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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
Electricitüts, Werk der Stadt Warschau, Pro¬ject für das, von W. II. Lindley, 247
l’Electricité Levins sur, Professtbi h l'Université de Lifcge, par Eric Gérard, 538
Electricity Supply, Introduction to the Study of Central Stations, by Albert Gay and C. H. Yeaman, 587
EicyclopéJie dos Aides-Mémoires: Analyse Microchimique et Spectroscopiqne, par M. E. Pozzi-Escot, 587
Eacyclopédie Scientifiquo des Aides Mi-moire : Analyses Electroliques, Par Ad. Minet, 171
Engineering and Electric Traction Pocket-book, by Philip Dawson, 247
“ Express ” Hundredweights and Pounds Rec¬koner, by J. G. Inglis, 136
Eye Accidents occurring in Trades, On the Pre¬vention of, Dr. Simeon Snell, 613
Fireproofing of Steel Buildings, by J, K. Freitog, 523
Flussbefestigungon, Projeotirung nnd Veraus-sehlagnng von, von R. Williams, 187
Geometry, Practical Plane and Solid, for Ad¬vanced Students, by J. Garrison and G. A. Baxendall, 418
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical Calen¬dar for 1899-90, 171
Gold-milling, Hand-book of, Hy. Louis, 121 ,
Graphic Statics, Exercises in, with Examples of its Application to Practical Designing of Constructional Ironwork, by G. F. Charnock, 523
Great Eastern Railway Company’s Tourist Guide to the Continent, Ed. Percy Lindley, 121
Heat for Advanced Students, by Edwin Edser, 418
Heat and Heat Engines : Study of the Princi¬ples underlying the Mechanical Engineering of a Power Plant, by F. R. Hutton, 347
Highway Cases, Handbook of, Noted in the “ Surveyor and Municipal and County Engi¬neer,” by J. B. Reignier Condor, 613
Huiles Essentielles, Essais des, par H. Labbé, 347
Institution of Civil Engineers, Excerpt Minutes of Proceedings of the, Vol. cxxxvii., Session 1898-99, Part III., 301
Institution of Naval Architects, "Transactions” of the, Vol. xlL, Edited by G. Holmes, 418
Kelvin, Lord, Professor of Natural Philosophy 1 in the University of Glasgow, 1846—1899, by Geo. F. Fitzgerald, 613
Kinetic Theory of Gases, Elementary Treatise with Mathematical Appendices, by Dr. O. M. Meye-, 538
Latimer Collection of Antiquities from Porto , Rico in the National Museum and the Guesde Collection of Antiquities in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, West Indies, by Otis T. Mason, 377
Lawyer, Every Man's Own, Handy Book of the Principles of Law and E juity, by A Barrister, 613
Lean’s Royal Navy List, No. 87, July, 1899, 32
Liqueurs, Traité de la Fabrication des, par P. Duplais ainé, 538
Literature, Contents, Subject Index to General and Periodical, A. Cotgreave, 121, 347
L'verpool Engineering Society, "Transactions” cf the, Vol. xx., 347
Locomotive, La Machine, par Edouard Sauvage, 32
" London Letter ” War Directory, The, 538
London University, Guide for the Year 1899-1900, 377
Maas Systems, Die Unitat des Absoluten, in Bezug auf Magnetische und Elektrische Grossen, von Franz Kerntler, 301
Machine Design, Problems in, by Chas. H. Innes, 377
Magnetism and Electricity for Beginners, by H. E. Hadley, 347
Manchester, City of, Rivers’Dopertment Experts Report on Treatment of Manchester Sewage, 538
Masonry Construction, Treatise on, by Ira O. Baker, 523
Mathematics, Elementary Practical, by Frank Castle, 817
Mathematics, Elementary Treatise on Practical, by J. Graham, 187
Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices, &c., Used in Constructive and Operative Machinery, and the Mechanical Arts, by G. D. Hiscox, 136
"Mechanical World,” Pocket Diary and Year¬book for 1900, 538
Metallurgy of Lead and Silver, by H. F. Collins, Part I., Lead, 538
Mine Drainage, by Stephen Michell, 247
Motenrs A Explosion, Etude h l’Usage des Constructeurs et Conducteurs d’Automobiles, George Moreau, 613
Northampton Institute, City Polytechnic, Announcements for the Sossion 1899-1900, 347
Optics, Hand-book of, for Students of Ophthal¬mology, by Wm. Norwood Suter, 418
Over Pressure, by S. de Brath and F. Beatty, 347
Patent Acts, Compulsory Licences under the, J. W. Gordon, 121
Physics, Elements of, for Use in High Schools. Hy. Crew, 418
Physics, Text-book of, by W. Watson, 418
Picture Frames by Novel Methods, by C. G. Leland and T. Bolas, 613
Portuguese Nyansaland: Account of the Discovery of Native Population, Agricultural and Mineral Resources, &c., W. Basil Wors¬fold, 523
Professions for Boys, and How to Enter Them, by M. L. Perchell and J. J. Nolan, 171
Railway Almanac, 1900, 613
Railway Diary and Officials’ Directory, 1900, 613
Railway Officials, Universal Directory of, S. Richardson Blundstone, 121
Roads and Streets, Construction of, with Historical Sketch of the Development of the Art of Road-making, by W. H. Maxwell, 418
Royal Agricultural Society of England, “ Journal ” of the, Vol, x., Part II., 32
Royal Agricultural Society of England, “Journal ” of the, Vol. x., Part III , No. 39, 347
Royal Navy List Diary and Naval Hand-book for 1900, 633
Royal Navy List, Lein’s, No. 83, 377
Royal United Service Institution, “Journal ” of the, Vol. xliii., No. 261, 687
Surveying and Geodesy, Elements of Precise, by Mansfield Merriman, 347
Surveying, Treatise on, Compiled by R. E. Middleton and Ombert Chadwick, 623
Technological Examinations, Programme of, Examinations Department, Exhibition-read, London, 247
Telegraphie sans Fils, par André Broca, 418
Thallium, Index to the Literatare of, 1861-1826, by Martha Doan, 377
Timber Measuring and Valuing, Principles and Practice of, by Tom Bright, 301
“Timber Trades Journal,” List of Shipping Markson Deals, Battens, Boards, Timbers, &c., Exported from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Germany, Canada, United States, with English and French Classifications, 347
Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn, Guide by Edward Whymper, 136
Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia, Report to the Hon. S. H. Ashridge, Mayor of Philadelphia, on the Extension and Im¬provement of the, by R. Hering, 418
Wolverhampton Sewage Works, by E. Barring¬ton, 171
Wood Carving for Beginners, the Useful Arts and Handcrafts Series, No. 2, 638
Woodwork Decorated, by Carving, Colouring, and Wire Inlaying, Chas. G. Leland, 613
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, Case Law ef the, to Supplement Part III. of Accidents to Workmen, R. M. Minton-Denhouse, 623
Boring Machine, American Vertical Turret, 593
Boring Machine, Craven Bros., Limited, 651
Boring Machine, Horizontal, American, 593. 596
Boring and Milling Machine, Niles Tool Works November 17th, 1899, viii.
Boring and Turning Mill, American, 593, 596
Borough and County Engineers at Cardiff, 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mineral Statistics of 355
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trade of, 373
Boston Harbour, 372
Bonld, Mr. W. S., Railway Signalling System Specially Suitable for Fog Signalling, 319
Bowser, Mr. Howard, 275
Boys, Mr. Chas. V., On Fluids in Motion and at Rest, 492
Bradford Water Supply and the Drought, 167, 194, 218
Bradley Hammer, Improved, 629
Bradley Iron, Steel, and Tin-plate Works, Sale of the, 23
Brakes, Air, for Tramcars, 305
Brake Horse-power of Motor Cars, 357
Brake for Luggage Trolleys, Automatic, 5
Brakes, Railway—see Railway
Bramwell, Sir F., On the Pneumatic Transmission of Energy, 176, 177
Brand, M., 546
Brass Trades of Birmingham, Demands of Opera¬tives in the, 569
Brazil, Proposed Water-driven Electric Plant, 355
Brewing of Lager Beer by Allsopp and Co., 473
Breezs, Utilisation of, in the Cologne Gas¬works, 65
Briansk Company, The Thomas-Gilchrist Basic Process adopted by, 194

Bridges:

Atbara, 140, 143, 194, 218
Braunstone Gate, Great Central Railway, 211
Burma, Gokteik Gorge, 495
Ceylon, Mahaveill River, Renewal of (Supple¬ment September lsf, 1899), 220
Chicago River, Shifting of, 447
Chicago, Scherzer Bascule, 519
Chinese Railway, Eighteen Steel, Pctenixville Works, 144
Connecticut, Cantilever, 357
Diina, Pontoon carried away by Ice, 243
Diina, Projected, a Permanent, 243
Grenier, Dimensions of, 424
Indian Foot, 578
New Brunswick, St. John River, 276, 277
New York Suspension, Wire and Cables for 627
Niagara Suspension, 144
Northwich, Operated Electrically, 519
Pennsylvanian Railway, Renewal, 167
South Indian Railway Extension, 167
South Wales Saspension Foot, 546
Sunderland, 495
Thames, the New, 221
Transvaal, Prompt Despatch of, by John Lysaght and Co., 473
Tyne, Proposed, 280
Walney Railway, 355
Wear, Proposed, 243
Zambesi, Proposed, 355
Accident at Chicago, 243
Bascule Draw, 342
Building Interests in America, Consolidation of, 432
Erection, American, 276, 277
Iron Railway, Protection of, in France and Austria, from Fames of Locomotives, 323
for Light Railways, Mr. L. H. Rugg on, 568
Long Plate Girder, 494
Removals, American, 334
Testing Iron and Steel, 67
Bright’s Quicksilver Fountain, 79
Brighton, Sea Defence Works, 297
Brightside Foundry and Engineering Company, Limited, Formation of the, 283
Brindley’s Hydraulic Working Valve, 281
Bristol Doeks Development, 360, 379, 400
British and American Machine Tools. 414. 438 537, 559, 639

British Association:

Presidential Address, Sir Michael Foster, £66
Programme of Papers to be Read at Dover, 242
Air Propellers, Experiments on the Thrust or Lifting Power of, Mr. W. G. Walker, 329
Alloys of Iron, Electric Conductivity and Magnetic Properties of Various, Prof. W. F. Barrett and Mr. W. Brown, 319
Alloys, Thermo-electric Properties of Some Iron, Prof. W. F. Barrett, 316
Atomic Weights, Proposed International Com¬mittee on, 346
Atoms, Existence of Masses Smaller than, Prof. J. J. Thomson's Research on, 346
Chemistry, Section B, Communications in, Pre¬dent, Dr. H. T. Brown, 346
Coast Erosion, Mr. G. Dowker and Mr. W. Whitaker on, 346
Coal in Kent, Mr. R. Etheridge and Prof. B. Dawkins on, 346
Coal in the Midland Counties under the Red Rocks. Mr. W. Gibson, 346
Dover Harbour Works, Messrs. Matthews and Coode, 292
Dymchurch Wall and Reclamation of Romney Marsh, Mr. Edw. Caso (Referred to p. 594), 407 ,
Electric Current, Centenary of the, Prof. Fleming, 299
Electrical Machinery on Board Ship, Mr. A. Siemens, 299, 305, 319
Electro-Metallurgy to Mechanical Engineering, Applications of, Mr. S. Cowper-Coles, 319
Geology, Section C, Communications in, Presi¬dent, Sir A. Geikie, 346
Gravity Balance, Prof. Threlfall describes a, 346
Lighthouses of the English Channel, Our, Mr. Jas. Kenwards, 319
Mathematical and Physical Science, Section A, Communications io, President, Prof. J. H. Poynton, 346
Mechanical Section, Address by Sir Wm. White, President of the, 277, 301
Meteorites, Chondritic, Prof. A. Renard on the Origin of, 346
Niclausse Steam Boiler, Mr. Mark Robinson, 292, 307
Non-intlammable Wood and its Use in War¬ships, Mr. E. Marshall, 292
Pliocene Deposits of the East of England, Mr. F. W. Harmer on, 347
Power Generation, Comparative Cost by Steam Engine, Water Turbine, and Gas Engine, Mr. J. B. C. Kearshaw, 322
Poynting, Prof. J. H., Address by, 325, 332
Railway Signalling System specially suitable for Fog Signalling, Mr. W. S. Bould, 319
Screw Gauges, The Association’s, 300, 305, 357, 372, 429
Sigmoidal Curves, Mrs. Gordon on, 347
Steam Navigation, Sir Wm. White on the Pro¬gress of, 277, 301
Steamers, Fast Cross-Channel, The Hon. C. A. Parsons, 292
Suez Canal to the Present Time, Engineering Works of the, Sir Chas. Hartley, 292
Thermometers, Discussion, 346
Torpedoes below Water, Discharge of, Captain Lloyd, 292
Tunnel under tbo Straits of Dover, Prof. B. Dawkins on the Geological Conditions of a, 346
Water and Sewage Examination Results, Re¬port by Committee of Section B, 319
Water, Specific Heat of, Prof. II. F. Callender Mr. H. T. Barnes, 346
Yermak, Trial Trip of the Ice-breaker, Admiral Makarolf on, 347
British Association of Draughtsmen:
Rapid Progress made by, 355
British Fire Prevention Committee withdraw from participation in the Paris Exhibition, 569
Guns for Turkey, 47
Patents, 449
Workmen and the Paris Exhibition, 424
Bromilow, Mr. John, Electro-magnetic Separator, 550
Brush, Deacon’s Pipe, 551
Buckton and Co , Limited, Joshna, Electrically- driven Planing Machine, 391, 392
Building Materials, Testing, International Con¬gress, 569, 623
Bunsen Flame, Temperature of the, 144
Bunsen, Professor, 165
Buoys, Illuminated, Mr. J. R Wigham on, 38
Buoy, The Wigham’s, in Portsmouth Harbour, 355
Burges-Short, Major Geo., 447
Burrator Reservoir, Outlet Valves at, 112
Burton, Mr. Wm. Kinninmond, 634
Buttons from Milk, Manufacture of, 546

C

CABLES, Aluminium, 613
French, Projected, 627
Rope, D. H. and G. Haggie, 424
St. Helena and Cape Town, 569
Survey, Trans-Pacific, 546
Testing, 538
Wire and, for New York Suspension Bridge, 627
Caird, Mr. John, on the Educational Needs of Engineering, 457
Caisson, Launch of a, 223
Caisson, New Form of, L. Astarchoff’s, 144
Calcium Carbide, Cost of, 611
Carbide, Electrical Energy Required to Produce a Ton of, 243
Carbide Factory, Norway, 63
Calcutta Filtered Water Supply, 645
Calcutta, New Streets to be Constructed, 271
Caledonian and Crinan Canals, 235
Calendar, A Perpetual, 495
California, Coke Imported into, 271
California, Water-power and Electric Trans¬mission Plants in, 290
Camborne Mining School, Cornwall, 114
Canada, Canal System of, 437
Coal Areas of, 569
1898, Coal Produced in, 218
Engineers and, 550
Hardware Trade in, 595
Canadian Government, Telegraph Lino to tLe Yukon Goldfields, 167
Canadian Iron and Steel Developments, 375

Canals:

Canals, American, 254
Automatic Guard Gate for, 39
Bank, Fai'ure of, 294, 295
Caledonian and Crinan, 235
Canada, 437
The Dortmund-Ems, 342, 343, 492
Florida, Scheme for, 447
Footbridge, 578
German, 235
Haulage, The Thwaite-Cawley System of Electric, 243
Manchester Ship, 51,144, 235, 559
Market Weighton, 235
Marssilles to the Rhone, 232
Mechanical Traction on, 316
North Sea and Baltic, Vessels that Used it in One Month, and Dues Collected, 595
Panama, Suggested Tidal, 495, 576
Soulanges, 473
of the Two Seas Scheme, 623
Yorkshire J auction, 404
Cane Sugar Industry, New Plant for tho, 620
Cape Colony, Employment in, 11
Cape Colony, Railway Extension Schemes, 361
Capa of Good Hope, Penny Postage for the. 218
Carbide, Cost of Production by Steam and Water Power Compared, 373
Carbide Manufactories in France, 421
Cardiff Docks, 404
Cardiff, Municipalisation of the Gasworks, 421
Cardiff Water Supply, Mr. Priestley on the, 6
Carlsborg Viaduct, Denmark, 31, 44
Carnegie, Mr. A., Christmas Gift to Dunfermline, 645
Carnegie, Mr., Presentsd with the Freedom of Dumfries, 397
Carnegie Company, Mr. Frick Resigns Official Connection with, 595
Carnegie Steel Works, 226
Carnegie Thin Krupp Armour for Russia, 395, 396
Carpenter, Prof. R. C., On Fuel Economy of Engines in Electric Power Stations, 435 Carrier Pigeons Employed by the Hamburg-American Line, 144
Carthagena, Iron Export from, 11
Case, Mr. Edward, 319
Case, Mr. E., Dymchurch Wall and Reclamation of Romney Marsh, 407, 594
Caspian Sea, Taking Steamers by Inland Route to the, 302
Cast Iron, Standard Tests of, 202
Casting of Iron Pipes and Columns, Vertical,
Direktor Pusch on, 397 Castings, Large and Difficult, 57
Casting, A Record, Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, Sydney, 308
Castner, Mr. H. Y., 407

