textile Industry, 177
— Engineers* Association, Future Trading
Conditions in World’s Markets, by C. P. Lister, 279
— Foundrymen, Institute of, Report on Basic
Cupola, 19; Report on Determination of ** Gas Content ” of Sand Cores, 29: Williams Lecture on Castings and Weldings, by Sir C. D. Gibb, 93*. See 85. See LETTERS, 112, 136
— and German Fighting Vehicles, Exhibition
of, 67
— Industrial Property in Enemy Countries,
Suggestions for Dealing with, 150
— Industries, Federation of. See Federation British Insulated Callenders’ Cables, Ltd.,
132-kV Impregnated Pressure Cable, 607*
— Investigation of German Industries, Exhibi
tion, 557
— Iron and Steel Research Association, State
ment on Research in Iron and Steel Industry, 426*
British Motor Boat Manufacturing Co., 'Ltd., ** Mariner ” Inboard Propulsion Unit, 537*
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Federation, Annual
Report, 7
Ferrous Metals Research Association, on Hot-Tearing of Aluminium Alloys, 305; on Capillary Flow in Soldering Process, 329; Work on Metal-Finishing Processes, 572
— Overseas Airways Corporation, Annual
Report, 269
— Railways. See Railways
— Road Federation, on Basic Road Statistics,
231
— Scientific Instrument Industry, History of,
113,127
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Steel Founders’ Association, on Design of
Steel Castings, 255
British Thermostat Co., Ltd., Electrical Resistance Wire Strain Gauges, 121*. See LETTER,280
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Exhibition of Electronic Equipment, 68; Amplidyne Electrical Control System, 103*; Sixty Years of Progress (Review), 124; 52,000- kW Turbo-Generator, 402; Fluorescent Lamp Installation in Old Bond Street, London,526*
— Trade. See Trade
— Welding Research Association, Report on
Gas Welding of Magnesium Alloys, 231;
Control by Welding Research Board, 566
— Zone of Germany, Steelworks1 in, Output
Capacity, 439
Britton, S. E., the Late, 40
Broaching Machine. See Machine Tools Bronze, Tin-Aluminium, Resistance to Corrosion by Sea Water, 270, 329
Brooklyn, New York, Bascule Bridge over Gowanus Canal, 25*
Brotherhood, P., Ltd., Metering and Proportioning Pump, 417*
Brown Brothers and Co., Ltd., Aircraft Catapult for S.S. “ Balaena,” 393*
Brown, J., & Co., Ltd., S.S." Queen Elizabeth,” Maiden Voyage as Passenger Liner, 379*
Brunel, I. K., and Broad-Gauge Railway Track, Great Western Railway, 161. See LETTERS, 208, 280, 353
Brush Coachwork, Ltd., 40-Seater Omnibus with All-Metal Body, 465*
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Substation Switchgear, 126*
B. T. H. Reminiscences: Sixty Y ears of Progress (Review), 124
Builders and Architects, Heating and Ventilating for (Review), 76
Building and Civil Engineering Contractors, Registration of, 231
— Construction, Federation of Associations of
Specialists and Sub-Contractors, Annual Luncheon, 519
See also Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Building an Engineering Career (Review), 134
— Geometry (Review), 146
— Insulation (Review), 146
— Law, London (Review), 484
— Reinforced Concrete in, Specification, 34
Bulleid, O. V. S., on “ Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives for Southern Railway, 21*, 44*. See LETTER, 112*; on Mechanical Engineering on Southern Railway, 413*, 454*. See 309
Bureau of Mines. See United States
— North-Eastern Engineering, Work of, 328
— of Standards. See United States
Burnan, W., on Machining of Stainless Steels, 526*
Burness, T. P. N., on Design and Machinery,327

CABIN, Aeroplane, Pressure-Controlled, 7* Cables. See Electric
Cadman, Major W. H., on Colloidal Carbon, 54, 76
Calculus and Analytical Geometry (Review),196
— Differential and Integral (Review), 603 Calderwood, J.,1 on Researches on Internal-
Combustion Prime Movers, 69*, 117*
Callender, Sir G. A. R., the Late, 472 Cambridge University, Experiments on Effect of Rate of Strain on Mild Steel, 171*. See LETTERS, 304*, 376
“ Campania,” H,M. Aircraft Carrier, 17,27, 49, 97
Canada and Alaska Highway, 110
— Electricity. Consumption in, 374 Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467
— Engineering Markets in, 151
— Lignite Production and Utilisation in, 588
— Optical Glass Manufacture in, 327, 343
— Soil Conservation in, 223
Canadian Roads and Bridges, Report on, 335
— Standards Association. See Standards
— Water-Power Resources, Development of, 64 Canals, British, Effect of Transport Bill, 541
— Gowanus, Brooklyn, Skew Buscule Bridge
over, 25*
— Irrigation, for Transjordan, 242*
— Panama, Annual Reports, 462
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Canvin, S. D., Ruchazie Reservoir, 3.07 Capacity of Traffic Lane, 433.* See Erratum, 475. See LETTERS, 544, 592
Capillary Flow in Soldering Process, 329 Capitalisation of Technical Performance, Principles Involved, 302
Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
Carbon, Colloidal, Properties, Production and Application of, 54, 76
— Compounds for Dielectrics, 427. See
Erratum, 463
— Dioxide Indicator and Recorder " Pyrorex ”
(Dufty Engineering Co., Ltd.), 512*
Carburisation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cardiff, Welsh Industries Fair, 319
Cardigan Transformer Substation, 199*
Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., 12,000-h.p. Rolling- Mill Motor with Amplidyne Control System, 104*
— Steamers. See Steamers
Caribbean Oilfields, Technical Mission to, 155 Carmarthen Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Operation of, 176*, 199*
—? Transformer Substation, 199* Carnegie, Sir F., the Late, 136 Carpentry (Review), 4
Carriages, Railway, Building and Repair by Southern Railway, 413*, 454*
— — Electric, Steel Shoe Beam for, 185*
for Royal Train, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 212*
for Royal Train for South Africa (Metropolitan- Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.), 522*
Total Available in Great Britain, 86 Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cast-Iron Baths, Specification, 274 Research Association, British, Silver-
Jubilee Luncheon, 591; Presidential Address, by Dr. H. Hartley, on Recent Developments in Cast-Iron Research, 595 Sulphur in, Neutralisation by Alloying
Elements, 545, 598*, 621*
Castings, Non-Ferrous Metal, Porous, Sealing with Resins, 607
— and Weldings, 93*
Catalogues, 198, 292, 480, 576. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Catapult, Aircraft, Whale-Oil Factory Ship " Balaena,” 393*
Cathode-Ray Oscillograph in Industry (Review), 124
Properties of, 478*, 502. See Errata, 536 Cells, Fabric, Inflatable, for Aircraft Salvage, 322*
—? See also Electric
Cellulose, Chemistry of (Review), 244
Cement. See Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Cementation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Census of Production by Board of Trade, Bill for, 567
Centenary of Chemical Society, Arrangements for, 115
— of T. H. and J. Daniels, Ltd., 591
— of Lancaster-Oxenholme and Kendal Rail
ways, 303
— of London to Carlisle Railway, 615
Centenary of J. Owens, 135
— of Railway Gauge Act, 1846, 160. See
LETTERS, 208, 280, 353
— See also Tercentenary
Central Electricity Board, Extensions to Generating Plant, 231; on Shortage of Generating Plant, 327 ; 90-MVA Reactors, 344* ; 132-kV Impregnated Pressure Cable for, 607*; Electric Power Interruptions and Plant Shortage, 615 ; New Generating Stations in North-West England, 616
— Ordnance Depot, Feltham, Demonstration
of “ Fork-Lift ” Trucks, 105 •
Centrifugal Pumps. See Pumps Ceskomoravske Strojimy A.S., Exhibits at
Prague Fair, 546
Chadwick, Sir J., Presentation of Melchett Medal to, 375
Chance, Sir H., on Optical-Glass Manufacture by Chance Brothers in War, 343, 366. See 327
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear
Charing Cross Station, Estimated Cost of Reconstruction, 278,294
Chart, Azimuthal, of Shortest Routes from London,202
Chatham Dockyard, War Work in, 416
Chatley, Dr. H., on " Engynes,” 388. See LETTERS, 448, 520
Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Destruction of Agricultural Pests, Demonstration of, 65
— Engineers, Training Courses for, 81
?— Industry, French Society of, Polythene, by
Dr. F. A. Freeth, 388
Society of, Oil and Wax Production from
Coal in Germany, by Dr. C. C. Hall, 448
— Society, Centenary Arrangements, 115 Chemists, British Association of, Fire and
Explosion: Inflammable Concentrations and Ignition Temperatures, by J. H. F Smith, 476
Chemistry of Cellulose (Review), 244
— Polythene, Discovery, Production and Applications, 388
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chesters, Dr. J. H., on Port Design in Open-
Hearth Furnaces, 486. See 497
Chile, Engineering Notes from, 29, 150, 257, 367, 461, 619
China, United Kingdom Trade Mission to, 137 Chittenden, J. P., on the late E. G. Izod, 400.
See 354 Chorlton, A. E. L., the Late, 354* Chronometers, Development of, 114
— Rating at Royal Observatory, 316 Chubb, I. W., the Late, 233
Cierva Autogiro Co., Ltd., Helicopter for Spraying Crops, 65 ; “ W9 ” Helicopter, 283* Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd., Knee-Type
Milling Machines, 319*
Circulation Augmenter for Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 472, 498, 521, 548*, 575*. See LETTER, 592*
City and Guilds of London Institute, Annual Report, 255
Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
Civil Engineers, Institution of :
Election of Members, 10, 82, 202, 418, 562 Annual Dinner, 15
Report of Joint Committee on Location of Underground Services, 136
Parsons Lecture on Optical Glass in War, by Sir H. Chance, 343, 366. See 327
Presidential Address, by Sir W. Halcrow, on Work of Institution, 473. See 447 Civil Engineering and Building Contractors,
Registration of, 231 A Career (Review), 134 Claude-General Neon Lights Co., Fluorescent
Lamp Development, 475
Clayton, A. J. H., on Capacity of Traffic Lane,
544. See 433*. See LETTER, 592
Clayton, J., the Late, 400
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Climate. See Meteorological Clocks at Royal Observatories, 293, 316 Clockmakers, Old, of Yorkshire (Review), 459 “ Closed Shop ’?’ Debate in House of Commons, 493
Cloud Chamber, C. T. R. Wilson’s Work on, 127 Clutch. See Motor- Car Details
CO2. See Carbon Dioxide Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal Burning, Atmospheric Pollution from, 222
— Carbonisation, Research into, 397
— Consumption and Electricity Supply, 350,
430*
by Gas Undertakings, 158
and Progress in Electrification, 350, 430* and Railway Electrification, 421
— Costs and Consumption on Great Western
Railway, 318
— for Electricity Supply Industry, 5,14
— Gas, and Electricity-Supply, Compulsory
Economies in Industry, 567
See Gas
— Gasification, Underground, Experiments in
United States, 558
— Industry, Nationalisation of, 495
Nationalisation Act and National Coal
Board, 61, 63
— Lignite Production and Utilisation in
Canada, 588
— Mine. See Colliery
— versus Oil Fuel in British Industry, 589
— Oil and Wax Production from, in Germany,
448
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal
— Reserves and Production, Rapid Survey,
39, 62
—- Shortage, Effect on Electricity Supply, 279
— Situation, 133
— Supply Position, Ministry of Fuel and Power,
Statement on, 471
— — Alternatives for Power Production, 190 —- Tar Pitches, Specification, 346
— Traffic on British Railways, 86
Coal Utilisation Joint Council, Report on Steam-Driven Transport Vehicles, 565 Research Association British, Luncheon, 592
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coatings, Phosphate, on Steel, Specification, 370
— on Steel Strip, Available Methods, 78 Cobalt (Review), 387
Coke Ovens Committee, Fuel Research Board, Report on Experiments in Coking Practice, 397
Efficient Operation of, 422
Coking Practice, Experiments in, Report on, 397
Cold Storage. See ’Refrigerators
— Working of Aluminium Alloy Containing
4 per cent. Copper, 306
Collecting Equipment for Magnesium-Alloy Dust (Dallow, Lambert & Co., Ltd.), 464* College. See Education
Collieries, Cost of Shunting in, 445
— Transfer to National Ownership, 61, 63, 495
— Tyneside, Early Railways to, 595 —1 See also Mines and Coat
Collisions. See Accidents
Colloidal Carbon, Properties, Production and Application of, 54, 76
Columbian National Railways, Twelve-Cylinder Locomotive, 190
Columns, Street-Lighting, Cast-Iron, Specification, 178
Lighting, Reinforced Concrete, Specification, 298
Combined Stress. See under Tests (Materials) Combustion Appliance Makers’ Association (Solid Fuel), Annual Luncheon, 39
— Chamber for Aircraft Jet-Propulsion Engine,
247*. See Errata, 557
— —for “ Theseus I ” Propeller Gas-Turbine
Aero-Engine (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 367*
— in Open-Hearth Furnace, Influence of Port
Design, 486, 497
— See also Fuel; Gases
“ Comet,” Steamboat, Henry Bell’s, Builders’ Model of, 449*
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commission Royal. See Royal Commission Commonwealth Engineering Institutions, Conference of, 351
— See also Australia
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Comparator, Internal-Thread (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 55*
Composition, Anti-Corrosive, for Ships’ Bottoms, Tests of, 569
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Stress. See Tests (Materials) Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor Compressed Air. See Pneumatic Tools. See Machine Tools
Compton Effect and Atomic Particles, 502*
Computing Engine, Automatic, National Physical Laboratory, 471
Concrete Mixers, Specification, 322
— Reinforced, in Buildings, Specification, 34 for Enlarging Railway Bridge Pier, 457* Poles for Overhead Lines, 233
Poles, Specification, 10
Pre-stressed (Review), 244
Street-Lighting Columns, Specification, 298
Structural Members, Recommended Dimensions, 108
—- — Structures, Design of (Review), 411
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Condensers, Air Pumps for. See Pumps, Air
— Surface, Castings and Weldings for, 93* Conditioner, Exhaust-Gas, for Oil-Engined
Mining Locomotive, 490*
” Conductometric ” Method of Analysis for Carbon and Sulphur in Steel, 425
Conference of Commonwealth Engineering Institutions, 351
— on " Fuel and the Future.” See ’’ Fuel and
the Future ” Conference
— on Industrial Design; Design and Machin
ery, by T. P. N. Burness, 327
— International, on Radio Frequencies, Mos
cow, 399
— on London Traffic and London Plan, 255,
278, 294, 318, 342, 405. See LETTER, 353
— on Pulverised Fuel, 1947, 92
— Tin, International, London, 375
Congress, International, Sixth, for Applied Mechanics, Paris. See Applied Mechanics, Sixth International Congress for
Technical, Paris, Programme, 67
Connecticut, New London, United States Reserve Submarines at, 138*
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel; Pulverised Coal
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., Pneumatic Impact Wrenches, 128*
Contracts, 55,106,129, 170,197, 267, 323, 376, 416, 559, 586, 610
Contractors and Civil Engineers, Co-operation between, 474
Control, Electrical, of Dangerous Machinery and Processes, 494
— Gear, Tyre-Pressure (J. I. Thornycroft & Co.,
Ltd.), 296*. See LETTER, 352*
— Panel, Electrical, for Royal Train, 212*
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. See Industries
and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Remote, by High-Frequency Currents
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 163
— System, Traffic, London and North Eastern
Railway, 514
Converter, Power, Freeborn, in Locomotives,- 191*
Conveying and Elevating, Pneumatic, of Grain (Review), 339
Cook, Dr. M., on Copper-Nickel-Manganese Alloys, 330
Cooper, W. F., on Electrical Control of Dangerous Machinery, 494
Co-partnership. See Labour
Copper Alloys. See Brass ; Bronze ; and Alloys under AfetoHwr/zy
— Compacts, Silicide Hardened, for Bearings,
Copper, Effect of Inert Atmospheres in Fatigue
Tests of, 197, 330
— in High-Sulphur Cast Iron, 545, 598*, 621*
— Tubes, Screw Threads for, Specification, 82
— See also Metallurgy
Cores, Sand, Formdry, Gas Content of, 29 Corrosion, Intercrystalline, of Light-Alloy
Rivets, 307
— in Locomotive Boilers, Southern Railway,
414*
— Metallic, Passivity and Protection (Review),
484
— Prevention in United States Reserve Fleets,
138*
— Resistance of Tin-Aluminium Bronzes, 270,
. 329
— Sea-Water, Tests of Paints for Prevention
of, 569
Cosmic Rays and Atomic Structure, 430* Cotton Industry, Electrification in, 431 County Commercial Cars, Ltd., High-Clearance
Crop-Spraying Motor Vehicle, 341*. See Addendum, 390
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulation
Cowburn, J. O., on Temperature Strains in Structural Members, 265*
Cox, H. E., on High-Voltage Oil Circuit Breakers Incorporating Resistance Switching, 469, 621*
Coxon, Dr. W. F., on Treatment of Steel Strip before Fabrication, 78
Crack Detection by Magnetism, 41*. See LETTER,112
Cracking of Molybdenum-Steel Steam Piping, Report on, 209
Cranfleld, College of Aeronautics, Opening of, 63 Crankshaft Alignment Indicator, H. D. Adam’s, 512*. See LETTER, 568
Crews Accommodation in Ships, Watts Prize for Improving, 615
Crisp, W. H., on Machining of Stainless Steels, 526*
Critchley, G. R., on Ship Salvage, 317, 340,378, 390,436. See 328
Cronin, H. F., on Sub-Surface Works and London Traffic Plan, 342. See 278
Crookes, Sir W., Work on Cathode Rays, 478
Crop-Spraying Motor Vehicle, with Adjustable Track (County Commercial Cars, Ltd.), 341*. See Addendum, 390
Crossley Brothers, Ltd., Gas-Producer Plant, for Beenham’s Heath Pumping Plant, 53
Crossley-Premier Engines, Ltd., 325-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder Gas Engines, 53
Crowder, Prof. B. A., on Measuring Tool-Tip Temperature, 435*
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil Cruisers. See WarsAips
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See llficro- photographs
Cuffe, R. C., on Lightning Surges on Transmission Lines in Ireland, 619
Cumberland Development Area, 1!}5
Cupola, Basic, Dephosphorisation of Meltsin, 19 Current, Electric. See Electric
Currie, W. C., on Memorial to Marine Engineers, 113
Curve Alignment on East Indian Railway (Review), 339
Cuthbertson, Dr. J., on Corrosion Resistance of Tin-Aluminium Bronzes, 270. See 329
Cutters, Milling. See AfiWiwg under Machine Tools
Cyclone for Water-Tube Boilers, 498, 521 Cylinder Liner-Wear Indicator, H. D. Adam’s,
, 512*. See LETTER, 568
Cylindrical Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Czechoslovakia, Prague Fair, 546

DALLOW, LAMBERT & CO., LTD., Magne- slum-Alloy Dust-Collecting Equipment, 464*
Dam, Aswan, and Nile Flood of 1946,424. See LETTER, 496, 568
— Garrison, on Missouri River, 295
Daniels, T. H. & J., Ltd., Centenary of, 591
Darwin, Horace, Work on Scientific Instruments, 114’
Decca Navigator Co., Radio Navigation for Merchant Ships, 159
Defence, Ministry of, Formation, 351
Degaussing and Marine Mine Exhibition, Science Museum, 78,129
De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., “Dove” Passenger Aeroplane, 162* ; Tailless Aeroplane with Goblin Jet Engine, 282* ; Loss of D.H. 108 Jet-Propelled Aircraft, 327
Dehumidification of United States Reserve Ships, 138*
Denny, W., & Brothers, Ltd., Helicopter of 1905, 401; Launch of S.S. “ Falaise,” 483
Dent, B. M., on Industrialists and Information Services, 278. See LETTER, 352
Dephosphorisation in Basic Cupola, 19
“ Derwent I ’’ Jet Aircraft Engine, Reliability of, 394
" Derwent V ” Gas-Turbine Engine, 224* Design and Engineering Production, 331 Devonport Dockyard, War Work in, 461 During War and After (1917-22), 505*, 533*, 601*
Diagrams, Indicator. See Indicator
Dictionary of Science and Technology, in English, French, German and Spanish (Review), 267
Diesel Engines. See 'Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Users Association, Visit to Beenham’s Heath Pumping Station, 53; Filtration, by C. G. Vokes, 399; Annual Meeting, 616 ; Election of Officers, 616; Report on Heavy Oil-Engine Working Costs, 616
Differential and Integral Calculus (Review), 603 Dipole for Ground Radar Scanning Equipment, 337*
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
District Heating and Electricity Supply, 30 Docks, British, Effect of Transport Bill, 541
Docks, Floating, for United States Navy, 307 Dockyards, Royal, During War, 461 History of, 505*, 533, 601*
Domestic Fires, Atmospheric Pollution from,
222
— Fuel Policy, Simon Report, 6,14
— Gas Appliances, Specification, 58
— Ovens, Electric, Specification, 370 Donaldson, A. C., on Discharge Tests on Archimedean Screw, 309*
Donaldson, Dr. J. W., on Dfevelopments in Ferrous Metallurgy, 375
Donkin, S. B., on Prospects of District Heating in United Kingdom, 614
Doors, Fire-Check, Flush, Specification, 346
— Locks and Latches for, Specification, 322 Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., Extensions to
Structural Engineering Shops, 178
Dorrity, C. E., on Attracting the Apprentice, 136. See 85, 93. See LETTER, 112
Douglas (Kingswood), Ltd., Petrol-Driven Industrial Elevating Truck, 405*
" Dove ” Passenger Aeroplane, 162* Drains for Buildings, Specifications, 34 Drawings, Engineering, Third-Angle Projection on, British Standards Institution Memorandum on, 275
Drawing-Office Tracing, Guide to (Review), 339 Dravo Corporation, Floating Repair Dock for
United States Navy, 307
Dredging Operations in Panama Canal, 462 Drifters, Design of, 377
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Dry Dock. See Dock
Duddell’s Invention of Oscillograph, 127
Dufty Engineering Co., Ltd., " Pyrorex” CO2
Indicator and Recorder, 512*
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Research Grant to
Royal Institution,’ 178
Durham and Northumberland, Early Railways in, 595
Dust, Coal. See Pulverised Coal
— Explosions from, 476
— Magnesium-Alloy, Collecting Equipment for
(Dallow, Lambert & Co., Ltd.), 464*
— Problems in Mining, Experiments in, 231 Dutch Railways, Restoration of, 79
— See also HoZZand
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dyson, A., on Welding in Great Britain, 356

