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Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

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Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index

PARAGRAPH INDEX

Accidents :

  • Accident Prevention Course, 718
  • Colliery Casualties, 238
  • Dakota Aircraft, Accident at Manchester, 493 Feet, Injuries to, 651
  • Industrial Accidents, Prevention of, 686
  • Junior Safety Group, Formation of, 750
  • Level Crossings, Accidents at, 95
  • Railway Accidents at Alloa and Granford, 184
  • Scottish Industrial Safety Conference, 718
  • Train Collision at Newcastle, 238
  • Weedon Accident Casualties, 430

Aeronautics :

  • Air-Bombing Range in Glamorganshire, 718
  • Air Services in North East, 462, 558, 718
  • Aircraft Accessories (Catalogue), 448
  • Aircraft Manufacture (Catalogue), 287
  • Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Aero Engines, Construction of, 302
  • Avon Jet Engines, Manufacture of, 206
  • Birmingham City Air Terminal, 494
  • Bomber Aircraft, Four-Jet, 251
  • Cardiff Municipal Airport, 46, 654
  • Comet Air Liner, Timing Trials of, 429
  • Dakota Aircraft, Accident to, 493
  • Fighter Aircraft for Royal Air Force, 133 French Aeronautical Terms, Vocabulary of, 713
  • Gas-Turbine Aircraft, Operation of, Conference on, 457
  • Gas-Turbine Technology, Students of, Aeronautical Equipment for, 239
  • Helicopters, Airstops for, 543
  • Helicopter Projects, 428
  • Inspection Procedures for Civil Aircraft, 133 Jet-Engine Manufacture on Wearside, 558 Petrol, Aviation, New Additive for, 774 Pilots, Aircraft, Prone Position for, 602 Princess Flying Boats, Formation of New Company, 598
  • Research Fellowships in Aeronautics, 792
  • Rhoose Aerodrome, 782
  • Ringway Airport, Runway Extension at, 640
  • Runway Construction at Prestwick, 78, 270, 812
  • Runway Extension at Manchester^ 640 Sheffield, Aerodrome Requirements of, 14 Torpedo Range for Aircraft, 203
  • Viscount 700 Air Liner, Trials of, 766 Wales-Eire Air Service, 622
  • Wilbur Wright Lecture, 166

Agriculture :

  • Afforestation in Cleveland, 14
  • Agricultural Machinery Exhibition at Science Museum, 127
  • Agricultural Machinery Factory, East Kilbride, 206
  • Colonial Agricultural Machinery Advisory Committee, Formation of, 819
  • Grain Conveying (Catalogue), 191
  • Grain Elevator at Buenos Aires, 671
  • Grass Drying at Fojjres, 142
  • Hill Farming Scheme, 174
  • Implements, Agricultural, Production Problems, 270
  • Man-Power Drift from Agriculture to Collieries, 654
  • Mechanised Farming in Colonies, Encouragement of, 819
  • Potato Harvester Competition, 811
  • Tractor, Agricultural, Ferguson, Production of Implements for, 590
  • Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

  • Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Company Fellowships, 139
  • British Association, 653
  • Civil Defence Scientific Advisors, 750
  • Crowe, T. A., 398
  • Cutlery Manufacturers’ Association, President of, 334
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, Awards of, 486, 590
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, Awards of, 439
  • Master Cutler, Election of, 334
  • Mitchell Memorial Gold Medal, 395
  • Mond Nickel Fellowships, 1951, 746 Newcomen Society, 680
  • Research Fellowships, 139
  • Royal Society, 797
  • South Western Divisional Coal Board, Chairman of, 686
  • Staffordshire County Technical College, Principal of, 782
  • Transport Users’ Consultative Committee, 398
  • Turner, Prof. W. E. S., 70th Birthday, 398
  • Vitreous Enamellers, Institute of, President of, 494

Associations :

  • Aircraft Constructors, British, Society of, 602, 713
  • Aluminium Development, 725
  • British, 653
  • British Engineers, 636
  • British Industries, Federation of, 72, 164
  • Cardiff Port Development, 558
  • Cement and Concrete, 640
  • Ceramics Research, British, 319
  • Clay Industries, National Federation of, 319 Clyde Navigation Trust, 334
  • Coal Exporters Federation, British, 480
  • Associations—continued.
  • Colonial Agricultural Machinery Advisory Committee, 819
  • Cutlery Manufacturers, 334
  • Design and Industries, 164
  • Electrical and Allied Industries, British, 646
  • Electrical and Allied Manufacturers, British, 420
  • Electrical Engineers, Supervising, 266
  • Engineer Buyers and Representatives, 267, 427
  • Film, University Educational, Council, 203 Forest Products Research, 558
  • Gauge and Tool Makers, 123, 256, 7Q3 Hydro-Electric Protection Committee, 309 Industrial Design, Council of, 164 Industrial Welfare Society, 238
  • Iron and Steel Federation, British, 825
  • Iron and Steel Research, British, 46,174,349 Manufacturers, National Union of, 462, 590, 622, 718
  • Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Society of, 188, 212, 694
  • North British Gas Managers, 334
  • North East Coast Engineering Bureau, 84 Norwegian Industries Development, 811 Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades, 334, 636
  • Office Appliance Trades, 334
  • Old Centralians, 32, 307, 439, 602
  • Old N’lons, 493
  • Peat and Land Development, Scottish, 654
  • Pottery Manufacturers Federation, British, 366
  • Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades Research, 164
  • Pump Manufacturers, British, 191
  • Radio Communication and Electronic Engineering, 267
  • Radio and Electronic Component Manufacturers Federation, 267
  • Radio Industry Council, 584
  • Rubber Manufacturers, British, Research Association of, 782
  • Sales Managers, Incorporated, 334
  • Scientific Instrument Manufacturers, 267
  • Scottish Gas Managers, 334
  • Sheet and Strip Metal Users’ Technical, 454, 782
  • Sheffield Tramways Development, 46 Shipbuilding Research, British, 750
  • Smoke Abatement, National, 430
  • Steel Consumers’ Council, 174
  • Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, 494 Wales and Monmouthshire Industrial, 142 Walsall Metal Trades, 590
  • Waste Paper Recovery, 301
  • Waverley Gas Managers, 14, 334
  • Weavers’ Society, 46
  • Wednesbury, Darlaston and District Manufacturers’, 14, 430
  • Automobiles. See Motor Cars, Etc.
  • Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges and Viaducts :

  • Clyde, Proposed Bridge Over, 750
  • Forth Bridge, Vehicular Traffic On, 750
  • Forth Road. Bridge, 782
  • Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, 238 Navigation Street Bridge, Manchester, 526
  • Ordie Viaduct, Repairs to, 622
  • Roman Bridges, Remains of, Carlisle, 302 Severn Bridge Project, 238, 270
  • Tamar River, Bridges Over, 782
  • Telford’s Bridge ©ver Clachan Sound, 462
  • Wind Recording oil Suspension Bridge Site, 654

Buildings and Building Construction :

  • Addis Ababa, Planning of, 430
  • Agricultural Machinery Factory, East Kilbride, 206
  • Assembly Plant, Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 110
  • Building Foundations, Shrewsbury, Report on, 745
  • Building Research in Canada, 469
  • Building Steel, Allocation of, 539
  • Birmingham Factories, Size of, 622
  • Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, Factories in, 302
  • Birmingham, Plans for Re-Building, 590 Bricks from Belgium, 174
  • Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., Factory Extensions for, 46
  • Canadian Firm, Factory for, 142
  • Cardiff, Public Works in, 494
  • Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., Plant-Building
  • Programme, 14
  • Contractors’ Plant (Catalogue), 256
  • Derbyshire Cement Works, Permission to Erect, 270
  • Dowlais Standard Factories, Suspension of Building at, 302
  • Dundee, Development of, 462
  • Dunlop Rubber Works, Extensions to, 14 Earth-Moving Equipment (Catalogue), 159 Electric Motor Works for Hoover, Ltd., at Cambuslag, 686
  • “ Flatted ” -Factories in Coventry, 366
  • Glamorgan, Industrial Development of, 812 Glasgow, Town Planning in, 750
  • Glassware, Factory for, at Stone, 270 Government Loans for Local Works, 200
  • Grain Elevator, Buenos Aires, 671
  • Greenock Factory for Business Machinery, 46 Hams Hall, Proposed New Power Station at, 110
  • Buildings and Building Construction— continued.
  • Heaton Works, Newcastle, Extensions to, 366 Hoover Works, Extensions to, 494, 686
  • Industrial Premises, Register of, 365
  • Iron Foundry for W. and T. Avery, Ltd., 142
  • Joy-Sullivan, Ltd., Removal to New Factory, 238
  • Kip Valley, Factory Building in, 750
  • Local Government and Planning, Ministry of, Welsh Office for, 174
  • Mechanical Engineering Research Station, 238
  • Midland Firm, New Factory for, 558
  • Midland Trunk-Road Construction, 46 Motherwell Steel Works, Extensions to, 78 New Towns, Leaflet on, 158
  • Pile-Driving at Grangemouth for Factory Foundations, 238
  • Pontypool Town-Planning Scheme, 110 - Power Stations, Construction of, 320 Prestressed-Concrete Construction (Catalogue), 479
  • Redditch Factory, Removal of, 334 Reservoir for Cardiff, 46
  • Reservoir, Service, for Wolverhampton, 109 Road Construction in Midlands, 46
  • Road Materialsand Construction, Courses on, 171
  • Roof, New, for Derby Midland Station, 111 Roof Trusses, Welds for (Catalogues), 95,287 Runway Construction for Prestwick, 78 Silica Bricks, Meaning of Term, 319
  • Smith’s English Clocks, Ltd., New Factory for, 398
  • Spinning Mill, Paisley, Construction of, 110 Storm-Water Culvert, Tipton, 14
  • Swansea, Reconstruction in, 654
  • Timber in Buildings, Preservation Treatment for, 175
  • Whitford Works, Re-Opening of, 494
  • Wolverhampton Factory, Sale of, 270
  • Canals and Waterworks ;
  • Blantyre, Water-Logged Colliery at, 174 Canals, Midlands, Transport on, 812
  • Canal at Mucklow Hill, Development of, 654 Cardiff, Reservoirs for, 46, 366
  • Crail, Fife, Water Supply at, 462 Darlington, Flood, Problems at, 782 Fisheries, Effect of Water Pollution on, 654 Flooding in Midlands, 654
  • Glasgow Water Supply, Development of, 622 Glen Finglas, Water-Supply Scheme for, 750 Haweswater Aqueduct, 462
  • Hereford Waterworks, Improvements at, 782 North Staffordshire, Water Supplies for, 302 Nunhead, Water Supply for, 206
  • Pipes, Water, Effect of Metal Shortage on, 654
  • Port Talbot, Reservoir at, 206
  • Scotland, Pollution of Rivers in, 142
  • Scotland, Waste Water and Effluents in, 142 Sheffield, Filter Stations Open to Public in, 174
  • Sheffield, Water for Industry in, 78 Shipston-on-Stour, Water Supply for, 334
  • , Tank, Water, Prestressed-Concrete, 46
  • Tenby, Water Supply at, 238
  • Tipton, Storm-Water Culvert at, 14
  • Usk, Reservoir Scheme for, 78 Water-Turbine Runner, Fabricated, 768 Wolverhampton, Service Reservoir for, 109, 142
  • Catalogues. See Trade Publications