Catalogues:

Alldays and Onions, Improved Fans, 380
Alley and McLellan, Description of their Esta¬blishment on the Clyde, 396
American Pipe and Foundry Company, Cast Iron Plates, 100
Andrews and Co., Limited, J. D. F., Concen- I trie Wiring, 257
Atkinson, LI. B. and C. W., Commercial Laboratories, 25
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Record of Recent Construction, No. 15, The Wootten Boiler, and Mr. S. M. Vauclain’s Paper, 396
Bayley’s Limited, Steam Motor Vans, 613
Beardshaw and Son, Limited, Steel Tools, 257
Belfast Ropework Company, Limited, their Works, 257
Belcher Smoke Preventer Company, 257
Blackstone and Co., Oil and Gas Engines, 100
Boby, Robert, Limited, Grain, Malt, and Seed¬ cleaning Machinery, 25, 532
British Electric Transformer Manufacturing Company, Limited, Electric Transformers, 532
British Thomson-Houston Company, The O. K. Ampère Hour Meter, 613
British Thomson-Houston Company, Limited, Enclosed Arc Lamp, 380
British Th-.mson-Houston Company, Generators, 311
British Thamson-Houston Company, Limited, Motors, Type M.P., 428
British Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur¬ing Company, Limited, Circular Motors, Generators, &c. &o., 613
Buck and Hickman, The, 1900 Tools and Machinery Catalogue, 613
Bullivant and Co., Wire Ropeways, 25
Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, Direct Current Multi-polar Motors, 428
Bullo:k Electric Manufacturing Company, Electric Driving, 131
Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, Electric Power System for Newspaper Presses, with the “ Teaser ” Method of Control, 396
Callender and Co., G. M., Pure Bitumen Sheet¬ing, 613
Clonbrock Steam Boiler Company, Morrin Climax Vertical Water-tube Boiler, 100
Deighton’s Patent Flue and Tube Company, The Deighton Furnace, 504
Denison and Son, Samuel, Weighing Machines and Weighbridges, 396
Eigenwerk Wiilfel, Wiilfel Hannover, Friction Couplings, Hill’s Patent, 504
Emerson Manufacturing Company, F. W., “Drafting Room ” Furniture, 257
Estler Brothers, Mirrors, Lenses, Ships’ Lan¬terns, &c., 532
Explosives Company, Limited, The New, Moulding Gun Cotton, 131
Feiten and Guilleaume, Wire Cables, 50
Grice and Sons, Limited, William, Birmingham Gas Engine, 380
Griffin and Sons, Limited, John J., Pure Cbemica's, Reagents, Minerals, &c., 331
Harper, Louis, Steel Ropes Suspension Bridges, 613
Harvey and Co , Julius, Motor Vehicles, 331
Henderson, John M., Cableways, Htisting and Conveying Devices, 100
Holmes and Co., J. IL, Lundell Motors, 608
Hudswell, Clarke, and Co., Pulleys, Shafting, Hangers, &c., 532
Hunt and Co., Limited, R., Shafting, Cast Iron Pulleys, &c., 504
Jenkins and Co., Limited, W. J., Fans, 228
Jessop and Appleby Bros., Cranes and Hoist¬ing Machinery, 380
Kerr and Co., Limited, Dick, Solenoid Blow-out Controllers for Electric Tramway Traction. 228
Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Car Company, C Limited, 601
Lawton and Parker, Modern Gas Engines, 428
Linde British Refrigerating Company, Refrige¬ration and Ice-making, 50
London Anto-car Company, Limited, Motors, Component Parts, &c., 657
“ Long-arm” System Company, Water-tight Doors and Hatches, 311
Mason, Scott, and Co., Limited, Wilson’s Auto¬matic Self-cleansing Filter, 100
Mather and Platt, Limited, Engines, 380
Motor Manufacturing Company, Limited, Motor Carriages, Vans, Cycles, 608
Mather and Platt, Limited, Pocket Catalogue of Electrical Plant, Water Softening Appara¬tus, and Turbines, 331
Nell, Fred., Smith Vaile Pumping Machinery, Condensers, Compressors, &c , 428
Newbold and Co., Walter, Machine Tools, 532
Nurse and Co., C., Engineers’ and Joiners Tools and Machinery, 504
Parker, Limited, Thos., Bootle Corporation Electricity Supply Works, and Parker’s Works at Wolverhampton, 608
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Company, Limited, Productions in Iron and Steel, 100
Polland and Co., “Bees” Pocket Volt and Amphre Meter, 532
Rooper and Harris, Emery Wheels and Emery Grinding Machinery, 100
Royle, John J., Steam Users, 380
Sellers and Co., Wm., Machine Tools, 131
Shelby Steel Tube Company, Steel Boiler Tub¬ing, 25
Sheridan, F. W. and C. B., Whitlock Printing Machines, 504
Southwark Foundry and Machine Company, Engines, 228
Spencer, Limited, John, Iron and Steel Tubes p and Fittings, 311
Thorn and Iloddle, Acetylene Gas Generators and Appliances for Lighting, 396
Trusty Engine Works, Limited, Gas and Oil Engines, 380
Turner, E. R. and F., Corliss Gear, Turner-Pegg Gear, 657
Unbreakable Pulley and Mill Gearing Company, Limited, Friction Clutch Countershafts, 532 p
United Asbestos Company, Limited, Asbestos Goods, 613
Walker Bros., Views of their Works at Wigan, 131
Webster and Bennett, Machine Tools, 428
Wellington, F. F., Motor Car Register and Advertiser, 228
Whitmore and Binyon, Limited, Rice Milling, 50
Whittaker and Co., Limited, Brick and Tile Making Machinery, 532
Wolseley Sheep-shearing Machine Company, Limited, Machine Tools, 657
Cement, Foreign, 322
Gauging with Salt Water, Bad Practice, 424
Hydraulic, in the United States, 331 Works and the Alkali Act, 137
Ceylon, Plumbago Industry in, 271
Ceylon, Survey of Land in, 167
Chains and Anchors, Testing, 327
Champness, Mr., on the Launch of a Battleship, 88, 96
Cheap Fuels, their Influence on the Cost of Electrical Energy, 628
Chemical Engineers, 650
Chemical Manufacturing Firms, Amalgamation of two Great, 569
Chicago Postal Service, Motor Vehicles for, 516
Chicago Water Supply, 144, 397, 358
Chimney Shaft, Steel, lined with Brick, London United Tramways Company’s Power House, 397
China, Coal in, 271
China, Openings for Mechanical Engineers in, 542, 547, 553, 577
Chinese Ambassador at Sheffield, 495, 555 <
Chlorine, Oxidation of Organic Matter by, 595
Christie, Mr. Jas , Concrete described by, 65
Christmas Eve Festival given by Mr. and Mrs. Jardine, 652
Christmas Letters passing through Manchester, 1898, 1899, 645
Chromo Leather Industry, A German, 74
Chucks, Magnetic, 218
Cincinnati, Recommendation to place all Electric Wires Underground, 191
City of London College, 354
City Subway, The New, 546
Clayton and Shutt’.eworth, Road Locomotive, 419
Cleansing of Large Cities, The, 276
Cleveland Iron and Steel Works, Visit to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co.’s, 163
Cleverly, Mr. W. B., Works Management, Methods of Quick Production of Repetition Work, 604
Clifford, Mr. Charles, Express Passenger Engine, a Great. Northern Railway of Ireland, 242, 244
Clowes, Dr., On the Treatment of Raw Sewage, 346
Club Rooms, Ward, 329
Clydebank Company, Purchase of the, 323
Clyde Riverside Quay Walls, 549

Coal:

Coal, 401
African, Gold in, 595
Alabama, New Vein of, 194
American, Exported to Great Britain, 297
British Navy, Consumption of, 168, 215
Canada, 218, 569
at Cardiff, Price of, 495
in China, 271
Contracts with Merchants, New Clause for Regulating Prices on, 153
Cutting Machine in the United States, 357
English, for a Russian Railway, 373
Field in Cape Colony, Immense, 243
Field in South Yorkshire, 161, 512
in Germany, No import Duty on, 519
to Hull, Entry of, this and preceding Years, 645
Imported into London, 1898, 424, 473
Imported into the Rio Grande de Sub District, 1898, 218
Imported into San Francisco, 271
Question in Time of War, most Import¬ant for the Russian Navy, 144
Coal in India, 447, 645 in Kent, 569
Kent, Mr. R. Etheridge and Professor P. Dawkins on, 346
Locomotive, 599
Merchants and the New Contract Clause, 23
Midland Counties, under the Red Rocks of the, 346
Mines of Belgium, Annual Report, 373
Natal, June Output, 289
New South Wales, 473, 606
Nova Scotia, 569
in Philadelphia, Outcry against the use of Bituminous, 373
Pits, Returns made to the Board of Trade, 243
Prospects, Western Australian, 202
Spontaneous Combustion of, United States Admiralty’s Experiments, 65
Swedish, for Steam Raising on the Odin, 569
Trade, The, 400
Friction in South Wales, 119, 246
in Japan, The, 282
Outlook in the, 427
Reconciliation, 410, 629
The Spanish, 117
Wages, 120
Transvaal, Centres and Output, 424. 417
United Kingdom, Consumpton in 1898, 92
Output of, 1899, 447, 645
Vistula Basin, 473
Welsh Steam, for the Navy, 519
Coast Defence, 219
Erosion, Mr. G. Dowker and Mr. W. Whitaker on, 346
Cobham, Electric Light for, 194
Cockett Tunnel, The, 360
Coke Conveyor, Hot, 177
Dust into Briquettes, Conversion of, 424
Imported into California, 271
Output, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 373
Ovens, The Huessener, Adopted in Great Britain, 284
in the Nord and Pas de Calais De¬partment of France, 447
Simon Carve’», 163
Cold Weather and Fire Outbreaks, 619
Cole, Marchent, and Morley, Engines for the
Sheffield Electric Tramways (Supplement October 27th, 1899), 416
Colliers and the Miners’ Federation, 256
Colliery Disputes in South Wales, 246
Explosion, Japan, 152
in Lincolnshire, Proposed New, 131
Colomb, Admiral (with Portrait), 403
Colt Machine Gun, The, 91
Combustion and Forced Draught, Mr. R. E. Hodgson, 478
Companies, New, 255, 256, 557
Compressed Air, Novel Application of, 11
Compressor, Air, Creston Mines, Colorado, 320
Conciliation Board, Re-establishment of, Agreed to by the Durham Colliers, 410
Mr. Waterhouse’s Summary Return to the, 101
Condensers, Efficiency of Surface, 47
Condenser, New Form of, 323
Contracts, Importance of Speed in Fulfilling, 473

Contracts:

Bulgarian State Railways, 175
London County Council, 14
London County Council and Engineering, 3
Norwegian State Railways, 380
Brake Vans for, 18
Probably the Largest ever made, 65
Rails and Fish-plates for Glasgow, 490
for Manchester Tramways, 526
Yorkshire Coalowners and the Railway Loco¬motive, 15
Concrete of Remarkable Strength, A, 65
Conveyor, Hot Coke, Ash, and Clinker, 177
Coolgardie Reservoir, The, 654
Water Supply, Piping and Plates for, 308
Cooper’s Hill College, 191
Copper, Australian, 472
Conductors, Committee on, 629
Market, Interesting Incident of the Pre¬sent State of the, 144
Mattes in the Bessemer Converter, Treat¬ment of, Mr. James Douglas, 467
Output and Consumption in the Present Century, 623
Output this Century from Mines in the United Kingdom, 495
Production, United States, 1898, 218
and Tin, 94
Corliss Gear, 149, 215
Cornish Engines, High-pressure, 18, 47, 74, 93, i 149,201
Cornish Engine and the Willans Engine, The, 116
Corrosion of Certain Alloys and Metals, Tests to Determine, 117
Costs of Steamers, Fluctuating Values in the, 645
Cotton Mills, Madras, 271
Cottrell, H. E. P., Incandescent Lamp and Trans¬former Construction in America, 364, 387
Coulthard's Triple-expansion, 328
Cowper-Coles, Mr. S., On the Application of Electro-Metallurgy to Mechanical Engineering, 319
Cowper-Coles, Mr. S., Electrolytic Method of Sharpening Files, 490
Cramp, Mr. Jacob C., 397
Crandall, Mr. C. L., On Electric Power from Windmills, 546
Crane, Cantilever, at Swan and Hunter’s Yard, Wallsend, 124
Crane, Hydraulic Jib, 264, 265
Creusot, Cost of the Strike, 373
Crewe, Visit of the Iron and Steel Institute to 190
Cripps, Mr. E. W., 623
Crompton, Mr. R. E., On the Influence of Cheap Fuels on the Cost of Electrical Energy, 628
Crompton, Sam, Birthplace of, presented to the Mayor of Bolton, 645
Crossley Brothers, Limited, Oil and Gas, 335
Crossley Brothers, Pumping Machinery, Lime-house Dry Dock, 216
Crossness, Bacterial Treatment of Crude Sewage 1 at, 389
Crowley and Duxbury, Wood-working Tool, 433
Crystal Palace Company’s Bill, 656
Crystal Palace, New Roof at the, 469
Cudwortb, Mr. Jas. Ianson, 479
Cunliffe and Croom, Limited, Duplex Milling Machine, 33, 35
Curtis, Mr. R. H., On the Diurnal Variations of the Barometer in the British Isles, 491
Customs Union between Holland and Germany, A, 347
Cutlers’ Feast, The 276th, 459, 469
Cyanide Patents in Australasia, Litigation over, 232
in Victoria for Gold Recovery to Pay Royalty, Users of, 22
Works, Output, Lancaster, W. Mine, South Africa, 297
Cycles, Applications for Letters Patent for Inven¬tions Connected with, 271
Cycles, German v. English at Odessa, 595
Cycle Shows to be held in 1899, 302
Cycleway, An Elevated, California, 11
Cyclists, Bye-law Pleasing to, 645
and the Railways, A Deputation headed by Mr. H. Gladstone, 473

D

DAIRY Factory in Natal, The First, 458
Show, 1899, 405
Dam, The Assouan, 140 (Supplement, Augustllth, 1899), 260, 410, 414
The Potomac, 243
on the River Niagara, Proposed, 555
Movable, 306
Stability of Low Masonry, 576
Dangerous Trades, 262, 615
Danish Viaducts, 41
Dantzig, Rumoured Erection of Steel Foundry and Rolling Mills near, 323
Darby Land Digger, 565
Darjeeling, Landslip at, 544, 545
Darlington Railway Plant and Foundry Company, Limited, Formation of, 255
Darwen, Electricity Works at, 243
Davey, Paxman, and Co., Air Compressor Plant,
General Post-office, Liverpool, 161
Davies, Mr. Thomas Goorge, 180
Davies, Mr. J., On tho North Sydney Sewerage Scheme, 633
Deacon’s Pipe Brush, 551
Dean, Smith, and Grace, Heavy Shafting Lathe, 74
De Laval Steam Turbine Motor for Running a Ventilating Plant, 243
Delaware, Deepening of the, and Estimated Cost, 323, 397
Denmark, Government Proposals for Steam
Ferries, Telegraph Cable, and Railway Bridge across the Belt, 65
Denton, Prof. J. E., On a System of Exhaust Steam Heating Proposed by the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company, 397
Derrick, Travelling, Maryland Steel Company, Derwent Water Scheme, The, 519
Devon Great Consols Mine, 113
Dewey, Admiral, Electrical Illuminations in Honour of, 397
Diamond Match Company, Limited, Works of the, 8, 9, 12, 36, 37
Diamond Trade, The, 656
Dickinson, Mr. Joseph, On Timbering of Mines, 505
Discounts, Iron Trade, 11, 15, 23, 69
Discount Question, The Birmingham Ironmasters and the, 11, 15
Dnieper, Dredging Operations on the, 569

Docks:

Antwerp, 59, 569, 615
Archangel, Dry Deck, 473
Avon, Dcckisation of the, 85
Baltimore, Dry, 213
Barrow, 397, 404
Barry Dry Dock, 556
Bills, Harbour and Dock, 615
Black Sea Ports, Proposed Construction of Dry,
in one of the, 595 Boston, Dry, for the Navy, 202
Bremerhaven, The Largest in Germany, 291, 569
Bristol, 379, 400
Bute Dry Dock Extension, 310
Cardiff, 154, 401
Durban, 103
Hull, Extension of the Alexandra Dock, 92, 297
Japan, 152
Keybam Extension Works, 112, 113
Leitb, New Graving, 271
Liverpool, 235
Landon, 95, 216, 482, 544, 615
Mersey, Annual Statement, 50
Philadelphia, Dry, 39
Port Talbot, Graving, 228
Roath, 7
Shanghai, Dry, 269
Thames, Dry, 216
Graving, 95
South-Western India, Lengthening and Deepening of, 482
Troon, Graving, 34
United States Dry, Schemes for, 218
Navy, Floating Dry. 11
Portsmouth, Stone Dry, Specifi¬cations for, 218
Valparaiso, Need of, 11
Wear, Extension of Dock Works, 297, 581