EastIndian Railway, Curve Realignment on (Review), 339
Eccles, J., on Management of Electricity Supply Undertaking, 6
Echo-Sounding, Marine, Developments in, 313* Economic Burdens on Industry, Effects of, 613 Economy, Fuel. See Fuel Economy
Edinburgh Corporation, Portobello Power Station Extensions, 164
— Observatory, Time-Signal Transmissions, 293
Education :
Chemical Engineers, Training Courses, 81 City and Guilds of London Institute, Annual Report, 255
Civil Engineers, Education Problems, 474
College of Aeronautics. Cranfleld, Opening of, 63
Education, Ministry of, College of Aeronautics, Cranfleld, Opening of. 63
Electrical Engineers, Further Education and Training Scheme for, 447
Engineer, Professional, Training for (Review), 411
Engineering Research in Universities, 325 Imperial College Union Vacation Work Scheme, Annual Report, 519
Mechanical Engineering, Training for, 64 Mining Engineers, Institution of, Associate Membership Examination, 159, 424
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Lectures on Fuel and Combustion, 173 ; Prospectus, 404
Owens College, Early History, 135
Transport, Institute of, Formation of Transport Tutorial Committee, 418
Universities, Place in Engineering Training, 134
West Hartlepool Technical College, Prospectus, 394
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, E. P., on Broaching Machines, Tools and Practice, 485, 534*. See LETTERS, 544, 593
Efficiency of Boiler Plants. See Boiler Plants Egypt and Nile Flood of 1946, 424. See
LETTERS, 496, 568
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Influence on Physics, 479*, 205
Ejectors, Index of European Patents for (Review), 196
Elasticity, Mathematical Theory (Review), 507

Electric :

Alternator. See Generator and Turbo
Amplidyne Electrical Control System (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 103*
Amplifier, 1,000-Watt (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 34
Arc Welding. See Welding
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Reports on Electrical Faults, 87; Report on Cracking of Molybdenum-Steel Steam Piping, 209; Report on Electricity Supply for Arc-Welding Plant, by R. Newmann, 446
—- — Development Association, Report on Electricity Supply in Textile Industry, 177
Cable, 132-kV and 264-kV Compression (Enfield Cables, Ltd.), 485*, 495
— Impregnated Pressure, Development of, 606*
— Insulated with Polythene, 388 Rubber-Insulated, Specification, 466
Cable, 132-kV Three-Core Impregnated- Pressure, 607*
— Underground, Influence on London Traffic Plan, 278, 342
Location of, 136
Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Cell, Primary, Air-Depolarised, Specification, 610
Central Electricity Board, Extensions to Generating Plant, 231; Report on Shortage of Generating Plant, 327; 90-MVA Reactors, 344*; 132-kV
Impregnated Pressure Cable for, 607* ; Electric Power Interruptions and Plant Shortage, 615 ; New Generating Stations in North West England, 616
Circuits for Fluorescent Lamps, 524* Conductors for High-Voltage Overhead
Lines, 197. See LETTER, 328
Control of Dangerous Machinery and Processes, 494
Current, High-Frequency, Remote Control by, 163
Degaussing and Magnetic Mine Exhibition, 78,129
Dielectrics for Telecommunication Purposes, 427. See Erratum, 463
Dynamo. 'See Generator ; Turbo-Generator Electrical Accidents in Factories, Annual Report, 301
— Apparatus, Flameproof Enclosure of, Specification, 178
Intrinsice Safety of, 462
— Branch of Royal Navy, Formation, 447
— Plant, Commissioning of, and Associated Problems (Review), 196
— Design and Production of, 331
Electricity Commissioners, Loans to Supply
Undertakings, 207; Standardisation of Low-Pressure Distribution Voltages, 303; Arrangements for Load-Shedding, 327; Returns of Electricity Generated, 392; Electricity-Supply Statistics, 543 ; Returns of Engineer- , ing and Financial Statistics, 590
Electrification Developments on Southern Railway, 447
Electrode Holder, Safety, for Arc Welding, General Electric Co., Ltd., 438*
Electron, Discovery of, Jubilee Celebrations, 514
Electronics in Industry, Exhibition of Equipment, 68
Electroplating. See Electro
Faults, Statistical Analysis and Reports, 87 Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Instruments, Measuring, Electrical, Development of, 234
Scientific, Report on, 308 Insulation, Use of Polythene for, 388 Insulator for High-Voltage Overhead Lines, 197. See LETTER, 328
Joint, Conductor, for Overhead Lines, 197. See LETTER, 328
Lamps, Electric Discharge (Review), 339
— — Discharge, Specification, 466
— Fluorescent, Development of, 475,500*, 524*
Lighting System, Cable-Making Works, W. T. Glover & Co., Ltd., 213
Lightning Surges on Irish Transmission Lines, 619
Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators ; Motors ; Turbo Mains. See Cables (above)
, Measuring Instruments, Development, 234
— — Scientific, Report on, 308
Meters, Electricity Supply, Developments, 441'
Millivoltmeter, Audio-Frequency (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 572
Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See Switchgear Oscillograph, Cathode-Ray, in Industry (Review), 124
— Duddell’s Invention of, 127
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Railways. See Railways
Rays. See Cathode Rays ; X-Rays Reactors, 90-MVA, Percival-Lane Substation, 344*
Resistance Alloy, “ Kumanal,” (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 211
— Wire Strain Gauges, 121*. See LETTER, 280
Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See Rolling Mills
ROntgen Rays. See X-Rays
Rural Electrification in North Scotland, 37 Substation. See Substation
Switchgear. See Switchgear
Tariffs, Electricity Supply, Unifying and Equating of, 31
— Statistics of North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, 111
Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony
Tests, Red-Fir Poles for Transmission Lines, 268
Thermometer. See Thermometer Traction. See Locomotives, Electric ; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Vectors, Elementary, for Electrical Engineers (Review), 507
Voltages, Distribution, Low-Pressure Standardisation of, 303
— Standardisation in Australia, 256 Wave Propagation and Impedance Concept, 547
Welding. See Welding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy; Radar; Radio
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radar; Radio
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electric Power Companies, Incorporated Association of, ana Nationalisation, 111. See LETTER, 233
Electrical Engineers, Elementary Vectors for (Review), 507

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Awards of Premiums, 34
Election of Officers, 83
Report of J oint Committee on Location of Underground Services, 136
Ceremonial W elcome on Election to Membership, 183
High-Voltage Overhead Lines, by W. J. Nicholls, 197. See LETTER, 328
Development in Electrical Measuring Instruments, by F. E. J. Ockenden, 234
Behaviour of Red-Fir Poles for 11-kV Lines Under Electrical Stress Due to Insulation Failure, by W. Letherside, 268
Capitalisation of Technical Performance, by E. T. Norris, 302
Report on Scientific Electrical Measuring Instruments, by D. C. Gall, 308
Discussion on Electro-Tinning Processes, 335
Parsons Lecture on Optical Glass in War, by Sir H. Chance, 343, 366. See 327
Presiaential Address, by V. Z. de Ferranti, on Production and Utilisation of Electrical Energy, 430*. See 350,351
Circular on Training of Ex-Service Men, 447
Extinction of Arcs in Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, by A. Allan and D. F. Amer, 469
Performance of High-Voltage Oil Circuit Breakers Incorporating Resistance Switching, by H. E. Cox and T. W. Wilcox, 469, 620*
Discussion on Production and Utilisation of Electrical Energy, 537
Power Supply for Generating-Station Auxiliary Services, by W. Szwander, 542
Heat Pump, by J. A. Sumner, 557 Future of Pulverised-Coal Firing in Great Britain, 615
Installations Section :
Electrical Control of Dangerous Machinery and Processes, by W. F. Cooper, 494 Measurements Section :
Trend and Development in Meters and Instruments, by L. J. Matthews, 441 . Radio Section :
Dielectrics for Telecommunication Purposes, by Prof. W. Jackson, 427. See Erratum, 463
Wave Propagation and Impedance Concept, by Dr. H. G. Booker, 547 Transmission Section;
Development of the Grid, by J. A. Lee, 423
Lightning Surges on Transmission Lines in Ireland, by R. C. Cuffe, 619 Mersey and North W ales centre :
Railway Electrification in Great Britain, by R. Varley, 421
North-Western Centre ;
Design and Engineering Production, by E. T. Norris, 331
East Midland Sub centre :
Diesel-Electric Traction, by D. B. Hosea- son, 257
North Midland Students’ Section : Foundation of Bailie Memorial Prize, 111 Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
— Engineering Industry, Position in, 431 Industry, Rehabilitation of, 135
— Plant, Commissioning of, and Associated
Problems (Review), 196
Design and Production of, 331 Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric Electrodepositors Technical Society, Discussion on Electro-Tinning Processes, 335
Electrofio Meters Co., Ltd., Panels for Lockheed Hydraulic Remote-Control Boiler-Damper Gear, 608*
Electromagnetic Waves. See Electric Electrons, Atomic Particles and Light Quanta, 478*, 502*. See Errata, 536
— and Atomic Structure, 406*, 429*
— Jubilee of Discovery of, Celebration of, 514 Electronics in Industry, Exhibition of Equipment, 68
Electroplating of Steel Strip, 78 Electro-Tinning Processes, Continuous, 335 Elevating and Conveying, Pneumatic, of Grain (Review), 339
Ellipses and Transitional Curve Trigonometry, 409*. See LETTER, 544*
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under Machine 2'ooZs
Employees. See Labour
Employment Bureau, Professional Engineers’, 160. See LETTER, 184
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
Enemy Countries, British Industrial Property in, Suggestions for Dealing with, 150
Energy for Heat, Light and Power, Sources of, 199
Enfield Cables, Ltd., 132-kV and 264-kV Compression Cables, 485*, 495
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Compressed-Air, for Motorships, 583
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel: Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
?— Gas, 325-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder, Beenham’s Heath Pumping Station, 53
See also Producer; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Heat, Theory of, 232*. See LETTER, 305
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion, Specification, 250 Combustion. See also Twrdines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Air Filters for, 399
Diesel, Effect of Torsional Vibration in, 88. See Errata, 107
7- Diesel, Marine, Future of Diesel, at Prague Fair, 544
Engines, Oil, Diesel, in South West Wales Power Stations, 176*
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion; Diesel Engine Osers Association
44-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder for Mining Locomotive (Ruston & Hornsby, Ltd.), 488*
Free-Piston Compressor, 567, 617
— — Heavy, Report on Working Costs, 616 Marine, Construction in Italy, 173
— — Marine, 280-s.h.p. Four-Cylinder Petter,
M.S. “ Flintlock,” 151*
— — Marine, Researches by Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., 69*. 117*
Marine, 4,000-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Opposed-Piston, 70*
Motor-Vehicle, 130-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 272*
100-b.h.p., Six-Cylinder Horizontal, for Omnibus (Birmingham & Midland Omnibus Co., Ltd.), 465*
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Air Filters for, 399
Marine, 4-h.p. Two-Cylinder, for Propulsion Unit (British Motor Boat Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 537*
— — Motor Car, 24-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder Two-
Stroke (Trojan, Ltd.), 415
— — See also Aeronautics ; Motor Cars
— Primitive, Origins of, 388. See LETTERS,
448, 520
— Steam, Marine, Future of, 271
— — Marine, 8,000-i.h.p. Triple-Expansion,
S.S. “ Balaena,” 393*
Marine. See also Marine Populsion; Turbines
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers’ Education. See L'dwcation
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— Professional, Employment Bureau, 160.
See LETTER, 184
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of,
Awards for 1945-46, 392; Builders’
Model of Henry Bell’s “ Comet,” 449*; Joint Autumn Meeting with Institution of Naval Architects in Glasgow. See Naval Architects
— Training for Profession of (Review), 411
Engineering Advisory Council, Ministry of Supply, Formation of, 616
— Apprentices. See Education
— as a Career, 134
— Contracts. See Contracts
— Education. See Education
— Exhibits at Prague Fair, 544
Welsh Industries Fair, 319
— Industries Association, Future of British
Machine-Tool Industry, by Sir F. E. Smith, 303. See LETTER, 376
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National-
Physical
— Production and Design, 331
— Research in Universities, 325
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Works. See Works
“ ENGINEERING,” Used Copies for Forces, 88
English Electric Co., Ltd., 20-W Rotary Transformers for Aircraft, 246; 90-MVA Reactors, 344*
— Farms, Water and Electricity Supplies, 210 “ Engynes,” Origins of, 388. See LETTERS,
448, 520
Environmental Warmth and its Measurement, Report on, 38
“ Eros,” S.S., Salvage of, 328, 340
Euco Tools, Ltd., Adjustable Spacer for Milling Cutters, 18*
European Patents Concerning Compressors, Air Pumps, Blowers, Etc., Index of, (Review), 196
Eutectic Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy “ Euthalia,” S.S., Salvage of, 390
Evaporative Condenser. See Condenser Evershed Committee on Textile-Machinery Industry, 10
Exactor Control Co., Ltd., Hydraulic Change- Over Valve, 153*
Excavation for United States Airport- in Azores, 292*
Exhaust-Steam Turbine. See Turbine, Steam Exhibition, “ Britain-Can-Make-It,” 87, 303, 443
— of British and German Fighting Vehicles, 67
— British Investigation of German Industries,
557
— Electronic Equipment, British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 68
— Marine Mine and Degaussing, Science Museum, 78, 129
—" Model Engineer,” Royal Agricultural Hall, 205. See BETTERS, 232, 256
— Prague Fair, Engineering Exhibits at, 546
— Royal Photographic Society’s, Science Museum, 279
— Shipbuilding, Sunderland, 495
— Welsh Industries Fair, Cardiff, 319
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expenditure, National, Select Committee! on, Report on Tank Production ,63
Experimental Tank. See Tank
Explosion Risks and Fire, 476
Export Trade. See Trade; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Extrusion Machine, Screw, Mechanical Principles of, 358*

FABRIC Cells, Inflatable, for Aircraft Salvage, 322*
Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— Employment of Women. See Labour
— Incentive to Industry in, 102,124
— Lighting by Fluorescent Lamps, Development of, 475, 500*, 524*
— Management. See Works Management
-— Prevention of Explosions in, 476
Fair, Trade. See Exhibition
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., “Firefly” High- Speed Training Aircraft, 396; Tropical Tests of “ Firefly ” Mk. IV Aeroplane, 436
“ Falaise,” S.S., Launch of, 4'83
Falkirk Bolling Mills, Acquisition by British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 203
Fan and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Luncheon, 39
— Index of European Patents (Review), 196
Fancutt, F., on Formulation of Anti-Corrosive Paint Compositions, 569,
Faraday Building, London, Telephone Developments at, 79
— Law of Electrolysis, 478
— and Scientific instrument development, 114
Farms, Water and! Electricity Supplies on,
Survey of, 210
Farmer, H. O., on Free-Piston Compressor Engines, 567, 617
Farming. See Agriculture ; Tractors
Fatigue Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
Federation of Associations of Specialists and Sub-Contractors, Annual Luncheon, 519
— of Belgian Industries, Talks on Anglo-Belgian Trade, 127
— of British Industries, Talks on Anglo-Belgian Trade, 127; Conference on Industrial Design, Design and Machinery, by T. P. N. Burness, 327
Feed-Distribution and Hunting ini Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 472, 498, 521, 548*, 573*. See LETTER, 592*
— Pipes, Internal, for Marine Water-Tube
Boilers, 472, 498, 521, 548*, 573*. See LETTER, 592*
— Water Softener. See Water Softener Fehlhaber Pile Co., Raising Railway Bridge
Over Tennessee River, 457*
Feltham Ordnance Depot, Demonstration of Fork-Lift Trucks, 105
Female Labour. See La&owr and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., Investigation on Force Characteristics of Circuit Breakers, 385*
Ferranti, V. Z. de, on Production and Utilisation of Electrical Energy, 430*. See 350, 351
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
F.I.D.O., Evolution of, by A. C. Hartley, 567
Field, J. F., Portobello Power Station Extensions, 164
Filing and Indexing: Classification as Applied to Eiling Systems (Review), 365. See 423. See LETTER, 424
— ?— Unpublished Material, Report on, 423 Filters, Air, for Internal-Combustion Engines,
399
— for Producer Gas, Experiments on, 231
— Self-Cleaning, Automatic, for Liquids (New-
con Filters, Ltd.), 488*
Finishing Processes, Metal, Research on, 572 Fir, Red, Poles, Behaviour Under Electrical Stress, 268
Fire-Check Flush Doors, Specification, 346
— Domestic, Atmospheric Pollution from, 222
— and Explosion Risks, 476
— Fighting Trials on Magnesium-Base Alloys
(Magnesium Elektron, Ltd.), 481*
Fireboxes, Steel, for Locomotives, 22*
“ Firefly ” High-Speed Training Aircraft, 396; Tropical Tests of Mark IV Type, 436
Firth, T., and J. Brown, Ltd., Cast-Steel Locomotive Wheels, 44* ; Machining of Stainless Steels, by W. H. Crisp and W. Burnan, 526*
Fischer-Tropsch Process in Germany, 448 Fishbolts and Nuts for Rails, Specification, 274 Flame, Open-Hearth Furnace, Effect of Port Design on, 486, 497
Flameproof Enclosure of Electrical Apparatus, Specification, 178
Flamsteed, Tercentenary of, 183
Flange ’Width oi Stiffened Plating in Longitudinal Bending, 603*
Flaw Detection by Magnetism, '41*. See LETTER, 112
Fleet. See IFarsbipe
Fleming, Sir A. P. M., on Industrialists and Information Services, 278. See LETTER, 352 Flight. See Aeronautics
“ Flintlock,” Naval Auxiliary M.S., 151* Floating Dock. See Dock
Flood, Nile, of 1946. See LETTERS, 496, 568 Flow, Capillary, in Soldering Process, 329 +- in Perforated Pipe, 472, 548*,
Flue-Gas Washing Plants for Power Stations 135 •
— Pipes, Cast Iron, Specification, 82
Fluid Machines, Efficiency and Cavitation of, 334*
Flying Boats. See Aeronautics
Fog Dispersal at Aerodromes, 567
kood Production, World, and Agricultural Machinery, 230
Force Characteristics of Circuit Breakers, 385* Ford, Henry, Strange Commissions for (Review), 101
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Mounted Plough for Tractor Farming, 536*
Forging Press. See Press under Machine Tools Fork-Lift Trucks, Demonstrations of, 105,559* Forts, Sea, Welded Tubular Bridges for, 391* Foster Transformers and Switchgear, Ltd., Switchgear for 250-kW Mobile Power Plant, 67*
Fouling of Ships’ Bottoms, Paint Compositions for Preventing, 569
Foundries, Attracting Apprentices for, 85, 93, See LETTERS, 112, 136
— Sand Cores, Determination of Gas Content,
29
— See also Castings
Foundrymen, British, Institute of. See British France, Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467
Frankl, E. K., on Society for Development of Photo-Elasticity, 160. See 303 l'raser & Chalmers Engineering Works, Problem of Incentive in Industry, by S. W. Hyde, 101,124
‘Frederick Bartholdi,” S.S., Salvage of, 328 436
Free-Piston Compressor Engine, 567, 617 Freeborn Power Converter for Locomotives, 191*
Freeth, Dr. F. A., on Polythene, 388
French, Sir J. W., on “ Engynes,” 520. See 38b. See LETTER, 448
— See France
Freund, M., on Transfer Moulding, 237*
Frictional Resistance, Experimental-Tank Investigation, 454
Frythe Research Laboratories, Lease by Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 154
Fuel Consumption, 130-b.h.p., Leyland Goods Vehicle, 273
Reduction by British Industry, 567
— for Electricity Supply Industry, 5,14
“ Fuel and the Future ” Conference:
Programme, 87
Inaugural Session, 351 Reports of Proceedings, 351, 373, 422, 445, 614
Discussion on Coke Ovens, 422 Discussion on Shunting Locomotives, 445 Discussion on District Heating, 614
Fuel Gauge, “ Pacitor,” for Aircraft (Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd.), 31*
— Institute of, Grant of Charter to, 87 ; Con
ference on Pulverised Fuel, 1947, 92; Sources of Energy for Heat, Light and Power, by J. Eccles, 199 ; Annual Dinner, 375; Melchett Medal, Presentation to Sir
J. Chadwick, 375; Oil and Wax Production from Coal in Germany, by Dr. C. C. Hall, 448
— Liquid. See Oil Fuel
— Motor. See also Gas ; Petrol; Producer
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— Policy, Domestic, Simon Report, 6,14
— and Power Ministry, Nationalisation of Coal
Industry, 61, 63, 495; Appointment of Mineral Development Committee, 131; Consideration of Coal Situation, 133 ; Coal Shortage, Effect on Electricity Supply, 270; Standardisation of Low-Pressure Distribution Voltages, 303 ; Interruptions in Electricity Supply, 447; Statement on Coal Supply, 471; Fuel-Consumption, Reduction by British Industry, 567 ; Policy regarding Oil Fuel, 589; Conference on “ Fuel and the Future.” See “ Fuel and the Future ” G'on/erence
— Pump. See Pump
— Research Board, Report on Coal Reserves
and Production, 39, 62: Coke-Ovens Committee, Report on Experiments in Coking Practice, 397
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Pulverised Coal “ Furious,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier of 1917, 49,
97*
Furnace, Electric, for Annealing Steel Strip in Coils, 568
— — for Gas-Carburising Experiments, 261*
— Heat-Flow Meter for Use in, 497
— Open-Hearth, Influence of Port Design in,
486, 497
—- — Hearth, Thermal Conditions in, 486, 520
— See also coke Ovens ; cupola
Furness Railway; Its Rise and Development, 1846-1923 (Review), 533

