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1898, 13
Accidents, Colliery, Government Returns, 44
Cage, in the Derbyshire Coalfield, 350 to a Daimler Motor Wagonette, 213
Government and, 215
Industrial, Number of Workpeople killed in, in 1898, 213
in Mines and Quarries, Deaths from, 313, 350
Motor Car, 213, 621
Railway — see Railway Accidents,
British and Foreign
Strange Steam Pipe, 273
with a Thrashing Machine, A Peculiar Case, 59
Accumulator Trials, 634
Acetylene, M. G. Claude on the Explosive Power of, 164
Gas Engines, 145,169
Gas Generator, Messrs. J. Stott and Co., 632
Gas Lighting in Greece, 491
Gas for Lighting Purposes in Prussia, 317
as an Illuminant, Real Value of, 303
Gas, Maximum Explosive Effect pro¬duced with 12A
Volumes of Air and one of, 33
Gas v. Coal Gas, 373
Gas combined with Resin Oil, Experi¬ments with, 491
Ackroyd, Mr. W., His Investigations on Moorland Waters, 542
Adamson and Co., Messrs. Joseph, 50-Ton Electric Travelling Crane, 601
Admiralty and Naval Engineers, The, 495
Advertising on False Pretences in Leading Engi¬neering Papers, 655
Aetheric Telegraphy, Mr. W. H. Preece on, 445
Aetheric — see also Wireless Telegraphy and Telegraphy, Wireless
Agricultural Machinery for the La Rochelle District, and Why American v. English, 439
Machinery in Poland, Demand for, 439
Machinery, South African, 376 Machinery, Steam Flour Mills, Mine
and Quarries, &c., Opening for in Tunis, 621
Machines at the Maidstone Show, 617 , Machines for Russia, British and J
Foreign Competition, 655
Air Power Company, Organisation of an Interna¬tional, 11
Air Ships, The Aerial Navigation Company, San ' Francisco, 595
Alabama, Coal6elds of, 237
Pig Iron Output in, 237
Alfheim Company, Limited, Permanent Machinery Exhibition, Christiania, 11
Algeciras, Growing Importance of the Town of, 365
Alleu and Co., Messrs. W. H., Compound Con¬densing Plant, 389
Alloy called “ Bronze Gaulois,” The, 491
Alloys of Iron and Nickel, Mr. R. A. Hadfield on, 348
Iron and Nickel, Mr. F. Osmond on, 164
Nickel and Aluminium, Characteristic ’ of, 287
Alloy, A New Nickel-manganese-iron, 438
Alloys Research Committee, Sir Wm. C. Roberts-
Austen’s Report, 160, 166
Almanacs and Diaries, 8, 45, 73, 91, 141, 183
Aluminium and Copper as Conductors of Electric Currents, Rivalry between, 213
Progress of, 155
Effect of Washing Soda on, 33
Seamless Tubes, 187
Water Steriliser, 147
Writing Capacity of, 313
Amalgamation of German Electrical Interests, 547
Two Well-known Firms, 547
American Bridges, English Engineers and, 391
Coal, 650
Colonial Expansion, The Little Bill, 317
Commercial Enterprise, Its Keenness, 377
Commercial Enterprise, How it is that the Yankees are Beating the English on their own Ground, 453
Competition, 29, 453, 498, 538, 603
in the Engineering Trade, 538
Industries, An English Report on, 301
Interoceanic Canal, 351 Locomotives — see Railway Rolling
Stock, &c. &c., Locomotives, 603
Machine Tools, British and, 29, 66, 67
Manufacturers’ Success in Foreign
Markets, The Secret of, 453
Navy, Niclausse Boiler and the, 195
Paddle-wheel Steamers with Beam
Engines, 26, 48, 107, 154, 252, 277
Patents, Selected –see Patents, Selected American
Thin Armour Trial, 545
Trade Invasion, 409, 435, 474
Ammonium Borate as a Hardening Liquid for Plaster of Paris, 237
Ammunition, The Lee-Metford and Martini- Henry, Experiments with, 59
The New British Service Bullet, 59
Amos, Mr, E. C., on Machine Tools, 372
Amsterdam, Telephone System of, 595
Ancona, The New Mole at, 337
Andrew and Co., J. E. H., Gas Engine, 470
Anthracite Coal Removed from the List of Free Imports at San Francisco, 542
Appert, M. L., New Method of Moulding Glass, 621

Appointments and Retirements:

Appleyard, Mr., 439
Arrandale, Mr. M., Address, Machine Workers’ Association, 487
Aspinall, Mr. J. A. F., 512
Bayley, Mr. C. W.,542
Becbler, Captain, 412
Black, Mr. Thos., 399
Cassatt, Mr. A. J., 629
Charles, Mr. A. L.,621
Crowe, Mr. Hy., 119
Evans, Mr. David, 607
Fay, Mr. S., 365
Fenwick, Mr. Luke, 378
Forbes, Mr. Wm., 542
Franklin, Alderman Geo., 478
Gavey, Mr. J., 187
Glover, Mr. John, 413
Grierson, Mr., 365
Heald, Mr. Horace, 621
Henderson, Mr. Alexander, 465
Hookey, Mr. J., 187
Hopkinson, Mr. Chas., 607
Howell, Mr. Walter J., 435
Hoy, Mr. H. A., 542
Hunter, Mr. David, 21
Ingham, Mr. Oswald, 399
Irwin, Mr. J. C., 542
Jamieson, Prof. Andrew, 387, 413
Katté, Mr. Walter, 465
Knaggs, Mr. W. T., 504
Knight, Mr. Robert. 72
Laird, Sir Wm.,365
Maclean, Mr. Magnus, 645
McNeil, Mr. Jas., 72
Nisbet, Mr. W. H , 592
Purkess, Mr. Jas., 365
Richmond, Mr. J. H., 119
Sadler, Col., 607
Salamons, Sir Julian, 270
Siburn, Mr. Jas., 72
Squire, Mr. W. W., 605
Stafford, Mr. J. H., 542
Sykes, Mr. Wm., 271
Trotter, Mr. A. P., 365
Walker, Mr. Arthur Tannett, 313
Ward, Mr. Thos. F., 504
Wharnclitfa, Earl of, 465
Wilgus, Mr. W. J., 465
Wood, Sir Lindsay, 72

Archangel, Projected Improvement of the Port of, 491
Arctic Currents, Casks for Testing, 337
Ardwick Engineering Company, High-speed Vertical Engine, New Design, 377
Argentine Republic, Meat Export from, 137
Arnold, Prof, and Mr. Andrew MacWilliam, On the Diffusion of Elements in Iron, 461
Armour-plate Situation in the U.S.A., 348
Armour Trial, American Thin, 515
Arth, Prof., On the Utilisation of Blast Furnace Gas, 387

Association, American Foundrymen’s:

Compression Tests of Jin. Cubes of Ingot
Mould Iron and of Bessemer Mixture, 313

Association, Chicago Electrical:

Patent Systems of the United States and Foreign Countries Compared, Mr. W. C. Jones, 416 |

Association of Civil Engineering Students, Manchester:

Annual Dinner, Twelfth, 93
American Grain Elevator, The Manchester Ship Canal Company’s, Mr. Percy F. Gask on the, Electric Welding, Mr. O. Winder, 247
Prospecting for Minerals, Mr. H. T. Hildage,

Association, Cleveland Blast Furnace- men’s :

Election as President, of Mr. P. Trainer, and names of Candidates for the Secretaryship,

Association, The Cleveland Iron¬masters’ :

Election as President and Vice-president of
Mr. J. F. Wilson and Mr. C. A. Cochrane, 119

Association, Coal Trade Benevolent: 477

Association of Draughtsmen, British:

Formation of, 162

Association of Engineers, Manchester:

Chains, On the Making and Testing of Welded Steel, Mr. E. J. Taylor, 111
Excursions Planned for the Summer Months, 377
Flooring for Engineering Workshops, Question of the Best, 229
Forty-third Annual Report and Anniversary Dinner, 71, 158
Gas Engines as Motive Power in Engineering Works, Mr. A. R Bellamy, 327
Gas Exhausters and Gas-exhausting Plant, Mr. ' R. Hargraves, 320
Heating Engineering Workshops, Question of the Best Method of, 229
Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Hy. Webb, 73
Odontograph described by Mr. Michael Longridge, 71
Switches, Liquid and Metallic, The Question of the Relative Merits of, 229
Utilising Furnace Gases as a Motive Power in Certain Gas Engines, Question of, 325

Association of Engineers, Leeds:

Electricity, Mr. Joe A. Tempest, 330
Machine Tools, English v. American, Mr. Alfred Towler, 230
Mineral Oils, Mr. B. Holgate, 146

Association of Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, London:

Forty-sixth Anniversary Festival, 469

Association, Geologists’:

Excursion to Brittany, 412

Association, Lancashire Coal Sales :

Resolution with regard to Contracts to be made with Merchants for the ensuing Twelve months, 477, 503

Association, Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic:

Motor-Vehicle Design, Some New Features in, Mr. T. H. Parker, 269
White, Mr. J. W., Appointed Hon. Treasurer, 237

Association, Manchester and Salford Sanitary:

Lamps which have Exploded in Manchester, and the Oils used therein, Mr. W. Thomson’s Report on, 400

Association, Manchester Steam Users’:

Annual Report—Boilers under the Care of, 439
Annual Memorandum of Chief Engineer Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, 599

Association of Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham:

Inaugural Address of Mr. J. Cox, 42

Electric Traction:

Its Application in Large Towns, Mr. G. Conaty, 269

Association, Mechanical Engineers', The Wltwatersrand:

Compressed Air as Power, Discussion on the Utilisation of, 298

Association, The Miners’:

“Character Note” Question, Mr. E. Cowey and Mr. W. Parrott on the, 442

Association of Municipal and County Engineers, Incorporated:

Examination of Candidates for Municipal Surveyorehips, Twenty-seventh Voluntary Pass, 401
Yorkshire District Meeting Programme, 551

Association, National Free Labour:

Manifesto issued by, showing where Strike Funds come from, 89

Association of Old Students of the Central Technical College:

Second Annual Dinner of, 575

Association, South Wales Miners’:

Annual Conference : Address of Mr. Abraham —" Mabon ”—44

Associations, Trade:

Recently-formed, 477

Association of Trade Protection Societies:

Fifty-first Annual Meeting, 421

Association, Unmarked Bar Iron:

Prices Advanced 10s. per Ton, 542

Association of Waterworks Engineers, The British:

Papers to be Read at the Fourth Annual Meet¬ing, 491
Atbara Bridge Contract, The, 297, 408
Bridge, The (Supplement, June 2nd, 1899)
297, 367, 395, 408, 539, 543 :
Bridge and Standardisation, The, 367, 395
Atlas Engineering Company, Machine Tools, 423
Australia, West, Rainfall, 246
Auto-cars, Compressed Air as a Motive Power for 195
Autocrat of the Pit, 468
Automatic Couplers, 263, 616, 644
Couplings—tie alto Couplings, Auto¬matic
Coupling, The Janney, 644 Automobile Club, 150
Particulars of the Forthcoming Trials and Awards, 439
Show, Richmond, 37, 577, 627, 652
Show, Richmond, 1899, Awards at the, 652
Tours of the, 296, 496
Auxiliary Machinery cn Board Ships, Mr. E. Nicholl on, 164
Avery, Messrs. W. and T., Rail-weighing Ma¬chine, 196
Ayrton, Mrs., On the Hissing of the Electric Arc, 321
Ayrton, Prof., On Electric Meters, 611

B

BABCOCK, Mr. W. I., on Portable Pneumatic Riveters in Shipbuilding, 147, 321
Babcock and Wilcox Boilers, 55
Bacon Air Lift Pump, 422, 490
Bacteria Bed System, Mr. Dibdin's and not Pro¬fessor Roscoe's, 164
Bactolite, The, 631
Bailey and Co., Limited, Messrs. W. H., Branch Works at Patricroft and Extension of Business, 377
Brillie, Mr. Robt., 351
Baillie-Weaver, Mr. H., New Process of Season¬ing and Preserving Timber and other Fibrous Substanoes, 599
Baker, Sir Benjamin, Visits Egypt, 33
Baku, Water Supply Scheme for, 577
Balancing of Engines, Prof. W. E. Dalby on, 310
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Extraordinary Acti¬vity at, 453
Locomotives for the Great Central and the Midland, 517, 527
The Year's Output, 187
Ballasting of Steamers, 289
Band Ropes, Slow-moving, for Transmission of Power Underground, 599
Barbed Wire in Italy, Use of, 213
Barking Boiler Explosion, The, 31, 34, 35, 118, 145, 241
Barnaby, Sir N., on Steam Speeds at Sea, 92
Barnes, Mr. Geo. N., Introductory Address, Amalgamated Society of Engineers, 4S7
Barnum and Bailey’s Special Trains, 360
Barrett, Professor W. F., On the Thermo-electric Behaviour of Alloys of Nickel Steel, 337
Basalt, Lava Stone, and Trass, 525
Basset Mines, Cornish Engine, 471, 513, 575, 656
Bath and West of England Show, The:
Implement Department, Agricultural, 546
Oil and Gas Engines, 546
Traction and Agricultural Engines, 546
Battery Calculator, An Ingenious, 313
Bauermann, Prof. H., On the Gellivare Iron Ore Mines, 461
Baxter, Mr. G. H., On the Pumping Machinery at the Clyde Trustee»’ Graving Dock, 405
Beams, Problem in the Thoory of, 652
Bearings, Hot, 374
Beattie, Prof. J. C., On the Leakage of Electricity, 542
Becher, Mr. Septimus J., 174
Becks, Mr. Geo. A., Gold Coast Ice Factory, 219
Beckton Gasworks, The, 557, 561
Beeby’s Brick Company, Limited, Yaxley Vi-it to, 600
Begbie and Co., Limited, Messrs., Their New Plant, 324
Beit, Mr., 22
Belgian Coal Strike, 478
Belgian Trade in Coal, 1897-8, 224
Belgians in Russia, 115
Bell Bros., Messrs., A Limited Company, 43
Belleville Water Separator, 383
Beilis and Co., Messrs. G. E„ Formation into a Public Company of their Business, 657
Belper Sewage Schemes, 33
Belts, Joining Machine, 209
Benischke, Dr., Apparatus for Measuring the Speed of Electric Motors, 491
Berry and Sons, Messrs. Francis, Horizontal Cylinder Boring Machine, 362
Bessemer Pig Iron, Advance in Price of, 527
Bessemer Steel Ingots in the United States Pro¬duction of, 262
Beyer, Peacock, and Co., Tank Engine for South Africa, 440, 443
Bickford Burners Company, Messrs., the Liquid Fuel Furnace, 168
Bicycles, Duty on, in France, 265
Bicycles, English, and Foreign Rivals, 570
Bicycles, Reduction in Prices of, 137
Bicycle Tire Tests, Professor R. C. Carpenter, 137
Bilbao, College of Mechanical Engineering, for, 517
Bilbao, Eibar Work at, 517
Bilbao, Pig Iron Export, 517
Biles, Mr. J. Harvard, On Using Merchant Steamers for War Purposes, 566, 584
Bill, The Education of Children, 241
Bill, The Government Telephone, 240
Bills in Parliament, Private, 405
Bills Relating to Railway Canals, Tramways, &c., deposited for the present Session, 287
Bills thrown out of the List this Session, 213
Billericay, Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Schemefor, 237
Bing, Director E., A New Geometrical Quadra¬ture of the Circle, 136
Birch and Co., Messrs. Geo., Their Machine Tools. 349
Birmingham University, The, 172, 187, 494, 502
Blackening of Moulds in Foundries by means of Compressed Air, 542
Blake and Knowles Steam Pump, 40, 41, 118, 345
Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Gases, On the Use of, 461
Blast Furnaoe Gases, Utilisation of, 140, 387, 461,
Bleaching Lye, Electrical Production of, in Ger¬many, 137
Blechynden Feed-water Regulator, 142
Blocks, On Graving Dock, 641
Blowing Engines, Messrs. Bolzano, Tedesco, and Co., 393
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the
Manufactured Iron Trades of the North, Meeting of, 119
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, Mr. Waterhouse's Official Returns to the, 326. 349, 528
Board of Trade and Automatic Couplings, The. 317
Bofors Plant, 29
Bolzano, Tedesoo, and Co., Blowing Engines, 393

Boilers:

Boilers, Anti-Incrustation Composition for, 399
Babcock and Wilcox, 55
Belleville, of the Spartiate, 332, 333, 335
Built since 1872,
Working Stress for, 621
Circulation in, 140, 169
Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890, Working of the, 212
Barking, 31, 34, 35, 118, 145, 241
at the Halliwell Dyeing Com¬pany’s Works, The, 11
Phenomena of, 67 in Prague, A Marine, 162,163
of a year, 91
Express, in Warships, 511, 522
Feed-water heaters for, 500
of the Future, The Naval, 353, 382, 403, 409, 427, 455, 499, 511, 547
for a Japanese Destroyer, 511, 522
for Large Powers, Yarrow, 390
Liquid Fuel for, 169
Marine, 394, 493, 511, 518, 522, 529, 576
High-pressure Steam, at Sea, 493
Naval, of the Future, 353, 382, 403, 409, 427, 455, 499, 511, 547
Niclausse, and the American Navy, 195
Okes-Servo Wator-tube, 92
of Pactolns, Regulator as Fitted to, 142
Plates, Large, 192
Practical Experience on the Strength of, Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, 309
Prevention of Explosions in, Mr. D. T. Lawson’s Patent for, Extension of Applied for, 287
The Belcher Apparatus and others for the Prevention of Smoke from, 444
Statistics, Massachusetts, 187
Tubes for the United States Navy, Mate¬rial to be Used in the Construction of, 337
Under the Care of the Manchester Steam Users’ Association, 439
Water-tube, 194, 263, 269, 290, 394, 496, 511, 518, 529, 569, 576, 603
Water-tube, Messrs. Anderson and Lyall, 496
Constructional Failures of, 569
Knap's, 194
Mr. Milton on, 263, 269 in the Navy, 394, 529
in Passenger Steamers, 511, 518
s.s. Orlando, 576
Boiling Point of Liquid Hydrogen, Prof. Dewar on, 365
Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co.'s Balance-Sheet, 223
Bombay, Mr. S. Crimp to Advise the Municipality on the Sanitation of, 577

Books Received:

Abaques des Efforts Tranchants et des Moments de Flexion développés dans les poutres a une travéa par les surchages du Réglement du 29
Aoüt, 1891, sur les Fonts Métalliques, par Marcelin Duplaix, 369
Acetylene Generators at the Imperial Institute, Report of the Committee on the Exhibition of, 256
Advertising, The Art of, Its Theory and Practice fully Described, by Wm. Stead, jun., 599
Aide - Mémoire de l’Officer de Marine de Edouard Durassier, continué par Charles Valentine, 141
Americaine : La Vie Ranches, Fermes, Usines, by Paul de Rousiers, 642
American Institute of Architects, Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Convention of 545
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Transactions of, Vol. six., 63
American Trade Index, 37
Animals in Motion: Electro-photographic
Investigation of Consecutive Phases of
Locomotive Engineering, Manual of, with an
Historical Introduction, by Wm. Frank Pettigrew, 291
London Water Supply, The, by Arthur Shad¬well, 241
London Water Supply: Being a Compendium of the History, Law, and Transactions relat¬ing to the Metropolitan Water Companies from Earliest Times to the Present Day, by H. C. Richards and W. H. C. Payne, 511
Machine Design, Part II.: Form, Strength, and Proportions of Parts, by Forrest R. Jones, 291
Map of Metropolitan Railways, Tramways, and Miscellaneous Improvements, 256
Marine Steam Engine, The, by Carl Bosley, 63
Mathematical and Physicial Tables for the Use of Students in Technical Schools and Colleges, by Jas. G. Wrapson and W. W. Haldane, 37
Mathematical Theory of Attraction, Introduc¬tion to the, by F. A. Tarleton, 89
Matriculation Directory, No. xxv., 191
Measurement and Weighing: First Year's Course in Elementary Practical Physics, Edwin Edser, 191
Measuring and Valuing Artificers’ Work, Student’s Guide to the, Edited by E. Dobson, with Additions by E. W. Tarn, 625
Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design, Easy Lessons in, by J. G. A. Meyer, 291
Mechanics Applied to Engineering, by John Goodman, 469
Mechanics, Text-book on Applied, Specially arranged for Engineering Students, by Andrew Jamieson, 642
Merchants’ Hand-book of Money, Weights, and Measures, with their British Equivalents, W. A. Browne, 625
Mersey, Report on the Present State of the Navigation of the, by Vice-Admiral Sir G. S. Nares, 599
Metallurgical Analysis for Laboratory Use, Tables for Quantitative, by J. J. Morgan, 545
Metallurgy, Hand-book of, by Dr. Carl Schnabel, 63
Microscopy of Drinking Water, The Geo. T. Whipple, 291
Mine Surveying, Treatise on, by Bennett H. Brough, 599
Mines and Agriculture, New South Wales, Annual Report for 1897, 317
Motor Car Manual, by R. Moffat Ford, 384
Municipal Electricity Supply, Commercial and Business Aspects of, Alf. H. Gibbings, 418
Municipal Trading, the Cost of, by Dixon H. T. Davies, 291.
Naval Annual, 1899, Edited by T. A. Brassey, 443
Naval Architecture, Text-book of Theoretical, by E. L. Attwood, 91
Physical Chemistry, Outlines of, by A. Reychler, 384
Physics in its Elementary Branches, History of, by Florian Cajorie, 256
Physics; Experimental and Theoretical, Vol. i.. Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Heat, and Acoustics, by R. H. Jude, and partly from the French Third Edition of II. Gossin, 642
Portland Cement, its Manufacture, Testing, and Use, by D. B. Butler, 642
Railway Year-book for 1899, Edited by G. A. Sekon, 317
Retrospect of Eight Decades, Rev. E. L. Ber- thon, 191
Royal Agricultural Society of England, Journal of, Third Series, Vol. ix., Part IV., No. 36, 20
Royal United Service Institution, Journal of the, 559, 642
Russian Province of the North, by Alexander Platonovich Engelhardt, Translated from the Russian by Hy. Cooke, 511
Sanitary Science, Examinations in, Questions with Suggestive Answers, by E. R. Matthews, 625
Science and Art Department, Calendar, History and General Summary of Regulations of, 191
Sewage Analysis, Practical Treatise on the Examination of Sewage and Effluents from Sewage, by J. A. Wanklyn and W. J. Cooper, 495
Sewer Design, by H. N. Ogden, 559
Ship, Know your Own, Explanation of the Stability, Trim, Construction, Tonnage, and Freeboard of Ships, &c., by Thos. Walton, 545
"Shipping World” Year-book, Desk Manual in Trade, Commerce, and Navigation, Edited by E. R. Jones, 191
Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report of the Board of Regents, 20, 511
Society of Engineers, Transactions for 1898, and General Index, 1857 to 1898, Edited by G. A. P. Cnxon, 545
South African Association of Engineers and Architect®, Proceedings of, Vol. iv., 469
Specification—now Illustrated—for Architects, Surveyors, and Engineers, when Specifying, No. 3, 256
Steam Engine and Gas and Oil Engines, Book for Students who have Time to Make Experi¬ments and Calculations, by John Perry, 559
Steam Engine Indicator, Directions for Selec¬tion, Care, and Use of the Instrument, and the Analysis and Computation of the Diagram, Compiled from the Issues of “ Power,” 469
Steinbruchindustrie nnd Steinbruohgeologie: Technische Geologie nebst praktischen Winken fiir die Verwertung von Gesteinen unter Heingehender Beriicksichtigung der Steinindustrie des Kiioigreichs Sacnsens, von Dr. 0. Herrmann, 511
Telegraphy, by W. H. Preeoe and J. Sive- wright, 191
Trains Rapides, Les Services Actuels, Belgique, Angleterre, France, Suisse, Notes de Voyage, 1897-8, par Camille Barbey, 291
Tramways, Omnibuses, and Eleotric Railways, Duncan’s Manual of, 599
Transport und Lagerungseinrichtungcn fur Getreide und Kohle, von M. Buhle, 545
Trigonometry, Spherical, Theoretical and Prac¬tical, W. W. Lane, 20
United States Naval Institute, Proceedings of the, Vol. xxv., No. 1, Edited by G. F. Cooper, 443
Water Supply of Sussex from Underground Sources, by Wm. Whitaker and Clement
Reid, 317
Willing's Press Guide, and Advertiser’s Direc¬tory and Hand-book, Jas. Willing, jun., 291 l
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, with Notes and an Appendix Containing the Rales and Regulations under the Act, Toe Employers' Liability Act, 1880, by W. Adding¬ton Willis, 642
Bore Holes, Vogt’s Patent for Sinking, 423
Boring Machine, Corliss Cylinder, 210, 220
Horizontal Cylinder, 362 1 A Large Snout, 279, 280
Botley, Mr. C. F., Practical Working of Carburetted Water Gas, 457
Boult, Mr. W. S., Various Systems of Railway Fog Signalling, 563
Boulton, Mr. Isaac Watt, 620
Boyle, Mr. Robert, The Bactolite, 631
Bradbury and Co., Cam-cutting Machine, 372
Brake, Clarke’s Field Carriage, 79
Brassey, Lord, on the Empire, 571
Braunkohle, Hating Power and Production of German, 262
Brazil, Coffee Tabloids prepared by Compression, i 595
Brazil, Mining of Manganese Ore, 595
Breakwaters, On the Effect of Waves on, Mr. Wm. Shield, 584
Brett, Mr., On Forgings and the Machines Used in Producing them, 566
Brick or Stone Impervious to Water, Portland ' Cement the Best Material for Rendering, 119
Brick-making Appliances at the International
Building Trades Exhibition, 444

Bridges:

Bridges, American, and English Engineers, 391
The Bonn, and its Ornamentation, 465
Builders, English and American, 453
Collapse of a Roadway, Iowa, 237
across the Danube at Ratisbon to be
Removed, The Old, 595
English v. American, 498
Glasgow New, 520, 539, 540, 541
Bridge over the Indus, The New, 413
at Kalrebodstrand, 651
of Mans, The, 222
Melan Concrete, 360
New Niagara River, Suspension, 172
Plate-girder Arched, 270
Railway, American, for a Bnrmah Rail¬way, 655
Railway, over the Atbara River, (Supple¬ment, June 2nd, 1899), 297, 539, 543
Railway, The Atbara, and Standardisa¬tion, 367, 395
Railway, Bechuana Land, 45
Railway, The Inkissi, Congo Railway, 218
Railway, Moving, 198
Railway, Siberian, across the Yeuissei, 174
Railway— see also Railway Rolling Stock and Material, Permanent way, &c.
for Sydney, New, 500
Vanxhall, The New Road, and its Orna¬mentation, 262, 465
over the Wear, Proposed Erection of, 517
Work, Standard, 408
Bright, Mr. Chas. Coast Telegraphic Communica¬tion, 153, 205, 227, 251
Brighton, New Eiffel Tower, Electric Lifts for, 3, 4, 5,12
Marine Parade Pier, 536
Bristol Channel, The Midlands and the, 644
Britain's Competitors, 519
British and American Machine Tools, 29, 66, 67, 80

British Association:

Presidents of the Various Sections, 542
British Imports for 1898 and 1897, 119
Fire Prevention Committee, The, 110, 224
Railways, Limitations of, 520
Refrigeration and Allied Interests, 150
Shipping and the " Rings ” 623
Steam Engines Abroad, 122
Trade with Italy, Real Cause of its Decline, 291
Trade Marks Abroad, 91
Trade with the Orient, Decline of, 465
Trade in South America, Report on, and how Business goes away from us, 313
Brodie, Mr. F. J., On the Prolonged Deficiency of Rain in 1897-98, 287
“Bronze Gaulois,” The Alloy called, 491
Brooklyn, Bursting of the Retaining Tank of a Gasholder, 11
Fracture of a 48in. Water Main, 33
Browett, Lindley, and Co., Messrs., Compound Engine and Dynamo, 374
Brown and Co., Limited, Messrs. John, Extension of Business, 607
and Co., Limited, Messrs. John, Meeting of Shareholders, 621
Brown, Mr. T. F., On the Coal Supplies of the United Kingdom, 465
Brown, Mr. W. Walton, Mechanical Ventilators for Mines, 599
Bruno, Professor, Experiments with the New British Service Bullet, 59
Bryant, Mr. C. H., Oil Engine, 278
Buckton and Co., Messrs. Joshua, A Large Snout Boring Machine, 279, 280
Buenos Ayres, Frozen Meat Factory, 137
Buffalo Bav, Deepening of, 542
“Builder " on the Ugliness of the Great Central Railway Bridges, &c. &c., 387
Buildings in New York, The Highest, 33
New York, Moving a Five-storey, 59
Trade Dispute, The, 217
Bulkheads, Testing, 67
Bulman, Mr. H. F., Kalgoorlie Coal Mines, West Australia, 534
Bumsted and Chandler’s Fan and Engine for Forced Draught, 370, 871
Buoy at the Manacles, New Gas-lighted Automatic Sound-producing, 491
Burner, Petroleum, 322
Burrator Reservoir, Plymouth Corporation, 186
Burrows, Captain Guy, “The Land of the Pig¬mies,” 33
Burrows, Mr. J. II., 423
Bursting of Fly-wheels, 29
Burton, Griffiths, and Co., Mossrs. C. W., Gisholt Lathe, 293
Butt Hinges, American Patented Process, 43
Butter Exported from Denmark, 134
Bya, M. Hubert, On the Manufacture of Iron C and Steel Plates, 164

C

CABLE Armour, Stallibrass’s Chain, 227
Cable, Fire-detective, 575
Indicator Submerged, for Warning Ships off Dangerous Coasts, 439
New Submarine, 368
United States Pacific, 362
Cableway across the Thames, 65, 193
Cadastral Survey, A Great, 331
Cairo Electric Tramway, 436, 438
Caisson Disease, 365
for Pneumatic Foundations, Wooden, 40
Calcium Carbide, New York Regulations as to the Sale and Use of, 11
Output, Niagara Falls Plant, 513
Plant at Meran driven by Water Power, 655
Californian Wine, Concrete Tank for Storage of, 187
Cam-cutting Machine, 372 Cambered Keels, 26
Camera, Gun, 337 Campbell, Mr. W. R., 33
Canada, Exports to, nnrier the full Preferential Tariff, 11
Graving Dock at Liverpool, The New, 516
Statistics of Exports to. 11
Canadian Hydraulic Canal Lift, 529

Canals:

Canals, American Interoceanic, 651
Amsterdam, 182
Canadian, 182
to Connect the Rhine, Weser, and Elbe, 378
Dortmund-Ems, 577, 630
German, 111, 252, 387, 577, 606, 621, 630
The Kaiser Wilhelm, 111
Manchester Ship, 63, 187
Lift, Canadian Hydraulic, 529
Nicaragua, 329, 337
North Sea and Baltic, A Year's Official Statistics, 621
Panama and Nicaragua, 217
Sheffield and South Yorkshire, 606
Soulanges, 409
Between Stettin and Berlin, Projected, 252
Suez, Traffic for 1898, 137
Thames and Severn, 182
Yumniden, 40
Canterbury Electricity Supply, 265
Cantor Lectures, On Cycle Construction and Design, Mr. A. Sharp, 146
Cape Colony, Government Abuses iD, 603
Capetown Corporation, Machinery for 60,000 Lights Ordered from the United States, English Firms too Busy, 578
Capstan Lathe, 419
Carbon - consuming Batteries and their Possi¬bilities, Mr. W. R. Cooper on, 233
Carbon in Electrolysis, on the Combustion of, Mr. S. Skinner, 313
Carbonic Acid in Water on Iron Pipes, Action of, 491
Carlsborg Viaduct, Works for the, 651
Carlton, Mr. Thos., 43, 607
Carnegie Steel Company, The, its Capital, 517
Carpenter, Mr. C. C., Gas Distribution, 457
Carpenter, Prof. R. C., Bicycle Tire Tests, 137
Carriages, Gun, of the Horse and Field Artillery, Alterations Ordered, 262
Carr, Mr. Wm., On the Evolution of the Hydraulic Main, 594, 626
Casks for Testing Arctic Currents, 337
Castings, A Record Contract for, 119
Casting Temperature upon Steel, On the Influence of, 640

Catalogues:

Alldays and Onions, Pneumatic Engineering Company, Limited, Turbines, 7
Alley and Maclallan, Wall-card Illustrating a 250-H.P. Tandem Compound High-speed En¬gine Driving Alternating current Generator, 443
Andrew and Co., Limited, J. E. H., Stockport Gas Engines, 136
Archdale and Co., James, Machine Tools, 603
Babcock and Wilcox, Limited, Water-tube Boilers, 312
Bailey, Chas. S., Adjustable Utensils, 400
Baldwin and Co., Jas., Safety Boiler Mountings, 634
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, U.S.A., 603
Beck and Co., Imperial Positive Water Meter, 520
Bedford Engineering Company, 7
Bever, Dorling, and Co., Limited, Mill Engines,
Winding and Hanling Machinery, 340
Bradbury and Co., Limited, No. 6 Capstan Lathe, 520
British Thomson-Houston Company, Limited, Applications of Electric Power, 42
Brush Electrical Engineering Company, ' Limited, The Universal Steam Engine, 96
B, and S. Folding Gate and Lift Company, Interlocking Rubber Tile Flooring, 443
Campbell Gas Engine Company, The Campbell ' Oil Engine, 340 1
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, Ballistic Tests of Armour Plate, 400
Central Cyclone Company, Limited, Description of the Cyclone Pulveriser, 469
Chambers and Son, Limited, Mining and Gene¬ral Machinery and Engineers’ Requisites, 520 1
Chloride Electrical Storage Syndicate, Limited, Renewals Catalogue, 248
Clayton, James, Clayton Compressors, 603 1
Cox, Limited, H. W., X-ray Apparatus, Vacuum
Tubes, Wireless Telegraphy and Telephones, 520
Croft and Perkins, Friction Clutches and Pul¬leys, 221
Curtis and Company Manufacturing Company, Air Compressors, Air Hoists, and Air Appli¬ances, 652
Davies and Son, John, Electric Mining Appli¬ances, 136
Electrical Company, Limited, Measuring and Testing Instruments, Electricity Meters, 136
Ellison and Co., Limited, W. T., Niagara Falls Double-acting Pulsating Pump, 634
Fairbank, Brearley, Steam Engines, 7
Geretti and Tanfani, Chemins Aériens, 469
Glad step Company, The Patent, Pedestals, C Puleys, and Sockets for Shafting, 469
Greenwood, Thomas, Engineers' Tools (New C and Second-hand), Woodworking Machinery, and Contractors’ Plant, 136
Gresham and Craven, Limited, Injectors, Ejectors, and Railway Specialities, 42
Harpers Limited, Belt and Rope Pulleys, Gear- wheels, Cone Pulleys, &c., 312
Haryer, C., Dehne’s Filter Presses, 400
Hills and Jones Company, Machine Tools, 7
Hohdell, Way, and Co., Limited, Heat-insulating Materials and Packings, Belting, Ac., 340
Holden and Brooke, Limited, Steam Users' Specialities, 248
Jackson and Co., Limited, P.R., Gear Wheels and Pistons, and Electrical Plant, 443
Jenkins Bros., Valves, Cocks, and Packings, 340
Lang and Sons, John, Lathes, 42
Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Company, Limited, 340
McNeil, Cbas., Steel Manhole Doors, Sludge Doors, fee., 221
Milwaukee Harvester Company, Agricultural Implements, 42
Muntz’s Metal Company, Limited, 221
National Boiler and General Insurance Com¬pany, Limited, Double-cone Fusible Plugs, 400
Niles Tool Works Company, Machine Tools, 42
Owen, Brazil, and Holborow, Steam Engines and Pumps, 634
Peirson and Co., High-class Constructional Steel and Ironwork, 96
Platt, Samuel, Shafting, Shaft Fittings, Pulleys, Gearing, &c., 652
Polland and Co., Descriptive Pamphlet of the “ Beezy ” Pocket Voltmeter, 469
Ransome and Co., Limited, Wood-working, Sawmill, Cooperage Machinery, 7
Ramsomes and Rapier, Limited, Rapier’s Patent Coaling Plant, 443
Reaveil and Co., Limited, High-speed Enclosed Constant-thrust, Compound Engines, 469
Renold, Hans, Cycle Roller Chains, 221
Sagar and Co., Builders’ and Joiners’ Machinery, 469
Scott and Mountain, Limited, Ernest, Com¬pound Double-acting Self-lubricating Enclosed Engines, &c., 520
Shaw and Co., John, Cast Iron Pipes, Columns, Bends, &c., 340 (
Shippey Bros., Limited, Self-propelled Electric Carriages and Motor Cars on the Riker System, 520
Snowden, Sons, and Co., Limited, Lubricators ( and Asbestos, Materials of the "Snowdrift" Brand, 340
Spencer, Limited, Mr. John, Pipes and Fittings, 136
Standard Pneumatic Tool Company, 7
Standard Steel Works, Locomotive Tires and Wheels, 652
Stewart, Robt D., Paints, Colours, Oils, and Varnishes, 340
Stone and Co., J., Electric Lighting for Railway Carriages, 42
Tangyes Limited, Chain Blooks and Chains, 603
Thornton, A. G., English Drawing Instruments, 400
Tolch and Co., Oil Engines and Launches, 42 ,
Tosi, Franco, Electric Light and Power Instal¬lations, 136
Unbreakable Pulley and Mill Gearing Company, Limited, 248
United Asbestos Company, Limited, Salamander Decorations for Walls, Ceilings, fee., 469
United States Metallic Packing Company, Limited, Metallic Packing for Locomotive, Marine, and Stationary Engines, 443 1
Wallach Brothers, " Pneumatophor,” 7 s
Ward and Co., H. W., Machine Tools, 312
Whitecross Company, Limited, Rolled and Drawn Steel, Cast Steel and Iron Wire,
Wire Rope Nails, and Netting, 443
Whitmore and Bioyon, Limited, Bnrnay’s Centrifugal Pumps, 469
Whitmore and Binyon, Limited, Rice Mill Machinery, 603
Willcox and Co., Limited, W. H., Semi-Rotary Wing Pumps, 136
Wilson, Alfred, Wilson Gas Producer Described, 603
Wood, W. A., Agricultural Implements, 312
Wright and Co., Joseph, Feed-water Heaters, Filters, Condensers, &c., 186
Zadig and Co., C. A., Light Railway Plant, 603
Cement Industry of Ghent, 337
On the Mechanism of the Disintegration of Hydraulic, 365
Tensile Requirements of, for Recent Works in United States, Mr. R. W. Lesley on, 262
in the United States, Natural, 370
Works, The Wickham, 644
Central Electric Supply Company’s Bill, 655
Chain Pitch, Mr. V. W. Staunton, 11
Chains, Welded Steel, Mr. E. J. Taylor on the Making and Testing of, 111
Charing Cross Station, 378
Charlock by Spraying, Destruction of, 542
Chatham, Admiralty’s Scheme for Perfecting the Naval Establishment at, 187 i- Chemistry, 1898, 19
in England, The Teaching of Industrial, 481
Chesterfield Town Council, Electric Light and Power for the Borough, 620
Children in Factories, 241
Chimney Construction, Mr. S. E. Loring’s New Method of, 365
Shaft, A Large, 323
Tall, in the United States, Saxony, and England, 33
China and Japan, Metal and Machinery Imports of, 431
Chinese Iron Trade Development, 697
Circle, A New Geometrical Quadrature of the, 136
City of London Electric Lighting Company, The, d 232, 233, 458, 460
Clarke’s Field Carriage Brake, 79 s
Clarke, Mr. W. J., Apparatus for Detecting the Presence of Ships or Icebergs by Wireless Telegraphy, 655
Cleaver, Henry, Sentenced to Hard Labour for Advertising on False Pretences, 655
Cleveland Iron, Open-hearth Steel from, 37
Clock, Electric, at Liverpool-street Station, 465
Clyde Purification, 136
Trustees’ No. 3 Graving Dock, Performances of Pumping Machinery at, Mr. G. H. Baxter on, 406

Coal:

Coal, 62
American, 650
American, Shipped to European Ports, 262
Artificial, Manufacture of, 621
Boring at Barham, 313
and Coal Dust at Nantes, Importation of, 439
“Combine,” The, 451
Kentish, 508
The South Yorkshire Coalfields, 624
Wages in the Coalfields, 140
Area of the Principal Coalfields of the World, 465
Industry of South Africa, 262
Lignite, Production and Heating Power of German "Braunkohle,” or, 262
Mining in Natal, 413
Mining—Winding from Deep Mines, Modern Improvements in, 586
Mines, Mr. F. A. Legge on, 580
Natel, 213
Ootput of the British Empire, 313
Output in this Country in 1898, 387
Pocahontas, Analysis of, 387
Production, France, Great Britain, United States, Germany, and Belgium, 119 in Russia, Donetz Deposits Inexhaustible, 577
and Salt Springs in the Soest District, 11
Shipments on the Elbe, 1898, Bohemian Brown, 124
Smoke Abatement Society, 245
South African, and British Steam Coal, 533
Supplies, Our Present and Future, Mr. J. A. Longdon on, 534
Supplies of the United Kingdom, Mr. T. F. Brown on, 465
Trade, The Yorkshire, 36, 368
in the Vicinity of Chabarovsk, Discovery of, 85
White, A Substitute for Mineral Fuel, 517
Coast Defences, Our, 52, 53
Telegraphic Communication, Mr. Charles C Bright, 153, 205, 227, 251
Coke-handling Plant, On, 457 C
Ovens, By-products, 640 Ovens in Course of Erection, 123
Cold Storage Depöt, Munich, 655
Plants at the Cape Porte, The De Beers Company’s Scheme, 376
South Africa, 376, 505
Cold Treatment of Patients, by a Foreign Physi¬cian, 262
Cole, Marchent, and Morley, Messrs., Large Horizontal Engine, 310
Colley, Mr. James. Presentation to, 477
Colliers in South Wales, Registration of, 649
Visions, 544
Collision Mate, 195
Colomb, Admiral, On the Lessons of the Spanish-
American War, 278
Colour Photography at Kieff, 119
Combustion, New Process of, M. P. J. Schlicht on a, 164
Commercial Agents to be Appointed at Foreign Commercial Centres for the Develop¬ment of British Trade, 621
Education in Japan, 517
Law, Russia, The New, 465
Travellers, Licence required in the Netherlands by, 262
Compass, Swedish Miners’ Dipping, 461
Compensation Act, Mr. Pickard cn the, 390
Cases—tee Workmen’s Compensa¬tion Cases and Wilful Misconduct, 516
Compressed Air as a Motive Fluid for Auto-Cars 195
as Power, Discussion on, before the Mechanical Engineers' Association of the Witwatersrand, 298
used to Blacken Moulds, 542
Compression Teste of an iDgot Mould Iron of Soft Bessemer Mixture, 313
Compressor Plante, Three-stage, Mr. R. P. White- law on, 298
Conaty, Mr. G., On Eleotric Traction in Large Towns, 269
Conciliation Board, Accountants’ Returns, 550
Concrete-mixing Machine, A Rotary (American) 398
Storage Tank for Californian Wine, 187
Condensers, Evaporative, 432, 442, 447, 498, 513
in the Navy, 342
A Novel, 146
Condensing Plant, Compound, Messrs. W. H. Allen, Son, and Co., 389
for Factory Purposes, Sepa¬rate, Sir A. S. Haslam on, 614
Conductivity of an Incandescent Lamp Filament, Increase and Decrease of the, 365
Considère, M., On the Value of Metallic Cores in , Building, 387

Contracts Open:

Dock Pumping Machinery for the Norwegian Government, 523
Indian State Railways, Radial Drilling Machine and Cylinder Boring Machine, 629
Steel Barges, 418
Works for the Carlsberg Viaduct, 652
Cooke, Mr. J., 423
Cooled Bars, Transference of Heat in, 29
Coolgardie Water-pipe Contract, The, 132
Cooper, Mr. R. E., On Earthslips in Railway Slopes and Cuttings, and How to Prevent them, 612
Cooper, Mr. W. R., On Carbon-consuming Batteries, 233
Coppée, M. Evenie, On By-product Coke Ovens, b 640
Copper and Aluminium as Conductors of Electric Currents, Rivalry between, 213
Casting, How to Make a Sound, by the
Addition of Phosphorus, 313
Combination, 417, 443
Mines of America and the Rothschilds, The, 505
Position of, 216, 570
Tin and, 114
and Tin, Position of, 216, 670
Copper Trade of the United States, 59
Copper Wire Production in Japan, 413
Cores, Metallic, Their Value in Building, 387
Corliss Cylinder Boring Machine, 210, 220
Cornish Engine, High-pressure, 471, 513, 575, 650
Corporation Competition in Engineering Work in South Africa, 635
Cory and Sons, Messrs. Wm., Works of, 556
Cotton, Mr. E. J., 621
Manufacturing State, South Carolina the Chief, 365
Mills in the Federal District and State of Rio de Janeiro, 595
Saturated with Liquid Air, Explosive Power of, 655
Trade, Threatened Strike in the, 290
County Council Contracts, 115, 144
Couplings, Automatic, 263, 317, 616, 632, 644, 645
American, 632
and the Board of Trade, 317
see also Railway Material Coupling, The Janney Automatic, 644
Cox, Mr. Job, His Inaugural Address, 42
Crane, 50-Ton Electric Travelling, 8, 129, 133
50-Ton Electric Travelling, Messrs. Joseph Adamson and Co., 601
and the Power to be Used with Them, Mr. Pitt, 614
Crank Pinning a Crank Shaft, 312
Shafts, Turning, 373
Craven Brothers, New Took, 134,135
Creuzot, Strike at, 542
Works, Schneider, Projected Blast Furnaces in Piombino, 224
Critchley, Mr. J. S., Motor Car Lecture by, 258
Croft and Perkins, Messrs., Crown Friction Clutch, 259
Cromer Gas Company’s Works, New Site of the, 337
Crossley Brothers, Limited, Combined Gas Engine and Air Compressor, 68
Croton Aqueduct, Mr. A. W. Hall’s Experiments on the, 119
Crucibles, Cracking of, and its Cause, 387
Cuningbam, Mr. G. C., On Mechanical Traction by Electricity, 611
Cunliffe and Croom, Messrs., Vertical Milling and Profiling Machine, 398
Cutlery, Foreign Trade in, during May, 607
Cuxhaven, Dry Dock at, 387
Cyanide Plants on the Rand, Steel Wheels instead of Pumps for Lifting, 125
in South Africa, 479
Cycle Construction and Design, Mr. Archibald Sharp on, 146
Tax and Licence in France, 33
Cycle Trade, Greater Activity in the, 337
Results in Schweinfurt of Over-pro¬duction and Depression in, 655
Cycling Track on a Hotel Roof, 85
Cyclists in Hamburg, Special Paths for, 639
Laws and Bye-laws affecting, Pamphlet issued by the Cyclists’ Touriüg Club, 287
Cylinder Boring Machine, Contract Open, 629
Ratios for Compound Engines, Mr. G. L. Rockwood on, 164
Cyprus, Irrigation Works in, 445

D

DALBY, Prof. W. E., On the Balancing of Engines, 310
Dales, Mr. J. H., On High-speed Engines, 70
Dalzell Steel and Ironworks, Record Output in Steel Smelting, 577
Dam across the Nile, Foundation Stone Laid, 164
Dangerous Trades of England, The, 390
Daniel, Mr. B., 634
Dartmoor Water, Purification of the, 262
Daudeteau, Captain, Small-bore Repeating Rifle, 517
Davey, Mr. H., Cornish Engine, Basset Mines, 471, 513, 575, 656
Davey, Paxman, and Co., Electric Lighting Installation, Johannesburg, 505
Davidson, Mr. Robert Cope, On Locks and Entrances and Graving Docks, having regard to the Increasing Sizes and Shapes of Vessels, 564
Davies, Mr. D. H., On the Cost of Municipal Enterprise, 239
Davies, Mr. John, 504
Davis and Sons, Report for the Past Year, 200
Davy Bros., Electric Light Installation at Sheffield, 337
Dawson, Mr. Philip, On Electric Traction and its Application to Metropolitan Railways, 313
Deans, Mr., Pneumatophor Rescue Appliance for Mines, 503
De Beers Company, Cold Storage Plants at the Cape Ports, 376
Decauville Engineering Works, Fire at the, 85
Defences, Our Coast, 52, 53
Defries and Son, Filtration Plant for the Drinking Water on the “ Oceanic,” 86
"Dekko,"The New Photographic Printing Paper, 387
Delagoa Bay, Harbour Works, 505, 609
Demenge Process of Hardening Steel Ingots, 655
Denmark, Butter Export from, 134
De Rueett, Mr. Edwin Wm., On Recent Develop¬ments in Cargo Steamers, 567
Derwent Waters, Fight for the, 624 Water Supply, The, 499
Destructor, The Horsfall, 260
Devonport Dockyard, Programme of New Works in, 262
Dewar, Prof. J., Boiling Point of Liquid Hydrogen it 365
On Exhausting Vacuum Tubes by k- Means of Liquid Hydrogen, 59
On the Properties of Liquid Air, 439
Dexter, Mr. F. G., On the Influence of Carbonic Acid on the Combustion of Coal and Car¬buretted Water Gas, 626
Diatto System of Electric Traction, 523
Dieppe, Ivory Carving at, Project of Reviving the Handicraft of, 276
Disc Fans, Prof. J. H. Kinealy’s Formulae, 187 s,
Discharge and Re loading of Large Steamers, Mr. W. H. Hunter, 564
Discount in the Iron Trade, 617
Diedier, Mr. Enrique, On the Use of Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Gases, 461
Ditte, M. A., On the Effect of Washing Soda on Aluminium, 33

Docks:

Dock, Algiers, United States of America, Float¬ing Dry, 502
Auckland, 42, 270
Boston, New Navy Dry, 270
Cardiff, The Mount Stuart Dry, Contract Given to Mr. Jas. Allen, 580
C'uxhaven, Dry, 387
Hamburg, The New, 621
Horten, Norway, Pumping Machinery for, Liverpool, Canada, Graving, 510
on the Maine Side of the St. Croix River, A Natural Dry, 313
Mersey, Two New Graving, for the, 213
Newcastle, The New, 149
New Orleans, Steel Floating and Graving, 237
Newport News Shipbuilding Company's Yard, 439
Penartn, 231
Swansea, The New Dry, 478, 517
Trieste, ExisitiDg Accommodation, 521
on the Tyne, Need for New, 223
Dry, Timber Masonry, 298
Dockyard Fitter Apprentices, 312, 345
Russian, 179, 228, 281, 363, 382, 429

Dockyard Notes:

Abolition of a Good Deal of Woodwork in our New Ships, and consequent Trouble between Joiners and Shipyards, 9
Admiral Harris, The “ Thinking Blue-jackets’ ” Belief in, 9
Admiralty Scheme for Training Shipwrights,
“All the World’s Fighting Ships,” The New Edition of, 220
Anglo-French War, “ Le Yacht ” on an, 68
Argentine Cruiser Garibaldi, The, 133
Armouring, New System of, in Italy, 625
Artificer Engineers, The Number of to be Doubled, 362
Barge, The Coral, Messrs. Cory and Co., Trial of, 32
Barham, Forced Draught and Speed Trials of, 490, 521, 600
Battleship Speed, The Question of, 220
Bechler, Captain, his Appointment, 412
Belleville Boilers, The Prot and Coni, 541, 600
Belleville Boiler, How to Prevent it from Smoking, 600
Bellona, Refit of the, 133
Bellona, Reconstruction of the, 445
Boilers, Water-tube, Are they Smoke-producers ? 541
Brassey, Lord, “ Le Yacht” on his “ Naval An¬nual," 600
Canopus, Funnels of the, 346
Canopus, Progress of the, 220, 600
Channel Fleet Leaves Arosa Bay, The, 490
Channel Squadron, Admiral Rawson and the Shooting of the, 312
Channel Squadron, Queer Story Coming from the, 575
Chatham Depót, Inspection of the (Naval Effi ciencyh 575
Chinese Boat, The Torpedoes Fired by, at the Saikio Maru, 291
Chinese Hai Chi (Hai-Tien) Expected at Ports¬mouth (tee Corrected Name, page 521), 490
Chitoee, Record Speed of the Japanese Cruiser, 168
Coal Capacity ? What is a Normal, 9
Coal Supply, The Importance of, 9
Contract Speed and Extra Premiums, The Question of, 362
Destroyers, Rig of the New, 291
Devonport’s Mobilised Contingent this Summer, 445
Diadem, The, 346, 541
Dreadnought, Reconstruction of the, 312
Duboc, Lieut E., On the Submarine Boat, 186
Dunkirk : Will it be the Port where the Russian and French Fleets will Unite in case of War, 464
Dutch Cruisers, Friesland and Holland, at Plymouth, 68
Dutch Ironclad, The New, 220
Dwarf, Trial of the, 521
Edgar, Mishap to the Cruiser, 168, 220, 246
Electric Gun, The £75,000, 625
Elswick Vessels, 521
Emdin and Andrew, Messrs., their Valuable Services on the Pelorus, 575
Explosives on Board, Government Signal for, 390
Felixstowe Docks, Rsport as to, 412
Four Classes of Ships, The Future seems to Point to, 625
French Battleship Formidable, Changes in, 186
French Cruiser D’Entre Casteaux, Trials of, 32
French Destroyers, Launch of, 186
French Destroyer, Ilallebarde, Launched, 625
French Destroyers, Sail Power Suggested for, 464
French Fleet Colliers, 600
French Naval Construction, “LeYacht” on, 169, 246
French Navy List, The Turenne struck out, 625
French Submarine Boats, the Morse, the
Francais, and the Algerien, 600
French Submarine Boats, Mons. A. Redier on, 575
French Torpedo Cruiser Dunois, Full-power Trials of, 575
French Torpedo Depót Ship, the Foudre con¬verted into a Sea-going Ship, 625
French Warships, M. Lockroy Improves the Stability of, 412
Fuel Trials in the Surly, 240
Genoa, Shipbuilding and Repairing at, 258
German Catchers litis and Three Others, The So-called, their Uselessness for War Pur¬poses, 133
German Protected Cruiser Gazelle, The, 133
German Warships, New, 220
Gibraltar Expected at Portsmouth, 168
Gladiator’s Trials, The, 133
Gladiator, Rumour Concerning Change of her Guns, 240
Gun Laying against Torpedo Boats, Mr. H. W. Metcalfe's New’System of, 312
Gunboats, Skipjack and Speedwell, On the Re¬fitting of the, 464
Gyroscope Tried by the Carnot, Bouvet, and Jaureguiberry, 5/5
Hannibal, her Average Speed Home, 541
Havock to be‘Re-boilerod, 575
Hired Labourers in the Royal Dockyards, Wages of, 389
Iron Duke and Invincible, Reconstruction of, Completed, 220
Italian Cruiser Lombardia Expected at Ports¬mouth, 490 (see Corrected Name, page 521)
Italian Liguria, The, 521
Italian Navy, Reconstruction of the, The Dandolo, 68
Italian Warships, New Projected, 258
Italy, “Looking Round” the Warship Market, 412
Jane Naval War Game, Objection Raised Against, 541
Japanese Battleship Mikasa, 625
Japanese Cruiser Asama, her Run to Chatham, 133
Japanese Destroyer Akebono, 413, 464
Japanese Warships at Portsmouth, 186, 258
Jeanne d’Arc, “ Le Yaoht’s” Answer to a Criticism of an Article in The Engineer upon the, 571, 625
Kronstadt Dockyard, 363, 382
Krupp’s Yard, Fire at, 445
L'quid Fuel, Greater Speed and Economy, 9
London, Launch of, not Fixed, 600
Lyddite Shell, New Fuse for the, 445
Lyddite, The Theory of the Harmlessness of, 390
Masts of the New Destroyers, The, 291
Metcalfe, Mr. H. W., System of Gun Laying against Torpedo Boats, 312
Mobilisation, but no Mameuvres this Year, 312
Morse, The Submersible, to be Commissioned at Cherbourg, 600
Narcissus and Immortality, on their way to England, 412
“ Naval and Military Record ” on the Fulfil¬ment of Government Contracts to the date stipulated, 362
Naval Reserve Men, The Antelope to be sent to Bristol for their Use at Drill, 412
Niobe Accident, Inquiry into the, and the Truth, 490, 541
Niobe, Smoke Abatement on the, 600
Obry Apparatus tried by the Carnot, Bouvet, and Jaureguiberry, 575
Ocean Steamers, Structural Features of Large, 139
Odin, Reconstruction of the Danish Ironclad, 168
Orlando, her Guns Converted into Quick-firers, 32
Pelorus, Messrs. Emdin and Andrew’s Ssrvices on the, 575
Plymouth Defences Tested, 490
Portsmouth, Sea-going Ships at, beginning of May, 445
Psyche, and Tribune, to be Commissioned for North American Station, 312
Quick-firers, 4'7in., discarded by the Russians, 168
Rattlesnake and the Penalty Clauses, “The Naval and Military Record ” on the, 362
Renown, her Sea Speed minus Two Propeller Blakes, 490
Resistance, Foundering of the, 168
Russian Cruiser Gromovoi, Launch of, 445, 575
Russian Dockyards, Coast Defence Ship, Gen. Admiral Graf Aprakskin, 177, 179,188
Russian Government about to adopt the Barr and Stroud RaDge Finder, 412
Russian Government reported to have ordered a Warship in Denmark, 445
Russian Mining Transport Yeniski Launched, 575
School of Naval Tactics, Mr. Gibson Bowles asks for the Establishment of a, 389
Seagull with Niclausse Boilers, Trial of the, 600
Search-light Experiments off the Isle of Wight, 521
Search-lights in the Channel Squadron, Experi¬ment with, 445
Sfax, The, 600
Shinonome arrived in Japan, 412
Ships as Designed, and Ships as they actually become, Wide Margin between, 186
Skipjack and Speedwell, " The Naval and Mili¬tary Record ’’ on the, 464
Smoke or its Absence, High Strategical Im¬portance of, 541
Spanish-American War, The yet Unwritten Side of, as seen by Officers of the Talbot, 291
Sponsons, Absence of, in the Hai-Tien, 521
Stoker, Death of a Naval, 346
Submarine Boat, A Correspondent's Startling Query respecting, 625
Submarine Torpedo Boats, 31, 32, 169, 186, 237, 240, 246, 521, 575
Submarine Boats, French, Discussed in Connection with the Rights of Men, 575
Submarine Boats for the French Navy, Two New, 237
Submarine Torpedo Boat, The Magenta At¬tacked by, 169
Submarine Boats, and the Wonders they can do, “ Le Yacht” on the French, 521
Swedish Ironclad Dristigheten, Submerged Torpedo Tubes of the, 240
Swedish Ironclads, Quick-firers of, 240
Sybille, Refit of the, 312
Témeraire, The Old, 220
Temperley Transporter out of Favour on a Battleship, 575, 600
Temperley Transporters on French Ships, 600
Terrible Disaster, The, 291, 389, 394
Terrible on Troopship Duty, 186
Torpedo Attack, New Plan for Defeating, 389
Torpedo Boats, The Best Colour for, 312
Torpedo Booms of the Mars, 625
Torpedo Device, The Latest, 168
Torpedo-net Defence, In Connection with, 625
Trafalgar, Change in her Armament, 240
Tube Cannon, Practice of, 312
Turenne, The Old Ironclad, Struck out of the French Navy List, 625
Turkish Ironclads, Transformation of Two, 258
Turkish Navy, Re-construction of the, by an
Italian, The Messudieh and Assar. i. Tewfik, r Firm, 68
Vickers’ 12in. Gun-mounting to be tried on the Excellent, 445
War Albums, The Fourth of the “ Black and White,” 220
Dodge Pulley, The, 301
Donkin, Mr. Bryan, Smoke and its Diminution, 607,531,637
Doremus, M., Use of Fluoride of Sodium in Steam Boilers, 164
Dorman, Long, and Co., Limited, Mills taken over by, 21
Dortmund-Ems Canal Opened, 577
Dortmunder Coal-boring Company, Coal Dis¬covered in the Soest District by, 11
Doulton and Co.’s Clay-pit Miners, Dispute among, 476
Dow Stationary Engine, The New, 40
Drainage Systems of Buildings, The London County Council's New Bye-Laws to Regulate the, 655
Dredger, Backet, 580
for New South Wales, New Suction, 182
Sand Pump, Mr. A. G. Lyster on, 584
for Use on the Volga, 213
Dredging Naval Ports, 192
Drill, Electric Rock, German, 73
Driving Wheels, Largest, 118
Dronfield Sewage Disposal Wcrks, 517
Darlington Forge Company, Limited, Ten Years’ Work, 43
Dum-dum Bullet, The Peace Conference and the, 594
Dunkirk, An Ancient Man-of-war discovered at, 621
Duntocher and Dalmuir Waterworks, 370
Durban, North Pier Extension Works, 45, 376
Durston, Sir A. J., and Mr. H. J. Oram, On Ma¬chinery of Warships, 263, 269
Durston, Sir A. John, Trials and Experiments made in H.M.S. Argonaut, 282
Dast-arresting Appliance for Blast Furnaces, 465
Dust-laying in the United States, Oil used for, 595
D'utting, Mr., His Investigations with Regard to Pit Props, 212
Dyer, Colonel H. C. S., His Portrait on View, 349