Dockyard Notes:

Admiralty Designs, Criticisms of the Latest, and their Danger, 369
Admiralty Projects for a New Dockyard, 473
Andromeda, The, to bo Commissioned for the Mediterranean, 175
Anson, The, 600
Aurore, First class Russian Cruiser, to be Launched in the Autumn, 186
Babcock and Wilcox Boilers in the Sheldrake The, 319
Balloons carrying Lyddite to Explode Down¬wards over Boer Positions, 353
Barham, The, 175, 186, 406
Barr and Stroud BaDge-fiodere ordered, 100 more, 35
Blake, Re-fit of the, Completed, 477
Boilers, Babcock and Wilcox, in the Sheldrake, 319
A British, The Admiralty’s Duty to Find, 175
Water-tube, The ‘‘Daily Chronicle” on, 88
in the Different Navies, 88
of the Seagull, Niclausse, 175, 319
Borodino, New Russian Battleship, 186
“Brassey Row” a Good Advertisement for the Naval Annual connected with Lord Brassey’s Name, 121
Brazilian Ironclad Marechal Floriano, The, 59
Breakdowns in British and in Foreign Ships, 35, 59
Bullfinch Disaster, The, 88
Calypso to be Commissioned, 149
Camperdown, The, 59
New 67-TonGun mounted in the, 477
Canopus, The, 59, 303, 354, 489, 514, 575, 600
Cervera, Admiral, his Orders and Correspond¬ence during the late War Published, 489 Channel Fleet, The, 441, 514
Squadron Coaling Averages, The Last, 406
Coal, Economy of, The Particular Service Squadron Uses no Electric Light, 575
Coaling Point at Portsmouth an Utter Failure, 650
Coal at Portsmouth, Spontaneous Combustion of, 650
Colliers for Warships, The Ideal, 5
Colomb, Admiral, 405
Colossus, A “Daily Chroniole” “Special’s” Mistake, 5
Contractor’s Steam Trial, A Word of Praise to an Account of, 35
Cordite, Fumes in Connection with, 186
Cresoent, H.M.S., The Tale about the Attempt to Sink, 489
Cressy, Launch of the, 564, 573
Destroyers, Breakdowns at High Speeds, 121
Naval Opinion Says they should Carry Four Torpedo Tubes, 121
Speed of, 121
Dutch Ironclad Koningin Regentes, 186
Earnest, The Destroyer, 630
Edinburgh, The, Commissioned as Gunnery Tender at Sbeerness, 441
Electra, The Destroyer, at Portsmouth, 514
Elswick Cruisers, Allegations Made in America Against, 406
The Influence of, on British Admiralty Designs, 319
Essex Class of Armoured Cruiser, Our Guns and Mountings of, 630
Fairy, The, 59
Formidable, Masts up, 351, 430
French Battleship Bouvet to be Repaired at Toulon, 354
Devastation Reboilered, 477, 600
Henri IV., The New, 221, 552
Two New, Projected and Given up, 430, 489, 600, 630
Iéna, Trials Begun, 477
Jeanne d’Arc, “Le Yacht” on, 630
Croiser-Corsaire Guichen, Speed Trials of the, 552
Cruiser to be Built at Cherbourg, 552
The Two Projected, Counter¬manded, 630
Hallebarde, Speed Trial of, 233
Destroyer Hallebarde, Run from Havre to Cherbourg, 121
Indomptable, Change of Armament, 238
Ironclads Courbet and Devastation. Change of Armament, 238, 575, 600
Ironclad Turenne to be Used for Colonial Harbour Defepce, 121
Naval Programme, Lieut. E. Duboc on Naval Policy and the, 573
School, Transference of, from Modern Vessels to Ships of an Old Type, 369
Stations, M. de Lanessan’s Re¬port on the Inadequacy of the, 600
Navy, Expenditure on Now Ships and Coast Defence, 650
Northern Fleet, Tho, 441
Shipbuilding Programme and Naval Estimates, 369
Ships, Changes in the Masts of, 35
Submarine Boat Morse, 354, 406
Torpedo Boat No. 212, Satisfactory
Performance of, 477
Torpedo Boats Building at Havre, 354 406
German Ironclad Worth, 630
German Navy, Increase in the, 441
German Warships under Alteration, 221
Glory, The, at Portsmouth, 600
Goschen, Air., On Water-tube Boilers for Armoured Cruisers, 88, 94
Guns for French Battleships, Big Modern, 575, 600
Gun, The 110-Ton, in our Navy, 600
Hagen, German Coast Defence Ship, to be Cut in Two and Lengthened, 221
Hango Udd, Unsuccessful Attempt to Raise the Sunken Ironclad, 186
Hermes, New Cruiser, to be Commissioned for North American Station, 221 Highflyer, Trials of tho New Second-class Cruiser, 303
Highflyer, Her Fighting Tops, 319
Hood, The, 600
Hunter, Dsstroyer, The Damage!, 430
Impérieuse, The, Arrives at Spithead, 175
Impérieuse, Refit of the, 269
Italian Cruisers, Lepanto and Italia, Altera¬tions in Progress, 221
Italian Cruiser, the Vareso, Launch of, 221, 239
Italian Ironclads, New, their Construction, 221
Jane Naval War Game Adopted by the Dutch Admiralty, 35
Jane Naval War Game, Ships Added to the, 233
Japan, Naval, “ L9 Yacht” on, 477
Japan, Uraga Dockyard, 152
Japanese Battleship Mikase, 369
Japanese Battleship Skikishima at Portsmouth, 269, 303, 319, 514
Japanese Cruiser Idznmo, 319
Japanese Cruiser, The Iwate, 5, 319
Japanese Destroyer Sazanami at Brest, 552
Kaiser Friedrich III., Gorman Battleship, at Spithead, 514
Kearsarge and Kentucky, The, 320, 324, 353, 630
Keyham Dockyard, 113, 127
Koningin Regentes, Armament of the Dutch Ironclad, 186
Kruger's Cruiser, The Story of, 552
London, The Battleship, 303, 430
Majestic, Coaling of the, 5
Narwal, “ Lo Yacht” on the, 441
Naval Kriegspiel Society, A, 353
Naval Manoeuvres, The, 35, 59, 149
Naval Manoeuvres, “ Le Yacht” on the, 303
Naval Preparation, 477
Naval War Game, Mr. F. T. Jano on the, 600
Nelson’s Victory to be Turned into a Museum and Picture Gallery, 353
Niclausse Boiler, Probable Funeral of the “Latest Type,” 406
Niclausse Boilers in the Seagull, The Old, 319
Ocean, The, Trial of, 303
Old Ships in Reserve at Portsmouth, Triennial Trials of, 430
Olympia, Legend Regarding the, 353
Orlando's Quick-firers on the China Station, 514
Portsmouth Harbour, Proposed Canal as an Outlet from, 186
Powerful, The, 186, 238, 269, 303, 441
Quick-firer at Shoeburyness, Trials with a 6in., 238
Red Cross Ships, “ Le Yacht ” on, 430
Reserve Fleet, Our, 441, 514
Rurik, Reported Rotten Condition of the, 353
Russian Baltic Fleet to Winter at Libau, 575
Russian Battleship Borodino, 186
Russian Battleships now Building, Names of, 354
Rassiau Battleships, Report as to Armoured Bottoms for, 430
Russian Black Sea Fleet, Reported Addition of Two Cruisers to the, 477
Russian Circular ex-Yacht Livadia re-named the Experiment, 406
Russian Cruiser Aurore, 186
Russian Cruiser, The Ros3ia, 269
Russian Cruiser Waryag, The, as compared to our New Cruisers, 369
Russian Destroyers, Names of the Four New, 630
Russian Gunboat Giliak, 406
Russian Gunboat Khrabry, 354
Russian Ironclad Apraksin aground, 552, 575, 630
Russian Ironclad Kniaz Potemkin Tavsitchesky,
Guns of the, and their Mounting, 149
Russian Ironclad Petropavlovsk—see page 525
of Vol. lxxxvi of The Engineer, 441
Russian Torpedo Boats or Destroyers to be sent to the Far East, 489
Russian Torpedo Catcher Some, 186
Russian Torpedo Cruiser, Abrek, 406
Scout Refitted, 489
Seagull, The, Inspected by the Admiralty, 406
Seagull, Niclausse Boilers of the, 175, 319
Sfax with Three Masts, The Illustrations of the, 5, 35
Ships we are at Present Building, Drawing in Le Yacht” of all the, 353
Smoke made by the German Ships at Spithead, 514
Some, Torpedo Catcher, to join the Baltic Squadron next Summer, 186
Speed of Destroyers, Russian and French View as to, 477
Spiteful, Destroyer, Duplieate Centre Funnel of the, 430
Surly Trials with Liquid Fuel, 238
Sutlej, Armoured Cruiser, Launched, 514
Sweden, Three New Ironclads laid down by, 477, 489
Swedish Ironclad Svea to be Reconstructed, 650
Temjserloy Transporters, Engines for Working, Terrible, The, 186, 238, 303
Torpedo Nets, How they are now got up, 35
Training Squadron Ships, The, 477
United States Battleships and Cruisers, Names of the New, 406
United States Cruiser Atlanta, The, 630
United States Naval Programme, Toe, 573
United States Sailing Cadets’ Training Ship, the Chesapeake, 121 12in. High-explosive Shell, The, 88
Wireless Telegraphy for the Navy, Final Ex¬periments, 552
I)adds, Mr. T. W., 266
Donaldson, Air. John, 354
Donelly, Sir John, Presentation to, 595
Donkin, Bryan, Utilisation of High Furnace Gases for Power in Gas Engines, 509, 561, 588
Dortmund-Ems Canal, The, 492
Harbour, Total Movement of Shipping in, 424
Douglas, Air. James, On the Treatment of Copper Mattes in the Bessemer Converter, 467
Dover Harbour Works, Messrs. Alatthews and Coode, 292, 323
Dowlais Company into a Limited Liability, Re¬ported Transformation of the, 284
Drainage of London, Main, 464, 573
Schemes, Provision to be made for Re¬moving Rainfall, 519
of the Tipton District, Messrs. Howl and Alarten, 22
and Waterworks in Concepcion, Ten¬ders invited, 373
Drawbridges, Bascule, 342
Dredger tor tho Suez Canal Company, Hopper, 11,39
Dredging, American Screw Pump for, 76
Machine, A Hugo American, 226
in the Rhine, Water Jet, 147
Drill Forging Machine, Star, 306
Drilling Machine, American Radial, 593
Boiler Shell, 137
Sensitive, Cburohill and Co. (Supplement, November lllh, 1899, xii.)
Driving Machinery, Belt Conveyors, 651
Ropes, Paper, 443
Dnddon Estuary, Projected Sea Wall, 77
Dum-Dum Bullet, The, 116
DustCart Competition, Mr. H. Liw’s Award, 144
Dutton and Co., Limited, Incorporated with J. F. Pease and Co., Limited, 38s
Dymchurch Wall and Reclamation of Romney Marsh, 407, 594
Dynamite Field Can, The, 582
Dynamos—«e Electric

E

EAST London Waterworks Company, leave of Absence and Half-pay Granted to its Reserve Men, 397
East, Overland Routes to the, 326
Economical Haulage—see Haulage Economical
Eddystone Lighthouse, 113
Educational System of the United States and Canada, Deputation from Birmingham to Inquire into, 595
“Eggette ” Fuel Enterprise, The, 256

Electric:

Apparatus, Permissible Rise in Temperature of, 301
Auxiliaries on Ships of War, 548
Auxiliary Machinery in the United States Navy, by Alton D. Adams, 233
Batteries, Large, 526
Cables, Aluminium, in the United States, 323
Cable, The New German-American, 397
Cars for the Glasgow Tramways, 397 Castings, 154
Central Station, Milwaukee, 334
Condenser, New Form of, 823
Conductors made of Copper, Iron, and Alu¬minium, Costs of, 569
Current, Anesthetic Effects of the, 447
Current, Centenary of the, Professor Fleming oa, 299
Current on the Trees in Brussels, Effect of the, 546
Discharge, Experiments connected with, Death by the, 473
Distribution of Motive Power, Generation and, 446, 482
Driving at Messrs. I. Storey and Sons’ Works, 129
Driving and Lighting in the Thames Ironworks and Engineering Company’s Works, 473
Dynamic Ventilator, A, 194
Dynamo driven by Water Jets, 654
Dynamometer Friction, Prof. W. E. Dalby, 644
Dynamometric Toe (Supplement, November 17t/i, 1899, xvi.)
Dynamos for Power Purposes, 61
Energy, Influence of Cheap Fuels on the Cost of, 628
Engineering in Switzerland, 413
Fire Wagon, Paris Fire Brigade, 21
Fog-horn, 243
Generating Plant, Heinriahsburg Canal Lift, 342, 343
Generators, Same Large, 577
Haulage on the Laois and Liverpool Canal, The Thwaite Cawley System of, 243 Hoisting Engines in toe United States, 422
Illuminations in Admiral Dewey’s Honour, 397
Incandescent Limps, Mr. B. L. Montel on High-efficiency, 546
Industry of Germany, The 248
Insulators, How they are Made, 519
Launch on the Venice Canals, The First, 645
Lift, Cost of Operating an, 447
Light Plant employed in the Torcenay Tunnel, 297
Light Railways—see Railways, Light
Light Stations, Working of, 626
Lighting Acts, 1882 to 1890, 372
Lighting, Aigle, Switzerland, 236
Lighting, Alternating-current Arc Lamps in America, 253
Lighting Amenities, 528
Lighting of th9 Batignollos Tunnel, 297
Lighting Bombay, 373
Lighting, Calcutta, for St. Paul's Cathedral, 473
Lighting, Cobham, 194
Lighting Companies and Consumer*, 571, 597
Lighting Glow Limp of 5000 Candle-power,
Lighting, Incandescent Lamp and Transformer Construction in America, 364, 387
Lighting, Llanelly, 473 Lighting, London, Arc Lamps in Uss, 495
Lighting of Ludgate-hill Station, 447
Lighting, Newcastle, 309
Lighting, Northallerton and Middlesbrough, 281, 297, 309
Lighting of Railway Carriages, 270
Lighting and Refuse Destructors, 332, 392, 393,
429, 576, 591, 627. 632, 633
Lighting in Scotch Towns, Schemes, 355
Lighting, Sheffield, 546
Lighting Station in Edinburgh, 323. 417
Lighting, Taree-wire Distributing System, 519
Machinery on Board Ship, Mr. A. Siomons on, 299, 305
Motors for Driving Pumping Plant, 645
Machinery for Moscow, all Orders go to Ger¬many and Switzirlaud, 355
Omnibus, Berlin, 373
Planing Machine, American, 11
Postal Service in France, 238
Power Plant, Hydraulic, Brazil, 355
Power Plant, Hydraulic, at Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, 424
Power Plant, Illinois Steel Company’s Works,
Power Plant for the Indian Head Factory for Making Smokeloss Powder, 424
Power Plant, Mount Whitney, 492
Power Plant at Niagara, 216, 645
Power in the Simla Hills, Syndicate for Supply¬ing, 218
Power Stations in America, Units used at, 447
Power Station in Brazil, American and Canadian Company, 419
Power Stations in New York, 546
Power Supply for the Mining Companies, My¬ sore, 373
Power Supply, New York, 355
Power Supply Schemes in the North, Two New, 519
Power, Theft of, Germany, 623
Power from Windmills, Mr, C. L. Crandall on, 546
Power in the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company’s Works, 458
Resistance and Heating Company, Limited, Prospectus of, 78
Resistance of Wires, Variations of Torsion upon the, 519
Search-light Apparatus for New York Fire Brigade, 645
Subways, San Francisco, 495
Supply Station, Bombay, 623
Supply Stations in the County of London, Boilers in use, 473
Supply Station in Pennsylvania, Driven by a Natural Gas Plant, 355
Telegraph Line from Lake Bennett to Dawson City, 519
Testing Laboratory, London, Annual Report of Mr. A. A. Voysey, 495
Traction, Effect of Large Systems of, on the Instruments in Greenwich and Kew Observa¬tories, 495
Traction, Overhead, Magnetic Arrangement for doing away with Springs in the Trolley Base, 397
Traction in South London, 140
Tramcars and Light Railway Cars, G. F. Milnes and Co.’s New Works, 432
Tramways—re« Tramways
Transmission Plant, Allegan Dam, Michigan,
Wires at Cincinnati, Underground, Recommen¬dation to Place all, 194
Wires, Dangers of Overhead, 36
Wires, Deterioration of Lead-covered, 519
Wires, Underground, San Francisco, 167
Wiring Rules, 166
Works, Grimsby, 345
Electrically-driven Planing Machine, 391, 392
Ploughs in Prussia, 271
Printing Presses, 636
Tools, 224
Electrically-propelled Ferry Boats, United States, 317
Electricity in American Mines, 304
Destruction of Wooden Bridge by, 355
Generating Station for Salford, New, 595, 607
in Glasgow, 161 in Glass-making, Use of, 323
in Steel Works, 45
Street Sweeping by, 194
Supply, W. Kootenay, 452
Thawing Water Pipes by, 595
Theatre at Buenos Ayres Warmed by,
Theft of, Not Punishable by Law, 271
Works at Darwen, 243
Works, Milan, 620, 621, 622
Electro-galvanising Boiler Tubes, 379
“ Electroid ” Gas at Scarborough, 297
Electrolysis of Underground Pipes, 167
on Water Pipes Tested, Action of, 39
Electrolytic Alkali Company, Limited, The, 557
Extraction of Mercury, 323
Method of Sharpening Files, 490
Electro-magnetic Separator, An, 550
Electro-metallurgy to Mechanical Engineering, Mr. S. Cowper-Coles on Application of, 319
Electromotive Force Produced in a Flame by Magnetic Action, 11
Elgar, Dr. F., On the Distribution of Pressure over a Ship's Bottom in Dry Dock, 60
Eliot, Mr., On the Mechanical Appliances in Use at Keyham Dockyard Extension Works, 112, 113
Ellis, Mr. Thos., 102
Elswick Cruisers, Mr. P. Watts on, 82, 99
Elswick Works and Shipyard, 106
Elwell, Mr., 432, 606
Emigrants' Information Office, Particulars Fur¬nished by, 11
Employment, In Search of, 166
for Reservists, 429
Engineering, On the Educational Needs of, Mr. John Caird, 457
Exports, American, 75 Formula), 400
Sentiment in, 450, 472
Trade, Combination in the, 475
Trade, Conference arising from the
Dispute in the, 140 Works, Glasgow and South-Western
Railway Company’s New, 473
Engineers, Chemical, 650
in China, Openings for Mechanical, 5/7
and the Development of India, 220
Grievances, Young, 518
Machine Tools, 577
Mechanical, Opening in China for, 542, 547, 553
and Oil, 524
Part in Getting the Naval Guns to Ladysmith, 519
Patriotism amongst, 469
Students, On the Practical Training of, Mr. R. Mayston on, 112, 128
Training of, 169, 576, 604
in the United States Navy, 235
and Canada, 550
and Chambers of Commerce, 274