GALL, D. C., on Scientific Electrical Measuring Instruments, 308
Gallipoli. H.M.S. “Minerva” at, 147. See LETTER, 448
" Garth Hall,” Locomotive, Oil-Burning Equipment for, 416*
Gamma Radiography, Technique of, 169* Garrison Dam on Missouri River, 295
Gas, Acetylene. See Acetylene
— Appliances, Domestic, Specification, 58, 346
— Carbon Dioxide. See Carbon Dioxide
— Carburising of Mild and High-Carbon Steel,
Experiments on, 260*, 285*
— Coal and Electricity-Supply, Economies in
Industry, 567
— Coke-Oven. See Coke Oven
— Content of Foundry Sand Cores, Determination of, 29
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Engineers, Institution of, Report of Joint
Committee on Location of Underground Services, 136
— Explosions from, 476
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Flue, Washing Plants for Power Stations,
135
— and Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Mains, Influence on London Traffic Plan,
278, 342
Underground, Location of, 136
— Natural, Production of Carbon Black from,
54, 76
Production in Italy, 403
— Producer. See Producer
— Production in Great Britain, 1938-44, Report, 158
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Undertakings, Returns for 1938-44, 158
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Acetylene ; Carbon Dioxide ; Hydro
gen ; Nitrogen, etc.
Gasification of Coal, Underground, Experiments in United States, 558
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol; Aero-, nautics
Gauge, Fuel, “ Pacitor,” for Aircraft (Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd.), 31*
— and Tool Advisory Council, Formation of,
453
— Strain, Electrical Resistance, 121*. See LETTER, 280
Gayler, Dr. M. L. V., on Ageing and Cold-Working of Copper-Aluminium Alloy, 306
Gear, Chain-Driven, for “ Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives, 45*, 112*
— Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Reduction, for “ Theseus I ” Propeller Gas-
Turbine Aero Engine (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 368*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing, Mechanical, for Locomotives, 191*
General Electric Co., Ltd., Remote Control by High-Frequency Currents, 163 f High- Frequency Generator for Industrial Heating, 184; Research Laboratory, Investigation on Gas Carburising, 260*, 285*; Safety Electrode Holder for Arc Welding, 438*; Fluorescent-Lamp Development, 475, 526* ; Bright-Annealing Plant tor Steel Strip, Whitehead Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., 568; Audio-Frequency Millivoltmeter, 572
General Electric Co., Schenectady, Research on Atomic Energy, 558
Generating Plant at Haverfordwest and Lampeter Power Stations, 176*
250-kW Mobile, and Workshop (Lang Wheels (Manufacturing), Ltd.), 66*
— — for London Midland & Scottish Railway
Royal Train, 212*
— Station. See Power Station
Generator, Electric, 200-kW, Beenham’s Heath Pumping Station, 53
Castings and Weldings for, 93*
High-Frequency, for Industrial Heating (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 184
52,000-kW., Kearsley Power Station, 402
— — 50-kW and 100-kW, for Mobile Power
Plant, .66*
22,000-kVA, Overspeed Tests on Rotor (Oerlikon Works), 333*
— — 60,000-kW, Portobello Power Station, 164 for Power Station Extensions 231
for South African Electricity Supply Commission, 326
Transport of 130-ton Stator for, 546
— — See also 7'wr6o-Generators
Geometry, Analytical, and Calculus (Review) 196
—Building (Review), 146
German Aeronautical Developments, 215
— and British Fighting Vehicles, Exhibition, 67
— Canning Industry, Methods of, 78
— Industries, British Investigation of, Exhibition, 557
— Reparations, Potsdam Programme with
United States, 558
— Transformer and Electric Motor Design, Report on, 503
Germany, British Industrial Property in, Suggestions for Dealing with, 150
Zone, Steelworks Output Capacity, 439
— Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467 Supply during War Time, 582, 606
— Oil and Wax Production from Coal in, 448 Gibb, Sir C. D., on Castings and Weldings, 93*
See 85. See LETTERS, 112,136
Gibraltar Dockyard, War Work in, 461
Giffen, Prof. E., on Engineering Research in the University, 325
Girders. See Beams ; Bridges
Glasgow Corporation, Ruchazie Reservoir, 307 Glass, Optical, in War, 327, 343, 366
— Safety, Laminated (“Triplex” Safety Glass
Co., Ltd.), 380
Glen Affric Hydro-Electric Scheme, 303 Gloster-Meteor Jet-Propelled Aeroplane, Air- Speed Record by, 256
Glover, W. T., & Co., Ltd., Lighting System for Cable-Making Factory, 213
Glues, Testing Methods for, Specification, 202 " Gomer-Jenkins ” Valve-Reseating Apparatus, 319
Goodeve, Sir C., on Research in Iron and Steel Industry, 426*
Gordon, R. C., on H.M.SS. “ Minerva ” and “ Magnificent,” 488. See LETTERS, 73*, 147*
Gothenburg, Inauguration of Swedish Institute for Textile Research, 159
Gough, Dr. H. J., on Inert Atmospheres as Fatigue Environments, 197. See 330; on Research Applied to Bomb Disposal, 495 Government, British, on International Control of Atomic Energy, 423
— Expenditure, Effect on Industry, 613
— Railways. See Railways
Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, Skew Bascule Bridge over, 25*
Grain, Pneumatic Conveying and Elevating of (Review), 339
— Steel Silos for, 247
Graving Dock. See Dock
Great Britain, Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467
Gas Production in, 1938-44, Report, 158 —- — Position of Welding in, 356
Railway Accidents in 1945, Report, 157 Railway Electrification in, 421
Railways, Statistical Returns, 1945, 86 Sources of Energy in, 199
— Western Railway, Oil-Burning Equipment
for Locomtives, 82, 416*: Oil Fuel for Locomotives, 134; Coal Costs and Consumption, 318; 2,500-h.p. Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 523
Green, F. M., on Aircraft Propulsion, 543. See 570, 593
Greenwich Observatory, Astronomer Royal’s Report, 293, 316
Greinacner, Prof. H., on Atomic Structure and Transmutation, 406*, 429*; on Atomic Particles and Light Quanta, 478*, 502*. See Errata, 536
" Greyhound ” Experiments, Examination of, 355, 453*
Grid System, Development of, 423
High-Voltage Overhead Lines for, 197. See LETTER, 328
Grierson, R., on Meteorogical Aspects of Space Heating, 349
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools
Grodsky, V. A., on Copper-Phosphorus-Lead- Nickel Alloys, 438
Groundwater Investigations in Netherlands, Recent (Review), 507
Gudnault, E. M., on Safety of Electrical Apparatus, 462
Gun Barrels, Broaching Machines for, 485. See LETTERS, 544, 593
— Bolt-Driving and Punching, Submersible
(Temple Cox Development Co., Ltd.), 597*
— Mountings, United States Reserve Fleets,
Preservation of, 138*
—- — Work in H.M. Dockyards, 534
— Turret, Aircraft, Amplidyne Electrical Con
trol Set for, 105*
Gutters, Rain-Water, Steel, Specification, 154 Gyroscope and its Applications (Review), 27

HALCROW, SIR W., on Work of lnstitution of Civil Engineers, 473. See 447
Hall, Dr. C. C., on Oil and Wax Production from Coal in Germany, 448
Halmshaw, R., on Technique of Gamma Radiography, 169*
Hamilton, W., the Late, 226
Handley Page, Ltd., Hying Display at Radlett Aerodrome, 282*
Hanover, C. D., Bascule Bridge over Gowanus Canal, 25*
Harbour, Wellington, New Zealand, Annual Report, 567
— Work for United States Airport in Azores,
289*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Whale-Oil Factory Ship “ Balaena," 393*
Harris, Prof. J. E., Research on Anti-Fouling Paints for Ships, 569
Harris, K. N., on Cult of the Model, 256. See 205. See LETTER, 232
Harrison, F. C., on Broaching Machines, Tools and Practices, 544. See 485. See LETTER, 593
Harrison, John, Eighteenth Century Work on Chronometers, 114
Hartley, A. C., and Fog Dispersal, 567 Hartley, Dr. H., on Cast-Iron Research, 595 Haverfordwest Power Station, 176*
“ Hawaii,” United States Cruiser, Modifications to, 439
Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., Northern Heights Model Flying Club Meeting, 15
Hawksley Lecture on Research Applied to Bomb Disposal, 495
Head, Wrightson & Co., Ltd., Roller Levelling Machines for Armour Plate, 56*
Heat Engines. See Enywies ; Twfrines ; Aeronautics
— Flow Meter for Use in Furnaces, 497
in Open-Hearth Furnace, Meter for, 486, 497
— Insulation, Building (Review), 146
— Insulating Materials, Specification, 106
— Light and Power, Sources of Energy for, 199
— Pump, Application of, 557
— Supply by Electricity Supply Undertaking,
30
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
Heating, District, Recent Developments at Home and Abroad, 614
,— by Heat Pump, 557
— Industrial, High-Frequency Generator for
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 184
— Space, Meteorological Aspects of, 349
— Systems, Hot-Water, High-Pressure (Review), 51
?— and Ventilating for Architects and Builders (Review), 76
Helicopters. See Aeronautics
Helium Production in United States, 236
Hensel, F. R., on Silicide-Hardened Copper Compacts for Bearings, 126
Heywood, R. B., on Magnetism and Testing of Materials, 112. See 41*
Highways. See Roads
Hill, N., the Late, 77
Hillier, H., on Feed Distribution and Hunting in Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 548*, 573*. See 472, 498, 521. See LETTER, 592*
“ Hipersil ” Transformer Iron, 53
“ Hi-Shear ” Stop Pin, 67*
History of British Railways during War, 1939-45 (Review), 100
Scientific Instrument Industry, 113,127
H.M.SS. See under Warships
Hobart, H. M., the Late, 400
Holford, Prof. W. G., on District Heating in Town Planning, 614
Holland, Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467
—See also Dutch
Holm, V. C. F., on Sealing of Porous Castings, 607
Hooke’s Work on Microscope, 113
Horseshoe Reinforcement of Steel Pipes, Strength of, 578*, 605*
Hoseason, D. B., on Diesel-Electric Traction, 257
Hot-Tearing of Aluminium Casting Alloys, 305
— Water Heating Systems, High-Pressure
(Review), 51
Hours of Labour. See Labour
Housing Estate, Withenshawe, Manchester, Electricity and Heat Supply, 30, 614
Howard, H. L., Electricity supply in South- West Wales, 176*, 199*
Hudson, Dr. J. C., on Anti-Corrosive Compositions for Ships’ Bottoms, 569
Hull and Barnsley Railway (Review), 267
— City Electricity Department, Annual Re
port, 135
— Replanning of, Report on, 518
Human Body, Effects of Heat and Cold on, 38 Humber, River, Proposed Suspension Bridge over, 518
Hume, Sir G., the Late, 280
Humidistat for Sealed-Up Portions of United States Reserve Ships, 139*
Hurstmonceux Castle, Removal of Royal Observatory to, 293
Hutton, Prof. R. S., on Industrialists and Information Services, 278. See LETTER 352
Hyde, S. W., on Problem of Incentive in Industry, 101, 124
Hydraulic Change-Over Valve (Exactor Control Co., Ltd.), 153*
— Equipment for Fork-Lift Industrial Truck (Automotive Products Co., Ltd.), 560*
— Machines, Efficiency and Cavitation of, 334* Tools. See Machine Tools
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under AtacAine Tools
— Turbines. See Tur/nnes ; Power Plant Hydraulics, Discharge Tests on Archimedean
Screw, 309*
— See also Irrigation ; Water
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hydrogen, Removal from Steel, 545 Hydrographical Apparatus, Developments in, 318*
Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., Portable Air Compressor, 309*

ILLUMINATION by Fluorescent Lamps, Development of, 475, 500*, 524*
— See also Tight; Lighting ; and Lamps under Electric
Impact Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Imperial Chemical House, British Investigation of German Industries Exhibition, 557
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Lease of Frythe Research Laboratories, Welwyn, 154 ; “Kumanal” Electrical Resistance Alloy, 211; Investigation on Copper- iNickei-Manganese Alloys, 330; Discovery ana Proaucuon of Polythene, 388
— College Union, Vacation Work Scheme!
Annual Report, 519
Import Trade, bee Trade Incentive in Industry, Problem of, 101,124 Inclusions, Non-Metallic in Steel, Origin and Constitution of, 141*, 165*, 545
Indexing Attachment, Precision (W. H. Marley & Co., Ltd.), 585*
— and Eiling; Classification as Applied to ' Filitig Systems (Review), 365. bee 423.
See LETTER, 424
Unpublished Material, Report on, 423 India, Central Board of Irrigation, Annual Report, 1944 (Review), 483 ; Annual Report, 1945 (Review), 581
— Rubber. See Rubber
Indian Government, Curve Re-alignment on East Indian Railway (Review), 339
Indicator Diagram from Air Compressor, 364*
— Engine, Electronic, 361*
— Liner-Wear and Crankshaft Alignment,
H. D. Adam’s, 512*. See LETTER, 568
— and Recorder, CO2, “ Pyrorex ” (Dufty Engineering Co., Ltd.), 512*
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour ; and
Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Design, Council of, ‘‘ Britain-Can-Make-It ”
Exhibition, 87, 303, 443; Conference on Industrial Design; Design and Machinery, by T. P. N. Burness, 327
— Experimentation, Ministry of Supply Monograph on, 229
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Works Management
— Notes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Research. See Research
Industrialists and Information Services, 278. See LETTER, 352
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
Oil Fuel for, 589 Reduction in Fuel Consumption, 567
— Co-partnership in. See Labour
— Effects of Economic Burdens on, 613
— Incentive in, Problem of, 101,124
— See also Trade ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Information Services for Industrial and Business Executives, 278. See LETTER, 352
Ingram, H. J., the Late, 330 Inland Navigation. See Canada, Rivers, etc.
— Waterways Association, Formation of, 87 Inspection of Military Electrical and Mechanical
Equipment, 591
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See also Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— Elections, 10, 82, 106, 130, 178, 202, 226, 250, 298, 394, 418, 490, 538, 562, 586, 610
— of Production Engineers. See Production
— Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Society, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Australia, Institution of Engineers ; Automobile Engineers, Institution of; British Association ; British Foundrymen, Institute of; Chemical Industry, French Society of; Chemical Industry, Society of; Chemical Society ; Chemists, British Association of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Diesel Engine Users Association; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Electrodepositors Technical Society; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Fuel, Institute of ; Gas Engineers, Institution of ; Iron and Steel Institute; Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland; Junior Institution of Engineers ; Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Metallurgists, Institution of; Mining Engineers, Institution of; Mining ana Metallurgical Engineers, American Institute of; Municipal and County Engineers, Institution of; Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated ; Naval Architects, Institution of; Newcomen Society; Newport Metallurgical Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of; Photographic Society, Royal; Physical Society; Physics, Institute of; Production Engineers, Institution of; Road Transport Engineers, Institute of; Royal Society; Sanitary Inspectors Association ; Sheet and Strip Metal Users’ 'Technical Association; Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists; Structural Engineers, Institution of ; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Transport, Institute of; Water Engineers, Institution of; Welding, Institute of
Instruments, Measuring, Electrical, Development of, 234
— — Electrical, Scientific Report on, 308
— Optical, in Industry and War, 327, 343, 366
— for Recording Torsional Vibration, 88. See
Errata, 107
— Scientific, in Britain, History of, 113,127
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulation. See Heat; Electric
Inter-American Association of Sanitary Engineering, Formation of, 558
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics ; Engines; Motor Boats; Tractors; Turbine, Gas
International Civil Aviation Organisation, Provisional, Visit to Great Britain, 254
International Combustion, Ltd., Water-Tube Boiler for Transportable Power Station, 270*
— Conference on Radio Frequencies, Moscow,
399
— Congress, Sixth, for Applied Mechanics,
Paris. See Applied Mechanics, Sixth International Congress for
— Control of Atomic Energy, by P. J. Noel-
Baker, 423
— Co-operation in Civil Aviation, 304
— Electricity Supply, 449. See Erratum, 467
— Technical Congiess, Paris, Programme, 67
— Tin Conference, London, 375
— Trade. See Trade
Invasion Fleet, Ships of, 401
Inventions. See Patents
Ionides, M. G., on Jordan Valley Irrigation in Transjordan, -241 *
Ireland, Northern, 2-6-4 Tank Locomotives for, 403*
Irish Transmission Lines, Lightning Surges, 619 Iron, Case-Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— “ Hipersil,” for Transformers (Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Co.), 53
— Powder Production from Carbonate Slate,
United States Plant for, 439
— and Steel Board, Appointment of, 183, 255
— — Exports, United States, 295
Iron and Steel Institute :
Formation of Iron and Steel Engineers’ Group, 39
Autumn Meeting, London:
Programme, 370 Inaugural Proceedings, 471 Changes on Council, 471 Reports of Discussions, 497, 520, 545, 568 Origin and Constitution of Certain Non- Metallic Inclusions in Steel, by Dr. J. R. Rait and H. W. Pinder, 141*, 165*. See 545
Gas Carburising, by I. Jenkins, 260*, 285* Influence of Port Design on Open-Hearth Furnace Flames, by Dr. J. H. Chesters and M. W. Thring, 486. See 497
Thermal Conditions Within the Open- Hearth Furnace, by M. W. Thring, 486. See 520
Heat-Flow Meter for Use in Furnaces, by R. H. Baulk and M. W. Thring, 497 Removal of Hydrogen from Steel, by Prof. J. H. Andrew, Drs. H. Lee, A. K. Mallik and A. G. Quarrell, 545
New Annealing Plant for Steel Strip in Coils at Whitehead Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Newport, Mon., by Dr. B. Jones and I. Jenkins, 568
Formulation of Anti-Corrosive Compositions for Ships’ Bottoms and Under- Water Service on Steel, by F. Fancutt and Dr. J. C. Hudson, 569
Report on Anti-Fouling Research, 1942-44, by Prof. J. E. Harris, 569
Interim Descriptive Statement on Leaching-Rate Test for Ships’ Anti-Fouling Compositions, by Dr. I. G. Slater, 569 Neutralisation of Sulphur in Cast Iron by Various Alloying Elements, by H. Morrogh, 598*, 621*. See 545
Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland, Presidential Address, by Dr. J. W. Donaldson, on Recent Developments in Ferrous Metallurgy, 375
Research Association, British, Statement on Research in Iron and Steel Industry, 426*
— — Works. See Works
— — See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
— Welding. See PFeZdiny
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel; Metallurgy Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Columns ;
Roofs; Steelwork; Structures
Irrigation in Australia, Possibilities of, 174
— Central Board of, India, Annual Report,
1944 (Review), 483 ; Annual Report, 1945 (Review), 581
— Jordan Valley, in Transjordan, 241*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ismailia Valve Co., Lever-Operated Flap Stop Valve, 198*
Isotropic Strain-Hardening Material, Plastic Strain in, 381*
Italian Shipbuilding and Marine-Engineering Industries, Position of, 173
Italy, Electricity Supply in, 90,449. See Erratum, 467
Italy, Oil and Natural-Gas Production in, 403
— Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in, 173
I. T.D.,Ltd., “ Stacatruc ” Fork-Lift Industrial
Truck,559*
Ivatt, H. G., 2-6-4 Type Tank Locomotive for Northern Ireland, 403*
Izod, E. G., the Late, 354. See LETTER, 400
— Test Piece, New Form of, 123*

JACK, Hydraulic, for Raising Railway Bridge over Tennessee River, 457*
Jackson, H. L., on “ Lewis’s, 1844-1944,” 568. See LITERATURE INDEX
Jackson, Prof. W., on Dielectrics for Telecommunication Purposes, 427. See Erra- turn, 463
Jacobsohn, W., on Capacity of Traffic Lane, 433*. See Erratum, 475. See LETTERS, 544, 592
Japan, British Industrial Property in, Suggestions for Dealing with, 150
— Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467 Jeans, Sir J., the Late, 280
Jenkins, I., on Gas Carburising, 260*, 285* ; on Annealing Plant for Steel Strip at Newport, 568
Jenkins (Valve Reseaters), Ltd., Valve Reseating Apparatus, 319*
Jennings, J., on Theory of Heat Engines, 305. See LETTER, 232*
Jessop, Col. H. T., on Society for Development of Photo-Elasticity, 160. See 303
Jet-Engine Research at National Gas-Turbine Establishment, 11
See also Aeronautics and Turbines, Gas
—• Propulsion for Aircraft (Review), 268
Johansen, F. C., on Railway Gauge Act, 1846, -208. See 160. See LETTERS, 280, 353
Joinery (Review), 4
Jones & Shipman, Ltd., Twist-Drill Grinding Machine, 152*; Grinding Machine for Table-Knife Shoulders, 561*
Jones, Dr. B., on Annealing Plant for Steel Strip at Newport, 568
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., Universal Tool-Room Milling Machine, 345*; Jig- Drilling and Milling Machines, 392*; Cylindrical Grinding Machine for Small Parts, 597
Jordan Valley Irrigation in Transjordan, 241* Jorgensen, O. E., Air Power Transmission for Motorships, 583*
Julius, Sir G., the Late, 18
Junior Institution of Engineers, New Award for Paper on Applied Research, 111; Awards for 1945-46 Session, 330; Presidential Address, by Major-General A. W. 'Sproull, on Inspection, 591

K. C. PRODUCTIONS, Shear-Strength Testing Apparatus for Soils, 477*
Kearns, H.W., & Co., Ltd., Boring Machine with Planer-Type Table, 511*
Kearsley Power Station Extensions, 402 Kelvin, Lord, Work on Scientific Instruments, 114
Kelway-Bamber, H., on Carriage of Coal on British Railways, 134
Kendal and Lancaster-Oxenholme Railways,
Centenary of, 303
Kennedy and Donkin, Portobello Power Station Extensions, 164
Kennedy, W. B., on Atmospheric Pollution and Fuel Problem, 222
“ Kentucky," United States Battleship, Modifications to, 439
Kidbrooke, R.A.F. Depot, Civilian Industries at, 203
King, Lieut.-Cmdr. (E) F. J., on Feed Distribution in Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 592*. See 472, 498, 521, 548*, 573*
Kingston-upon-Hull, City and County of, Plan for (Review), 518
>— upon-Hull Electricity Department, Annual Report, 135
Knives, Table, Grinding Machine for Shoulders (A. A. Jones & Shipman, Ltd.), 561*
“ Kumanal ” Electrical Resistance Alloy, 211

LABORATORIES, Atomic-Energy Research, United States, 558
— British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Application of Thermodynamic Principles to Liquidus Surfaces of Alloys, 306
— Brown-Firth Research, Machining of Stainless Steels, 526*
— Electronics, San Diego, Work on Radio
Transmission, 295
— Research, Frythe, Welwyn, Lease by Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 154
General Electric Co., Ltd., Tests of Gas Carburising, 260*, 285*
— — Mining, Work of, 231
J. Sankey & Sons, Ltd., Wolverhampton, 425
— See also National Physical

Labour :

Aircraft Engineer’s “ C" Licence (Review), 147
Apprentices, Attracting to Foundries, 85, 93. See LETTERS, 112, 136
" Closed Shop,” Effect on Trade Unionism, 493
and London Passenger Transport Board, 207
Co-Partnership and Profit-Sharing, 470 Incentive in Industry, Problem of, 101,124 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
Labour and National Service, Ministry of, Training Courses for Chemical Engineers, 81; Further Education and Training Scheme for Electrical Engineers, 447.
— Notes, 20,43, 68, 92,116,140,164,187, 212, 236, 260, 284, 308, 332, 356, 380, 404, 428, 452, 476, 499, 523, 547, 572, 596, 620. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Reserves and Full Employment, 181 Loudon Passenger Transport Board and the “ Closed Shop,” 207. See 493 Men and Women, Equal Pay for, 517 Profit Motive and Incentive in Industry, 102
— Sharing and Co-Partnership, 476 Royal Commission on Equal Pay, 1944-46, 517
Staff of Mechanical Engineer’s Department, Southern Railway, Statistics of Employees, 413, 454
Trade Unions, Law of (Review), 147 Transport and General Workers’ Union and London Passenger Transport Board, 207
Wages and Incentive in Industry, 102,124 Women and Men, Equal Pay for, 517 Lacquering of Steel Strip, 78
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Lamb, Prof. E. H., the Late, 400
Lamps, Electric. See Electric Lampblack, Properties, Production, and Application of, 54, 76
Lampeter Power Station, 200-kW Motor Generator, 176*
Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto, Ltd., 50-kW and 100-kW Generators for Mobile Power Plant, 66*
Lancashire Electric Power Co., Kearsley Power Station Extensions, 402
Lancaster-Oxenholme & Kendal Railways, Centenary of, 303
Landing Craft, Assault, Built by Southern Railway, 455*
Lang, J. D., on Australian Water Resources, 174 Lang Wheels (Manufacturing), Ltd., 250-kW Mobile Power Unit and Workshop, 66*
Langley Aerodrome, Model-Aircraft Display, 15 Language, Common, Choice of (Review), 196
Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., 20-b.h.p. Industrial Tractor, 321*
" Laristan,” Oil-Tanker, Salvage of, 328, 378 Larke, Sir W. J., Medal Competition, Papers on Welding (Review), 76
Larsen, E. I., on Silicide-Hardened Copper Compacts for Bearings, 126
Latches and Locks for DoOrs, Specification, 322 Lathes. See Machine Tools
Latin, Dr. A., on Capillary Flow in Soldering Process 329
Launches and Trial Trips, 538, 562, 586, 610 Law. _ See Legal; Labour ; Patents Leaching-Rate Tests for Anti-Fouling Composition, 569
Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Effect on Antimonial Brass, 281
— Pipes, Specification, 10
— Production and Consumption in United
States, 284
Leathers, Sampling and Analysis of, Specification, 202
Lee, C. E., on World’s Oldest Railway, 595 Lee, Dr. H., on Removal of Hydrogen from Steel, 545
Lee, J. A., on Development of Grid, 423 Leeming, E. L., on Urmston District-Heating Scheme, 614
Lees, D. C. G., on Hot-Tearing of Aluminium Casting Alloys, 305

