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- ABERNANT Collieries, The, 255, 234, 360
- Abt, Herr A., On Steels suitable for Magnets, 39
- Accident in the Barton Docks of the Manchester Cana), 546
- Boiler Explosion, Pymc re Wine Factory, 495
- Boiler Explosion in Sheffield, 460
- Bridge, Chicago, 243
- Bridge, Chile, 297
- Coal and Sewer Gas Explosion at Burton- on-Trent, 656
- Explosion at the Rochdale Gasworks, 447
- Explosion at St. Helen’s, 501
- Fall of Chalk at Dover, 373
- Fly-wheel at the Stockton Malleable Ironworks, 65, 77
- Landslip at Darjeeling, 544, 545
- Manchester Corporation Electricity Works, 329
- in Mines, 165, 285, 297
- Motor Car, 297
- National Harbour Works, Dover, 546
- Overhead Electric Wires and their Danger, 36
- Traction Engine, 39, 297
- Accumulator, A New, 518
- Acetylene Congress at Nürnberg, 488
- Deterioration of, when kept in its Holder, 271
- Exhibition and Congress at Budapest, 141
- Explosive Properties of, M. Bertbelot, 141
- Gas, 199
- Generator, Messrs. W. Bailey and Co., 226
- for Military Purposes, New use for, 92
- Purification of, Professor F. Ahrens cn, 141
- Purification of, Dr. Ullman’s Process, 65
- Purification of, by Means of Chloride of Lime, 437, 443
- Works, Hawes, 368, 369
- for Railway Carriage Lighting, 452, 645
- Lampblack, Dr. A. Ludwig on, 141
- Adams, Alton D., On Electric Auxiliary Ma¬chinery in the United States Navy, 233
- Prof. H., Presidential Address at the :
- City of London College, 354
- Africa, South, Engineering Notes from, 25, 79,
- 103, 155, 181, 361, 385, 411, 435, 458, 530
- Agnew, Mr. George, 150
- Agricultuial Implements, Abolition of Duty on, by Russia, 546
- in Angora, Turkey, J Stumbling Block to their introduction, 355
- in Turkey, Demand for, 5
- Air Compressor, A Four-stage, 98
- Portable, 98
- Plant, G.P.O. Liverpool, 164
- Air Propellers, Experiments on the Thrust or Lifting Power of, 329
- Air in Pipes, Friction of Compressed, 429, 472
- Air, Raising Water by, 594
- Alabama, New Vein of Coal Discovered, 194
- Allen, Mr. Grant, 434
- Mr. John Prosser, 546
- Alloys and Metals, Tests to Determine Corrosion of Certain, 117
- Allport, Mr. 8. B., 428
- Allsopp and Co., Brewing of Lager Beer by, 473
- Alluvial Deposits in Tasmania, 569
- Almanacs and Diaries, 618, 657
- Aluminium Alloyed with Magnesium, 519
- as a Bearing Metal for Shafting, 569
- Cables, 613
- Cables in the United States, Use of, and Saving in Cost, 323
- Electrical Conductors at Northaller¬ton, 373
- in Incia, 270
- in India, Domestic Utensils of, 5C9
- Romance of, 252
- Tensile Strength of, 213
- Alves, Mr. D. E., Smoke-preventing Furnace, 590
- America, Engineering News from, 50. 76, P8, 152. 202, 226, 251, 331, 357, 132, 158, 530, 606, 651
- America, Notes from, 24, 53, 78, 102, 154, 181, 205, 229, 256, 285, 311, 361, 384, 411, 431, 460, 485, 506, 533, 556, 608, 637, 657
- American Agricultural Machinery and Imple¬ments for France, 623
- Coal Exported to Great Britain, 297
- Commercial Expansion, 601
- Competition, 356, 527, 551
- Competition for a Name for an Elec¬trically-propelled Carriage, 117
- Engineering Exports, Examples of,
- 75
- Enterprise for Brazil, 419
- Iron Developments, 213
- Iron Trade Conditions, 649
- Locomotives—see under Railway Locomotives and Paddle-wheel Steamers, 591
- Machine Tools—set Machine Tools, American and British ; Machine Tools, British and American
- Machine Tools for England, 593, 5f 6
- Machinery Exports, 251
- Minos, Electricity in, 304
- Navy, The Marconi System not adopted by, 645
- Steel Trade, The, 401
- Trade in South Africa, 627
- Ammunition at Bisley, 42, 74
- The Mark IV., 57