Engines:

Auxiliary, Speed obtained by the Exhaust Steam of, 519
Basset High-pressure Cornish, 18, 47, 74, 93
Blowing, American, 334
and Boilers of H.M.S. Essex, John Brown and Co., 459
at the Catrine Bleach Works, Ayrshire, that has Worked for Fifty Years, 144
Corliss, for Sheffield Electric Tramways (Supplement, October 27th, 1899), 416, 443
Cornish, Iligh-prcssure, 18, 47, 74, 93, 149, 201
The Cornish and the Willans, 116
Coulthard’s Triple-expansion, 328
with Direct-connected Dynamos, 372, 393, 443
Efficiency of Steam, 157, 209, 314, 339,356, 604, 632
Efficiency of, R. H. Thurston, 604
Electric Generating, Heinrichsburg Canal Lift, 342, 343
Electric Hoisting, in the United States, 422
Electric Traction, 296, 326, 330
Forgotten Steam, 116, 145
Gas, 88, 120, 588, 589, 590, 623
Gas, High-power, 478, 479
Gas, Using Producer Gas, Erie Railroad Shops, 623
Gas, Utilisation of High Furnace Gases for Power in, 509, 561, 588
Gas, Westinghouse, 88, 623 Guarantees, 245
High-pressure Cornish, 18, 47, 74, 93, 149, 201
High-speed, Professor Riedler’s Work on, 418
Hoisting, Chihuahua Mines, Mexico, 320
Internal Combustion, Means of Effecting Igni¬tion and Combustion in, 167
of H.M.S. Ocean (Supplement, December 1st, 1899), 539
Launch Oil, 540, 541
Locomotives—see Locomotives
Locomotive, Painting, 340
Marine, 58, 69, 417, 420, 421, 539 (Supplement, December 1st, 1899)
Marine, and Accessories, South Kensington Museum, 218
Marine, Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., 58, 59
Mil), Swiss v. English and German for Russia, 355
Motor Car, Launch, and Yacht Requirements, The Ard wick Engine Company’s New Designs in, 635
Oil, 77, 120, 335, 381, 399
Oil, at the Edinburgh Show, 1899, Judges’ Report of the Trial of, 381
Oil and Gas, Crossley Brothers, Limited, 335
Oil, Vertical, Ardwick Engine Company, 77
Pumping, for Chicago, 167
Pumping, Cleveland Waterworks, 254
Pumping, Test of, 155
See also Railway Locomotives
Sheffield Electric Tramways, 416
Single-crank Compound, 470, 504, 577, 648
Single-crank Compound, F. T. Harker on, 577
Single-track Compound Screw, 527
Smithfield Club Show, 565
Steam Engine and Oil and Gas, by Professor Perry, 120
S.S. America Maru, 417, 420, 421
S.S. Ocean’s (Supplement, December lit, 1899), 539
Tests, Some Modern Economical, Selected by Bryan Donkin (Supplement, October 13<A, 1899), 377
Traction, Accident with a, 297
Traction, for South Africa, 566, 567
Traction, in War, 451
Triple-expansion, Dutch Cruiser Noord Bra¬bant, 563
Valve, A New Form of, 98
Welsh Tank, 594
England, North of, 23, 51, 77, 101, 130, 153, 179,
203, 227, 255, 283, 309, 335, 359, 383, 409, 433, 459, 484, 505, 531, 555, 581, 607, 635, 655
England and Wales Surveyed, 1898, Area of, 224
Epstein, Mr. Ludwig, 204
Erie Canal Electric Traction Company, Storage
Battery System Adopted, 495
Ermack, The, at Tyneside for Repairs, 60
Evans’ Ingot Stripper, 366, 367
Evaporation in Tubes, Influence of Velocity on, Ewing, Prof., On the Grievances of Young Engi¬neers, 518

Exhibitions:

Blackpool Health Exhibition, 18S
Budapest, Acetylene, 141
Canea, 623
Cycle Shows, The Stanley and the National, 302, 525
Glasgow, 1901, 144
Islington, Motor Cars at, 10
London Automobile, 95
London, Brewers’, 421
London, Dairy Show, 405
London, Royal Aquarium, Gas and Allied Trades. 243
London, Tramways and Light Railways, 424
Paris, 43, 65, 74, 81, 261,272, 345, 127, 460, 495, 519, 556
Paris, Motor Cars at, 43, 74
United States Exbibit at, 65
Railway, Proposed, 296
Experimental Model Basin, Navy Yard, Washing¬ton, 109,110, 138, 139, 142
Explosions, Boiler, 568
at Burton-on-Trent, 656
Colliery, Japan. 152, 282
Llest Colliery, 255
Rochdale Gasworks, 417
St. Helens, Recent, 501
Sheffield Boiler, COO Woolwich Arsenal, 92
Explosives in Coal Mines, New Order relating to, 111
Government Order for Unfilled Shell, 11
High, called Thorite, 220, 323
Shell against Armour, II-gb, 220
Exports from Japan, New Ports of, 282

F

FACTORY, Definition of a, and the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 639
and Workshop Act, Home Secretary’s Notice under Section 8 respecting Sorting, Combing, Carding, &c., Wool, 645
and Workshop Act, 1878, Special Exceptions in Section 52,
Order of tho Secretary of State, 144
Famine in Fuel, 627
Faribault, Mr. E. R., Gold Measures of Nova Scotia, 11
Fast Run on an Amorican Railway, 631
Fast Travelling in the United States, 577, 595, 604
Fast Travelling in the United States, N. D. Macdonald, 604
Fell and Co., Electro-magnetic Separator, 550
“ Thermoscopic Loop,” Steam Trap, Fight for Free Work, The, 193
File Cutting, Dangers of the Trade of, 171
Files, Electrolytic Method of Sharpening, 490
Finedon Water Supply, 569
Finland, Question of a Technical School for, 218
Fire-arms, Results of Firing with Old and New, Experiments in Belgium, 218
Fire Brigades Union, The National Camp, Exhi¬bition, and Review of, 39
Engines for London, Improved, 166
Engine for Russia, Swedish English and German, 595
Float for the L.C.C., Steam, 20
at Messrs. W. and T. Avery’s Works, 397
Broom Mill Colliery, 556
Messrs. Johnson and Phillips’ Works, 194
North Woolwich Factory, 92
Walker and Eaton's Works, 309
Outbreaks, Cold Weather and, 619
Tests, 503
Wagon, Electric, Paris Fire Brigade, 21
in the War, Our, 619
Fireproofing of Floors, The, 583
Firth, Mr. Lewis J., Presentation to, 554
Flax Culture in this Country, Returns Issued, 447
Fleming, Prof., Centenary of the Electric Cur¬rent, 299
Fletcher, Mr. A. W., On the Effects of the Man¬chester Ship Canal, 559
Mr. J. E., On Steel Castings, 491
Son, and Fearnall, New Thames Dry Dock, 216
Flexible Shaft, Novel Application of the, 546
Floors, Fireproofing of, 583
Floor of Steel Girders with Concrete Filling, Tested by Fire-prevention Committee, 397
Flotations of Well - known Local Concerns in Lancashire, 129
F.our Equal to Hungarian, Priz9 Offered at the Bakers’ Exhibition for, 218
Flue Turning and Drilling Machine, 91
Fluids in Motion and at Rest, Mr. Chas. V. Boys on, 492
Fly-wheel for Stockton Ironworks, New, 65, 77
Fog Horn, Electric, 243
Fog Signalling Apparatus, Mechanical, 465
Foley, Mr. N., On a New Method of Forced Draught, 60
Forced Draught, Mr. N. Foley on a New Method of, 60
Foreign Competition, 504
Forests of Siberia, 201
Forging Machine, The New Rico, 358
Forging Machines, Star Drill, 306
Formosa, Lead Import, 271
Foster, Mr. Wm. Orme, 358
Foundry on tbo Site of Messrs. T. Ilackworth and Co.’s Works, New, 101
Fowler and Co., Limited, Messrs. J., Dinner of Employés, 595
Traction Engines for South Africa, 566, 567
Fownes Forge and Engineering Company’s Works, Fox, Mr. Theodore, 359
Frankland, Sir Edward, 161
Fraser and Chalmers, Mining Compressor and Hoisting Engine, 320
Free Labour Congress, The, 380
Movement, The, 376
Free v. Unionist Labour, 269
French Bounties, 573
Bounties and Sailing Ship Construction, 568
Cable, Projected, 627
Government Foundries at Toulon, Erec¬tion of, 648
Naval Manoeuvres, 243
Frewen, Mr. Morten, Oa United States Currency and Finance, 75
Friction of Compressed Air in Pipes, 429, 472, 504, 527
in South Wales, 119
Frodingham Iron and Steel Company’s Works, 45
Fuels, Cheap, their Influence on the Cost of Electrical Energy, 628
Economy of Engines used in Electric Railway Power Stations, Professor R. C. Carpenter, 485
Famine, 627
Furnaces, Blast, Largest Single Owner of, 218
in Blast in Scotland this Year and Last, 284
in Operation in Belgium, 595
Smoke Preventing, Mr. D. E. Alves, 590
Furness, Westgarth and Co., Limited, Smart Pieco of Engineering Work, 65, 77, 359

G

GALLOWAY Boilers for the Paris Exhibition and for Salford and Liverpool and Stockton Elec¬tricity Stations, 555
Galloways, Limited, Boiler Works of, 190
Garvin Milling Machine, 517
Gas Asphyxiation in San Francisco, Deaths from, 271
Calorific Value of Blast Furnace, 323
Gases, Action of, on Caoutchouc and Rubber Tires, 92
Gas Consumption, Sir F. T. Mappin at the Sheffield Gas Company’s Meetings, 302
" Eloctroid,” 297
Escape from a Coal Mine in Japan, Singular Effect, 580
Generators, Dr. Ludwig on, 141
Gases, High Furnace, 561, 688, 604
Gas Light, Incandescent, Experiments at New¬castle, 623
Mains, Improvements in, America, 458
Meters, Inspection and Stamping of, 495
Meters, Popularity of the “ Penny-in-ths-Slot,” 243
Producing and Engine Plant, New York, 606
Supply of Indiana, U.S.A., Decrease in the Natural, 355
Supply, A New Policy in, 297 Supply, Tokyo, 373
Thermometers for High Temperatures, Messrs. L. Holborn and Day on, 695
Tram Cars, 85, 86
Gases, Utilisation of High Furnace, for Power in Gas Engines, by Bryan Donkin, 509, 561, 5S8
Gas Works, Acetylene, Hawes, 368, 369
Gate for Canals, Automatic Guard, 39
Gefle in Sweden, Shipments of Iron and Steel from, 92
Geological Congress, Paris, The International, 75
Geological Survey of England and Wales, 1898, 373
German Cable to the United States, 519 ,
Canals, 235
Consular Arrangements, 331
Machinery at the Paris Exhibition, 345
Pig Iron Output, 447
Spanish Merchant Treaty, Alterations in the Duties on German Imports to
Spain, 52
Survey for the Bagdad Railway, 422
Germany, Our Correspondent’s Notes from, 24,
52, 78, 102, 131, 155, 180, 204, 228, 256, 285, 310, 336, 360, 384, 410, 434, 460, 485, 507, 532, 556, 582, 609, 637, 657
Girders, Machine for Notching, 217
Girder Span in Theory and Fact, Effective, 166
Gisholt Universal Tool-grinding Machine, 516
Glasgow Corporation Tramway Contracts, 551
Corporation Tramways and American Engines, The, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 215
Electric Traction Engine Contract, The, 220
Electricity in, 161
Gas Supply, Contract with T. Glover and Co., Limited, 297
Sewage Works, 155
Glass, Diminution of Light by its Interception by, 447
Making, Use of Electricity in, 323
Manufactory at St. Helens, New System of Actomatic Blowing, 297
Plate Cast with Wire Gauzo Enclosed, 373, 519
Used in this Country of British Manufac¬ture, 447
Glover and Co., Limited, Gas Lighting Contract with the Glasgow Corporation, 297
Godaiming Water Supply, 65
Gold in African Coal, 595
Bearing Quartz in the Isle of Man, 236
Deposits in Siberia, 447
Export from West Australia, 447
Fields in Japan, New, 580
Fields, The West Australian, 271
Measures of Nova Scotia, Mr. E. R. Fari¬bault on the, 11
Mining, South Africa, Question of Dry or Wet Crushing, 25
Obtained by Dredging in New Zealand, 519
Production of the Transvaal in 1898, 447
in Yukon, Royalty on the Output of, 546
Goodfellow, Mr. Joseph, 17
Goschen, Mr., On Armoured Cruisers, 88, 94
Government Contracts in Japan, 634
Graham, Mr. George (with Portrait), 7
Grain-separatiDg Machines. Improved, 224
Greatortx, Mr. A. D., Oa Electric Tramway Traction, 6
Groenhill, Prof. A. G., The Lippincott Planimeter, 614
Griffiths and Hawker, Tip Wagon, 359
Grimsby, Electric Works, 345
Grindrod, Mr. A. E., On the Disfavour shown by Fire Insurance Companies to the High-pressure Heating Apparatus, 65
Grinkle Mining Company, The Newly-formed, 101
Grover, Mr. F., On the Economics of Steam Raising, 452
Guatemala, Machinery and Railway Materials Im¬ported by Germany and Great Britain to, Gilbert, Mons. A., On Diluted Acetylene for Lighting Railway Carriages, 452
Gulf Stream, Proposed Diversion of the, 447
Guns, American Idin., 126-Ton, its Range, 117
Carriage, An American Motor, 218
Colt Machine, 91 Dynamite Field, 582
Elements of Power in English and Foreign New Type Field, 619
in Possession of the Boers, List of, 595
in the War, Our, 619
Krupp, with Armstrong Breech, 542
at Ladysmith, Our Naval, 522
Naval, for the French Government, 648
Naval, at Ladysmith, 519
for Turkey, British, 47
War Artists and Long, 650
Gwynne and Co., Pumps for Egypt, 445
Gwynne, Limited, J. and IL, Shares assigned to Employés, 632
Gyroscopic Device termed “Oscillometer,” 167