E

EARTH’S Crust, Rigidity, Thickness, and Stability of the, 337, 409
Crust, Thesis as to the Thickness of the—see also Letter, p., 337, 409
Currents and Electric Traction, 397
Earth-slips in the Slopes and Cuttings of Rail¬ways: Their Causes and How to Prevent Them, Mr. R. E. Cooper on, 612
Earthwork Quantities, Diagrams for, 368, 409
Easton, Anderson, and Gooiden, Limited, Electric Lifts, 3. 4, 5, 12
Economy Test of a Unique Form of Feed Pump, 209, 345, 474
Edinburgh, New Gasworks at, 275
Edison, jun., Mr. Reported Invention of a New Process for Hardening Steel, 246
Eibar Work at Bilbao, 517
Eiderdown the Best Insulator, 85
Eight Hours Question, The, 191
Elasticity, Measurements of, Prof. Ewing on the, 122

Electric:

Electric Arc, Hissing of the, Mrs. Ayrton on the, 321
Batteries, On Carbon-consuming, 233
“Buff ” or Bob Motor, The, 256
Cable, Fire-detective, 575
Cables, Important Decision affecting the Laying of, 164
Cables, Tenders invited by the Christiania Electric Works for, 491
Cabs in Chicago, 520
Cabs, London, 524
Clock at Liverpool-street Station, 465
Current at the New Sorbonne, Paris,
Various Applications of, 413
Engineering in 1898,
Engineering Practice, Question of Uni¬formity in, 228
Grain Elevator, The Manchester Ship
Canal Company’s, 199 Induction Motor, Prof. C. A. Carus Wilson, On Some Features of the, 444
Installation, Rules for, Formulated by the Royal Insurance Company, 164
Knowledge on the United States Battle¬ships, Deficient, 164
Electric Lamp, New Form of, 183
Lifts for the New Brighton Eiffel Tower, 3, 4, 5, 12
Light Carbons, Manufacture of, 337
Lighting of the City of London, 63, 642
Lighting Company, The City of London, 458, 460
Lighting for Chicago, Scheme for Utili¬sation of Water Power from New Drainage Canal, 187
Lighting in Japan, 137
Lighting, Johannesburg, Davey, Paxman, and Co., 505
Lighting Machinery, 543
Light in Manchester, Failure of, Due to the Fusion of the Rubber Cables, 527
Lighting, Middlesbrough, 136
Lighting Provisional Orders, 515
Light for St. Paul’s Cathedral, 164
Light at Sheffield, 337
Lighting, Some Practical Points in, Mr. H. Lea, 133
Lighting and Tramways, 468
Light, Wright’s, or the Maximum Charge System for, 638
Meters, Prof. Ayrton on, 611
Motors, Apparatus for Measuring the Speed of Small, 491
Power in Factories, 111
Power, Irrigation by, 231
Power from Kaweah River, California, 137
Power from Niagara Falls Companies, Total applied for from, 137
Power Plant of a Business Building, 40
Power Station for Kalgoorlie Goldfields, 9, 237
Power for Steam, Substitution of, in Philadelphia, 237
Power Storage Company’s Battery Calculator, 313
Power, Supply of, 342
Power, Eighty - mile Transmission of (America), 398
Power Transmission, Steam, v. in the Mining Equipment} in the Transvaal, 609
Pumps, Mr. A. W. K. Preria on, 73
Purification of Water in America, 465
Electric Rock Drill, German, 73
Shaft Transmission, 598
Siren, Ad, 621
Supply Company, Central, Bill of, 655
Traction Amenities, 390
Traction: its Application in Large Towns, Mr. G. Conaty, 269
Traction, the Diatto System of, 523
Traction, Earth Currents and, 397
Traction in Italy, Use of Water Power for, 577
Traction in New York, 156
Traction, Mr. H. F. Parshall on, 97
Traction Plants in the United States, 445
Electrical Traction, Power Distribution for, 51
Electric Tramway Traction Section at the Inter¬national Building Trades Exhibition, 445
Electrical Transmission, On Methods of, Mr. .las. Swinburne, 574
Electric Travelling Crane, 8, 129, 133
Welding, Mr. 0. Winder. 247
Winches for Ships, Mr. E. Nicholl on 164
Electricity, Application of, in Lombardy, 491
from a Distance, Economical Trans¬mission and Distribution of, Mr. H. F. Parshall on, 612
On the Leakage of, Professor .1. C. Beattie on, 542
Mechanical Traction by, Mr. G. C. Cuningham on, 611
as a Motive Power in Poland, 465
Steam and Compressed Air for Mining Purposes, Comparative Advantages of, 641
Supply Works of the United Kingdom, 164
Mr. Joe A. Tempest, 330
Timber-seasoning by, 109
in Warships, 441
Electro-Magnets, Use of, for Recovering Steel Rails Sunk in the Ohio, 279
Electro-plating to the Hulls of Vessels, Applica¬bility of, Experiments to Test, 287
Electrolysis in the Preparation of Bleaching Solutions, Use of, in Germany, 137
Elevated Railroads of the United States, Mr. E. E. Higgins on the, 577
Elevator, Electric Grain, The Manchester Ship Canal Company’s, 199
E io Metal, 396
Ellesmere Port, 605
Elswick Cruisers, 397
Fire at, 598, 644
Ely River, Subway under the, 231
Empire, Our, 242
Employers’ Liability in France, 46

Engines:

Acetylene Gas, 145, 169
and Alternator, Deptford, Plenty and Son, Limited, and Mr. Z de Ferranti (Supplement, April 21»<, 1899), 385
Auxiliary, on Steamships, 84
On the Balancing of, Prof. W. E. Dalby, 310
Blowing, Messrs. Bolzano, Tedesco, and Co., 393
British Stationary, Brazil, and Dealings with the Makers, 313
British Steam, Abroad, 122
Compound, Mr. G. L. Rockwood on Cylinder Ratios for, 164
Compound, for High Pressures, 62
Cornish, Mr. H. Davey, Basset Mines, 471, 513, 575, 656
for the Coventry Tramways, 374
Cylinders, Effects of High-pressure Steam on, 491
The Dow Stationary, 40
Gas, J. E. F. Andrew and Co., 470
Gas, and Lighthouses, 68
Gas and Oil, at the Bath Show, 546
of the Goliath, 183, 184, 185
High-pressure Cornish, 471, 513, 575, 656
High-speed Tri-compound Steam, 370, 371
High-speed Vertical, The Ardwick Engineering Company's New Design, 377
Indicating, Reducing Appliances for, 547
Locomotive—see Railways, Rolling Stock, &s. Main Driving for Witwatersrand Mines, 175 Marine, Four-crank, 186
Marine, The Largest ever Built in Greece, 413
for Motor Carriage Work, Four-cylinder Single- acting, 517
Oil, Mr. C. H. Bryant, 278
Oil, R. Stephenson and Co., 617
Oil, at the Royal Agricultural Show, Maidstone, 617, 619
The Oil, for Motor Cars, 1, 47, 75,101,118,127, 145
Pumping, Haughhead Colliery, Uddingston, 338, 339
Rotary (American), 398
of the “ Spartiate,” 335, 336
Steam Traction, Reported Reduction of Russian Import Duty on, 300
Traction and Agricultural, at the Bath Show, 516
Triple-cylinder Traction (American), 398
Vertical Electricity Supply, Messrs. Willans and Robinson, 386

Engineering:

Engineering Businesses, Important Amalgamation of, 85
Civil, 1898,13
Conference, 1899, The, 521, 537, 538, 555, 658, 562, 572, 574, 583, 588, 589, 611, 640
Contracts, London County Council and, 327
Electrical, in 1898, 5 Establishments in the North of England, New, 199
Harbour and Waterway, for 1898, 6
Industry in 1898, French, 298
Interest, Items of, before the London County Council, 413
Mechanical, 1898, 16 and Metal Industries, The Swiss, 406
Railway, CollegeCourse in(America), Sanitary, 1898, 17
Trade, American Competition in the, 538
Prosperity in the, 498
Use of Models in, 181
Work, Corporation Competition in,
in South Africa, 635
Engineering Workshops, The Best Flooring for, and the Best Mode of Heating, 228

Engineers:

Engineers and American Competition, 62
English, and Bridges, American, 391
Marine, Dr. John Inglis and the, 88, 95
Municipal, Duties and Compensations of, 133
in the Royal Navy, 316
United States Navy, 93
Engineman’8 Dispute, The, 241, 306
Engine-room Artificers, 211, 276, 392
English and American Workmen, 623, 656
Cycles and Foreign Rivals, 570
Engineers and American Bridges, 391
Report on American Industries, An, 301
Esparto Fibre from Tripoli, Export of, 137
Etheric Telegraphy, Signor Marconi’s Projected Experiments at Dover court,
621
see also Aetheric or Wireless Telegraphy, and Tele¬graphy, Wireless
Evaporative Condensers, 432, 442, 447, 498, 513
Ewing, Professor J. A., On Magnetism, 384
On the Measurements of Elas¬ticity, 122

Exhibitions:

Acetylene, iu Budapest, 213
Committee’s Report, 208
Coal Smoke Abatement, 267
Crystal Palace, Commercial Goods, 646
Great Britain, Mining Court, 313
Industrial and Arts at Grahmastown, South Africa, 45, 175, 450
International Building Trades, 119, 444, 517
Motor Car, Richmond, June next, 37
Paris, 1900, 158, 159, 160, 161, 207,214,284, 288, 327, 365, 542
Philadelphia, Universal Commercial Congress and Exhibition, 72, 262
Siberian, Proposed, 287 Yachting, 133
Explosion on Board the Terrible, 317
Boiler, at Barking, 31, 34, 35, 118,145, 241
at St Helens, 488, 542 Colliery, Garmant, Wales, 124
in Russia, 452 South Africa, 450
Marine Boiler, Prague, 162, 163
at Woolwich Arsenal, 287, 608
Explosives, Gathmann Shell for Firing High, 575
called Kallenite, The New, 365
in Mines, Mr. W. J. Orsman on the
Question of Permitted (see p. 513), 503
Power of Cotton Saturated with Liquid Air, 655
Safety, Mr. W. J. Oreman on, 244, 534
Exports to Canada, 11

F

FACTORIES, Electric Power in, 111
Factory Design, Mr. J. H. Pearson on, 168
Power Plant at Newark, United States, 421
Fan and Engine for Forced Draught, 370
Fawcett and Co., Messrs. Mark, Fireproof Floor¬ing, 6C6
Feed-pumps, Economy Test of, 40, 118, 345
Pumps, Efficiency of, 145
Pump. Test of a Unique Form of, 169
water Heater, Messrs. McPhail and Simpson, 605
water Heater for Locomotive Boilers, 500
water Regulators, H.M.S. Pactolus, 142
Fell, Mr. John Corry, His Inaugural Address, 146
Ferranti Valve Gesu-, 512
Field Artillery at Santiago, 624
Carriage Brake, Sir Geo. Clarke, 79
Gun Carriage, Quick-firing, 243
filters, Polarite, for Princetown, Dartmoor, 262
Fire-alarm Posts for Transmission of Telephonic
Messages, Use of, 85
Fire-arms, A French Small-bore Repeating Rifle, 517
for the Swedish Government, Contract with the Arms Factory Mauser, 528
Fire Authorities of the Paris Exhibition, Object to the Indian Building, 542
Brigades, Parisian, a Motor Car Worked by Electricity added to their Equipment, 439
detective Cable, 575
at Elswick, The, 598, 644
extinguishing by Sand, 517
in a Fireproof Building, Effect of, 10
Float Required by the Metropolitan Fire
Brigade, A Scandalous Document referr¬ing to, 513
in the Germania Shipbuilding Yard of Kiel, 434
in New York, Mr. H. Bonner on the Hotels and their Dangers, 387
Prevention Committee, The British, 110, 224
Fireproof Building Material, A New, 262
Flooring, Messrs. Mark Fawcett and Co., 606
Fischer Equipment Company, Motor Truck for Freight Work, 517
Fitter Students in the Navy, 296, 345, 395
Flash Point of Oils, Mr. Thomson on Lamp
Explosions in Manchester and on the, 400
of Petroleum, 262, 237
Fleming and Ferguson, Limited, Launch of the Twin-screw Pump Hopper Dredger Poulton 296
Fletcher, Russell, and Co.’e New Works, 199
Flood Water, Use of Filtered, 587
Flooring for Engineering Workshops, Question of the Best, 228
Flooring, Fireproof, Messrs. Mark Fawcett and Co., 606
Flow of Water, Prof. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 94
Fluid Motion, Prof. H. S. Hele-Shaw on the Character of, 94
Fluoride of Sodium in Steam Boilers, Use of, 164
Fly-wheels, Bursting of, 29
Flying Machines for Use in War, Projected Ex¬periments with, United States, 11
Fog-dispeller, The Tugrin, 439
Foreign Competition Question, The, 650
Competition in the Steel Trade, 412
Forgings and the Machines used in Producing thorn, Mr. Brett on, 566
Forman, Mr. C. de Neuville, Economy in Hand¬ling and Transport of Minerals, 613
Fossil Coal Plants, Mr. Jas. Lomax, 595
Fonl Gas in Sewers, 245
Foundry, A Large, General Electric Company, America, 502
Fowne8 Forge and Engineering Company, First Steam Hammer Started, 378
Fox, Head, and Co., The Business of, transferred to Mr. J. H. Lord, 300
France, Bill for Creation of Free Harbours under Consideration, 577
Franklin, Mr., Indicator Patent, 132
Fraser and Chalmers, Limited, Works of, 542, 555
French Engineering Industry in 1898, 298 Marine, The, 315
Naval Department, Budget for 1899, 11
Friction Clutch, Crown, 259
Frost in March, 1899, Lowest Reading in Bed¬fordshire, 313
Frozen Meat Trade, 659
Fuel Economy on American Railways, 180
Fuel, Oil, 327
Fulda Case, The s.s., 493, 547
Furnaces, Blast, in the United Kingdom, 313
Fuel, Patent, for the Navy, Admiralty Commis¬sion, 98
Petroleum, 656
Furnace Door, Smoke-preventing, 297
Liquid Fuel Crucible, 168
The Wellmann, 461

G

GALERNII Island, 228
Gales of 1898, The Heaviest, 11
Galt, Dr. Alexander, On the Heat of Combination of Pairs of Solid Metals, 542
Galton, Sir Douglas (with Portrait), 257
Galveston in Texas, Carrying Trade of, 337
Gantry, Another Large, 85
Garbage Destructors, Dr. Ashburton Thomson on, 324
and Offal Disposal, New York, 270
Garforth, Mr. W. E., On the Comparative Advan¬tages of Electricity, Steam, and Compressed Air for Mining Purposes, 641

Gas:

Gas, Blast Furnace, Prof. Arth on its Utilisation, 387
Carburetted Water, 457, 594, 626
Distribution, On, 457
Engines as Motive Power in Engineering Works, 327
Engines, New Design in, 470
Engines—see Engines, Gas
Exhausters and Gas-exhausting Plant, Mr. R. Hargraves on, 320
Influence of Carbonic Acid on the Combus¬tion of Coal and Carburetted Water, 626
Lighters, Automatic, 326
for Lighting and other Purposes, Differential Rates as between Consumers of, 594, 626
Lighting for Streets, Incandescent, 285
Liquefier, Self-intensive, Dr. Hampson’s, 470
Meters, Growing Use of Penny-in-the-slot, 33
for Motor Purposes, 626
Natural, Found in the United States, an Excellent Fuel, its Constituents, 517
Purifying from Dust, 465
Purifying by Lime, 387
Statistics for 1897, and the Last Five Years, 119
Supply, 1898, 18
Parliamentary Returns as to, 119
Traction on Tramways, 656
Gases, Blast Furnace, Utilisation of, 140, 542
Scrubbing Blast Furnace, 517
Gasholder, Failure of the Retaining Tank of a, 11
“ Gasorcoal ” Stove, The, 517
Gasworks at Edinburgh, New, 275
Gasworks, On the Regenerative System for Small,
Gathmann Shell, Test of the, 575
Gauge, Differential Micrometer, 525
Gearing, Hall's Hydraulic Variable-speed, 39
Gehre, Mr., New Fireproof Material for Building, 262
Gellivare Iron Ore Mines, On the, 461
Geometrical Quadrature of the Circle, A New, 136
German Canals, 606
Germany, Drastic Labour Measures in, 569
Gibraltar Main Sewerage Works, 193
Giffen, Sir Robt., On the Relative Growth of the Component Parts of the Empire, 242
Gilbertson, Mr., On Japanese Swords, 11
Gilson, Prof. G., Ocean-drift Experiments in the North Sea, 413
Gisholt Machine Company, Motor Gear Lathe, 117,293
Gjers, Mr. John, Valuation of his Estate, 43
Glasgow, Mr. A. G., On Carburetted Water Gas, 594, 626
Bridge, Re-opening of, 520, 539, 540, 541
Corporation Electric Tramways, 142, 343
Overhead Trolley Wires in, 452
Sewage Disposal at, 521
and West of Scotland Technical College, The, 644
Glass Moulding, M. L. Appert's New Method, 621
as a Paving Material, 287
Roofing, Mr. S. Deards’, 444
Wire, 500
Glenfield Company, Limited, Pumping Engine, Haughhead Colliery, 338, 339
Glover and Co., Messrs., 270
Gold Industry of Mashonaland, 99
Mine, The Rose Deep, Johannesburg, 593, 594
Kalgoorlie, Mr, H. F. Bulman on the, 534
of the Transvaal, Zoutpansberg, 599,
Mining, Modern Practice in, 586
Notes on, Mr. F. Irving, 586
Output, South Africa, 1898, 175
for November, 1897, 1898, West
Australia and New South Wales, 42
Gold Production of Queensland, 409
the United States Last Year, 577
and Silver Production, 354
along the Ussuri River, Discovery of, 85
Yield of Victoria in 1898, 33
“Good Fellowship Scheme,” A, 438
Goold, Mr. Joseph, Differential Micrometer Gauge, 525
Goschen, Mr., and Naval Engineers, 442
Government Abuses in Cape Colony, 603
Telephone Bill, The, 624
Graftio, Mr. Hy., On “A Formula for Train Resistance,” 595
Graphite, Manufacture of, by Electric Means, 337
Mines in Bohemia, The, 85
Graving-dock Blocks and Appliances, On, 641
Greenwich Observatory, Protection of the Mag¬netic Registers from the Effect of Electric Traction, 595
Greenwood, Mr. A., On Machine Tools, with special reference to American and German Practice, as compared with English, 613
Grether and Co., Messrs. E., Vogt’s Patent for Sinking Bore-holes, 423
Griffiths, Mr. A., Apparatus to Determine the Rate of Diffusion of Solids Dissolved in Liquids, 272
Groynes, Examples of, 354, 381, 403, 430, 455, 482
Groynes, Examples of—tte also Sea Coast Pro¬tection
Gun Camera under Construction in Chicago, 337
Carriages, Krupp Quick-firing Field, 514
Carriage. Quick-firing Field, 243
Construction, Mr. W. H. Owston on, 464
The United States Naval Tests at Indian Head, 517
Vicker’s 12in. Breech-loading, 244
Gunnery, English and American, 417
Guns, French Quick-firing, 137
Machine, for the Transvaal Government, Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited, 450
New Type Wire, 181, 204
Giinther and Sons, Central Discharge Turbine, 319

H

HADFIELD, Mr. R. A., Alloys of Iron and Nickel, 348
Hadfield, Mr. Robt. Abbott, on the Influence of Casting Temperature upon Steel, 640
Haidar Pasha, Projected Harbour at, 33
Hall, Mr. J. W., Consulting Engineer and Ma¬chinery Valuer, 42
Hall’s Hydraulic Variable-speed Gearing, 39
Halliwell Dyeing Company’s Works, Boiler Ex¬plosion at the, 11
Halliday, Mr. G., Experiments to ascertain the Heat-absorptive Power of Water, 473
Hamburg, The New Dock Basin at, 621
Special Paths for Cyclists in, 639 Trade of, 59
Hamilton, Mr. Jas., On the Horse-power absorbed by Skin Friction and Wave-making, 310
Hammer, Planishing, Messrs. Thompson Bros., Steam, Messrs. B. and S. Massey, 325
Hammond, Mr. J. H., On Modern Practice in Gold Mining, 586
Hampson’s Self-intensifier Gas Liqnefier, 470
Handles, Sledge and Hammer, 10,
Hanna-Payne Shippiog Bill, The, 70
Hanson, Mr. Wm., 477, 504
Haralson and Wood, Messrs., Experiments in
Shrinking and Forcing Steel Spindles into Iron Discs, 237
Harbour Construction, Mr. W. E. Lester on Temporary Works and Appliances in, 542
Defences for New York necessary, New, 595
Free, Bill for, under Consideration in France, 577
at Haidar Pasba, German Company’s Project for Building a, 33
Works at Christiania, Tenders invited in connection with New, 491