Cement and Concrete :

  • Cement, Refractory (Catalogue), 111
  • Cement Works in Derbyshire, Permission to Erect, 270
  • Chemistry of Cement, 640
  • Prestressed-Concrete Construction (Catalogue), 479
  • Road Materials and Construction, Courses in, 171
  • Water Tank, Prestressed-Concrete, 46
  • Chemistry. See Physics and Chemistry

Coal:

  • All-Electric Colliery, 782
  • Anthracite, Boring for, 622
  • Anthracite Mine at Llanelly, 110
  • Argentine, Orders for Goal from, 78
  • Avenue Coking Plant, 439
  • Bihar, India, Coal-Preparation Plant at, 117 Blantyre, Water-Logged Colliery at, 174 Borehole, Proposed, at Wolverhampton, 750 Bothwell Castle, Colliery Shaft at, 462 Briquette Plant at Aberaman, 270
  • Cannock Chase, Boring at, 686 Carbonisation Plant at Heolycyw, Sale of, 238 Coke and Gas from Coal, 654, 782
  • Coke, Improvement in Quality of, 78
  • Coke for Industrial Use in Scotland, 142
  • Coke Ovens for Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., 14 Coke Ovens at Nantgarw, 110, 398, 462 Coking Plant, Avenue, 439
  • Coking Plant at Sheffield, 590
  • Colliery Casualties, 238
  • Consumption, North Eastern Division, Declinein, 110
  • East Hook Coal Mine, Flooding at, 78
  • Exports, Decline in, 654"
  • Export Statistics, 686
  • Finland, Pit Props from, 430
  • Coal—continued.
  • France, Coal Exports to, 430
  • Fuel Surveys in Scotland, 812
  • Fumes at Nantgarw Colliery, 686
  • Gasification, Underground, of Coal, 590, 782 House Coal, Shortage of, 206
  • Italian Labour in Coal Mines, 142
  • Man-Power Drift to Collieries, 654
  • Man-Power Shortage, 494
  • Manton Colliery, New Seam at, 526
  • Mardy-Aberdare Mining Scheme, 142
  • Midlands, Fuel Situation in, 430
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Coke Ovens at, 110, 398, 462
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Fumes at, 686
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Refuse Tip at, 174
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Strike at, 686, 718 National Fuel Trust, Proposals for, 718 Northumberland Collieries, Closing of, 46
  • Nottingham, Production at, 142
  • Open-Cast Coal Production, 14, 238
  • Pit Props from Finland, 430
  • Pit Props, Home-Grown, 398
  • Pit Props, Imports of, 590
  • Pit Props from Midland Forests, 398
  • Portugal, Coal Exports to, 78
  • Priory Colliery as Pumping Station, 238 Production in Great Britain, 335, 750, 822 Pumping Station, Priory Colliery as, 238 Road Haulage of Coal, 812
  • Rugeley, Colliery at, 398
  • Ruhr Coalfields, British Miners’ Tour of, 142
  • Saturday Shifts in Coal Mines, 110,174
  • Scotland, Coal Situation in, 270, 558
  • Scotland, Coal Stocks in, 430
  • Scottish Division, Number of Areas in, 174
  • Sea, Deliveries of Coal by, 526
  • Shipments of Coal, 622
  • Shot-Firing in Coal Mines, 174
  • Silt, Exports of, 462
  • South Wales Coal Trade, 206
  • South-West Division Coal Board, Operations of, 14
  • South Yorkshire Coal Seam, Closing of, 78 Staithes, Coal, at North Shields, 398 Stockpiling of Coal in Scotland, 206 Stokers, Automatic, at Collieries, 526
  • Students, Pitmen, at National Coal Board’s Summer School, 270
  • Summer Holidays, Effecton Coal Production, 78
  • Telephone, Underground, in Welsh Colliery, 812
  • Trees Planted to Mask a Tip, 494
  • Trent Valley Coalfield, 750
  • Underground Stowing, Pneumatic, 270 Wales, Coal Production in, 366, 494, 558
  • Washing of Coal (Catalogue), 111 Water-Logged Colliery, Blantyre, 174
  • Yorkshire, Coal Production in, 366 Yorkshire, South, Coalfield, Survey of, 142
  • Yorkshire, Stocks of Coal in, 302, 590
  • Colleges. See Education

Companies :

  • Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Contracts :

  • 47, 79, 111, 143, 175, 207, 239, 271, 303, 335, 367, 429, 472, 511, 556, 636; 653, 688, 768
  • Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 768
  • A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., 143
  • Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 175
  • Aiton and Co., Ltd., 47, 472
  • Albion Motors, Ltd., 335
  • Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 47, 175, 472, 768 (2) Balfour, Beatty and Co., Ltd., 47, 556
  • Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., 653
  • Bennis Combustion, Ltd., 7’68
  • Bierrum and Partners, Ltd., 472
  • Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., 239, 636
  • Blaw Knox, Ltd., 429
  • Brand, C., and Son, Ltd., 175
  • British Electric Transformer Co., Ltd., 47
  • British Insulated Callender’s Cables. Ltd., 768 (2)
  • British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd., 47, 79, 335, 429
  • British Polar Engines, Ltd., 47, 111, 556
  • British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 47, 335. 768
  • British Timken, Ltd., 511
  • Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., 335
  • Brush-Aboe Group of Companies, 143
  • Burntisland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 47, 79 111, 175
  • Cellactite and British Uralite, Ltd., 239
  • Cole, E. K., Ltd., 207
  • Cook, Welton and Gemmell, Ltd., 367
  • Craven’s Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., 175
  • Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 239
  • Crossley Motors, Ltd., 143
  • Crypton Equipment, Ltd., 239
  • Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., 556 de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 688
  • Dempster, R., and Sons, Ltd., 47
  • Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 335
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., 47, 175, 335, 472 (2), 636, 653
  • English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.. 511
  • Eve, J. L., Construction Co., Ltd., 47
  • Express Lift Co., Ltd., 511
  • Fairclough, L., Ltd., 472
  • Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd., 688
  • Ferguson Pailin, Ltd., 175
  • Ferranti, Ltd., 47,175, 239, 335, 636 Findlay, A., and Co., Ltd., 175
  • Fletcher and Co. (Contractors), Ltd., 472
  • General Electric Co., Ltd., 47, 111, 175, 636 (2), 768
  • Guy Motors, Ltd., 143
  • Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd., 47
  • Harbour and General Works, Ltd., 47
  • Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 472
  • Harold, Arnold, and Son, Ltd., 335
  • Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 653
  • Heenan and Froude, Ltd., 143
  • Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 47, 335, 636, 768
  • Higgs and Hill, Ltd., 335
  • Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., 768
  • Holloway Bros. (London), Ltd., 175
  • Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 556, 768
  • Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 688 Internationa] Combustion, Ltd., 768
  • Johnston, J. J., and Co., Ltd., 79
  • Kincaid, J. G., and Co., Ltd., Ill
  • Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., 335
  • Leyland Motors, Ltd., 79, 429, 688
  • Malcolm and Allan (London), Ltd., 636
  • Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 79. 207, 239, 303, 367
  • Mather and Platt, Ltd., 175
  • McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (Newcastle-on- Tyne), Ltd., 47, 335, 768
  • Me tro politan- Cammell-Weymann Mo tor
  • Bodies, Ltd., 143
  • Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 47. 175, 303, 511, 636
  • Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 143, 367
  • Mitchell Construction Co., 472
  • Mitchel] Engineering; Ltd., 472, 768
  • Morgan, J. (Builders), Ltd., 47
  • Moss, W., and Sons, Ltd., 768
  • Murad Developments, Ltd., 143
  • National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., Ill
  • Naylor Brothers, Ltd., 335
  • Nevelin Electric Co., Ltd., 636
  • North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 175, 511, 688 ’ ’ . ’ ’
  • Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 47, 429, 472 Philip and Son, Ltd., Ill
  • Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., 335
  • Readhead, J., and Sons, Ltd., 367
  • Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., 47, 472 (4), 636 Richardson, P. C., Co. (Middlesbrough), Ltd., 335
  • Contracts—continued.
  • Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., 175, 636 Riley and Neate, Ltd., 768
  • Scotts’ Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., 653
  • Simon-Carves, Ltd., 768 Singleton, R. P., 335
  • Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 47 Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., 472
  • Sulzer Bros., Ltd., 47
  • Sulzer Bros. (London), Ltd., 239, (636
  • Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 653
  • Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., 335 Thompson Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., 768 Vaughan Lift Engineering, Ltd., 143 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 47, 79, 472 Vivian Diesel Engine Works, 143 Ward, T. W., Ltd., 768 Watsham’s, Ltd., 335
  • Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 207, 271
  • Weymann’s, Ltd., 143
  • Yarrow and Co., Ltd., 768
  • Yorkshire Electric Transformer Co., Ltd., 768

Cranes and Conveyors :

  • Belt Calculations, Slide Rule for, 746
  • Belt, Conveyor, Maintenance of (Catalogue), 32
  • Belt Drives, Vee (Catalogue), 111 Belting, Conveyor (Catalogue), 224 Belting, Conveyor, Idler Support for, 223 Conveying and Dust Collecting, Pneumatic
  • Plant for (Catalogue), 764
  • Conveyor, Belt, for Mine Use, 110 Conveyor Company, New, 398 Conveyors, Portable (Catalogue), 448 Cranes, Travelling, Overhead (Catalogue), 32 Cranes and Winches (Catalogue), 191 Fork-Lift Trucks (Catalogues), 159, 448, 764 Fork-Lift Trucks, with Crane and Shovel Attachments .(Catalogue), 576
  • Grain Conveying (Catalogue), 191
  • Idler Support for Conveyor Belting, 223 Mechanical-Handling Equipment (Catalogue), 799
  • Newport Docks, Cranes at, 398
  • Pit Loader, 494
  • Stokers, Automatic, at Collieries, 526

Education :