H

HADFIELD, Mr. R. A., Telford Premium and George Stephenson Medal Presented to, 484
Haggio, D. II. and G., Largest Ropo Cable in the World. 424
Halifax Sewage Works, 323
Halliday, Mr. G., Heat Absorption Power of Water, 20
On Influence of Velocity on Evaporation in Tubes, 653
Hamburg, Proposed School of Naval Architec¬ture, 65
Hamburg, Trade of the Port of, 447
Hammer, Cushioned, 629

Harbours and Waterways:

American Canals, 254
Antwerp, New Docks, 615
Barrow Docks, 397, 404
Boston, 30, 372
Bristol Dock Developments, 379
Caledonian and Crinan Canals, 235
Canals, Mechanical Traction on, 316
Cardiff. 154, 404
Civita Vecchia, 569
Cronstadt and St. Petersburg Commercial, 144
Dortmund-Ems Canal, The, 492
Dover Harbour, 292, 323, 623
Dover, Second New Landinc Stage, 323
Durban Harbour Works, 530
German Canals, 235
Harbour and Doqk Bills, 615
Hastings, 560
Havre, Port Improvement Schemes, 235
Ipswich, 30
Liverpool, 30, 235
London and India Docks. 544, 615
Manchester Ship Canal, 51, 141, 235
Market Weigh ton Canal, 235
Marseilles to the Rhono, Canal from, 232
Montreal Harbour, 416
Newcastle, 560
Newport, 30
New York, 30, 35
Parliamentary Session, The, 210
Plymouth, Sutton Harbour Improvements, 615
Port Arthur, Development of, 855
Russian Ports, 416
Russian Waterwajs, 414
Scarborough, 404
Sunderland, 560
Thamos, The, 544
Tyne Pier, Dangerous State of, 235
Volga, Improvement of the Mouths of the, 370
Weaver, The, 560
Windau, Port of, 236
Yarmouth, 30
Yorkshire Junction Canal, 404

Hardware Rates Lowered by the Great Western, 100
Hardware Trade in Canada, 595
Harland and Wolff’s Works, Reported Removal to Belfast. 271
Harris, Mr. Gordon, On Water Supply to Country Mansions and Estates, 573
Hartnell, Mr. W., On Workshop Training with Technical Education, 418
Harvesting Machines in Rnssia, American, 569
Harvey, Mr. C. R., 191 11 astings Harbour, 560
Haulage, Economic, 497, 547, 550, 551, 576, 604, 632, 648
Havana, Water Supply of, 397
Havre Port Improvement Schemes, 235
Hawes Acetylene Gasworks, 368, 369
Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., Engines of the Mer¬maid and the Cheerful, 58, 59
Shipyard, 107
Head, Mr. W. B., Problem of Struts with Lateral Loads, 287
Heat Absorption Power of Water, G. Halliday, 20
Heat Required to Evaporate Steam from Satu¬rated Salt Solutions, Mr. Trouton’s Apparatus for Determining, 600
Heating Apparatus, The High-pressure, Mr. Grindroa on the Disfavour snown by Eire Insurance Companies to, 65
Heating System of Exhaust Steam, Proposed by the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company, 397
Heinrich8burg Canal, Litton, Electric Generating Plant, 342, 343
Hendey-Norton Screw-cutting Lathe, 516
HenniDg, Mr., On Boiler Explosions, 11
Herbert, Limited, Alfred, Exhibit of Machine Tools at the Crystal Palace (.S'«/>yjf«nenf, Norember Mth,, 1899)
High Explosive called “ Thorite,” A New, 221
High Explosive Shell against Armour, 220
Hill and Son, Messrs., Isaac, Machine for Notch¬ing Girders, 217
Hillier and Frémont, The Work of Machine Tools (Supplement, November Ylth, 1891, xv.)
Hodgson, Mr. R. B , Combustion and Forced Draught, 478
Holding and Co., John, Automatic Relief Tool Holder, 163
Holland, State Charges for Use of Roads, Canals, Harbours, Locks, and Bridges Abolished in, 397
Holt’s Rudder, 428 Horley, Mr. Edw., 179
Horses of the Scots Greys Dyed Khaki Colour, 595
Horwich Works, Visit to the, 163
Hospital at the Assouan Dam, 266
Hospital Ship for the Cape, The Latest, 504
Hot-blast Temperature Equaliser, 201
Howe, Mr., Experiments in the Manuring of Fields, 243
Howes, Mr. S., Grain Separating Machine, 224
Huddersfield, Telephone Service for, 645
Hudson River Tunnel, The, 38
U"n»’nner Coke Ovens adopted in Great Britain, 284
Hull City Council and the National Telephone Company, 144
Hulse and Co., Limited, Boiler Shell Drilling Machine, 137
Hulse and Co., Flue Turning and Drilling Ma¬chine, 91
Hungary, Erection of Austrian Factories in, In¬ducements offered by Government, 126
Hunslet Eogine Company, Locomotive Tank Engines, 493
Hunter, Mr. G. B., On Large Atlantic Cargo Steamers, 60, 83
Hyde Sewage Disposal Schemes, 595
Hydraulic Power Plant at SaultSce. Marie, Mich. 167
Hydraulic Rams, 357 Hydrographical Surveys, Rscent, 135

I

ICE Association, British, 330
Ice, Energy Required to Produce 1 lb., 323
Illinois Steel Company’s Works, Electric Power Plant, 495
Illuminating Power of a Standard Candle, a Candle Flame, a Keroseno Lamp Flame, and Platinum at Melting Point, 323
Imray, Mr. Thomas Henry, 549
Incandescent Lamp and Transformer Construc¬tion in America, 364, 387
Incrustation of Pipes at Torquay Waterworks, Mr. Ingharu on, 442, 454
India, Caal in, 645
Coal Output in, 447 Iron Ore in, 373
Objections to a Single Standard T me Lr, 194
Rubber, 560
Steel Manufacture in, 373
Indian Mutiny, The Late Mr. W. E. Metford and tb», 432
Indiana Gas Fields, Daoreaso in the Supply, 218
Indicator, Atwood’s, 592
Lea’s, 591
for Steam Engines, Continuous Moan Pressure, Prof. Kipper on, 591, 601
Terry’s, 591
Inductive Capacity, Tne Specific, of Gntta Percha, Rubber, and Papor, 323
Ingham, Mr., On the Incrustation of Pipes at Torquay Waterworks, 442, 454
Inglis, Sir John, On the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1897, 49
Ingot Stripper, Evans', 366, 367
Institute, Borough Polytechnic Syllabus for 1899-1900, 297

Institute, City and Guilds of London (Central Technical College):

Dinner of the Old Students’ Association, 44

Institute, Northampton:

Prospectus of the Announcements, 305

Institute, The Franklin, of Phila¬delphia:

Seventy-fifth Anniversary, 495

Institute, Iron and Steel:

Inaugural Address of the President, Sir Wm. Roberts-Austen, 162
Ashbury, Mr. Thos., Presentation to, 650
Iron Industry in the Territory of H. H. the Nizim of Hyderabad, Deccan, by Shamsul Ulama Syed Ali Bilgrami, 163
Iron Ore, Utilisation of Finely-divided, Prof. J. Wiborgh, 162, 171
Magnetic Separators, Some Forms of, and their Application to Different Ores, H. C. McNeill, 249, 251
Microscopic Analysis, Practical, for Use in Steel Industries, Mr. C. H. Ridsdale, 189
Pig Iron Fractures and their Value in Foundry Practice, Mr. J. W. Miller, 189
Programme and Opening of the Manchester Meeting, 75, 162
Steel, Micro-examination of, Mr. C. H. Rids¬dale, 189
Steel, Relation between its Structure and its Thermal and Mechanical Treatment, Mr. Albert Sauveur, 189
Transmission of Energy by a Partially-rarefied Atmosphere, Sir F. Bramwell, 176,177
Visit to the Boiler Works of Galloways, Limited, 190
Visits to Chatsworth and Crewe, 191
Visit to the Horwich Works, 163, 190
Visit to Simon Carve’s Coke Ovens, 163,179

Institute of Marine Engineers :

Ninth Annual Meeting, 504

Institute, The Sanitary:

Inaugural Address by Sir W. H. Preece, 221

Institution, Blrkbeck Literary and Scientific:

Calendar and Syllabus for the Session, 329

Institution of Civil Engineers:

Awards, 403
Opening Meeting, November 7th, 418
Presidential Address by Sir Douglas Fox, 480, 502
Refuse Destructors and Power Plants Com¬bined, Mr. C. N. Russell, 627, 633
Waterloo and City Railway, Mr. Bernard M. Jenkin, 499, 502, 523, 549, 573
Waterloo and City Railway, Mr. H. H. Dal¬rymple-Hay, 499, 502, 523, 549, 573

Institution of Civil Engineers: Glas¬gow Association of Students:

Forth Bridge, Dr. Barr gives Description of, 618
Presidential Address of Prof. A. Barr, 580

Institution of Civil Engineers: Stu¬dents’ Meeting:

Bridges for Light Railways, Mr. L. H. Rugg, 568
Sludge, Mr. Blarney Stevens, 633

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 441
Cheap Fuels, Influence of, on the Cost of Elec¬trical Energy, Mr. R. E. Crompton, 628
Inaugural Address by Prof. S. P. Thompson, 579, 605
at the Paris Exhibition, 556 Visit to Switzerland, 53, 131, 569

Institution of Electrical Engineers: Newcastle-on-Tyne Local Section:

Meeting and Formation of Provisional Com¬mittee, 608

Institution of Engineers, The Cleve¬land :

Raising Wat)r by Air, Mr. Chas. Wood on, 554

Institute of Engineers and Ship¬builders, The North-East:

First Meeting of the Session, 447
Working Stress of Materials used in British
Locomotive Construction, Mr. F. W. Jen¬nings, 447

Institution of Engineers and Ship¬builders in Scotland :

Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Robt. Caird, on the Educational Needs of Engineering, 457

Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers:

High-pressure Heating Apparatus, On the Disfavour shown by Fire Insurance Com¬panies to, Mr. Grindrod on, 65
Low-pressure Hot Water Heating, Mr. L. F. Pearson, 65

Institution of Junior Engineers:

Excursion to Hatfiold, 2
Presidential Address by the Hon. Charles A. Parsons, 481

Institution of Mining Engineers:

Communication from Mr. Walton Brown, 121
Copper Mattes in the Bes=cnior Converter, Treatment of, Mr. James Douglas, 467
Papers to be Read during the Ninth Session 467

Institution of Mechanical Engineers:

Inaugural Address of Sir William White, 442
Burrator Reservoir, Outlet Valves at, Mr. Sandeman, 112
Devon Great Consols Mine, 113
Eddystone Lighthouse, 113
Engineering Students, Practical Training of, Mr. Robert Mayston, 112, 128
Graduates’ Meeting, The First Monthly, Mr. H. M. Rootham on Hydraulic Power applied to the Construction of Bridge and Girder Work, 445
Incrustation of Pipes at Torquay Waterworks, Mr. Ingham, 442, 454
Indicator for Steam Engines, Continuous Mean- pressure, by Prof. Ripper, 591, 601-604
Keyham Dockyard Extension Works, Mechanical Appliances Used in their Construction, Mr. W. Eliot, 112, 113, 127
Launch of a Battleship, Mr. Champness, 88, 96
Leader on the Plymouth Meeting, 119
Machinery of H.M.S.S. Proserpine and Psyche, Mr. Robert Mayston, 112
Mechanical Engineers in China, Oa the Open¬ing for, by Sir Chas. Beresford, 542, 547, 553
Monthly General Meetings, and Papers to be Read, 373
Motor Haulage on Common Roads, Mr. Alfred Marsden, 491
Railway Viaducts in Cornwall, Old and New, Mr. T. II. Gibbons, 88
South Davonshire Atmospheric Railway, Sir F. Bramwell on the, 88
Technical Schools, Opening of the, 88
Visit to Devonport Dockyard, 88
Works Management, Methods of Quick Pro¬duction of Repetition Work, Mr. W. B. Cleverly, £04

Institution of Naval Architects:

Inaugural Address of the President, the Earl of Hopetoun, 60
Boiler Arrangements of Certain Recent Cruisers, Mr. F. T. Marshall, 71, 99
Boi'ers, Wator-tube, Experiments having Re¬ference to their Durability, Mr. A. F. Yarrow, 70, 72, 73, 83
Cargo Steamers, Large Atlantic, Mr. G. B. Hunter on, 60, 83
Elswick Cruisers, Mr. P. Watts, 82, 99
Elswick Works and Shipyard, 106
Ermack, The, 69, 64
Forced Draught, New Method of, Mr. Nelson Foley on a, 60
Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co.’s Shipyard, 107
Icebreakers, Mr. H. F. Swan, 61
Newcastle, Summer Meeting at, 60
Pressure over the Bottom of a Sh»p in Dry Dock and over the Dock Blocks, D.ssribution of, Dr. Francis Elgar, 60
Palmers’ Works, 107
R iled Artillery, Rise and Progress of, Sir Andrew Noble on, 60, 84
Stephen and Co.’s Shipyard, 107
Swan and Hunter’s Shipyard, 107
Thrust-block Friction, Herr von Kodolitsch, 84
Viper, The, 60
Visit to Tyneside Works, 60
Wear Shipyard, The, 107
Insulators, Glass, their Superiority to Porcelain, 323
Insurance Companies as Traders, 472
Ireland, Recent Public Works in, 403
Irish Channel Tunnel Scheme, The, 41

Iron:

Iron for America, English, 450
in America, 138
Casting Apparatus, Pig, 111
Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other Districts, 22, 50, 76, 100, 128, 152, 178, 202, 226, 254, 282, 308, 334, 35S, 382, 408, 432, 459, 505, 530, 555, 582, 606, 631, 655
Constructions in connection with the Paris Exhibition, 460
Deposits in the Transvaal, 447
Developments, American, 213
Duke, Mr. F. W. Webb’s Engine, 41
Export from Carthagena, 11
Factories, Malleable, in the United States, 458
from Germany, Export of, 213
Industry in the Nizam of Hyderabad’s
Territory, 163
Influence of Temperature on the Strength of, 519
Mines near Carthagena and Cableway to Station, 167
Mines, Belmont, 271
Ore Beds, South India, 243
Cuban, 498
Export from Sweden, 323
in India, 373
Production in the United States, 167
On the Utilisation of Finely-divided, 162, 171
Paints for, 29, 215
Railway Bridges, Protection of, in France and Austria, from Fumes of Locomotives. 823
Railway Rates for, 117
Raised Last Year, Total Quantity of, 546
Standard Tests of Cast, 202
and Steel, Canadian. 375
Exports from Gefla in Sweden, 167
Exports and Import?, 457
German Foreign Trade io, during
First Three Quarters of 1899, 485
in Gormany, Prospective Tem¬porary Removal of Duty on, 297
at High Temporatures, Expansion
Metal and Coal Industries in 1898, Swedish, 431
Wilden Process for Coating, 271
Trade, American, 155, 649
Discounts, 11, 15, 23, 69, 147
Economics, 477
Pennsylvanian, 519
Wages Board, 327
Ironbark, a Tough Timber Grown in New South Wales, 438
Ironworkers’ Wages, 573
Irrigation in the East, 166
Question, Toe South African, 4:-S in Sind, Total Area of Land under, 218
and Water Storage in New Mexico, Ancient, 167
Works on the Nile, 140 {Supplement, August llt/i, 1899)
“ Isham ” Shall in America, Effect Produced by, 220
Ismay, Imray, and Co., for the White Star Line, Free Passages Home to Refugees from the Capo, 397

Issues, New:

Anglo-Austrian Bank of London and Vienna, and some Provincial Banks of Berlin and Dresden Syndicate, 131
Browett, Lindley, and Co., 131
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company, Limited, 131
Stephenson and Co., Limited, Sold to a New Company, Names of Directors, Share Capital, &c., 91
Italian Navy, The, 401
Izambard Process of Printing by X-Rays, 323

J

JACKSON, Professor D. C., On the Use of the Electro motive Force of Metals under Strain, 167
Japan, Dockyards along the Coast, 194
Government Advised to Sell the State
Forests and Moors to the People, 39
Lands held by British Subjects in, 39
Our Correspondent’s Notes from, 152, 282, 580, 634
Petroleum Output in the Echigo District, 11
Telephones in, 39
Vickers’ Armour for, 238
Japanese Coal Market, Bad Condition of, 144
Steel Works, Visit of the Manager of the Imperial, to Berlin, 111
Jenkins, Mr. C. M., 632
Jetty at Colombo, Passenger, 167
Jetty under Construction at Washington, 65
Joints for Steam Pipes, Expansion, 254
Joints, Use of Wood in place of Lead for Pipe, 213
Jones, Mr. G., Machine for Testing Paving Brick, 92

