Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index

PARAGRAPH INDEX

Accidents and Safety Precautions :

Air-Sea Rescue, Radio Beacon for, 727
Ardrossan Bridge, Failure of, 612
Birmingham Safety Centre, Establishment of, 302
Carron Ironworks, Fire at, 526
Colliery Explosion in North Staffordshire, 206
Collisions at Sea, Prevention of, 42
Derwenthaugh Coal Staiths, Fire at, 14
Electric Traction Portal Structure, Damage to, 352
Fatal Accident at Slag Tip, 398
Fires Caused by Use of Welding and Riveting Equipment, Prevention of, 392
Flooding at Coryton Oil Refinery, 266
Industrial Safety, Conference on, 718
Kerry’s (Great Britain), Ltd., Fire at Works of, 302
Mines, Safety Precautions in, 142
Pipe, Steam, Flexible-Copper, Explosion of, 726
“ Princess Victoria,” M.S., Inquiry into Loss of, 203, 287, 313, 334
Rescue Unit, Mobile, for Collieries, 142
Rope Works, Fire at, 750
Safety Control Unit, 121
Stop Valves, Explosion of, 704
Underground Fires in Staffordshire, 334
Works Safety Suggestions, Awards for, 558

Aeronautics :

Acoustics, Aeronautical, Symposium on, 580
Adhesives for Aircraft Construction, 363
“ Aero Research Technical Notes ” (Trade Publication), 32
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Lectures of, 196
Air-Sea Rescue, Radio Beacon for, 727
Aircraft (Trade Publication), 160
Aircraft Engines (Trade Publication), 704 Airlifts for Motorists, 622
Apprenticeships with British Airways Corporations, 724
Aviation Display in Paris, 708
Boldon Airport, Sunderland, 622
Bonding in Aircraft (Trade Publication), 32
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Factory at Sunderland, 494
Bristol Aeroplane Co., .Ltd., Improvements at Pallion Works of, 14
Bristol “ Superfreighter ” Car Ferry, 768
“ Britannia ” Aircraft, Larger Versions of, 525
“ Comet ” Completes 10,000 Hours Flying Time, 231
Commonwealth Air Transport Council, Meeting of, 767
Cradle, Test, for Aircraft Jet Engines, 725
Durham County, Air Facilities in, 194
Dust Collector, Aerodynamic (Trade Publication), 384
Elmdon Airport, Birmingham, Developments at, 206
Exports of Aeronautical Industry, 171, 728
Glasgow, Air Terminus for, 686
Greatham, Proposed Airport at, 174, 654
Information, Aeronautical, Conference on, 91 International Civil-Aviation Organisation, Meeting of, 726
Jet Engines, Test Beds for, 86
London Terminus for British European Airways Corporation, 681
“ Marathon ” Navigation-Training Aircraft, 427
“ Meteor ” Aircraft Bartered for Cotton, 231 Militarv-Transport Aircraft, Jet-Propelled, 179
Newcastle to London Air Service, 654
“ Olympus Canberra ” Aircraft, Performance by, 511
Pengam Moors Airport Site, Use for Industrial Purposes, 782
Production Engineers, Needs of Aircraft Industry for, 334
Propellers (Trade Publication), 160
Renfrew Airport, Terminal Building for, 302
Rhoose Airport, Improvements at, 366, 430
Rhoose Airport, Recognition as State Airport, 110
Rolls-Royce Jet Engine, Production in Sweden, 5
Runway, Aircraft, at Chesterfield, 46
“ Short ” Bomber Aircraft, 635
Sunderland, Aeroplane Factory at, 206
“ Superfreighter ” Car Ferry, 768
“ Super mating ” Aircraft, Production of, 373
Survey, Aerial, of Railway Tracks, 168
“ Swordfish ” Aircraft Supplied to Royal Navy, 490
Test Beds for Jet Engines, 86
Test Cradle for Aircraft Jet Engines, 725
Traffic of British European Airways Corporation, 486
Wind Tunnel for Aircraft Research, 40

Agriculture :

Birmingham Airport, Use by Larger Aircraft, 334
Bracken Crushing to Make Grazing Land, 782
Compressed-Air Farm Equipment (Trade Publication), 815
Diplomas in Agricultural Engineering, 253
“ Farm Mechanization,” Scholarship in, 315
Grazing Land, Formation of, 782
Irish Cuts in Agricultural-Tool Imports, 654
Ploughs for Use in Undeveloped Countries, 700
Power Farming Congress, National, 800
Royal Agricultural Show, 1954, 319
Sugar Beet, Thinning Machines for, 718 Tractors, Construction in Newcastle, 718
Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