  • Apprentices, Railway, School for, 320 Apprentices, Shipbuilding, Prizes for, 46 Apprentices, Shipwrights’ Company’s Prizes for, 284
  • Apprentice-Training Scheme, Durham, 142 Apprentice-Training Scheme, Sheffield Finns’ 750
  • Birmingham University, Engineering Production Course at, 188
  • Boiler Firemen, Training of, 398
  • Charts, Educational, for Oil Industry, 202 Competition for Design of Ships’ Cabins, 590 Conference, Employees of J. Thompson, Ltd., 46 ; Incorporated Plant Engineers, 52 ; National Union of Mineworkers, 72 ; World Power, 148 ; Electric Traction at Industrial Frequencies, 439; Steel and Strip Metal Users’ Technical Association, 454; Operation of Gas-Turbine Aircraft, 457 ; Engineering Librarians, 511; Organisation of Research, 572
  • Congress, World Metallurgical, 63 ; Design in Industry, 164; Industrial Heating, 576 ; Mechanical Engineering, 636
  • Courses, Fuel Technology, 6 ; Road Materials and Construction, 171; Electrical Instruments, 175; Engineering Production, 188; Photoelasticity, 239; Technology, of Diamonds, 271; Engineering Metrology, 333 ; Works and Plant Engineers, 366 ; Radio-Isotopes, 366 ; Boiler House Practice, 526 ; Steel Heat Treatment, 558 ; Dust Problems, 607 ; Experimental Stress Analysis, 633 ; Accident Prevention, 718
  • Course, Instructional, in Iron and Steel, 270 Craftsmanship Competition, Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 703
  • Examinations, Institute of Marine Engineers, 355 ; Institution of Sanitary Engineers, 484; Institution of British Agricultural Engineers, 511
  • Films, Educational, at Cambridge University, 203
  • Gas-Turbine Technology, Students of, Equipment for, 239
  • Graduates, Science, for Industry, 812
  • Graduate Training Scheme, British Electricity Authority, 203
  • Industry and Schools, Co-Operation Between, 14
  • Lectures, Christmas, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 649
  • Lectures, Wilbur Wright, 166; British Commonwealth and Empire, 333 ; Royal Institution, 454; Power System Calculations, 476 ; Diamond Tools, 566, 613 ; Louis Bleriot, 592
  • Leeds University, F. B. Richards Equipment Fund, 704
  • Marine Radar School, Greenock, 46 Middlesex, Technical Education in, 415 Military Research at American. Universities, 56
  • Monteflore Prizes, 52
  • Northampton Polytechnic, Courses at, 384, 633
  • Nottingham University, Discussions on Engineering Research at, 302
  • Pitmen Students at National Coal Board’s Summer School, 270
  • Potato Harvester Competition, 811
  • Prizes for Apprentices, 46 Prizes, George Monteflore, 52
  • Research Fellowships in Aeronautics, 792 Richards, F. B., Equipment Fund, 704 Rutherford Memorial Scholarships, 792 Scholarships, Institution of Naval Architects, 606
  • Scholarships, Rutherford Memorial, 792 School of Gas-Turbine Technology, 768 School Teachers, Industrial Course for, 366
  • Science Graduates for Industry, 812
  • Sir John Cass College, Evening Courses at, 271, 766
  • Swansea, Foundation of Regional College of Technology, 494
  • Teachers’ Visits to Industrial Areas, 430
  • Universities, American, Military Research at, 56

Electricity :

  • Alternator Exciter, Automatic Control of (Catalogue), 352
  • Amateur Radio Exhibition, 558
  • Aswan Dam Hydro-Electric Scheme, 303
  • Baird, J. L., Memorial to, 584
  • Battery, Storage, Exhibition of, 430
  • Blackwall Point Power Station, Errata, 68, 173
  • Breakdown in Electricity Supply, 605
  • British Electricity Authority and Consulting Engineers, 230
  • British Electricity Authority Graduate Training Scheme, 19
  • Broadcasting, Frequency-Modulated, in United States, 535
  • Broadcasting Improvements in North-West England, 602
  • Broadcasting Improvements in South-East England, 355
  • Buchholz Protectors for Transformers (Catalogue), 384
  • Cables, Aluminium-Sheathed (Catalogue), 672
  • Cable, Submarine, in Kilbrennan Sound, 238
  • Cables, Television (Catalogue), 638
  • Cable Trunking System, with Fused Tap- Off Units, 19
  • Carbon Brushes, Maintenance of (Catalogue), 224
  • Castle Donington Power Station, 680
  • Charges for Electricity, 366
  • Circuit Breakers, High-Voltage Air-Blast Erratum, 488
  • Circuit-Breaker, Miniature, Demonstration of, 669
  • Circuit Breakers, Oil, Outdoor (Catalogue), 64
  • Clocks,Mains-Operated, and Power'Cuts, 367
  • Colliery, All-Electric, 782
  • Connah’s Quay Generating Station, 212
  • Consulting Engineers and British Electricity Authority, 230
  • Coolers, Hydrogen, for Turbo-Generators (Catalogue), 159
  • Deptford East Power Station Extension, 710
  • Direction-Finding Equipment, Very-High- Frequency (Catalogue), 799
  • Electric Traction, 50-Cyle Alternating-Current (Catalogue), 64
  • “ Electrical Times,” Diamond Jubilee of, 5Q8
  • Electricity Consumption, 494
  • Electricity Generation in France, 586 Electricity-Supply Difficulties, 494
  • Electrode for Steam Pipe Welding, 429
  • Electronic Equipment (Catalogue), 672
  • Electronics in Industry (Catalogue), 352
  • Europe, Rural Electrification in, 819
  • Gas Turbine Power-Station, 584
  • Generation Statistics, British, 117, 335
  • Generator, Impulse, Erratum, 621
  • Germanium Crystal Rectifiers (Catalogue), 479
  • Germanium Triodes, Developments in, 490
  • Goldington Power Station, 320
  • Grid System, Extensions to, 206
  • Hams Hall, Proposed New Power Station at, 110
  • Holme Moss, Television Receptions in Edinburgh from 834
  • Holme Moss Television Station, Opening of, 307
  • Hydro-Electric Schemes in North Wales, 718
  • Hydro-Electric Schemes, Opposition to, 309
  • Industrial Power Consumption, Reduction of, 270
  • Instruments, Electrical, Training Courses in, 175
  • Israel, Wind Power Developments in, 646
  • Lamps, Fluorescent, Fittings for (Catalogue), 352
  • Lamps, Indicator, Neon (Catalogue), 159
  • Lighting, Emergency, Automatic Apparatus for (Catalogue), 384
  • Lighting Engineers, Register of, 301
  • Lighting Fitting (Catalogue), 448
  • Lighting of Locomotive Inspection Pits, 756
  • Lighting, Street, Control Apparatus for (Catalogue), 384
  • Littlebrook “ C ” Power Station Extension, 710
  • Load-Shedding Plans, 398, 430, 494
  • Marshwood Power Station, 320
  • Midlands, Electricity Supplies in, 812
  • Midlands, Fuel Situation in, 430
  • Motors, Electric, for United States, 142
  • Nigeria, Electrical Developments in, 646
  • Northern Ireland, Electricity Supply in, 391
  • Northern Ireland, Wind Power in, 774
  • Ocker Hill Power Station, 718
  • Orkney Electricity-Supply Schemes, 526
  • Peak-Load Economy, 654
  • Peat, Electrical Generation from, 648
  • Perthshire, Hydro-Electric Plant in, 622
  • Photo-Electric and Timing Equipment (Catalogue), 159
  • Power Cuts, Broadcast Notice of, 432
  • Power Cuts, Effecton Mains-Operated Clocks, 367
  • Power Cuts, Firms Immune from, 686
  • Power Cuts in Sheffield, 782
  • Power Cuts, Short-Wave Warnings of, 430
  • Power Cuts, Warnings of, 110, 206, 270, 334, 398, 558
  • Power for Industry (Catalogue), 384
  • Power Stations, Need for More, 622
  • Radar, Marine, School for, 46
  • Radar for Merchant Vessels, 95,168
  • Radio Capacitors, Specifications for, 584
  • Radio Communication and Radar Measuring Instruments, Committee on, 267
  • Radio Equipment, Purchase Tax on, 558
  • Radio Valves, Manual of, 301
  • Relays, Counters and Timers, Electronic (Catalogue), 764
  • Electricity—continued.
  • Rural Electricity Supplies in Wales, 110
  • Rural Electrification in Europe, 819
  • Scottish Electricity Supplies, 590
  • Severn Barrage Scheme, 334
  • South IJist, Electricity Supply in, 765
  • Submarine Engine for Power Station, 430
  • Supervising Electrical Engineers, National Exhibition of, 266
  • Switch, Door, Automatic, 765
  • Switch, Meter (Catalogue), 540
  • Switches, Oil, Metalclad (Catalogue), 224
  • Switches, Time (Catalogue), 159
  • Switchgear Manufacture at Bridgwater, 14
  • Switching, Ripple, Control Systems (Catalogue), 64
  • Tariff’s, Electricity, 398, 654
  • Telephone Exchange at Manchester Victoria Station, 494
  • Telephone Systems, Automatic-Dial (Catalogue), 64
  • Telephone System, Twelve-Channel Carrier (Catalogue), 352
  • Telephony, Underground, in Welsh Colliery, 812
  • Television Cables (Catalogue), 638
  • Television Convention, 265
  • Terminal Boxes for Auxiliary Circuits (Catalogue), 638
  • Thrusters, Electro-Hydraulic (Catalogue), 159
  • Tools, Electric and Pneumatic (Catalogue), 448
  • Traction, Electric, at Industrial Frequencies, Conference on, 439
  • Transformers, Buchholz Protectors for (Catalogue), 384
  • Transformers, Distribution, Three-Phase (Catalogue), 384
  • Transformers, High-Voltage (Catalogue), 384 Truck, Electric (Catalogue), 159 Turbo-Generators, Brush-LjungstrOm (Catalogue), 576
  • Vane Relays, Alternating-Current (Catalogue), 576
  • Wales, North, Hydro-Electric Schemes in, 718
  • Wales, South, Docks in, Electrification of Equipment for, 270
  • Wales1, South, Power Supply in, 718 Welding Plant, Electric (Catalogue), 540 Wind Power in Israel, Development of, 646 Wind Power in Northern Ireland, 774 Winter, Electricity Supplies in, 238, 270 Woolwich Power Station, Extension to, 29 X-Ray Illuminator, Cold-Cathode, 444

Engines and Boilers :

  • Boiler Firemen, Training of, 398
  • Boiler Firing, Mechanical, Problems in, 526 Boiler-House Practice, Courses in, 526 Hand Firing of Boilers, 430
  • Turbines, Steam, Lubrication for (Catalogue), 287

Errata and Addenda :

  • Blackwall Point Power Station, 68, 173 Circuit-Breakers, High-Velocity Air-Blast, 488
  • Generator, Impulse, 1,700-kV., 621 Germanium Triodes, Developments in, 490 Gray, R. H., 559
  • Heat Transfer During Condensation of Steam, 248
  • Launches and Trial Trips, 566
  • Rubber in Bitumen, 376
  • Scientific Research in Australia, 603 Ships’ Structures, 90
  • Water Mains, Cement-Mortar Lining of, 500

Exhibitions :

  • Agricultural Machinery, 777
  • British Industries Fair, 84, 558
  • Chemical Apparatus, German, 391
  • Electric Storage Batteries, 430 Engineering, Marine and Welding, 166 Experimental Stress Analysis, 429
  • Festival of Britain, 90, 462 Industrial, Glasgow, 14 Industrial, Greenock, 366
  • Industrial Power, Glasgow, 110
  • Iron and Steel, Cardiff, 46
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, 500
  • Nuffield Car, 526
  • Office Appliance and Business Equipment, 334, 637
  • Permanent-Way Equipment, 486
  • Petroleum Industry, 480
  • Radiology, Institute of Physics, 37
  • Royal Show, 605
  • Science Museum, Agricultural Machinery, 127 Smithfield Show, 777
  • Supervising Electrical Engineers, 266 Trades, Nottingham, 366 Welsh Industries Fair, 46
  • World Metallurgical, 63
  • Explosions. See Accidents
  • Explosives. See Guns and Explosives