Legal:

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act and National Coal Board, 61, 63, 495
Labour Legislation. See Labour Law of Trade Unions (Review), 147
London Building Law (Review), 484 Patent Law. See Patents
Railway Gauge Act, 1846, 160. See LETTERS, 208, 280, 353
Road Traffic Acts, 231 Statistics of Trade Bill, 567 Transport Bill, 541 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour; Patents Lemniy, G. K., the Late, 496
Lesseps, Vicomte de, Statue of, 75* Letherside, W., on Behaviour of Red-Fir Poles under Electrical Stress, 268
Letters to the Editor, 16*, 64, 88, 112*, 136, 160, 184, 208, 232*, 256, ’280, 304*, 328, 352*, 376, 400*, 424, 448, 496, 520, 544*, 568, 592*
Levelling Machines, Roller, for Armour Plate 56*
Leyland Motors Ltd., 130-b.h.p. Goods Vehicles, 272*
Libraries, Reference, Binding Delays for Periodicals, 448
— Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of, Presidential Address, by Sir R. Stradling, on Information Services, 278; What an Industrialist Expects of an Information Service, by Sir A. P. M. Fleming and B. M. Dent, 278; Communication of Specialist Information to Business Executives, by Prof. R. S. Hutton, 278. See LETTER, 352; Report on Indexing and Filing Unpublished Material, 423
Lifting Tackle, British Standards Institution Handbook on, 514
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Quanta and Atomic Particles, 478*, 502*
See Errata, 536
— Sources of Energy for, 199
Lighting, Aerodrome, British Standard Guide to. 538
— by Fluorescent Lamps, Development of, 475,
500*, 524*
— Street, Ministry of Transport Circular, 207
— System at Electric Cable Works, W. T.
Glover & Co., Ltd., 213
Lighting. See also Lamps under Electric Lightning, Electric
Lignite Production and Utilisation in Canada, 588
Limestone Roads (Review), 315
Liners. See Ships ; Steamers Linings, Basic, for Cupolas, 19
Liptrot, Group Captain R. N., on Historical
Review of Helicopter Development, 375 Liquid Fuel. See OiZ Fuel; Petrol
— Inflammable, Explosions from, 476
— Lifting by Archimedean Screw, Tests, 309* Liquidus Surfaces of Aluminium Alloys, Application of Thermodynamic Principlesto, 306
Lister, C. P., on Trading Conditions in World’s Markets, 279
Literature, 4,27, 51, 76,100,124,146,171,196, 221, 244, 267, 315, 339, 365, 387, 411, 434, 459, 483, 507, 533, 556, 581, 603. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Trade and Technical, Recommendations for
Standardisation of, 10
Litigation. SeeZej/aZ; Lafiowr; PaZenZs Liverpool Street to Stratford, Underground Railway Extension, 485, 543
Lloyd-Evans, Prof. B., on Theory of Heat Engines, 232*. See LETTER, 305
Lloyd’s Register, Vessels under Construction, 87, 399
Load Factor in Electric Power Station, 350,431
— Distribution in Ships’ Hulls, 376
Loans to Electricity Supply Undertakings, 207 Local Authorities. See AfwmczpaZ
Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 37 “ Lochgoil,” M.S., Salvage of, 317 Locks and Latches for Doors, Specification, 322
— New, for Panama Canal, 462
Lockheed Hydraulic Remote-Control- GeaT for
Boiler Draught Fans, 608* Locomotives Available on British Railways, 86
— British, Conversion to Oil Firing, 207, 279 —- Building and Repair by Southern Railway,
413*, 454*
— Diesel-Engined, 191
— Engineers, Institution of, Coal and Its
Post-War Carriage on British Railways, by H. Kelway-Bamber, 134; Tritton Lecture on Locomotive Limitations, by J. S Tritton, 190*; Presidential Address, by F. S. Whalley, on “Liberation” Locomotives, 399
— “ Garth Hall,” Oil-Burning Equipment, 416
— Gas-Turbine, Coal-Burning (Allis-Chalmers
Manufacturing Co.), 462
— 2,500-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric-Transmis
sion, Great Western Railway, 523
— Great Western, Railway, Passenger and Freight, Oil Fuel for 134
— •— Western Railway, Coal Consumption, 318
— 4-6-4 Type, High-Pressure (Swiss Locomotive Co.), 191*
— Historic, Preservation by London Midland and Scottish Railway, 111
— “ Liberation," Design of, 399
— Limitations in Power, Weight, Size and
Speed, 190*
— " Merchant Navy ” Class, Southern Railway, 21*, 44*, 414*. See LETTER, 112*
— Oil versus Coal for, 257
— 44-b.h.p. Oil Engined, for Mining Work (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 488*
— Passenger, “ A2 ” Class, London and North
Eastern Railway, 175*
— — Oldest British, 113
— Shunting, Operating Costs of, 445
— Steam, Oil and Electric, Relative Efficiencies
of, 257
— 2-6-4 Type Tank, for Northern Ireland, 403*
— Twelve-Cylinder, Columbian National Railways, 190
— See also RaiZways in PARAGRAPH INDEX London Building Law (Review), 484
— City Council, Report on Reconstruction, 40
— County Council, Poplar Power Station and
Atmospheric Pollution, 135
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Improvements at Welwyn Garden City Station, 9* ; Preservation of Historic Locomotives, 111; The Railway at War (Review), 171; Carriages of Royal Train, 212*; Investigation on Temperature Strains in Structural Members, 265* ; Conversion of Locomotives to Oil Burning, 279 ; Centenary of Lancaster-Oxenholme and Kendal Lines, 303; 2-6-4 Type Tank Locomotives, 403* ; Centenary of Bedford-Bletchley Railway, 471; Transport of Turbo-Generator Stator, 546; Track and Water-Trough Renewals, 571; Centenary of West-Coast Route, 615
— and North Eastern Railway, Use of Flat-
Bottomed Rails, 115* ; “ A2 ” Class
Passenger Locomotive, 175*; Traffic- Control System, 514; Transport of Turbo-Generator Stator, 546; Tanfield Branch, World’s Oldest Railway, 595
— Old Bond Street, Fluorescent Lamp Installation, 526*
— Passenger Transport Board, Steel Shoe
Beam for, 185*; Decision on “ Closed Shop,” 207; Repair and Maintenance of Signal Relays, 276 ; Automatic Pneumatic Indexing Drilling Jig, 440*; Conversion of Neasden Power Station to Oil Firing, 448; Reconstruction of 60-ft. Skew Bridge on Metropolitan Railway, 451* ; Liverpool Street to Stratford Railway Extension, 485, 543
Transport Board. See also Underground
— Plan and London Traffic, Conference on, 255,
278, 294, 318, 342, 405. See LETTER, 353
— Royal School of Mines, Work of Mining
Research Laboratory, 231
— Traffic and London Plan, Conference on, 255,
278, 294, 318, 342, 405. See LETTER, 353
— Underground Railways. See Underground
and London Passenger Transport Board
Long, F. D., on Electricity-Supply Companies and Nationalisation, 233. See 111 Lorries. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors Loubser, M. M., Royal Train for South Africa, 522*
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Raising
Bridge Over Tennessee River, 457* Lubricating Oils. See OiZs
Lubrication System, Southern Railway Locomotives, 44*

MACDONALD, F. A., & Partners (Glasgow).
Ltd., Ruchazie Reservoir, 307
Mac. See also Me
Machines, Primitive, Origin of, 388. See LETTERS, 448, 520
Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd., Internal-
Thread Comparator, 55* See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests (Materials)

Machine Tools :

Angle Collet Fixture (W. H. Marley & Co., Ltd.), 246*
— Setting Plate (W. H. Marley & Co. , Ltd.), 246*
Bolt-Driving and Punching Gun, Submersible (Temple Cox Development Co., Ltd.), 597*
Boring Machine with Planer-Type Table (H. W. Kearns & Co., Ltd.), 511*
Broaching Machines, Tools and Practice, 485, 534*. See LETTERS, 544, 593
Codling Media for Broaching Machines, 535 See LETTERS, 544, 593
Cutting Tools, Measuring Temperature of Tips, 435*
for Stainless Steels, Investigation on, 526*
Drilling Jig, Automatic Pneumatic-Indexing (C. E. Bench), 440*
— and Milling Machines, Jig (Sigma
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 392*
Extrusion Machine, Screw, Mechanical Principles of, 358*
Gear-Cutting Methods, for Turbine Gears, 615
Grinding Attachment, Tap (Speed Tools, Ltd.), 211*
— Machine, Cylindrical, for Small Parts (Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd.), 597
— — for Pistons (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 186*
— — for Table-Knife Shoulders (A. A.
Jones & Shipman, Ltd.), 561*
Twist-Drill (A. A. Jones & Shipman, Ltd.), 152*
— Wheel Markings, Standardisation of, 269
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Indexing Attachment, Precision (W. H. Marley & Co., Ltd.), 585*
— Drilling Jig, Automatic, Pneumatic (C. E. Bench), 440*
Lathe, 13-in. “ Speedi-Matic ” (Monarch Machine Tool Co.), 91*
Levelling Machines, Roller, for Armour Plate (Head, Wrlghtson & Co., Ltd.), 56*
Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tool Design, Conference, 327
— — Industry, British, Future of, 303
See LETTER, 376
— — at Prague Fair, 546
Machining of Stainless Steels, Investigation on)526*
Milling Cutters, Adjustable Spacer for (Euco Tools, Ltd.), 18*
— and Drilling Machines, Jig (Sigma
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 392*
— Machines, Knee Type (Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd.), 319*
— — Universal Tool-Room (Sentinel Engi
neering Co., Ltd.), 345*
Pneumatic Impact Wrenches (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 128*
Press, Hydraulic, for Transfer Moulding of Plastics, 238*
Punching and Bolt-Driving Gun, Submersible (Temple Cox Development Co., Ltd.), 597*
Riveting Machine, Electrical, Device for Molybdenum-Steel Riveting (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 561
Screw Extrusion Machine, Mechanical Principles of, 358*
Tool and Gauge Advisory Council, Formation of, 543
— Tip Temperature, Method of Measuring, 435*
Valve Re-seating Apparatus, “ Gomer- Jenkins,” 319
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Machine Work. See Machine Tools Machinery, Dangerous, Electrical Control of, 494
— Markets in Canada, 151
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Magnesium Elektron, Ltd., Fire-Fighting Trials on Magnesium-Base Alloys, 481*
Magnets, Permanent, Condenser-Discharge Magnetiser for, 145*
for Electrical Measuring Instruments, 234 Magnetic Materials for Electricity-Supply Meters, 441
— Mine, Marine, and Degaussing Exhibition,
78, 129
— Tests Used for Testing Materials, 41*. See LETTER, 112
Magnetical Observations at Royal Observatories, 316
Magnetiser, Condenser-Discharge, for Permanent Magnets, 145*
Magnetism and Testing of Materials, 41*. See LETTER 112
"Magnificent,” H.M. Battleship, 1915-1917, 73, 147.* See LETTER, 448
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric
— Underground, Electricity, Water and Gas, Location of, 136
Mallik, Dr. A. K., on Removal of Hydrogen from Steel, 545
Malta Dockyard, War Work In, 461
Management of Electricity-Supply Undertaking, 6
— Industrial, Labour’s Share in. See Labour
— of Works. See Works Management Manchester University, Early History, 135
— Wythenshawe Housing Estate, Electricity and Heat Supply to, 30; District-Heating Scheme, 614
Manganese in High-Sulphur Cast Iron, 545, 598*, 621*
Manley, R. G., on Transition Curve Trigonometry, 544. See 409*
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
" Manxman,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 28, 49* ‘\Marathon ” Civil-Transport Aeroplane, 258* Margolis, A. E., on District Heating on Continent, 614
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Whale-Oil Factory Ship “ Balaena,” 393
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Corrosion, Paints for Prevention of, 569
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Memorial Headquarters, 113; Election of Members, 202, 448, 538; Presidential Address, by Sir A. L. Ayre, Review of Ship Propulsion, 271, 294
— Engineering, Boiler Trials in H.M.S.
“Minerva,” 73
Industry, Italian, Position of, 173
Industry, Position of, 271, 294
and Naval Architecture, Bibliography of (Review), 268
— Propulsion, Gas-Turbine, Researches by
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., 69*, 117*
160,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.8. “ Queen Elizabeth,” 379
? Machinery for Merchant Ships, 271, 412
Machinery of United States Reserve Ships, Preservation of, 140
Marine-Engineering Industry in Italy, Position of, 173
Marine Engineering Industry, Position of, 271,294
4,000-b.h.p. Opposed-Piston Oil Engine, 70*
— — 280-s.h.p. Petter Oil Engine, M.S.
“ Flintlock,” 151*
Review of, 173, 271, 294
— — 8,000-l.h.p. Triple-Expansion Engines,
S.S. “ Balaena,” 393
— — Turbine-Gear Manufacture and Measurement, 615
4-h.p. Two-Cylinder Petrol-Driven Propulsion Unit (British Motor Boat Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 537*
See also Engines; Turbines; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Radar Equipment, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 79*
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Manne Propulsion
“ Mariner ” Inboard Propulsion Unit, 537* Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Marley, W. H., & Co., Ltd.', Angle-Setting Plate, 246* ; Angle Collet Fixture, 246* ; “ Marlco ” Indexing Attachment, 585*
Martin, J. C., on Underground Railways and London Planning, 318. See 278. See LETTER, 353
“ Marwarri,” S.S., Salvage of, 317
Materials, Strength of. See Stress and Tests (Materials)
Mathematical Tables, Index to (Review), 365
— Theory of Elasticity (Review), 507
Mather and Platt, Ltd., Pumping Equipment for Beenham’s Heath Pumping Station, 53
Matheson., J. R., on Railway Gauge Act, 1846, 353. See 160. See LETTERS, 208, 280
Matter, Atomic Particles and Light Quanta, 478*, 502*. See Errata, 536
Matthews, L. J., on Development of Electricity Supply Meters, 441
Maunsell, G. A., Welded Steel Tubular Bridges, 391*
McLean, D., on Antimonial Brass, 281
Me. See also Mac
Measuring Instruments, Electrical, Development of, 234; Report on, 308
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :
Election of Members, 10, 82,106,130,178, 202, 226, 250, 298, 394, 562, 586, 610
Annual Dinner, 399
Amalgamation with Institution of Automobile Engineers, 113
Lectures on Development of Internal-Combustion Turbine (Review), 208
London Meetings, Winter Session :
Some Notes on “ Merchant Navy" Class Locomotives for Southern Railway by O. V. S. Bulleid, 21*, 44*. See LETTER,112*
Progress in United States towards Unification of Screw-Thread Practice, by W. L. Batt, 254
Presidential Address, by O. V. S. Bulleid, on Mechanical Engineering on Southern Railway, 413*, 454*. See 309
Hawksley Lecture on Research and Development Applied to Bomb Disposal, by Dr. H. J. Gough, 495
Aircraft Propulsion, by F. M. Green and
J. E. Wallington, 543. See 570, 593
Feed Distribution and Hunting in Marine Water-Tube Boilers, by H. Hillier, 548*, 573*. See 472, 498, 521. See LETTER,592*
Free-Piston Compressor Engines, by H. O. Farmer, 567, 617
Application of Steam Power to Agricultural Purposes, by S. J. Wright, 591
Progress in Turbine-Gear Manufacturing in Recent Years, by A. Sykes, 615
Measurement of Errors in Gears for Turbine Reduction Drives, by C. Timms, 615
Future of Pulverised-Coal Firing in Great Britain, by C. H. Sparks, 615
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
—continued. Papers for Written Discussion:
Transfer Moulding, by M. Freund, 237* Discharge Tests on Archimedean Screw, by
A. C. Donaldson, 309* Efficiency and Cavitation of Fluid Machines, by Lt.-Col. H. H. Anderson, 334*
Meteorological Aspects of Space Heating, by R. Grierson, 349
Mechanical Principles of Screw Extrusion Machine, by Z. Rogowsky, 358*
Mechanical Engineering, Training for, 64 on Southern Railway, Recent Examples, 413*, 454*
— Traction on Roads. See Roads; Motor
Vehicles; Tractors
Mechanisms, Primitive, Origins of, 388. See LETTERS, 448, 520
Medical Research Council, Instructions on Environmental Warmth and its Measurement, 38
Melchett Medal, Presentation to Sir J. Chadwick, 375
Melling, C. T., on Unifying Electricity Supply Tariffs, 31
Melville, Dundas & Whitson, Ltd., Rucliazie Reservoir, 307
“ Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives, Southern Railway, 21*, 44*, 414*. See LETTER, 112*
— Ships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
“ Merlin 620, 1,165-b h.p., 12-Cylinder, Aero Engine, 117
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests (Ma
terials)
— Finishing Processes, Future Research Work on, 572

Metals, Institute of :

Autumn Meeting, London:
Programme, 154
Nomination of Officers, 281 Reports of Discussions, 281, 305, 329 Luncheon, 330
Inert Atmospheres as Fatigue Environments, by Dr. H. J. Gough and D. G. Sopwith, 197. See 330
Resistance to Corrosion by Sea Water of Some Alpha-Tin and Alpha-Tin-Aluminium Bronzes, by Dr. J. W. Cuthbertson, 270, 329
Antimonial 70:30 Brass, by D. McLean and Dr. L. Northcott, 281
Hot-Tearing Tendencies of Aluminium
Casting Alloys, by D. C. G. Lees, 305 Application of Some Thermodynamic Principles to Liquidus Surfaces of Alloys of Aluminium with Magnesium, Silicon and Iron, by H. W. L. Phillips, 306 Ageing of High-Purity Aluminium Alloy
Containing 4 per cent, of Copper, by Dr. M. L. V. Gayler, 306 Cold-Working of High-Purity Aluminium
Alloy Containing 4 per cent. Copper, and its Relation to Age-Hardening, by Dr. M. L. V. Gayler, 306
Control of Internal Stresses in Heat- Treated Aluminium Alloy Parts, by
L. E. Benson, 463. See 306
Inverse Segregation in Cast Magnesium
Alloys, by R. J. M. Payne, 307 Intercrystalline Corrosion of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy Rivets, by G. J. Metcalfe, 307
Capillary Flow in Soldering Process and Some Measurements of the Penetration Coefficients of Soft Solders, by Dr. A. Latin, 329
Physical Properties and Temper-Hardening Characteristics of Copper-Nickel-
Manganese Alloys, by Drs. M. Cook and W. O. Alexander, 330
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Federation, British, Annual Report, 7
Ferrous, Research Association, British, Hot Tearing of Aluminium Alloys, 305; Capillary Flow in' Soldering Process, 329 ; Work of New Department on Metal- Finishing Processes, 572
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Welding. See WeZdiny
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallic Corrosion, Passivity and Protection
(Review), 484
Metallography. See Metals; Metallurgy; Microphotographs
Metallurgical and Mining Engineers, American Institute of. See Afimng
Metallurgists, Institution of, Election of Officers, 63
— and Engineers, Sheffield Society of. See Sheffield

Metallurgy :

Alloy, Aluminium, Application of Thermodynamic Principles to Liquidus Surfaces of, 306
Casting, Hot Tearing of, 305
Heat-Treated, Control of Internal Stresses in, 306, 463
Magnesium, Corrosion of Rivets of, 307
Porous, Sealing with Resins, 607
— Copper-Aluminium, Ageing and Cold Working of, 306
Nickel-Manganese, Physical Properties, 330
— — Nickel-Silicon, Sintered, for Bearings, 126
Phosphorus-Lead-Nickel, Properties of, 438
Porous, Sealing with Liquid Synthetic Resins, 607
Specification, 106 Tin-Aluminium, Corrosion Resistance of, 270, 329
See also Brass ; Bronze ; etc.
Alloy, Magnesium-Base, Fire-Fighting Trials of, 481*
Dust-Collecting Equipment, (Dal- low, Lambert & Co., Eta.), 464*
— — Gas Welding of, Report, 231
— — Inverse Segregation Effects in, 307
— Nickel-Chromium, “ Nimonic,” for Gas Turbine, 247*. See Errata, 557
— Tin-Aluminium-Copper, Corrosion Resistance of, 270, 329
Brass. See Brass
Bronze. See Bronze
Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Foundry. See Foundry Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat-Treatment Furnace for Steel Strip in Coils. 568
Gas Carburising of Mild and High- Carbon Steels, 260*, 285*
Gaseous Cementation of Mild Steels, 260*, 285*
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgy, Ferrous, Recent Developments in, 375
Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces — Manufacture, Developments in, 375 Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of ; Microphotographs ; Foundry ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Metcalfe, G. J., on Corrosion of Aluminium- Magnesium Alloy Rivets, 307
Meteorological Aspects of Space Heating, 349
— Observations at Royal Observatories, 316 Meteorology, Weather Conditions and Space
Heating, 349
Effect on Radio Transmission, 295 Meter, Heat-Flow, for Use in Furnaces, 497
— See also Electric
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd., Railway Carriages for Royal Train for South Africa, 522*
— Railway, Reconstruction of 60-ft. Skew
Bridge, 451*
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Marine Radar Equipment, 79*; Lighting System for Cable-Making Factory. 213; Technical News Bulletin, 278. See LETTER, 352; Research Department, Investigation on Internal Stresses in Heat-Treated Aluminium Alloy, 463. See 306; Device for Molybdenum-Steel Riveting, 561
— See also London
Mexico, Engineering Notes from, 150
Microphotographs, Gas-Carburised Mild and High-Carbon Steels, 260*, 285*
— High-Sulphur, Low-Manganese Cast Irons,
598*, 621*
— Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steel, 142*, 165* Microscope, Hooke’s Work on, 113
— Stage, C. Varley’s, 314*
Microstructure of Metals. See Microphotographs Mid-Wessex Water Co., Beenham’s Heath Pumping Station, 53
Miles Aircraft, Ltd., “ Marathon ” Civil Transport Aeroplane, 258*
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Mills, Primitive, Origin of, 388. See LETTERS, 448, 520
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Marine, and Degaussing Exhibition, Science
Museum, 78,129
— Safety in, Research Board, Report on Intrin
sic Safety of Electrical Apparatus, by G. Allsop, E. M. Gudnault, and A. D. I. Nicol, 462
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mineral Development Committee, Constitution of, 131
— Oils. See Oils
— Surface Working, Order on, 206. See Erratum, 227
— See also Coal; Mining; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Minerva,” H.M. Cruiser (1914-15), 73*, 147*. See LETTER, 448
Mining Engineers, Institution of, Associate- Membership Examination, 159,424
— and Metallurgical Engineers, American Institute of, Silicide-Hardened Copper Compacts for Bearings, by F. R. Hensel, E. I. Larsen and E. F. Swazy, 126
— Naval, and Degaussing Exhibition, 78,129
— Research Laboratory, Work of, 231
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX.
Ministry of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Transport
Minnesota University, Method of Measuring Tool-Tip Temperature, 435*
Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, Ltd., “ Imo ” Screw-Type Pump, 559
Missouri River, Garrison Dam on, 295
Mixing Machines, Concrete. See Concrete Model Aircraft Display, Langley Aerodrome, 15
— of Henry Bell’s “ Comet,” 449*
— Engineer Exhibition, Royal Agricultural
Hall, 205. See LETTERS, 232, 256
— Experiments. See Aeronautics; Tank Experiments
Molybdenum in High-Sulphur Cast Iron, 545, 598, 621
— Steel Riveting, Device for, 561 “Monarch,” H.M. Cable-Laying Ship, Amplidyne Electrical Control System in, 103*
Monarch Machine Tool Co., 10-in. “ Speedi-Matic ” Lathe, 91*
Morrogh, H., on Neutralisation of Sulphur in Cast Iron, 598*, 621*. See 545
Moscow, International Conference on Radio Frequencies, 399
Motor Boat, “ Mariner ” Inboard Propulsion Unit for (British Motor Boat Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 537*