- Anaesthetic Effects of the Electric Current. 417
- Anchor Bolts, Holding Power of, Mr. M. M. Wilcox’s Tests, 144
- Anchors and Chains, Testing, 327
- Anderson, Mr. James, 484
- Andros, Greece, Company Formed to Work the Iron and Copper Ore Deposits, 144 Anglesea, Water Scheme for, 154
- Anthracite Coal Trade of Philadelphia, 297
- Anthracite Mines in Ireland, The, 271
- Antwerp Docks, 615
- Appointments and Retirements:
- Allison, Mr. H. T., Retirement and Appoint¬ment, 130
- Birt, Sir Wm., Retirement, 65, 218, 355
- Blackler, Mr. F. W., Appointment, 582
- Brancker, Mr. John, 623
- Button, Mr. P. M., Appointment, 102
- Cleveland, Admiral, bis Retirement and Successors, 284
- Copperthwaite, Mr. H., Retirement, 581
- Cornish, Mr. H. J., 623
- Crawford, Mr. Jas., Appointment, 130
- Cummings, Mr., Appointment, 473
- Gooday, Mr. J. F. S., Appointment, 355
- Hadfield, Mr. R. A., Appointment and Installa¬tion, 153, 255
- Harper, Mr. G. T., Appointment, 546
- Hobson, Mr. Mcses, Appointment, 410
- Hood, Mr. Archibald, Appointment, 24
- Hunter, Mr. Summers, Appointment, 77
- Jones, Mr. J. Cecil, Appointment, 410
- Kirkup, Mr. Philip, Appointment, 102
- Knight, Mr. Robt., Retirement, Candidates for Post, 77
- Loverick, Mr. J., Appointment, 410
- Lewis, Sir W. T., Resignation, 14, 24, 52, 78
- McKechnie, Mr. James, Appointment, 117
- Massa, Signor, Retirement, 243
- Morgan, Mr. A. L , Appointment, 595
- North-Eastern Railway Company’s Appoint¬ments, 284
- Perrin, Mr. Chas., Appointment, 595
- Reynolds, Mr. C. H., Appointment, 51
- Reynolds, Mr., Retirement, Tredegar Collieries, Rontledge, Mr. W. II., Reported Retirement, 102
- Scott, Mr. E. Kilburn, Appointment, 568
- Smith, Mr. J. J., Appointment, 581
- Smith, Mr. J. Law, Appointment, 255
- Spence, Mr. W. L , Appointment, 432
- Swan, Mr. J. G., Appointment, 383
- Turner, Mr. Geo. Hy., Appointment, 473
- Welsh, Mr. John, Retirement, 546
- Appreciation, An, 632
- Arch Principle, Development of the, 341
- Arch, Three-hinged, 536
- Archdale and Co., Messrs. Jas., Electrically- driven Lathe, 224
- Ardsley, Hoyle Mill and Measbrongh Dyke Sewage Disposal, 654
- Ardwick Engineering Company’s Special Engines for Motor Car, Launch, and Yacht Require¬ments, 635
- Ardwick Engineering Company, Vertical Oil Engine, 77
- Area of the Circle, 166, 200, 215
- Armatures, How best to Test the Balance of, 323
- Armour for Battleships and Cruisers, Orders
- Placed by the Government for, 635
- for Russian Ships, Krupp Process, 468
- High Explosive Shell against, 220
- for Japan, 238, 575
- Krupp and Harvey ised, Relative Merits of, Tested by the United States Navy Department, 473
- Sheffield, Firms, 645
- Schneider Hard-faced, 544
- Test at the Indian Head Proving Grounds, 218
- Vaults, Steel, 39
- Armoured Trains, 518
- Armour-protected Troops, 446
- Armoured Treasure Vault, 652
- Army Service Corps, Road Locomotive and Train, 291
- d’Arsonval, M., on the Action of Gases on Rubber Tires, 92
- Artificial Flight, Mr. A. A. Merrill’s Experiments on the best Forms of Curves for Use with Soaring Machines, 65
- Asbestos in Ceylon, 271, 631
- Asbestos and Lignite in Nishni-Novgorod, 271
- Ashbury, Mr. Tnos., Presentation to, 650
- Asphalt Pavements in America, Constituents employed in the Manufacture of, 218
- Aspinall, Mr. T., Oxidation of Organic Matter by Chlorine, 595
- Assiout Barrage, The, 441
Association of America, The Road- masters’ :
- Permanent Way, Long Rails and Mitre-cnt Rail Eads, Committee Re¬port oo, 557
- Work, Modern Develop¬ment of, E. E. Russell Tratman, 491, 529
Association, American Iron and Steel:
- Half-yearly Report, 137