Gas and Gasworks :

  • Charges for Gas, Revised, 334, 782 Chlorine Gas Exports, 78
  • Doncaster, Gas Consumption in, 14
  • Bast Midlands Gas Board, Increased Production by, 46
  • Gas Consumption in Scotland, 494
  • Gas Firing in Pottery Industry, 366
  • Gas Plants, Elaborate, 14
  • Gasification of Coal, 590, 654, 782 Gasworks Construction in Scotland- 110 Labour Shortage at Gasworks, 526 Midlands, Gasworks Extensions in, 812 Petroleum Gas in Town Mains, 654 Research Centre for Gas Council, 334 Rotherham Gasworks, Extensions to, 430 Scottish Gas Managers, Formation of New Organisation of, 334
  • Street Lighting Authorities, Appeal Against Charges by, 750
  • Supplies of Gas, 654, 718

Gas and Oil Engines :

  • Diesel Engines (Catalogues), 64, 540
  • Diesel Engines for Oil-Well Drilling (Catalogue), 479
  • Diesel Generator Sets (Catalogue), 287
  • Engine Oils, Heavy-Duty, 490
  • Gas-Turbine Aircraft, Operation of, Conference on, 457
  • Gas-Turbine Technology, School of, 768
  • Gas-Turbine Technology, Students of, Equipment for, 239
  • Merchant Ship, Gas-Turbine, 557
  • Petrol Engine, Lightweight, for Cycles, 654
  • Power Stations, Gas-Turbine, 584

Guns and Explosives :

  • Shot Firing in Coal Mines, 174

Harbours, Docks and Piers :

  • Baltock Pier, British Railways, Demolition of, 462
  • Barry Dry Dock, Work at, 206
  • Dundee Harbour Board, Work of, 302, 782, 812
  • Greenock Harbour Trust, Work of, 302
  • Nevill’s Dock, Llanelly, Filling in of, 302
  • South Wales Docks, Electrification of Equipment for, 270
  • Stirling Harbour, Jetty at, 270

Industries and Commerce :

  • American Inspection Methods, Study of, 494
  • Asbestos Consumption in United States, 120 Bicycle Factory in India, 415
  • Bicycles and Motor Cycles, Exports from United Kingdom, 24,132
  • Birmingham, Development Plan of, 462
  • Bricks from Belgium, 174
  • Bridgnorth, Industry in, 526
  • Bright Finishes, Export Trade in, 78
  • Business Equipment Exhibition, 334
  • Business Machinery, Greenock Factory for, 46
  • Canadian Firm, Factory for, 142
  • Cheltenham Industries, Brochure on, 718
  • Chlorine Gas, Imports of, 78
  • Coal Exports, 78
  • Copper, Allocation of, 15
  • Copper, Price of, 358
  • Copper, Restrictions on, 685
  • Cutlery, Imports of, 654, 686
  • Cycle Factory for India, 686
  • Design Policy in Industry, 164
  • Doctors in Works, Responsibilities of, 110
  • Durham Malleable Steel Plant, Closure of, 238 Electronics in Industry (Catalogue), 352
  • Factory Extension, Scottish Industrial Estate, 14
  • Factory Inspectorate, Formation of Welsh Division, 558
  • Factory Visitors, Reception of, 78
  • German Competition, Effect of, 238
  • Glamorgan, Industrial Development of, 812
  • Herring Products, Factories for, 174
  • Incentives in Industry, Need for, 334
  • “ Indian ” Motor Cycle, 558
  • Industry and Schools, Co-Operation Between, 14
  • Iron and Steel Production in Europe, 202
  • Iron and Steel, United Kingdom Production of, 63, 309, 493, 825
  • Kilbride Factory for Agricultural Machinery, 206
  • Leith, Trade of, 654
  • Lochaber, Light Industries in, 718
  • Midland Regional Board for Industry, 174
  • Midlands, Industrial Development in, 812
  • Midlands, Trade and Labour Conditions in, 334
  • Nickel, Ban on Uses of, 239
  • North East Coast, Industrial Situation on, 142, 174
  • Oil Fuel, Rise in Price of, 270
  • Peat Production in Ireland, 139
  • Peterhead, Light Industries in, 686
  • Pig Iron Production, 384
  • Power for Industry (Catalogue), 384
  • Productivity Teams, Grey Ironfounders’, Report of, 696
  • Productivity Teams’ Visits to United States, 477, 495
  • Purchasing Commission, British, to Europe-, 56
  • Quality in Mass Production, Inspection Team’s Visit to United States-, 477
  • Raw Materials, Shortages of, 78,142, 238
  • Rubber Ovtput of Dunlop Rubber Go., Ltd., 175
  • Scotland, Economic Expansion of, 270
  • Scottish Industrial Estate, Factories on, 1’4
  • Scottish Industrial Estates, Progress of, 110, 270
  • South Africa, Trade to, 206
  • Steel Acquisition from United States, 462
  • Steel, Allocation of, 46
  • Steel for Building, Allocation of, 539
  • Steel Prices, Increases in, 110, 238
  • Steel, Rationing of, 732
  • Sulphur, Shortage of, 110
  • Sweden, Visit, of Industrialists to, 238
  • Teachers’ Visits to Industrial Areas, 430 Tees-Side, Trade in, 334, 462
  • Transport of Factory Employees, 270
  • Transport Industry, Midlands, Need for Staff, 302
  • Tungsten, Imports of, 86
  • United States Technicians, Visitto Midlands, 46
  • Wales, South, Import and Export Progress in, 430
  • Wales, South, Industrial Progress in, 398,430
  • Wales, South, Traffic at Ports in, 302, 526
  • Wales, South, Use of Ports in, 78
  • Water for Industrial Use in Sheffield, 78
  • Weavers, Society of, Dissolution of, 46
  • Wolverhampton, Industry at, 14
  • Works Trucks, Regulations on, 95
  • Zinc, Allocation of, 15
  • Zinc, Restrictions on, 685
  • Zinc, Supplies of, 124
  • Institutions. See Associations; and TecAniort Societies
  • Internal-Combustion Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Iron and Steel:

  • Absenteeism at End of Holiday Period, 142 Allocation Scheme for Iron and Steel, 136 Allocation of Steel, Control of, 15,46 Appleby-Frodingham Steelworks, Extensions to, 302, 526
  • Barrow Iron and Steel Works Taken Over by Ministry of Supply, 174
  • Bilston Steelworks.; Development of, 206
  • Blast Furnace Developments at Scunthorpe;1 462, 526
  • Blast Furnace, Dismantled, at Brierley Hill, 174
  • Blochairn Steelworks, Closing of, 366
  • Cardiff Iron and Steel Exhibition, 46
  • Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., Plant-Building Programme of, 14
  • Casting, Centrifugal, of Steel, 526
  • Civil Defence at Yorkshire Steelworks, 78
  • Cleveland Iron and Steel Production, 206, 558, 782
  • Cleveland, Steel Production in, 366, 398, 718
  • Cold-Rolling Mill (Catalogue), 111
  • Colville’s Steelworks, Extensions to, 526
  • Costs in Steel Industry, 812
  • Cupola Meters (Catalogue), 479
  • Denationalisation of Steel, 654
  • Dunapentele Iron Works, Hungary, 544
  • Ebbw Vale Steel Works, Record Output at, 812
  • Europe, Production in, 202
  • Foremen, Steel, in Conference, 366, 398 Forge Shop, New, for Hadfields, Ltd., 462 Forgings, One-Piece, for Rolls, 718 Foundry, Iron, New, at Tame Bridge, 142 Foundry Reorganisation in Sheffield, 238 Furnace, Blast, Relining, at Bilston, 590,686 Furnace, Steel; Re-Starting of, 206 Instructional Courses in Iron and Steel, 270 Iron Ore, Speedier Movement of, 782
  • Iron and Steel, Need for Maximum Supplies of, 334
  • Iron and Steel Plant (Catalogue), 111
  • Iron and Steel Prices, Increases in, 238
  • Ironfounders, Grey, Report of Productivity Team of, 696
  • Japanese Steel, Offers of, 718
  • Joint Boxes, Pressed-Steel (Catalogue), 672
  • Joints for Tubes, Simplifix (Catalogue), 256
  • Lilleshall Blast Furnaces, 329
  • Lubrication in Steelworks (Catalogue), 256 Manganese Steel Castings, Order for, 206 Margam Steel Works, Employment at, 142
  • Middlesbrough Iron and Steel Industry, 590, 686
  • Midlands Iron and Steel Supplies, 622
  • North East Coast, Iron and Steel Trade in, 142, 654
  • Pickle Liquor, Reconversion of, 46
  • Pig Iron, Production of, 384
  • Pipes, Buried, Corrosion of, 349
  • Plates, Bars and Tubes (Catalogue), 287
  • Recruits for Steel Industry, Shortage of, 430 Research Station, Steel, Sheffield, 174, 686
  • Round Oaks Steelworks, Welfare Arrangements at, 718
  • Scottish Iron and Steel Production; 46, 78, 206, 334, 366, 494, 526, 654, 782
  • Scrap Collection at Walsall, 302
  • Scrap, Drive for, 46
  • Scrap, South Wales Need of, 462, 750
  • Scrap, Supply of, 206, 558
  • Scrap Supplies on North-East Coast, 302
  • Scunthorpe, Blast-Furnace Developments at, 462, 526
  • Scunthorpe, Record Steel Production at, 78
  • Scunthorpe, Removal of Rolling Mill to, 782
  • Scunthorpe Rolling Mills, Short Time at, 78
  • Sheffield, Iron and Steel Production at, 78, 110, 206
  • Sheffield Steel Production, Decline in, 526
  • Sheffield, Worsening Employment Position in Steel Industry of, 14
  • Steel for Aberdeen Shipbuilding, 366
  • Steel, Alloy arid Carbon, Control of, 732
  • Steel for Building, Allocation of, 539
  • Steel Consumers’ Council, 174
  • Steel Heat-Treatment, Course in, 558
  • Steel, High-Tensile, for Canal Boats, 420
  • Steel Output, Reduction in, 398, 622
  • Steel Prices, Increase in, 110
  • Steel, Shortage of, 494, 526, 750
  • Steel Stocks, Low Level of, 430
  • Steel Strip, Cold-Rolled, Shortage of, 686
  • Steel Trade, Outlook of, 270, 812
  • Steel from United States, 462
  • Tees-Side, Iron and Steel Broduction at, 78, 494
  • Tees-Side Pig-Iron Supplies, 526
  • Thomas, R., and Baldwins, Ltd., Supply Difficulties of, 750
  • Unemployment Pay in Steel Industry, 366
  • United Kingdom Production, 63, 309, 493, 68'4; 825
  • Wales, South, Iron and Steel Production in, 78
  • Wednesbury Steel Foundry, Equipment for, 462
  • Wire Rods, Shortage of, 812
  • Labour Questions. See Trade Societies,Etc.
  • Lighting. See Electricity and Gas
  • Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
  • Locomotives. See Railways and Locomotives

Machine and Other Tools :

