The Engineer 1912 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1912 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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ACCELERATION’ of a Motor Car—see Vehicles
Acceleration o-f Trains—see Railways

ACCIDENTS:

Accidents in Power Houses, 306
American Railway Accidents, 417
American Railway Accidents under Signals, 290
Charlestown Curve Derailment, 173,
Clarence Colliery Disaster, 366
Ditton Railway Accident, 307, 678, 682 ; (Letters), 339, 422
Explosions of Carbonaceous Dust, 16
Loss of the Akron Dirigible, 16 ; (Letter), 90
Tank Engine Derailments, 230
Three Railway, 283, 438
Titanic, Report on the Loss of, 123, 124
Vauxhall Railway Accident, 283, 438

ACETYLENE Appliances at Olympia, 460
Adamello Hydro-electric Plant, 293, 319, 349, 373,401 {Two-page Supplement, OctAth, 1912)
Adamson, D., on Wire Ropes for Lifting Appliances, &c., 138, 158

AERONAUTICS:

Aerial Cableway, Lana-Vigiljoch, 605
Aerofoils, 590
Aeroplane, Catapult, Captain Chambers, 617, 628
Aeroplanes in Paris, 497, 516 ; (Letter), 544
Aviation Exhibition, South Kensington, 671
Aviation in the United States Navy, 617, 628
Efficiency of Aeroplanes, 279
Engines—see also Engines and Motors
Government Aeronautical Committee, Work of, 513, 536, 562, 590 ; (Letter), 631
Hydro-aeroplane Catapult, Captain Chambers 617, 628
Loss of the Akron Dirigible, 16 ; (Letter), 90
Military Aeroplane Competitions, 247, 254, 279
Paris, Aviation Motors in, Burlat, Clerget, Esselbe, Fatava, Laviator, Panhard, Salmson Engines, 497, 516
Royal Aircraft Factory Biplane BE2, 513, 536

AESTHETICISM, The New, Norman Davey, 29(>
Agricultural Implements at Doncaster Show, 18
Agricultural Machinery, Competition in, 388
Agricultural Machinery at Smithfield Show, 619
Air Compressors—see Compressors
Allotropy, Professor Carl Benedicks, 407, 423
Alloys, Copper, Tensile Tests, &c.. Professor A. K. Huntington, 354
Alloys, Copper-zinc, Professor H. C. H. Carpenter on, 353
Alternating Load Tests, B. P. Haigh, 298
Aluminium Alloys, Exposure Tests of Light, Professor E. Wilson, 298
American Earthwork Machinery, 145, 108, 193, 216, 268, 278, 336, 363, 471
Anderson, Professor, on Vapour Compression Refrigerating Machines, 57.6, 581, 669
Andrews, J. H., on Nitrogen and Iron, 407, 424
Angle Bar Straightening Machine, Scriven and Co., 656
Annealing of Coinage Alloys, T. K. Rose, 353
Apprentices and the Insurance Act, 202
Apprentices and Strike Benefit, 151
Apprentices, Unindentured, 495
Apprenticeship Question, 613, 639, 665
Ashton-under-Lyne—see Water Supply

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETIES.

Association, The British:
Alternating Load Tests, B. P. Haigh, 298
Antarctic Discovery, 326
Behaviour of Ductile Material during Torsional Straining, C. E. Larard, 299
Belmullet Whaling Station, 326
British Association : Its Present, Past and Future, by a Lay Member, 165
Buried River Channels, Rev. A. Irving and N. A. Cadell, 325
Caloric Theory of Heat, Professor Callendar, 284
Coal and Oil, Comparative Statistics of World’s Output and Requirements for Marine Purposes, Dugald Clerk on, 298
Country North of Lake Albert, 326
Curricula and Educational Organisation of Industrial and Poor Law Schools, 326
Dovv-ponds and Mist-ponds, E. A. Martin, 32G
Diffusion in Solids, Dr. Desch, 325
Economic Aspect of Scottish AVatcr Power, A. Newlands, 32G
Engineering and the Amenities, Presidential Address, Professor A. Barr, 26.1
Experimental Determination of the Stresses in Springs and other Bodies by Optical and Electrical Methods, Professor E. O. Coker, 298
Experiments on the Weathering of Portland Stone, Dr. J. S. Owens, 299
Exposure Tests of Light Aluminium Alloys, Professor Ernest Wilson, 298
Falmouth Observatory, 325
Federal Government, Right Hon. H. Samuel, 32G
Fery Bomb Calorimeter, R. S. AAdiipple, 298
Fluctuations of Signals and Strays in Wireless Telegraphy, Dr. W. H. Eccles, 325
Gas Turbine, Dugald Clerk on, 297
Gaseous Explosions Committee’s Report, Dugald Clerk, 270
Handwriting, Movements in, R. R. Rusk, 32G
Hysteresis Loss in Iron due to a Combined Pulsating and Rotating Magnetic Field, T. F. Wall, 298
Ignition of Gaseous Mixtures by Momentary Electric Arcs, Professor W. M. Thornton, 271
Impedance of Telephone Affected by the Motion of their phragms. Professor A. E. Kennelly and Mr. C. W. Pierce, 272
International Map of the World, 32G .
Investigations of the Lepper Atmosphere, 325
Lord Kelvin Memorial, 298
Marine Propulsion by Electric Transmission, H. A. Mavor, 312
Meeting at Dundee, 1G5, 2G], 2G9, 284, 312, 313 325
Menai Strait, E, Greenly, 325
Mental and Physical Factors Involved in Education, 32G
Nation’s Food Supply, 32G
Origin of Kopjes and Inselberge, Dr. J. 1). Falconer, 325
Overlapping between Secondary Education and that of Universities, &c.. 326
Physiology, Dr. L. Hill, 326
Practical Standards for Electrical Measurements, 325
Problems in Wireless Telegrapliy, Dr. J. A. Fleming, 271
Production of Electric Oscillations by Spark Gaps Immersed in Running Liquids, Dr. W. H. Eccles and A. J. Makower, 272
Relation of Mind to Body, 326
Rescue Apparatus for Coal Mines, F. Reid, 299
Seismological Investigation Report, 325
Settlement and Transport of Sand in Water. Dr. J. S. Owens, 325
Sight Tests, Report of the Departments Committee 326
Suction between Vessels, Professor A. H. Gibson and J. H. Thompson, 298, 313
Tabulation of Bessel and other Functions, 325
The Road Problem, Sir J. Macdonald, 327
Visit to Dundee Electricity Supply, 299
Association, The British Engineers’:
Inaugural Dinner, 604

Association of Engineers, Manchester:
Air Compressors, G. Barr, 514
Curtis Steam Turbine, R. F. Halliwell, 655
Diesel Engine Development, Presidential Address, C. Day, 570
High Lift Centrifugal Pumps, W. E. W. Millington, 464
Visit to British Thomson-Houston Company Works at Rugby, 47

Institute, Iron and Steel:
Allotropy, Professor Carl Benedicks, 407, 423
Autumn Meeting, 210, 361, 389, 406, 443
Bessemer Medal Awarded to J. H» Darby, 361
Crigglestone Collieries, 440, 443
Leeds University Honorary Degrees, 407
Manufacture of Open-hearth Steel, with Reference to Improvement in Yield, F. W. Paul, 389
Method for Improvement of the Soundness of Steel Ingots by the Aid of Thermit, Dr. Hans Goldschmidt, 361
Method of Producing Sound ingots. Sir R. Hadfield, 361, 446, 449
Method of Revealing Segregation in Steel ingots. Sir R. Hadfield, 361, 368
New Type and Method of Construction of Large Gas Engines, x41an E. L. Chorlton, 394, 406
Nitrogen and Iron, J. H. Andrews, 407, 424
Rolling Mill Practice in the United States, Dr. J. Puppe, 390
Some Aspects of AVire Drawing, Percy Long- muir, 407
Steel Work Yield, Robinson, 389
Thermal-magnetic
per cent. Nickel and S. Hilpert, 407, 424
Visits, 440, 443

Institute of Metals:
Annealing of Coinage Alloys, T, K. Rose, 363
Autogenous Welding, F. Carnevali, 377
Autumn Meeting, 262, 353, 376
Effect of other Metals on the Structure of the 5 Constituent in Copper-zinc Alloys, Professor H. C. H. Carpenter, 353
Effect of Temperatures Higher than Atmosphere on Tensile Tests of Copper and its Alloys, &c., Professor A. K. Huntington, 354
Influence of Impurities on “ Tough Pitch ” Copper, F. Johnson, 376
Influence of Oxygen on the Properties of Metals and Alloys, E. F. Law, 377
Inter-crystalline Cohesion in Metals, Dr. AA’. Rosenhain and Mr. D. Ewen, 354
Joining of Metals, A. E. Tucker, 377
Nomenclature Committee, Representative Members, 604
Oxygen in Brass, Professor T. Turner, 377
Progress of Corrosion Research, Dr. G. D. Bengough’s Report, 604
Structural Resolution of the Pure Copperzinc fl Constituents into a 7, Professor H. C. H. Carpenter, 353

Institution of Civil Engineers :
Construction of the New Dock at Methil, B. Hall Blyth, 556
Generation and Distribution of Producer Gas in South Staffordshire, H. A. Humphrey, 633
October Examinations, 1912, Pass List, 556 Opening of Session, Presidential Address, R. Elliott-Cooper, 487
Port Talbot Docks and Railways during the Last Decade, W. Cleaver, 556
Vibration of Rifle Barrels, E. Carnegie, 607

Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Earthed versus Unearthed Neutrals, J. S. Peck, 607
Presidential Address, AV. Duddell, 544
Research AA’ork Committee’s Report, 645
MANCHESTER
High-speed 495, 500
Institution
Belfast Meeting, 1912, 50, 116, 126, 138
Characteristic Dynamical Diagrams for the Motion of a Train during the Accelerating and Retarding Periods, Professor W. E. Dalby, 467, 469, 502, 529
Commercial Utilisation of Peat for Power Purposes, H. V. Pegg, 132, 140
Contribution to the Theory of Refrigerating Machines, Dr. Grindley, 576, {>69
Evolution of the Flax Spinning Spindle, J. Horner, 126
Reciprocating Straight Blade Sawing Machines, C. Wicksteed, 139
Rolling Stock in Use on the Principal Irish Narrow-gauge Railways, R. M. Livesey, 126, 131
The New Graving Dock, Belfast, Mechanical Plant and General Appliances, W. R. Kelly, 126, 182 {Two-page Supplement, August 1912)
Theory and Experiment in the Flow of Steam through Nozzles, Professor J. B. Henderson, 469
Vapour Compression Refrigerating Machines, Professor Anderson, 576, 581, 669
Visits to Belfast Works, 116, 147
Wire Ropes for Lifting Appliances and some conditions that ~
Adamson, 138,
Institution of Naval Architects, German
Autumn Meeting,
Early Development of the Diesel Engine, Dr. Diesel, 568
Internal Stresses, especially Tensile, &c.. Professor E. Heyn, 569
Motive Media of the Diesel Motor, with Special Regard to Ocean Navigation, Dr. Aufhauser, 568
Problem of Surface Resistance, Professor Dr. Ginnbel. 569
Reorganisation of Harbour Dues and Measurement for 'Tonnage, Oberlehrcr H. Hemer, 593
Stresses in the Longitudinal Structure of Steel Merchant Vessels,' Professor Otto Lienau, 592
I'nsinkability of Modern Shii)s, Professor O. Flamm, 592

Institution, Royal, of Great Britain :
Programme of Lectures, 63-1

Institution of Water Engineers:
>Se/f-poHution of Water by Natural Growths. J. H. Garrett, 49
Society of Engineers:
Test Deflections in Reinforced Concrete, P. J. AValdram, 608
Society, Royal Meteorologiea!.
Unprecedented Rainfall in East Anglia on
August 2Gth last, Ur. H. R. Mill, 582

ASSUAN Dam, 671
Aufhauser, Dr., on The Motive Media of the Diesel Motor, 568
Automatic Box Board Machine, J. G. Bolinders and Co., 308 , .
Automatic Loom, R. Hall and Sons, Limited, 330
Automatic Machines—see Machine Tools
Automobiles—see Motor Vehicles
Auxiliary for Submarine Service, Major Laurenti, 332, 337
Available Heat Drop, E. Buckingham, 154; (Letter), 184
Aviation in the United States Navy, 017, 028

BACK Pressure in Locomotive Engines see Railway Locomotives
Bad Tools Make Good Workmen, 674
Ball Bearings, Skefko Ball Bearing Company, r 459
Ball Jumping and Ball Sorting Machines, D.W.E. Company, 543
Ballard, P., on The Hob and the Gear, 221 Barber, Percy S., on Raw Materials of
Portland Cement Industry, 481, 635 Baro-Vacuum Gauge, Negretti and Zambra, Barr, G., on Air Compressors, 514 Barr, Professor A., on Engineering and
Amenities, 253, 261 Beauty and the Engineer, 253, 261 Behaviour of Ductile Material During Torsional Straining, C. E. Larard, 299
Belfast—see Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Visit .
Benches, Straight-link Motion, Allen ; Link- Motion, Stephenson ; Joy Valve Gear ; Walschaert’s Valve Gear, 81
Benedicks, Professor Carl, on Allotropy, 407, 423
Bennis Coking Stoker, 63
Bethlehem Steel Company—see Works
Biaschina Power Station — see Electrical Matters
Bicentenary of the Steam Engine, Newcomen Pumping Engine of 1712, 485; (Letters), 644, 570, 667, 686
Blower, The Eisermann-Lehne. 682
Blyth, B. H., on Construction of New Dock at Methil, 656
Boilermakers—see Labour