K

KARRI Wood and Teak Tensile and Crushing Tests, 373
Kemp, Mr. Dixon, 524
Kent Coal, Mr. R. Etheridge and Prof. B. Daw¬kins on, 316
Kershaw, Mr. J. B. C., Power Generation—Com¬parative Cost by Steam Engine, Water Tur¬bine, and Gas Engine, 322, 403
Kew Observatory, 47
Key Seater, Burton, Griffiths, and Co. {Supple¬ment, November 17 th, 1899, xv.)
Keybam Dockyard, Extension Works, 112, 113
King’s Lynn, Eroder Dredger for, 615
Knudson, Mr. A. A., Action of Electrolysis cn
Water Pipes Tested by, 39
Kodolitsch, Herr von, On Thrust-block Friction, 84
Kootenay River, Electric Power House, 452
Kraft Iron SmeltiDg Works, Electric Lifts at, and Iron Produced Daily at, 271
Kronstadt, Torpedo School at, 28
Krupp Armour and Congress, 435
of the New Metal, its Superiority to Harveyed Steel Plate, 355
Preference given by the United States Navy Department to, 473
for Russia, 323, 395, 396, 468
Krupp Gun fitted with Armstrong Breech, 542
Krupp's Works, Extension Plans, 615

L

LABOUR Agitations, Enginemen, Fitters, &c., 310
Disputes during August, Reported by Board of Trade, 297
Free v. Unionist, 269
in German Engineering Works, Con¬ditions of, 271
Market, Skilled, State of in Septem¬ber, 397
Movement, The Free, 376
Organisations in New York State, 271
Report for October, Board of Trade’s, 495
Troubles in Sweden, 271
Ladle, Self-clearing Slag, 160
Ladysmith, Our Guns at, 522
Lanarkshire, .Purification Works for Drainage of, 397
Lancashire, 23, 50, 76, 100, 129, 153, 178, 203, 226, 254, 283, 309, 335, 358, 382, 408, 432 459 483, 505, 531, 555, 580, 606, 635, 655
Landslip at Darjeeling, 544, 545
Langloan Ironworks, Purchased by R. and J. Dompster, 359
Lateral Leads, Problem of Struts with, 287
Lathes, American, 517
Lathe, Burton {Supplement, November 17th, 1899, vii )
Double-wheel, 79in., 593, 596
Electrically-driven, 224
Electrically-driven Shaft, 303
Face-plate Wheel, 470, 474
Heavy Shafting, 74
Hendey-Nortou Screw-cutting, 516
Hexagon Turret {Supplement, November 17tk), 1899, ii.)
Lathes, Turret, British and American, 586
Launch Eogine, Compound, 470

Launches and Trial Trips:

Adriana, Sir Ilaylton Dixcn, and Co., Limited, 637
Alderney, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 257
Alma, LaxevasgsEngii.ee ingand Shipbuilding Company, 337, 461, 485
Andree Stempintky, Wm. Simons and Co., Limited, 285
Arechonds, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 337, 461
Asjaye, P. and O.’s, 373
Balakani, Sir Jas. Liing and San, Limited, 181, 311
Ball, Bow, Maclachlan, and Co., 461
Barendz, Cochrane and Cooper, Limited, 435, 533
Bath City, Joseph L. Thompson and Sms, Limited, 52
Battenhall, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 583
Bavarian, Trial Trip of the, 194
Bcgona, Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 485, 609
Beta, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 155
B. Kemeny, R. Craggs and Sans, 609
Bloomfield, Tyne iron Shipbuilding Company, 837
Brazilian Ironclad Marechal Floriano, The, 59
Brenda, Strand Slipway Company, 637
British Navy in 1899, Warships Launched for, 645
Brunswick, John Jones and Sons, 435
Bulwark, H.M.S., 402
Bylands, Ropner and Son, 311, 435
Caucasian, Sir. Jas. Laing and Sons, Limited, 485
Clan Alpine, Doxford and Sons, 361
Clumberhall, Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 337, 461
Cressy, H.M.S., 564, 575
Dacia, Swan and Hunter, Limited, 485
Darleydale, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 3S5
Dovolant, Wm. Simons and Co., Limited, 557
Don Hugo, David J. Dunlop and Co., 285, 557
Dorothy, Sir Christopher Furness, Westgarth, and Co., 359
Drachenfels, Wigham Richardson and Co., Limited, 533
Edward Bary, Ropner and Son, 533, 637
Edward Sewell, The, Steel Sailing Ship built in the United States, 458
Elfieda, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co.. 131
Elswick Park, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 155
Etruria, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 435, 557
Eva, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 533
Everingham, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 435, 637
Ferndene, Northumberland Shipbuilding Com¬pany, Limited, 25, 337
Floriston, Ropner and Son, 25
Freiburg, Withy and Co., Limited, 533
French Battleship Henri Qaatre, 221
Gadsby, Ropner and Son, 435, 583
Garonne, Robert Stephenson and Co., Limited, 205
Glenroy, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 435
Goliath, H.M.S. ,565
Grosmont, Ropner and Son, 131
Hanover, Wigham Richardson and Co., 257, 557
Harriet, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 533
Heemskirk, Cochrane and Cooper, Limited, 461, 609
Hibernia, Wm. Denny and Bros., 366
Idillglen, Northumberland Shipbuilding Com¬pany, Limited, 485
Holmgarth, Mordey, Carney, Limited, 25
Hyson, David and Wm. Henderson and Co., Limited, 385, 583
Inchkeith, Messrs. Hamilton, Fraser, and Co., 52
India, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., 25
Insizwa, Hall, Russell, and Co., Limited, 461
Isel Holme, Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, Limited, 229
Islands, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 385
Italian Cruiser Varese, 221
John Barry, Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, Limited, 533
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 16, 17
Kildonan, Launch of the, 194
Kilnsea, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 583
Kinfauns Castle, Trial Trip of, 194
Kumara, C. S. Swan and Hunter, 181
Lockwood, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 658
Loire, Robert Stephenson and Co., Limited, 385
London Bridge, Ropner and Son, 637
Lucifer, C. S. Swan and Hunter, 311
Luciline, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., 103
Macedonia, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 557
Manchester Commerce, Furness, Withy, and Co., Limited, 205
Manchester Importer, Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company, Limited, 229
Manchester Shipper, Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company, 553
Mariposa, Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, Limited, 435
Mavisbrook, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 131
Minto, Gourley Bros, and Co., 103
Montauk Point, Robert Stephenson and Co., 285
Narval, French Submarine Torpedo Boat, 424
Neto, Strong, Reid, and Page, 337
Newark, Northumberland Shipbuilding Com¬pany, 131, 435
Newton Hall, Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, Limited, 103 Niji, The, 623
Nordpol, Northumberland Shipbuilding Com¬pany, 25
North Sea, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 52, 229
Ofcoro, Japanese Destroyer, Yarrow and Co., Limited, 373
Ocean, Mr. Champness on, 88, 96
Oceanic, Maiden Trip of, 194, 218
Olanda, Wm. Gray and Co., 229, 361
Ormley, Craig, Taylor, and Co., 155
Ore, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 435
Ortona, Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, 459
Parana, Wm. Gray and Co., 25
Parkside, London Shipbuilding and Engineer¬ing Company, Limited, 622, 637
Peter Hamio, Laxevaags Engineering and Ship¬building Company, 658
Pbilippevillo, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 285
Portugal, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 435
Rathlin Head, Workman and Clark, 397
Riverton, Ropner and Son, 103
Robert Irvine, Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company, Limited, 155, 285
Rokeby, Ropner and Son, 361
Rosalie, Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 583
Rowena, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 285
Sindsend, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 583
Saxoleino, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., 285, 435
Saxonia, The, 621
Sehwarzanfels, Wigham, Richardson, and Co., Limited, 637
Seagull, Mackie and Thomson, 609
Sheppy Allison, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited,
Shieldrake, Wigham, Richardson, and Co., Limited, 229, 361
Somerford, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, 25
Speedy, Torpedo Gunboat. 243
Spiteful, H.M S., Official Trial, 514
Stanleyville, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Limited, 609
Steam Hopper Barge, W. Simons and Co., Limited, 52
Steam Tug, Eiw. Heycs, corrected to E. Hayes, 52, p. 78
Strombus, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., 533
Sutlej, H M.S., John Brown and Co., Limited, 510
Terek, Sir Jas. Laing and Sons, 25
Toroa, Alsup and Co., 181
Toward, Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. 337
Twin-screw Launch, Lytham Shipbuilding Com¬pany, 131
Varese, Italian Cruiser, 221
Venerable, The, 453, 467
Vengeance, The, 11, 78, 87, 90
Verona, Furness, Witby, and Co., 337
Viper, Torpedo Boat Destroyer, 243
Viilund, The Luxevaags Engineering and Ship¬building Company, 205
Von Podbielski, German Cable Ship, 515
Wearside, Wm. Gray and Co., Limited, 361, 485
Lathe, Vertical Cross Turret, 318, 349, 350
Lavoisier, A Statue to. 645
Laws of Profit, 231, 259, 357, 393
Laws of Profit, The, by Professor R. H. Smith, 231
Lawson’s Patent Boiler Covering, 382
Lead Imported into Formosa for Packing, 271
Lead I’.pes, Squirting, 166

Leaders:

American Iron Trade Conditions, 649
American Shipping, 426
Ammunition at Bisley, Mark IV., 42
Battleship, The Patent Perfect Safety, 274
Beresford, Lord Charles, on Engineering in China, 547
Boer Warfare, Elements of, 375
Boiler Explosions and Inspection, 572
Boilers, Water-tube, Commodore Melville on, 625
Bridges, Testing Iron and Steel, 67
British Patents, 449
Canadian Iron and Steel Developments, 375
Coal Consumption in the British Navy, 169
Coast Defence, 219
Corrosion and Incrustation of Water Mains, 449
Cuban Iron Ore, 498
Economical Haulage, 497
Electrical Auxiliaries on Ships of War, 518
Electrical Problems, Some, 2S9
Electric Light Stations, 626
Electric Lighting Companies and Consumers, 571, 597
Engine, The Corniah, 93
Engine Guarantees, 245
Engine, Tho Oil, 399
Engines for Electric Traction, 274, 326
Engineering in China, Lord C. Beresford on, 547
Engineering Formula?, 400
Engineering, Sentiment in, 450
Engineering Trade, Combination in the, 475
Engineers, Training of, 170
Euphrates Valley Railway, 169
German Bagdad Railway, The, 597
Glasgow Corporation and American Tender.--,195
Goschen, Mr., on Armoured Cruisers, 94
Guns at Ladysmith, Our, 522
Haulage, Economical, 547
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The, 119
Irish Channel Tunnel Scheme, The, 41
Iron Duke, The, 41
Locomotive Engines and Smoke, 521
Locomotive Fire-boxes, 426
Locomotive Engines, Weight of, 146
Locomotives, English and American, 13
London Water Supply, 475
Metaphysics of Physics, The, 598
Military Works Bill, The, 42
Miners’ Federation in South Wales, 300
Motor Cars, 352
Municipal Enterprise. 376
Municipal Trading, 425
Naval Manceuvres, 68
Oil Engine, The, 399
Overland Routes to the East, 326
Pact of Peace in South Wales, The, 572
Patents, British, 449
Paris Sewage Inundation, 626
Peace Conference, The, 13
Physical Concepts, 325
Projectiles and their Effects in South Africa, 572
Railways, Indian, 68
Rosebery, Lord, on Workmen’s Houser, 498 Screw Gauges, 300
South Wales C'oalowners, Perplexities of, 476
The Difficulty in, 14
Disturbing Elements in, 246
The Friction in, 119
Speeds of Battleships, 146
Telegraphy, The Latest, 351
Trades Union Congress, 245
Trusts, A Lesson from the, 598
Turrets for Warships, Superimposed, 649
United States Competition, 67
Wages in South Wales, Advance of, 352
Warships, Auxiliary Machinery iu, 522
Waterloo and City Railway, Discussion of the Papers on, 499, 520, 549, 573
Waterloo Terminus, 219
Water-tube Boilers in the Navy, 93, 173
Weapons in Transvaal Warfare, 325

Sub-Leaders:

Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Trade Union Congress, 196
American Line and Record Breakers, 301
American Steel Trade, The, 401
Analyses of Water and Sewage, 327
Bullfinch, Disaster on the Destroyer, 94
Chains and Anchors, Testing, 327
Chemical Engineers, 650
Clyde Shipbuilding, 573
Coal, 401
Coal Trade, The, 400
Coal Trade Wages, 119
Copper, 427
Copper and Tin, 94
Engineers and Chambers of Commerce, 274
Engineers and the Development of Incia, 220
Engineers and Oil, 523
English Iron for America, 450
Famine in Fuel, A, 627
File-cutting a Dangerous Trade, 171
Free Labour Movement, The, 376
French Cable, Projected, 627
Glasgow Electric Traction Engine Contract, 220
High-explosive Shell against Armour, 220
Institution of Civil Engineers, 499, 523, 519,573, 627
Iron, English, for America. 450
Iron Trade Discounts, 15, 69, 147
Iron Trade Economics, 477
Iron Trade Wages Board, 327
Ironworkers’ Wages, 573
Italian Navy, The, 401
Liner Paris, The, 43
Locomotive Coal, 599
Locomotive Competition in Germany, 300
London County Council Contracts, 14
London Improvements, 499
Lindon Main Drainage, 573
Machinery Trade, The Half-year’s, 42
Manchurian Railways, 650
Miners’ Wages and the New Unionism, 493
Motor Cars at the Paris Exhibition, 427
Naval Engineers, 246
Naval Guns at Ladysmith, The, 451
Naval Intelligence, 147
Permanent Way on Mountain Railways, Wear of, 171
Plate Trade, Combination in the, 216
Poland, Industrial Development of, 523
Portishead Dock Scheme, Abandonment of th", 451
Potassium Chlorate, 499
Pumping in Mines, Deep, 377
Railway Rates for Iron, 147
Railway Ricord, A, 650
Riveters, Dearth of, 523
Rilling Stock in France, 353
Science and Art Examinations, 220
Shipping Biunties, New French, 573
Smoke Nuisance in Glasgow, The, 274
South Wales Works and a Water Famine, 196
South Yorkshire Coalfield, Development of the, 327
Strike at Creusot, The, 353
Submarine Boats, 353
Testing Chains and Anchors, 327
Tin, 476
Triple-screw Propu’sion, 522
War Artists and Long Gun«, 650
Water and Sewage, Analyses of, 327
Water Supply in the Midlands, 69
Weekly Pay and Lost Time in Shipyards, 377
White, Sir Wm., his Ship3, 301
Work than Workers, More, 146
Workmen’s Compensation Act, The, 119,197
Yorkshire Coalowners and the Railway Loco¬motive Contracts, 15
Yorkshire Coal Trade, The, 43
Leamington Corporation, Proposed Purchase of the Local Company’s Gasworks, 397
Leather Belts, Construction of Woven, 122
Leather Industry, Chromo, in Germany, 74
Leatherhead Sewerage, Tenders, 453
Leeds, Proposed Removal of St. Anne’s Cathe¬dral, 495
Sewerage Committee, Progress of Experi¬ments at Knostrop, 194
Chinese Minister’s Visit to, 424
Engineering and Hydraulic Company, Hydraulic Jib Crane, 264, 265
Gasworks, Present Capacity of, 424
Sewerage, Bacteriological Treatment, 595

Legal Intelligence:

Rhymney Valley Railway Company v. Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway, 645

Letters to the Editor:

Acetylene Gas, W. Doman, 199
Purification of, by means of Chloride of Lime, Frankland Dent, 472
Aluminium in India, Alf. Chatterton, 270
American Competition, Wm. M. Morphy, 551
Competition, Observer, 356
Expresses, W. M. Acworth, 296
Ammunition at Bisley, Defective, Wm. Davis, 74
Areas of the Circle, The, D. A. Lykiardopnlo, 200
Alleyne Reynolds, 215
W. J. Thirkettle, 166
C. E. Wolff, 215_
Australian Copper, John Plummer, 472
Auto car Trials at Liverpool, Traction Engine, 214
Automatic Railway Signals, Alf. J. Allen, 504
Automobile Club Competitions, Sidney Straker, 47
Baldwin Engines on the Midland Railway, F. W. Brewer, 443
Basset High-pressure Cornish Engine, Henry Davey, 18
Battle of Trafalgar, Aftor the, Senex, 270
Boilermakers’ Union, A. Woolstenholme, 472
Boilers, A Warning, C. E. Stromeyer, 472
Brake Horse-power of Motor Cars, J. S. V. Bickford, 357
British Association Screw Gauges, Ichabod, 357, 429 X , 372
Bullfinch Disaster, The, II. Austin, 214
Edw. Crowe, 357
Wm. Doxford and Sjna Limited, 270
Engine Designer, 270
H. J. Oram, 296
Yorkshire Puddler, 214
Channel Steamer Mabel Grace, The, A Channel Rover, 296
Coal Consumption in the British Navy, A. C. J. Vreedenberg, 215
Condensers, Efficiency of Surface, Alex. Dal¬rymple, 47
Cor)i-:s Engines for Sheffield, Jas. Dunlop, 413
Gear, Mill Owner, 149
Gear, A. T., 215
Cjrnish Engine, Iligh-pressure, Jobus Bickl?, 47, 149
Engine, High-pressure, Henry Dave'-, 18, 47, 74
Engines, High-pressure, Old Robeit, 149
Engine and the Willans Engine, Matk Robinson, 116, 145
Engine, Arthur Titley, 200
Deacon's Pipo Brush, George Deacon, 551
Dum-dum Bullet, The, Fairplay, 116
Electric Lighting of Railway Carriages, W. B. Rickman, 296
Lighting and Refuse Destruction :
Jap. B. Alliott, 392, 443
J. W. Baker, 576
T. Evans, 429
Old Jewry, 393
T. W. A., 429
Power at Niagara, Manufacturer, 216
Employment for Reservists, H. C. W. Gibson and L. H. Benson, 429
In Search of, Cerrito, Edwards, and Shaw, 200
In Search of, Inquiring Parent, 166
Engines with Direct - connected Dynamos, Chas. Day, 372, 429
with Direct - connected Dynamos, Henry Woolford, 393, 443
for Electric Traction:
Clarence Becker, 297
Chas. Day, 330
Draughtsman, 296
for the Glasgow Electric Tramway, The Edw. P. Allis Co., 200
High-pressure Cornish, Jebus Bickle, 47, 149
High-Pressure Cornish, Henry Davey, 18, 47, 74
Single crank Compound Screw :
F. T. Harker, 504
Simpson, Strickland, and Co., Limited, 527
W. Sisson and Co., 648
Vauxhall Ironworks Company, Limited, 527
Engineers, Training of, A. K. C., 576
English and American Railways, E. E. Russell Tratman, 429
Foreign Competition, British Insulated Wire Company, Limited, 504
Friction of Compressed Air in Pipes :
G. L. W., 504
J. M. F., 429, 527
Wind, 472, 527
Girder Span in Theory and Fact, Effective, A. B., 166
Glasgow Corporation Tramways Contract, G. L. Addenbrooke, 239
Engine Contracts, The, H. Austin, 215
Corporation Tramway Contracts,
More, Cranemaker, 372
Corporation Tramway Contracts, Engineer, 551
Great Western Railway Speeds, Up “ Devonia,” G.W.R., O. R. Walkey, 331
Haulage, Economical, W. M. Acworth, 551
Axle Box, 576
N. D. Macdonald, 576
W. H. Reed, 576
Trader, 551, 648
Hydraulics, Question in, O., 149
Hydraulic Rams, E. Muirhead, 357
Ice Association, A British, The Editor, CJd Storage, 330
Insurance Companies as Traders, J. Stannah, 472
Irrigation in the East, W. J. and C. T. Bur¬gess, 166
Italian Cruiser Varese, Chas, da Grave Sells, 239
Ivernit, The, Mttthew Paul anl Co., Ltd , 443
Laws of Profit, R. J. H. B., 357
Laws of Profit, W. H. Smith, 393
Lighting Railway Carriages, W. B. Rickman, 149
Lighting Railway Carriages by Electricity, J. Stone and Co., 270
Liverpool Trials, Alfred J. Allen, 239
Locomotives, Heavy, Sydney Sheddon, 215, 239
Locomotive Life-guards, Not a Loco. Man, 648
Lubricating Oils of Different Countries, Rago- sine and Co., Limited, 472
Machine Tools, American, Wm. Stead, 648
Machine Tools at Paris, pro H. W. Ward and Co., S. S.,216
“ Made in Germany,” A German Reader of Tub , Engineer, 472
Milwaukee, s.s., John Evans, 96 ,
Milwaukee, The s.s., C. S. Swan and Hunter, Limited, 47
Motor Cars in England, C. Johnson, 443
Motor Cars at the Paris Exhibition, C. Johnson, 74
Natural Seales for Mining Plans, R. G. Elwes, 215
Niclausse Boiler, The, S. Nelson, 357
Non-combatants in the Royal Navy, X., 472
Paints for Iron, Joseph Adamson and Co., 239
Paint for Iron, N. Ligot, 214
Panama, Suggestions as to a Tidal Canal near, A. A. Cochrane, 576
Parmiter’s Engine and Truck, Phil. J. Panniter, 19
Petroleum in Steam Boilers, A Subscriber, 527
Pint8ch's System, W. B. Rickman, 200
Pneumatic Propulsion, W. B. Paley, 74
Problem in the Theory of Beams, A. Edmonds. 18
Problem in the Theory of Beams, W. D. Seton- Brown, 18
Pumps in Series, Centrifugal, Hydraulious, 504
Rainfall and Drought, D. J., 166
Railway Carriage Lighting, W. B. Rickman, 149
Carriage Lighting by Electricity, J. Stone and Co., 270
Club, Proposed, Chas. S. Lake, 19
in Ceylon, D. Mackay. 95
in Ceylon, M. Inst C.E , 270
Exhibition, Proposed, Jas. Watt Boul¬ton, 296
Prosperity and Working Costs, J. D. Twinberrow, 330
in Russia, W. F. Dixon, 503
in Russia, Writer of the Article, 527
Robberies of Passengers’ Baggage on Italian Railways, Geo. T. Pardoe, 296
Russian Railways in Central Asia, T. F. F., 372
Sentiment in Engineering, Geo. Ramos, 472
Sewage Problem, The, Bailey, Denton, Son, and Lawford, 356
Sewage Problem, The, Hill Hartland, 393
Sinope, G. S. Clarke, 47
Sinope, Battle of, Interested, 74, 149
Smoke Prevention, Observer, 239
Sjuirting Lead Pipes, Alexander Wylie, 166
Stability of Low Masonry Dams, H. Walthorp, 576
Standard Screws, Dead Beat, 330
Standard Screws, Member of the B. A. Com¬mittee, 330
Thermal Efficiency of Steam Engines, J. Morrow, 214
Thermal Efficiency of Steam Engines, Mark Robinson, 356
Tool for Facing Brasses, Harry T. Shaw, 429
Trains, Passenger Refrigerating, A Passenger, 643
Train Service, R. Sheward, 116
Trans-Siberian Railway, Jno. Lord Nisbet, 116
Travelling in the United States, Fast, H. C. Joy, 577
Water Raising by Air, Chas. Wood, 648
Workmen’s Compensation Act, The, Colliery Shareholder, 200
Workmen, Our, B. D. Summerfield, 526
Wright's System, F. B. Sinclair, 47
Letter's from our own Correspondents:
<S'r: Africa, South, Engineering Notes from America, Engineering Notes from America, Notes from Australia, Notes from England, North of Germany
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birming¬ham, Wolverhampton, and other Districts
Japan
Lancashire
Newport Harbonr Commissioners’ Weekly Trade Reports
Scotland
Sheffield
Wales and Adjoining Counties
Special Matters of Interest, and Events or In¬formation not belonging to the Ordinary Weekly Routine, will be found in the General Index
Libau, Port of, 134, 194
Life-guards, Locomotive, 577, 604
Life-saving Apparatus for the Year ended June 30th, 1899, Report for, 473
Devices in Disasters at Sea, Prize Offered for, 194
Lighthouse, Eddystone, 113
Lighthouse, Steel, Lake Michigan, 654
Lighting Portsmouth Harbour, New Experiment in, 355
Railway Carriages by Electricity, 270
Lightning Conductors, Diameter, Weight, and Composition, 473
Lights on a Church Steeple, 243
Lignite and Asbestos Discovered in Nisbni-Novgorod, Beds of, 271
Lignite Deposits in Greece, 167
Linoleum Factory in Catalans, Putting np of, suggested to a British Firm, 92
Linotype Company’s Works, Inauguration of, 59
Lippincott Planimeter, The, 614
Liquid Air, Plant for, 98
Liquid Fuel in the Ballast Tanks of Steamships, Storage of, 473
Fuel on Ships of War, Use of, 167, 238. 546 . . , ,
Fuel on United States Torpedo Boat, Use of, 323
Fuel Works in the Suez Docks for Storage and Distribution of, 271
Limehouse New Dry Dock, Pumping Machinery
Lister and Henderson’s Yard, Slipway and Grid¬iron to be laid down, 284

Literature:

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Bjilers and Furnaces Considered in their Re¬lations to Steam Engineering, by William M. Birr, 499
Calculus, Elementary Course of Infinitesimal, by Horace Lamb, 275
Caemins de For Russes, Aper^u do, Depuis l’Origine jusqu’en 1892, De la Sociéié Im¬periale Technique do Russie, André de Gorts- cliakof, 32
Cinématiques et Méjanismes, Potential et Méjanique des Fluides, par H. Poincaré, 318
Cuno’a Furnace, The, by Edw. Kirk, with 78 Engravings, 32
Dams, Design and Construction of, including Masonry, Earth, Rock, Fill, and Timber Structures, also Movable Dams, by Edw. Weyman, 477
Differential and Integral Calculus and Differ¬ential Equations, by F. Glanvillo Taylor, 301
Diplomates et Mineurs, par Emile Lewy, 136
Egyptian Irrigation, by W. Willcocks, 210
l’E’ectricité, Levins sur, par Eric Gérard, 318
Electrical Transmission of Energy, by A. Vaughan Abbott, 15
Entropy Diagram and its Applications, The, by J. Boulvin, 301
Erdöl Ablagerungen in den Galizischen Karpa- then, Geologie der, Dr. R. Zuber, 523
Flussbofestigungen, Projectirung und Veran- schlagung von, von R. Williams, 538
Gases, Kinetic Theory of, Elementary Treatise with Mathematical Appendices, by Dr. O. E. Meyer, Translated by R. E. Baynes, 587
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Japan in Transition, by Stafford Ransome, 247
London Water Supply, Compendium of the History, Law, and Transactions relating to the Metropolitan Water Companies, Collected and Collated by H. C. Richards and W. H. C. Payne, 69
Masonry Construction, Treatiso on, by Ira 0. Baker, 642
Measuring and Valuing Artificers’ Work, Students’ Guide to the Practice of, E. W. Tarn, 136
Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design, Easy Lessons in, by J. G. A. Meyer, 275
Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices, and Appliances, by Gardner D. Hisoox, 275
Mechanics Applied to Engineering, by John Goodman, 301
Mechanics, Text-book on Applied, by Andrew Jamieson, 171
Microchimique et Spectroscopique Analyse, par M. E. Pozzi-Escot, 643
Mine Drainage, a Complete Practical Treatise on Direct Underground Steam Pumping Ma¬chinery, by Stephen Michell, 447
Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions of the Institution of, Edited by A. C. Claudet, Vol. vii., 538
Portland Cement: Its Manufacture, Testing, and Use, by D. B. Butler, 347
Purification of Public Water Supplies, by J. W. Hill, 187
Resistance des Matériaux, Abaques des Efforts Trauchants et des Moments de Flexion Déve- loppés dans les Poutres h une Travée, par Marcelin Duplaix, 136
Roads and Streets, Construction of, by Wm. H. Maxwell, 451
Sampson through the War, With, W. A. Goode, 523
Service Actuel des Trains Rapides, Belgique, Angleterre, France, Suisse, Notes de Voyage, 1897-98, par Camille Barbey, 248
Steam Engine and Oil and Gas Engine, Prof. John Perry, 120
Strength of Materials, by J. A. Ewing, 613
Surveying and Geodesy, Elements of, by Mans¬field Merriman, 418
Surveying, Treatise cn, Compiled by R. E. Middleton and Osbert Chadwick, in Two Parts, 642
Tables for Quantitative Metallurgical Analysis, J. J. Morgan, 69
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Literature: Short Notices:

American Shipping, Blue-book of, The Marine Review Publishing Co., 275
Arc Lamps and How to Maintain Them, Prac¬tical Handbook, by H. Smithson and E. R. Sharpe, 377
Banks and their Customers : Practical Guide for all who keep Banking Accounts, 477
Building Construction for Engineers, J. W. Riley, 477
Century Dictionary, The, 15
Contour Road Book of England—Devon, Corn¬
wall, Somerset, and Wiltshire, by H. R. G. Inglis, 32
Crams and Lifting Machines, Notes on the Construction of, by E. C. R. Marks, 347
Cycle Repairing, Practical, Illustrated, Office of “ Ironmongery,” 275
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century, by Robt. Routledge, 613
Dynamo, Dissected Model of a Direct-current, with Description of the various Parts, by Arnold Philip, 377
Electric Bells and Alarms, Practical Hand¬book on their Construction, Installation, and Repair, by F. E. Powell, 418
Electric Lamps and Electric Lighting : Four Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, by J. A. Fleming, 613
Electrical Engineers’ Central Statiën Directory, Biggs and Son, 275
Measurements, The Arithmetic of. W. R. P. Hobbs, 32
Undertakings, Manual of, Compiled under direction of Emile Garecke, 477
Electrotechnique, Deux'ème Excursion en Suisse par les Elèves de l’Ecole Supérieure d’Eiectricité, 275
Engineering Telegraph Cede, Supplement to, by Jas. Stevens, 377
Engineer’s Pocket-book for 19C0, Fowler’s Mechanical, 477
Engineer, Pocket-book for 1900, Practical, John Haywood, 477
French-English Military Technical Dictionary, by Cornélis de Witt Willcox, 275
French Patent Specifications in the Library of the Patent-office, Key to the Classification of the, 121
Gas and Electric Lighting Works, Directory and Statistics, 1899, 318
Hedges and Hedge-making, W. J. Malden. 247
Hydraulic Diagrams for the Discharge of Con¬duits and Canals, based upon the Formula of Ganguillet and Kutter, by C. H. Swan and
and T. Horton, 613
Japan in Transition, by Stafford Ransomo, M. Inst., 247
McNeil’s Code, Terminal Index for Use with. Edited by B. McNeil, 347
Marine Engineering Rules and Tables, Pocket¬book of, by A. E. Seaton and H. M. Roun- thwaite, 15
Map of England, New Three-miles-to-an-inch, W. and A. K. Johnston, 121
Matriculation Directory, W. B. Clive, 32
Photographic Annual for 1899, Edited bv R 1 Child Bayley, 301
Process Year-book for 1899, Edited bv Wm Gamble, 318
Pyramids and Progress, Sketches from Egypt by John Ward, 613
Railway and Timber Trades’ Measurer and Calculator, by M. B. Cotswortb, 613
Rivers and Harbours of Queensland, Report on, by L. W. Bates, 15
Shipowners’ Technical Code Book, Walter Philips, 32
South Africa, Guide in, for Use of Tourists, Sportsmen, Invalids, and Settlers, Edited by A. S. and G. G. Brown, 377
Specifications: For the Architect, Surveyor, and Engineer when Specifying, Half-yearly, No. 4, 377
Squares, Tables of, by John L. Hall, 418
Star Maps, Monthly, for the Year 1900, by W. R. Blaikie, 613
Statics and Dynamics, First Book in, by Rev. J. L. Robinson, 15
Telephones: Their Construction and Fittirg, F. C. Alfop, 32
Valuation of Gas, Electricity, and Waterworks for Assessment Purposes, Principles of Prac¬tice of the, by Thos. Newbigging, 418
Ventilation, Natural and Artificial Methods of, Robert Boyle and Son, Limited, 377
Waterworks Directory and Statistics, 1899, 318
Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1897:
Digest of Cases Tried in the Court of Appeal, with Introductory Chapter on the Act, by W. E. Hughes and H. G. Montgomery, 613
Llanelly, Inundation at, 167
Lloyd’s List of Warships under Construction in the United Kingdom, 418
Lloyd, Captain, On the Discharge of Torpedoes Below, 292
Lochs, Bathymetrical Survey of the Scotch, 216
Loch Doon, Project for Raisiijg, 595

Locomotives — tec Railways, Rolling' Stock, Material, and Permanent Way

Lodge, Mr. Oliver, On a Simple Method of Re-establishing Telegraphic Communications over Short Distances, 492

London County Council:

Bills in Parliament, The, 600
Centrifugal Pump, Mr. John Cochrane’s Tender
Accepted, 92 Contracts, 3, 14
and Engineering Contracts, 3
Light Railways for the County of London, 117
Locomotives in the County of Loudon to Con¬sume their own Smoke, 117
and the Port of London, 599
Re-building of Vauxhall Bridge, Excess in the Cost of, and its Causes, 117
Rivers Committee Report, 92
River Fire-tloat, Messrs. G. Napier and Sons’ Tender Accepted, 92
Steam Fire-float for, 20
Tramways between Westminster Bridge and Tooting, Reconstruction of, 117
Water Committee’s Report, 92, 117
London Docks, 615
Electric Supply Corporation, Water Supply for Boiler-feeding, 11
and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineer¬ing Company, Report as to Amalgama¬tion with a Sheffield Firm, 218
Improvements, Sir J. W. Barry on, 499
Locomotive Traffic in, 528
Main Drainage of, 464, 573
Water Supply, 65, 69, 117, 183, 297, 342, 424, 475, 519, 601
Sir William Crooko’s and
Prof. Dewar’s Report on its Quality, 519
The District Councils Scheme, 424
Its Future, 183
Question of the East, 65
from the Thames, 117
Liverpool, G.P.O , Air-compressor Plant, 164
Liverpool, New Docks, 235
Lubricating Oils of Different Countries, 428, 472
Lucas’ Variable Speed Gear, 10
Lyddite, 623
Lysaght, Limited, John, Smart Piece of Work done by, 473