Motor Car Details;

Back-Axle for 130-b.h.p. Vehicle (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 274*
Clutch, Single Dry-Plate Type (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 273*
Gearbox for 130-b.h.p. Engine (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 273*
Engines. See Engines, Petrol, Motor Car Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Gearboxes. See Motor- Car Details Jubilee Cavalcade of, 111
— — Speeds in Traffic Lane, 433*. See Erra
tum, 475. See LETTERS, 544, 592
See also Motor Vehicles ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Electric, Castings and Weldings for, 93*
— — Design, German Report on, 503
12,000-h.p. Reversing, Amplidyne Control System for, 104*
— Generator, 2,870-kVA Amplidyne Control
System for, 104*
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics;
Engines; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
Jubilee Cavalcade of Motor Vehicles, 111
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ;
Motorships
— Omnibus, 40-Seater, with All-Metal Body
(Brush Coachwork, Ltd.), 465*
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Boats ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Truck, Fork-Lift Petrol-Driven, Industrial
(Stockport Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 559* ; Demonstration at Central Ordnance Depot, Feltham, 105
— — Industrial, Elevating, Petrol-Driven
(Douglas (Kingswood), Ltd.), 405*
— Vehicle, Amphibious, “ Terrapin II,” Tyre-
Pressure Control Gear (J. I. Thomycroft & Co., Ltd.), 296*. See LETTER, 352*
Crop-Spraying, with Adjustable Track (County Commercial Cars, Ltd.), 341*. See Addendum, 390
with 250-kW Generating Plant and Workshop, 66*
Imports into Argentina, 619 Jubilee Cavalcade of, 111
130-b.h.p. (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 272* Motor Lorries versus Steam Lorries, 565
— — Speeds in Traffic Lane, 433*. See Erra
tum i75. See LETTERS, 544, 592
— — Steam Lorry, Report on Position of, 565 25-Cwt., 24-b.h.p. Trojan, 415 Motorships, Air Power-Transmission System
for, 583*
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics; 87,
399
— “ Flintlock,” Naval Auxiliary, 151*
— “ Lochgoil,” Salvage of, 317
— “ Samanco,” Salvage of, 328, 437
—- “ Ulster Queen," Salvage of, 328, 340
— See also Marine Propulsion
Moulding Materials, Aminoplastic Synthetic Resin, Specification, 250
— Transfer, of Plastics, 237* Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers Municipal and County Engineers, Institution
of, Report of Joint Committee on Location of Underground Services, 136
— Electrical Association, Incorporated, Jubilee
Convention, Blackpool, 5, 30: Presidential Address, by Sir W. Walker, on Electricity Supply and Nationalisation, 5. See 14; Management of Electricity Supply Undertaking, by J. Eccles, 6; Provision of Heat by Electricity Supply Undertaking, and Some Recent Methods of Application, by R. A. S. Thwaites, 30; Possible Means of Unifying and Equating Electricity Supply Tariffs, by C. T. Melling, 31; Attitude Towards Nationalisation of Electricity-Supply Industry, 183
Murray, F. T., on Transition Curve Trigonometry: The Ellipse, 409*. See LETTER, 544*
Museum, National Maritime, Presentation of “ Swordfish ” Aircraft to, 423
— Science, Marine-Mine and Degaussing Exhihibition, 78, 129 ; Reopening of Scientific Collections, 183; Royal Photographic Society’s Exhibition, 279
— United States National, Annual Reports, 519
— Victoria and Albert, “ Britain-Can-Make
Tt ” Exhibition, 87, 303, 443

“ NAIRANA,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 97*
Nash & Thompson, Ltd.. Dipole Rocking Mechanism for Ground Radar, 338*
Nasmyth’s Pile Driver, First Use of, 506
National Agricultural Advisory Service, Inauguration of, 399
— Coal Board, Appointment of, 61, 63, 495
— Expenditure, Select Committee, Report on
Tank Production, 63
— Maritime Museum, Presentation of “ Swordfish” Aircraft to, 423
— Physical Laboratory, Aeronautical Research
at, 188*, 214*; Investigation on Inert Atmospheres as Fatigue Environments, 197, 330; Ageing and Cold-Working of Copper-Aluminium Alloy, 306 ; Experimental-Tank, Investigation on Frictional Resistance, 454; Automatic Computing Engine, 471
Nationalisation of Coal Industry, 61, 63, 495
— of Electricity Supply Industry, 5, 14, 111,
183, 233, 495
Supply Industry, Attitude of Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association, 183
Supply Companies, 111. See LETTER, 233
— of Transport, Bill for, 541
Natural Gas, Production of Carbon Black from, 54, 76
Natural Gas Production in Italy, 403
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Scholarships in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 595
Watts Prize for Improving Ships’ Crews Accominodation, 615
Joint Autumn Meeting with Institution of Engineers’ and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Glasgow:
Programme, 183
Inaugural Proceedings,'328 Dinner, 401
Visits and Excursions, 401 Reports of Discussions, 328,355, 376,401 Ship Salvage, by G. R. Critchley, 317, 340, 387, 390, 436. See 328
Distribution of Load in Longitudinal Strength Calculations, by Prof. G. Vedeler, 376
Some Notes on Design of Trawlers and Drifters with Particular Reference to Seaworthiness and Stability, by W. F. Spanner, 377
Aircraft Construction in Scotland, by C. A. Oakley, 401
Some Ships of Invasion Fleets, with Notes on their Development, by R. Baker, 401
Examination of Records of “ Greyhound ” Experiments, by Prof. A. M. Robb, 453*. See 355
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Bibliography of (Review), 268
See also Warships
— Construction. See Wars/tips
— Engineer Officers’ Pay, 601
— Mining and Degaussing Material, Exhibition, 78,129
— Scientific Service, Organisation of, 159
— Warfare. See Warships
— See also Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aerowauticg
— Radio, in Merchant Ships, Experiments with, 159
Navigational Instruments, Development, 113 Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— German. See German, under Warships
— United States. See United States under
Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Neasden Power Station, Conversion to Oil- Firing, 448
Nene Gas-Turbine Engine, 225, 247*. See Errata, 557
— Jet Engines for ** 52 AW” Tailless Aircraft, 591
Netherland Railways, Restoration of War- Damaged, 79
— Recent Ground water Investigations in (Review), 507
Neutrons and Atomic Structure, 479. See Errata, 536
New London, Connecticut, United States Reserve Submarines at, 138*
— Mexico, White Sands, V2 Rocket Tests in, 193*
— York, Bascule Bridge over Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, 25*
— Zealand, Wellington Harbour, Annual Report, 567
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Work of North Eastern Engineering Bureau, 328
Newcomen Society, Programme of Meetings, 159; Annual Report, 471; World’s Oldest Railway, by C. E. Lee, 595; Account of Birth of Society at Birmingham, 601
Newcon Filters, Ltd., Rotary Automatic Self-cleaning Filter, 488*
Newhouse, F., on Nile Flood of 1946, 496. See
424. See LETTER, 568
Newport Metallurgical Society, Research in Iron and Steel industry, by Sir C. Goodeve, 426*
— Monmouthshire, Annealing Plant for Steel Strip at, 568
“ Newport News,” United States Cruiser, Air Conditioning in, 439
Newton, Isaac, Tercentenary Celebrations, 62 Nicholas, R., on Wythenshawe District-Heating Scheme, 614. See 3.0
Nicholls, W. J., on High-Voltage Overhead Lines, 197. See LETTER, 328
Nicholson Syphon for Locomotives, 22*
Nickel in High-Sulphur Cast Iron, 545, 598,621 Nicol, A. D. I., on Safety of Electrical Apparatus, 462
Nile Flood of 1946. 424 See LETTERS, 496, 568 Nimmo, H,, on International Electricity Supply, 449. See Erratum, 467
“Nimonic” Nickel-Chromium Alloy for Gas Turbine, 247*. See Errata, 557
Nitrogen Atmosphere, Effect on Fatigue Tests of Copper and Brasses, 197, 330
—- Reaction to Alpha-Rays, 429*
Noel-Baker, P. J., on Control of Atomic Energy, 423
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy
Norris, E. T., on Capitalisation of Technical Performance, 302; on Design and Engineering Production, 331
North America, Engineering Notes from, 295, 439, 558
North British Locomotive Co., Boilers for Southern Railway Locomotives, 22*
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders, Researches on Internal-Combustion Prime Movers, by J. Calder wood, 69*, 117*; Presidential Address, by H. B. R. Rowell, on Economic Problems in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 412; Annual Report, 423
North-Eastern Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Lockheed Hydraulic Remote-Control Boiler- Damper Gear, 608*
Engineering Bureau, Work of, 328
— Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155,
179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371,
- 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Annual Report, 37; Tariffs, 111; Arran Electricity Supply Schemes, 159; Glen Affric Hydro-Electric Scheme, 303
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Apparatus for Determining Poisson’s Ratio, 52*; Lectures on Fuel and Combustion, 173 : Prospectus, 404
Northern Heights Model Flying Club, Meeting at Langley Aerodrome, 15
— Ireland', 2-6-4 Tank Locomotive, 403* Report on Roads in, 279
Northcott, Dr. X., on Antimonial Brass, 281
Northumberland and Durham, Early Railways in, 595
Norwich, Heat-Pump Installation, 557
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests (Materials) Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See CZei’eZand; North; South-West; South
Yorkshire ; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nuclear Energy, Use for Ship Propulsion, 271 Nuts and Bolts, Black, Specification, 586
— and Fishbolts for Rails, Specification, 274

OAKLEY, C. A., on Aircraft Construction in Scotland, 401

Obituary :

- Anson, B. O., 160
- Asbridge, H. H., 88
- Binns, A., 15, 40*
- Bird, Sir J., 207
- Boissier, J. S., 160
- Bridgen, C. W., 514
- Britton, S. E., 40
- Callender, Sir G. A. R., 472
- Carnegie, Sir F., 136
- Chorlton, A. E. L., 354*
- Chubb, I. W., 233
- Clayton, J., 400
- Hamilton, W., 226
- Hill, N. 77
- Hobart, H. M., 400
- Hume, Sir G., 280
- Ingram, H. J., 330
- Izod, E. G., 354. See LETTER, 400
- Jeans, Sir J., 280
- Julius, Sir G., 18
- Lamb, Prof. E. H., 400
- Lemmy, G. K., 496
- Oswald, J., 18
- Richmond, Adml. Sir H., 616
- Roberts, J. N., 347
- Rodgers, C., 472
- Saunders, E. S., 184
- Spence, W. G., 544
- Thomson, J., 354
- Toulmin, J. H., 75
- Tritton, Sir W., 328
- Vyvyan, R. N., 616
- Watson, J. D., the Late, 519
- Williams, S. V., 184
- Wood, W., 420
- Wuthrich, G., 616
Observatory, Greenwich, Astronomer Royal’s Report, 293, 316
Ockenden, F. E. J., on Electrical Measuring Instruments, 234
Oerlikon Works, Overspeed Test on Rotor of 22,000-kVA Alternator, 333*
Office Mechanisation, Standardisation of, 298
Oil Burning for British Locomotives, 207, 279
— — Equipment for Locomotives, Great Western Railway, 82,134, 416*
— Drilling Machinery Demands in South America, 29
Engines. See Engines, Oil; Tractors
— Firing Scheme for Neasden Power Station 448
— Fuel in British Industry, 589 for-Industrial Plants, 133
— Lubricating, Filters for, 399
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
— Production from Coal in Germany, 448
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tank Steamer “ Laristan,” Salvage of, 328, 378
— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Lubrication ; Petroleum Oilfields, Caribbean, Technical Mission to, 155 Old Bond Street, London, Fluorescent- Lamp
Installation, 526* Omnibus ,\Motor. See Motor Omnibus Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission,
Annual Report, 374 Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Opening Bridges. See Bridges
Opperman, S. E., on Tyre-Pressure Control Gear. 352*. See 296*
Optical Glass. See Glass
— Instruments, Development of, 113, 127
— — in Industry and War, 327, 343, 366 Ordnance. See Guns; Warships Organic Chemistry. See Chemistry Oscillograph. See Electric.
Oswald, J., the Late, 18 Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens •
— Domestic, Electric, Specification, 370
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Behaviour of Red-Fir Poles for, 268
Power Transmission, Development -of Grid System, 423
— — Power Transmission, in Germany during . War Time, 583, 606
Power Transmission, High-Voltage, Design of, 197. See LETTER, 328!)
Power Transmission, Irish, Lightning Surges on, 619
Power Transmission, in South Africa, 326 Power Transmission, in South-West
Wales, 176*, 199* ?
Power Transmission, 11 kV, Specification, 182, 202
Power Transmission, Supports for, 233* ! Power Transmission, in Sweden, 255
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Wave
Propagation Along, 547
Owens, J., Centenary of, and History of Owens College, 135 .
Oxy-Acetylene Welding'. See Welding.

PACEY, J. J., on Cult of the Model, 232. See 205. See LETTER, 256
Pacific Ocean, Tidal Waves in, Proposed Warning System, 355
“ Pacitor ” Fuel Gauge for Aircraft, 31*
" Packaging ” of United States Reserve Fleets, 138*
Paints, Anti-Corrosive and Anti-Fouling, for Ships’ Bottoms, Tests of, 569
Pallot, A. C., on District Heating on Housing Estates, 614
Pametrada Research Station, Wallsend-on Tyne, 559*
Panama Canal, Annual Reports, 462
Paper Tubes, Synthetic-Resin Bonded, Specification, 226
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, OiZ
— Tractors. See Tractors
Paris, International Techn’raJ Congress, Programme, 67
— Sixth International Congress for Applied
Mechanics. See Applied Mechanics, Sixth International Congress for
Parsons, C. A., & Co., Ltd., Transport of 130- ton Turbo-Generator Stator to Birmingham, 546
Parsons, Sir C. A., and Optical-Glass Making, Parsons Lecture on Optical Glass in War, 327, 343, 366
— and Marine Engineering Turbine Research
and Development Association, Research Station, Wallsend-on-Iyne, 559*
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Patent Agents, Chartered, Institute of, Statement on British Industrial Property in Enemy Countries, 150
— European, Concerning Compressors, Air
Pumps, Blowers, etc., Index of (Review), 196 t
— Record, 24*, 48* ,72*, 96*, 120*, 144*, 168*,
192*, 216*, 240*, 264*, 288*, 312*, 336*, 360*, 384*, 408*, 432*, 456*, 480*, 504* 528*, 552*, 576*, 600*, 624*.. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., Water-Softening Plant for Beenham’s Heath Pumping Station, 53
Paul, R., Work on Scientific Instruments, 127 Payne, R. J. M., on Inverse Segregation in Cast Magnesium Alloys, 307
“ Pegasus,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 97*
Peissi, P., on Construction and Tests of Steel Silos for Grain, 247
Penley, W. H., on Scanning Equipment for Ground Radar, 337*
Percival-Lane, Runcorn, Substation, 90-MVA Reactors, 344*
Periodicals, Lack of Co-ordination between Reference Libraries, 448
Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
— Way, Curve Re-alignment on East Indian Railway (Review), 339
Renewal on Southern Railway, 332
Perrin, J. F., on “ Engynes,” 448. See 388. See J^ETTEK 520
Personal, 10, 34,’58,82,106,130,154,178,202, 226,250,274, 298, 322, 346, 379, 394, 418, 442, 466, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586, 610
Peru, Engineering Notes from, 29, 258
Pest Control, Ltd., Demonstration of Chemical Destruction of Agricultural Pests, 65; High-Clearance Crop-Spraying Motor Vehicles, 341*. See Addendum, 390
Petrol-Handling Plant, United States Airport in Azores, 292*
— Motors. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum Warfare Department, Fog-Dispersal Investigations, 567
— See also OiZ; Engines, Oil
Philip & Son, Ltd., Naval Auxiliary M.S. “Flintlock,” 151*
Philips Lamps, Ltd., 1,000-Watt Amplifier, 34
Phillip's, H. W. L., on Application of Thermodynamical Principles to Liquidus Surfaces of Alloys, 306
Phosphate Coatings on Steel, Specification, 370 Photo-Elastic Stress Analysis, Development, Group for, 303. See LETTER, 160
— Elasticity, Society for Development ,160,303
— Electric Effect and Atomic Particles, 502*.
See Errata, 536
Photographic Society, Royal, Exhibition at Science Museum, 279
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Laboratory. See NaZtonaZ Physical
— Society, Celebration of Jubilee of Electron,
514
Physics, Atomic-Energy Research Laboratories, United, States, 558
— — Particles and Light Quanta, 478*, 502*.
See Errata, 536
Structure and Transmutation, 406*, 429*
— Gamma Radiography, Technique of, 169*
— Institute of, Celebration of Jubilee of Electron, 514
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pier for Railway Bridge over Tennessee River, Enlargement of, 457*
Pilcher, P., Gliding Experiments by, 401
Pile Driver, Nasmyth’s, First Use.of, 506
Pinder, H. W., on Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steel, 141*, 165*. See 545
Pipe-Bend Angles, Formulae for Calculation, 400*
—- Branch Pieces, Reinforcement of, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
— Flue, Cast Iron, Specification, 82.
Pipes, Lead, Specification, 10
Pipe, Non-Ferrous Metal for Boilers, Specification 226
— Perforated, Flow in, 472, 548*
— Silicon-Iron, Acid-Resisting, Specification, 441
— Steam. See Steam Pipes
— Steel, and Rain-Water Gutters, Specification, 154
— See also Tubes
Pipework, Reinforcement of Branch Pieces, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*. See Erratum, 562
Piping, Steam, Molybdenum-Steel, Cracking of, Report on, 209
Piston-Grinding Machine (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 186*
Pitches, Coal-Tar, Specification, 346
Pivots for Electrical Measuring Instruments, 234
Plastic Covering for United States Naval Gun Mountings, 138*
— Strain in Isotropic Strain-Hardening Material, 381*
Plastics, Synthetic Materials for (Review), 171
— Transfer Moulding of, 237*
Plating, Electro. See Electro
— Stiffened, Effective Flange Width in Longitudinal Bending, 603*
Play Indicator, H. D. Adam’s, 512*. See LETTER,568
Plough, Mounted, for Tractor Farming (Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd.), 536*
Pneumatic Conveying and Elevating of Grain (Review), 339
— Impact Wrenches (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 128*
— Tools. See AZac/zine Tools
— See also Air Compressor
Poisson’s Ratio, Method of Determining, 52*
Poles, Red-Fir, Behaviour under Electrical Stress, 268
— Reinforced-Concrete, for Overhead Lines, 233*
Concrete, Specification; 10
Pollution, Atmospheric, and Fuel Problem, 22
from Power Stations, 135
Polytechnic. See Education
Polythene, Discovery, Production and Applications of, 388
Pope, J. A., on Rate of Strain of Mild Steel, 304*. See 171*. See LETTER, 376
Poplar Power Station, Prevention of Atmospheric Pollution by, 135
Port of Aden, Report, 380
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Portobello Power Station Extensions, 164
Portsmouth Dockyard, War Work in, 461
Portugal, United States Airport in Azores, 289*
Positrons and Atomic Structure, 480. See Errata, 536
Post Office, Faraday Building, London, Telephone Developments at,<79
Powders, Luminiscent, for Discharge Lamps, 475, 500*, 524*
Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Coal
Power Converter, Freeborn, for Locomotives, 191*
Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., Transfer of Functions to National Gas-Turbine Establishment, 11
— Plant, Hydro-Electric, in Argentina (Review), 51
— — Hydro-Electric, in Canada, 64, 374
Hydro-Electric, Glen Affric Scheme, 303
Hydro-Electric, in Great Britain, 199, 450
— — Hydro-Electric, in Italy, 90
Hydro-Electric, in Ontario, 374. See 64
Hydro-Electric, on River Uruguay, Proposed, 257
Hydro-Electric, Rutenberg, Palestine, 242*
Hydro Electric, Salto Grande, 460
Hydro-Electric, for Scotland, 37, 303'
Hydro-Electric, in Sweden, 255
See also Power Stations ; Power, Water ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Afymne Propulsion,
— Sources of Energy for, 199
— Station, Electric, Arrangements for Load-
Shedding, 327
Electric, and Atmospheric Pollution, 135 Electric, Birmingham, Annual Accounts, 87
— — Electric, British, Extensions to, 231
Electric, Capitalisation of Technical Performance, 302
Electric, Coal Consumption by, 350,430*
Electric, Electricity Commissioners’ Engineering and Financial Statistics, 590
— •— Electric, German, in War Time, 582, 606 Electric, in Italy, 90
Electric, Kearsley, Extensions to, 402
—- —- Electric, Kingston-upon-Hull, Report, 135
Electric,, Neasden, Conversion to Oil Firing, 448
— — Electric, Portobello, Extensions to, 164
— — Electric, Power Supply for Auxiliary Services, 542
Electric, and Progress in Electrification, 350, 430*
— — Electric, Projected, in North-West England, 616
Electric, Shortage of Generating Plant, 327
— — Electric, in South Africa, 326
Electric,in South-West Wales, 176*,. 199* Electric, in Sweden; 255
Electric,2500-kW Transportable, Water- Tube Boiler for, 270*
See also Power Plants ; Substations
—- Steam, for Power-Station Auxiliary Services, 542
Utilisation for Agricultural Purposes, 591
— Supply, Electric, for Arc Welding, Report on, 446
— — Electric, Arrangements for Load-Shedding, 327
Electric, Birmingham, Annual Accounts, 87
Power Supply, Electric Companies, Attitude towards Nationalisation, 111, 495. See LETTER, 233
Electric, Development of Grid System, 423
Electric, Development of MeterB for, 441 Electric, Developments in North-West England, 616
Electric, Use in District Heating, Recent Methods, 30
Electric, Effect of Plant Shortage on Interruptions, 615
Electric, Effect of Shortage of Coal Supplies, 279
Electric, Electricity Commissioners’ Statistics, 392, 543, 590
Electric, on Farms in England and Wales, 210
Electric, for Fluorescent Lamps, 475, 500*, 524*
Electric, Gas, and Coal-Consumption, Compulsory Economies in Industry, 567
Electric, in Germany during War Time, 582, 606
Electric, International, 449. See Erratum, 467
Electric, Isle of Arran, 159
Electric, in Italy, 90
Electric, Kingston-upon-Hull, Report, 135 Electric, Lancashire, 402
Electric, Nationalisation of Industry, 5, 14, 111, 183, 495. Sec LETTER, 233
— — Electric, North Scotland, 37, 111 303 Electric, in Ontario, Report, 374
— — Electric, for Power-Station Auxiliary
Services, 542
— — Electric, Production and Utilisation of,
350, 430*, 537
Electric, and Progress in Electrification, 350, 430*
Electric, Scotland, Tariffs for, 111
Electric, and Shortage of Generating Plant, 327
Electric, in South Africa, 326
Electric, in South-West Wales, Plant and Equipment, 176*, 199*
Electric, Standard 11-kV Transmission
Lines for, 182, 202
Electric, in Sweden, 255
— — Electric, in Textile Industry, Report on
Progress, 177
Electric Undertakings, Loans to, Report on, 207
Electric Undertaking, Management of, 6 Electric, Unifying Tariffs for, 31
Electricity, Warnings of Interruptions, 447
— Tidal, in Great Britain, 222
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Behaviour of
Red-Fir Poles for, 268
Overhead Lines, Development of Grid System, 423
Overhead Lines in Germany During War Time, 583, 606
Overhead Lines, High-Voltage, Design of, 197. See LETTER, 328
— — Overhead Lines, Lightning Surges on, 629 Overhead Lines, Reinforced-Concrete
Poles, Specification, 10
— — Overhead Lines, Reinforced-Concrete
Supports for, 233*
— — Overhead Lines, in Union of South Africa,
32.6
Overhead Lines in South-West Wales, 176*, 199*
Overhead Lines', 11-kV, Specification, 182, 202
— — Overhead Lines, Present and Future, in
Sweden, 255
Overhead Lines, Wave Propagation
Along, 547
— — See also Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— Water in Argentina (Review), 51
in Canada, Municipal and Industrial Development of, 64, 374
— — in Great Britain, 199, 450
rin Sweden, 255
— — See also Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
— World, and Atomic Energy, Impact on
Internationa) Relations (Review), 101
Prague International Fair, Engineering Exhibits at, 546
Presidential Address to Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux, by Sir R. Stradling, on Information Services, • 278. See LETTER, 352
to Association of Supervising Electrical
Engineers, by H. Nimmo, on International Electricity Supply, 449. See Erratum, 467 to British Cast Iron Research Association, by Dr. H. Hartley, on Cast Iron Research, 595
— — to / Incorporated Municipal Electrical
Association, by Sir W. Walker, on Nationalisation of Electricity Supply, 5. See 14.
to Institute of Marine Engineers, by Sir A. L. Ayre, Review of Ship Propulsion, 271, 294
to Institute of Welding, by A. Dyson, on
Welding in Great Britain, 356
? to Institution of Civil Engineers, by Sir W.
Halcrow, on Work of Institution, 447, 473
— — to Institution of Electrical Engineers, by
V. Z. de Ferranti, on Production and Utilisation of Electrical Energy, 430* See 350, 351
to Institution of Locomotive Engineers, by F. S. Whalley, on “ Liberation ” Locomotives, 399
to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, by O. V. S. Bulleid, on Mechanical Engineering on Southern Railway, 413*, 454*. See 309
to Junior Institution of1 Engineers, by Major-General A. W. Sproull, on Inspection, 591
to North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, by H. B. R. Rowell, on Economic Problems in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 412
.to West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, by Dr. J. W. Donaldson, on Recent Developments in Ferrous Metallurgy, 375
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure-Controlled Cabin of “Tudor 1”
? Aircraft, 7*
Pressure Head for Electronic Engine Indicator, 363*
— Recording Instrument, Depth of Sea, 313*
Price, Sergt. B., on Used Copies of ENGINEERING for Forces, 88
Primary Battery. See CeH under Electric
Primitive Mechanisms, Origins of, 388. See LETTERS, 448, 520
Processes, Dangerous, Electrical Control of, 494 Producer Gas, Filters for, Experiments on, 231
— Plant, Gas, Beenham’s Eeath Pumping
Station, 53
— Power-Gas, Free-Piston, for Gas Turbine,
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., 117*
Production Census, Bill for, 567
— Control, Introduction to (Review), 459
— Engineers, Institution of, Wolverhampton
Birmingham and Leicester Sections, Broaching Machine Tools and Practice, by E. P. Edwards, 485, 534*. See LETTERS, 544, 593
— Engineering, and Design, 331
Research Association, Inauguration, 543
Professional Classes Aid Council, Annual Report, 63
— Engineers’ Employment Bureau, 160. See LETTER, 184
— Union, Proposed, 568
Profit Sharing. See Labour
Property, British Industrial, in Enemy Countries, Administration of, 150
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion; Engines; Turbines
Protons and Atomic Structure, 479. See Errata, 536
Provincial Electric Supply Association, Attitude to Nationalisation, 111, 495. See LETTER, 233
Pulverised-Coal Firing in Great Britain, Future of, 615
— Fuel, Conference on, 1947, 92
Pumps, Air, Index of European Patents for (Review), 196
See also Air Compressors
— and Blowers, Centrifugal, Theory of, 16*
— Borehole, Beenham’s Heath Pumping
Station, 53
— Centrifugal, Efficiency and Cavitation of,
334*
— Chain, in Devonport Dockyard, 506*
— Heat, Application of, 557 '
— Metering and Proportioning (P. Brother
hood, Ltd.), 417*
— Oil, for “ Theseus I ” Propeller Gas-Turbine
Aero-Engine (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 369*
— Primitive, Origin of, 388. See LETTERS, 448,
520
— Screw Type, for Fork-Lift Industrial Truck,
559*
Pumping Station, Beenham’s Heath, 53
— — of Rand Water Board, 15 Purification of Water. See Water “Pyrorex,” CO2 Indicator and Recorder
(Dufty Engineering Co., Ltd,), 512*