Adams, Lord, Made Freeman of Whitehaven, 526
British Productivity Council, Appointments to, 380
Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, Appointments to, 558
Chemical Society, Awards by, 397
Electriciens, Societe Fran^aise des, Award by, 427
Fuel Efficiency Panel, Appointments to, 526
Glasgow Productivity Committee, Formation of, 686
Long Service Awards, by Birmingham Firms, 494 ; by Sheffield Firms, 526 ; at Eiland, 782
Metals, Institute of, Awards by, 288
Nuffield, Lord, Made Freeman of White- , haven, 526
Premiums for Technical Writing on Radio, 5
Royal Society, Election of Officers, 8
Welding, Institute of, Awards by, 473

Associations, Etc. :

Aircraft Research Association, 40 Aluminium Development Association, 170 Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 95 Aslib, 91, 216
Association of Underwriters and Insurance Brokers in Glasgow, 302
Australian and New Zealand Association for Advancement of Science, 253
Australian Road Federation, 93
Bewdley Civic Society, 416
Brierley Hill (Staffordshire) Manufacturers and Traders Association, 334
British Association, 53, 214, 663
British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education, 674
British Constructional Steelworks Association, 121, 252
British Electrical and Allied Industries Manufacturers’ Association, 483
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 119
British Iron and Steel Federation, 324
British Iron and Steel Research Association, 174, 628
British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, 352
British Occupational Hygiene Society, 651
British Overseas Airways Corporation, 86,231
British Plastics Federation, 158
British Productivity Council, 158, 380
British Rheological Society, 250
British Welding Research Association, 256 Coal Utilisation Council, 296
Combustion Engineering Association, 141, 749
Commission Permanente Internationale de 1’Acetylene, 467
Electrical and Radio Federation of Victoria, 832
Electricity Consultative Council, 302
Engineer Buyers’ and Representatives’ Association, 196
Fan Makers’ Association, 702
Film Institute, 797
Fire Protection Association, 392
Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 160
Glass and Asbestos Fibre Reinforced Plastics Technical Committee, 40
Home Timber Merchants Association of Scotland, 462
Industrial Accident Prevention Council, 558
Industrial Association of Wales and Monmouthshire, 430
Industrial Co-Partnership Association, 40
Industrial Design, Coqjicil of, 266
Industrial! Metallurgic! Meccanici Affini, 250
International Road Federation, 475
International Scientific Film Association ,797 Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 590 Mechanical Handling Engineers’ Association 296
Midland Scrap Iron, Steel and Metals Association, 366
Model Engineering Trade Association of Great Britain, 381
National Association of Colliery Managers, 430
National Smoke Abatement Society, 718
National Union of Manufacturers, 78, 142, 238, 302, 366, 430, 750
National Union of Students, 629
North East Development Association, 686
North of England Brick Makers’ Association, 206
Old Centralians, 60
Petroleum Information Bureau, 448
Radio Industry Council, 5, 395
Rheology, Joint Commission on, 250
River Tees Liner Agents’ Association, 366
Royal' Agricultural Society, 319
School Broadcasting Council, 480
Scientific Film Association, 706, 797
Scientific Unions, International Council of, 250
Scottish Co-Operative Transport Association, 366
Scottish Motor Trades Association, 41
Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers’ Association, 206
Sheffield Tramways Development Association, 526
Shell Photographic Unit, 388
Society of British Aircraft Constructors,728
Automobiles. See Motor Gms, Etc.
Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges and Viaducts :

Aberdeen, Aluminium Bridge for, 750
Ardrossan Bridge, Failure of, 612
Auckland Harbour Bridge, 352
Bewdley Bridge Tool House, Preservation of, 416
Glasgow-Gourock Railway Bridge, 174
Glasgow-Greenock Bridge, Scheme for Widening, 430
Glasgow, Inspection of Albert Bridge at, 782
Lancashire Bridge, Proposals for, 270 Prestressed-Concrete Bridges 398
Scottish Rivers, Bridges over, 686
Severn, Road Bridge Across, 78
Sidbury Road Bridge, Condition of, 78
Tamar River, Road Bridge Across, 654

Buildings and Building Construction :