Association, American Railway Master Mechanics’:
- Annual Meeting and Principal Subjects reported on, 65
- Association of Borough and County Engineers:
- Presidential Address, Mr. Wm. Harpur’s, 6
- Borough Sanatorium, Visit to the, 7
- Cardiff-Dowlais Works, Visit to the, 7
- Cardiff, Summer Session, Papers read at, 6
- Electric Tramway Traction, Mr. A. D. Greatorex, 6
- Roath Dock, Visit to the, 7
- Taff Valley Viaduct, Mr. Alf. Pearce on the, 7
Association, British—«« British Association:
Association, British Dairy Farmers’:
- Dairy Show, 1899, 405
Association of Draughtsmen, British:
- Meeting, November 2nd, 430
- Newcastle, Proposal to form a Branch in, 108
Association of Engineers, The Leeds:
- Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Joe A. Tempest, 361
- Visit to the Cleveland Iron and Steel Works 5 of
- Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., 163
Association of Engineers, Manchester:
- Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Hy. Webb, 409
- Election of President and Officers for 1900, 607
- Engineers’ Machine Tools, Mr. A. R. Bellamy,
- Generation and Electrical Distribution of Motive Power, Mr. J. S. ltiwortb, 446, 482
- Programme of Papers to be Read daring the Session, 335
- Steel Castings, Mr. J. E. Fletcher on the Manufacture of, 491
- Wire Ropes and Chains for Lifting and Traction, Relative Merits of, Discussed, 637
- Association of the Institution of Me¬chanical Engineers, Graduates:
- Visit to the Westminster Pumping Station of the London Hydraulic Power Company, 554
Association, Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic:
- Annual Meeting and Dinner and Third Report, 373,393
- No Report to Appear in November, 144
- Report on the Trials with Heavy Vehicles, 618,
Association of Mechanical Engineers;
- Opening Meeting and Financial R9port, 385
Association of Mechanical Engineers Birmingham:
- Combustion and Forced Draught, Mr. R. B, _ Hodgson, 478
- Power Distribution in Mills and Factories, Mr, W, H. Thornbery, 622
Association, National Free Labour;
- Seventh Annual Report, 269
Association, Railway Master Mechanics :
- IS Flanged Tires for Locomotives, Report respit¬ing, 78
- Association of Waterworks Engi¬neers, The British:
- Secretaryship, Mr. P. Griffiths Succeeds Mr. W. H. Brothers, 604
- Assouan Dam, The (Supplement, August lltlt, 1899), 1 10, 440, 444
- Assouan Dam, Hospital at the, 266
- Atbara Bridge, The, 140, 143, 194, 218
- Atlas Engineering Company, Double-geared Ver¬tical Miller, 329
- Atlas, New Physical, 318
- Austin, Mr. H., Vertical CrossTarret Lathe, 348, 319, 350
- Australia, West, Coal Prospects, 202
- Gold Export from, 447 Revenue Roturns for, 197
- Australian Copper, 472
- Notes, 22, 76, 308, 358, 431, 530, 606, 654
- Quicksilver, 461
- Austrian Export in Scythes and Sickles, 102
- Automatic Couplers on American Freight Cars,
- 1, 27, 55, 105, 133, 185, 207, 203, 209
- Coup’ings, Royal Commission on, 9, 34,61, 90, 124, 129, 148, 167
- Lock for Luggage Trolleys, 5
- Machine Tools (Supplement, November 17M, 1899, i. xvi.), 516
- Automobile Club, Branch at Manchester, 546
- Competitions. 47
- Meeting at, 95
- Auxiliary Machinery in Snips of War, 522
- Avery, Messrs. W. and T., Fire at their Works, 397
- Avon, Dockisation of the, 85
B
- BACTERIOLOGICAL Sewage Works at Hampton-on-Tbames, 404
- Bacteriological Treatment of Sewage at Birming¬ham, 297
- Bacterial Treatment of Sewage at Crossness, 389
- Bahamas, New Providence, Premiums offered for Designs for Public Market, 297
- Baku Naphtha Company, Central Electric Station for, 144
- Baldwin Locomotives on the Midland—see Rail¬way
- Ball Mill, 281