BOILERS:

Auxiliary Units Between Exhaust Pipe and Boiler, W. Weir, 553
Boiler and the Yard Dinkey ” for Virgiiuaii Railway Mallet Locomotive, 282
Circulator for Steam Boilers, A. Rose, Hotchkiss and Co., Limited, 458
Corrosion of Boilers, 467
Feed-water Heater, Locomotive, G. and J. Weir, Limited, 654
Government Inspection of Locomotive Boilers, 527
Hydraulic Riveting of Boiler Ends, Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Comjiany, 310 ,
Royal Liver Buildings, Liverpool, Boilerhouse Plant, 63
Sugden’s Two Types of Superheaters, ()83
Surface Combustion Boiler, Bone and McCourt, 411
Testing Plant ResnZes and the Locomotive Boiler, L. H. Fry, 189 ; (Letter), 259

BOOKS, Two Commemorative, 685
Box Board Machine, Automatic, J. G. Bolmdcrs and Co., 308
Bradford Sewage Disposal Works, 484, 494

BRIDGES:

Concrete v. Brick and Steel lor Bridges, 155 ; (Letters), 184. 259, 311
Constantinople, New Pontoon Bridge at, o98, 605
Lambeth Bridge. 35
Quebec Bridge, South Mam Pier of, 666, 676 Sara Ghat, Lower Ganges, Bridge for Eastern Bengal State Railway, 90
Vertical Lift Draw-bridges, 518

BRIQUETTES—see Fuel .
Brown, Sir Hanbury, on Land Values in Egypt, 456, 468, 573
Brown, S. G., on Methods of Magnifying Feeble Signalling Currents. 674
Buckingham, E., on Available Heat Drop, lo4 ; (Letter), 184
Buenos Aires, Tramway Works at, 520, 525

CABLE Tramways, Tearing up. 290
Cableway, Aerial, Lana-Vigiljoch, 605 Cableways at Adamello, 321
Calcutta-Howrah Floating Bridge, Sir Bradford Leslie’s and Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company’s Designs, 272
Callendar, Professor, on Ihe Caloric I heory of Heat, 279, 284
Caloric Theory of Heat, Professor Callendar, 279 284
Calorimeter, Fery Bomb, R. S. Whipple, 298 Cams for Automatic Screw Machines, 286 Canal, Panama, Percy F. Martin, o61, 672 688 {Tum-page Supplement, December hth, 1912)
Canal Proposed Rhine-North Sea Ship, 614 Carburetter, The Davis Paraffin, 36
Carnegie, F., on Vibration of Rifle Barrels. 60/ (’arnevali, F., on Autogenous Welding, 377 Carpenter, Professor H. C. H., on FnecJ of other Metals on the Structure of the 0 Constituent in Copper-Zinc Alloys, 353
Carpenter, Professor H. C. H., on Structural Resolution of the Pure Copper-Zinc 0 Constituents into a -1- 7, 353 c
Carpenter, Professor R. C., Investigation of Simple Engine Working with Steam Less than that of Atmospheric Pressure, -2
Catalogues, 26, 54, 78, 104, 162 184, 212, 237, 262, 316, 452, 476, 507, 530, 610, 662
Catapult, Hydro-aeroplane—see Aeronautics Cedegolo Power Station—see Adamello Cellai’ Drainer, Automatic, Willcox-Penberthy, 205
Cement Industry, Portland, Raw tlie, Percy S. Barber, 481
Centrifugal Pumps—see Pumps Chains, Driving, at Olympia,
Coventry Chain Company, Brothers, 469
Chambers, Captain, and Aviation in the United States Navy, 617, 628
China Clay Quarries and Works in Cornwall, 143, 150
China, Engineers and, 521 ; (Letter), 628
Chorlton, Alan E. L., on New Type and Method of Construction of Large Gas Engines, 394, 406 ; (Letters), 422
Citroen Gears, Large Sizes, 459
Cleaver, W., on Port Talbot Docks and Railways During the Last Decade 656
Clerk Dugald, on The Gas Turbine, 297
Clerk, Dugald, Gaseous Explosions Committee’s Report, 270
‘‘ Closed Circuit ” Air Transmission for a Gas- engined Vessel, 99
Clutches, Metal-to-metal Friction, Saver Clutch Company, Limited, 458
Clyde Conservancy Board, 625
Clyde Improvements, 699
Clyde Shipbuilding—see Ships

COAL, COKB, AND COLLIERIES:

Clarence Colliery Disaster, 366
Coal, 356
Coal Handling Plant at Crewe, C. J. B. Cooke, 679
Coal and Oil, Comparative Statistics of World’s Output and Requirements for Marine Purposes, Dugald Clerk, 298
Crigglestone Collieries, Otto Coke Ovens and By-product Plant at, 440, 443
Deterioration and Spontaneous Heating of Coal in Storage, H. G. Porter and F. K Ovitz, 209
Increased Average Output of Coal, 280
Low Coal Engine, 100 H P., 526 ; (Letter), 544
Miners’ Wages and Hours—see Labour Rescue Apparatus for Coal Mines, F. Reid, 299
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, 35 Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines, 42

COGGING Mill, Reversing, Electrically Driven, at Dorman, Long and Co.’s Works, British Thomson-Houston Company, 492
Coke Suction Producer and Gas Engine, Ander- ston Foundry Company, Limited, 286
Coker, Professor E. G., on Experimental Determination of the Stresses in Spring and other Bodies, &c., 298
Collieries—see Coal
Colver-Glauert, E., and S. Hilpcrt, on Thermal- magnetic Transformations of 25 per cent. Nickel Steel, 407, 424
Commemorative Books, Two, 686
Commercial Utilisation of Peat for Power Purposes, H. V. Pegg, 132, 140
Commission on Oil Engines for the Navy, 95
Competition in Agricultural Machinery, 388
Competition in Shipbuilding, 622
Compressors, Air, G. Barr, at Manchester Association of Engineers, 514
Compressors, Air, Broom and Wade, Limited, 459
Compressors, Air, for Diesel Motor Ship Rolandseck, Reavell and Co., Limited, 650, 632 {Two-page Supplement, December V3ih, 1912)
Compressors, Koster Air, W. H. Bailey and Co., Limited, 458
Concrete v. Brick and Steel for Bridges, 156 ; (Letters), 184, 259, 311
Concrete, Test Deflections in, P. J. AValdram, 608
Condenser, Theory of the, D. B. Morison, 653
Contracts, 53, 78, 107, 134, 162, 186, 212, 236, 265, 291, 316, 400, 426, 453, 480, 530, 637, 636
Control Pillars—see Electrical Matters
Cooke, C. J. B., on The Mechanical Handling of Goal for British Locomotives, 579
Copper and its Alloys, Tensile Tests, &c., Professor A. K. Huntington, 354
Copper, Tin, and Spelter, Forward Movement in, 283
Copper, ‘‘ Tough Pitch,” Influence of Impurities on, F. Johnson, 376
Copper-Sulphate, The Use of, in Purifying Water Supplies, G. Embrey, 50
Copper-zinc Alloys, Professor H. C. H. Carpenter on, 353
Cornwall—see Mines
Corrosion. 467
Corrugated Ship, Captain Macllwaine, 408
Couplings, Flexible and Heavy Duty, Power Plant Company, 383
Crane, 120-Ton Electric Travelling, J. Adamson and Co., 231
Crane, Self-propelled Steam Breakdown, Stothert and Pitt, Limited, 632
Greedy, F., on A New High-speed Electric Generator, 495, 500
Crigglestone—see Coal and Collieries
Crude” Oil, 469
Cutting Machines—see Machine Tools

DALBY, Professor W. E., on Characteristic Dynamical Diagrams for the Motion of a Train, &c., 4G7, 469, 502, 529
Dalby, Professor W. E., on Valve Gear Diagrams and the Apparatus for Drawing them, 67, 81
Dam, Assuan, 671
Dam, Tansa, for Bombay Water Supply, 87
Dams, Derwent and Howden, Derwent Valley Waterworks, 69 {Two-page Supplement, July 1912)
Davey, Norman, on The New ^Estheticism, 296 Day, C , on Diesel Engine Development, 570 Deekloads of Timber, A. B. Liddell, 86 Demurrage Charges, 622
Deptford Generating Station—see Electrical Matters
Derwent Valley—-see Water Supply
Deterioration of Coal—sec Coal
Diesel, Dr., on The Early Development of the Diesel Engine, 668
Diesel Engines—sec Engines, Internal Combustion
Dock, Belfast New Graving; Mechanical Plant and General Appliances, W. K. Kelly, 12G, 182 {Two-page Supplement, August lO/A, 1912)
Dock, 32,000-Ton Floating, for Portsmouth, Cammell, Laird and Co., Limited, 204, 231
Dock, Floating, for Southern Nigeria, Swan, Hunter and Wighain Richardson, 208
Dock, Gladstone, Liverpool, 581
Dock, Lake Dry, A Large, 247
Dock at Methil, Construction, B. H. Blyth, 566
Dock, The New York Dry, 269
Dock for Testing the Strength of Submarine Vessels, Major Laurenti, 332, 337
Docks, Leith, Scheme for Extension, 422
Docks and Railways, Port Talbot, W. Cleaver, 566

DOCKYARD NOTES:

Adventurer Class Scouts, New Armament, 174
Argentina to Build Third Dreadnought, 464, 630
Armament of Various Navies, Reversion to the Gin, Gun, 130
Austrian 1000-Ton Turbine-driven Mme Layer, 570
Austrian Viribus Unitis, Speed and Draught, 464, 630
Battleships. Four New, Named Barham, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, and Warspite, ()30
Brazilian Battleship Armament, 12
Brazilian Battleships’ Extensive Overhaul, 2G0 -
Brazilian Monitors Javary, Madeira, and Solimoes, under Construction in the United Kingdom, 260
British Coast Fortification Armament, 570
Changed Nationalities of Various Warships, 464 . , 1
Chilian Battleship Orders for Elswick and Clydebank, 2()0
Coaling Records in Germany, 12
Coaling Speed of the Second Squadron, G30 Destroyers’ Depot Ship at Alexandria, 464 Dreadnought Launches, British and Foreign, 260
Dutch Torpedo Boats and Motor Gimboats, Names, 629
Encounter, H.M. Protected Cruiser, Lent to Australia as Training Ship, 464
French Ships and Four-gun Turrets, 130
German Battle-cruiser Ersatz Kaiseiin xlugusta, 12
German Battleships Delayed by Strikes, 5 / 0
German Battleships Helgoland, Ostfriesland, and Thuringen, Speeds and Powers, 260
German Battleships Kaiser, Kaiserin, and Friedrich der Grosse, 260
German Cruisers Struck off Effective List,
German Naval Dirigible Carrying 14 Men, 464
German Navy to Adopt Long Range Firing for Battle Practice, 464
German Protected Cruiser Magdeburg, Speed Trials, 464
German Speed Trials of the Breslau, Goeben, Kaiser, and Oldenburg, 670
Greek Armoured Cruiser to be Built in Germany, 174
Italian Dreadnought Dante Aligliieri, 629
Italian Dreadnoughts Diuho and Andrea Doria, 130, 629
Italian Programme Delayed, 629 .
Japan Abandons Attempt to Salve Admiral Togo’s Ship, 464
Japanese Battleship Kongo 14in. Gun, 12
Japanese Cruiser Nisshin, Explosion, 630
Japanese Destroyers Umikase and Yamakase, Trial Results, 260
Japanese Naval Orders in England and France, 630
Japanese Ships, Increased Use of Home Material in Building, 174
Norwegian Naval Additions, Foreign Contracts, 174 , _ . ,
Oil Carrier, 8000 Tons, Driven by Internal Combustion Engines, 464
Oil Carriers, Size and Building Orders, 174
Oil Fuel Commission, 130
Peru Purchases French Destroyer Actee and Renames Her Teniente Rodriguez, 629
Peru’s Purchase of Old French Cruiser, 12,
Revel, New Private Shipyard at, 629
Russian Armoured Cruisers and Armament, 260
Russian Battleships Alexander HI., Catherine II., and Empress Maria and Armament, 260
Russian Destroyer Norik, Dimensions and Trial Results, 260
Russian Naval Improvements, 174
Russian Naval Programme, 629 Torpedo-boat Destroyers Scrapped, 12 United States Armour Plat^ Trials^ 630 United States Battleship ,
and Engines, 12. 629
United States Contract jectiles, 630
United States 14in. Gun
United States Navy and United States 1040-Ton Destroyers. Names and Armament, 12, 623 United States Vessels under Construction,
Progress, Percentages of Completion, 629 United States Warship Wyoming, 130, 629 Venezuela Purchases Maresa Sucre Gunboat from the United States, 464
Yachts for Commaudors-in-Chief, Suppression on the Score of Expense, 12