QUARRELL, Dr. A. G., on Removal of Hydrogen from Steel, 545
Quarrying, Ministry of Town and Country Planning Order on, 206. See Erratum, 227
" Queen Elizabeth,” S.S., Maiden Voyage as Passenger Liner, 379*

RADAR, Development of, 127
— Equipment, Marine, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 79*
— Use of Polythene in, 388
— Ground, Scanning Equipment for, 337* Radio Aids to Civil Aviation, 254
— Alarm System for Pacific Tidal Waves, 355
— Development, Survey of (Review), 315
— Frequencies, International Conference on, Moscow, 399
— Navigation in Merchant Ships, Experiments with, 159
— Transmission,'Effect of Weather on, 295 --See also Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless ; Radar
Radioactivity and Atomic Structure, 406*, 429* Radiography, Gamma, Technique of, 169* Radlett Aerodrome, Flying Display and Aircraft Exhibition, 282*
Rails, Fishbolts and Nuts for, Specification, 274
— Renewal on London Midland and Scottish
Railway, 571
on Southern Railway, 332
Railing, Sir H., on Position of Electrical Engineering Industry, 135
Railroad, Louisville a,nd Nashville, Raising Bridge Over Tennessee River, 457*
— See also Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Argentine, British-Owned, Future of, 29
— Bedford-Bletchley, Centenary of, 471
— Brazilian, Developments in, 257
Re-equipment Plans for, 367
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Accidents in 1945, Report, 157 Carriage of Coal on, 134
During War, 1939-45, History of (Review), 100
Effect of Transport Bill, 541
? Oil Firing for Locomotives on, 82, 134,
207, 257, 279, 416*
and Road Transport, 109
Standardisation of Practice, 593
Statistical Returns, 1945, 86
Story of (Review), 146
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Chilean, Electrification of, 367
— Columbian National, Twelve-Cylinder Locomotive, 190 ?
— Diesel-Electric Traction on, 257
— East Indian, Curve Realignment on (Review), 339
Railway Electrification in Great Britain, 421 Overhead versus Third-Rail System, 593
— Furness Its Rise and Development, 1846-1923 (Review), 533
— and Their Future (Review), 124
— Gauge Act, 1846, Centenary of, 160. See LETTERS, 208, 280, 353
— Great Western, Oil-Burning Equipment for Locomotives, 82, 134, 416*; Coal Costs and Consumption on, 318 ; 2,500-h.p. Gas- Turbine Locomotive, 523
— Hull and Barnsley (Review), 267 1
— in Hull, Replanning of, 518
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— London Midland and Scottish, Improvements at Welwyn Garden City Station, 9* ; Preservation of Historic Locomotives, 111; The L.M.S! at War (Review), 171; Carriages of Royal Train, 212* ; Investigation on Temperature Strains in Structural Members, 265*; Conversion of Locomotives to Oil Burning, 279; Centenary of Lancaster-Oxenholme and Kendal Lines, 303; 2-6-4 Tank Locomotives,
403* ; Centenary of Bedford-Bletchley Railway, 471; Transport of Turbo- Generator Stator, 546 ; Track and Water- Trough Renewals, 571; Centenary of West-Coast Route, 615
— London and North Eastern, Use of Flat-Bottomed Rails, 115* ; “ A2 ” Class Passenger Locomotive, 175* Traffic-Control System, 514 ; Transport of Turbo-Generator Stator, 546; Tanfleld Branch, World’s Oldest Railway, 595
— —- Passenger Transport Board. See London
Passenger Transport Board
— Marine, at United States Airport in Azores, 290*
— Metropolitan, Reconstruction of 60-ft.
Skew Bridge, 451*
— Practice, British,' Standardisation of, 593
— Reconstruction and Re-Planning of London,
278, 294. See LETTER, 353
— and Road Freight Transport, Report, 109
— Rolling Stock. See Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons
— Shunting Locomotives for, 445
— Signal. See Signal
— South African, Royal Train for, 522*
— Southern, "Merchant Navy” Class Loco
motives for, 21*, 44*, 414*. See LETTER, 112* ; Stations and the Re-Planning of London, 278, 294; Conversion of Locomotives to Oil Burning, 279 ; Track Renewal on, 332 ; Mechanical Engineering on, 413*, 454* ; Extension of Electrification on, 447 ; War on the Southern Railway Line (Review), 460; Launch of S.S. “ Falaise,” 483
— Transport and Road Transport for Freight/
Memorandum on, 109
— Tube and Underground. See Underground ;
London Passenger Transport Board
— Wagons. See Wagons '
— World’s Oldest, 595
— See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Rain-Water Guttersand Pipes, Steel, Specification, 154
Rainfall in Australia, 174
— and Irrigation in Transjordan, 241*
Rait, Dr. J. R., on Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steel, 141*, 165*. See 545
Ramsden’s Dividing Engine, 114
Rand Water Board, Annual Report, 15
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd., Mounted Plough, for Tractor Farming, 536*
Rays. See CaZAorfe Rays ; X-Rays
Reactors, 90-MVA, Percival-Lane Substation, 344*
Recorder and Indicator, CO2, “ Pyrorex ” (Dufty Engineering Co., Ltd.), 512*
Recording Instrument, Submarine, Sea-Pressure, 313*
Red-Fir Poles, Behaviour Under Electrical Stress, 268
Reduction Gears. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion ; Motor- Car Details
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refrigerators, Electric, Domestic, Specification 34
Regulator, Feed-Water, and Hunting in Water- Tube Boilers, 473, 498, 521, 548*, 573* See LETTER, 592*
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reid, G. U., on Centrifugal Pumps and Blowers, 16*
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete Reinforcement of Branch Pieces, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See .ErratwMi, 562 Relays, Railway-Signal, Repairs and Maintenance, 276
Relf, E. F., on Recent Aeronautical Developments, 188*, 214*
Repeated'Stresses. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Report, Accidents on British Railways in 1945, 157
— Annual, Astronomer Royal’s, 293, 31(5
— — and War Years in Retrospect, British
Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, 255
British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation', 7 British Overseas Airways Corporation, 269 British Shipbuilding Research Association, 185
— — City and Guilds of London Institute, 255
— — Central Board of Irrigation, India, Year
1944 (Review), 483 ; Year 1945 (Review), 581
Electrical Accidents in Factories, 301 North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 37
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, 374
Panama Cahal, 462 Rand Water Board, 15 United States National Museum, 519 Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, 567
— on Canadian Roads and Bridges, 335
— on Cracking of Molybdenum-Steel Steam
Piping, 209
Report, Design of German Transformers and Electric Motors, 503
— on Electrical Faults, 87
— Electricity Supply for Arc-Welding Plant,
446
Supply in Germany during War Time, 582, 606
Supply in Textile Industry, 177
— Evaluation of Effects of Torsional Vibration,
88. See Errata, 107
— on Experiments in Coking Practice, 397
— Gas Production in Great Britain, 1938-44,
158
Welding of Magnesium Alloys, 231
— on Heavy Oil-Engine Working Costs, 616
— on Indexing and Filing Unpublished Material, 423
— Intrinsic Safety of Electrical Apparatus, 462
— on.Location of Underground Services, 136
— National Farm Survey of England and Wales, 210
— Plan for Kingston-upon-Hull, 518
— Port of Aden, 380
— Rapid Survey of Coal Reserves and Production, 39, '62
— Road Communication in Ulster, 279
— Royal Commission on Equal Pay, 1944-46, 517-
— on Scientific Electrical Measuring Instruments, 308
— Simon, on Domestic Fuel Policy, 6,14
— Steam-Driven Transport Vehicles, 565
— Tank Production during War, 63
“ Repulse,” H.M. Battle Cruiser, Launch of Aeroplane from, 98*
Research, Aeronautical, Recent, 188*, 214*
— Anti-Fouling Compositions for Ships’ Bottoms, 1942-44 Report on, 569
— Applied to Bomb Disposal, 495
— Association, British Cast Iron, Silver Jubilee
Luncheon, 591; Presidential Address by Dr. H. Hartley, on Recent Developments in Cast Iron Research, 595
British Coal Utilisation, on Port Design in Open-Hearth Furnace, 486, 497;
Annual Luncheon, 592
British Electrical and Allied Industries, Reports on Electrical Faults, 87 ; Report on Cracking of Molybdenum-Steel Steam Piping, 209 ; Report on Electricity Supply for Arc-Welding Plant, by R. Neumann, 446
— — British Iron and Steel, Statement on
Research in Iron and Steel Industry, 426* British Non-Ferrous Metals, on Hot- Tearing of Aluminium Alloys, 305 ; on Capillary Flow in Soldering Process, 329 ; Work on Metal-Finishing Processes, 572
—- — British Shipbuilding, Annual Report, 185 British Welding, Report on Gas Welding of Magnesium Alloys, 231; Control by Welding Research Board, 566
Production Engineering, Inauguration, 543
— Board, Fuel, Report on Coal Reserves and
Production, 39, 62; Coke-Ovens Committee, Report on Experiments in Coking Practice, 397
— Safety in Mines, Report on Intrinsic. Safety of Electrical Apparatus, by G. Allsop, E. M. Gudnault and A. D. I. Nicol, 462
Welding, Programme and Control Policy of Welding Investigations, 566
— Cast Iron, Developments in, 595
—- on Coal Carbonisation, 397
— Council, Medical, Instructions on Environmental Warmth and its Measurement, 38
— Department, Armament, Investigation on Antimonial Brass, 281
London Midland and Scottish Railway, Investigation on Temperature Strains in Structural Members, 265*
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd., Magnetiser for Permanent Magnets, 145 '; on Internal Stresses in Heat-Treated Aluminium Alloys, 463. ' See 306
Scientific and Industrial, Automatic Computing Engine, 471
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Work on Internal- Combustion Prime Movers, 69*, 117*
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Electronic Engine Indicator, 361*
— Engineering, in Universities, 325
— Industrial, and Development (Review), 27
— Internal-Combustion Turbine, 208
— in Iron and Steel Industry, Necessity for, 426*
— Laboratories, Atomic-Energy, United States, 558 '
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Application of Thermodynamic Principles to Liquidus Surfaces of Alloys, 306
Brown-Firth, Investigation on Machining of Stainless Steels, 526*
Electronics, San Diego, Work on Radio Transmission, 295
— — Fry the, Welwyn, Lease by Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd., 154
General Electric Co., Ltd., Investigation on Gas Carburising, by I. Jenkins, 260*, 285*
Mining, Work of, 231
Wolverhampton, J. Sankey & Sons, Ltd., 425
— in Marine Engineering, 294
— Naval, Organisation of Royal Naval Scientific Service, 159
— Optical Glass, 327, 343, 366
— Station, Pametrada, Wallsend-on-Tyne, 559*
— Textile, Swedish Institute for, Gothenburg,
Inauguration, 159
— Welding, in United States, 357
— Work of Institution of Civil. Engineers, 474
— See also national Physical Laboratory Reservoir, Aswan, and Nile Flood of 1946, 424.
See LETTER, 496, 568
— Ruchazie. Glasgow Water Department, 307 Resins, Synthetic, Aminoplastic, Moulding Materials, Specification, 250
— — Liquid, for Sealing Porous Castings, 60 Resistance, Electric. See Electric
— Frictional, Experimental-Tank Investiga
tion, 454
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Richardsoi), E. G., Sea-Pressure Recording Instrument, 313*
Richmond, Adml. Sir H., the Late, 616
Bidpath, C. H. E., on High-Voltage Overhead Lines, 328. See 197
Ring Reinforcement of Steel Pipes, Strength of, 578*, 605*
Rivers, Australian, and Water Supply, 174
— Humber, Proposed Suspension Bridge over,
518
— Jordan and Irrigation in Transjordan, 241*
— Missouri, Garrison Dam on, 295
— Nile Flood of 1946. 424. See LETTERS, 496, 568
— Tennessee, Raising Railway Bridge over, 457*
— Uruguay, Proposed Hydro-Electric Power Plant on, 257
— Yarmak, and Irrigation in Transjordan, 242* Rivet, “ Hi-Shear ” stop Pin (Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd.), 67*
— Light-Alloy, Intercrystalline Corrosion, 307
— Molybdenum-Steel, Device for Closing
(Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 561
Road, Alaska Highway, Agreement on, 110
— and Bridges, Canadian, Report on, 335
— Capacity and Motor Traffic, 433*. See
Erratum, 475. See LETTERS, 544, 592
— Communication in Ulster, Report on, 279
— Haulage Association, Memorandum on
Road and Rail Freight Transport, 109
— Limestone (Review), 315
— Location of Underground Services, 136
— London, Sub-Surface Works, 278, 342
— and Railway Freight Transport, Memorandum on, 109
— Statistics, Basic, 231
— Transport, Effect of Transport Bill, 541
— Engineers, Institute of, Policy, 375
and Railway Transport for Freight, Memorandum on, 109
— United States, Tolls on, 439
Robb, Prof. A. M., on Records of the “ Greyhound ” Experiments, 453*. See 355
Roberts, E. F., on Calculation of Pipe-Bend Angles, 400*
Roberts, J. N., the Late, 347
Robertson, V. A. M., on Railways and Replanning of London, 294. See 278. See LETTER, 353
Rocket Gun, “ Pillar-Box,” Built by Southern Railway, 455*
— V2, Tests in New Mexico, 193*
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 10-in. “ Speedi-Matic ” Lathe, 91*
Rodgers, C., the Late, 472
Roe, A. V., & Co., Ltd., Tests of Pressure-Controlled Aeroplane Cabin, 7* ; Avro “ Lancastrian ” Aeroplane, with Merlin and Nene Engines, 282*
Rogowsky, Z., on Principles of Screw Extrusion Machine, 358*
Roller Levelling Machines, Armour Plate, 56* Rolling-Mill Motor, 12,000 h.p. Reversing, with Amplidyne Control, 104*
— Stock, Electric, Steel Shoe Beam for, 185* Southern Railway, 413*, 454*
— — See also Carriages; Locomotives ; Wagons Rolls-Royce Ltd., “ Merlin 620 ” Aero Engine,
117; Gas-Turbine Development, 224*, 247*. See Errata, 557; Reliability of “ Derwent I ” Jet Aircraft Engine, 394 ; Magnesium-Alloy Dust-Collecting Equipment, 464* ; Nene Jet Engine for “ AW52” Tailless Aircraft, 591
ROntgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roof, Arched, Steel, Temperature Strains in, Investigation on, 265*
— Tiling, Specification, 34
Rosyth Dockyard, War Work in, 461
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
— Self-Cleaning Filter (Newcon Filters, Ltd.), 488*
Rotor for 22,000-kVA Alternator, Overspeed Tests at Oerlikon Works, 333*
— for Gas Turbine, 118*
Rowell, H. B. R., on Economic Problems in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 412
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Agricultural Hall. See Exhibition
— Air Force. See Aeronautics
— Aircraft Establishment. See Aeronautics
— Bank of Canada, Report on Conservation of
Soil, 223
— Commission on Equal Pay, Report, 1944-46,
517
— Dockyards during War, 461
— Institution, Dunlop Rubber Company’s Re
search Grant, 178
— Naval Scientific Service, Organisation of, 159
— Observatory,Greenwich, Astronomer Royal’s
Report, 293, 316
— Ordnance Factories, Use of Statistical
Methods in, 229
— School of Mines, London, Work of Mining
Research Laboratory, 231
Royal Society :
Newton Tercentenary Celebrations, 62
Sir Isaac Newton, by Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade, 62
Parsons Lecture on Optical Glass in War, by Sir H. Chance, 343, 366. See 327
Election of Officers and Council, 546 Award of Medals and Honours, 519 Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
— Train Coaches, London Midland & Scottish
Railway, 211*
for South Africa (Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.), 522*
Rubber Position in United States, 439
— Use of Carbon Black, 54, 76
Ruchazie Reservoir, Glasgow Water Department, 307
Rimcorn, Percival-Lane Substation, 90-MVA Reactors, 344*
Rural Electrification in North Scotland, 37,159, 303,450
— — in Ontario, 874
Russia, Electricity Supply in, 449. See Erratum, 467
— Underground Coal-Gasification Schemes, 558 Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston & Hornsby, Ltd., 150-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Oil Engine, 66* ; Oil-Engined Mining- Locomotive, 488*
Rutenberg Hydro-Electric Works and Irrigation in Transjordan, 242*
Rutland, Squadron-Leader F. J., Recollections of Early Naval Flying, 17, 27, 49*, 97*