Aluminium-AUoy Buildings (Trade Publication), 815
Australia, Assembly Factory for, 430
Australia, Branch Factory in, 206
Australian Road Federation, Report of, 93
Barmouth, Sea-Defence Works at, 238
Birmingham, Development Plan for, 46
Bricks, Perforated Clay, 653
Brickwork, Drillfor (Trade Publication), 480
Brickworks, Reopening of, 590
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Factory at Sunderland, 494
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Improvements at Pallion Works of, 14
Building By-Laws, London County Council, 93
Building Plant Exhibition, 601
Burnley Development Plan, Approval of, 430
Charing Cross Hotel, Reconstruction of, 660 . Constructional Steelwork, Film on, 121
Crushers, Stone (Trade Publication), 160
Death-Watch Beetle, Combating, 607
Ebbw Vale Steelworks, Extensions to, 334
Electrical Factory in Northern Ireland, 668
Excavator and Grader, Motor (Trade Publication), 288
Flats, Steel for Construction of, 398
Flooring, Terrazzo (Trade Publication), 255
Four Ashes Chemical Works, Construction at, 686
Frame of Composite Prestressed Concrete, 377
Gateshead, Works Extensions at, 238
Grangemouth Docks, Public Works at, 398
Greenock, Development Plan and Industries in, 654
Hebburn Shipyard, Extensions to, 590
Indian Five-Year Road Plan, 663
Industrial Premises, Extensions to, 110
Iron-Ore Quay at Tyne Dock, 398
Kiln, Tunnel, Oil-Fired, Operation of, 686
Land Development Equipment, 238
London County Council, Building By-Laws of, 93
London Terminus for British Overseas Airways Corporation, 681
Machine-Tool Factory at Thornliebank, 654
Mansion for Use as Offices, 430
Monckton Coke Works, Extensions to, 814
Newhouse Industrial Estate, Progress of, 14 ' North-Eastern Trading Estates, Development of, 398
Renfrew Airport, TerminalTBuilding for, 302
Renfrew, New Factories at, 142
Rhoose Aerodrome, Improvements at, 366, 430
Road, By-Pass, Construction at Neath, 558
Road, By-Pass, in Lancashire, Proposals for, 270
Road Communication in Wales, 334, 430
Road Construction in Middlesbrough Dock Area, 814
Road Construction at Swansea, 814
Road Maintenance, Grahts to Counties for, 558
Road, Motor, for South Wales, 526
Roof Trusses Built from Old Rails, 185
Sea-Defence Works at Barmouth, 238
Sheet Steelfor House-Building Purposes, 398
Sheffield University, New Engineering Block at, 814
Shipbuilding Berths, Extensions to, 398
Sites for Industrial Use in Midlands, 142
South Shields, Dry Dock Extensions at, 142
Spring Works, Construction at, 526
Standard Motor Co., Ltd., New Factory for, 270
Steel Building Structures, Welding in, 252
Steelworks Opened by Duke of Edinburgh, 262
Stone Crushers (Trade Publication), 160
Structural Steelworks at Rutherglen, Extensions to, 750
Sunderland, Extensions to Aeroplane Factory at, 206
Sunderland Works, Extensions at, 78
Team Valley Trading Estate, Extensions to, 270, 302
Terrazzo Flooring (Trade Publication), 255
Tile Making at Consett, 526
Town Planning, Effect on Industry, 142 •Tubular Steel, Factory for Construction of, 366
Tyne Dock, Iron-Ore Quay at, 398
Velindre Cold-Reduction Works, 238
Wales, Road Communications in, 430
Whiteinch-Linthouse Traffic Tunnel, Construction of, 750
Wolverhampton, Factory Extensions in, 206

Canals and Waterworks :

Birmingham, Consumption of Water in, 686
Blithfield Reservoir, Progress at, 334
Brynmawr, Water Supply at, 814
Cardiff Port, Erosion and Silting in, 206
Cardiff, Reservoir for, 366
Cardiff, Water Supplies of, 142, 686, 782
Claerwen Dam, Public Access to, 142
Coal from River Beds, 174
Coventry, New Waterworks at, 14, 600
De-Salting of Brakish Water, Methods of, 525
Doon Valley, Water Supply to, 590
Flood Control, Departmental Committee on, 607
Glasgow, Water Supplies of, 654
Greenock, Water Supplies for, 462
Kirkcaldy, Water Supplies for, 462
Linlithgow, Boring for Water in, 430
Metropolitan Water Board, Jubilee of, Erratum, 500
Midland Canal Branches, Proposed Closure of, 238
Midlands, Increase in Water Consumption in, 110
Rhymney Valley, Water-Supply Scheme for, 718
River Pollution, Problems of, 110
River Severn, Landslip on, 270
River Taff, Silting of, 110
River Taff, Training of, 174
River Tamar, Bridge over, 654
River Tyne, Laid-Up Tonnage in, 270
River Welland, Improvement Scheme on, 718
Scottish Rivers, Bridges over, 686
Steel Pipes, Discharge of Water from, 404
Sunderland, Water Supplies in, 430
Valves, Water-Supply, Installation in Glasgow, 462
Water Level Gauges (Trade Publication), 704
Water Supplies, Shortage of, 366
Worcestershire, South, Water Supplies of, 494
Catalogues. See Trade Publications

Cement and Concrete :

Bridge, Prestressed-Concrete, 398
Builders’ Levels (Trade Publication), 480
Chemically-Resistant Cement (Trade Publication), 800
Frame, Composite Prestressed-Concrete, 377
Production of Cement, 126
South Wales, Cement Shortage in, 686
Wire for Prestressed Concrete (Trade Publication), 480
Chemistry. See Physics and Chemistry

Coal :