DRAWBRIDGES, Vertical Lift, 618
Dredger, Sea-going Suction Hopper, Werl Gusto, 287
Drills, Agricultural, at Doncaster Show, 18 Drills—see also Rock Drills and Machine Tools Driving of Textile Mills, 309
Drop Hammers, Battery of Motor-driven, Brett’s Patent Lifter Company, 423
Dundee Electricity Supply, 299
Dunlop Closed Circuit Marine Gas Plant, 99 Dust Collecting Device for Grinding Machnies, Mitchell’s Emery W’heel Company, 28/
Dyson, Captain C. W., U.S.N., on Screw Propeller Design, 215; (Tetter), 3U

EARTHWORK Machinery, American, 145,168, 193, 216, 268, 278, 336, 363, 471
Eccles, Dr. W. H., and A. J. Makower, on
Production of Electric Oscillations by Spark Gaps Immersed in Ruiming Liquids, 272
Economic Aspect of Scottish Water Power, A.
Newlands, 326 ; (Letters), 397, 422 Educational Intelligence, 314, 339, 365, 427 Egypt and the Engineer, 468
Egypt, Land Values in. Sir Haiibury Brown, 456, 468, 673
Egypt, Sun-power Pumping Installation in, 393
Eisermann-Lehne Blower, 682

ELECTRICAL MATTERS

Accidents in Power-houses, 306
Adamello Hydro-electric Plant, 293, 319, 349, 373, 401 {Two-page Supplement, October 4:lh, 1912)
Biaschina Power Station, 10,000 H.P. High- pressure Turbines, 482 {Two-page Supplement, November Sth, 1912)
Britannia Works, Middlesbrough, Generating Station, 218, 226
Cedegolo Power Station, 351, 373, 401
Commercial Utilisation of Peat for Power Purposes, H. V. Pegg, 132
Compulsory Purchase of Electric Jjighting Undertakings, 677
Control Pillars, Vickers’ Patent Revf.sing Type, 461
Deptford Generating Station, 140
Dundee Electricity Supply, 299
Earthed versus Unearthed Neutrals, J. S. Peck, 607
Electric Lighting Provisional Orders, 68
Electric Mining Locomotives, A. H. Marshall, 35
Electricity from Peat and Lignite, 20
Electricity in the Stone Industries, 360
“ Fabriol ” Pinions, Silent, British Thomson- Houston Company, 462
Finance of Electrical Manufacturing, 442
Generation of Electrical Energy, 415
Generator, Unipolar, 2000-Kilowatt, B. S. Lamme, 75
Governor Gears for Generating Sets, Two Varieties, J. J. Armfield and Co., 432
Hauling Gear, 100 H.P. Electrically Driven, Sandycroft Limited, 630
High-pressure Electrical Furnace, J. H. Andrews, 424
High-speed Electric Generator, F. Creedy, 495, 500
Induction Furnaces for Steel Refining, J. B. C. Kershaw, 643, 668
Induction Generators, H. M. Hobart and E. Knowlton, 288
Lighting Dynamo and Magneto for Motor Cars, Simms Magneto Company, 510 ; (Correction), 540
Magnifying Feeble Signalling Currents, S. G. Brown, 674
Marine Propulsion by Electric Transmission, H. A. Mavor, 312
Motor and Control Equipment of Electrically Operated Valves, H. M. 301, 504
Practical Standards for Electrical ments, 325
Production of Electric Oscillations by Spark Gaps Immersed in Running Liquids, Dr. W. H. Eccles and A. J. Makower, 272
Pyrometers, Thermo-couples, and other
Appliances at Olympia, Robert Paul, 462 Railways and Railway Plant—see Railways Reactance in Transformers, W. S. Moody, 686 Roncaldier Terminals, 402
Smoke Precipitation by Electricity, 340
Spanish Hydro-electric Power Undertaking, 384
Tabulation of Bessel and other Functions, 325
Thawing by Electricity, 234
Transmission, Electrical, for Diesel-engined Ship, 233
Water Turbine Generating Set, J. J. Arm- fiekl and Co., 432

EMBANKMENT for Stockport Water Supply, 29
Embrey, G., on the Use of Copper Sulphate in Purifying Water Supplies, 50
Empirical Formulae, The Exact Determination of the Constants of, M. E. J. Gheury, 267 ; (Letters), 528

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Internal Combustion Engines:

Aviation Motors in Paris, Buriat, Clerget, Essell)e, Fatava, Laviator, Panhard, Samson, 497, 516 ; (Letter), 544
“ Closed Circuit ” Air Transmission for a Gas-engined Vessel, 99
Coke Fuel Gas Engine, Anderston Foundry Company, Limited, 286
Commission on Oil Engines for the Navy, 95
Crude Oil Engine, 20 H.P. Complete Combustion, Ruston, Proctor and Co., 620
Diesel Engine Development, C. Day, 570
Diesel Engine, 800 H.P., of the Single-screw Motor Ship Eavestone, 433 {Two-page Supplement, October ‘ibih, 1912)
Diesel Engines for the Monte Penedo, Sulzer Bros., 230, 244
Diesel Engines of the Motor Ship Rolandseck, Carels-Tecklenborg, 550, 632 {Two-page Supplement, December l‘3th, 1912)
Early Development of the Diesel Engine, Dr. Diesel, 568
Frerichs-Junkers’ 150 H.P. Engine for a Tugboat, 405
Gas Engine, Davey, Paxman and Co., 620
Gas Engine with Stauffer Lubricator and Suction Gas Plant, Davey, Paxman and Co., 20
Gas Engines, Large, New Type and Method of Construction, Alan E. L. Chorlton, 394, 406 ; (Letter), 422
Gas, Oil, and Petrol Engines at Doncaster, 20 German Motor Notes, 378, 387, 402
Governor Gear for Semi-Diesel Horizontal Engine, Crossley Brothers, 20
Junkers Marine Oil Engines for a Hamburg- American Liner, 404
Langen and Wolf Diesel Engine, 84, 85, 94
Low Coal Engine, 100 H.P., 526 ; (Letter), 544
Motive Media of the Diesel Motor, with Special Regard to Ocean Navigation, Dr. Aufhauser, 568
Motor Car Engines at Olympia, 489, 510, 541 Oil Engines at Doncaster, E. R. and F. Turner, 37
Oil Engines at Smithfield, Portable and Stationary, E. R. and F. Turner, 620
Oil and Gas Engines at Smithfield Sliow, 619
Oil Marine Engine, 2500 I.H.P., Reiherstieg- Carels, 378
Practical Considerations for Diesel Engine Users, 599
Railway Traction and the Explosion Engine, 178
Semi-Diesel Crude Oil Engine, Westinghouse Brake Company, 469
Semi-Diesel Engine, Petter, 619
Semi-Diesel Oil Engine, Clayton and Shuttleworth, Limited, 621
Semi-Diesel Two-Cycle Vertical
Robey, 19
Tai’ Oils for Diesel Engine, 441 ; 501, 657
Three-cylinder Double-acting Blohm and Voss, 379
Toussaint Marine Oil Tug-boat Engine, Weser Aktien-Gesellschaft, 402
Vertical Paddle-boat Engines, Fried. Krupp, 379
Werkspoor-Diesel Engine, 1100 B.H.P., ot the Motor Ship Juno, Nederlandsche Fabriek, 5').4:[Two-pageSupplcment, November 16tZi, 1912), [Two-page Supplement, November 22nd, 1912)

ENGINES AND MOTORS: Steam Engines:

Bicentenary of the Steam Engine, Newcomen Engine, 485
Horizontal Stumpf Engine, Roboy, 19, 20
Newcomen Pumping Engine of 1712 485 • (Letters), 544, 570, 657, 686
Rolling Mill Engines, 12,000 H.P. Vertical, Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., 252, 260 ; (Correction), 260
Simple Engine Operating with Steam Less than that of Atmospheric Pressure, Professor R-. C. Carpenter, 22
Single-cylinder Portable Engine and Traction Engine, Davey, Paxman and Co., 620
Steam Engines for Driving Reversing Rolling Mills, E. G. Sehmer, 174
Steam Engines at Smithfield Show, 619
Steam Ploughing Superheated Engine, John Fowler and Co., 621
Traversing Winding Engine in Dolcoath Mine, Morgan, 113

ENGINEERS and China, 521 ; (Letter), 528
Engineering and the Amenities, Professor A. Barr, 253, 261
Engineering and Machinery Exhibition—see Exhibitions
Engineering Progress Abroad, 72, 207, 309, 438, 543, 655 ; (Letters), 259, 339
Entropy, 202 ; (Letter), 259
Ejector, Vacuum Brake, Davies and Metcalfe, 102
Exact Determination of the Constants of Empirical Formulae, M. E. J. Gheury, 267 ; (Letters), 528
Excavating Ploughs for American Earthwork, 147
Excavator, Motor-driven, at Buenos Ayres, 520, 525
Excavators, Drag-line and Grab Bucket, Bagley, Heyworth, Page and Cliannon, Page-Lidgerwood, 193
Andresen, Hayward, Rawson, Trenching and Ditching Machines, 216
American, Bentson, Buckeye, Dalton, Miller, Parsons, 268, 278
Marion Ditch Excavating Machine, 363
Atlantic, Bucyrus, Thew, Vulcan, and other Excavators, 471
Austin Drainage Excavator Company, Hef- fron Scraper Trenching Machine, Helm, Hovland, Liebe, Lidgerwood, Stevens, Vulcan Steam Shovel Company, 336, 363, 471

EXHAUST Gas Turbine, Churchill-Shanm 206

EXHIBITIONS:

Aviation at South Kensington. 671
Engineering and Machinery at Olympia (For Separate Tools see Machine Tools), 380, 409, 429, 458 ; (Letter), 474 [Twenty- page Supplement, October \Sth, 1912)
Ghent Exhibition, 307
Motor Car Show at Olympia, 489, 510, 541 ; (Correction), 540
Regulation of International Exhibitions, 41G Royal Agricultural Show at Doncaster, 18, 36 Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 619

EXPERIMENTS with Explosives, 124 Explosions of Carbonaceous Dust, 16 Explosions, Gaseous, Dugald Clerk, 270
Explosives, Annual Report on, 20
Explosives, Experiments with, 124

FABROIL for High-speed Pinions, British Thomson-Houston Company, 62
Factory, A Modern, F. Southey, 328 ; (Letters), 397, 450
Failure of a Socialist Enterprise, 361
Feed-water Heater, Locomotive, G. and J. Weir, Limited, 654
Feed-water Regulator, Automatic, Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company, 382
Ferro-concrete Pontoon, Launch at Irlain, Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Company, 21
Ferry, Train, Steamer—see Ships
Fery Bomb Calorimeter, R. S. Whipple, 298
Files—see Machine Tools
Filters and Filter-house at Stockport, 29, 40
Finance of Electrical Manufacturing, 442
Fixed Charges in the Machine Shop, &c.—see Machine Tools
Flamm, Professor O., on The Unsinkability of Modern Slups, 592
Fleming, Dr. J. A., on Wireless Telegraphy, 271
Floating Dock, 32,000-Ton, for the Medway, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 72, 73
Floating Dock for Portsmouth, 23,000-Ton, Cammell, Laird and Co., Limited, 204, 231
Floating Dock for Southern Nigeria, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 208
Flood Problem of Pittsburgh, K. C. Grant, 55, 82, 111
Florian Angele Valve Gear, 681
Flour Milling Machinery at Doncaster, 37 Forthcoming Engagements, 24, 60, 76, 134, 160, 186, 210, 236, 262, 288, 314, 368, 396, 424, 450, 476, 504, 530, 656, 608, 634, 660, 687
Forthcoming Meetings, 408, 474, 626
Forward Movement in Copper, Tin, and Spelter, 283
Foundry Plant, J. W. Jackman and Co., 682 French Seamen’s Strike, 130
French Trade Congress, 17
Friction Drop Stamps, B. and S. Massey, 340 Fry, L. H., on Testing Plant Results and the Locomotive Boiler, 189 ; (Letter), 259
Fuel Briquettes, W. Johnson and Sons, 415
Furnaces at Bethlehem Steel Works, 118, 122 {To} -page Supplement, August 2nd, 1912)
Furnaces, Induction, for Steel Refining, J. B. C. Kershaw, 643, 668