SAFETY in Mines Research Board, Report on Intrinsic Safety of Electrical Apparatus, by G. Allsop, E. M. Guenault and A. D. I. Nicol, 462
“ Salem,” United States Cruiser, Air Conditioning in, 439
Salto Grande Hydro-Electric Scheme, 460
Salvage of Aircraft, Inflatable Fabric Cells for, 322*
— Ship, during War, 317, 328, 340, 378, 390, 436
Samanco,” M.S., Salvage of, 328, 437
Sams, J. G. B., on Proposed London Railway Plan, 353. See 255, 278, 294, 318,- 342, 405 ; on Standardisation of British Railway Practice, 593
Sand Cores, Foundry, Determination of Gas Content, 29
Sanitary Engineering, Inter-American Association of, Formation, 558
— Inspectors’ Association, Atmospheric Pollution, with Particular Reference to the Domestic Problem, by W. B. Kennedy, 222 Sankey, J., & Sons, Ltd., Industrial Research, Laboratories, 425
Santa Maria, Azores, United States Airport, 289*
Saunders, E. S., the Late, 184
Saunders-Roe, Ltd., Jet-Propelled Fighter Flying .Boat, 466
Scale Deposition and Removal in Locomotive Boiler, 414*
Scanning Equipment for Ground Radar, 337*
Schiller, Dr. K., on Force Characteristics of
Circuit Breakers, 385*
Science Museum, Marine Mine and Degaussing ?Exhibition, 78, 129; Re-opening of Scientific Collections, 183 ; Royal Photographic Society’s Exhibition, 279
— and Technology, Dictionary, English,
French, German and Spanish (Review;, 267 Scientific Electrical Measuring Instruments, Report on, 308
— Instrument Industry, British, History of,
113, 127
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Service, Royal Naval, Organisation of, 159
— Societies. See Institutions
Scotland, Aircraft Construction in, 401
— Hydro-Electro Developments in, 37, 159, 303,450
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in.
See Engineers
— North, Hydro-Electric Board, Annual Report, 37; Tariffs, 111; Arran Supply Scheme, 159 ; Glen Affric Hydro-Electric Scheme, 303
— West of, Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
Screw, Archimedean, Discharge Tests on, 309*
— Extrusion Machine, Mechanical Principles of, 358*
— Thread for Copper Tubes, Specification, 82 Internal, Comparator for (Machine Shop
Equipment, Ltd.), 55*
Practice, Unification of, 254
Scrivener, A., Ltd., Piston-Grinding Machine, 186*
Sea, Echo-Sounding Machine for Recording Depth, 313*
— Forts, Welded Tubular Bridges for, 391*
— Power and Statesmen (Review), 434
— Pressure Recording Instrument, 313*
— Water Corrosion, Tests of Paints for Prevention, 569
— — Corrosion of Tin-Aluminium Bronzes, 270, 329
Sealing Media, Resinous, for Porous Non- Ferrous Metal Castings, 607
Seddon, J. M., on Southern Railway “ Merchant Navy ” Class Locomotives, 112*. See 21*, 44*
Segregation, Inverse, Effects in Cast Magnesium Alloys, 307
“ Seneca,” United States Coast-Guard Cruiser, 534*
Sentinel Engineering Co., Ltd., Universal Tool- Room Milling Machine, 345*
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics Sewers and Connections, Specifications, 34
— Influence on London Traffic Plan, 278, 342
— Location of, 136
Sextant, History of, 113 Shaft, Crank. See Crankshaft
Sheet, Paper, Synthetic-Resin Bonded, Specification, 418
— Silicon-Iron, J. Sankey & Sons, Ltd., Research Laboratory for, 425
— Steel and Strip Plants in United States, 439
— and Strip Metal Users’ Technical Association, Annual Meeting, 40; Treatment of Steel Strip before Fabrication, by Dr. W. F. Coxon, 78
Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists, Research in Iron and Steel Industry, by Sir C. Goodeve, 426*
Shepherd, E. C., on Air Transport and London Plan, 405
Ships, Anti-Corrosive Compositions for, Tests, 569
— Canal. See Canal
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87,
399
— Crews’ Accommodation, Watts’ Prize for
Improving, 615
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
Ships, Government-Owned, Disposal of,-174
— Hillis, Load Distribution in, 376
— of Invasion Fleet, 401
— Launching. See Launch
— Merchant, Radio Navigation in, Experiments with, 159
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships ; Marine Propulsion
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— See also Marine ; Motorships ; Shipping ;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers Shipbuilding, Builders’ Model of Henry Bell’s “ Comet,” 449*
— Exhibition, Sunderland, 495
— Industry, Italian, Position of, 173
— Inland, in United States, 307
— Launches and Trial Trips, 538, 562, 586, 610
— Load Distribution in Ships’ Hulls, 376
— Naval. See Warships
— Research Association, British, Annual Re
port, 185
— and Shipping, Post-War Economic Problems in, 412
— in Sweden, 175
— Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87, 399
— Yard Drawings, Specification of Welding
Symbols, 154
in Italy, Capacity and Equipment of, 173
— See also Steamers ; Naval; Warships ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, Argentine State, Contracts for, 460
— British Corporation Register of, Annual
Report and War Years in Retrospect, 255
?— Returns for Panama Canal, 462
— and Shipbuilding, Economic Problems, 412 Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests (Materials')
Shoe Beam, Steel, for Electric Rolling Stock, 185*
Shop Management. See Works Management Show. See Exhibition
Shunting, Heavy, in Works, Cost of, 445 Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., Jig Drilling and
Milling Machines, 392*
Signal Relays, Railway, Repairs and Maintenance, 276
Significance of Difference in Test Results, 64 “ Silentgrip ” Box-Spanner Wrenches, 33* Silicon Compounds for Dielectrics, 427. See
Erratum, 463
— Iron Pipes, Acid-Resisting, Specification, 441 Sheets, J. Sankey & Sons, Ltd., Research
Laboratory, 425
Silos, Steel, for Grain, 247
Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., “ Pacitor ” Fuel Gauge for Aircraft, 31* ; “ Hi-Shear ” Stop Pin, 67*
Simon Report on Domestic Fuel Policy, 6, 14
Skeat, W. O., on Oldest British Passenger Locomotive, 113
Skew Bascule Bridge over Gowanus Canal, 25*
— Bridge, 60-ft. Plate-Girder, Metropolitan
Railway, Reconstruction of, 451*
Skoda Works National Corporation, Exhibits at Prague Fair, 546
Slate, Carbonate Iron Powder Production from, United States Plant for, 439
Slater, Dr. I. G., on Leaching-Rate Tests for Anti-Fouling Composition for Ships’ Bottoms, 569
Slipway, Barge, United States Airport in . Azores, 290*
Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 37
Smart, W., 250-kW Mobile Power Unit and Workshop, 66*
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on H.M.SS. “ Minerva ” and “ Magnificent,” (1914-17), 73*, 147*. See LETTER, 448; on Devonport Dockyard (1917-1922), 505*, 533*, 601*
Smith, Sir F. E., on Future of Machine-Tool Industry, 303. See LETTER, 376
Smith, J. H. F., on Fire and Explosion Risks, 476 '
Smoke Abatement and Fuel Problem, 222
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Softener, Water. See Water Softener
Soil Conservation in Canada, 223
— Shear Strength of Testing Apparatus for (K. O. Productions), 477*
Solar Observations at Royal Observatory, 316
— Radiation as Source of Energy, 199
Soldering Process, Capillary Flow in, 329
Solid Smokeless Fuels Federation, Report on
Steam-Driven Transport Vehicles, 565
Sopwith, D. G., on Inert Atmospheres as Fatigue-Test Environments, 197. See 330
Sound Waves, Theory of (Review), 267
Sounding, Echo, Apparatus for, 313*
South Africa, Electricity Supply in, 326 Rand Water Board, Annual Report, 15 Royal Train for (Metropolitan-Cammell
Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 522*
— America, Engineering Notes from, 29, 150,
257, 3'67, 460, 618
— Boston, United States Escort Carriers at,
138*
— Kensington Science Museum, Marine Mine
and Degaussing Exhibition, 78, 129; Re-opening of Scientific Collections, 183; Royal Photographic Society’s Exhibition, 279
— West, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131,
155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587,611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107,
131, 155,179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563,587, 611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southern Railway “Merchant Navy” Class Locomotives for, 21*, 44*, 414*. See LETTER, 112*; Stations and Re-Planning of London, 278,294; Conversion of Locomotives to Oil Burning, 279; Track Renewal on, 332; Mechanical Engineering on, 413*, 454* ; Extension of Electrification on, 447; War on Southern Railway Line (Review), 460 ; Launch of S.S. “ Falaise,” 483
Space Heating, Meteorological Aspects of, 349 Spanner, W. F., on Design of Trawlers and Drifters, 377
Sparks, C. H., on Future of Pulverised-Coal Firing, 615
Specifications, Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears ; Gearing; Marine Propulsion; Motor-Car Details
Speed Tools, Ltd., Tap-Grinding, Attachment, 211*
“ Speedi-Matic ” Lathe, 91* Spence, W. G., the Late, 544 Spirit, White, Specification, 250 Spraying Equipment, Chemical, for Crops (Pest Control, Ltd.), 65
Springs for Electrical Measuring Instruments, '234
— (Review)., 267
Sproull, Major-General A. W., on Inspection, 591
“ Stacatruc ” Fork-Lift Industrial Truck, 105, 559*
Stanchion Bases, Caps and Joints, Arc-Welded (Review), 171
Standard Specifications, British, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 154, 178, 202, 226, 250, 274, 298, 322, 346, 370, 418, 442, 466, 514, 538, 586, 610 Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., Hydraulic Change-Over Valve, 153*
Standards Association, Canadian, Work of, 149
— Institution, British, Memorandum on
Third-Angle Projection on Engineering Drawings, 275; Handbook on Lifting Tackle, 514 ; Guide to Aerodrome Lighting, 538
British, Specifications, Trade and Technical Literature, 10; Reinforced-Concrete Poles, 10; Lead Pipes, 10; Reinforced Concrete in Buildings, 34 ; Roof Tiling, 34; Sewers and Drains, 34 ; Electric Refrigerators, 34; Domestic Gas Appliances, 58 ; Structural Steel, 58; Cast-Iron Flue Pipes, 82; Screw Threads for Copper Tubes, 82 ; Ferrous Traps for Baths, 82;
• Copper Alloys, 106; Thermal Insulating; Materials, 106 ; Welding Symbols, 154 ; Steel Gutters, Pipes and Fittings, 154; Cast-Iron Street-Lighting Columns, 178;
• Flameproof Enclosure of Electrical Apparatus, 178; 11-kV Transmission Lines, 182, 202; Sampling and Analysis of Leathers, 202; Methods for Testing Glues, 202; Synthetic-Resin Bonded- Paper Tubes, 226; Non-Ferrous Metal Pipes for Boilers, 226; Aminoplastic Synthetic-Resin Moulding Materials, 250 ; Internal-Combustion Engines, 250; White Spirit, 250 ; Water Taps, 250; Electric- Discharge Lamps, 266; Rubber-Insulated Cables, 466; Cast-Iron Baths, 274; Fishbolts and Nuts for Bails, 274; Office Mechanisation, 298 ; Reinforced-Concrete Street-Lighting Columns, 298; Concrete Mixers, 322; Locks and Latches for Doors, 322; Coal-Tar Pitches, 346; Fire-Check Flush Doors, 346; Domestic Gas Appliances, 346 ; Phosphate Coatings on Steel, 370; Domestic Electric Ovens, 370; Synthetic-Resin Bonded Paper Sheet, 418; Acid-Resisting Silicon-Iron Pipes, 442; Black Bolts and Nuts, 586; Air- Depolarised Primary Cell, 610
— United States Bureau of. See United States Standardisation of British Railway Practice,
593
— of Screw Threads, 254
Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., Experiments with Basic Cupola, 19
State Railways. See Railways
Statesmen and Sea Power (Review), 434
Statically Indeterminate Structures (Review), 557
Stations, Power. See Power Stations
— Railway, Welwyn Garden City, Improvements at, 9*
— Southern Railway, and Re-Planning of
London, 278, 294
Statistical Methods Applied to Industrial Production, 229
— Returns, Railways of Great Britain, 86 Statistics, Road, Basic, 231
— of Trade Bill, 567
— — See also Trade
Stator, Castings and Weldings for, 93*
— 130-ton, Transport of, 546 Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Consumption. See Coal Consumption
— Engines. See Engines
— High-Pressure, for Ship Propulsion, 271
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Piping, Molybdenum-Steel, Cracking of, Report, 209
— Turbines. See Turbines
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles
Steamer “ Balaena,” Whale-Oil Factory Ship, 393*
— “ Bathori,” Sinking of, 74
— “ Comet,” Henry Bell’s, Builders’ Model
of, 449*
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87,
399
— “ Eros,” Salvage of, 328, 340
— “ Euthalia,” Salvage of, 390
— “ Falaise,” Launch of, 483
— “ Frederick Bartholdi,” Salvage of, 328, 436
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— Launching of. See Launch
— “ Marwarri,” Salvage of, 317
— Oil-Tank, “ Laristan,” Salvage of, 328, 378
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines
Steamer “ Queen Elizabeth,” Maiden Voyage as Passenger Liner, 379*
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion ;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines; Warships;. PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. See Snips; Steamers; Warships Steel Board, Membership of, 183,255
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Castings, Design of, British Steel Founders’
Association, 255
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Fireboxes for Locomotives, 22*
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See .Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
—? Industry, Gamma Radiography in, 169*
—? Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Mild, Effect of Rate of Strain on, 171*.
See LETTERS, 304*, 376
and High-Carbon, Gas Carburising of, 260*, 285*
— Molybdenum, for Steam Piping, Cracking of,
Report, 209
— Non-Metallic Inclusions in, Origin and Con
stitution of, 141*, 165*, 545
Steel, Peech and Tozer, Investigation on Port
Design in Open-Hearth Furnace, 486, 497
— Phosphate Coatings on, Specification, 370 —? Piping, Reinforcement of, Branch Prices for,
1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
— Rails. See Rails
— Removal of Hydrogen from, 545
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Sheet and Strip Plants in United States, 439
— Shoe Beam for Electric Rolling Stock, 185*
— Silos for Grain, 247
— Stainless, Machining of, 526*
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests
{Materials)
— Strip, Coiled, Annealing Plant at Newport,
568
— — Treatment Before Fabrication, 78
\— Structural, Stresses in, Specification, 58
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials)
— Works. See Works
Steelwork, Structural, Arc-Welded (Review), 171
Stelfox, S. H., on Profession of Mechanical Engineering, 64
Stephenson, George, and Railway Gauge Act, 160. See LETTERS, 208, 280, 353
Stewart, D. A., on Supports for Overhead Lines, 233*
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Welded Steel Tubular Bridges, 391*
Stiffener Spacing in Beams, Ratio of Effective
Width to, 604*
Stockport Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Industrial Fork-Lift Truck, 559*
Stone, J., & Co., Ltd., on Inverse Segregation in Cast Magnesium Alloys, 307
Stop Pin, “ Hi-Shear ” (Simmonds Aero- cessories, Ltd.), 67*
— Valves. See FaZees
Stradling, Sir R., on Information Services, 278.
See LETTER, 352
Strain Gauges, Wire, Electrical Resistance, 121*. See LETTER, 280
— Hardening Material, Isotropic, Plastic
Strain in, 381*
— Temperature, in Structural Members,
Investigation on, 265*
— See also Stress
Stratford to Liverpool Street Underground
Railway Extension, 485, 543 Street-Lighting Columns, Cast-Iron, Specification, 178
Columns, Reinforced-Concrete, Specification, 298
— — by Fluorescent Lamps, Development of,
475, 500*, 524*
Ministry of Transport Circular on, 207
— See also Roads
Strength of Materials. See, Stress and Tests
{Materials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Tests
{Materials)
—? Internal, in Heat-Treated Aluminium Alloy, Control of, 306, 463
— in Reinforced Branch Pieces, 1*, 217*, 508*,
529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials)
— in Structural Steel, Specification, 58
— Due to Torsional Vibration, 88. See
Errata, 107
Strip and Steel-Sheet Plants in United States, 439
— Steel, Treatment Before Fabrication, 78 Structural Engineers, Institution of, Election
of Members, 106, 490
— Members, Reinforced-Concrete, Recommended Dimensions of, 108
Temperature Strains in, 265*
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures, Reinforced-Concrete., See Concrete, Reinforced
— Statically Indeterminate (Review), 557
— Welded, Programme of Research in, 566
Stubbs, A., on District Heating as a Public Service, 614
Sub-Surface Works, Influence on. London Traffic Plan, 278, 342
Submarine Mines. See Mines
Substation, Percival-lane, Runcorn, 90-MVA Reactors, 344*
— South-West Wales Electricity-Supply System, 199*
— Switchgear (Brush Electrical Engineering
Co., Ltd.), 126*
Subways, Influence on London Traffic Plan, 278, 342
— for Underground Services, 136
Sulphur in Cast Iron, Neutralisation by Alloying
Elements, 545, 598*, 621*
— Dioxide from Coal Burning, 222
— Effect on Antimonial Brass, 281
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Researches on Internal-
Combustion Prime Movers, 69*, 117*
Sumner, J. A., on Heat Pump, 557
Sun. See Solar
Sunderlapd Corporation, Shipbuilding Exhibition, 495
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Presidential Address, by H. Nimmo, on International Electricity Supply, 449 See Erratum, 467
Supply, Ministry of, Exhibition of British and German Fighting Vehicles, 67 ; Board for Iron and Steel Industry, 183, 255; Monograph on Industrial Experimentation, 229; Evolution of Bailey Bridge, 245; Scanning Equipment for Ground Radar, 337* ; Safety Electrode Holder for Arc . Welding, 438* ; Gauge and Tool Advisory Council, 543; Formation of Engineering Advisory Council, 616
Surface Condensers.. See Condensers Suspension Bridge /Over River Humber, Proposed, 518
Sweden, Electricity Supply in, 449. See jBrratwrn, 467
— Shipbuilding in, 175
Swedish Institute for Textile Research, Gothenburg Inauguration, 159
—- Water-Power Resources, 255
Swift, Prof. H. W., on Plastic Strain in Isotropic Strain-Hardening Material, 381*. See 398
Swiss Locomotive Co., 4-6-4 High-Pressure Locomotive, 191*
— See also Switzerland
Switchgear, Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, Extinction of Arcs in, 469
Breakers, Force Characteristics of, 385*
— — Breakers, Oil, High-Voltage, with Resistance Switching, 621*
— — Breakers, Oil, High-Voltage, Performance of, 469
— Haverfordwest Power Station, 176*
— Kearsley Power Station Extensions, 402
— for 250-kW Mobile Power Plant, 67*
Remote' Control by High-Frequency Currents (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 163
— South-West Wales Electricity Supply
System, 176*, 199*
•— Substation (Brush Electrical Enginering Co., Ltd.), 126*
Swazy, E. F., on Silicide-Hardened Copper Compacts for Bearings, 126
Switzerland, Electricity Supply in, 450. See Erratum, MM
— See also Swiss
“ Swordfish ” Saga (Review), 5
Sykes, A., on Progress in Turbine-Gear Manufacture, 615
Synthetic Material for Plastics (Review), 171
— Resin, Aminoplastic, Moulding Materials,
Specification, 250
Bonded-Paper Sheet, Specification, 418 Bonded-Paper Tubes, Specification, 226 Liquid, for Sealing Porous Non-Ferrous Metal Castings, 607
Syphon, Nicholson, for Locomotives, 22*
Szwander, W., on Power Supply for Generating- Station Auxiliary Services, 542