  • Chucks (Catalogue), 764
  • Diamond Tools, Lectures on, 566, 613
  • Drives for Machine Tools (Catalogue), 352
  • Edge-Tool Trade, Effect of Steel Shortage on, 238
  • Factory, Machine-Tool, for North-West Scotland, 812
  • Film, Colour, on Machine-Tool Manufacture, 598
  • Gauges and Tools (Catalogue), 256
  • Machine and Other Tools—continued.
  • Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association Emergency Committee, 123
  • Hobbing, Spline, Machine (Catalogue), 224
  • Lathe for Canadian National Railways, 46 Machine Tools and Small Tools (Catalogue), 32
  • Pipe-Bending Machine, Portable, 194
  • Plant and Hand Tools, Small, Care of, 736
  • Pneumatic and Electric Tools (Catalogue), 448
  • Tap and Drill, Combined, 268
  • Taps, Drills and Cutters (Catalogue), 32
  • Tools and Tool-Room Work (Catalogue), 111
  • Marine Engineering. See Engines and
  • Boilers; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

  • Alloys, Creep-Resisting (Catalogue), 638
  • Alloys, Nickel-Iron (Catalogue), 764
  • Aluminium Fabricating Firms, Agreement Between, 366
  • Aluminium Fish Containers, 430
  • Aluminium Wire (Catalogue), 111
  • Anthracite Mine, Llanelly, 110
  • Asbestos Consumption in United States, 120
  • Asbestos, Reinforced.(Catalogue), 111
  • Balvicar Slate Quarries, 812
  • Black Market in Metals, 590
  • Bright Finishes of Non-Ferrous Metals, Export Trade in, 78
  • Bronze Castings (Catalogue), 111
  • Conveyor, Belt, for Mine Use, 110
  • Copper, Price of, 358
  • Copper, Restrictions on, 685
  • Copper, Steel and Zinc, Allocation of, 15
  • Corrosion of Buried Metals, Symposium on, 190
  • Corrosion of Buried Pipes, 349
  • Diamonds, Technology of, 271
  • Drills, Rock (Catalogue), 448
  • Economics of Metals, Whole-Day Discussion, 148
  • Enamels, Heat-Resisting, 686
  • Exchange Plant for Metals, 718
  • Fires, Underground, at Collieries, 110
  • Fish Containers, Aluminium, 430
  • Flooding at East Hook Coal Mine, 78
  • Foundries, Dust-Control in (Catalogue), 638
  • Furnaces, Crucible (Catalogue), 95
  • Gold Recovery from Disused Mine Dumps, 676
  • Hiduminium Extrusions (Catalogue), 479 Horizon-Mining Schemes, 622
  • Implements, Early, Discovery of, 174
  • Ironstone Working in Rutland, 110 Lead-Zinc Ores, Scottish, 174
  • Limestone, Blasting for, 590
  • Lock Trade, Non-Ferrous Metals for, 718 Metal Supplies-, Discussion on, 462
  • Minerals, Scottish, Display of, 174
  • Mining-Development Scheme at Mardy- Aberdare, 142
  • Mining Subsidence, County Durham, 14
  • Nickel,'Ban on Uses of, 239
  • Nickel Plating, Conference on, 622
  • Nickel Restrictions, Concession in, 590
  • Oil-Well Drilling, Diesel Engines for (Catalogue), 479
  • Porcelain, Plating on, 526
  • Refuse Tip at Nantgarw Colliery} 174
  • Sheet Metal Working Manual, 175
  • Shortage of Metals, Effect of, 206
  • Soldering Bath, Ultrasonic, 32
  • Stowing, Underground, Pneumatic, 270
  • Stripper, Samson, Use in Midlands, 654 Tinplate Plant, Trostre, 302
  • Tungsten Imports, 86
  • Underground Colliery Fires, 110
  • Waterlogged Colliery, Blantyre, 174
  • World Metallurgical Congress, 63
  • Zinc, Copper and Steel, Allocation of, 15
  • Zinc-Lead Ores, Scottish, 174
  • Zinc, Restrictions on, 685
  • Zinc, Supplies of, 124

Miscellaneous :

  • Afforestation in Cleveland, 14 Air-Compressor Plant (Catalogue), 799 Air-Velocity Instruments (Catalogue), 352 Ball Bearings, Miniature, 203
  • Belting (Catalogue), 224
  • Books, Scientific, German, London Showrooms for, 358
  • Books, Technical (Catalogue), 191
  • Broaches, Square-Hole (Catalogue), 64
  • Cableways, Aerial (Catalogue), 287
  • Carbon Brushes, Maintenance of (Catalogue), 224
  • Cardiff-Penarth Toll Road, 750
  • Cardiff Traffic Congestion, Relief of, 366
  • Catalogue Library in Glasgow, 766 Centenary of S. Osborn and Co., Ltd., 718 Centrifuges (Catalogue), 764
  • Clock, Recording, Watchman’s (Catalogue), 111
  • Coast Protection in South Wales, 334
  • Compressed-Air Operation of Controls (Catalogue), 799
  • Counters, Time and Relay (Catalogue), 764
  • Crushing, Grinding and Mixing Machines (Catalogue), 224
  • Directory, North East Coast Engineering, 1951, 84
  • Doctors in Works, Responsibilities of, 110 Draughting Machine (Catalogue), 540 Dudley, Survey of, 238
  • Dust Collection, Pneumatic Plant for (Catalogue), 764
  • Dust Collectors (Catalogue), 448
  • Dust Control in Foundries (Catalogue), 638
  • Dust Problems, Course on, 607
  • Enamelled Plates for Factory Notices (Catalogue), 191
  • Engineer Buyers and Representatives Asso • ciation, Guide Book of, 267
  • Exhibition Hall and Cinema, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 644
  • Fans (Catalogue), 764
  • Fans, Centrifugal and Axial-Flow (Catalogue), 224
  • Miscellaneous—continued.
  • Film, ” Argonarc ” Welding Process, 725
  • Films, Educational, at Cambridge University, 203
  • Film on Life of W. Murdock, 686
  • Film of Machine-Tool Manufacture, 598 Filters, Air, Electrostatic (Catalogue), 799 Fire Hydrants, Standardisation of, 430 Fish Containers, Aluminium, 430
  • Fumes at Nantgarw Colliery, 686
  • Gauges and Tools (Catalogue), 256
  • Gauges, Water (Catalogue), 287 Gear-Generating Machines (Catalogue), 764 Gear Pumps (Catalogue), 764
  • Glamorgan Roads, Improvement of, 750
  • Glass Pipe, Large, 206
  • Glassware Factory at Stone, 270
  • Goggles, Helmets and Respirators (Catalogue), 111
  • Government Loans for Local Works, 200
  • Guide Book, Engineer Buyers and Representatives Association, 267
  • Handbook for Welded Structural Work, 56
  • Heating Units, Tubular, 14
  • Helmets, Goggles and Respirators (Catalogue), 111
  • Herring Products, Factories for, 174 Incentives, Study of, 750
  • Index of Technical Articles, 811
  • Instruments for Industrial Purposes (Catalogue), 672
  • Jetty at Stirling Harbour, 270
  • Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Factories in, 302
  • Joint Boxes, Pressed-Steel (Catalogue), 672
  • Joints, Tube, Simpliflx (Catalogue), 256
  • Jointing, Compressed-Asbestos (Catalogue), 287
  • Jubilee of Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd., 590
  • Jubilee, Diamond, “ Electrical Times,” 568
  • Jubilee of Thermotank, Ltd., 216
  • Ladders (Catalogue), 448
  • Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., History of, 205
  • Laundries at Pit Heads, 14
  • Lubricants (Catalogue), 111
  • Lubrication of Steam Turbines (Catalogue), 287
  • Lubrication in Steelworks (Catalogue), 256
  • Meters, Cupola (Catalogue), 479
  • “ Mettle,” First Issue of, 271
  • Mine Detectors used by Archaeologists, 430
  • Mixing Machinery (Catalogue), 224
  • Notices, Factory, Enamelled Plates for (Catalogue), 191
  • Oil Depot at Dundee, 686
  • Oil Engine, Heavy-Duty, 490
  • Oil-Field Equipment, O.E.E.C. Mission, 555
  • Oil Fuel, Consequence of Rise of Price of, 270
  • Oil Imports, Kirkcudbright, 206
  • Oil Industry, Charts for, 202
  • Oil Refinery for India, 669
  • Oil Refining in United Kingdom, 430
  • Oil Storage at Barry Docks, 174
  • Painting, Spray, Equipment for (Catalogue), 638
  • Paper, Opacity of, 164
  • Peat Resources of Scotland, 654
  • Petroleum Industry Exhibition, 480
  • Pipe-Bending Machine, 194
  • Pipes, Buried, Corrosion of, 349
  • Pipe, Glass, Large, 206
  • Pipe-Laying Operation, Unusual, 494
  • Pipe, Steam, Electrode for Welding of, 429
  • Pit Props from Finland, 430
  • Pit Props, Home-Grown, 398
  • Pit Props, Imports of, 590
  • Pit Props from Midland Forest, 398
  • Plant and Hand Tools, Small, Care of, Brochure on, 736
  • Plywood, Metal-Faced (Catalogue), 111
  • Pottery Industry, Gas Firing in, 366
  • Pumps, Gear (Catalogue), 764
  • Pump Manufacturers’ Association, British (Catalogue), 191
  • Pumps, Rotary (Catalogue), 224
  • Refractories, High-Duty (Catalogue), 638
  • Respirators, Goggles and Helmets (Catalogue), 111
  • Road Passenger Transport in Midlands, Need of Staff for, 302
  • Roads in South Wales, 750
  • Roller Levelling Machine, Large, 366
  • Ropes, Wire, and Chains (Catalogue), 111 Rubber in Bitumen, Errata, 376
  • Rubber Output of Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 175
  • Rubber Research Centre, 782
  • Rubber Works, Dunlop, Extensions to, 14
  • Science Museum, Model of H.M.S. “ Vanguard ” at, 208
  • Screw Threads and Threading Dies (Catalogue), 540
  • Slide Rule for Belt Calculations, 746
  • Smoke Abatement, Progress of,' 430
  • Speed-Reduction Mechanism (Catalogue), 224
  • Spinning Mill, Paisley, Construction of, 110 Spline-Hobbing Machine (Catalogue), 224 Tanks, Transport by Sea, 334
  • Technical Articles, Index of, 811
  • Tees, Traffic on, 622
  • Thermometers, Resistance (Catalogue), 352
  • Timber in Buildings, Preservative Treatment for, 175
  • Timber, Dry Rot in, 558
  • Timber, Imports of, 334
  • Tolls on Welsh Roads, 750
  • “ Town Development Plan,” Brochure on, 238
  • Trucks, Works, Regulations for, 95
  • Vacuum Cleaners, Industrial (Catalogue), 672 “ Valve Manual,” 301
  • Valves and Water Gauges (Catalogue), 287
  • Veneering Machines (Catalogue), 799
  • W aste Paper and Cardboard, Recovery of, 301 Watchman’s Recording Clock (Catalogue),
  • Weavers’ Society, Dissolution of, 46
  • Weighing Machines, Public, at Wolverhampton, 526
  • Welded Roof Trusses (Catalogues), 95, 287
  • Welded Structural Work Handbook, 56
  • Welding, Arc, Manual and Automatic, Plant for (Catalogue), 479
  • Miscellaneous—continued.
  • Welding Electrodes (Catalogue), 448
  • Welding, Metallic, Twin-Arc, 166
  • Welding Plant, Electric (Catalogue), 540
  • Welding Process, " Argonarc,” Film of, 725 Welding, Steam-Pipe, Electrode for, 429 Wire, Aluminium (Catalogue), 111 Woodworking Machinery (Catalogue), 799