GARRETT, J. H., on Self-Pollution of Water by Natural Growths, 49
Gas Engines—see Engines Internal Combustion Gas, Producer, Generation and Distribution of, in South Staffordshire, H. A. Humphrey, 633
Gas Producer for Wood Refuse, Davey, Paxman and Co,, 250
Gas Turbine, Dugald Clerk, 297
Gas Turbine, Exhaust, Churchill-Shann, 206
Gaseous Explosions Committee’s Report, Dugald Clerk. 270
Gaseous Mixtures, Ignition of, by Momentary Electric Arcs, Professor W. M. Thornton, 271 I
Gassman, H. M,, on Motor and Control Equipment of Electrically Operated Valves, 301, 504
Gauge, Mercurial Vacuum, Negretti and Zam- bra, 131
Gears and Racks, Double Helical and Treble Helical, Power Plant Company, Limited, 382 Generators—see Electrical Matters
German Motor Notes, 378, 387, 402
German Steel—see Iron and Steel Germanischer Lloyd Rules, 223
Gheury, M. E. J., on The Exact Determination of the Constants of Empirical Formukc. 267 : (Letters), 528
Gibson, Professor A, H., and J. H. Thompson on Suction Between Vessels, 298, 313
Gold Mines—see Mines
Goldschmidt, Dr. Hans, on Method for Improvement of the Soundness of Steel Ingots by the Aid of Thermit, 361
Governor, An Improved Spring, The Hartung, 268
Governor Gear—see Engines
Graders and Ditching Machines for American Earthwork, 168
Grant, K. C., on The Flood Problem, of Pittsburgh, 55, 82, 111
Graphite Lubricants, Acheson Oildag Company, 21
Great Britain and South African Trade, 177
Grinding Machines—see Machine Tools
Grinding Mill “’Juggernaut,” E. R. and F. Turner, 37
Grindley, Dr., Contribution to the Theory of Refrigerating Machines, 676, 669
Guns, Gun Mounting, and Gears at Bethlehem Steel Works, 118, 122 {Two-page Supplement, Augiist 2nd, 1912)

HADFIELD, Sir R., on Method of Producing Sound Ingots, 361, 445, 449, 633
Hadfield, Sir R., on Method of Revealing Segregation in Steel Ingots, 361, 368
Haigh, B. P., on Alternating Load Tests, 298 Half-year’s Oversea Trade, 47
Halliwell, R. F., on the Curtis Steam Turbine, 655
Hammers, Drop, Battery of Motor-driven, Brett’s Patent Lifter Company, 423 Haulage, Mechanical, G. Symoii, 593
Hauling Gear, 100 H.P. Electrically Driven, Sandycroft Limited, 630
Heat, Caloric Theory of. Professor Callendar, 279, 284
Heat Drop, Available, E. Buckingham, 154 ; (Letter), 184
Herner, Oberlehrer H., on Reorganisation of Harbour Dues and Measurement for Tonnage, 593
Hob and the Gear, P, Ballard, 221
Hobart, H. M., and E. Knowlton, on Induction Generators, 288
Horizontal Band Saw, J. Pickles and Son, 331 Hughes, George, on Back Pressure in Locomotive Engines, 157
Hulse and Co.’s Workshops Extension, 130 Huntington, Professor A. K., on Effect of Temperatures Higher than Atmospheric on Tensile Strength of Copper, &c., 354 Hydraulic Riveting of Boiler Ends, Caledon
Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 310 Hydraulic Valve, J. Jenkins and Son, 21 Hydro-electric Plant, Adamello, 293. 319, 349,
373, 401 {Two-page Supplement^ October 4th, 1912)
Hydro-electric Power Undertaking, Spanish, 384
Hysteresis Loss in Iron—see Iron

IGNTITON of Gaseous Mixtures by Momentary
Electric Arcs, Professor W. M. Thornton, 271
Ilkeston, Sewage Disposal Works at, 354, 358

Impedance of Telephone Receivers as Affected by the Motion of their Diaphragms, Professor A. E. Kenelly and Mr. C. AV. Pierce, 272
India, Technical Education in, 547
Indicator, Continuous Duplex, Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company, 382
Induction Furnaces—see Furnaces Induction Generators—see Electrical Matters Ingots—sec Iron and Steel
Injector, Oil Fuel, for Steam Boilers, Holden and Brooke, 37
Institutions—see Associations,
Inter-crystalline Cohesion in Metals, Dr. W. Rosenhain and Mr. D. Ewon, 354
Internal Combustion Engines—see Engines and Motors
International Railway Congress, 475
International Specifications, 334
Investigation of the Economy of a Simple Engine—-see Simple Engine
Investigations of tho Upper Atmosphere, 325

IRON AND STEEL

Allotropy, Professor Carl Benedicks, 407, 423 American Competition in Iron and Steel, 127 Concrete v. Brick and Steel Bridges, 155 ; (Letters), 184, 259, 311
Corrosion, Mr. Stromeyer at Manchester Steam Users’ Association, 467
German Steel Syndicate, 359
Heat Treatment of Tool Steel, 41 ; (Letters), 21, 47, 90
Hysteresis Loss in Iron due to a Combined Pulsating and Rotating Magnetic Field, T. F. Wall, 298
Induction Furnaces for Steel Refining, J. B. C. Kershaw, 643, 668
Iron and Steel Trades’ Outlook, 415 Manufacture of Open-hearth Steel, with Reference to Improvement in Yield, F. Paul, 389
Method of Improvement of the Soundness of Steel Ingots by tho Aid of J’herrnit, Dr. Ha.is Goldschmidt, 361
Method of Producing Sound Ingots, Sir R. Hadfield, 361, 445, 449, 633
Method of Revealing Segregation in Steel Ingots, Sir R. Hadfield, 361, 368
Nitrogen and Iron, J. H. Andrews, 407, 424 Revival of the Iron Age, 570
Rolling Mill Practice in the United States, Dr. J. Puppe, 390
Shops and Drawing-office, 41 ; (Letters), : 21, 47, 90
Some Aspects of Wire Drawiiig, Percy T.ong- muir, 407
Steel Rail Trade, 547
Steel Trade Amalgamation, 651
Steel Work Yield, P. Longmuii* and AV. H. Robinson, 389
Tata Iron and Steel Works, India, Axel Sahlin, 633
Tensile Tests of Copper and its Alloys and a Comparison with AV^rought Iron and Steel, Effect of Temperatures, &c., Professor A. K. H\intington, 354
Thermal-magnetic Transformations of 25 per cent. Nickel Steel, E, Colver-Glauerb and S. Hilperb, 407, 424
AVhen Steel Freezes, Dr. J. E. Stead. 518 AVorks, Iron and Steel—sec AA’’orks

IRRIGATION Engineer and I3gvpt, 4 56. 468, 573
Isola—sec Adamello

JOHNSON, F., on Influence of Impurities on
‘•Tough Pitch” Copper, 376

KASSABIEH, or Land Levelling Scoop, J. and H. McLaren, 555
Kelly, W. R., on the New Graving Dock. Belfast, Mechanical Plant and General Appliances, 126, 182 {Two-page Supplement, August \>Sth, 1912)
Kelvin, Lord, Memorial to. 298
Kennelly, Professor A. E., and Mr. C. W. Pierce, on the Impedance of Telephone Receivers as Affected by the Motion of their Diaphragms, 272
Kershaw, J. B. C., on Induction Furnaces for Steel Refining, ()-13, 668
King, C. R., on Superheated Steam—Its Effect upon Power in the Cylinder, 137

LABORATORY, National Physical, 528

LABOUR NEWS, STRIKES, AND WAGES QUESTIONS:

Amended Shipyard Agreement, 574
America, Railway Strikes in. Proposed Legislation Against, 660
.Apprentices and the Insurance Act, 202
Apprentices and Strike Benefit, 151 .Apprenticeship Question, 613, 639 Boilermakers and the Shipyard Agreement, 333, 651
French Seamen’s Strike, 130
Immunity of Trade Unions, 548
Increasing Cost of Workmen’s Compensation, 626
Labour Disputes and State Intervention, 496
Labour in Iron and Steel Works, 151
Manufacture of Tin Plates, Home-olliec Report, 422
Miners and their Troubles, 359
North-Eastern Railway Srtike, 625, 652 Open Shop, 41
Railwaymen’s Outbreak, 625, 662 Solution of Labour Troubles—see Labour Trades Union Comedies, 305

LAKE Dry Dock, A Large, 247
Larnme, B. S., on a 2000-KiJowatt Unipolar Generator, 76
Lana-Ahgiljoch Aerial Cableway, 605
Land Levelling Scoop, J. and H. McLaren, 555
Land Values in Egypt, Sir Hanbury Brown. 456. 468
Larard, C. E., on The Behaviour of Ductile
Material During Torsional Straining, 299 Lathes—see Machine Tools
Launches and Trial Trips, 53, 78, 90, 160 210 316, 426, 448, 480, 506, 528, 612, 636
Law, E. I., on The Influence of Oxygen on the
Properties of Metals and Alloys, 377
Le Laboratoire d’Essais, 179

LEADERS:

Acceleration and Retardation of Trains, 467 Accidents in Power-houses, 306 Apprentices and the Insurance Act, 202 Apprentices and Strike Benefit, 151 Automatic Control of Railway Trains, 16 Back Pressure in Locomotive Engines, 15 Beauty and the Engineer, 253 Boilermakers, 651
Boilermakers and the Shipyard Agreement. 333
Charlestown Curve Derailment, 177
Clyde Conservancy Board, 625
Clyde Improvements, 599
Commission on Oil Engines for the Navy, 95
Competition in Agricultural Machinery, 388
Competition in Shipbuilding, 522
Compulsory Purchase of Electric Lighting Undertakings, 677
Corrosion, 467
Crude Oil, 469
Ditton Accident, 678
Efficiency of Aeroplanes, 279
Egypt and the Engineer, 468, 573
Electric Lighting Provisional Orders, 68
Electricity in the Stone Industries, 360
Engineers and China, 521
Entropy, 202
Experiments with Explosives, 124
Explosions of Carbonaceous Dust, 16
Failure of a Socialist Enterprise, 361
Finance of Electrical Manufacturing, 442
French Trade Congress, 17
Generation of Electrical Energy, 415
German Motor Progress, 387
German Steel Syndicate, 359
Great Britain and South African Trade, 177
Heat, A New Theory of, 279
Increased Average Output of Coal, 280 International Specifications, 334 Iron and Steel Trades’ Outlook, 415 Irrigation Engineer and Egypt, 468, 573 Labour Disputes and State Intervention, 496 Labour in Iron and Steel Works, 151 Locomotive Cab Signals, 496
Loss of the Akron, Dirigible, 16
Machine Tool Experiments, 574
Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee, Report of the, 201
Military Aeroplane Competitions, 254
Miners and Their Troubles, 359
Motor Ships and Safety at Sea, 67
Noise, 67
North-Eastern Railway Strike, 652
Open Shop, 41
Propeller Blade Area, 677
Railway Position, 227
Railway Traction and the Explosion Engine, 178
Railwaymen’s Outbreak, 625
Railways Bill, 521
Rain and Floods, 254
Regulation of International Exhibitions, 416
Report on the Loss of the Titanic, 123
Resistance of Goods Wagons, 305
Safety at Sea, 441
Shipbuilding in Russia, 334
Shipyard Agreement, The Amended, 574
Shops and Drawing-office, 41
Solution of Labour Troubles, 124
Some Practical Considerations for Diesel Engine Users, 599
Sound Rails, 387
Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines, 42
Steel Rail Trade, 547
Steel Trade Amalgamation, 651
Sterilisation of Water by Ultra-violet Rays, 152
Tar Oils for Diesel Engines, 441
Technical Education in India, 547
Technical Institutions, 468
Trade Unions, Immunity of, 548
Trades Union Comedies, 305
Transmission Gear for Marino Motors, 227
Turbine-driven Generators, 495
Unindentured Apprentices, 495
Waste of Water, 95
Workmen’s Compensation, Increasing Cost of, 626
Worn Flanges on Locomotive Wheels, 228

LEICESTER Water Supply—see Water Supply
Leith Docks, Scheme for Extension, 422

LETTERS FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS:

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Germany, France, Belgium, &c., 27, 53, 79, 107, 135. 163, 187, 212, 237, 266, 291, 317, 344, 370, 398, 427, 453, 479, 507, 533, 559, 585, 611, 637, 663, 689
Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Other Districts, 24, 51, 76, 105, 133, 161, 185, 210, 235, 263, 289, 314, 343, 368, 397, 424, 450, 476, 604, 531, 656, 583, 608, 634, 661, 687
Lancashire, 25, 51, 76, 105, 133, 161, 185, 210,
235, 263, 289, 315, 343, 369, 397, 425, 451, 476, 505, 531, 557, 683, 608, 634, 661, 687
Scotland, 26, 52, 77, 106, 134, 162, 186, 211,
236, 264, 290, 315, 344, 369, 398, 426, 452, 478, 506. 532, 558, 584, 610, 636, 662, 688
Sheffield, 25, 51, 77, 105, 133, 161, 185, 211, 235, 263. 289, 315, 343, 369, 397, 426, 451, 505, 531, 557, 683, 610, 635, 661, 687 and Adjoining Counties, 26, 62, 78, 134, 162, 186, 212, 236, 264, 290, 316, 370, 398, 425, 452, 478, 506, 531, 558. 609, 636, 661, 688
Screw Propulsion, John Batey, 339 ? C. V’ Dyson, 311
South African Locomotives—Bissell Bogie
Irucks Coal Saving, R. Edwards, 47
Specification of Bronze, B. R., 132
Tar Oil for Engines, L. Keuleyan, 501
True Absolute Zero of Temperature, J. T. Wainwright, 269
True Second Law of Thermodynamics, J. T. Wainwright, 90
Tunnelling in Buenos Aires, G. Gonsalves, 339 ; P. Ramme and AVin. Lowe Brown, 311
“Vol,” A. Immo S. Allen, 132

