The Engineer 1899 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
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A
- 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