- Balloons in South Africa, 549
- Baltic and Finnish Ports, The Siberian Railway and the, 268
- Barometer in the British Isles, Diurnal Variations of the, Mr. R. II. Cur . s, 491
- Barr, Professor Archibald, Presidential Address, 580
- Barrhead, Septic Sewage Pari&cation Works at, 30
- Barrow Docks, 404
- Griffin and Iron and Steel Company, Formation of, 655
- Steel Casting Company’s Works, Pur¬chase and Re-opening of, 227
- Water Consumption at, and further Schemes, 373
- B irry to Ilfracombe, Steam Service from, 92
- Barry, Sir J. Wolfe, On the Overcrowding of London Streets, 529
- Bascule Drawbridges, 312
- Basic Slag, Use and Market Price of, 495
- Basset High-pressure Cornish Engine, 18, 47, 74, 93, 201
- Bauxite Ores in New South Wales, Discovery of, 92
- Beams, Problem in the Theory of, 18
- Bedstead Trade and the War, 519
- Beech or “ Myrtle,” Tasmanian, 297
- Belgian Miners' Strike and Foreign Competition resulting from it, 424
- Belgian Tax on Automobiles, 473
- Belgium, Blast Furnaces in Operation, 595
- Belleville Boilers—see Boilers, Water-tube Bells, Mechanism for Ringing the Chime of, 243
- Bell Telephone Company, Now Plant in Ottawa, 92
- Bellamy, Mr. A. R., On Engineers Machine Tools, 577
- Belmont Iron Mines, 271
- Belmont Iron Mines, Ore shipped to Glasgow from, 323
- Bells, Metal Used in Casting of, 546
- Belts, Construction of Woven Leather, 122
- Belt Conveyors, American, 654
- Belt Shifter, Lightning, Burton, Griffiths, and Co. (Supplement, November 17th, 1899, x.)
- Bennio and Sons, Messrs. Jas., New Works, 161
- Beresford, Lord Charles, On the Opening for Mechanical Engineers in China, 542, 547, 553
- Berlin Academy of Sciences, Second Centenary, 645
- Bessemer Converter, Treatment of Copper Mattes in the, 467
- Bessemer Rails, The First Rolled, 424
- Beyer, Peacock, and Co., A Big Shaft Lathe, 303
- Bicycles for Bombay, German, British, and Ameri¬can, 271
- Eight-guinea, 377
- German, Import Duty on, Increased, 243
- Highest-geared, ever constructed, 271
- Postal Service round Grantham, 323
Bills:
- Crystal Palace, 656
- East London Waterworks Company’s Bill Re¬jected, and their Consequent Statement, 65
- Harbour and Dock, 615
- Harrow and Uxbridge Railway, 92
- Irish Railways, Bill thrown out for Amalgama¬tion of Two, 92
- Rating of Machinery, 62
- Birmingham, Scarcity of Water and Restrictions, 65
- Sewage of, Bacteriological Treat¬ment to be tried, 297
- University Scheme, The, 424
- Births and Deaths Registered in England and Wales for the Third Quarter of the Year ending September 30ib, 1899, 473
- Bisley, Ammunition at, 42, 74
- Bituminous Coal and Anthracite Mined in the United States, 271
- Blackpool Gasworks, The, 233
- Promenade, Extension of the, 417
- Black Sea Ports, A Dry Dock to be Constructed in one of the, 595
- Blake, Mr. Henry Wollaston, 5
- Blakeslcy, Mr. J. H., Fireproofing of Floors, 583
- Blast Furnace Gas, Calorific Value of, 323
- Blasting Gelatine in Burma, Regulations Regard¬ing, 473
- Blast Furnaces, Largest Single Owner in the World of, 218
- Monster in Argyllshire Quarries, 144, 519
- Blomfield, Sir Arthur, 447
- Blondlot, M. R., On the Electromotive Force Produced in a Flame by Magnetic Action, 11
- Blue “ Ironware” Pipes, 267
- Board of Conciliation and Arbitraticn for the Manufactured Trade of the North of England, New Works admitted into Membership; Election of Officers, 130
- Brer Warfare, Elements of, 375
- Bolder, Mr. Alfred, 433
- Brilersof the Austro-Hnngarian Cruiser Zenta, 225
- Belleville, for the New Royal Yacht, Messrs. Humphrys, Tennant, and Co.’s Action in Connection with, 297