TABLE-Knife Shoulders, Grinding Machine for (A. A. Jones & Shipman, Ltd.), 561*
Tanfleld Branch, London & North Eastern Railway, 595
Tangyes, Ltd., 25-ton Universal Hydraulic Testing Machine, 81*
Tank, Experimental, Dumbarton, Experiments on Drifters, 377
Froude’s Experiments with H.M.S. “ Greyhound,” 355, 543*
— — National Physical Laboratory, Investigation on Frictional Resistance, 454
?— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Military, British and German, Exhibition,
67
— — Production during War, Report, 63 Scissors-Type Bridge-Laying, 455*
— Steamers. See Steamers
Taps, Water, Specification, 250
Tariffs, Electricity Supply, Unifying and Equating of, 31
— North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board,
111
Taxation and Problem of Incentive in Industry, 102
Taylor, D., on Scanning Equipment for Ground Radar, 337*
Teaching. See Education
Technical Colleges and Education. See Education
— Institutions, Co-operation Between, 447, 473
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
1— and Trade Literature/ Recommendation for Standardisation, 10'’
Technological Dictionary in English, French, German and Spanish (Review), 267 Telecommunication Equipment, Dielectrics for, 427. See Erratum, 463
— Mains, Underground, Location of, 136
— Research Establishment, Scanning Equipment for Ground Radar, 337*
Telegraphy, Wireless. See Radar ; Radio Telephone Developments at Faraday Building, London,79
— Services in Brazil, 258
Telephony. See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless. See Radar ; Radio
Telescopes, Development of, 114
— at Royal Observatory, Astronomer Royal’s
Report, 293, 316
Temperature Measurement. See Thermometry
— Strains in Structural Members, Investiga
tion on, 265*
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under MeZoZ- lurgy
Temple Cox Development Co., Ltd., Submersible Bolt-Driving and Punching Gun, 507*
Tennessee Valley Authority, Raising of Railway Bridge over Tennessee River, 457*
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Tercentenary of Flamsteed, 183
— of Isaac Newton, 62
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terrestrial Magnetism. See Ma</neZism Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Anti-Corrosive Paints for Ships’ Bottoms,
569
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Discharge, of Archimedean Screw, 309*
— Electrical, Red-Fir Poles for Transmission Lines, 268
— Gas Content of Foundry Sand Cores, 29
— Hydraulic, Reinforced Branch Pieces, 1*,
217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
?— Magnetic. See Magnetic
Tests (Materials) :
Bending Moments on Stiffened Wide- Flanged Beams, 604*
— Tests, Reinforced Branch Pieces, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
Fatigue Tests on Copper and Brass, Effect of Inert Atmospheres, 197, 330
Impact Tests, New Form of Notched-Bar Test Piece, 123*
Magnetic Tests. See Magnetic
Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Mild Steel, Effect of Rate of Strain on, 171.* See LETTERS, 304*, 376
Quenched Aluminium Alloys, 306, 463
Tests, Mechanical, on Copper-Nickel- Silicon Bearing Alloy, 126
Testing Machines tor High-Speed Testing, 171*. See LETTERS, 304*, 376
Hydraulic, 25-ton Universal (Tangyes, Ltd.), 81*
Vibration Tests, Reinforced Branch Pieces, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
Tests, Overspeed, on Rotor of 22,000-kVA Alternator (Oerlikon Works), 333*
— of Pressure-Controlled Aeroplane Cabin, 7*
— Results, Significance of Differences in, 64
— V2 Rockets, in New Mexico, 193*
Testing Apparatus, Hydraulic, for Circuit Breakers, 385*
Shear Strength, for Soils (K. C. Productions), 477*
—• Glues, Methods of, Specification, 202
— House, Steam-Turbine, Pametrada Research Station, 559*
— Laboratory. See Laboratory and National Physical
— Machine, Hydraulic, 25-ton Universal
(Tangyes, Ltd.), 81*
— See also Tests {Materials)
Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Textile Industry, Electricity Supply in, Report on, 177
— Machinery Imports into Brazil, 29, 258
Industry, Personnel of Evershed Committee, 10
— Research, Swedish Institute for, Gothen
burg, Inauguration, 159
Thermal Conditions in Open-Hearth Furnace, 486, 520
— Efficiency of Locomotives, 191
of Steam and Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 257
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermodynamic Principles Applied to Liquidus Surfaces of Aluminium Alloys, 306
Thermometry, Temperature-Measuring Apparatus for Tool-Tips, 435*
“ Theseus I ” Propeller Gas-Turbine Aero Engine, 367*
Thomson, J., the Late, 354
Thornycroft, J. I. & Co., Ltd., Tyre-Pressure Control Gear, 296*. See LETTER, 352*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thring, M. W., on Port Design in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 486. See 497 ; on Heat-Flow Meter for Use in Furnaces, 497 : on Thermal Conditions in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 486. See 520
Thwaites, R. A. S., on Electricity Supply and District Heating, 30
Tidal Flap Valve (Ismailia Valve Co.), 198*
— Waves in Pacific Ocean, Proposed Warning System, 355
Tides as Source of Energy, 199
Tiling, Roof, Specification, 34
Timber-Trestle Railway Bridge over Tennessee River, 457*
Time Service, Astronomer Royal’s Report on, 293, 316
Timms, C., on Measurement of Errors in Turbine Gears, 615
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallwgy
— Conference, International, London, 375
— Research Institute, Investigation On Corrosion Resistance of Tin-Aluminium Bronzes, 270. See 329
Tinning Processes, Electrolytic, Continuous, 335
Titanium Compounds for Dielectrics, 427. See ErraZwm, 463
Tolls on United States Road System, 439
Tool Grinder. See Grinding under AfacAine Tools
— Machine. See Machine Tools
?— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torsional Vibration, Evaluation of Effects of, 88. See Errata, 107
Toulmin, J. H., The Late, 75
Towers for High-Voltage Overhead Lines, 197. See LETTERS, 328
“ Towerfield,” S.S., Salvage of, 328, 390
Town and Country Planning, Ministry of, Order on Surface Mineral Working, 206. See Erratum, 227
Town Gas. See Gas
Townsend, C. L., Electricity Supply in South- West Wales, 176*, 199*
Tracing, Drawing-Office, Guide to (Review), 339 Track Renewal on London Midland & Scottish Railway, 571
— Trains and Travel (Review), 147 Traction, Electric. See Railways Tractors, Agricultural, Markets for, 230
— Farming, Mounted Plough for, 536*
—20-b.h.p. Industrial (Lansing Bagnall, Ltd.,) 321*
Trade, Agricultural Machinery, 230
— Alliance Association, World, and World
Food Production, 230
— Anglo-Belgian, Conference on, 127
— Bill, Statistics of, 567
— British, with South America, 150
— Disputes. See Labour, and Trade Societies
in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Engineering, in Canada, 151
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, and Civil Aviation (Review), 460 Coal, 134
— Iron and Steel, United States, 295
— Missions to South America, 257
— South American, 29,150, 257, 367, 460
— and Technical Literature, Recommendation
for Standardisation of, 10
— Unions. See Labour, and Trade Societies in
PARAGRAPH INDEX
— United Kingdom Mission to China, 137 Trading Conditions in World’s Markets, 279 Traffic on British Railways, 86
— Control System, London & North Eastern
Railway, 514
— Lane, Capacity of, 433*. See Erratum, 475.
See LETTERS, 544, 592
?— London, and London Plan, Conference, 255, 278, 294, 318, 342, 405. See LETTER, 353
Train, Royal, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Carriages for, 212*
— — for South Africa (Metropolitan-Cammell
Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.), 522*
— Tracks and Travel (Review), 147
— See also Railway
Training. See Education
Transfer Moulding of Plastics, 237* Transformer Design, German, Report on, 503
— “ Hipersil” Iron for (Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.), 53
— Installations for South-West Wales Electricity Supply System, 176*, 199*
— 20-W Rotary for Aircraft (English Electric
Co., Ltd.), 246
— Silicon-Iron Sheets for, 425 -
Transition Curve Trigonometry: The Ellipse, 409*. See LETTER, 544*
Transjordan, Jordan Valley Irrigation in, 241* Transmission Gear. See Gear; Gearing;
Marine Propulsion ; Motor-Car Details
— of Power, bee Marine Propulsion; Power
Transmission
Transmutation and Atomic Structure, 406*, 429*
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Freight, Road and Rail, Memorandum, 109
— Institute of, Formation of Transport Tutorial Committee, 418; Awards for 1945- 46 Session, 438
— Ministry of, Statistical Returns of Railways
of Great Britain, 1945, 86; British Railway Accidents in 1945,157 ; Experiments with Radio Navigation in Merchant Ships, 159; Disposal of Government-Owned Ships, 174; Circular on Street Lighting, 207; Conversion of Locomotives to Oil Firing, 207. See 82, 134, 279, 416*; Transport Bill, 541
— Motor. See Road ; Motor
— Nationalisation Bill, 541
— Railway. See Railway
— Road.'1 See Road; Motor
?— Tutorial Committee, Institute of Transport, Formation of, 418
Traps, Ferrous, for Baths, Specification, 82 Travel, Tracks and Trains (Review), 147 Trawlers, Design of, 377
Trent Gas-Turbine Engine, 249*
Trestle Railway Bridge, Timber, over Tennessee Railway, 457*
Trials. See Tests
Triform Reinforcement for Branch Pieces, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
Trigonometry, Transition Curve: The Ellipse, 409*. See LETTER, 544*
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam “ Triplex ” Safety Glass Co., Ltd., Improved Laminated Safety Glass, 380
Tritton, J. S., on Locomotive Limitations, 190*
Tritton, Sir W., the Late, 328
— Lecture on Locomotive Limitations, 190* Trojan, Ltd., 25-cwt. Motor Vehicle with Two-
Stroke Engine, 415
Trophies, War, Appeal by Naval Committee, 423
Truck, Industrial. See Motor Truck
— Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd., Cylindrical Grinding Machine for Small Parts, 597
Tubes, Condenser, Bronze, Resistance to Corrossion, 270, 329
— Copper, Screw Threads for, Specification, 82
— Railways. See Underground Railways;
London Passenger Transport Board
— Steel, for Boilers of Southern Railway
Locomotives, 23*
— Synthetic-Resin Bonded-Paper, Specification, 226
— See also Pipes
Tubewrights, Ltd., Welded Steel Tubular Bridges, 391*
Tubing, Steel, Reinforcement of Branch Pieces for, 1*, 217*, 508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See Erratum, 562
Tunnels, Underground Railway, and London Planning, 277, 294, 318
Turbines, Gas, for Aircraft (Review), 268 Blading for. See JBZading Development of, 208
Turbines, Gas, Development by Rolls-Royce Ltd., 224*, 247*. See Erratum, 557
Formation of National Establishment, 11
3,750-h.p., for Locomotive, 462
— •— for Marine Propulsion, 271
Researches by Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., 69*, 117*
“ Theseus I ” Propeller Type (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 367*
— Gear Manufacture, Progress in, 615
Reduction Drives, Measurement of Errors in, 615
— Hydraulic, in Canada, 64
Efficiency and Cavitation of, 334*
Origin of Primitive, 388. See LETTERS, 448, 520
See also Power Plant
— Internal-Combustion, Development of, 208
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Castings and Weldings for, 93*
? Exhaust, for Locomotives, 190*
52,000-kW., Kearsley Power Station, 402 Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion 60,000-kW, Portobello Power Station, 164 Test House for, Pametrada Research Station, 559*
— — See also Turfeo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships
Turbo-Generator, 52,000-kW, Kearsley Power Station, 402
60,000-kW Portobello Power Station, 164 for South Africa, 326
Transport of 130-ton Stator for, 546
Turning. See Machine Tools
Twist-Drill Grinder. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Tyneside Collieries, Early Railways to, 595
Tyres, Alloy Steel, for Southern Railway Locomotives, 45*
— Manufacturers’ Conference, Statement on
Pneumatic-Tyre Production in War Time, 116
— Pressure Control Gear (J. I. Thornycroft &
Co., Ltd.), 296*. See LETTER, 352*

“ ULSTER QUEEN,” M.S., Salvage of, 328, 340
— Road Communication in, Report on, 279 Underground Railways and London Planning,
277, 294, 318 ; Liverpool Street to Stratford Extension, 485, 543
— — See also London Passenger Transport Board
— Services, Location of, Report, 136 Under-Water Cutters, Ltd., Submersible Bolt-
Driving and Punching Gun, 597* Unemployment. See Labour
Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Research Applied to, 495
Unions, Trade. See Labour, and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
United Machine Tool Factories National Corporation, Exhibits at Prague Fair, 546
— States, Aeronautical Research in, 188 Airport in Azores, 289*
and Alaska Highway, 110
Army, V2 Rocket Tests in New Mexico, 193*
Bureau of Mines, Investigation of Underground Coal Gasification, 558
Bureau of Standards, Sealing of Porous Castings, by V. C. F. Holm, 607
Coast-Guard Cruiser “ Seneca,” 534* Colloidal Carbon Production in, 54,76 Development of Broaching Machines in, 485. See LETTERS, 544, 593
Electricity Consumption, 374
Electricity Supply, 449. See Erratum, 467 Engineering Notes from, 295, 439, 558 and German Reparations, 558
Gun Factory, Investigation on Copper-
Phosphorus-Lead-Nickel Alloys, 438
Helium Production in, 236
Lead Production and Consumption, 284 National Museum, Annual Reports, 519 Navy. See U,nited States under Warships Polythene Manufacture in, 388
— — Railways. See Railways ; Railroads Unification of Screw Threads in, 254
— — War Department, Atomic-Energy Re
search Laboratories, 558
Welding Research in, 357
See also America
United Steel Companies, Ltd., Influence of, Port Design on Open-Hearth Furnace, 486, 497
United Whalers, Ltd., Whale-Oil Factory Ship “ Balaena,” 393*
University, Cambridge, Experiments on Effect of Rate of Strain on Mild Steel, 171*. See LETTERS, 304*, 376
— Engineering Research in, 325
— Minnesota, Method of Measuring Tool-Tip
Temperature, 435*
— See also Education
Urmston District-Heating Scheme, 614 Uruguay, Engineering Notes from, 257

V2 ROCKET Tests in New Mexico, 193*
Vacation Work Scheme, Imperial College Union, 519
Valve, Change-Over, Hydraulic (Exactor Control Co., Ltd.), 153*
— Gear for Southern Railway Locomotives,
44*. See LETTER, 112*
— Stop, Flap, Lever-Operated (Ismailia Valve Co.), 198*
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear; Motor-Car Details
Ntxtey Microscope Stage, 314*
Varley, R., on Railway Electrification in Great Britain, 421
Vectors, Elementary, for Electrical Engineers (Review), 507
Vedeler, Prof. G., on Load Distribution on, Ships’ Hulls, 376
Vehicles, Fighting, British and German, Exhibition of, 67
— See also Motor Vehicles
Venezuela, Engineering Notes from, 461 Ventilating and Heating for Architects and
Builders (Review), 76
Vibration, Torsional, Evaluation of Effects of, 88. See Errata, 107
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. (Aircraft Section), 10/44 Fighting Aeroplane with Nene Jet Engine, 282
Victoria and Albert Museum, “ Britain-Can-
Make-It ” Exhibition, 87, 303, 443 “ Vindictive,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 49, 100* Vinyl Plastics, Synthetic Materials for (Review), 171
Vokes, C. G., on Air Filtration for Internal- Combustion Engines, 399
Volta Redonda Steelworks, Brazil, Progress at 150
Voltages, Low-Pressure Distribution, Standardisation of, 303
— Standardisation in Australia, 256
Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., “ Liberation ” Locomotives, 399
Vyvyan, R. N., the Late, 616

WADI Rayan Scheme for Nile Flood Control, 425. See LETTER, 496, 568
Wages. See La&onr; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagon Construction in Brazil, 619
— Motor. See Motor Vehicles
— Railway, Continuous Brakes for, 593
— Number Available on British Railways, 86
Wagonways, History of, 595
Wailes, R., on Cult of the Model, 256. See 205. See LETTER, 232
Wales, South-West, Electricity Supply in, 176*, 199*
Walker, A. H. B., on Electronic Engine Indicator, 361*
Walker, Sir W., on Nationalisation of Electricity Supply Industry, 5. See 14
Wallington, J. E., on Aircraft Propulsion, 543. See 570, 593
“ Walrus ” Flying Boats for Whale-Oil Factory Ship “ Balaena,” 393*
War and Economic Problems of Shipbuilding, 412
— Effect on Incentive in Industry, 102
— History of British Railways, 1939-45 (Review), 100
— Incidents on Southern Railway (Review), 460
— and the London Midland and Scottish Railway (Review), 171
— Material, Production by Southern Railway, 454*
— Military Tank Production during, Report, 63
— 1914-18, Naval Aircraft in, 17, 27, 49*, 97*
— Office, Use of Bailey Bridges by, 245 ; Electrical and Mechanical Equipment Inspection, 591
— Optical Glass in, 327, 343, 366
— Ship Salvage during, 317, 328, 340, 378, 390,
436
—• Time, Electricity Supply in Germany during, 582, 606
Pneumatic-Tyre Production in, 116
— Trophies Committee, Naval, Appeal by, 423
— Work of Royal Dockyards, 461
Warfare, Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics Warmth, Environmental, and its Measurement,
Report on, 38

Warships :

Admiralty Fire-Fighting Trials of Magnesium-Base Alloys, 481*
— Fuel-Experimental Station, Feed System for Marine Boilers, 472, 498, 521, 548*. See LETTER, 592*
— Salvage Department, Work of, 317, 328, 340, 378, 390, 436
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics Convoying in 1914, 74. See LETTER, 448 Dockyards, Royal, History of, 505*, 533, 601*
War Work in, 461
H. M. Battleship “ Magnificent ” (1915-17), 73,147*. See LETTER, 448
— Cable-Laying Ship “ Monarch,” Amplidyne Electrical Control System, 103*
— Cruiser “ Minerva ” (1914-15), 73*, 147*. See LETTER, 448
“ Yarmouth,” Launch of Aeroplane from, 51*
— Ship “ Greyhound ” Experiments, Examination of, 355, 453*
Repair in Dockyards. 461
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Auxiliary, M.S. “ Flintlock,” 151*
— Flying. See Aeronautics
— History, “ Swordfish ” Saga (Review), 5
— Mining and Degaussing Exhibition, 78, 129
— War Trophies Committee, Appeal by, 423
Royal Naval Electrical Branch, Formation, 447
Scientific Service, Organisation, 159 Ships of Invasion Fleet, 401
Statesmen and Sea Power (Review), 434 “ Swordfish ” Aircraft, Presentation to National Maritime Museum, 423
Saga (Review), 5
United States Battleship “ Kentucky ” and Cruiser “ Hawaii,” Modifications to,439
Warships—continued.
United States Coast-Guard Cruiser, “ Seneca,” 534*
— — Cruisers “ Salem ” and “ Newport News,” Air Conditioning in, 439
Navy, Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition, 558
Navy, Bikini Atoll Atom-Bomb Tests, 13, 87
• Navy Electronics Laboratory, Ex
periments on Effect of Weather on Radio Transmission, 295
Navy, 6,000-ton Capacity Floating Repair Dock for, 307
Navy, Inflatable Fabric Cells for Aircraft Salvage, 322*
? Navy Reserve Fleets, “ Packaging ”
of, 138*
Washing Plants, Flue-Gas, for Power Stations, 135
Water Bacteriology, with Special Reference to Sanitary Water Analysis (Review), 221!
— Board, Rand, Annual Report, 15
?— Consumption of Engines. See Steam Consumption
— Department, Glasgow, Ruchazie Reservoir,
307
— Engineers, Institution of, Report of Joint
Committee on Location of Underground Services, 136
— Filters. See Filters
— Heating Systems, High-Pressure, (Review),
51
— Mains, Influence on London Traffic Plan,
278, 342
? Underground, Report on Agreed Methods
for, Location of, 136
— Power. See also Hydraulic ; Power Plant;
Power, Water ; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Resources, Australian, 174
and Irrigation in Transjordan, 241*
— Softening Plant for Beenham’s Heath
Pumping Station, 53
— Supply on Farms in England and Wales, 210
— — United States Airport in Azores, 291* See also Irrigation
— Taps, Specification, 250
— Treatment and Purification (Review), 244
— Trough Renewal on London Midland and
Scottish Railway, 571
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Twrftines, Hydraulic ; Power
Plant
— Wheels, Primitive, Origin of, 388. See
LETTERS, 448, 520
See also Turbines, Hydraulic; Power Plant
Waterways, Inland, Association of, Formation, 88
— See also Rivers; Canals
Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watson, J. D., the Late, 519
Watt, James, Centenary Celebrations, 1919, Birmingham, 601
Watts Prize for Improving Ships’ Crews’ Accommodation, 615
Waves, Electromagnetic. See Electric
— Tidal, in Pacific Ocean, Proposed Warning
System, 355
Wax Production from Coal in Germany, 448 Wear and Alignment Indicator, H. D. Adam’s, 512*. See LETTER, 568
Wear Shipbuilders’ Association, Sunderland Shipbuilding Exhibition, 495
Weather. See Meteorology
Weigel, A. C., on Welding Research in the United States, 357
Welded Structural Steelwork (Review), 171
— Reinforced Branch Pieces, Tests of, 1*, 217*,
508*, 529*, 553*, 577*, 605*. See
Erratum, 562
— Roof Members, Fracture due to Temperature Strains in, 265*
Welding, Arc, Electricity Supply for, Report, 446
Safety Electrode Holder for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 438*
— of Boilers for Southern Railway Locomotives, 22*
— Gas, of Magnesium Alloys, Welding Research
Association Report on, 231
— in Great Britain, Position of, 356
— Institute of, Sir W. J. Larke’s Medal Com
petition Papers (Review), 76 ; Presidential Address, by A. Dyson, on Welding in Great Britain, 356; Research on Welding in United States, by A. C. Weigel, 357
— Research Association, British, Report on
- Gas Welding of Magnesium Alloys, 231; Control by Welding Research Board, 566 Board, Programme of Investigations, 566 in United States, 357
— Symbols for Shipyard Drawings, Specification, 154
Welland Gas-Turbine Engine, 224*
Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, Annual Report, 567
Welsh Farms, Water and Electricity Supplies on,210
— Industries Fair, Cardiff, 319
Welwyn, Frythe Research Laboratories, Lease by Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 154
— Garden City Station, Improvements at, 9* West Cambrian Power Co., Ltd., Operations of,
176*, 199*
— Hartlepool Technical College, Prospectus, 394
— of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co., Ltd., Research Department, Electronic Engine Indicator, 361*
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., “Hipersil” Transformer Iron, 53
Westwood Mineral Development Committee,
131
Whale-Oil Factory Ship “ Balaena,” 393* Whalley, F. S., on “ Liberation ” Locomotives, 399
Wheelcase for Aircraft Jet-Propulsion Engine, 248*
Wheel, Cast Steel, for Southern Railway Locomotives, 44*
— Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine
Propulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine
Tools
Whipple, R. S.,. on C. Varley’s Microscope Stage, 314*
White Sands, New Mexico, V2 Rocket Tests at, 193*
Whitehead Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Annealing Plant for Steel Strip in Coils, 568
Whiteley, R., on Future of Machine-Tool Industry, 376. See 303
Width, Flange, Stiffened Plating in Longitudinal Bending, 603*
Wilcox, T. W., on High-Voltage Oil Circuit Breakers with Resistance Switching, 469, 621*
Wilkins, R. J., on Method of Determining Poisson’s Ratio, 52*
Willans, K. W., Cult of the Model, 256. See 205. See LETTER, 232
Williams, E. J., on Simple Test of Significance, 64
— Lecture on Castings and Weldings, 85, 93*.
See LETTERS, 112,136
Williams, S. V., the Late,,184 Wilson, C. T. R., Work on Cloud Chamber, 127 Wilson, Dr. W. K., on Effects of Torsional
Vibration, 88. See Errata, 107 Winch, Air-Operated, for Motorships, 583*
— Haulage for Slipway, United States Airport
in Azores, 291*
Wind Erosion of Soil in Canada, 223 —- Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Wire Strain Gauges, Electrical Resistance, 121*. See LETTER, 280
Wireless Telegraphy. See Radar; Radio;
Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Radar ; Radio ; Telephony Wohler's Tests. See Fatiyne under Tests
(Materials')
Wolverhampton, Research Laboratories of J.
Sankey & Sons, Ltd., 425 Women Workers. See Labour Wood, W., the Late, 420 Woodcutting, Handbook of (Review), 5 Woodward, W. E., on Notched-Bar Test Piece, 123*
Workmen. See Labour

Works :

Cable Works, W. & T. Glover & Co., Ltd., -Lighting System at, 213
Engineering Works, Employment of, Women. See Labour
Iron and Steel Works, Costs of Shunting in, 445
Locomotive Works of Southern Railway, 414*, 454*
Steelworks in British Zone of Germany, Output Capacity, 439
— Volta Redonda, Brazil, Progress at, 150 Works Management, Factory Organisation and
Management (Review), 411
Office Mechanisation, Standardisation of, 298
Production Control, Introduction to
(Review), 459
Workshop Technology (Review), 5
— Ministry of, Registration of Building and
Civil Engineering Contractors, 231 Workshop, Mobile, and 250-kW Generating
Plant (Lang Wheels (Manufacturing), Ltd.), 66*
— — for War Department, 455*
— Technology (Review), 5
— Training. See Education
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
World Power and Atomic Energy, Impact on
International Relations (Review), 101
— Trade Alliance 'Association «»ud World
Food Production, 230
Wreck Raising. See Salvage
Wrenches, Box-Spanner “Silent. ” (Accles & Pollock, Ltd.), 33*
— Impact, Pneumatic (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 128*
Wright Lecture on Recent Aeronautical Developments, 188*, 214*
Wright, S. J., on Application of Steam Power to Agriculture, 591
Wuthrich, G., The Late, 616
Wythenshawe Housing Estate, Manchester, Electricity and Heat Supply to, 30; District-Heating Scheme, 614

X-RAY Examination, Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steel, 142, 165, 545
— Testing of Materials, 41*. See LETTER, 112

“YARMOUTH,” H.M Cruiser, Launch of Aeroplane from, 51*
Yarmuk, River, and Irrigation in Transjordan, 242*
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yorkshire, Old Clockmakers of (Review), 45.9

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy

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