LIDDELL, A. R., on Dockloads of Timber, 8f> Liddell, A. R., on the Tonnage Laws, 50 Lienau, Professor Otto, on Stresses in the Longitudinal Structure of Steel Merchant Vessels, 692
Lightning Arresters, Wurtz 'Pype, 351

LITERATURE: Reviews:

A B C of Hydrodynamics, Lieut.-Col. R. de Villamil, 229
Aeroplane, Mechanics of the, Captain Duchene, 152
All the World’s Aircraft, F. T. Jane, 97
American Electric Central Station Distribution Systems : Their Design and Construction, H. B. Goar and P. F 179
Annuaire pour I’An, 1913, 653
Centrifugal Pumping Engineering, C. G. de Laval, 649
Centrifugal Pumps : Their Design and Construction, L. C. Loewenstein and C P Crissley, 229
Chemical Works : Their Design, Erection and Equipment, S. S. Dyson and S. s’ Clarkson, 648
Chemistry of the Rubber Industry H E Potts, 97
Coals of Canada, An Investigation of the
J. B. Porter and R. J. Durley, 678 ’
Columns and Struts, Theory and Practical Design, W. Alexander, 255.
Concrete Costs, Taylor and Thompson, 228
Dynamics of Mechanical Flight, Sir G Greonhill, 152
Energy, System of Matter, James Weir, 524
Engineering Work in Public Buildings, R. 0. Allsop, 624
Frozen Meat Tra<le, A History of the, J T Critchell and J. Raymond, 153
Fuel, An Introduction to the Study of F J Brislee, 307
Geometry and Graphics, Practical, D. A. Low, 675
Heating and Ventilating, Mechanics of, Konrad Meier, 154
Heating and Ventilation, Theory and Prac- tice of, A. H. Barker, 17
Highway Engineers, Handbook for, W. G Harger and E. A. Bonney, 524, 627
Internal Combustion Engines and Gas Producers, C. W. Askling and E. Roeslor, 178
Mineral Production of Canada, 1910, 653
Modem Destructor Practice, W. F. Goodrich, 280 ’
Motor Car Engineering, Vol. T., Construction, A. Graham Clark, 17
Motor, The, John Armstrong, 281
Napier, David, Engineer, 1790-1868, 335 Naval Annual, 1912, Viscount Hythe, 42 Statical Calculations, Reference Book for, Francis Ruff, 153
Structures, The Theory of, A. Morley, 205, 335
Surveying, The Effects of Errors in, H. Briggs, 255
Tables Annuelles de Constantes et Donneos Numeriques de Chimic, de Physique, &c., 126
Thdorie du Navire, M. Bourdelle, 627 Titanic, An Unsinkable, J. B. Walker, 255, 281
Valuation of Public Utility Properties, H. Eloy, 362

LITERATURE: Short Notices:

American Machinist Grinding Book, F. H. Colvin and E. A, Stanley, 524, 575
Boiler Explosions, Collapses, and Mishaps, E. P. Rimmer, 205, 281
Copper Smelting, Modern, D. M. Lovy, 179, 229
Differential and Integral Calculus, Lorrain S. Hulbert, 229
Elements of Structures, G. A. Hood, 97 Eleeming Jenkin, Memoir of, R. L. Stevenson, 179, 229
Forging, Stamping, and General Smithing, B. Saunders, 549, 576
Heat Engines, H. A. Garratt, 154
Mineralogy of the Rarer Metals, E. Cohen and W. 0. Wootton, 601
Motor Car Construction, R. W. A. Brewer, 624
Official Handbook of Stations, including Junctions, Sidings, &c., of the Railways in the United Kingdom, 1912, 679
Oil Finding, E. H. C. Craig, 281
Petrol Engine, Construction and Drawing, W. E. Dommett, 549
Stamp Milling, A. Del Mar, 362
Steam Boilers and Boiler Accessories, W. Inchley, 549, 627
Steam Engine and Turbine, R. C, H. Heck, 363
Structural Mechanics, The Principles of, P. J. Waldram, 154
Theory of Determinants, T. Muir, 125
Toothed Gearing, G. T. White, 649, 627
Traite de Metallographie, Felix Robin, 362

LITERATURE: Books Received:

Ainsley’s Engineers* Manual, 575
Alternating Currents, ‘ ~ Rhodes, 179
Analytical Geometry, W. A. Nayier, 524
Annual Report of the 1911, British Columbia, W, H. Cullin, 497
Brazil in 1911, J. C. Oakenfull, 205
Bridge Design, Preliminary Studies in, R. Ryves, 497
British Rainfall, 1911, H, R. Mill, 549 Building Construction, C. E. Mitchell, 624 Business Prospects Year Book, 1913, 601 Calculations on the Entropy Temperature Chart, W. J. Crawford, 653
Calculations for Marine Engineers, Part I., R. A. McMillan, 497
Carbonisation of Coal, V. B. Lewes, 676
Celluloid, Masselon, Roberts, and Cillard, 601 City of Bradford Technical College Calendar, 1912-1913, 497
Colliery, Working and Management, H. E. Bulman and R. A. S. Redmayne, 524
Combination Among Railway W. A. Robertson, 524
Commercial Engineering, A. J. 675
Common Battery Telephony W. Atkins, 679
Complete Hints and Tips for Jkutoniobilists from the Autocar^ 549
Copper, The Hydro-metallurgy of, W. E. Greenawalt, 624
Cost Accounts, L. W. Hawkins, 675
Der Moderne Schiffbau, G. Neudeck, B. Schulz, and Dr. R. Blochmann, 154
Design of Electrical Machinery, W. T. Ryan, 601
Design of Simple Steel Bridges, Usborne, 601
Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, Sir Edward Thorpe, 679
Dictionary of Railway Terms in Spanish- English and English-Spanish, A. J. R. V. Garcia, 679
Directory of Contractors and Public Works Annual, 1912, T. F. G. Coates, 255
Domestic Water Supplies for the Farm, M. L. Fuller, 649
Electrical Engineering for Mechanical and Mining Engineers, Lectures, &c., H. J. S. Heather, 679
Electrical Machinery, A Short Course the Testing of, J. H. Morecroft and E. Hehre, 205
Electrical Wiring, Practice of, 679
Electricity, Applied, Examples in, C. Lamb, 497
Electricity Made Plain, G. R. Peers, 601
Engineering and Metallurgical Books, 1907- 1911, R. A. Peddie, 549
Explosives and Their Storage Under the Explosives Act, 179
Farm Gas Engines, H. R. Brate, 601
Fighting Ships, F. T. Jane, 1912, 497
Fire Prevention and Eire Protection, J. K. Freitag, 255
Foundry Practice, Notes on, J. J. Morgan, 255 Freight Terminals and Trains, J. A. Droeqe, 679
French Self-taught, French Grammar and Key, J. Lafitte, 649
Gasworks Directory and Statistics, 1912- 1913, 549
Geology of Soils and Substrata, H. B. Woodward, 679
Geometry and Graphics for Technical Students, Practical, Bates and Charles- worth, 549
Greece of the Twentieth Century, Percy F. Martin, 575
Highways, The Law Relating to, H. Hampton Capnall, 679
How to Drive a IMotor Cycle, “ Phoenix, * 205 Illumination, The Science of. Dr. L. Block, 575
Books Received {continued):
Index of Mining Engineering Literature, W. R. Crane, 549
Indicator Handbook, C. N. Pickworth, 575 Industrial Chemistry, A. Rogers Aubert, 675
Industrial and Manufacturing Organic, Geoffrey Martin, 675
Internal Combustion Engine. A the, H. E. Wimperis, 675
Iron Enamelling and Tinning, Technology of, J. Grunwald, 497
Iron and Steel Constructional Work, K. Schindler, 205
La Theorie des Ions et I’Electrolyse, Auguste Hollard, 675
Laboratory Manual of Alternating Currents, J. H. Morecroft, 679
Law Relating to Electric Lighting, Power, and Traction, J. Shiress Will, 601
Magneto and Electric Ignition, W. Hibbert, 675
Main Drainage of Towns, F. N. Taylor, 205 Materials Used in Siting, W. F. A. Ermen, 624 Mathematics for Technical Students, Practical, Bates and Charlesworth, 549
Mechanical World Electrical Pocket-book, 1913, 601
Mechanical World Pocket Diary and Yearbook, 1913, 601
Mechanics for Marine Engineers, A. N. Somerscales, 575
Microscope, The, C. E. Heath, 676
Minimum Wage Act, 1912, Awards, 524 Modern Aline Valuation, M. H. Burnham, 601 Motor Car Mechanism and Alanagement, W. P. Adams, 649
Navy League Annual, 1912-13, A. H. Burgoyne, 601
Nigeria and its Tin Fields, A. F. Calvert, 179
North-country Coal and Shipping Annual, ' 1912, J, Davies and Graham Wallis, 49/
Petrol Air-gas, H. O’Connor, 601
Physics and Chemistry of Alining, T. H. Byrom, 649
Physics, A Course of, C. H. Draper, 575
Physics and Engineering, Papers in. Professor J. Thomson, 653
Pitman’s Dictionary of Secretarial Law and Practice, Philip Tovey, 679
Practical Alechanic’s Smith, 675
Practical Physics, E. Black, 205
Primer of Scientific Gilbreth, 601
Processes of Flour Alanufacturo, P. A. Amos, 679
Propellers, C. H. Peabody, 549
Properties and Design of Reinforced Concrete, N. Alartin, 575
Radio-activity, Studies in, W. H. Bragg, 205 Railway Statistics, Alanual of, G. L. Boag, 624 Rain and Rivers, The Work of the, T. G.
Bonney, 624
Rand Metallurgical Practice, A Text-book of, 255
Redress by Arbitration, H. Foulks Lynch, 601 Regulations and Syllabuses for the Examinations in Science and Technology to be Held in 1913, 679
Reinforced Concrete Construction, Al. I’. Cantell, 549
Road Construction, Modern, Francis Wood, 497
Roads and Pavements, Text-book on, F. P. Spalding, 575
Roofs, Treatise on the Design and Construction of, N. C. Ricker, 653
Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Calendar, 1912-13, Robert Anderson, 255
Sanitary Engineering, Modern, Part I., House Drainage, G. Thomson, 524
Second Supplement to Third Edition of the Law of Building, Engineering, and Shipbuilding Contracts, A. A. Hudson, 154
Southern England ; Coast and Countryside, Homeland Association, 624
Steam Turbines, H. Wilds, 601 Street Pavements and Paving Materials, G. W. Tillson, 575
Strength of Materials, M. Merriman, 649 Structural Design, Vol. I., H. R, Thayer, 497 Thorium and its Compounds, Lecture on, Edmund White, 679
Toll Telephone Practice, J. B. Thiess and G. A. Joy, 497
“ Transactions ” of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Vol. IV., 1911, 549
Vapours for Heat Engines, W. D. Ennis, 601 Water Supply and Drainage, C. E. Housden, 601
Wireless Telegraphy for Amateurs, R. P. Howgrave-Graham, 179
Wireless Telegraphy Simply Explained, H. T. Davidge, 679
Workmen’s Compensation Digest, Douglas Knocker, 649
and A. B.
Cliemisfcry,
Primer of
Handbook, F. E.
H. Barton and T. P.
Management, F. B.