Harbours and Waterways:

Bristol Docks, Mr. W. W. Squire’s Appointment, 605
Canal, Amsterdam, 182
Canals, Canadian, 182
Canal, Goole, 340
Canal, Thames and Severn, 182
Dredger, Suction, for New South Wales, 182
Harbour, Dover, 340
Harbour, Ellesmere, Grain Warehouse, 605
Harbour, Hamburg, 340
Harbour, Hastings, 340
Harbour, Keysham, 605
Harbour, The Hvgli, Calcutta, 340
Harbour and Docks, Seaharo, 695
Harbour, Peterhead, 605
Harbour and River, New York, 68, 182, 365
Harbour, Vera Cruz, 182
Harbour and Waterway Engineering for 1898, 6
Irrigation in India, 355
New South Wales, 365
Preston Dock and River, Capital Expended on, 605
Thames Channels, The, 605
Waterways, Russian, 59
Hargadine Dry Goods Company, Power Plant, 40
Hargrave, Mr. Lawrence, On Kites and Kite Flying, 542
Hargraves, Mr. R., On Gas Exhausters and Gas- exhausting Plant, 320
Hartcliffe and Malkin, Messrs., Straight Full-way Valve, 399
Hartmann and Braun’s New Thermo-electric Couple, 365
Harvesting Machinery, A Low Elevator Steel Binder, Messrs. Harrison Macgregor and Co., 546
Haslam, Sir A. S., On Separate Condensing Plants for Factory Purposes, 614
Haswell, Mr. C. IL, On Marine Steam Engine Construction in the United States, 308, 345
Haughhead Colliery, Pumping Plant at, 338, 339
Havre, Cranes for, Loan Authorised, 577
Hawkhnrst, Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Plans for, 418
Hayward Tyler and Co., Hydraulic Intensifier, 42
Head, Mr. Archibald, On the Wellman Furnace, 461
Head, Mr. Jeremiah, 259, 378
Health Department of the City of London, 371
Heat of Combination of Pairs of Solid Metals, Dr. A. Galt on the, 542
Heat in Cooled Bars, Transference of, 29
Transfer of, 512
Heating Dwellings, Korean Method of, 187
Power of German “ Braunkohle,” 262
Hele-Shaw, Prof. H. S., On Fluid Motion, 94
On the Motion of a Per¬fect Liquid, 548
On the Stream Lines of a Liquid, 166
Henderson, Mr. J. M., Material Transporter at Vauxhall, 193
Heron’s Nest Built of Wire, 187
Hervey, Mr. M. W., On the Use of Filtered Flood Water, 587
Heuristic Method of Teaching Physics in Second¬ary Schools, Mr. F. C. Weedon on the, 264, 266
Higgins, Mr. H. E., On Some of the Larger Trans¬portations Problems of Cities, 577
High-pressure Steam at Sea, 493
Hildage, Mr. H. T., On Prospecting for Minerals, 349
Hill, Mr. G. H., Opening Address, 587
Hill and Co., Messrs. Rich., Conversion into a Company, 300
Hillier, Mr. E. G., On the Working of the Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890, 212
Hinges, Butt, American Patented Process, 43
Hissing of the Electric Arc, Mrs. Ayrton on the, 321
Holden and Brooke, Limited, Pump and Injector, 631
Holgate, Mr. B., On Mineral Oils, 146
Holgate, Mr. T., Coke-handling Plant, 457
Hopetoun, Earl of, His Opening Address as President of the Institution of Naval Architects, 282
Hop Washer at the Maidstone Show, 620
Horse-power, The Measure of, 227
Horsfall Destructor, The, 260
Howat’s Patent Miners’ Safety Lamp, 499
Howden, Mr. Jas., On Torpedo Boat Destroyers for Sea Service, 309
Hub, A Rubber-cushioned, 410
Hudson River Tunnel Projected, A, 595
Hulse and Co., Limited, Messrs., Machine Tools, 399
Humphrys, Tennant, and Co., Engines of the New Royal Yacht, 568, 574, 604
Hunter, Mr. Jas Bernard, 434
Hunter, Mr. W. H., On the Discharge and Re¬loading of Large Steamers, 564
Hurst, Mr. Wm., On the Navvy, 198
Hyatt, Mr. J. W., Roller for Anti friction Bear¬ings, 237
Hyde Park Court Mansions, The Air Lift Pump, 422
Hydraulic Main, Evolution of the, 594, 626
Presses, 195
Presses, Problem in, 145
Press Problem, 145, 194, 209, 245

I

ICE Machinery in West Africa, 219
Ice-making Plant, A Great, 145
Ice, Notes on the Slipperiness of, 262
Illuminating Shells for Lighting Areas of Ocean, 655
Incandescent Lamp Filament, Conductivity of an, 365
Incandescent Lamp, A New, 326
Incandescent Mantles, On, 457
Inclines, Self-acting, 296
Incrustation of Boilers, Composition for Prevent¬ing, Messrs. J. S. Morris and Sons, 399
India, Irrigation in, 355
Indianapolis Waterworks, Steel Pipe Line for the, 337
India-rubber Industry, The, 39
Indicating Engines, Reducing Appliance for, 547
Indicator Patent, 132
Industrial Chemistry in England, Teaching of, 481
Development, Modern, 71, 73
Trusts, Danger of, 392
Inglis, Dr. John, and the Marine Engineers, 88, 95
Injector, Live and Exhaust Steam, 631
Institute of Engineers, South Wales:
Sinking, Mr. McMurtie’s Paper on, discussed, 44
Winding Appliances, Mr. E. M. Hann on, 44

Institute, Incorporated Gas:

Inaugural Address of Mr. S. Stewart, 594
Carbonic Acid on the Combustion of Coal and
Carburetted Water Gas, Influence of, Mr. F. G. Dexter, 626
Carburetted Water-gas, Mr. A. G. Glasgow, 594,626 ’
Gas for Lighting and for Purposes other than Lighting, Differential Rates as between Con¬sumers of, Mr. Thos. Newbigging, 594, 626
Gas for Motor Purposes, Mr. T. 0. Paterson. 626
Hydraulic Main, Evolution of the, Mr. Wm. Carr, 594, 626
Inclined Retorts, Recent Experience in Work¬ing, Mr. C. A. Craven, 626
Naphthalene Deposits: their Cause and Pre¬vention, Mr. J. P. Leather, 594, 626
Degenerative System for Small Gasworks, Advantages of the, Mr. John Lyne, 627

Institute, Iron and Steel:

Annual Meeting, Programme of, 287, 897
Autumn Meeting, Manchester, Relative to the. 271, 300, 398, 625
Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Gases, Mr. Enrique Disdier on the Use of, 461
Compass, The Swedish Miners’ Dipping, Described by Professor H. Louis, 461
Gellivare Iron Ore Mines, Professor H. Banermann, 461
Hagfors Works, 25
Hot Blast in the Bessemer Process, On the Use of, Professor Wiborgh, 461
Iron, Diffusion of Elements in, Professor Arnold and Mr. A. McWilliam, 461
Ore Districts, Map of the Swedish, 25
and Steel, Solution Theory of, Baron Jiiptner von Jonstorff, 462
and Steels, Theories and Faots Relating to Cast, Mr. Bertrand Sommers, 462
Munkfors Iron and Steel Works, 25
Nykroppa Works, 25
Persberg Mines, 25
Riida and Stisrnsfors Chemical Wood PuId Works, 25
Reduced Railway Fares to Manchester for Members, 413
Roberts Austen, Sir Wm., Inaugural Address, 460, 472, 501, 531
Stoel from the Ore in the Blast Furnace, On the Manufacture of, Dimitris Tschernoff, 462
Wellman Furnace, Mr. Archibald Head on the, 461

Institute of Marine Engineers:

Presidential Address of Dr. John Inglis, 88, 95
Heat-Abaorptive Power of Water, Mr. G. Halliday’s Experiments, 473
Institute of Marine Engineers, Bristol Channel Centre of:
Auxiliary Machinery on Board Ships, Mr. E, Nicholl on, 164

Institute of Philadelphia, The Franklin:

Transportation Problems of Cities, On some of the Larger, Mr. E. E. Iliggins, 577

Institute, The Sanitary:

Welsh Water Supply Scheme for London, Mr. R. E. Middleton, 187

Institution of Civil Engineers:

Annual Dinner, 271
Awards for Papers read during Past Session, 418
Conference, 271, 521, 537, 562-574, 583-588
Conference Excursions, 537, 538, 542, 555, 556, 558, 572, 589
Conversazione, 600
Election of Officers, Result of Ballot, 412
Entrance Examination, 32,118,144
Inaugural Address of the President, Sir W. H. Preece, 562
Opening Address, Mr. E. W. Richards, 586
Programme of the Second Conference, 504, 521
Papers Read and Discussed, and Visits Paid :—
Alloys of Iron and Nickel, Mr. R. A. Had- field, 348
Beckton Gasworks, The, Visit to, 557
Breakwaters, Design of, Mr. J. Watt-Sandeman, 585
Breakwaters in Different Depths of Water, Notes on the Effect of Waves on, Mr. Wm. Shield, 584
Central London Electric Railway, Conference Excursion, 589, 590, 591
Coal Mining, Modern Improvements in, Winding from Deep Mines, Mr. H. W. Martin, 586
Coke Ovens, By-product, M. Evenee Coppée, 640
Condensing Plants for Factory Purposes, Separate, Sir A. S. Haslam. 614
Cory and Sons’ Works, Visit to, 556
Cranes and the Power to be Used with them, Mr. Pitt, 614
Dredgers, Sand Pump, Mr. A. G. Lyster, 584
East London Waterworks, Visit to the, 555
Economical Transmission and Distribution of Electricity from a Distance, Mr. H. F. Parshall, 612
Electric Meters, Prof. Ayrton, 611
Electrical Transmission, Methods of, Mr. Jas. Swinburne, 574
Electricity, Economical Transmission and Distribution of, from a Distance, Mr. H. F. Parshall, 612
Electricity, Mechanical Traction by, Mr. G. C. Cuningham, 611
Forgings and the Machines Used in Produc¬ing them, Mr. Brett, 566
Fraser and Chalmers, Limited, Works of, Visit to, 555
Gold Mining, Modern Practice in, Mr. J. H. Hammond, 586
Gold Mining, Notes on, Mr. Fearnside Irving, 586
Graving Dock Blocks and Appliances, Mr. A. J. Maginnis, 641
Hills, Mr. G. H., Opening Address, 587
Lantern Slides Allowed by, 119
Light Railway? What is a, and what Cir¬cumstances should Govern the Gauge? Mr. A. C. Pain, 562
Locks and Entrances and Graving Docks, the Length, Width, and Depth, and Shape and Mode of Construction of, having re¬gard to the Increasing Sizes and Shapes of Vessels, Mr. R. C. H. Davidson, 564
Locomotives, Compound, Mr. Webb, 565
Locomotives, High-speed, Mr. J. H. Dales on, 70
London Hydraulic Power Company, 537
Machine Tools with special reference to American and German Practice as com¬pared with English, Mr. A. Greenwood, 613
Machinery of Warships, Sir A. J. Durston, 269, 290
Magnetism, Professor J. A. Ewing, 384
Mechanical Traction by Electricity, Mr. G. C. Cuningham, 611
Merchant Steamers, Practicability of so Constructing them as to make them available for War Purposes, Mr. J. H. Biles, 566, 584
Metropolitan Sewage Works, Barking, Visit to, 556
Minerals, Economy in Handling and Trans¬port of, Mr. C. de Nenville Forman, 613
Mining Purposes, Comparative Advantages of Electricity, Steam, and Compressed Air for, Mr. W. E. Garforth, 640
Mountain Railways, Mr. Charles Assheton Whately Pownall, 562
Power for Tramways, Light Railways, and Motor-car Traffic, Relative Advantages of Different Kinds of, Mr. Parker, 565
Railways, Causes of Earthslips in the Slopes of Cuttings and Embankments of, and how to Prevent them, Mr. R. E. Cooper, 612, ’
Railways of this Country, The Most Expedi¬tious Method of Re-laying, Mr. H. Footner, 612
Riveting and Canlking of Ships, and the Material of Ship Rivets, Mr. R. T. Napier, 641
Sewage Sludge Disposal by Natural Agencies, Dr. G. Sims Woodhead, 588
Siemens Brothers and Co , Limited, Works at Woolwich, Visit to, 538, 558, 572
Signalling Appliances of Railways, Advan¬tages or Disadvantages of Uniting the Lock and Block, Mr. Alexander Ross, 563
Signalling, Various Systems of Railway Fog, Mr. W. Swanwick Boult, 563
Staines Reservoirs, 537
Steamers, Cargo, Mr. Edwin Wm. de Rusett, 567
Steamers, Discharging and Re-loading of Large, Mr. W. H. Hunter, 564
Steamers of Moderate Size, Swift Passenger, Mr. Edwin Lewis Martin, 566, 583
Steel, Influence of Casting, Temperature on, Mr. R. A. Hadfield, 640
Steel Rails, Effects of Wear upon, Mr. Wm. G. Kirkaldy, 121
Steel Rails, Microphotography of, Sir Wm. Roberts-Austen, 121
Surrey Commercial Docks, Visit to, 556
Water Supply in Different Towns, and of the
Causes which Increase or Diminish it in Particular Instances, Consideration of the Rato per Head per Day of the, Mr. J. Watson, 587
Water-tube Boilers for Marine Engines, Mr. J. T. Milton, 269, 290
Water, Use of Filtered Flood, Mr. M. W. Hervey, 587
Westminster Electric Supply Corporation, Projected Visit to Millbank-street Station, 538
Webb, Four-cylinder Compound, A Run with a, by Chas. Rous-Marten, 591

Institution of Civil Engineers: Birmingham Association of Students:

Thirteenth Annual Dinner, Presentation to Mr. H. C. Adams, Description of Birmingham Waterworks in the Elam Valley, Mr. Man- sergh, 169
Institution of Civil Engineers: Glas¬gow Association of Students:
Duntocher and Dalmuir Waterworks, Mr. Chas. R. Rutherglen, 370

Institution of Engineers and Ship¬builders In Scotland :

Engines, Four-crank Marine, Mr. John Thom on, 186

Institution of Electrical Engineers:

Conversazione, 487
Dynamo and Transformer Construction, Mr. Jas. Swinburne on, 577
Hissing of the Electric Arc, Mrs. Ayrton on the, 321
Magnetic'Space Telegraphy, Improvements in, by Dr. Oliver Lodge, 120, 170, 197
Marconi, Signor, On Wireless Telegraphy, 237,
242
Premiums for Papers read during the Session— to whom awarded, 542
Uniformity in Electrical Engineering Practice, Question of, 229
Visit to Switzerland, Arrangements for a, 500, 625

Institution of Gas Engineers:

Presidential Address, Mr. F. D. Marshall, 457
Carburetted Water Gas, Practical Working of,
Mr. C. F. Botley, 457
Coke-handling Plant, Mr. T. Holgate, 457
Gas Distribution, Mr. C. C. Carpenter, 457
Incandescent Mantles, Prof. V. B. Lewes, 457
Retort Heating, Modern Systems of, Mr. G. P. Lewis, 457
Wind Pressure on Buildings and other Struc¬tures, Mr. J. O. V. Irminger, 457

Institution of Junior Engineers:

Annual Dinner, 122
Carbon-consuming Batteries and their Pos¬sibilities, Mr. W. R. Cooper, 233
Elasticity, Measurements of, Prof. Ewing on, 122
Factory Design, Mr. J. H. Pearson, 168
Gun Construction, Mr. W. H. Owston on, 464
Piles and Pile-driving, Mr. H. C. Reid, 397

Institution of Mechanical Engineers:

Address, New, Storey’s Gate, 56, 463
Annual Dinner, and Mr. Goschen’s Speech at, 422, 442
Annual General Meeting, Fifty second, and List of Papers to be Read, 78
Annual Report, Fifth Report of the Alloys
Research Committee and Description of the Recording Apparatus at the Laboratory, 160
Conversazione, 469, 490
Presidential Address of Sir Wm. White, 432, 434, 441
Programme of Summer Meeting, 213, 574
Evaporative Condensers, Mr. H. G. V. Oldham, 432, 442, 447
Mechanical Engineering and Modern Ship¬building, Connection between, Sir William White, 434, 441, 475
Printing Machinery, Mr. Wm. Powrie on, 161
Walker, Mr. Arthur Tannett, Elected Vice-president, 313

Institution of Mining Engineers:

Band Ropes for Transmission of Power Under¬ground, Use of Slow-moving, Mr. Harry Rhodes, 599
Beeby’a Brick Company, Limited, Yaxley, Visit to, 600
Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882, 1890, Mr. E. G. Hillier on the Working of, 212
Historical Sketch of the First Institute of Mining Engineers, Mr. Bennett H. Brough, 212
Johnson and Phillips’ Works at Charlton, Visit to, 600
Kalgoorlie Gold Mines, West Australis, Mr. H. F. Bulman, 534
Papers Previously Read that were to be Dis¬cussed, 600
Papers Unread, List of New, 600
Pit Props, Further Notes on, by Professor Hy.
Lewis, dealing with the Results of Mr. Diitting’s Investigations, 212
Presidential Address of Mr. J. A. Longden, on our Present and Future Coal Supplies, 534
Safety Explosives, Notes on, Mr. W. J. Oreman, 243, 534, 599
Sulphur Mines in the South of Spain, Mr. A. P. Wilson, 243
Timber and Other Fibrous Substances, New Process of Seasoning and Preserving, Mr. H. Bailie-Weaver, 599
Twenty-ninth General Meeting, Agenda Pro¬gramme, Affiliated Societies, Prizes awarded, &c., 212
Ventilators for Mines, Mechanical, Mr. W. Walton Brown, 599
Zoutpansberg Gold6elds of the Transvaal, Mr. D. S. S. Steuart, 599
Institution of Naval Architects:
Balancing of Engines, with Special Reference to Marine Work, Professor W. E. Dalby, 310
Boilers, Practical Experience on the Strength of, Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, 308
Dates of the Annual Meetings and Dinner, 119
H.M.S. Argonaut, Sir John Durston on Trials and Experiments made in, 282
Horse-Power Absorbed by Skin Friction and Wave-Making, Mr. Jas. Hamilton, 310
Marine Steam Engine Construction and Naviga¬tion in the United States from 1807 to 1850, Mr. C. H. Haswell, 308, 345
Motive Power of Warships, The Logical Arrangement of the, Commodore Geo. W. Melville, 285, 308, 320
Presidential Address by the Eirl of Hopetoun, 282
Programmes of the Annual Meeting and of the Summer Meetings and Excursions, 246, 478
Riveters, Portable Pneumatic, in Shipbuilding, by W. J. Babcock, 321
Stability, Cross Curves of, Advantages of Using Tchebyscheff's Rule in association with the Integrator to Obtain, Mr. C. F. Munday, 308
Steam Pipes, Mr. J. T. Milton, 294, 308
Steam Trials on Danish Ships, by Capt. A. Rasmussen, 283
Stresses at the Discontinuities in a Ship’s Structure, Mr. J. Bruhn, 308
Torpedo Boat Destroyers for Sea Service, Mr. Jas. Huwden, 308
Insulator, the Best, Professor W. Hempel on, 85
Insurance Companies in England and Scotland, 262
Intensifier, Hydraulic, 42
Inventions to be Patented at the Expense of the London County Council, 85
Irminger, Mr. J. O. V., Wind Pressure on Build¬ings and Other Structures, 457

Iron:

Iron, Belgian, Cheapness of, and Growing Demand for, 365
and Coal Statistics for the Year, 44
Compression Tests of Half-inch Cubes of Ingot Mould, 313
Diffusion of Elements in, 461
“Iron Man” in the Mine, The, 338
and Nickel, Alloys of, Mr. R. A. Hadfield, 348
and Nickel Alloys, M. F. Osmond on, 164
Open-hearth Steel from Cleveland, 37
Ore Exported from Elba 1898, 655
Ore Problem, The, 487
Ore, On the Use of Petroleum for Smelt¬ing, 390
Oatput in Russia, 608
from Over-strain, On the Recovery of, Mr. Jas. Muir, 420
(Pig) from the Cleveland District, January Shipments of, 123
(Pig) Output in Germany, including Luxemburg, for 1898, 124
(Pig) Output in Russia for 1898, 124
(Pig) Output of the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Aus¬tria, Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, for 1898, 119
(Pig), its Position, 374, 391
Pipes, First Use of Cast, for the London Water Supply, 439
Production, United States, 1898, 11
Rustless Cast, 313
Silicides of, Preparation of, by the Use of the Electric Furnace, 517
Spanish Hoop, its Unsatisfactory Quality, 365
and Steel, Austro-Hungarian Import in, 608
and Steels, Cast, Theories and Facts Re¬lating to, 462
and Steel, French Foreign Trade in, 200
and Steel Plates, M. Hubert Bya, on the Manufacture of, 164
and Steel Trade of the United States, 1897-98 59
Trade Discounts, 617, 650, 656, 657
Trade, Industrial Peace in the, 190
Trade in the United States, Monopoly of the, 140
Trade Wages, 342
from the United States into Austria, Importation of, 33
Irrigation in Cyprus, 445
by Electric Power, 231 in Italy, 439
Schemes, S. Africa, 376, 479, 609
Irwing, Mr. Fearnside, on Gold Mining, 586
Isler and Co.’s Parquet Flooring Underlaid with Peat, 187
Italy, British Trade with, Cause of its Decline, 291
Irrigation Schemes, 439
Use of Water Power to Promote Electric Traction, 577
Water Power in, 417
Water Statistics, 439
Ivorjr Carving at Dieppe, Project for Reviving,

J

JACKSON, Mr. John, 248
Jai Samund or Sea of Victory in India, 439
Janney Automatic Coupling, The, 644
Japan, The Cardboard and Pasteboard Industry in, 465
and China, Metal and Machinery Imports of, 431
Commercial Education in, 517 Foreign Capital in, 102, 114, 409
Foreign Patents in, 195
Railways and Foreign Capital, 20
Telephone Service, 137
Japanese Swords, Mr. Gilbertson oa, 11
Treaties, The New, 114
Johannesburg, Electric Lighting Installation, 505
Rose Deep Gold Mine, 593, 594
Johnson, Mr. Cuthbert Geo. Dixon, 199
Johnson, Mr. Nelson, of Cramp's Shipyards, 11
Johnson and Phillip’s Works at Charlton, Visit to 600
Joining Machine Belts, 209
Joints, Cast Welded Rail, New Type of, 212
Jones, Mr. E. Hy., Novel Vice, 545
Jones, Mr. John A., Waterworks of the Madras Presidency, 172
Jones, Mr. W. Clyde, On British and American Patent Systems, 416
Jungfrau Railway, The, 132,138, 167

K

KADONO, C., On Japanese Railways, 220
Kalgoorlie, A Central Power Station for the Goldfields of, 237
Gold Mines, W. Australia, Mr. H. F. Bulman on the, 534
Kallenite, The New Explosive, 365
Kecheur’s Steam Generator, 91
Keels, Cambered, 26
Kennedy, Prof., to Report to the L.C.C. on Mechanical Tramway Traction, 413
Kentish Coalfields, The, 508
Kertch to be Converted into a War Harbour, 287
Killowen, Lord Russell of, On Technical Educa¬tion, 165
Kinealy, Prof. J. H.. On Disc Fans, 187
King’s College, Old Students’ Dinner, 413
Kirkaldy, Mr. W. G., Effects of Wear upon Steel Rails, 121
Kite-flying Record, Massachusetts Observatory, 365
Kites and Kite-flying, Mr. Laurence Hargrave, 542
Kitson, Mr. John Hawthorn, 539
Kuap’s Water-tube Boiler, 194
Koch’s Heavy Oil Motor Car, 120
Krag-Jorgensen Rifle, Working of, 595
Kraus and Co., Locomotives for Japan, 528
Krompach Works, Blowing Engines at the, 3)3
Kronstadt Dockyard, 363, 382
Krupp Quick-firing Field Gun Carriages, 514

L

LABOUR Conciliation Shelved, 316
Disputes, Futility of, 467
Market, The, 59, 387, 413, 491, 621
Measures in Germany, Drastic, 569
and Trade Improvements, 496
Laird, Mr. Wm. (with Portrait), 134, 149
Lamb, Mr. G. C., On the Distribution of Magnetic Induction in a Long Iron Bar, 655
Lamp Explosions in Manchester, Mr. W. Thomson’s Report on, 400
Lamp, Miner’s Safety, Howat’s Patent, 499
Lanchester, Mr., Motor Carriage, 256
Landslip at Sasso Airolo, The Report of the Com¬mission to Investigate the Cause, 119
Lathe, Capstan, Messrs. Schischkar and Co., 419
Lathe, Gisholt, 293
Motor Gear, 117
T. Ryder and Son, 602
Turret, and Screw Machines, 292, 312
on Twin-screw Principle, Messrs. Hulse and Co.*8, 399
Langhans, Herr, New Incandescent Lamp, 326
Launch Motor, 346
Launching Arrangements, Hydraulic, 133

Launches and Trial Trips:

Airedale, Wm. Gray and Co., 476
Albatross, Trial of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer, 364
Amazonense, David J. Dunlop and Co., 476
Anna, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 198, 297
Anversville, Sir Raylton Dixon, and Co. Limited, 476
Archanda, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 400, 499
Bardistan, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 270
Barton, Ropner and Son, 476, 529
Border Knight, David and Wm. Henderson, and Co., 659
Bergenhus, Messrs. Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company, 98
Bolama, Earle’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 136
Bornu, Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, 477
Brisgavia, Workman, Clarke, and Co., 297
Cassandra, Day, Summers, and Co., 545
Claudius, Wm. Gray and Co., 297, 476
Claverdale, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 222
Cork, Blackwood and Gordon, 400
Craigleith, Messrs. Wm. Gray and Co., 198
Degama, Furness, Withy, and Co., 20
Diamante, Messrs. Hall, Russell, and Co., 98
Elansobe, Gray and Co,, 529
Eleanora Mail, Messrs. Craig. Taylor, and Co., 98
Energy, Allsup and Co., 476
Euxinia, Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company, 136
Flora, Laxevaags Engineering and Shipbuilding Company, 609
Floriston, Ropner and Son, 609
Gadsby, Ropner and Son, 326
Garonne, Robt. Stephenson and Co., Limited, 609
Glory, Battleship, 268
Gothland Re-engined, David Rollo and Sons, 659
Greenwich, Messrs. Ropner and Son, 136
Grosmont, Ropner and Son, 659
Ilatasu, Messrs. Furness, Withy and Co., 136
Hyanthes, Bartram and Sons, 374
Implacable, Battleship, 263
Incnkeith, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 499
India, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 476
Jahihu, Wigham Richardson and Co., 270
Jabira, Wigham Richardson and Co., 400
Java, Ropner and Son, 476
John Coverdale, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 499
Ktgyo, Messrs. Yarrow and Co., Limited, 98, 297
Kiinig Albert, Stettin Vulcan Yard, 655
Kronborg, Messrs. Wm. Gray and Co., 136
Kum Sang, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., 73, 270
Luciline, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Limited, 545
Manchester Corporation, Farness, Withy, and Co., 609
Manchester Importer, Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company, Limited, 545
Milton, Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, 374
Milwaukee, Launch of the Fore-end of thes.s., 361
Mont Blanc, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., 326, 609
Mooraboot, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 136, 326
Mundaka, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 374
Newcastle, C. S. Swan and Hunter, Limited, 222
Newholm, C. S. Swan and Co., Limited, 297, 476
Nordpol, Northumberland Shipbuilding Com¬pany, 499
Orifiamme, Armstrong, Whitworth, »and Co., Limited, 476, 632
Ormley, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 609
Ortona, Pacific Liner, to be Launched in July, 551
Peareth, Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company, 262 270, 374
Pendeen, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 222
Pervi, Messrs. Wm. Simon3 and Co., Limited, 491
Portugal, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 632
Poulton, Dredger, Fleming and Ferguson, Limited, 296
Prah, Wm. Dobson and Co., 20
Prince Arthur, Earle’s Shipbuilding and Engi¬neering Co., 136
Raithwaite, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 270
Rau, Wm. Gray and Co., 73
Ravenshoe, Northumberland Shipbuilding Com¬pany, Limited, 161
Rembrandt, David and Wm. Henderson and Co., 374
Romney, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., 73
Saint Andrew, C. S. Swan and Hunter, 20, 326
Salamis, Hall, Russell and Co., 400
Sandormen, Messrs. W. Simons and Co., Limited, 136
Sangara, Furness, Withy, and Co., 374
Silesia, Messrs. Wigham Richardson and Co., 222
Sirdar, Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 98
Solo, Wigham Richardson and Co., 136, 270
Stanfield, Messrs. J. L. Thompson and Sons, Limited, 198
Terek, Sir Jas. Laing and Sons, Limited, 545
Tullochmoor, Doxford and Sons, 476
Vengeance, H.M.S , to be Launched in July, 551
Wandby, Ropner and Son, 222, 326
Warwick, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, 400, 529
West Point, Robt. Stephenson and Co , Limited, 326
Wilberforce, Messrs. J. L. Thompson and Sons, Limited, 198
Weissenfels, Wigham Richardson and Co, 476, 609
West Point, Robt. Stephenson and Co., Limited, 632
Woodford, Messrs. Ropner and Sons, 136, 222
Barge, Steam Hopper, Wm. Simons and Co., Limited, 659
Dredger, Barge-loading, Wm. Simons and Co., 326
Dredgers for Talienwan, Trials of New, 631
French Destroyers, Launch of, 188
Screw Steamer, C. S. Swan and Hunter, Limited, 476
Twin-screw Passenger Steamer, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., 222
Lea, Mr. H., Some Practical Points in Electric Lighting, 133
Lead-poisoning in Factories, Regulations drawn up by the Swiss Government to Prevent, 577

Leaders:

1898, 13
Armoured Ships of the Future, 416
Atbara Bridge, The, 543
Atbara Bridge and Standardisation, The, 367
Ballasting of Steamers, 289
Blast Furnace Gases, Utilisation of, 140
Boilers, Circulation in Steam, 140
Explosions, The Phenomena of, 35
Water-tube, 263, 290
Water-tube, Constructional Failures of, 569
Britain’s Competitors, 519
British Railways, Limitations of, 520
Shipping and the “Rings,” 623
Chemistry, 19 Children in Factories, 240
Chinese Iron Trade Development, 597
Railway Crisis, Tho, 190
Colliers in South Wales, Registration of, 649
Condensers in the Navy, 342
Copper and Tin, Position of, 215
Couplers, Automatic, 263, 571
Eight Hours Question, The, 191
Electric Lighting Machinery, 543
Tramway Development, 216
Electricity in Warships, 441
Employers’ Liability in France, 468
Engineering, Civil, 13
Engineering, Mechanical, 16
Sanitary, 17
Steam, in the United States Navy, 87
Engineers, Marine, Dr. John Inglis and the, 88
in the Royal Navy, 316
Engines, Compound, for High-pressure, 62
English and American Workmen, 623
Cycles and Foreign Rival?, 570
Engineers and American Bridges, 391
Evaporative Condensers, 442
Field Artillery at Santiago, 624
Foreign Competition Question, The, 650
French Marine, The, 315
Fulda Case, The, 493
Gas Supply, 18
Germany, Labour Measures in, 569
Goschen, Mr., and Naval Engineers, 442
Government and Accidents, 215
Telephone Bill, The, 240
Gunnery, English and American, 417
High-pressure Steam at Sea, 493
Industrial Trusts, Danger of, 392
Inglis, Dr. John, and the Marine Engineers, 88
Iron Trade, Industrial Peace in the, 190
Japanese Treaties, The New, 114
Labour Disputes, Futility of, 467
Measures in Germany, Drastic, 569
Lebon, Mr. André, Complains of the Commercial Position of France, 415
Liquid, Motion of a, 166
Locomotive Driving Wheels, Diameter of, 597
Engine Building in Great Britain, 341
A Great, 289
Mechanics, The Teaching of, 264
Metric System Once More, The, 367
Miners’ Federation, The, 62
Municipal Trading, 239
Patent Systems, British and American, 416
Pig Iron, Position of, 391
Railway Inspection, 189 Railways, 190
Registration of Colliers in South Wales, 649
South Wales Railway Amalgamation, 415
Registration of Colliers in, 649
Strike Reports, Appendix to the, 240
Steamers, Ballasting of, 289
Structural Features of Large Ocean, 139
Steel, Micro-Structure of, 166
Trust, The, 467
Trusts and Prices, 544
Strike, Echoes of the South Wales, 114
Funds, Where They Come from, 88
Submarine Boats, 61
Technical Education (with reference to p. 160), 165
Telephone Service, The, 190
Service, Future of, 88
Thames Tunnel, Proposed, 341
Train Resistance, 36
A New Formula for, 166
United States Navy, Machinery of the, 113
Universal Peace and Industrial Establishments, 494
War Material, 19
Water Supply, 18

Sub-Leaders:

Admiralty and Naval Engineers, 495
American Coal, 650
America’s Colonial Expansion, The Little Bill, 317
Armour Trial, American Thin, 545
Autocrat of the Pit, The, 468
Barking Boiler Explosion, The, 241
Belgians in Russia, 115
Birmingham University, 494
Black Sea Railway, The, 36
Board of Trade and Automatic Couplings, The, 317
Building Trade Dispute, The, 217
Cable, a New Submarine, 36
Cleveland Iron, Open-hearth Steel from, 37
Coal, 62
American, 650
Colliers’ Visions, 544
Copper Combination, The, 417, 443
Position of, 571
Cotton Trade, Threatened Strike in the, 290
County Council Contracts, 115
Defries and Sons, Plant for the Pasteur Filtra¬tion of the Drinking Water on the Oceanic, 368
Darwent Waters, Fight for the, 624
Electric Cabs in Chicago, 520
Lighting and Tramways, 468
Power, Supply of, 342
Railways Conduit, io a Snowstorm, 63
v. Shaft Transmission, 598
Engineers and American Competition, 62
Enginemen’s Dispute in the Midland Coalfield, 241
Engine-room Artificers, 241
Artificers, Entry of, 392
Explosion on Board the Terrible, The, 317
Fire at Elswick, The, 598
French Submarine Boats, 36
Iron and Steel Works Machinery, 166
Trade Discounts, 650 Wages, 342
Libour Conciliation Shelved, 316
Landon Improvements, 598
Machinery Employment and Economical Out¬put, 342
Manchester Ship Canal, The, 63
Miners’ War Chest, The, 442
and the Workmen's Compensation Act, Toe, 290
Monopoly in the United States, A Gigantic, 140
Motor v. Horse Haulage, 89
Oil on Troubled Waters, 37
Open-hearth Steel from Cleveland Iron, 37
Panama and Nicaragua Canals, The, 217
Patent Oppositions, 417
Penn and Sons’ Engineering Works, 63
Plasterers’ “ Lock-out,” The, 241
Retribution! Trade Revival in the United States, 89
Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, The, 114
South Yorkshire Coalfield, Development of, 624
Steamships, Water Supply of, 368
Strike in the Cotton Trade, Threatened, 290
Submarine Cable, A New, 363
Telegraphy, Wireless, 363
Telephone Bill, Government, 624
Textile Machinery Exports, 598
Tin and Copper, 114
Trade Ontlook, The, 520
Wages in the Coalfield, 140
Water Power in Italy, 417
Water Power in the Highlands, 443
Water Supply of Steamships, 368
Weapons, Wonderful, 520
Wireless Telegraphy, 368
Workmen's Compensation Premiums, 650
Yorkshire Coal Trade, The, 368, 599
Leather, Mr. J. P., On Causes and Prevention of Naphthalene Deposits, 594, 623
Lebon, Mons. André, On the Commercial Position of France, 415
Le Chatelier, M. H., On the Mechanism of the Disintegration of Hydraulic Cements, 865
Lee-Metford Cordite Ammunition, Experiments with, 59
Leeds City E'.octrical Tramways, Mr. E. Talbot on, 169

Legal Intelligence:

Cory r. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company, 174
Lambert Bros. w. The Hesperidea Coal Com¬pany, 174
Magnolia Anti-friction Metal Company and Others Sugden and Others, 67
Patent? Who may Oppose a (from a Legal Correspondent), 408
Roots and Voaables v. The Daimler Motor Company, 413
Thornycroft's Patent, 109, 222
Legge, Mr. F. A., On Coal Mines, 580
Leghorn, Patent Fuel in, Use of, 465, 498
Laster, Mr. W. E., On Temporary Works and
Appliances in Harbour Construction, 542
Lethem, Mr. Jas., Smoke-preventing Furnace Door, 297

Letters from Our own Correspondents:

Special Matters of Interest, and Events or Information not belonging to the ordinary Weekly Routine will be found in the “Mis¬cellaneous Index”
Africa, South, Engineering Notes from, 10, 45, 73, 99, 125, 175, 201, 222, 273, 298, 324, 376, 425, 450, 479, 505, 529, 578, 609, 635
America, Engineering News from, 23, 40, 70, 96, 148, 172, 198, 270, 324, 348, 398, 421, 502, 578, 632
America, Notes from, 23. 45, 99, 125, 148, 224, 248, 301, 351, 401, 450, 479, 505, 528, 580, 608, 635, 659
Australia, Notes from 42, 270, 324, 502, 578
England, North of, 21, 43, 71, 97,123, 149, 199, 247, 271, 299, 325, 349, 377, 399. 423, 451, 477, 503, 527, 551, 579, 607, 633, 657
Germany, 23, 44, 72, 98, 124, 150, 174, 200,
248, 272, 300, 326, 350, 378, 4C0, 424, 452, 478, 504, 528, 552, 580, 608, 634, 658
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other Districts, 21, 42, 70, 96, 122, 148, 172, 198, 222, 246 , 271, 299, 325, 348, 376, 398, 422, 450, 476, 502, 527, 550, 578, 606, 633, 656
Japan, 20, 148, 270, 421
Lancashire, 21, 42, 71, 96, 122, 148, 173, 198, 222, 246, 271, 299, 325, 349, 376, 398, 423, 476, 503, 527, 551, 578, 607, 633, 657
Newport Harbour Commissioners’ Weekly
Trade Report, 23, 44, 72, 98, 124, 150, 174, 200, 224, 248, 272, 300, 350, 378, 400, 424, 478, 504, 552, 580, 608, 634, 658
Scotland, 23, 44, 72, 98, 123, 149, 173, 199, 224 , 247, 272, 300, 326, 350, 378, 399, 424, 452, 478, 504, 528, 552, 579, 608, 634, 658
Sheffield, 21, 43, 71. 97, 123, 149, 173, 199, 223, 247, 271, 299, 325, 349, 377, 399, 423, 451, 477, 503, 527, 551, 579, 607, 633, 657
Wales and Adjoining Counties, 23, 44, 72, 98, 124, 150, 174, 200, 224, 248, 272, 300, 326, 350, 378, 400, 421, 452, 478, 504 , 528, 552,
580, 608, 631, 658

Letters to the Editor:

Acetylene r. Coal Gas, Edw. A. Harman, 373
Gas Engines, Anthony G. New, 169
Gas Engines, Fred. Grover, 169
American Competition, Geo. N. Barnes, 499
Competition, British Locomotive, 603
Competition, Vigilans, 29
Locomotives, E. E. Russell Tratman, 603
Machine Tools, British and (see Ma¬chine Tools, British and Ameri¬can)
Trade Invasion, Civil Engineer, 435
Trade Invasion, D., 474
Trade Invasion, Experience, 409
Trade Invasion, A Manager, 135
Trade Invasion, Steel, 409
Atbara Bridge, The, W. H. Thorpe, 632
Bridge and Standardisation, The, Alf. D. Ottewell, 395
Automobile Club, Forthcoming Tour of the, A Member, 296
Barking Explosion, Jas. Gibb and Co., 118
Beams, Problem in the Theory of, H. A. Garratt, 653
Beams, Problem in the Theory of the, Search¬light, 632
Boilers, Circulation in, Ch. Bellens, 169
Explosions, Phenomena of, Henry Woolford, 67
Water-tube A. G. Greenhill, 632
Water-tube Conrad Kuap, 603
Water-tube, Chas. II. Wilson, 632
Bridge, The Atbara, W. H. Thorpe, 682
British and American Machine Tools (see Ma¬chine Tools, British and American)
Bulkheads, Testing, U. S., 67
Collision Mats, Collision Mat, 195
Cooled Bars, Transference of Heat in (see Heat in Cooled Bars, &c.)
Cornish Engines, High-pressure, Jebus Bickle, jun. (see page 471), 513, 656
Engines, High-pressure, Hy. Davey, 575
Crank Pinning a Crank Shaft, J. Jamison, 312
Shafts, Turning, Notlimah, 373
Cruiser, A Model, Arthur J. Lucy, 395
Dockyard Fitter Apprentices, Justice, 312
Fitter Apprentices, Teacher, 345
Fitter Apprentices, Workman, 395
Driving Wheels, Largest, D. W., 118
Earth's Crust, Rigidity, Thickness, and Sta¬bility of, W. Worby Beaumont, 409
Earthwork Quantities, Diagrams for (with refer¬ence to page 368),
A. H. Roberts, 409
Economy Test of a Unique Form of Feed Pamp (with reference to page 345), G. and J. Weir, Limited, 474
Economy Test of a Unique Form of Feed Pump, F. Meriam Wheeler, 345
Engineers in the United States Navy, R. N., 237
Engine, High-pressure Cornish, Jnbus Bick'e, 656
English v. American Bridges, In thj Dark, 498
and American Workmen, C. E., 656
and American Workmen, English, 656
Evaporative Condensers, Harry Fraser, 498
Condensers, Harry G. V. Oldham, 498
Condensers (see page 498), H. B. Spencer, 513
Explosives, Permitted (with reference to page 503),
Donald M. D. Stuart, 513
Safety, Donald M. D. Stuart, 631
Feed Tump, Economy Test of a Unique Form of, R. R.. 209
Test of a Unique Form of, Blake and Knowles S. P. Works, Limited, 169
Test of a Unique Form of, G. and J. Weir, Limited, 169
Ferranti Valve Gear, The, Jas. Dunlop, 512
Fitter Students, Workman, 395
Fly-wheels, Bursting of, Geo. T. Pardoe, 29
Foul Gas in Sswers, J. Corbett, 244
Fuel, Petroleum, J. J. Kermode, 656
Fulda, Loss of the, Hy. A. Dibdin, 547
Gas Traction on Tramways, Percy Holyoake, 632
Gas Traction on Tramways, J. E. Weyman, 656
Government Abuses in Cape Colony, Wro.Thos. Olive, 603
Great Western Train Services, Traveller (with reference to page 405), 435
Heat in Cooled Bars, Transference of, A. H., 29
Heat, Transfer of, Geo. Halliday, 512
Hofors Plant, Francis J. Platt, 29
Home and Foreign Locomotives, Locomotive Builders, 603
Hydraulic Press Problem, Thos. Alston, 244
Press Problem, W. A. S. B., 244
Press Problem, John Batey, 244
Press Problem, W. Payton, 244
Press Problem, Puzzled, 209
Presses, Problem in, H. C. J., 195
Inclines, Self-acting, Wm. M. Fisher, 296
Indicating Engines, Reducing Appliance for, Wm. Harrison Barwell, 547
Institu tion of Civil Engineers, Entrance Examina¬tion, Maurice F. Fitzgerald, 118
Institution of Ci vil Engineers, Entrance Examina¬tion, Laudator Temporis Acti, 32
Japan, Foreign Patents in, W. Silver Hall, 195
Foreign Capital in, Your Tokyo Corre¬spondent (with reference to page 102), 409
Joining Machine Belts, John .Jas. Davey, 239
Liquid Air Problem, The, W. Fisher, 345, 394, 435, 498, 547
Air Problem, The, W. Hampson, 372, 408, 474, 513
Air Problem, The, Alf. Hartley, 373
Air Problem, The, W. Muir, 474
Air Problem, The, F. T. M., 513
Air Problem, The, Edgar C. Thrupp, 512
Locomotives, American, E. E. Russell Tratman, 603
Building in Great Britain, Another English Engineer, 653
Home and Foreign, Locomotive Builder, 603
Types of 1898, Norman D. Mac¬donald, 32
Machine Tools, British and American, Anglo- Saxon, 29
Tools, British and American, Alfred Herbert, 67
Tools, British and American, R. B. Hodgson, 67
Tools, British and American, Strand, 209
Tools, British and American, Theta, 29
Tools. British and American, J. Tylor and Sons, Limited, 209
Tools, British and American, Jas. Vose, 66
Tools, British and American, Webster and Bennett, 29
Micro-structure of Steel, John Placo, 195
Midland Railway Locomotives, A Midland Shareholder, 296
Motor Car, From Olney to Newport Pagnell by, J. A. Reid, 195
Municipal Tyranny, An Engineer, 373
Naval Boiler of the Future, Lnftus P. Perkins, 409
Boiler of the Future, G. D. Scott, 547
Boiler of the Future, G. F. G. des Vignes, 499
Engineers, A Naval Engineer, 10
Efficiency, X., 575, 603 Efficiency, X2, 603
Engineers, Position of, Chief Engineer R.N.,80
Engineers, Position of, Chief Engineer R.N. Secundus, 118
Engineers, Position of, Fleet Engineer, 80
Engineers. Position of, Staff Engineer, R.N., 209
Engineers, Position of, C. A. S., 244
Engineers, Position of, Superintending Engineer, 195
Fitter Students in the, Q. E. D., 296
Fitter Students in the, Teacher, 296
Niclausse Boiler and the American Navy, Willans and Robinson, Limited, 195
Oil Engine for Motor Cars, The Writer of the Article, 118
Ordnance Factories, M.I. and S. Inst., 28
Maps, Engineer, 244
Maps, Edw. Stanford, 267
Patent Fuel at Leghorn, Geo. Henderson, 498
Office Library, The, John B. C. Ker¬shaw, 10
Peace, Universal, A. C. Wilson, 547
Petroleum Fuel, J. J. Kermode, 656
Pig Iron, Position of, Walter J. May, 409
Pneumatic Despatch, Robt. T. Napier, 209
Portland Cement and Trass, Geo. T. Pardoe, 547
Pressure, A Question of, Aquarius, 267
Problem in the Theory of Beams, H. A. Garratt, 653
Professors as Consulting Engineers, Search¬light, 244
as Consulting Engineers, Past Stu¬dent, 296
Protection of Inventions and Trade Marks in Ex-Spanish Colonies, Reginald W. Barker, 498
Pumps, Feed, Efficiency of (with reference to p. 40), R. R., 118
Test of a Unique Form of, Blake and Knowles’ S.P. Works, Ltd., J. Arthur Reavell, 118
Quadrature of the Circle, &c., Edw. Crossley, 209
of the Circle, &c., (with reference to p. 209), Cecil T. Poole, 435
Railway Race, American, John Batey, 67
Reducing Appliance for Indicating Engines, Wm. Harrison Dibdin, 547
Rotation, Problem in, Curler, 169
Safety Explosives, Donald M. D. Stuart, 632
Sanitary Safety, Chas. E. Gritton, 312
Scandalous Document, A (relative to a Fire-6oat required by the Metropolitan Fire Bri¬gade), Engineer, 513
Sea Coast Protection, E. T. Beard, 474
Coast Protection, A. Dowson, 603
Coast Protection. Rich. F. Grantham, 395
Sewage Analysis, Frank Scudder, 632
Analysis, J. A. Wanklyn and W. I. Analysis, J. Alfred Wanklyn, 656
Sheffield, Derby, and Leicester Water Scheme, Ross, 28
Singular Railway Experiment (see p. 483) Perry F. Nureey, 513
Six-wheeled Vehicles, Alf. J. Allen, 245
Standard Bridge Work, B. R., 408
Standardising of Light Railways, Frederick Shelford, 656
Steamships, Old, Enquirer, 409
Submarine Boats, P. Walter d'Alton, 118
Technical Education, A. M. I. Meeh. E., 194
Thermo-electric Combination (see page 438), W. F. Barrett, 513
Trade in the Soudan, Benjamin T. King, 296
Train Resistance, R. H. Crookes, 29
Resistance, R. M. Deeley, 28 Resistance, Locomotive, 67
Resistance, Chas. T. Thornton, 195
Tramways in East London, South Africa, One of the Engineers, 632
Transference of Heat in Cooled Bars—see Heat in Cooled Bare, &c.
Turret Lathes, G. M. Griffiths, 812
United States Patents, Arthur H. Stanley, 118
States Patents, J. Wetter, 118
States Patents, A. X. Y., 80
Ventilation, Alfred J. Allen, 474, 499
Water Power, Utilisation of, Geo.T. Pardoe, 194
Water-raising Wheels for Syria, Raghib Raif, 498
Wireless Telegraphy (with reference to p. 395) Atfbjp, 435
Wireless Telegraphy, Chaos, 395, 498
Lewes, Professor V. B., Incandescent Mantles, 457
Lewis, Mr. G. P., Modern Systems of Retort Heating, 457
L9wis, Professor Hy., On Pit Props, 212
Lewis, Sir W. T., Further Honours to, and his Resignation, 580, 658
Lift, Canadian Hydraulic Canal, 529
Lifts, Electric, for the Brighton Eiffel Tower, 3, 4, 5, 12
Lighthouse at Barn Noes, A New, 119
Lighthouses, Gas Engines and, 68
Lighting of the Eastern Entrance to the English
Channel, Improvements under Consideration, 577
Light Railways, see Railways, Light, and Tram¬ways
Lignite Coal, Production of, in Germany, 262
Lime Mortar, Strength of, 55
Linde System, Marine Refrigerator, 65, 66
Liquid Air, Commercial Production of, in New York, 655
Explosive Power of Cotton Saturated with, 655
at Lowest Temperature, One Gallon of, Equals a Ton of Ice for Refri¬gerating Purposes, 33
Problem, The, 345, 372, 373, 394, 408, 435, 474, 498, 512, 513
Fuel, 528
for Boilers, 169 Crueible Furnace, 168
Hydrogen, On the Boiling Point of, 365
Professor Dewar on the Pro¬perties of, 439
The Motion of a, 166

Literature:

Algebra, Tutorial, Based on the Algebra of Radhakrishman, Part II., by Wm. Briggs and G. H. Bryan, 115
l’Aluminio, by Dr. C. Formenti, 63
Attraction, Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of, by F. A. Tarleton, 334
Boilers, Marine, Their Construction and Work¬ing, dealing more especially with Tubulous Boilers, by L. E. Bertin, 141, 191
Coal Mioing and the Coal Trade, Annals of In¬vention of the Steam Engine and the Origin of the Railway, by Robt. L. Galloway, 369
Commercial Travelling in South America, by W. E. Torrens, 217
Cycles of Gas and Oil Engines, by Jas. Roots, 63
Dynamics, Introduction to the Science of, D. H. Marshall, 115
Dynamos, Continuous-current, by J. Fisher- Hinnen, 417
Earthwork Quantities, Diagrams for the Graphic Calculation of (referred to page 409), by Alf. Hy. Roberts, 368
Engineering, Sanitary, by Mansfield Merriman,
Engineering Works, Commercial Management of, by Francis G. Burton, 250
Gasmachine, ihre Entwickelung, ihre heutige Bauart und ihr Kriegsprocess, by R. Schottler, 583
Geology, Applied, by I. V. Elsden, Part L, pp. 95 ; Part II , pp. 250, 534
Germany, Commercial, Industrial, Maritime, and Traffic Interests in, Report on the Development of, Mr. Gastrell, 290
Institution of Civil Engineers, Minutes of Proceedings, Vols. cxxxi. to cxxxiv., 255
Kalkulos sobre las Kaflerias de Agua, Por A. E. Salazar, 317
Labour Statistics of the United Kingdom, Abstract of the, 384
Light Railways at Home and Abroad, by Wm. Hy. Cole, 559
Locomotive Engineering, Manual of, by Wm. F. Pettigrew, with a Section on American and Continental Engines, by A. F. Ravensheart, 469, 510
London Water Supply, by Arthur Shadwell, 510
Metallurgy, Handbook of, by Dr. Carl Schnabel, 290
Microscopy of Drinking Water, by Geo. Chandler Whipple, 334
Naval Annual, The, by T. A. Brassey, 495, 639
Naval Architecture, Text-book of Theoretical, by E. L. Attwood, 369
Retrospect of Eight Decades,'by the Rev. Edw. Lyon Berthon, 317
Sanitary Engineering, Elements of, hy Mans¬field Merriman, 334
Sanitary Engineering, Practical Treatise on the Collection, Removal, and Disposal of Sewage, &c., by Col. E. C. S. Moore, 384
Scaricamento nei Porti, Nuovi Tipi di, by E. Burgali and P. Lanino, 115
Seismology, by John Milne, 37, 89
Sswage Analysis, Practical Treatise on the
Examination of Sewage and Effluents from Sewage, by J. A. Wanklyn and Wm. J. Cooper, 559
Sewage, Purification of, by Sidney Barwis9, 158
Ships, All the World’s Fighting, by F. T. Jane, 533
Spherical Trigonometry, by W. W. Lane, 317
Steinbruchindustrie und Steinbrucbgeologie
unter eingehender Beriicksichtigung der £ Steinindustrie des Kbnigreiches Sachens, von r S. D. Hermann, 533
Telegraphy, by W. H. Preece and J. E. Sieve- wright, 389
Testing of Materials of Construction, by Wm. Cawthorne Unwin, 141
Water Microscopy of Drinking, by George Chandler Whipple, 334
Witwatersrand Goldfields, Banket and Mining Practice, by T. J. Truscott 158

Literature: Short Notices:

Air Brake Catechism, Up to Date, by Robt. H. Blackall, 291
Auto-motor and Horseless Vehicle Pocket-book of Automotive Formula) and Commercial Intelligence for 1899, 63
Bath Road Map; Map of the Road from London to Bath and Bristol, compiled by H. R. G. ! Inglis, 625
Bridges and Framed Structures. A Monthly Illustrated Magazine, 435
Builders’ Price Book for 1899, Laxton’s, 191
Builders’ Where is it ? The ; G. M. Callender and Co., 625
Conflagrations duriog the Last Ten Years ; Paper read before the Insurance Institute of Manchester, by Chas. E. Goad, 495
Cyclists’ Indispensable Hand-book and Year¬book for 1899, 317
Cyclists’ Touring Club Gazette, The, 37
Cyprus, and Rambles in the Island, Develop¬ment of, by CoL Fyler, 384
Drainage Inspection and Sanitary Surveys, Modem, by Gerard J. G. Jensen, 369
Electric Railroad List of the World, containing also Cable and Horse Railroads, January to March, 1899, Published Quarterly, 256
Electriciens, Socictc Internationale des, Excur¬sion Electrotechnique en Suisse, par les Elcves de l’Ecolo Supérieure d’Electricité, 369
Electrolysis and Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds, by Dr. Walther Löb, 334
Engineering Laboratories, Table and Data for the Use of Students in, also for Class and Home Work Exercises, W. W. F. Pullen, 625
Engineer’s Year-book of Formula:, Rules,
Tables, Data, and Memoranda in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Marine, and Mine
Engineering, by H. R. Kempe, 191
English-Spanish Conversation Dictionary, with Spanish-English Vocabulary and Grammatical Appendix, by R. Jiischke, 334
Export Merchant Shippers’ Directory for 1899, 256
Every Man his Own Lawyer, Handy Book of the Principles of Law and Equity, by a Bar¬rister, 89
Funafuti, or Three Months on a Coral Island, Mrs. Edgeworth David, 291
Labour Protection Association, Report of Proceedings during 1898, 115
Lean’s Royal Navy List, No. 86, by Lieut.-Col. F. Lean, 443
Literature, A Contents-Subject Index to Gene- 1 ral and Periodical, 418
Locomotives, Simple and Compound, London and North-Western, by S. Cotterell and G. H. Wilkinson, 384
Maps compiled by H. R. G. Inglis, The Ripley Road and Brighton Road, Southampton and i New Forest Road, the Bath Road, from London to Bath and Bristol, 625
Mechanical Engineers' Handy Office Companion, by Robt. Edwards, 141
Metal-plate Work, its Patterns and their Geometry, C. T. Mills, 625
Metal Work, Advanced, in Three Parts; Part I., the Speed Lathe, by Alf. G. Compton and J. H. de Groodt, 291
Money, Weights and Measures of the Chief Commercial Nations in the World, with the British Equivalents, W. A. Browne, 115
Ocean Rainfall hy Rain-gauge, Observations at Sea, General and Special Oceans, by W. G. Black, 443
Patent Agents, 1898, Transactions of the Society of, 495
Picketing, Law Relating to, as laid down by recent Judgments, 115
Printers’ Yearbook and Diary for 1899, 115
Ripley Road Map and Brighton Road Map, by H. R. G. Inglis, 625
Sawmill and Wood - converting Machinery, Handbook of, by M. Powis Bale, 443
Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, Year-book of, 625
Sell's Directory of Registered Telegraphic Ad¬dresses, 115
Sewage Disposal Works, Description of Various, by R. 0. Wynne, 191
Slide Rule : A Practical Manual, by Chas. N. Pickworth, 369
Slide Valve Simply Explained: Elementary Treatise for Engineering Students, W. J. Tennant, 511
Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the, 37, 369
Southampton and New Forest Road Map; Map of the Road from London to Southamp¬ton and Bournemouth, Ac., compiled by H. R. G. Inglis, 625
Strength and Decay of Nations, I., Forestry; II., British Forestry, by Giles A. Daubeney, 369
Testing of Materials of Construction, The, by Wm. Cawthorne Unwin, 141
'Timber Measurer and Builders' Tables, Haworth’s, 384
“ Times ” Index, Bailey’s, 1899, 191
Trade Unions in 1897, Report by the Chief
Labour Correspondent of the Board of Trade, 63
Tutorial Dynamics, by Wm. Briggs and G. H. Bryan, 191
Universal Directory (J. A. Berly’s), Record of all Industries connected with Electricity and Magnetism, 256
Water Discharge in Pipes for Water and Power Supplies; Tables fcr Calculating, by A. E. Silk, 291
Wiring of Buildings, The Internal, by H. M. Leaf, 291
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., Journal of the, Vol. it, 443
Littlewood, Mr. T. H., On the Volume Changes which accompany Solution, 119
Liverpool, Geological Map of, 377
Livesey, Mr. Frank, 439
Livingston, Mr. H. J., his Treatment of Portland Cement, 337
Llandrindod Wells, 371
Llanelly Harbour and Pontardulais Railway Bill thrown out, 478
Locomotive, Types of, 1898, 32

Locomotives — Railways, Rolling: Stock, Material, and Permanent Way

Lodge, Dr. Oliver, Banquet to, 245
Magnetic Space Telegraphy, 120, 170, 197, 375
Lodz, Cotton-spinning Mills at, 465
Electric Tramway at, 465
Weaving Machinery, Opening for a British Firm to Start, 470
Lomax, Mr. James, On Fossil Coal Plants, 595
Lombardy, Trade and Agriculture of, 491
London to Brighton in an Hour, Mr. Chas. Rous-Marten, 75
County Council and Engineering Con¬tracts, 327
Electric Cabs, Improvement in, 577
Lighting of, 642
Supply Corporation, Central Station, Engines and Alter¬nator (Supplement, April 21it, 1899), 385
Geological Field Class, Saturday After¬noon Excursions of the, 365
Health Department of the City of, 371
Improvements, 598
Letter.” The, 338, 439
Water Bill, Second Reading Deferred, 287
Supply, 77, 187, 283, 287, 310, 386, 387, 413, 486
Monthly Report, 413
Report of the Water Examiner, 387
Scheme, The Welsh, 187
Longden, Mr. J. A., Presidential Address, 534
Louis, Prof. Hy., Swedish Miners’ Dipping Com¬pass, 461
Lubricator, A New, 578
Lucifer Matches in the Making of which Yellow Phosphorus is employed, forbidden in Switzer¬land, 594
Lurry, Steam, at the Maidstone Show, 618
Lyall’s Water-tube Boiler, 496
Lynch, Stoker, Monetary Compensation to his Relatives, 395
Lyne, Mr. John, On the Regenerative System for Small Gasworks, 627
Lyster, Mr. A. G., On Sand Pump Dredgers, 584
Lyster, Mr. George Fosbery, 497