M

McARTHUR FORREST Patent for the Use of Cyanide in Gold Recovery, Decision Respect¬ing, at Victoria, 22
McCurrich’s Report on the Dockisation of the Avon, 85, 86
Machine Shops, Piecework in American, 655
Tools, American, 648
American, for England, 593, 596
British and American, 414, 438, 537, 559, 586, 639
at the Cycle Shows, 516
Engineers’, 577
at Paris, 216
Shipyard, 161
Some Modern (Supplement,Novem¬ber 17M, 1899, i.-xvi.), 516
in the Uni»ed Statos, Magnetic Chucks, 218
Wood working, C'rowleyand Dux¬bury, 433
The Work of, Messrs F. Hillier and Chas. Frémont (Supplement, November 17th, 1899, xv.)
Machinery, American, for France, 623
Exports, American, 251
Exports from the United States, 459
Rating of, 62
Trade, The Half-year's, 42
Macmillan, Mr. Alexander, 634
Macnab, Mr. A. F., 634
McNeill, Mr. F. C., Forms of Magnetic Separa¬tors and their Application to different Orcs, 1
McOnie, Harvey, and Co., Limited, Cane-crushing Plant, 620
“Made in Germany,” A Toy Motor Cab, 472
Madagascar, Mining in, 239
Madoira, 1898, Value of Imports into, 218
Madras, Cotton Mills of, 271
Madras^Presidency, Salem Iron-mining District Magazine Automatic Machine (.Supplement, November 17 th, 1899, vii.), 516
Magnesite in the United States, Consumption of, 323
Magnetic Chucks, 218
Magnetic Separators, Some Forms of, and their Application to Different Ores, 249
Magnets, Steels suitable for, 39
Malleable Iron Factory, The Chicago, 458
Manchester Corporation Electricity Works, Dis¬aster at the, 329
Sewage, 511
Sewage Disposal Question, The, 595
Ship Canal, 235
Ship Canal Cattle Lairago at Mode Wheel, 51
Ship Canal, Earthen Embankment at Ellesmere Port, 569
Ship Canal, Effects of the, 559
Snip Canal, Extension Schemes, 623
Ship Canal Company, Half-yearly Report, 218
Ship Canal Company, Purchase of the Racecourse, 447
Manuring of Fields, Mr. Howman’s Experiments in, 243
Mappin, Sir F. T. J., at the Sheffield Gas Com¬pany's Meeting, 302

Maps:

American Railways, 535
Bombay, New Streets, 183
Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales, Mr. L. B. Wells, 117
Isthmus of Panama, 577
Kronstadt, 28
Ordnance, 6in. to the Mile, Total Area Pub¬lished, 243
Nolla Torrent, Grisons, Switzerland, 168
Perthshire, Course of the s.s., 201
Ruina Torrent, Map of, 188, 189
Russian Railways to China, 415
Russian Waterways, 415
Strand Improvement, Proposed Road, 19
United States Geological Survey, Topographical, 194
Marconi Signal from the Steamer St. Pau’, 473, 495
Marconi System for United States Ships of War, 473, 495
Marine Engineering and Shipbuilding on the Thames, 314
Marine Notes, American, 50, 254
Market Weighton Canal, 235
Marl Deposits in Michigan, 323
Marsden, Mr. Alf., On Motor Haulage on Common Roads, 491
Marshall, Mr. F. T., Boiler Arrangements of Certain Recent Cruisers, 71, 73, 83, 99
Martelt, Mr. Benjamin, 138
Match-making Works, Diamond Company’s, 8,9, 12, 36, 37
Mather, Mr. Ernest, 483
Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Limited, Commercial Position, 366
Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Motion for the Winding up of, 495
Mayston, Mr. Robert, On the Practical Training of Engineer Students, 128
Mechanical Engineering, Electro - metallurgy applied to, 319
Mechanical Fog Signalling Apparatus, 465 Mechanical Traction on Canals, 316 Mechanics as Engine-room Artificers, Difficulties placed in the way of the Admiralty by the Society of Engineers, 301
Mechanics for the Navy, Admiralty Recruiting Agents appointed, 373
Medway, Changes in the, owing to the New Docks at Chatham, 39
Megaphone, A Gigantic, 552
Melinite, 623
Mellowe’s Sash-bar, 469
Melville, Commodore, On Triple-screw Warships. 125
Commodore, On Water-tube Boilers, 625
Commodore, Honours Conferred on, 39
Mercury, Electrolytic Extraction of, 323
Mergenthaler, Mr. Othmar, 447
Merrill, Mr. A. A., Experiments on the B’st
Forms of Curves for uso with Soaring Ma¬chines, 65
Mersey Dock Board, Annual Statement. 50
Metals Subject to Tarnish, Process for Restoring, Metals Supplied in 1898 to the Russian Market,
Metal Walls and Ceilings from Philadelphia in connection with the Plasterers’ Strike, 297
Metaphysics of Physics, 598, 632
Meteorites, Chondritic, Prof. A. Renard on their Origin, 346
Meter, The “ Venturi ” Water, 430
Metford. Wm. Ellis, 392
Metric System, The, 491
Metropolitan Water Supply, 342
Mexico, Chief Openings for British Trade in, 323
Milan Electricity Works, 620, 621, 622
Miley’s Macbino Tool Company, Railway Carriage Making Machinery, 406
Military Works Bill, 42
Mill, Ball, 281
Miller, Mr. .1. W., On Pig Iron Fractures, 189
Milling Machine, Double-geared Vertical, 329
Double - spindle (Supplement, November 17 tk, 1899, xvii.)
Duplex, Cunliffe and Croom, Limited, 33, 35
with Horizontal and Vertical Spindles, The Wolseley (Sup¬plement, November 17th, 1899, xi.)
Messrs. Isaac Hill and Son, 217
Mills in South',Wales, 473
Mine at Bendigo, Rise of Temperature at Different Depths in,'297
Mine, South Africa, The Lancaster West, Total Output, 297
Mineral Production. 1898, of the Seven Colonies of Australasia, 606
Mineral Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 355
Miners’ Federation'in South Wales, 300
Wages, 550
Wages and the New Unionism, 499
Mines, Accidents in, 165
Deep Pumping in, 377
Electricity in American, 304
and Minerals of Victoria, 615
Mining Compressor and Hoisting Engine, Fraser and Chalmers, 320
Counties in the Kingdom, Principal, 424
at Great Depths, 453
Industries, Gorman, 1898, 24
Industry, New South Wales, 606
Industry in Queens’and, 431
of Russia, Official Returns, 424
in Madagascar, 239
Plans, Natural Scales for, 215
Plant in South Africa, British v. Ameri¬can, 155
Regulations, Japan, 5S0
School, Cornwall, The Camborne, 114
Mirror, Monster, 254
Molybdenite, Where Found, and Cost of Working, 473
Mont Blanc, Wireless Telegraphy for, 519
Montreal Harbour, 416
Moon, Sir Richard, 524, 577
Morrin “ Climax” Water-tube Steam Boiler, 332
Morton, Prof. C. L., Method of Testing Electri¬cally Steam Pipe Coverings, 11
Motive Power, Generation and Electrical Distri¬bution of, 446, 482
Motor Cars:
Brake Horse-power of, 357
Competition in France, 228
Drivers of, in Washington to Pass an Examina¬tion, 546
for Chicago Postal Service, 546
for English Postal Service, not Successful Hitherto, 243
for German Postal Service, 243
Equipped with Telephonic Communication, 167
Leader on, 352
Marking or Numbering of, 397
for Municipal Work at Birmingham, 623
Name for, An American Competition for, 117
New York, at the Grand Central Station, 117
Notes on, 160, 216
Pieper Company's, 645
Propelled by Oil Engine, Helped by Electric Motor, 623
Run from London to Brighton, 495
Service in Newcastle and Sunderland, 227
for Shanghai, 373
Show at Dover, 65
Show of, at Islington Exhibition, 10
Show of, at the Paris Exhibition, 43, 74,160, 216, 427
Tax on, in Belgium, 473
Taxation of, in England, 443, 473. 479
Toy Cab, ‘ ‘ Made in Germany,” 472
Trials of, in France, 388
Trials of, at Liverpool, 50, 115, 214, 239
Variable Speed Gear for, Mr. W. H. Newman, 552
and Wagons, American, 50
Motor Dust Vans for the Chelsea Vestry, 355
Dust Van on Trial in the Strand, 495
Gun Carriage, 218
Haulage on Common Roads, Mr. Alf. Marsden on, 491
Omnibus, Berlin, 373
Omnibus Service between Victoria Station and Kennington Park, 373
Polyphase Induction, 38
Moulding Machines, 560
Mount Whitney Power Plant, 492
Mountain Torrents of Switzerland, Some. 106 118, 159, 168, 188,189, 192
Mundaring Reservoir, West Australia, Erroneous Reports respecting, 271
Municipal Enterprise, 376
Municipalisation of Public Service Enterprises, Effect on Tramway Development, 447
Murray, Sir John, and Mr. F. P. Pullar, Bathy¬metrical Survey of the Scotch Lochs, 216

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NAGASAKI, Shipbuilding Industry at, 2S7
Trade of the Port of, 297
Narragansett Electric Light Company’s Thrce- Wire Distributing System, 519
Naphtha Industry, Steam to be Replaced by Electricity, 144
in Taurida Province, Discovery of, 355
Naples, Sanitary Improvements in, 271
Natal in June, Coal Output in, 289
“ Natural ” Scales for Mining Plans, 215
Naval Architecture, International Congress on at the Paris Exhibition, 397

Naval Engineer Appointments:

25, 88, 130, 155, 163, 229, 285, 310, 328 361, 410, 420, 445, 466, 494, 557, 582, 620, 648
Naval Expenditure, Our, 39 Guns at Ladysmith, 451
Intelligence, 145
Manicuvres, 68
Shipwright Apprentices, Difficulty in Ob¬taining, 39
War Game in the Russian Navy, 288
Work in English Shipyards and Engine factories in 1899, 651
Navigation in Russia, Inland, 366
Navy, Non-Combatants in the Royal, 472
Nebraska, Scheme for Utilising Waterfall at, 114
Nernst Lamp Patents, Petitions against Validity Dismissed, 113
Newcastle, Experiments with Incandescent Gas Light, 623
Harbour, 560
Newman, Mr. W. H„ Variable Speed Gear for Motor V eludes, 552
Newmarket Sewerage, 47
New Orleans Drainage System, 636
Newport, Electric Lighting and Traction Scheme, 484 ’
Newport Harbour Commissioners’ Weekly Trade 52> 78< 102- 13°. 154. 180, 204, 228
256. 284, 311, 336, 360, 384, 410, 434, 460, 484 50b, 532, 556, 582, 608, 656 » ’ > >
New South Wales Coal and Shale Mines, 1898, Men Employed and Accidents in, 473
New York, The Metropolitan Street Railway Company’s Power Station in, 546
Pneumatic Postal-tube Service in, 546
Water Supply, 264
New Zealand, Exports for the Financial Year from, 76

@@ Line 2,721: / Line 2,721: @@
 *Electricity in American, 304
 *and Minerals of Victoria, 615
+*Mining Compressor and Hoisting Engine, Fraser and Chalmers, 320
+*Counties in the Kingdom, Principal, 424
+*at Great Depths, 453
+*Industries, Gorman, 1898, 24
+*Industry, New South Wales, 606
+*Industry in Queens’and, 431
+*of Russia, Official Returns, 424
+*in Madagascar, 239
+*Plans, Natural Scales for, 215
+*Plant in South Africa, British v. Ameri¬can, 155
+*Regulations, Japan, 5S0
+*School, Cornwall, The Camborne, 114
+*Mirror, Monster, 254
+*Molybdenite, Where Found, and Cost of Working, 473
+*Mont Blanc, Wireless Telegraphy for, 519
+*Montreal Harbour, 416
+*Moon, Sir Richard, 524, 577
+*Morrin “ Climax” Water-tube Steam Boiler, 332
+*Morton, Prof. C. L., Method of Testing Electri¬cally Steam Pipe Coverings, 11
+*Motive Power, Generation and Electrical Distri¬bution of, 446, 482
+*Motor Cars:
+*Brake Horse-power of, 357
+*Competition in France, 228
+*Drivers of, in Washington to Pass an Examina¬tion, 546
+*for Chicago Postal Service, 546
+*for English Postal Service, not Successful Hitherto, 243
+*for German Postal Service, 243
+*Equipped with Telephonic Communication, 167
+*Leader on, 352
+*Marking or Numbering of, 397
+*for Municipal Work at Birmingham, 623
+*Name for, An American Competition for, 117
+*New York, at the Grand Central Station, 117
+*Notes on, 160, 216
+*Pieper Company's, 645
+*Propelled by Oil Engine, Helped by Electric Motor, 623
+*Run from London to Brighton, 495
+*Service in Newcastle and Sunderland, 227
+*for Shanghai, 373
+*Show at Dover, 65
+*Show of, at Islington Exhibition, 10
+*Show of, at the Paris Exhibition, 43, 74,160, 216, 427
+*Tax on, in Belgium, 473
+*Taxation of, in England, 443, 473. 479
+*Toy Cab, ‘ ‘ Made in Germany,” 472
+*Trials of, in France, 388
+*Trials of, at Liverpool, 50, 115, 214, 239
+*Variable Speed Gear for, Mr. W. H. Newman, 552
+*and Wagons, American, 50
+*Motor Dust Vans for the Chelsea Vestry, 355
+*Dust Van on Trial in the Strand, 495
+*Gun Carriage, 218
+*Haulage on Common Roads, Mr. Alf. Marsden on, 491
+*Omnibus, Berlin, 373
+*Omnibus Service between Victoria Station and Kennington Park, 373
+*Polyphase Induction, 38
+*Moulding Machines, 560
+*Mount Whitney Power Plant, 492
+*Mountain Torrents of Switzerland, Some. 106 118, 159, 168, 188,189, 192
+*Mundaring Reservoir, West Australia, Erroneous Reports respecting, 271
+*Municipal Enterprise, 376
+*Municipalisation of Public Service Enterprises, Effect on Tramway Development, 447
+*Murray, Sir John, and Mr. F. P. Pullar, Bathy¬metrical Survey of the Scotch Lochs, 216
+'''N
+*NAGASAKI, Shipbuilding Industry at, 2S7
+*Trade of the Port of, 297
+*Narragansett Electric Light Company’s Thrce- Wire Distributing System, 519
+*Naphtha Industry, Steam to be Replaced by Electricity, 144
+*in Taurida Province, Discovery of, 355
+*Naples, Sanitary Improvements in, 271
+*Natal in June, Coal Output in, 289
+*“ Natural ” Scales for Mining Plans, 215
+*Naval Architecture, International Congress on at the Paris Exhibition, 397
+'''Naval Engineer Appointments:
+*25, 88, 130, 155, 163, 229, 285, 310, 328 361, 410, 420, 445, 466, 494, 557, 582, 620, 648
+*Naval Expenditure, Our, 39 Guns at Ladysmith, 451
+*Intelligence, 145
+*Manicuvres, 68
+*Shipwright Apprentices, Difficulty in Ob¬taining, 39
+*War Game in the Russian Navy, 288
+*Work in English Shipyards and Engine factories in 1899, 651
+*Navigation in Russia, Inland, 366
+*Navy, Non-Combatants in the Royal, 472
+*Nebraska, Scheme for Utilising Waterfall at, 114
+*Nernst Lamp Patents, Petitions against Validity Dismissed, 113
+*Newcastle, Experiments with Incandescent Gas Light, 623
+*Harbour, 560
+*Newman, Mr. W. H„ Variable Speed Gear for Motor V eludes, 552
+*Newmarket Sewerage, 47
+*New Orleans Drainage System, 636
+*Newport, Electric Lighting and Traction Scheme, 484	’
+*Newport Harbour Commissioners’ Weekly Trade 52> 78< 102- 13°. 154. 180, 204, 228
+*256. 284, 311, 336, 360, 384, 410, 434, 460, 484 50b, 532, 556, 582, 608, 656 » ’ > >
+*New South Wales Coal and Shale Mines, 1898, Men Employed and Accidents in, 473
+*New York, The Metropolitan Street Railway Company’s Power Station in, 546
+*Pneumatic Postal-tube Service in, 546
+*Water Supply, 264
+*New Zealand, Exports for the Financial Year from, 76

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