LIVERPOOL, Royal Liver Buildings, Boilerhouse Plant, 63
Liverpool University, Worm Gearing at, H. Wallwork and Co., 233
Livesey, (R. M., on Rolling Stock in Use on the Principal Irish Narrow Gauge Railways, 126, 131
Llandulas Viaduct, 311
Lloyd’s Register—see Ships
Locomotives, Internal Combustion Road, John Fowler and Co., 36, 621
Locomotives—see also Railway Locomotives London County Council Tramways, 632 Longmuir, Percy, on Some Aspects Drawing, 107
Longmuir, P., and W. H. Robinson, Work Yield, 389
Loom, Automatic, R. Hall and Sons, 330
Lubricants, Graphite, Acheson Oildag Co., 21 Lubricator, Bosch Magneto Company, 127 Lubricators for Internal Combustion and for
Steam Engines, Vacuum Oil Company, 431
of Wire on Steel Limited,

MACILWAINE, CAPT., on the Corrugated Ship, 408

MACHINE TOOLS:

(For Machine Tools at Olympia Exhibition see also Illustrated Section of Index, Names, and—under Subjects—Machine Tools)
Angie liar-straightening Machine, Scriven and Co., 656
Automatic Machine, The “ Lester ” Four- spindle, C. W. Burton, Grifhth.s and Co., 460
Bar Cutting-off Machine, J. Butler and Co. (vii, Twenty-page Supplement, October iHih, 1912)
Brown and Sharpe Automatic Screw Machines, Cams for, 286
Citroen Gears, Largo Sizes, 459
Crankshaft Milling Machine, Burmeister and Wain, 366
Drill, Smallest Twist, Burton, Griffiths and Co. (v, Twcnty-page Supplement, October l^th, 1912)
Drilling Alachino, 6ft, High-speed Radial, Tangyes, Limited (v, Twenty-page Supplement, October ISth, 1912)
Drilling Alachine, Universal Radial, J. Buckton and Co., Limited, 174, 176
Drilling Alachines, Radial, Kendall and Gent, Limited (xx, Twenty-page Supplement, October l^th, 1912)
Drilling Machines, D. and J. Tullis, Limited, 458
Electrical Driving of Alachine Tools, 461 Files, Dreadnought, Patent Jb'il© and Tool Company, 458
Fixed Charges in the Machine Shop and the Depreciation of Alachine Tools, H. Spencer, 321, 373 ; (Letters), 422, 474, 601
Grinding Alachines, Dust-collecting Device, for, Alitchelfs Emery Wheel Company, 287
Hob and the Gear, P. Ballard, 221
Lathe, Electrically Driven Face, Cunliffe and Croom, Limited, 208
Lathe, Alarine Repair Shop, Loudon Brothers, 159
Lathe, Turret, Kendall and Gent, Limited (xx, Twenty-page Supplement, October IStfi, 1912)
Lathes, G. Swift and Sons (xx, Twenty-page Supplement, October l^tfi, 1912)
Lathes, Sin. All-geared and lOin. Capstan, Tangyes, Limited (v, Twenty-page Supplement, October 18ZA, 1912)
Lathes, Three New Designs, Colchester Lathe Company (v, Twenty-page Supplement, October \.3th, 1912)
Lathes, Vortical Turning and Boring, Hathorn, Davey and Co., 443
Miliing Machine Experiments, P. V. Vernon, 574, 677
Milling Machine, Treadle-driven, Horizontal, Henry Alilnes (v, Twenty-page Supplement, October I3th, 1912)
Aiming Machines, J. Holroyd and Co., Limited (xx, Twenty-page Supplemerit, October 18ZA, 1912)
Aiming Machines, Plain and Vertical, Darling and Sellers, Limited (xix., Ttventy-page Supplementi October i^th, 1912)
Olympia, Exhibition at, 380, 409, 429, 468 {Twenty-page Supplement, October 18zA, 1912) ; (Letter), 474
Planer, Berl Gear, Pfeil and Co., 430
Planer, J. Stirk and Sons, Limited, 382
Sawing Alachines, Reciprocating Straight Blade, C. Wicksteed, 139
Saws, Circular, for Sawing Armour Plates, St. George’s Engineering Alalleable Iron and Steel Works, 469
Screw-driver, Automatic Alagazine, Ru.ssoll Brothers, 458
Screwing Alachine, The Landis, Schuchardt and Schutte, 461
Slotting Aiachine, Powerful Alotor-driven, J. Buckton and Co., 602
Standard Speeds and Feeds for Alachine Tools, 364

MANUFACTURE of Steel—see Iron and Steel Manufacture of Tin-plates, Home-office Report, 422
Marine Engines and Motors—see Engines Marine Motors, Transmission Gear for, 227 Marine Propulsion by Electric Transmission, H. A. Mavor, 312
Marshall, A. H., on Electric Mining Locomotives, 35
Alartin, Percy F., on The Panama Canal, 561, 572, 588 {Two-page Supplement, December i^th, 1912)
Mathematics, Place of, in Engineering Practice, Sir W. H. White, 341, 367
Mavor, H. A., on Marine Propulsion by Electric Transmission, 312
Mechanical Haulage, G. Symon, 593
Merchant Shipping Report—see Ships : General Mercurial Vacuum Gauge, Negretti and Zambra, 131
Merz, C., on The Electrification of the Melbourne Railways, 580, 600
Metal Statistics, The World’s, 38
Methods of Magnifying Feeble Signalling Currents, S. G. Brown, 674
Mica, 230
Military Aeroplane Competitions, 247, 254
Mill, Husk and Grain Grinding, “ Juggernaut,” E. R. and F. Turner, 620
Aiming Machines—see Machine Tools Aimington, W. E. W., on High-lift Centrifugal Pumps, 464
Mills, Textile, The Driving of, 309

MINES AND MINING-NEWS:

Carnon, South Crofty and Wheal Jane Mines, Cornwall, 190
Coal Mines—see Coal and Collieries
Consols, Giow and Trenwith Mines, Cornwall, 166
Dolcoath Mine, 113
Electric Mining Locomotives, A. 11. Marshall, 35
Mines and Works in Cornwall, 90, 113, 143, 150, 166, 190
Ventilation of Gold Mines, 38

MODERN Factory, F. Southey, 328 ; (Letters), 397, 450

MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR MATTERS:
Acceleration of a Motor Car, H. E. Wimperis, 338
Ball Jumping and Ball Sorting Machines, D.W.F. Company, 643 t
Belsize 16.9 H.P. Car with Four-cylinder Engine, 612
Cars at Olympia, Armstrong, Whitworth, Austin Motor Company, D. Brown and Sons, Daimler, Darracq, Delaunay Belleville, Lanchester, 541
Chassis, Engine, Gear Box, Clutch, &c., of 15.9 H.P. Motor Car, Star Engineering Company, Limited, 641
Chassis, Engine, Gear Box and Details of Motor Cars at Olympia, Crossley Brothers, Limited, 490
Chassis, Four-cylinder Engine, Carburetter, Gear Box, Self-starting Mechanism, &c,, of Motor Cars at Olympia, Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, 489
Design of Motor Vehicles, H. E. Wimperis, 509
Detachable Wheels and Rims, 541
“Ever Ready” Self-starter, Star Engineering Company, 610
Fetch-and-Carry Chain Drive for Cam and Magneto Shafts of Petrol Engines, D. H. Simpson and Hans Renold, 541
Inspection Car for High Altitudes, Drewry Car Company, 91
Lighting Dynamo and Magneto, Simms Magneto Company, 610 ; (Correction), 540
Locomotives—see Locomotives, also Railway Locomotives
Motor Cars, 12, 15, and 25 H.P., Clement-Talbot, Limited, 542
Motor Cars, 17 H.P. Four-cylinder and 30 H.P. Six-cylinder, Maudslay, 643
Motor Tractors and Wagons at Smithfield, 619
Motor Trains—see Railways
Motor Wagon, Steam, at Doncaster, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 19
Olympia, Show at, 488, 510 {Tioo-page Supplement, November \bth, 1912); (Correction), 540 •
Petrol Committee, 173
Petrol-driven Vehicles at Doncaster Show, 18 Petrol Motor Lorries, War-office Subsidies for, 174
Petrol Valve and Filter, W. P. Nesbitt, 683 Renold Roller Chain-driven
Magneto Shafts, 512
Scott-Crossley Self-starting Gear,
Sheffield-Simplex 30 H.P. Car cylinder Engine, 511, 512
Supplement, November loth, 1912)
Ships and Boats—see Ships Standardisation of Automobile Parts, 22

MOULDING Machine, Wilson and Mathieson’s, 498

NATIONAL Physical Laboratory, 628
New*Aestheticism, The, Norman Davey, 296
New York Dry Dock, 259
Newcomen Gear—see Pumps
Newlands, A., on Economic Aspects of Scottish
Water Power, 326 ; (Letters), 397, 422
Nitrogen and Iron, J. H. Andrews, 407, 424
Noise, 67
Northwich, Salt Subsidences at, 614

OBITUARY:

Adams, Edwin, 364
Andrews, Edmund, 492
Blaxland, George, 195
Drummond, Dugald (Portrait), 523
Dunn, James 92
Furness, Lord, 622
Hamilton, William, 92
Hodgkin, John Eliot, 420
Jamieson, Andrew, 626
Lea, Henry (Portrait), 92
Mackrow, Clement, 335
McMillan, Robert, 492
McNaught, Duncan (Portrait), 364
Pendred, Vaughan (Portrait), 418
Phillips, Charles D., 463
Robertson, Frederick Ewart, 540
Shepherd, John William, 574

OIL, “ Crude,” 469
Oil Engines—see Engines, Internal Combustion
Olympia—see Exhibitions
Open Shop, 41
Oversea Trade : Steady Progress, 47, 407
Owens, Dr. J. S., on The Weathering of Portland Stone, 299
Oxygenite, 460

PAINTING Steamers—see Ships, General Matters
Panama Canal, Percy F, Martin, 561, 572, 688 {Two-page Supplement, December \sth, 1912)
Parma Single-phase 'Tramways, 640

PATENT SPECIFICATIONS, BRITISH AND AMERICAN:

Aeronautics, 80, 266, 371, 372, 399, 454, 633, 559, 612, 637, 664, 689
Condensers and Feed-water Heaters, 53, 479 Cranes and Conveyors, 80, 108, 163, 508, 560 Dynamos and Motors, 27, 53, 79, 107, 135, 163, 237, 266, 345,371, 399, 453, 507, 559, 585, 611, 663, 689
Engines, Internal Combustion, 27, 53, 79, 107, 108, 163, 164, 214, 238, 266, 291, 292, 317, 345, 371, 399, 400, 427, 453, 479, 507, 634, 569, 611, 637, 638, 663, 689
Engines, Steam, 135, 163, 188, 265, 291, 345, 399, 427, 428, 685, 637, 638, 663
Furnaces, 64, 187, 317
Gas Producers, 317, 480
Hydraulics, 611
Lighting and Heating, 27, 136, 1G4, 188’ 291, 318, 638
Locomotives, 318, 345, 346, 479
Machine Tools and Shop Appliances, 28, 54, 108, 136, 187, 213, 214, 238, 266, 318, 346, 372, 400, 428, 453, 480, 507, 508, 534, 560, 586, 612, 689
Measuring and Testing Instruments, 27, 28, 80, 136, 164, 188, 214, 266, 292, 345, 428, 454, 480, 608, 560, 686
Mines and Metals, 80, 164, 292, 318, 428, 454, 660, 686, 612, 638, 690
Miscellaneous, 28, 54, 80, 108, 136, 164, 188, 214, 238, 266, 292, 318, 346, 372, 464, 480, 634, 660, 586, 664, 690
Motor Cars and Road Traffic, 80, 188, 238, 480, 634
Ordnance and Armour, 292, 608 Pumping and Blowing Machinery, 28, 80, 108, 136, 187, 213, 266, 291, 34b, 371, 427, 586, 638
Ships and Boats, 54, 80, 108, 164, 214, 372, 480, 634, 560, 638, 664
Steam Generators, 27, 63, 107, 108, 135, 213, 237, 291, 292, 317, 372, 400, 453, 480, 608, 533, 660, 586, 586, 612, 637, 638, 663, 690
Switchgear, 79, 292, 372, 427, 533, 585, 689 Telegraphs and Telephones, 80, 136, 163, 213, 399, 479, 664
Tramways and Railways, 54, 214, 266, 318, 345, 346, 372, 400, 6O7, 508, 634, 690
Transformers, 533
Transmission of Power, 79, 136, 213, 214, 266, 345, 346, 372, 400, 428, 508, 533, 560, 586, 611, 638, 664, 690
Turbine Machinery, 63, 54, 79, 108, 237, 238, 346, 454, 569, 664

PAUL, F. W., on Manufacture of Open-hearth Steel, with Reference to Improvement in Yield, 389
Peat, Commercial Utilisation for Power Purposes, H. V. Pegg, 132, 140
Peat and Lignite, Electricity from, 20
Peck, J. S., on Earthed and Unearthed Neutrals, 607
Pegg, H. V., on Commercial Utilisation of Peat lor Power Purposes, 132, 140
Pelton Wheel, 6600 H.P., and Generator at Isola, Escher, Wyss and Co., 349 {Two-page Supplement^ October 4:thf 1912)
Personal and Business Announcements, 26, 54, 78, 104, 134, 162, 186, 212, 236, 264, 291, 316, 346, 370, 426, 452, 479, 507, 532, 584, 610, 636, 662, 689
Petrol Lorry, Daimler Company, 18
Petrol Motor Lorries, War-office Subsidies for. Petrol Wagon, 3-Ton, Aveling and Porter, 19 Photostat, Alfred Herbert, Limited, 658 Pinions, High-speed, New Material for, British Thomson-Houston Company, 62
Pittsburgh, The Flood 1‘robiem of, K. C. Grant, 55, 82, 111
Place of Mathematics in Engineering Practice, Sir W. H. White, 341
Planers—see Machine Tools
Plate-bending Rolls, Motor-driven, at Bethlehem Steel Works, 118
Ploughs, Steam, and Four-furrow Motor, J. F. Howard, 622
Pontoon, Ferro-concrete, Launched at Irlain, 21 Portland Cement Industry, Raw Materials of, Percy S. Barber, 481, 535
Portsmouth, 32,000-Ton Floating Dock, Cam- mell, Laird and Co,, Limited, 204, 231
Presses at Bethlehem Steel W'orks, 118, 122 Producer, Coke Suction, and Gas Engine, Anderston Foundry Company, Limited, 28()
Producer Gas, Generation and Distribution of, in South Staffordshire, 633
Progress of the Trade Boom, 258 Propellers—see Ships
Prussian Towing Monopoly, 608