Motor Cars, Etc. :

  • Armoured Cars, Reconditioning of, 430
  • Bodywork for ’Buses, Railcars and Coaches (Catalogue), 287
  • British Motor-Car Industry, Production and Exports of, 188, 686, 694, 750
  • ’Bus Depot at Newcastle, 622
  • ’Buses for Trams at Sheffield, 46, 718
  • Clutches and Brakes (Catalogue), 191
  • Gearboxes for Commercial Vehicles (Catalogue), 159
  • Kenilworth, New Motor-Car Factory at, 238
  • Lightweight Motor Car, 622
  • Motor Cars for Home Market, 275
  • Motor Industry Committee, 212
  • Nuffield Car, Two-Millionth, 526
  • Road Vehicles, British, Exports of, 694 Shipment of Motor Cars for Export, 206 Sun Protectors for Leyland Vehicles, 694 Tractors and Cars, Output of, 430 Tractor Manufacture on Tyneside, 78 West Africa, Motor-Car Exports to, 750

Naval:

  • Destroyers for Canada, 384
  • Destroyers for Venezuelan Navy, 143
  • “ Eagle,” H.M.S., Acceptance of, 602 Gunboats for Peru, 468
  • Minelayers, Fast, 207
  • Minesweeper, British, for Belgian Navy, 173
  • Motor Torpedo-Boat, New, 227
  • Submarines, H.M., Loaned to French Navy, 557
  • “ Vanguard,” H.M.S., Model of, 208
  • Naval. See also Aeronautics
  • Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
  • Oil. See JfisceZfaneoMS
  • Oil Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Physics and Chemistry :

  • Cement, Chemistry of, 640
  • Chemical Apparatus, German, Exhibition of, 391
  • Chemical Industry in Scotland, 110
  • Chemical and Iron and Steel Plant (Catalogue), 111
  • Chemical Research Laboratory, Open Day at, 45
  • Distillation Column, Road Transport of, 622
  • Drying Apparatus, Air and Gas (Catalogue), 111
  • Fuel Technology, Courses in, 6
  • Fuels, Uses of, Committee on, 72
  • Heat Transfer During Condensation of Steam, 248
  • Heat Transmission, Brochure on, 606
  • Heating, Industrial, International Congress on, 576
  • Materials and Their Testing, Symposium on, 670
  • Metrology, Engineering, Course on, 333 Mine Detectors, Use by Archaeologists, 430 Paper, Opacity of, 164
  • Photoelasticity, Courses on, 239
  • Research, Engineering, Discussions at Nottingham University, 302
  • Research, Organisation of, Course on, 572 Rubber Research Centre, 782
  • Shale Oil Experimental Plant, Colorado, 92
  • Stress Analysis, Experimental, Exhibition and Course on, 429, 633
  • Styrene, Production of, 494
  • Turbo-Generators, Hydrogen Coolers for (Catalogue), 159
  • Vacuums, High, Equipment for (Catalogue), 638
  • Power Plants. See Electricity

Power Transmission :

  • Blaydon to Carlisle Overhead Transmission Line, 302
  • Malvern Hills Transmission Line, 622

Railways and Locomotives :

  • Accidents at Alloa and Greenford, 184 Apprentices’ School at Crewe, 320 Ballast for Railway Tracks, Packing of, 493 Baltock Pier, British Railways, Demolition of, 462
  • Branch Lines, Closing of, 302, 334
  • Branch Line, Dismantling of, 142
  • Canadian National Railways, Lathe for, 46 Carriage-Cleaning Depot, Liverpool, 46 Cement, Bulk Conveyance by Rail, 398 Derby Midland Station, New Roof at, 111 Freezing on Railway Rolling Stock, Prevention of, 319
  • Goods Brake Vans, Standard. 566 Leominster-Bromyard Branch Line, Closing of, 302
  • Level Crossings, Accidents at, 95
  • Level Crossing at Port Talbot, 590
  • Locomotives for Ceylon, 415
  • Locomotive Construction for Nigeria, 14
  • Locomotive, Diesel-Electric, First in Australia, 376
  • Locomotives, Diesel-Electric, New, 544, 587 Locomotive, Diesel, First Built in South Africa, 204
  • Locomotives, Industrial (Catalogue), 256 Locomotive Inspection Pits, Lighting of, 756 Locomotive, Oldest in Service, 765
  • New Works and Improvements on British Railways, 79
  • Newcastle Central Station, Collision at, 238
  • Nigerian State Railways, Locomotive Construction for, 14
  • Permanent-Way Equipment, Exchange of, 486
  • Railways and Locomotives—continued.
  • Permanent-Way Maintenance, Women Employed on, 142
  • Rails and Rail Accessories (Catalogue), 448
  • Railway, New Works and Improvements on, 79
  • Railway Vessels, Radar for, 95
  • Rolling-Stock Construction, 622
  • Sheffield-Manchester Railway Electrification, 302
  • Shuttering for Woodhead Railway Tunnel, 270
  • Signal Box, Whitechapel Station, 644
  • Sleeping-Car Service, Yorkshire to London, 334
  • Sleeping Coaches for British Railways, 190
  • Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, Formation of, 494
  • Traction, 50-Cycle Alternating-Current (Catalogue), 64
  • Wagons, Goods, Construction of, 14
  • Wagons, Shortage of, 110, 462, 812
  • Wagons for Special Purposes, 117
  • Warwickshire, Dismantling of Branch Line in, 142
  • Woodhead Railway Tunnel, Shuttering for, 270
  • Reinforced Concrete. See Cement and Concrete
  • Schools. See Education

Sewage and Drainage :

  • Colne Valley Drainage, 174
  • Ouseburn Sewer, Objections to Extension of, 750

Ships and Shipbuilding :

  • Avon River, Navigation on, 398
  • Barge, Historic, 558
  • Barry Dry Dock, Work of, 206
  • Boats, Canal, High-Tensile Steel for, 420
  • “ Britannic,” M.S., 110
  • Cabins, Ships’, Design of, 590
  • “ Cameo,” M.V., Stranding of, 40
  • Cardiff Port, Traffic at, 654
  • Cardiff Shipowners’ Trade to South Africa, 206
  • Cardiff to Weston-super-Mare Ferry, 590
  • Clyde Lighthouse Trust, Increased Dues for, 686
  • Clyde Navigation Trust, Report on, 334
  • Clyde Shipbuilding Industry, 782
  • “ Dundee,” Ferry Steamer, 654
  • Dundee Harbour Board, 302, 782, 812
  • Dundee, Port Reorganisation at, 590 Dunoon-Gourock Ferry, 494
  • “ Eleth,” S.S., Loss of, 595
  • Ferry, Cardiff to Weston-super-Mare, 590
  • Ferry, Dunoon-Gourock, 494
  • Ferry Service at Luing, 110
  • Festival Ship, Tour of, 462
  • Firth of Clyde, Cargo-Steamer Services on, 238
  • “ Fred Borchard,” Loss of, 827
  • Gas-Turbine Merchant Ship, 557
  • “ Gothic,” S.S., Conversion of, 429
  • Grangemouth, Cargo Handling at, 812
  • Gravity Davits, Ships’, 766
  • Greenock Harbour Trust, 302
  • Harbour, Stirling, Jetty at, 270
  • “ Iris,” Submarine Cable Ship, 238
  • “ Lucy Ashton,” Paddle Steamer, 750
  • Marine Radar School, Greenock, 46
  • “ Mauritius,” H.M.S., Overhaul of, 812
  • Modernisation of Merchant Vessels, Need for,
  • • 216
  • Motor Cars, Shipment of, 206
  • “ Narica,” Oil Tanker, Repairs to, 270
  • Naval Architecture, Scholarships in, 606
  • Nevill’s Dock, Llanelly, Filling in of, 302 Newport Ferry Pier, Dundee, 782 North-East Coast, Shipbuilding Activities on, 526
  • Perth, Port Re-organisation at, 590
  • “ Pyrope,” S.S., Stranding of, 40
  • Radar in Ships, 95,168
  • Repairs to Ships in South Wales Ports, 334 “ Sao Paulo,” Battleship, Loss of, 750 Scottish Shipbuilding Activities, 238, 622 Ship Breaking in Scotland, 206
  • Ships’ Structures, Errata, 90
  • Shipbuilding Contracts, 142, 558
  • Shipwrights’ Company’s Prizes for Apprentices, 284
  • South Wales Docks, Electrification of Equipment for, 270
  • South Wales Ports, Traffic at, 812
  • Steel for Shipbuilding, 366, 526
  • Submarine Engine for Power Station, 430 Tanks* Transport by Sea,, 334
  • Tees, Shipbuilding on, 812
  • Tees Shipping Statistics, 46
  • “ Twilit Waters,” Loss of, 398
  • Vessels, British Railway, Radar for, 95
  • Societies. See Technical Societies; and Trade Societies, Etc.
  • Strikes. See Trade Societies, Etc.

Technical Societies :

  • Aeronautical Society, Royal, 166, 333, 592
  • Agricultural Engineers, British, Institution of, 511
  • Agricultural Society, Royal, 605, 811
  • Arts, Royal Society of, 164
  • British Association, 653
  • British Engineers’ Association, 636
  • Chemical Society, 139
  • Chemins de Fer Frangais, Soci6t6 Nationale des, 439
  • Civil Engineers-, Institution of, 670
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 265, 580, 649
  • Engineers’ Guild, 251
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotlar.d Institution of, 486, 590
  • Experimental Stress Analysis, Society of, 429
  • Hluminating Engineering Society, 301
  • Industrial Administration, Institute of, 371
  • Technical Societies—continued.
  • Industrial Artists, Society of, 164 Industrial Supervisors, Institute of, 78 Inggnieurs Electriciens sortis de l’lnstitut
  • Electrotechnique Monteflore, 52
  • Iron and Steel Institute, 190
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, 439, 500 Library Association, 511
  • London Association of Engineers, 763 Management, British Institute of, 371 Marine Engineers, Institute of, 355 Metal Finishing, Institute of, 622 Metals, American Society of, 63 Metals, Institute of, 148
  • Naval Architects, Institution of, 606 Newcomen Societv, 680
  • Old Centralians, 32, 307, 439, 602
  • Old N’lons, 493
  • Peat Society, British and Irish, 648
  • Physics, Institute of, 37, 571
  • Plant Engineers, Incorporated, 52, 368, 526, 718
  • Royal Institution, 454
  • Royal Society, 139, 797
  • Sanitary Engineers, Institution of, 484 Sanitary Institute, Royal, 607
  • Standards Institution, British, 175 Statistical Society, Royal, 190 Stoke-on-Trent Association of Engineers, 395 Transport, Institute of, 462
  • Vitreous Enamellers, Institute of, 494 Welding, Institute of, 56, 78
  • Telegraphy. See Electricity
  • Telephony. See Electricity
  • Tools. See Machine and Other Tools
  • Trade. See Coal; Electricity; Industries and Commerce', Iron and Steel', and Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Publications :