Aberdare Valley Pits, Saturday Working at, 398
Accident at Slag Tip, 398
Amalgamation of Various Companies, 302, 334
Anthracite Colliery Sinking in Carmarthenshire, 750
Anthracite Imports from Eire, 558, 590 Beautifying of Coal Tip, 782
British Railways, Coal Transported by, 572 Brown Coal, Erratum, 342
Brynmawr, Opencast Coal Prospecting at, 814
Campaign to Stimulate Output, 270, 302 Cannock Chase, Coalfield at, 654 Christmas, Output Prior to, 14
Coke-Oven Battery for Beighton, 814
Coke-Oven Battery at Consett Iron Works, 782
Coke, Unsuitable, Used for Forgings, 622 Collieries, Efficiency Committees for, 590 Collieries, Post-Holiday Conditions at, 78 Derwenthaugh Coal Staiths, Repairs After Fire at, 14
Domestic Use of Solid Fuel, 296
Drift Mines to be Opened in Durham, 654
Drift Mine at Tymawr Colliery, 686
Durham Collieries, Developments at, 14
Europe, Coal and Iron Plan for, 270
Explosion at North Staffordshire Colliery, 206
Exports of Coal, 302, 334
Fire-Fighting Practice in Collieries, 590
Fires, Underground, in Staffordshire, 334
Flooded Collieries, Reopening of, 174
Fuel Bills, Increases in, 238
Fuel Efficiency, Measures for Obtaining, 238
Fuel Technology Research at Sheffield University, 814
Gas Alarm Lamp for Collieries, 494
Gas Coke, Stocks of, 142
Gasification, Underground, of Coal, 590
Glasgow, Coal Discovery Near, 430
Gypsies Green, Construction of Sidings at, 622
Industry, Coal Position in, 206
Loss Owing to Labour Disputes, 654
Marshalling Yard/ Proposed, for South Shields, 14
Midlands, Coal-Mining Developments in, 430 Mine Roof Bar Carrier, 415
Monckton Coke Works, Extensions to, 814 Nantgarw, Horizontal Mining at, 398 Newport, Coal Shipments from, 622 Northumberland and Cumberland, Colliery Developments in, 46
Nottingham, Mining Developments Near, 142
Coal—continued.
Opencast Sites near Sheffield, 462
Pit-Head Baths, Opening of, 686
Portugal, Coal Exports to, 782
Prices of Coal, 270
Productivity, Need for Increasing, 302 Record Outputs in South Yorkshire, 462 Recorder for Gauging Mine Shafts, 829 Rescue Unit for Collieries, 142
River Beds, Coal from, 174
Rufford Colliery, Extensions at, 46
Safety Precautions in Mines, 142
Salaries of Colliery Managers, 206
Sampler for Coal (Trade Publication), 255
Saturday Working in Collieries, 398, 590
Scotland, Coal Exports by, 174
Scotland, Future of Colliery Industry in, 590
Scotland, Production in, 334, 462
Scotland, Stocks in, 46
Sea, Disposal of Colliery Waste in, 782
Shallow Coal and Clay Workings in Midlands, 174
Sheffield, Coal Position in, 46
Shotts Collieries, Approaching Exhaustion of, 206
Skip Winding, Automatic, 378
Slack, Wetting of, to Assist Combustion, 180
South Wales Coalfield, Prospects of, 14
South-Western Division, Annual Report of, 654
Southwestern Division, Mining Losses of, 46 Spoil Heaps, Colliery, at Bly th, 398
Tyne, Coal and Coke Shipments from, 46
Underground Stowing at Durham Colliery, 41
Wales, Coal Trade of, 110, 174
Wales, Output in, 686
Wales, West, Colliery Developments in, 270
Washing Plant at Wardley, 270
Wear, Coal Shipments from, 46 Wolverhampton, Boring for Coal at, 622 Yorkshire, Lowering of Stocks in, 782 Yorkshire, Production in, 558, 686, *750 Yorkshire, South, Colliery Improvement Scheme for, 686
Colleges. See Education

Companies :