PUMPS

Centrifugal Pumps at Doncaster, 37
Counterbalanced Deep-well Pump, GGO
Dolcoath Mino Motor-driven Pumping Plant, 116
Floating Pumps at Adamello, 319
Hole-Shaw Pump Company, Limited, 459
High-lift Centrifugal Pumps, W. E. W. Millington, 464
Hydraulic Pumps, 15,000 H.P., at Bethlehem Steel Works, 118, 122
Newcomen Pumping Engine of 1712, 485 ; (Letters), 544, 670, 631, 657, 686
Turbine Pump with Automatic Electric Starting Gear, 470
Twells’ Pumps for Hot Liquids, Royles, Limited, 283

PUPPE, Dr. .L, on Rolling Mill Practice in the United States, 390

QUEBEC— see Bridges

RADIUM in Cornwall, IGG ,
Rail Situation in the United States, 391
Rail Trade, Steel, 547
Rails, Sound, 387

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTERS: General:

Acceleration and. Retardation of Trains, Professor W. E. Dalby, 4G7, 4G9, 502, 529
Angus Train Control System, 38
Automatic Control of Railway Trains, IG
Block Signals, Accidents under, 290 Demurrage Charges, G22
Foucault Current Railway, 414, 420
International Railway Congress, 475
Motor Inspection Car for High Altitudes, Drewry Car Company, 91
Railway Affairs Sixty Years Ago, 257
Railway Poisition, 227
Railway Traction and the Explosion Engine, 178
Railway Viaducts, 85
Railways Bill, 521
Resistance of Goods Wagons, 305 ; (Lettoj’), 501
Single-phase Railways, 10, 70, 88, 170, 196, 200, 256, 275, 323, 416, 482, 594, 618, 624, 640, 672
Sound Rails, 387
Strikes—see. Labour
Tunnel Memorials, 645

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTERS: British, Colonial and Indian :

Central London Railway Extension, 129, 564
Charlestown Curve Derailment, 173, 177 Cromford and High Peak Railway, 546, 652 Ditton Accident, 307, 678, 682 ; (Letters), 339, 422
Further Tube Railway Amalgamations, 680
Great Eastern Railway Jubilee, 68
Great Northern and City Railway and Metropolitan Railway, Amalgamation, 485
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Tube Railway Accident, 283
Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland, Accident, 283
High Peak Railway, Cromford and, 516, 552
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Accident —see Charlestown Curve
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, 645
Llandulas Viaduct, 311
London and North-Western Railway, Accident at Ditton, 307, 678, 682 ; (Letters), 339, 422
London and North-Western Suburban Lines, Electrification, 644
London and South-Western Railway Accident at Vauxhall, 283, 438
London and South-Western Railway’s Suburban System Electrification, (529
London Tube Amalgamation, 485
Melbourne Railways, Electrification of, C. Merz’s Report, 580, 600
Motor Trains in South Africa, 44
N.S.W. Government Railways, 478
Port Talbot Docks and Railways during the Last Decade, W. Cleaver, 556
Railway Bills for the Next Session, 669
Railway Half-year, 206, 224
Reduction of Deadweight, Queensland Government Railways, 499
Rolling Stock in Use on the Principal Irish Narrow-gauge Railways, R. M. Livesey, 126, 131
Scottish Railway Half-year, 329
South African Railways, Rolling Stock, Development of the, 3, 44 ; (Letter), 47
Summer Train Services, 33
Sydney's Transit Requirements, 659

RAILWAYS and RAILWAY MATTERS: Foreign:

American Railway Accidents, 417
American Railway Accidents under Block Signals, 290
Antofagasta, Chili and Bolivia Railway, Motor Inspection Car, 91
French Winter Train Services, 500
German Express Trains, 652
Hoosac Tunnel, 323
Italian Railways, The Progress of, 241
Legislation Against Railway Strikes in America, Proposed, 660
Little Salmon River Viaduct, Grand Trunk Railway, Canada, 327
Lotschberg Single-phase Railway Motor Coach, 672
Motor Coaches on the Rotterdam-Scheven- ingen Single-phase Railway, Siemens- Schuckert, 70
Murnau—Oberammergau Single-phase Railway, 618, 624
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Singlephase Railway, 256
New York, Westchester and Boston Singlephase Railway, 695
Rail Situation in the United States, 391
Railway Statistics of the United States, 314
Rock Island and Southern Single-phase Railway, 482
Rotterdam—The Hague-Scheveningen Single phase Railway, 70
St. Clair Tunnel, Grand Trunk Railway, Single-phase Working, 416
St. Polten—Mariazell Railway, 196, 200
Spiez-Frutigen Single-phase Railway, 672
Spokane and Inland Empire Single-phase Railway, 482

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: General:

Back Pressure in Locomotive Engines, 15
Back Pressure in Locomotive Engines, George Hughes, 157
Feed-water Heater, Locomotive, G. and J. Weir, Limited, 654
Florian Angele Valve Gear, 681
Government Inspection of Locomotive Boilers, 627
Locomotive Cab Signals, 496
Locomotive Power on Narrow-gauge Railways, 680
Mallet Locomotive for the Virginian Railway, American Locomotive Company, 282 {Two-page Supplement^ September 13th, 1912)
Mechanical Handling of Coal for British Locomotives, C. J. B. Cooke, 579
“Mikado” Type Locomotives for the Erie Railroad, 103
Robinson Draught Retarder, Locomotive Superheater Corporation, 459
Single-phase Locomotives, 10, 70, 88, 170, 196, 200, 256, 275, 323, 416, 482, 594, 672
Superheater, Locomotive Smoke Tube, Robinson, 459
Superheaters, Phoenix and Schmidt, for Indian State Railway Engines, 384, 386
Tank Engine Derailments, 230
Testing Plant Results and the Locomotive Boiler, L. H. Fry, 189 ; (Letter), 259
Worn Flanges on Locomotive Wheels, 228

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: British, Colonial and Indian:

Bengal-Nagpur Railway, Narrow-gauge Locomotives, 680
East Indian Railway Eight-coupled Goods Engine, 66, 74
Electric Mining Locomotives, A. H. Marshall, 35
New South Wales Government Railways, Superheater Locomotives, Beyer, Peacock and Co., Limited, 498
North-Western Railway of India, Superheater Engines, 384, 386
Oudh and Rohilkund Railway, Superheater Locomotive, 384
South African Locomotives, Beatty, Beyer- Peacock, Hendry, Kitson, Reid, &c., 3, 44 : (Letter), 47
South African Railways Narrow-gauge Locomotives, 680
Superheater Engines for the Indian State Railways, Vulcan Foundry, Limited, 384, 386
Trevithick Locomotive and Mixed Train on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, 546, 552

RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES: Foreign:

Bergmann Single-phase Locomotive for the Dessau-Bitterfeld Railway, 11
Brown-Boveri Single-phase Locomotive with Deri Motor for the Midi Railway, 11
Chinese Government Railways, “ Atlantic ” Type Express Locomotive, 222, 223 {Two- page Sup-plemeftt, August. 1912)
Cordova Central Railways, Metre Gauge Express Locomotive, 680
Erie Railroad, “ Mikado ” Type Locomotives for, 103
Hoosac Tunnel Single-phase Locomotives, 326
Italian Locomotives Past and Present (Progress of Italian Railways), 241
Italian State Railways, Express Goods Locomotive, 656 (Two-paga Supplement^ December 1912)
Italian State Railways, New Locomotives for, 224
LJitschberg Tunnel, Single-phase Locomotive, 594
New York, New Haven and Hartford Single-phase Locomotives, 275
St. Clair Tunnel Railroad Single-phase Locomotive, 416
Shunting Locomotives for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Single-phase Railway, 256
Sicilian Fruit Trade. Locomotives for, ()56 {Two-page Supplement, December 'lOth, 1912)
Siernens-Schuckert 2(),000-Volt Locomotive and Train, with Motor, 'Transformer and Connections, 10
Spanish Railway Metre-gauge Mixed Traffic Locomotive, 680
Spokane and Inland Empire 72-Ton Singlephase Locomotive, and 49-Ton A.C. and D.C. Locomotive, 482
Swiss Federal Railways Balanced Compound Express Engine, 233
Virginian Railway, 335-Ton Locomotive and 'render, American Locomotive Company, 282 {Two-page Supplement, September 13zA, 1912)

RAIN and Floods, 254
Rainfall in East Anglia on zVugust 26th last. Dr. Mill, 682
Raw Materials of the Portland Cement Industry, Percy S. Barber, 481, 535
Reactance in Transformers, W. S. Moody, 686 Refrigerating Machines, Theory of. Dr. Grind- ley, 676, 669
Refrigerating Machines, Vapour Compression, Professor Anderson, 676, 581, 669 Regulation of International Exhibitions, 416 Reid, F., on Rescue Apparatus for Coal Mines, 299
Reminiscences of an Old Engineer, 418 Report, Merchant Shipping—see Ships, General Matters
Reservoir, Balancing, at CeJcgoIo, 351, 352 Resistance of Goods Wagons, 305 ; (Letter), 501 Revival of the Iron Age, 570
Rhine—North Sea Ship Canal, Proposed, 614 Rifle Bar'’els, Vibration of, F. Carnegie, G07 Riveting of Boiler Ends, Hydraulic, Caledon
Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 3 J 0 Road Locomotives, Internal Combustion, John Fowler and Co., 36, 621
Road Problem, Sir J. Macdonald, 327
Road Roller, Superheated Steam, and Scarifier, Ruston, iToctor and Co., 37
Rock Drill, Air Hammer, Hardy Patent Pick Company, 156
Rock Drill, Simplex Imperial, 192
Rock Drill Works at Carn Brae, Cornwall,
R. Stephens and Son, 191 Rock Drills in Cornwall, 97, 113, 191 Roller Mill Plant, “ MuItum-in-Parvo,” E. R. and F. Turner, 37
Roller Mill Plant and Wheat Separator, The “.Compactum,” Samuelson and Co., Limited, 37
Rolling Mill Engines, 12,000 H.P. Vertical, Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., 252, 260 ; (Correction), 290
Rolling Mill Practice in the United States, Di\ d. Puppe, 390
Rolling Mills, Reversing, Steam Engines for Driving, E. G. Sehmer, 174
Rolling Stock—see Railways and Railway Locomotives
Rolls to Replace Stamps, 217
Rose, 'T. K., on Annealing of Coinage Alloys, 353 Rosenhain, Dr. W., and Mr. D. Ewen, on
Inter-crystalline Cohesion in Metals, 354 Royal Agricultural Society—see Exhibitions Royal Commission on Sewage, 696 Rudder for the Allan Liner Calgarian, Fair- field Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 658
Russia, Shipbuilding iti, 334

SACK Shoot, Robinson, 37
Safety of Life at Sea, 250
Safety at Sea, 441
Safety at Sea, Motor Ships and, 67
Salt Subsidences at Northwich, 614
Sand Blast Rolling Barrel, Peter Hooker,
Limited, 180
Saw, Horizontal Band, J. Pickles and Son, 331
Sawing, Planing and Jointing Machiiie, Box
Board, J. G. Bolinders, 308
Sawing Machines—see also Machine Tools Scoop, Land Levelling, J. and H. McLaren, 555 Scottish Water Power, Economic Aspect of,
A. Newlands, 32G ; (Letters), 397, 422 Scrapers for American Earthwork, 145 Screw Machines—see Machine Tools Screw Propellers—see Ships Second Law of Thermodynamics and the
“ Death ” of Energy, C, P. Steinmetz, 103 Segregation in Steel—see Iron and Steel Sehmer, E. G., on Steam Engines for Driving
Reversing Rolling Mills, 174 Self-acting Weir—see Weir Sewage Disposal Works, Bradford, 484, 494 Sewage Disposal Works at Ilkeston, 354, 358 Sew’age Distributor, New Form of, Meehan and
Sons, 64
Sewage, Royal Commission on, 596 Sewage Sludge Disposal at Oldham, 518

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: General:

“ Closed Circuit ” Air Transmission for a Gas-engined Vessel, 99
Clyde Improvements, 599
Corrugated Ship, Captain G. S. Macllwaine, 408
Germanischer Lloyd Rules, 223
Harbour Dues anti Measurement for Tonnage, Reorganisation of, Oberlehrer H. Herner, 593
Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 38, 475
Marine Engines and Motors—see Engines Marine Propulsion by Electric Transmission, H. A. Mavor, 312
Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee, Report, 201, 203
Motor Ships and Safety at Sea, 67
Nine Months’ Clyde Shipbuilding, 437 Painting the Bilges of Steamers, 338- Propeller Blade Area, 677
Prussian Towing Monopoly, 608 Rudder for the Allan Liner Calgarian, Fair- field Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 658
Safety of Life at Sea, 250
Safety at Sea, 441
Screw Propeller Design, 215 ; (Letters), 311, 339
Shipbuilding Competition in, 522 Shipbuilding in Russia, 334 Shipyards—see Works
Steamship Centenary Celebral ions, 104 Strength of Ships, 6
Stresses in the Longitudinal Structure of Steel Merchant Vessels, Professor Otto Lienau, 592 i
Suction. Between Vessels, Professor A. H.
Gibson and J. H. Thompson, 313 I
Tonnage Laws, A. R. Liddell, 50 Transmission Gear for Marine xVIotor.s, 227 I Dnsinkability of Alodern Ships, Professor i
O. Flamin, 592 I