  • 32, 64, 95, 111, 159, 191, 224, 256, 287, 352, 384, 448, 479, 540, 576, 638, 672, 764, 799
  • Acheson Colloids, Ltd., Ill
  • Acru Electric Tool Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 159
  • Air Control Installations, Ltd., 638 Airscrew and Co. and Jicwood, Ltd., 224 Aldridge Tool and Engineering Go., Ltd., 32 Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., Ill Ashmore, Benson and Pease, Ltd., Ill Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 64 (2), 352, 384
  • Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 287
  • Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd., 352 B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 638
  • Birlec, Ltd., Ill
  • Blick Time Recorders, Ltd., Ill
  • British Electronic Products (1948), Ltd., 352 British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 638 (2), 672 (2)
  • British Pump Manufacturers’ Association, 191
  • British Reinforced Asbestos Co., Ltd., Ill British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., 32 Brooksbank, F., 287
  • Brown, D., Machine Tools, Ltd., 224 Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Ill, 159
  • Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 576 Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., 32
  • Cashmore, J., Ltd., 287
  • Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., 256 Chloride Batteries, Ltd., 384
  • Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Ltd., 448, 799
  • Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., 448 Crawford and Co. (Tottenham), Ltd., 764 Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 224
  • Darwins, Ltd., Ill
  • Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 479
  • Dawe Instruments, Ltd., 672 Diesel Equipment, Ltd., 287
  • Dolan, P., and Associates, Ltd., 287
  • Drysdale and Co., Ltd., 224 Edge and Sons, Ltd., Ill Edwards, F. J., Ltd.. 799 Edwards, W., and Co. (London), Ltd., 638 Elcontrol, Ltd., 159
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., 64, 111, 540, 799 Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., Ill
  • Fleming, J. and R., Ltd., Ill
  • Gandy, Ltd., 224
  • Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 256 General Refractories, Ltd., Ill
  • Henderson, J. M., and Co., Ltd., 287
  • High Duty Alloys, Ltd., 479 Holman Brothers, Ltd., 448 Hopkinsons, Ltd., 287
  • International Heating and Ventilating Co., Ltd., 448
  • Keith Blackman, Ltd., 448, 764
  • Klinger, R., Ltd., 287
  • Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto (Mfg.), Ltd., 352
  • Lewis, H. K., and Co., Ltd., 191
  • Londex, Ltd., 764
  • Lyte Ladders, Ltd., 448
  • Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 799 Marley, W. H„ and Co., Ltd., 64
  • Mathew Bros., 576
  • Metronic Instrument Co., Ltd., 479 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.,
  • 159 (2), 352 (3), 384 (3), 540 Metropolitan-Vickers-GRS, Ltd., 576 Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., 764 Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., 95, 224, 638 National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 64 Oerlikon, Ateliers de Construction, 64 Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., 287 Pinner and Co., 540 Plessey Co., 764 Power-Gas Corporation, Ltd., Ill Precision Components (Barnet), Ltd., 54 Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 95, 287, 448, 479 Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., 159,191 Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 159, 764 Rapid Magnetting Co., Ltd-, 191 Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., 384 Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 540 Roe, A. V., Canada, Ltd., 287 Sanderson Brothers and Newbould, Ltd., 224
  • Trade Publications—continued.
  • Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd., 764
  • Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., 287
  • Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., 287
  • Simon-Carves, Ltd., Ill
  • Simpliflx Couplings, Ltd., 256
  • SocidtG Nationale des Chemins de Fer Fran- <?ais, 64
  • Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., 799
  • Stressed Concrete Design, Ltd., 479
  • Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., 191, 224, 672, 764, 799
  • Sunvic Controls, Ltd., 672
  • Sykes, W. E., Ltd., 764
  • Thompson, A. G., 287
  • Vaughan Lift and Engineering, Ltd., 32
  • Venesta, Ltd., Ill
  • Venner Time Switches, Ltd., 159
  • Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 448
  • Victor Products (Wallsend), Ltd., 448
  • Wakefield, C. C., and Co., Ltd., 256
  • Ward, T. W., Ltd., 448
  • Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 479
  • Whitehead, J. A., 191
  • Wiggin, H., and Co., Ltd., 638
  • Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd., 256

Trade Societies, Etc. :