Abelson and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., 522
Aero Research, Ltd., 363
African Explosives and Chemical Industries, Ltd., 695
Aircraft Research Association, Ltd., 40
Aiton and Co., Ltd., 78
Aktiebolaget Atlas Diesel, 13
Albion Motors, Ltd., 238
Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 365
Alexander, W., and Co., 14
Allied Brick'and Tile Co., Ltd., 686
Allweather Paints, Ltd., 354
Aluminium Co. of Australia, 814
Andersons (Newton Mearns), Ltd., 654
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., 815 Anthony Hoists, Ltd., 776
Appleby-Frodingham Steelworks, 14
Armstrong Cork Co., Ltd., 270
Armstrong, SirW. G., Whitworth (Aircraft), Ltd., 301
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 334
Arnott Young and Co., Ltd., 494
Arrol, Sir W., and Co., Ltd., 782
Associated Motor Cycles, Ltd., 302
Astley Brook and Co., 791
Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd., 13
Austin, J., and Sons (Dewsbury), Ltd., 791
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 31, 526, 622
Austin, S. P., and Son, Ltd., 46
Bailey Bros, and Swinfen, Ltd., 93
Bailey, C. H., Ltd., 46
Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd., 772, 791 1
Beardmore, W., and Co., Ltd., 814
Berk, F. W., and Co., Ltd., 678
Blyth Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 750
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 270, 622
Bolckow, H., and Co., Ltd., 782
Booth, J., and Co., Ltd., 494
Bosch, Ltd., 490, 653
Bosch, R., G.m.b.H., 653
Bowden (Engineers), Ltd., 744
Bowser, Monks and Whitehouse, Ltd., 342
Brades and Nash-Tyzack Industries, Ltd., 366
Brims and Co., Ltd., 622
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 14, 334, 494, 511, 525, 768
British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd., 352
British Tanker Co., Ltd., 622
British Telecommunications, Ltd-, 732
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 413, 416, 558, .596, 668
Briton Ferry Steel Co., Ltd., 526, 654
B.S.A. Cycles, Ltd., 654
Butler, G., and Co. (Cutlers), Ltd., 174
Butler, S., and Co., Ltd., 142
Cable and Wireless, Ltd., 510
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 622
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 687
Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd., 462
Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., 206
Carron Iron Co., Ltd., 526
Chance Brothers, Ltd., 174
Chance Brothers and Co., Ltd., 366, 622
Chantiers et Ateliers de Province, 158
Clan Line, Ltd., 206
Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd., 238
Clarkson (Engineers), Ltd., 214
Clayton and Davie, Ltd., 430
Clayton-Wright, H., Ltd., 429
Clyde Alloy Steel Co., Ltd., 78
Clyde Paper Co., Ltd., 14
Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co., Ltd., 142 Cochrans (Middlesbro’) Foundry, Ltd., 46 Colvilles, Ltd., 78, 398, 622
Concrete Development Co., Ltd., 377 Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., 412 Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., 270, 750
D’Arcy Exploration Co., 398, 430
Dillow Motors, Ltd., 14
Companies—continued.
Dempster, R., and Sons, Ltd. 782
Denny, W., and Brothers, Ltd., 334
Dorman Long and Co., Ltd., 110,142, 206, 398
Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., 158, 398, 526
D. S. Plugs, Ltd., 324
Ductile Steels, Ltd., 558
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 21
Eaglescliffe Chemical Co., Ltd., 334
Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., 493
Editorial Services, Ltd., 483
E. M.I. Engineering Development, Ltd., 69 Engineering Centre, Ltd., 494
English Electric Co., Ltd., 526
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 110, 430
Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., 430
Evershed and Vignolles, Ltd., 355
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 490
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., 814
Fearnehough, W., Ltd., 288
Fiddes, W., and Son, Ltd., 704
Firth Cleveland Group of Companies, 567
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., 334
Fleming and Ferguson, Ltd., 270
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 170, 470
Foundry Services, Ltd., 78
Fowler, J., and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., 473
Fox, S., and Co., Ltd., 78, 334
Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works, 503
Furnival Steel Co., Ltd., 622
Fusarc, Ltd., 270
Gamma-Rays, Ltd., 302
Gas Chambers and Coke Ovens, Ltd., 814
General Electric Co., Ltd., 199, 362, 503, 571, 695, 718, 740, 792, 809
General Motors Corporation, 216
General Refractories, Ltd., 14
Girling, Ltd., 334
Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 462, 590
Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., 231
Glover, W.ebb and Liversedge, Ltd,, 644
Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd., 654
Greenock Ropeworks, Ltd., 750
Greenwell, T. W., and Co., Ltd., 46
Guest, Keen and Baldwins Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 270, 558
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., 46
Habershon, J. J., and Sons, Ltd., 654
Hadfields, Ltd., 142, 302, 494
Haffenden, W. W., Ltd., 831
Handley Page (Reading), Ltd., 427
Harman’s Engineering Co., 384
Harper, J., and Co., Ltd., 46, 782
Harrison and Co. (Lincoln), Ltd., 366 Hawthorn, R. and W., Leslie and Co., Ltd., 590 Hayes, R. S., Ltd., 366
Head, Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd., 750
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 238
Head Wrightson Stampings, Ltd., 238
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., 86, 462, 725
Herbert, A., Ltd., 121, 366
Higgs Motors, Ltd., 355
Hobson, H. M., Ltd., 46
Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 327