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: British Navy:

Audaciou.s, H. M. Battleship, 299
Firedrake, H.Al. Torpedo-boat Destroyer, 129 King George W, H.M. Dreadnought, o54 Shark, TLAl. Torpedo-boat Destroyer,. Swan, Hunter and Wighain Richardson, Limited, 501 ; (Correction), 528

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Naval Matters:

Clyde and Naval Work, 578
Commission on Oil Engines for the Navy, 95 Dock for Testing the Strength of Submarine Vessels, Alajor Laurenti, 332, 337
Early Development of the Diesel Tlngine, Dr. Diesel, 568
Internal Stresses, especially Tensile, and the Resulting Ailments in Structural Parts, Professor E. Heyu, 569
Motive Aleflia of tlie Diesel Alotor with Special Regard to Ocean Navigation, .Dr. Aufhauser, 568
Problem, of Surface Resistance, Professor Dr. Griinbel, 569
Progress of Warships and Alachincry under Construction in England, 34
'Turbine and Battle.ships, 192

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Foreign Navies:

French Destroyers Dague and Cinictcrre, 181 French Torpedo-boat destroyer Francis Garnier, 366
German Battle-cruiser Goeben, 249, 250
Italian Submersible Atropo, 49

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING: Mercantile and Miscellaneous Vessels:

African Liner Abosso, Harland and Wolff, Limited, 671
Calgarian, Rudder for the Allan Liner, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 658
Comet, Centenary of the Launch, 104
Comte de Flandro, Shallow-draught Steamer for the Congo, 684
Diesel-engined Ship with Electrical Transmission, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 233
Eavestono, Single-screw Alotor Ship, Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., 433 [Two Two- page Supplements, October 2bth, 1912)
French Liner France, 8, 14
Greenore, Cross-channel Turbine Passenger Steamer, Cammell, Laird and Co., 234 ; (Correction), 264
Juno, 1100 B.H.P. Diesel Alotor Ship, 514 {Two-page Supplem-ent, November \oth, 1912), {Two-page Supplement, November 22nd, 1912)
Motor Ship ATonte Penedo, Hciwaldtswerke Company, 230, 244
Reina Victoria Eugenia, Combir^ed Recipro- eating and Turbine Stcam.ship, 311
Rolandseck, Diesel Alotor Ship, Carels- Tecklenborg, 550, 632 {Two-page Supplement, December Vi^th, 1912)
Sea-going Tug-boat Dreadful, J. Pollock and Co., 310
Selandia’s Maiden Voyage, 69

SHIPBUILDING—see Ships
Shipbuilding Works—see Works
Shops and Drawing-office, 41 ; (Letters), 21,47,90
Shows—see Exhibitions
Siemens’ Works—see Works
Signalling Currents, Feeble, Methods of Magnifying, 674
Simple Engine, Investigation—see Engines Single-phase Railways—see Railways
Slotting Machines—see Machine 'Tools
Smoke Precipitation by Electricity, 340 Socialist Enterprise, Failure of, 361
Societies—sec Associations, &c.
Solution of Labour 'Troubles, 124
Sound Rails, 387
Southey, F., on Extension of Siemens’ Work? at Woolwich, 328 ; (Letters), 397, 450
Spanish Hydro-electric Power Undertaking, 384
Specifications, International, 334
Spencer, H., on Fixed Charges in the Machine Sliop and the Depreciation of Machine Tools, 321, 373 ; (Letter), 422
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, 35—see also in Coal Mines
Spring Governor, Au Improved. The Hartui'g, 258
Stamps in Dolcoath Mine, 113
Stamps, Friction Drop, B. and S. Massey, 340 Standardisation of Automobile Parts, 22
Stead, Dr. J. E., on When Steel Freezes, 518
Steam Engines—see .Engines, also Railway Locomotives
Steel —see Iron and Steel
Steinmetz, C. P.. on The Second Law of Thermodynamic.? and the ” Death ” of Energy, 103
Sterilisation of Water by Ultra-violet Rays, 152
Stockport—see Water Supply
Straightening Machines—see Machine Tools
Stresses in Springs and other Bodies, Experimental Determination, &c., Professor E. G. Coker, 298
Strikes, &c.—see Labour
Stumpf Engines—see Engines
Subaqueous Water Mains, 327
Suction Gas Plant and Gas Engine with Stauffer Lubricator, Davey, Paxman and Co., 20
Suction Hopper Dredger, Sea-going, Werf Gusto, 287
Suction between Vessels, Professor A. H. Gibson and J. H. Thompson, 313
Sun Power Pumping Installation in Egypt, 393
Superheated Steam : Its h3fTect upon Power in the Cylinder, C. R. King, 137
Superheaters, Two 'Types of Single-headed, 'T. Sugden, Limited, 683
Sripplement {Twen'y-p'ige}, British Machine 'Tools at the Olympia Exhibition, October 18th, 1912
Supplements, Illustrations only—see Separate Section of Index
Sydney’s 'Transit Requirements, 669
Symon, G., on Mechanical Haulage, 59.3

TAR Oils for Diesel Engines
(missing lines)
Thornton. Professor W. M., on Ignition of Gaseous Mixtures by Momentary Electric Arcs, 271
Tiltometer, George Kent, Limited, 458
Timber, Deckloads of, A. R. Liddell, 86
Tin Box Making Machines, F. E. Adams
Pressure Tool Company, 431 4’in Mines—see Mines in Cornwall Tin-plates, Manufacture of, 422
Tonnage Laws, A. R. Taddell, 50
Torsion Meter, A Universal, Denny-Edgecombe, 98
Traction Engines, Oil, at Doncaster, Petters. Limited, 37
Tractor, Compound Steam, Marshall, Sons and Co., 622
Tractor, Compound Steam, Ruston, Proctor and Co., 621
Tractor, Light Steam, Agricultural, Mann’s Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company, j Limited, 621 I
Tractor, Steam, Clayton and Shuttleworth, 19 'Tractors, Agricultural, at Doncaster, 18 Tractors and Agricultural Machinery at Smithfield, Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries, Limited, 622
Tractors, Oil and Steam Traction Engines, at Doncaster, Marshall, 18
Trade Boom, Progress of the, 258
Trade Improvement, 91 Trade, Oversea, 47, 407
Trade. Oversea, Half-year’s, 47 'Trades Unions—see Labour Trafiic Problems—see Tramways 'Train Ferry Steamer for India, A. and J, Inglis, Limited, 421
Trains—see Railways
Tramway Works at Buenos Aires, 520, 525 'Pramways, Cable, 'Pearing Up, 290 'Tramways, London County Council, 632 Tramways in Parma, Single-phase, 640 'Pr.a isifc Requirements in Syrlney, 659 'Pransmission Gear for Marine Motors, 227 'Prenching and Ditching Machines, 268. 278. 336 'Pucker, A. E., on the Joining of Melals, 377 'Punnel Memorials, (545
'Pimnel, Woolwich Footway, 4 62 'Piirbinc and Battleships, 192 'Purbine, The Curtis Steam, R. F. Halliwell, 655 'Turbine-driven Generators, 495, 600 Turbine, Exhaust Gas, Churchill-Shann, 206 Turbine, Gas, Dugald Clerk on, 297 'Turbine, Large Steam, Escher Wyss, 366 'Purbine, Water, Generating Set, J, J. Armfield and Co., 432
Turbines, 10,000 H.P. High-pressure Biaschina Power Station, 482 (Two-paqe Supplement, 'November St/i-, 1912) .
Turner, Professor T., on Oxygen m Brass, 3 / /

UNINUENTURED Apprentices, 495

VACUUM Brake Ejector, Davies and Metcalfe, 102
Vacuum Cleaner AiJplicd to Industrial Purposes, 459
Valve, Gibbs’ Sentinel Meter, with Manometer, 410
Valve, A, H. Twells’, for Pump with Hot Liquids. 283 , * x f
Valve Gear Diagrams and the Apparatus for Drawing Them, Professor M. E. Dalby, .)/, 81
Valve, Hydraulic, J. Jenkins and Son 21
Valve, Petrol, and Kilter, W. P. Nesbitt, G83
Valves, Locomotive—see also Railway Locomotives
Valves, Surplus Steam and Steam Stop, Alley and Maclellan, 410 .
Valves, Electrically Operated—see Electrical Matters
Ventilation of Mines—see Mmes
Venturi Meter Apparatus for Lime V atcr, .>3
Vernon, P. V., on Milling Machine Experiments, 574,’ 577 _
Viaducts. Railway—see Railways

WAGON, Light Steam, Wallis and Steevens. Limited, 022
Wagon, Steam Motor, Clayton and Shuttleworth, Limited, 621
Wagon, Steam Motor, Richard Garrett, 622 Wagons, Electric Tip, at Buonos Aires, A. Koppel, 525
AVall, T. K., on Hysteresis Loss in Iron, &c., -Jo

WAR MATERIAL AND WAR MATTERS:

Military Aeroplane Competitions, 247, 254 Rifle Barrels, Vibration of, K. Carnegie, 661 War-oUice Subsidies for Petrol Motor Lorries, 174
Warships—see Ships

WASTE of Water, 95 ; (Letter), 132
Water Cooling Tower, Hudson Economiser Co.,
Water Mains, Subaqueous, Laying, 327
Water Recorder, Clemesha-Smith, Leeds Meter Co., Limited, 458
Water, Seif-pollution by Natural (xr.iwths, H. Garrett, 49
Water Softener, Kennicott, 410
Water Softeners, Lassen and Hjorb, 41-

WATER SUPPLY:

Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, and Dukinfield Waterworks, 300, 302, 304
Bombay, 87
Buenos Aires Water Supply, /4 Derwent Valley Waterworks, 59, 248, 646, 650 {Two-p^ge Supplement.. July \^tht 1912)
Exmouth, 174 .
Laving Subaqueous Mater Alains, 327. Lcice^^er Water Supply from the Derwent
Valley, 69, 248, 646, 6o0^ Metropolitan Water Board, 671 Sterilisation of Water by Ultra-violet Rays, 151
Stockport, New Waterworks for, 29, 40 Use of Copper Sulphate in Purifying Water
Supplies, C. Embrey 50
Waste of Water, 95 ; (Letter), 132
Water Supply for Eire Purposes, 129

WEATHERING of Portland Stone, Experiments. Dr. J. S. Owens, 299
Weir, Self-acting, and Floodgate, Henry Davey, Wheat Distributors for Silos, Pottingev s,
Whipple, R. S., on the Eery Bomb Calorimeter, ^98
White, Edmund, on Thorium and its Com- WlnU^
William H., on the Place of Mathematics in Engineering Practice, Ml, 367
Wicksteed, C., on Reciprocating Straight-blade Sawing Machines, 139
Wilson, Professor E., on Exposure lests ot Light Aluminium Alloys, 298
Wimperis, H. E., on the Acceleration ot a Wn“,H: E' on the Design of Motor Wire'’piSng?Somo Aspects ot, Percy Long- Wire'^Ropes for Lifting Appliances, &c., D.
Adamson, 138, 159 c o- .
Wireless Telegraphy, and Strays m. Dr. Eccles, 3-o
Wireless Telegraphy, 1 roblems in, Di. J. Wood Ttefuse^ Gas Producer, Davey, Paxman Woodto'iking^Machine.s at (llympia, AVadkin and Co., 459 .
Woodworking Machmery, Robinson, 3/ Woolwich Footway 'runnel, 462 Workmen’s Compensation—see Labour

WORKS:

Belfast, Various Works Visited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Hb, 14/
Bethlehem Steel Company’s Works, i lo, 122 ; (Letter), 259 (I'wo-poffe Supplement,
Boyne Engine Works, Manning, Wardle and Co
China Clay Works in Cornwall, 143, 150
Crigglestone Collieries, Otto Coke Oven Company, 440, 443
Hathorn, Davey and Co., 443
Johnson, W., and Sons, 445
Leeds Steel Works, W. Scott, Limited, 44.3
Mather and Platt’s Park Works, Manchester, 470
Midland Engine Works, J. and H. McLaren, Limited, 44.3 i
Mines and Works in Cornwall, 9(5, J13, 143, 160, 166, 190
Monk Bridge Iron and Steel Works, 444
Rock Drill Works at Carn Brae, Cornwall, R. Stephens and Son, 191
Shipbuilding and Engineering Works at St. Nazaire, 7, 14
Shipyard Agreement—see Labour
Siemens Brothers and Co.’s Works at Woolwich, Extension, 328 ; (Letters), 397, 450
Tata Iron and Steel Works, India, Axel Sahlin, 633
Waygood and Co., Extension of Works, 64
Workman, Clark and Co., Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, 147
Workshops Extension, Hulse and Co., Manchester, 130

WORLD’S Metal Statistics, 38
Worm Gearing at Liverpool University, H. Wallwork and Co., 233
Wreck Statistics for 1911, 132

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