  • Aberdare Valley, Man-Power Redundancy at, 590, 622
  • . Absenteeism Among Insured Workpeople, 24 Absenteeism at End of Holidays, 142 Agricultural Man-Power, Drift to Mines, 654 Allen, W. P., on Railwaymen’s Wage Claims, 536
  • Anderson, Sir J., on Restrictive Practices at London Docks, 568
  • Apprenticeship in Two Crafts, 568. See LETTER,596
  • Arbitration Order, National, 184
  • Army, Recruitment of Craftsmen by, 174
  • Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Strike at, 24
  • Bans on Overtime, 184, 600, 696
  • Ban on Overtime at Tilbury Docks, 504, 568
  • Bankers’ Association, British, on Need for Incentives, 152
  • Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., Strike at Shipyard of, 600
  • Battersea Power Station, Wage Dispute at, 184
  • Baty, J. G., on Railwaymen’s Wage Claims, 536
  • Beard, W. B., on Industrial Pensions for Engineers, 88 ; on Trades Union Congress at Blackpool, 536
  • Blind Persons, Workshop Training of, 280 Boilermakers, United Society of, 184, 280
  • Boys, Employment in Heavy Industries, 590 Breakaway Unions, 56,184
  • British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Wage Claims Against, 472
  • British Electricity Authority, Wage Dispute at London Power Stations, 184
  • British Employers’ Confederation, Industrial Disputes Tribunal, 184, 408, 728
  • British European Airways, Wage Claim of Employees, 120
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation, Wage Claim of Employees of, 120
  • British Transport Commission, Development of Port Areas, 376; Application for Increased Freight^, 664
  • 'Bus Workers’ Association, National, 56
  • Civil Servants, Industrial, Working Conditions of, 472
  • Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal, 120, 216 440
  • Civil Service National Whiteley Council, 56 Civil Service, Wages in, 184
  • Clerical Employees, Welfare of, 408
  • Coal Industry Society, 440
  • Coal Seam in South Yorkshire, Possible Closure of, 78
  • Collieries, Man-Power Driftfrom Agriculture to, 654
  • Collieries, Northumberland, Closing of, 46 Commercial and Industrial Education,
  • British Association for, 568. See LETTER, ' 596
  • Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order, 184
  • Craftsmen, Recruitment for Army, 174
  • Crane Men at Glasgow Shipyards, Strike of, 472
  • Deakin, A., on Progress of Transport and General Workers’ Union, 56
  • Death Duties, Adverse Effect on Small Firms, 822
  • Denny, W., and Brothers, Ltd., Strike at Shipyard of, 600
  • Dock Labour Scheme, 696
  • Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, Wage Claims Against, 152; Development of Port Areas by, 376
  • Docks, London, Restrictive Practices at, 568
  • Dunlop Rim and Wheel Co., Ltd., Strike at Works of, 472
  • Durham Malleable Steel Plant, Closure of, 238
  • Economic Problems, Views of Trade Unions on, 120
  • Education for Industry, 568. See LETTER, 596
  • Elderly Persons, Employment in Industry, 46, 160
  • Electrical Trades Union, 184, 312
  • Electricity Supply Industry, National Joint Industrial Council for (Manual Workers), 184
  • Electricity Supply Position at Clyde Shipyards, 600
  • Employees’ Conference, J. Thompsoi, Ltd., 46
  • Employment of Elderly Persons in Industry, 46,160
  • Employment Statistics of Ministry of Labour, 88, 344
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Employment In Steel Industry, 14; in Wales, 14, 238, 526, 654, 718 ; of Italians, 46, 174, 216, 270, 280, 312, 376, 440, 462, 590, 600, 622, 792; in Midlands, 110; at Margam Steelworks, 142 ; of Women, 376; in Caithness, 403; in Clothing Industry, 536 ; in Aberdare Valleys, 590, 622; in Sheffield, 686; Needs of Industry, 632
  • Engineers’ Guild, Views on Working Conditions of Industrial Civil Servants, 472
  • Engineers, Pension Scheme for, 88
  • Engineering and Allied Employers* National Federation, Wage Claims of Employees of Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 24; Engineers Wage Claims, 376, 408, 472, 664; Wages of Women Engineers, 760
  • Engineering Industries Association, Views on Lack of Raw Materials, 822
  • Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Views on Rising Costs, 120 ; Wage Claim for 20s. a Week for Manual Employees, 184, 664; Production Problems of Industry, 344
  • Equal Pay for Women, 56
  • European Workpeople to Visit United States, 440
  • Feather, V., on Co-operation with Government, 632
  • Figgins, J. B., on Railwaymen’s Wage Claims, 56, 536 ; on Co-operaticn with Government, 600
  • Firm9, Small, Effect of Death Duties on, 822 Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Pension Scheme of, 88
  • Foremen, Steel, Conference of, 366, 398 Foundry Workers, Amalgamated Union of, 184
  • Freight Rates, Need for Increases in, 664
  • Fryer, E. E., on “ Smash and Grab ” Wage Policy, 56
  • Fuel and Power, Ministry of, Coal-Production Statistics, 280, 408
  • Gaitskell, H., on Relation Between Wages and Rising Prices, 312, 344, 536
  • Gas Industry, National Joint Council for, 568, 792
  • Gasworks, Labour Shortages at, 526
  • General and Municipal Workers, National Union of, Views on Rising Prices, 344; Strike of Crane Men at Glasgow Shipyards, 472
  • Glasgow Steelworks, Absenteeism After Holidays, 142
  • Go-Slow Movement Among Employees of British European Airways, 120
  • Government, New, Trade-Union Co-operation with, 600, 632, 664, 696
  • Hants and Dorset Omnibus Co., ’Busmen’s Dispute with, 56
  • Harries, E. P., on Co-operation Between Unions and Government, 696
  • Hill, E. J., on Need for Night Shifts, 280
  • Hotels Executive, Wage Claims Against, 152 Houldsworth, Sir H., End-of-Year Message to Coal Industry, 822
  • Hours, Staggered, Reintroduction of, 174
  • Hours, Staggered, in Sheffield Industries, 302, 590
  • Hyndley, Lord, on Difficulties Confronting Coal Industry, 440
  • Ince, Sir G., on Training in Two Crafts, 568. See LETTER, 596
  • Incentives in Industry, Need for, 152 Index of Industrial Production, 440 Index of Rates of Wages, 152
  • Index of Retail Prices, Interim, 152, 248 Industrial Co-Partnership Association, 696 Industrial Disputes Order, 184
  • Industrial Disputes Tribunal, 184,408,728 Industrial Disputes. See also Strikes Insured Workpeople, Absences from Employment, 24
  • Iron and Steel, Reimpo3ition of Controls on, 822
  • Iron and Steel Trade Society, 184
  • Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Comments in Man and Metal, 504, 822
  • Italians, Employment in South Wales, 46, 590, 600
  • Italian Free Trade Union Confederation, 792 Italian Miners, Employment of, 216, 270, 280, 312, 376, 440, 462, 622, 792
  • Italian Women, Employment of, 174 Joint Advisory Council, National, 632 Heats, A., on Effects of Ldck of Raw Materials, 822
  • Kilby, C. H., on Wages of Post Office Employees, 120
  • Labour, on Cost of Maintaining Trade Unions, 760
  • Labour and National Service, Ministry of, Annual Report of, 344
  • Labour Party, Annual Conference of, 120 Laundries at Pitheads, 14
  • Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of, Wage Claims, 56, 152, 376, 408, 632, 664 ; Suggested Concessions in Working Conditions, 88, 216, 248, 536 London Transport Executive, Wage Claims Against, 152, 664
  • Lyle, O., on Difficulties Confronting Coal Industry, 440
  • Man and Metal, Comments on Unofficial Strikes, 504 ; on Shortages of Materials, 822
  • Man-Power Situation in Industry, 632 Manufacturers, National Union of, Effect of Death Duties on Industry, 822
  • Marylebone Power Station, Wage Dispute at, 184
  • Merthyr Tydfil, Strikes at, 760
  • Metals, Concern at Shortage of, 822 Midlands, Labour Conditions in, 334 Mineworkers, National Union of, Annual Conference, 24; Two Week’s Paid Annual Holiday, 24; Supplementary Pension
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Scheme, 24, 216, 472, 504; Wage Claims, 56, 472, 696, 792; Committee on Uses of Fuels, 72; Working of Saturday Shifts, 120, 174, 216; Employment of Italians, 216, 270, 280, 312, 376, 440, 462, 622, 792; Need for Coal Imports, 344; Opposition to Co-operation with Government, 664; Wage Rates of Scottish Miners, 664; New Wage Structure for Mining Industry, 696
  • Mining Industry, Coal, Supplementary Pension Scheme, 24, 216, 472, 504; Wage Claims, 56, 472, 696, 792; Working of Saturday Shifts, 110, 120, 174, 216; British Miners’ Tour of Ruhr, 142; Employment of Italians, 216, 270, 280, 312, 376, 440, 462, 622, 792; Coal Production Statistics, 280, 408; Need for Coal Imports, 344; Colliery Man-Power, Decline in, 408; Difficulties Confronting Industry, 440; Man-Power Shortage, 494; Man-Power Recruitment, 654, 812; New Wage Structure, 696
  • Moffat, A., on Saturday Working, 120; Supplementary Pension Scheme, 472, 504; Co-operation with Government, 664; Wage Rates of Scottish Miners, 664 : Wage Offer of National Coal Board, 792
  • Monckton, Sir W., Intervention in London Dock Dispute, 728
  • Morris, P., on Need for Improved Efficiency in Railway Service, 728
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Strike at, 686
  • National Arbitration Tribunal, 184
  • National Coal Board, Supplementary Pension Scheme, 24, 216, 472, 504; Two Weeks’ Annual Paid Holiday, 24; Working of Saturday Shifts, 216 ; Difficulties Confronting Industry, 440; Wage Claims Against, 472, 696, 792; New Wage Structure for Industry, 696
  • Nationalised Industries, Proposed Select Committee on, 696
  • Night Shifts in Industry, Need for, 280 Northumberland Collieries, Closing of, 46 Officers’ (Merchant Navy) Federation, 376 One Way Only, Pamphlet, 312 Organisation for European Economic Cooperation, 472
  • Overtime, Bans on, 184, 600, 696
  • Patternmakers’ Association, United, Industrial Pension Schemes for Engineers, 88; Trades Union Congress at Blackpool, 536
  • Pension Scheme for Engineers, 88 “ People at Work ” Conference, 24 Port Areas, Development of, 376 Port Transport Industry, National Joint
  • Council for, 568
  • Post Office Engineering Union, Wage Claims of, 120, 216, 440
  • Professional Workers, National Federation of, 408
  • Profits and Dividends, Views on, 536 Profit-Sharing Schemes, 14
  • Railway Executive, Training Courses for Employees, 88; Shortages of Staff, 88; Suggested Extension of Working Week for Employees, 88; Economies in Working, 88, 216, 248, 728; Wage Demands of Employees, 152, 376, 408, 472, 536, 632, 664; Bonus Scheme for Recruiting New Staff, 216; Need for Increased Freight Charges, 664; Wage Claim of Railway Shopmen, 792, 822
  • Railway Review, Views on Co-operation with Government, 600
  • Railway Shopmen’s National Council, 792, 82?
  • Railway Shopmen, Wage Claims of, 408, 792 Railway Staff National Council, 376, 408 Railway Staff National Tribunal, 408, 472, 536, 632, 664, 728
  • Railwaymen, National Union of, Formation of ’Busmen’s Section, 56; Annual Conference at Hastings, 56; Wage Demands, 56, 152, 376, 408, 472, 536, 632, 664; Suggested Concessions in Working Conditions, 88, 216, 248; Wage Claim of Railway Shopmen, 792, 822
  • Re-armament Programme, Effect of, 408 Recruits for Sheffield Industry, Shortage of, 430
  • Registrar of Friendly Societies, Annual Return of, 760
  • Restrictive Practices by Workpeople, 568 Review of Trade Harbours, 376
  • Road Haulage Executive, Wage Claims Against, 152
  • Robens, A., on Absenteeism Among Insured Workpeople, 24; on Breakaway Unions, 56; Intervention in British European Airways Staff Dispute, 120; on Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order, 184; on Employment of Foreigners in British Coalmines, 312; on Engagement of Italians for British Industry, 376; on Need for Women in Industry, 376; on Re-armament Programme, 408
  • Roberts, A., Presidential Address to Trades Union Congress, 312
  • Ruhr Coalfields, British Miners’ Tour of, 142 Sandys, D., on Shortages of Steel, 822 Scientific Assistants in Engineering Industry, Wages of, 408
  • Seamen, National Union of, Need for Modernisation of Merchant Ships, 216; Annual Report, 280
  • Sheffield Industry, Shortage of Recruits for, 430
  • Sheffi 11 Industries, Unfilled Vacancies in, 270
  • Sheffield Steelworks, Absenteeism After Holidays, 142
  • Ships, New, Rising Prices of, 376 Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation, Wage
  • Claims Against, 376, 408, 664
  • Trade Societies, Etc-—continued.
  • Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of, Railway Wage Claims, 152; Civil Service Wage Claim, 188; Engineers’ Wage Claims, 376, 408, 472. 600, 664; Shipbuilding Employees’
  • Wage Claims, 376, 408, 664; Railway Shopmen’s Wage Claim, 408, 792, 822; Salford Electricians* and Engineers’ Strike Action, 600
  • Short Time Due to Shortage of Materials, 558 Short Time in Industry, Reduction of, 632 Short Time at Scunthorpe Rolling Mills, 78 Steel Industry, Denationalisation of, 632 Steel Industry, Unemployment Pay in, 366 Strikes, Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 24; Dunlop
  • Rim and Wheel Co., Ltd., 472; Glasgow Shipyards, 472; Docks, 504, 568, 600, 696, 728; Ship Repair Employees at Clyde Shipyards, 600; Salford Engineers and Electricians, 600; Merthyr Tydfil, 760 Strikes, Docks, Comments of Afan and Metal on, 504
  • Strike Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 24,152, 312, 440, 568, 728
  • Students, Pitmen, at National Coal Board’s Summer School, 270
  • Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, Association of, 120
  • Tailors and Garment Workers, National Union of, Views on Purchasing Power of Wages, 120
  • Tanner, J., on Production Problems, 344 Taxation of Profits and Income, Royal Commission on, 152
  • Thompson, J., Ltd., Employees’ Conference of, 46
  • Thorneycroft, G. B., on Railwaymen’s Wage Claims, 536
  • Tractor Manufacture on Tyneside, Need for Moire Men, 78
  • Trades Union Congress, Annual Report, 248, 312; Eighty-Third Congress, 344, 536; Membership Statistics, 312; Co-operation with New Government, 600, 632, 664, 696 ; Cost of Maintaining Trade Unions, 760; Financial Statistics, 760
  • Trade Unions, Financial and Membership Statistics of, 760
  • Training Courses for Railwaymen, 88
  • Transport and General Workers’ Union, Biennial Conference, 24, 56; Dorset ’Busmen’s Dispute, 56; Need to Avoid “ Smash and Grab ” Policy on Wages, 56 ; Claim for Substantial Wage Increase, 184; Wage Claims of Civil Air-Transport Industry, 472
  • Transport Industry, Midlands, Staff Needs of, 302
  • Transport Problems of Employees at Wilton, 270
  • Transport and Salaried Staffs’ Association, Wage Claims of, 56,152,376,408,472,536, 632, 664 ; Suggested Concessions in Working Conditions, 88, 216, 246, 728
  • Transport Salaried Staff Journal, 12& Trostre Tinplate Works, Employment at, 302 Unemployment. See Employment
  • United States, Teams of European Workpeople to Visit, 440
  • United States, Visit of Industrial Specialists to, 472
  • Vacancies in Industry, 632
  • Vehicle Builders, National Union of, 184
  • Wages, Chainmakers, 14; Employees of Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 24 ; “ Smash and Grab ” Policy, 56 ; Railwaymen, 56, 152, 376, 408, 472, 632, 664 ; Mineworkers, 56, 472,696,792; Post Office Employees, 120, 216, 440 ; Air Staffs, 120 ; Civil Service, 184; Engineers, 184, 376, 408, 472, 664 ; Shipbuilders, 184, 376,408, 664; Foundry Workers, 184; Electrical Employees, 184, 312; Boilermakers, 184 ; Vehicle Builders, 184; Seamen, 280 ; Manual Workers, 344; Agricultural Employees, 344; Railway Shopmen, 408, 792 ; Scientific Assistants in Engineering, 408; Civil Air-Transport Industry, 472; Gas Employees, 568, 792; Scottish Miners, 664; Women Engineers, 760; Ships’ Radio Officers, 792; Industrial Personnel at Naval Dockyards, 792
  • Wage Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 24,152 312, 440, 568, 728
  • Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen’s Union, 504, 600, 696, 728
  • Whitford Tinplate Works, Closing of, 14 Williamson, T., on Rising Prices, 344
  • Wilson, H., on Need for Reasonable Return on Capital in Industry, 248
  • Woman Labour from Italy, 174
  • Women Employed on Permanent Way, 142 Women Engin< f rs, Wage Claims of, 760 Women, Equal Pay for, 56
  • Women, Needs of Industry for, 376 Working Population, Ministry of Labour Statistics of, 88, 280, 344, 504, 792
  • Yates, T., on Progress of National Union of Seamen, 280

Tramways :

  • Newcastle to Gateshead Tramways, Closing of, 206
  • Sheffield Tramways, Substitution of ’Buses for, 46, 718
  • South London Conversion Scheme, 39, 394
  • Turbines. See Engines and Boilers
  • Universities. See Education
  • Vehicles. See Motor Oars, Etc.; and Railways and Locomotives
  • Warships. See Naval

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