- Belleville—see Boilers, Water-tube in Calcutta at the Close of 1898, 473 of Certain Recent Cruisers, 71, 73, 83, 99
- Covering, Lawson's Patent, 382
- for the Dowlais Furnace, American, 256
- and Engines in the Transvaal, Increasing Use of, 323
- Explosions, 11, 460, 495, 568, 572, 600
- Explosions, Mr. Henning on, 11
- Explosions and Inspection, 572
- feeding Purposes, Water for, Procured from the Chalk, 11
- Fire-box, Marine, 254
- Flue-turning and Drilling Machine, 91
- Galloway, 555
- Marine, of the Haystack Type, 582
- Morrin, 332
- Niclausse, 292, 307, 357, 546
- Mr. Mark Robinson on, 292, 307
- for U.S. Warships, 546
- Shell Drilling Machine, 137 Testing. The American Code Revised, 11 Tubes, Electro-galvanising, 379 Tube, New, 253
- in Use in Electric Supply Stations of the County of London, 473
- A Warning, 472
- Water-tube, 11, 70, 72, 73, 83, 92, 93, 175, 625
- Mr. W. Allan on the Failure of, 92
- Commodore Melville on, 625 Mr. Goschen on, 92
- in the Navy, 93 J. K. Robinson on, 11
- Mr. A. F. Yarrow on their
- Durability, 70, 72, 73, 83
- Boilermakers’ Union, 472
- Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co.’s Works at Middles¬brough, Chinese Ambassador’s Visit to, 555
- Bombay, Electric Lighting, 373, 623
- Renovation of, 183, 368
Books Received :
- American Institute of Electrical Engineers, “Transactions” cf, Vol. xv., 136
- American Shipping, Blue-book of, Established 1S96, 121
- Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical, by J. S. Mackay, 377
- Advance of Knowledge, by W. Sedgwick, 613
- Ajax Loquitur, or the Biography of an Old Locomotive Engine, by R. Weatherburn, 121
- Automobile Club Show, Richmond, Judges
- Reports, Awards, and Results of Official Trials, 523
- Bandages Pneumatiques et la Resistance au Roulement, par Bon do Maurri, 121
- Bicycle, Modern Safety, H. A. Garratt, 613
- Board of Trade Labour Department, Report on Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in the United Kingdom in 1898, with Statistical Tables, 301
- Brunnen-Ergiebigkeit, Ac., Anleitung zurBeur- theilung und Bestimmung der, von A. Perenyi, 377
- Canada, Statistical Year-book of, for 1898, 538
- Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc, Guide by E. Whymper, 171
- Chemical Trade Journal of Chemical Manufacturers, Merchants, Agents, Ac., in Great Britain and Ireland, 418
- Chimique Qualitative, Analyse, par M. E Pozzi-Escot, 418
- Chimney Design and Theory: Book for Engi¬neers and Architects, by William Wallace Christie, 523
- Civil and Mechanical Engineers, Pocket-book of Useful Formula) and Memoranda for, by Sir G. L. Molesworth and H. B. Molesworth, 171
- Contents, Subject Index in General and Periodi¬cal Literature, Compiled by A. Colgroave,
- Dams, Design and Construction of, by Edward Wegmann, 347
- Doutscher Ingénieurs in Nürnberg, Festschrift zur Hauptversammlung des Vereines, 40, 187
- Directory (Revised in July, 1899), with Regu¬lations for Establishing and Conducting Science and Art Schools and Classes, 247
- Distances from Port to Port, Tables of, C. H. Bailey’s, 587
- Dyes, Stains, Inks, Varnishes, Polishes, Ac., How to Make and Use them, by T. Bolas, 613
- Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Calendar, 301
- Egyptian Irrigation, by W. Willcocks, 136
- Electric Lamps and Electric Lighting, Four Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institute, by J. A. Fleming, 613
- Electric Motive Power, Transmission and Dis¬tribution of, by Continuous and Alternate Currents, with a Section on the Applications of Electricity to Mining Work, by A. T. Snell, 171
- Electric Wiring, Fittings, Switches, and Lamps, by W. Perren-Maycock, 377