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., 377
Hoover (Washing Machines), Ltd., 182 Howells, T. F., Ltd., 86
Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co., Ltd., 558, 622
Hunting Aero Surveys, Ltd., 168
Hunting Air Transport, Ltd., 654
Huwood Mining Machinery, Ltd., 782
Hyland, Ltd., 14
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 14,40,46 Infilco Incorporated, 216
Ingham, J. and J., and Co., Ltd., 686
Interlock Metal Hose Co., Ltd., 726
International Combustion, Ltd., 750
International Nickel Co., Ltd., 99
Jaguar Cars, Ltd., 302
Jennings Winch and Foundry Co., Ltd., 743
Jute Industries, Ltd., 46
Kenyon, W., and Sons, Ltd., 462
Kerry’s (Great Britain), Ltd., 302
Kidde, W., and Co., Ltd., 86
Kincaid, J. G„ and Co., Ltd., 46, 270, 612, 718
Kjobenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab, 187
K. and L. Steel Founders and Engineers, Ltd., 612
Kodak, Ltd., 388
Lawson Batey Tugs, Ltd., 430
Laystall Engineering Co., Ltd., 206
Leverton, H., and Co., Ltd., 270
Ley’s Malleable Castings Co., Ltd., 334.
Lithgows, Ltd., 750
Londex, Ltd., 759
Lucas, J., Ltd., 334
Main, R. A., Ltd., 644-
Marchon Products, Ltd., 142
Marconi’s Wireless Telegrapn Co., Ltd., 494
Marley Tile Co., Ltd., 526
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 334
Marton Air Equipment, Ltd., 800
Matisa Equipment, Ltd., 831
McFadden, A. G., and Co., Ltd., 750
Melvin, Ltd., 256
Metal Box Co., Ltd., 494
Metal Industries, Ltd., 398, 430
Middle Docks and Engineering Co., Ltd., 142, 622
Midland Silicones,Ltd., 365
Midland Tar Distillers, Ltd., 686
Millspaugh, Ltd., 494
Ming Ware, Ltd., 46
Mirrlees Watson and Co., Ltd., 750
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., 99, 237
Mowlem, J., and Co., Ltd., 726
Mullard, Ltd., 116, 205, 544, 654
Multitone Electric Co., Ltd., 719
Murex Welding Process, Ltd., 640
Nash, I. (Belbroughton), Ltd., 366
Neill, J., and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., 366, 826 New Hudson, Ltd., 334
Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., 302, 558 Nisbet, G., and Co. (Glasgow), Ltd., 590 Nisbet Shipping Co., Ltd., 590
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 362
North Eastern Trading Estates, Ltd., 206, 302, 398
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., 42,107, 268, 776
Norton Motors, Ltd., 302
Companies—continued.
Palmer (Hebburn) Co., Ltd., 366, 750
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 78, 334. 750
Pendeford Engineering Co., Ltd., 700
Pickersgill, W., and Sons, Ltd., 110
Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., 174
Powder Metallurgy, Ltd., 678
Power Gas Corporation, Ltd., 282
Poxon, H. G., Engineering Co., 139
Premier Brick Co., Ltd., 590
Puman, Bell and Co., Ltd., 483
Pyrotenax Co., Ltd., 526
Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 668
Readhead, J., and Sons, Ltd., 398
Renishaw Ivon Co., Ltd., 686
Riley, A. J., and Son, 791
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 558, 746
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 462 Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 5, 750
R'owan, D., and Co., Ltd., 750
Rubery Owen and Co., Ltd., 78
Salter, G., and Co., Ltd., 526, 558
Scottish Industrial Estates, Ltd., 654
Servomex Controls, Ltd-., 691
Sheepbridge Co., Ltd., 14
Sheffield Forge and Rolling Mills Co., Ltd., 270, 526
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., 430, 494, 718, 814
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., 494, 757
Shelley, R. T., Ltd., 302
Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 635
Silver City Airways, Ltd., 768
Simon-Carves, Ltd., 814
Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd., 398
Smith, A. and W., and Co., Ltd., 526
Smith and M’Lean, Ltd., 398
Solus-Schall (Non-Destructive Testing), Ltd., 238
Solway Chemicals, Ltd., 142
South Durham Steel and Iron Co., Ltd., 270, 302, 654
South Staffordshire Waterworks Co., Ltd., 334
Square Grip Reinforcement Co., Ltd., 270
Standard Motor Co.. Ltd., 270, 302, 398, 462, 588, 718
Stanley, W. F., and Co., Ltd., 826
Steel Co., of Scotland, Ltd., 206
Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 110, 142, 206, 238, 270, 302, 430, 494, 590
Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., 483
Stenor, Ltd., 99
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 270, 404
Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., 398
Straits Air Freight Express, Ltd., 512
Summer, J., and Sons, Ltd., 262
Sunderland and South Shields Water Co., Ltd., 430
Svenska Flygmotor A.B., 5
Swan, C. S., and Hunter, Ltd., 814
Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 366, 494, 718, 814
Tate and Lyle, Ltd., 526
Tawse, W., Ltd., 110
Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., 366
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., 187
Thomas, R., and Baldwins, Ltd., 78, 302, 334, 462, 622
Trier Brothers, Ltd., 776
Tubewrights, Ltd., 366
Ultra Electric, Ltd., 727
United Steel Companies, Ltd., 14, 490, 494, 814
Vactric, Ltd., 14-
Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., 86, 266, 494, 654
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 14, 54, 179, 366, 373, 590, 718, 750
Victor Products, Ltd., 110
Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., 526
Vokes, Ltd., 750
Ward, T. W., Ltd., 14
Weatherhead, W., and Sons, Ltd., 142
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., 302
West, A., and Co., Ltd., 781
West Cumberland Industrial Development * Co., Ltd., 462
White, J. and J., Ltd., 334
Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 430
Wigham Richardson and Co., Ltd., 814
Wilkes, J., Sons and Mappiebeck, Ltd., 494
Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd., 206, 430
Willys Overland Motors, Inc., 302