M

MeCURRICH, Mr. J. M.,59
Machine Belts, Joining, 209
Riveting in Shipbuilding, 305
Tools, 189, 2C9
Mr. C. E. Amos, 372
Atlas Engineering Company’s Improvements in, 423
Messrs. Geo. Birch and Co., 349
British and American, 29, 66, 67, 80, 209, 230
Industry of Johnstone, The, 32
Large Snont Boring Machine, 279
Modern, Mr. Joseph Shepherd on, 292
New, Messrs. Craven Bros., 134, 135
with Special Reference to American and German Practice as compared with English, Mr. A. Greenwood on, 613
Machinery, American Mining, in favour in South Africa, 298
Employment and Economical Output,
Machinery Engineers and Machinists generally of the same Nationality as the Ma¬chinery they are in charge of, 517
Mackinder, Mr, H. J., Lectures on the Geo¬graphy of certain Great Railways, 213
McPhail and Simpson, Messrs., Feed-water Heater, 605
Maginnis, Mr. A. J., On Graving-dock Blocks and Appliances, 641
Magnetic Induction at a Point Outside, Mr. C. S. Whitehead, 412
in a Long Iron Bar, Distri¬bution of, 655
Registers at Greenwich Observatory, Protection of, from the Effect of Electric Traction in the Neighbour¬hood, 595
Space Telegraphy, Improvements in, 120, 170, 197
Dr. Oliver Lodge on, 120,170
Magnetism, Prof. J. A. Ewing on, 384
Mail Contract, The New South African, 505
Service to Newfoundland, Fortnightly, 865
Malt Crusher at the Maidstone Show, 619
Manchester Sewage Scheme, Mr. Latham's
Report on the Cost, 213
Ship Canal, The, 63. 187, 213
The Largest Cargo of Cotton ever brought in one Ship, Piloted up the, 213
Company, Proposed Loan of a Quarter of a Million to, 213
Traffic on, 187 and Telephones, 457
Water Supply, 59
Manganese Ore in Brazil, Mining of, 595
in the Rhonda District, A New
Mine of, 365
Manning, Mr. W. T., Permanent Way, 253
Mans, The Bridge of, 222
Mansel, Mr. Robt., Discussion of the Mechanical Theory of Steamship Propulsion, 130
Map of the County of London published by tho “ Builder,” 11
of Liverpool, A Geological, 377
of Long Island Steamer Routes, 48
Ordnance, 267
of Swedish Iron Ore Districts, 25
Marconi, Signor, Experiments with Ethereal
Telegraphy with Mail Boats Crossing the Channel, 413
On Wireless Telegraphy, 237
Marine Notes, U.S.A., 172, 348
Marshall, Mr. F. D., Presidential Address, 457
Martin, Mr. Edwin Lewis, Swift Passenger
Steamers of Moderate Size, 566, 583
Earle and Co., Ltd., Cement Works of, 644
Mr. H. W., On Modern Improvements in Coal Mining, 586
Horseshoe Co., Ltd., Projected Works in Darlington, 399
Massey, Messrs. B. and S., Steam Hammers and Steam Stamps. 325
Matches, Japanese and Swedish, in India and China, 187
Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Messrs., Engines of H.M.’s First-class Cruiser Spartiate (Supple¬ment, April 7th, 1899), 332, 333 , 336
Mauritius Water Supply, 59
Mavor Mr. H. A., On Electric Power in Factories, 111
Measure of Horse-power, The, 227
Meat Trade, FrczeD, 659
Mechanical Engineering and Modern Shipbuild¬ing, Connection between, Sir W. White on, 434, 441, 475
Mechanics, The Teaching of, 264
Meerut Rifle Meeting, Experiments with Lee-Metford Cordite and other Ammunition, 59
Mellisb, Mr. H., On Soil Temperature, 390
Melville, Commodore Geo. W., Logical Arrange¬ment of the Motive Power of Warships, 285, 308, 320
Melville, Commodore Geo. W., On the Machinery of the U.S. Navy, 113
Melville, Commodore Geo. W., His Plan for Test¬ing Artie Currents, 337
Menai Suspension Bridge, Offer to Sell, 193
Menzies and Co., Messrs., Extension of their Business Premises, 577
Merryweather and Sons, A Silent Steam Pump, 630
Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, New Graving Docks to be constructed, 213
Metal, “Elio,” 396
and Engineering Industries, The Swiss, 406
Industry of the Ural Mountains and South Russia, 630
and Machinery Imports of China and Japan, 431
Samples for Analysis, M. Ad. Carnot’s Directions as to taking, 621
Strained beyond their Elastic Limits, Photographs exhibiting, 438
Meteorological Forecasts for 1898, Results of, 365 Organisations, Government, Mr.
F. C. Bayard on, 85
Meters, Electric, Prof. Ayrton on, 611
Metric System once more, The, 367
Metrical System of Weights and Measures, Mr.
Consul Robinson Advises its Adoption in England, 577
Metropolitan Sewage Works, Barking, 556
Michelson-Echelon Grating Spectroscope, The, Micro-structure of Steel, 160, 166, 195
Micrometer Gauge, Differential, 438, 525
Middlesbrough Corporation, Electric Light Instal¬lation Scheme, 300
Electric Lighting, 136
Middleton, Mr. R. E., on the Welsh Water-supply Scheme for Londen, 187
Midlands and the Bristol Channel, The, 644
Millar, Mr. H. A., Feed-water Heater for, 500
Milling and Profiling Machine, Duplex Vertical, Messrs. Cunliffe and Croom, 398
Mill, Steam Stamp, 40
Milnes and Co., Messrs. G. F., Erection of Extensive Electric Workshops in Shropshire, 198
Milton, Mr. J. T., Steam Pipes, 294
on Water-tube Boilers, 263, 269
Milwaukee Rail-joint and Welding Company, Cast Welded Joint, 212
Mine Locomotives, Compressed Air, 79
Mine Managers in the Transvaal, Examinations of, 505
Tools for South Africa, Want of, 175
Mechanical Ventilators for, 599
Pnenmatophors for, 503
The Royal School of, 111
Miners’ Federations, The, 62
Safety Lamp, Howat’s Patent, 499
Strike in Belgium, 399
War Chest, The, 442
Workmen's Compensation Act and the, 290
Minerals, Mr. H. T. Hildage on Prospecting for, 349
Economy in Handling and Transport of, Mr. C. de Neuville Forman, 613
Oils, Mr. B. Holgate on, 146
Mining Apparatus, Wood’s Steam Stamp Mill, in Australia, Cheap Quartz, 145
Coal, Modern Improvements in, Mr. H. W. Martin on, 586
Engineering on the Witwatersrand, 529
Gold, Notes on. 586
Gold, Mr. J. H. Hammond on Modern Practice in, 586
Machinery, American, for South Africa. 175, 298
of Manganese Ore in Brazil, 595
Purposes, Comparative Advantages of
Electricity, Steam, and Compressed Air for, 641
in South Africa, 125, 175, 222, 298, 324, 376, 529
in South Africa, Demand for Machine Tools, 324
in the Transvaal, 1898, 125
in the Transvaal, Extension and Sanitation of Mines, 376
in the Transvaal, Increased Depth of Working, 222
Models in Engineering, Use of, 181
Mole at Ancona, The New, 337
Monopoly, A Gigantic, 140
Montauk Electric Cable, 575
Moorland Waters, Mr. W. Ackroyd on, 542
Morris and Sons, Messrs. John S., Anti-incrusta¬tion Composition for Boilers, 399
Morrison and Mason, Messrs., New Glasgow Bridge, 539, 540, 541
Mort’8 Dock and Engineering Company, Sydney, Enlargement and Reconstruction of, 270
Mortar-lime, its Strength, 55
Motion of a Perfect Liquid, Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw on the, 548

Motor Cars:

Motor Car Accumulators, Competition in Paris for, 33
Lecture, Mr. J. S. Critchley’s, 258
Notes, 386
Oil Engine for, 1, 47, 75, 101, 118, 127,145
from Olney to Newport Pagnell by,
Trials, Liverpool, 169, 424
Trials in Paris, 592
Carriages Exported from France in 1898, 340
Licensing of Drivers of, Bill for, Introduced in the New York Assembly, 387
Cycle Race at Crystal Palace, 464
Electric Induction, Professor C. A. Carus Wilson on the, 444
Electric Lift, Brighton Tower, 5
Enclosed Type, 170
Gear Machine, 117 v. Horse Haulage, 89, 90
Launch, 316
Mechanical, “Compagnie Générale des
Omnibus,” Paris, Four Types, 595 A Static, 237
Vehicle Design, Some New Features in,
Mr. Thos. H. Parker on, 269
Vehicles for Heavy Roads, 211, 212
Wagonette, Accident to a Daimler, 213
Wagons r. Horse Haulage, 90

Motor Vehicles, Electric:

Automobile Club Show, The, 627
Electric Cabs, Chicago, 520
Cab, The Krieger, 64
Cabs, London, 524, 577
Cabs, Use of, in Connection with the Röntgen Rays, 465
Motor Car for the Parisian Fire Bri¬gades, 439
Motor Car Run, A Long, 595
Motor Carriage, Mr. Lanchester, 256
Motor Truck for Freight Work, Fischer Equipment Company, Chicago, 517
Motor Vehicle, New Field of Useful¬ness for, 337
Motor Vehicles at the Automobile Club Show, 627

Motor Vehicles with Oil Engines:

1, 47, 75, 101, 118, 120, 127
Oil Motor Car, Accident at Newbridge Hollow, 621
Motor Car, The Koch, 120
Motor Carriage, The Daimler Two-seated, 627
Motor Vehicles at the Automobile Club Show, 627
Motor Wagon, The Cannstadt - Daimler, 627

Motor Vehicles, Steam:

Motor Car Steam Generator, 91
Omnibus for the Mediterranean Littoral, 237
Moving Houses, New York, 96
Muir, Mr. Jas., On the Recovery of Iron from Overstrain, 420
Mungsten, Viaduct of, 57
Municipal Engineers, Duties and Compensations of, 133
Trading, 239
Trading, Employers’ Parliamentary Council’s Leaflet on, 491
Tyranny, 373
Murray, Sir John, On the Temperature over the Floor of the Ocean, 387

@@ Line 2,558: / Line 2,558: @@
 *Modern, Mr. Joseph Shepherd on, 292
 *New, Messrs. Craven Bros., 134, 135
-*with Special Reference to Ameri¬can and German Practice as compared with English, Mr. A. Greenwood on, 613
+*with Special Reference to American and German Practice as compared with English, Mr. A. Greenwood on, 613
 *Machinery, American Mining, in favour in South Africa, 298
 *Employment and Economical Output,
+*Machinery Engineers and Machinists generally of the same Nationality as the Ma¬chinery they are in charge of, 517
+*Mackinder, Mr, H. J., Lectures on the Geo¬graphy of certain Great Railways, 213
+*McPhail and Simpson, Messrs., Feed-water Heater, 605
+*Maginnis, Mr. A. J., On Graving-dock Blocks and Appliances, 641
+*Magnetic Induction at a Point Outside, Mr. C. S. Whitehead, 412
+*in a Long Iron Bar, Distri¬bution of, 655
+*Registers at Greenwich Observatory, Protection of, from the Effect of Electric Traction in the Neighbour¬hood, 595
+*Space Telegraphy, Improvements in, 120, 170, 197
+*Dr. Oliver Lodge on, 120,170
+*Magnetism, Prof. J. A. Ewing on, 384
+*Mail Contract, The New South African, 505
+*Service to Newfoundland, Fortnightly, 865
+*Malt Crusher at the Maidstone Show, 619
+*Manchester Sewage Scheme, Mr. Latham's
+*Report on the Cost, 213
+*Ship Canal, The, 63. 187, 213
+*The Largest Cargo of Cotton ever brought in one Ship, Piloted up the, 213
+*Company, Proposed Loan of a Quarter of a Million to, 213
+*Traffic on, 187 and Telephones, 457
+*Water Supply, 59
+*Manganese Ore in Brazil, Mining of, 595
+*in the Rhonda District, A New
+*Mine of, 365
+*Manning, Mr. W. T., Permanent Way, 253
+*Mans, The Bridge of, 222
+*Mansel, Mr. Robt., Discussion of the Mechanical Theory of Steamship Propulsion, 130
+*Map of the County of London published by tho “ Builder,” 11
+*of Liverpool, A Geological, 377
+*of Long Island Steamer Routes, 48
+*Ordnance, 267
+*of Swedish Iron Ore Districts, 25
+*Marconi, Signor, Experiments with Ethereal
+*Telegraphy with Mail Boats Crossing the Channel, 413
+*On Wireless Telegraphy, 237
+*Marine Notes, U.S.A., 172, 348
+*Marshall, Mr. F. D., Presidential Address, 457
+*Martin, Mr. Edwin Lewis, Swift Passenger
+*Steamers of Moderate Size, 566, 583
+*Earle and Co., Ltd., Cement Works of, 644
+*Mr. H. W., On Modern Improvements in Coal Mining, 586
+*Horseshoe Co., Ltd., Projected Works in Darlington, 399
+*Massey, Messrs. B. and S., Steam Hammers and Steam Stamps. 325
+*Matches, Japanese and Swedish, in India and China, 187
+*Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Messrs., Engines of H.M.’s First-class Cruiser Spartiate (Supple¬ment, April 7th, 1899), 332, 333 , 336
+*Mauritius Water Supply, 59
+*Mavor Mr. H. A., On Electric Power in Factories, 111
+*Measure of Horse-power, The, 227
+*Meat Trade, FrczeD, 659
+*Mechanical Engineering and Modern Shipbuild¬ing, Connection between, Sir W. White on, 434, 441, 475
+*Mechanics, The Teaching of, 264
+*Meerut Rifle Meeting, Experiments with Lee-Metford Cordite and other Ammunition, 59
+*Mellisb, Mr. H., On Soil Temperature, 390
+*Melville, Commodore Geo. W., Logical Arrange¬ment of the Motive Power of Warships, 285, 308, 320
+*Melville, Commodore Geo. W., On the Machinery of the U.S. Navy, 113
+*Melville, Commodore Geo. W., His Plan for Test¬ing Artie Currents, 337
+*Menai Suspension Bridge, Offer to Sell, 193
+*Menzies and Co., Messrs., Extension of their Business Premises, 577
+*Merryweather and Sons, A Silent Steam Pump, 630
+*Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, New Graving Docks to be constructed, 213
+*Metal, “Elio,” 396
+*and Engineering Industries, The Swiss, 406
+*Industry of the Ural Mountains and South Russia, 630
+*and Machinery Imports of China and Japan, 431
+*Samples for Analysis, M. Ad. Carnot’s Directions as to taking, 621
+*Strained beyond their Elastic Limits, Photographs exhibiting, 438
+*Meteorological Forecasts for 1898, Results of, 365 Organisations, Government, Mr.
+*F. C. Bayard on, 85
+*Meters, Electric, Prof. Ayrton on, 611
+*Metric System once more, The, 367
+*Metrical System of Weights and Measures, Mr.
+*Consul Robinson Advises its Adoption in England, 577
+*Metropolitan Sewage Works, Barking, 556
+*Michelson-Echelon Grating Spectroscope, The, Micro-structure of Steel, 160, 166, 195
+*Micrometer Gauge, Differential, 438, 525
+*Middlesbrough Corporation, Electric Light Instal¬lation Scheme, 300
+*Electric Lighting, 136
+*Middleton, Mr. R. E., on the Welsh Water-supply Scheme for Londen, 187
+*Midlands and the Bristol Channel, The, 644
+*Millar, Mr. H. A., Feed-water Heater for, 500
+*Milling and Profiling Machine, Duplex Vertical, Messrs. Cunliffe and Croom, 398
+*Mill, Steam Stamp, 40
+*Milnes and Co., Messrs. G. F., Erection of Extensive Electric Workshops in Shropshire, 198
+*Milton, Mr. J. T., Steam Pipes, 294
+*on Water-tube Boilers, 263, 269
+*Milwaukee Rail-joint and Welding Company, Cast Welded Joint, 212
+*Mine Locomotives, Compressed Air, 79
+*Mine Managers in the Transvaal, Examinations of, 505
+*Tools for South Africa, Want of, 175
+*Mechanical Ventilators for, 599
+*Pnenmatophors for, 503
+*The Royal School of, 111
+*Miners’ Federations, The, 62
+*Safety Lamp, Howat’s Patent, 499
+*Strike in Belgium, 399
+*War Chest, The, 442
+*Workmen's Compensation Act and the, 290
+*Minerals, Mr. H. T. Hildage on Prospecting for, 349
+*Economy in Handling and Transport of, Mr. C. de Neuville Forman, 613
+*Oils, Mr. B. Holgate on, 146
+*Mining Apparatus, Wood’s Steam Stamp Mill, in Australia, Cheap Quartz, 145
+*Coal, Modern Improvements in, Mr. H. W. Martin on, 586
+*Engineering on the Witwatersrand, 529
+*Gold, Notes on. 586
+*Gold, Mr. J. H. Hammond on Modern Practice in, 586
+*Machinery, American, for South Africa. 175, 298
+*of Manganese Ore in Brazil, 595
+*Purposes, Comparative Advantages of
+*Electricity, Steam, and Compressed Air for, 641
+*in South Africa, 125, 175, 222, 298, 324, 376, 529
+*in South Africa, Demand for Machine Tools, 324
+*in the Transvaal, 1898, 125
+*in the Transvaal, Extension and Sanitation of Mines, 376
+*in the Transvaal, Increased Depth of Working, 222
+*Models in Engineering, Use of, 181
+*Mole at Ancona, The New, 337
+*Monopoly, A Gigantic, 140
+*Montauk Electric Cable, 575
+*Moorland Waters, Mr. W. Ackroyd on, 542
+*Morris and Sons, Messrs. John S., Anti-incrusta¬tion Composition for Boilers, 399
+*Morrison and Mason, Messrs., New Glasgow Bridge, 539, 540, 541
+*Mort’8 Dock and Engineering Company, Sydney, Enlargement and Reconstruction of, 270
+*Mortar-lime, its Strength, 55
+*Motion of a Perfect Liquid, Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw on the, 548
+'''Motor Cars:
+*Motor Car Accumulators, Competition in Paris for, 33
+*Lecture, Mr. J. S. Critchley’s, 258
+*Notes, 386
+*Oil Engine for, 1, 47, 75, 101, 118, 127,145
+*from Olney to Newport Pagnell by,
+*Trials, Liverpool, 169, 424
+*Trials in Paris, 592
+*Carriages Exported from France in 1898, 340
+*Licensing of Drivers of, Bill for, Introduced in the New York Assembly, 387
+*Cycle Race at Crystal Palace, 464
+*Electric Induction, Professor C. A. Carus Wilson on the, 444
+*Electric Lift, Brighton Tower, 5
+*Enclosed Type, 170
+*Gear Machine, 117 v. Horse Haulage, 89, 90
+*Launch, 316
+*Mechanical, “Compagnie Générale des
+*Omnibus,” Paris, Four Types, 595 A Static, 237
+*Vehicle Design, Some New Features in,
+*Mr. Thos. H. Parker on, 269
+*Vehicles for Heavy Roads, 211, 212
+*Wagonette, Accident to a Daimler, 213
+*Wagons r. Horse Haulage, 90
+'''Motor Vehicles, Electric:
+*Automobile Club Show, The, 627
+*Electric Cabs, Chicago, 520
+*Cab, The Krieger, 64
+*Cabs, London, 524, 577
+*Cabs, Use of, in Connection with the Röntgen Rays, 465
+*Motor Car for the Parisian Fire Bri¬gades, 439
+*Motor Car Run, A Long, 595
+*Motor Carriage, Mr. Lanchester, 256
+*Motor Truck for Freight Work, Fischer Equipment Company, Chicago, 517
+*Motor Vehicle, New Field of Useful¬ness for, 337
+*Motor Vehicles at the Automobile Club Show, 627
+'''Motor Vehicles with Oil Engines:
+*1, 47, 75, 101, 118, 120, 127
+*Oil Motor Car, Accident at Newbridge Hollow, 621
+*Motor Car, The Koch, 120
+*Motor Carriage, The Daimler Two-seated, 627
+*Motor Vehicles at the Automobile Club Show, 627
+*Motor Wagon, The Cannstadt - Daimler, 627
+'''Motor Vehicles, Steam:
+*Motor Car Steam Generator, 91
+*Omnibus for the Mediterranean Littoral, 237
+*Moving Houses, New York, 96
+*Muir, Mr. Jas., On the Recovery of Iron from Overstrain, 420
+*Mungsten, Viaduct of, 57
+*Municipal Engineers, Duties and Compensations of, 133
+*Trading, 239
+*Trading, Employers’ Parliamentary Council’s Leaflet on, 491
+*Tyranny, 373
+*Murray, Sir John, On the Temperature over the Floor of the Ocean, 387

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