Wood, H., and Co., Ltd., 270
Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 238
Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd., 494
Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Co., Ltd., 398
Young, T., and Sons (Shipbreakers), Ltd., 782
Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Contracts :
23, 96, 120, 156, 224, 253, 416, 446, 479, 512, 672, 702, 736, 751, 783
A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., 479
Aiton and Co., Ltd., 702
Ashmore, Benson Pease and Co., Ltd., 446
Austin, S. P., and Son, Ltd., 702
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 156
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 23 (2), 416 (2)
Bagnall, W. G., Ltd., 751
Balfour Beatty and Co., Ltd., 702
Beirrum and Partners, Ltd., 120
Bennis Combustion, Ltd., 783
Berry, H., and Co., Ltd.,156
Blackwood, J., Hodge and Co., Ltd., 736, 783
Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Ltd., 23
Brand, C., and Son, Ltd., 783
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 23,120, 783
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 120. 416, 702, 736, 783
Brown,. J., and Co., Ltd., 224
Brown, J., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., 783
Brush Bagnall Traction, Ltd., 751
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 23, 96, 224, 416, 672, 783
Burntisland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 512
B.V.C. Industrial Constructions, Ltd., 23 Cement-Gun Co., Ltd., 156
Chemical Engineering Wiltons, Ltd., 156
Cowans, Sheldon and Co., Ltd., 479
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 702
Davenport Engineering, Ltd., 702
Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., 224
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 416
Drake and Gorham (Contractors), Ltd., 702
Drewry Car Co., Ltd., 672
Enfield Cables, Ltd., 702
English Electric Co., Ltd., 120 (2), 224, 253. 416 (2), 702 (2)
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 702
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 120, 479, 751
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., 23
Field Aircraftl Services, Ltd., 253
Film Cooling Towers (1925), Ltd., 23
Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works, 783
Gammon, G. C. (England), Ltd., 736
General Electric Co., Ltd., 23,120, 224, 253, 416, 702, 736, 751, 783
Gilkes, G., and Gordon, Ltd., 702
Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 156
Glover, W. T., and Co., Ltd., 120
Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd., 479
Guy Motors, Ltd., 253, 446
Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd., 512
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 479
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 253
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., 224, 416, 512
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works, Ltd., 736-, 783 (2)
Hick, Hargreaves and Co., Ltd., 120, 416
Holland, Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., 702
Holloway Bros. (London), Ltd., 783
Holst and Co., Ltd., 783
Humber Graving Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., 156
Hydraulic Engineering Co., Ltd., 156
Industrial Engineering, Ltd., 156
International Combustion, Ltd., 416
International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., 751 I.T.D., Ltd., 253
Kincaid, J. G., and Co., Ltd., 479
Kinnear, Moodie and Co., Ltd., 156, 253
Leyland Motors, Ltd., 512
Lind, P., and Co., Ltd., 120
Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., 751
Lucas Furnaces, Ltd., 156
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 96. 120, 479
Mather and Platt, Ltd., 23
McAlpine, Sir A., and Son, Ltd., 23
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (Midlands), Ltd., 783
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (Newcastle-upon- Tyne), Ltd., 23
McCalls Macalloy, Ltd., 96
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 416, 702
Miller, J., and Partners, Ltd., 156
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 120, 224
Mirrlees Watson Co., Ltd., 416
Mitchell Construction Co., 23
Mitchell, F., and Son, Ltd., 416
Morgan, J. (London), Ltd., 783
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 120, 416, 672
Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., 479
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 672
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 783
Penarth Pontoon, Slipway and Slip Repairing Co., Ltd., 224
Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., 416
Redheugh Iron and Steel Co. (1936), Ltd., 446
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., 23,120,416 (2), 783
Richardson, P. C., and Co. (Middlesbrough), Ltd., 702
Riley and Neate, Ltd., 23, 783
Salter, G., and Co., Ltd., 479
Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd., 120
Simon-Carves, Ltd., 416, 672, 783
Simon Engineering Group, 156
Staveley Iron and Chemical Co., Ltd., 156
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 23, 156
Strachen and Henshaw, Ltd., 416 (2)
Sulzer Bros. (London), Ltd., 446
Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., 224 Tersons, Ltd., 96
Theaker, D., and Co., Ltd., 120
Thompson Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., 416 (2>
United Steel Companies, Ltd., 120
Vaughan Crane Co., Ltd., 416
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 672
Venner, Ltd., 253
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 253, 702, 736
Watsham’s, Ltd., 23, 120
Weir, G. and J., Ltd. 512, 783
Westland Aircraft, Ltd., 512
Wimpey, G., and Co., Ltd., 512
Wood, E., and Co., Ltd., 702
Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., 23
Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Co., Ltd., 783

Cranes and Conveyors :

Belt Conveyor, Sectional (Trade' Publication), 384
Belt-Lacing Equipment (Trade Publication), 768
Belting, Conveyor (Trade Publication), 480
Belting, Conveyor, Rubber (Trade Publication), 800
Belting, Nylon (Trade Publication), 61
Bushes, Taper-Lock (Trade Publication), 576;
Conveyors, Film on, 296
Cranes, Mobile (Trade Publication), 576
Fork Trucks, Reversing of, 412
Hoists, Air (Trade Publication), 815
Hoist, Pneumatic, 800
Mechanical-Handling Equipment (Trade- Publication), 160
Mechanical Handling in Timber Industry (Trade Publication), 288
Mechanised Coal Handling at Collieries, 253
Pulleys (Trade Publication), 576
Sampler, Coal, for Conveyor Belting (Trade- Publication), 255
Cranes and Conveyors—continued.
Scraper Chain Conveyors (Trade Publication), 32
Timber Imports, Mechanised Handling of. 483
V-Belts (Trade Publication), 320 Vulcaniser, Belt, 99

Education :

Apprentices, Lectures for, 674 Apprentices in Welding Industry, 14 Apprenticeships with Airways Corporations, 724
Birmingham College of Technology, Progress of, 750
Birmingham University, Developments at, 174
Boys in Skilled Trades, Openings for, 238 Broadcast Receiving Apparatus for Schools, 480
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Visits to, 622
Competitions, Dow Prize, 157 ; Applications of Oxy-Acetylene Flame, 467
Conferences^ Hydro-Electric, 9 ; Hydraulic Servo-Mechanisms, 69 ; Grands Rdseaux Electriques it Haute Tension, 84 ; Deep Drawing of Metals and Continuous Casting of Ingots, 87 ; Aeronautical Information, 91 ; Brittle Fracture in Steel, 158 ; Engineering in Australia, 231; Dust Technology, 252; Institution of Production Engineers, 543 ; Heat-Treatment Practice, 628 ; Nobel Prize Winners, 655, 789 ; Plastic Deformation of Metals, 678 ; Industrial Applications of Statistics, 685 ; Industrial Safety, 718; International Civil-Aviation Organisation, 726 ; Firing of Solid Fuel in Smokeless Zones, 749 ; Power Farming, 800
Congresses, International Mechanical Engineering, 250 Rheology, 250 ; Forestry and Timber Industry. 664; Scientific Films, 706
Conventions, Universal Copyright, 218; British Electrical Power, 218
Courses on Electronics, 237 ; for Works and Plant Engineers, 245 ; on Work Study, 397 ; on Fuel Efficiency, 526 ; on Utilisation of Liquid Fuels, 726
Craftsmen, Exhibition of Work of, 718 Diplomas in Agricultural Engineering, 253 Engineering Bureau, North-East, Report of, 270
Engineering Centre in Midlands, Establishment of, 238, 270
Examinations, Institution of Metallurgists, 88 ; Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 708
Fan Engineering Industry, Employment in, 702
Founding, Fellowship in, 778 Graduates, Engineering, in Industry, 199 Home Study in Technical Subjects, 69 King’s College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Appeal for Funds, 654
King’s College Stephenson Engineering Society, 302
Lectures, Refrigeration, 11 ; Faraday, 77, 302; Surge Phenomena, 119; Royal Aeronautical Society, 196 ; Rutherford, 256 ; Electric Strain Gauges, 350 ; Institution of Chemical Engineers, 644 ; for Apprentices, 674
Modern Engineering, Need for Specialists in, 718
Mond Nickel Fellowships, Appointments to, 237
Norwegian Employees, Visit to England by, 590
Oxford Mathematical Institute, Formation of, 252'
Arents’ Day at Works of British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd., 558
Prizes for Navigation, 685 Robert Warner Fellowship, 778 Salesmen, Training of, 334
Scholarships, “ Farm Mechanization,” 315 ; Maudslay, 511; British Electricity, 632 ; Salters’ Company, 744 ; Birmingham College of Technology, 750
Schools, Summer, Solid State and Heterogeneous Catalysis, 194 ; Relaxation Methods, 240 ; Welding, 256 ; Plastic Deformation of Metals, 284, 678 ; Harwell Isotopes, 487
Sheffield University, New Engineering Block at, 814 ; Fuel Technology Research at, 814 Steam Utilisation, Education in, 110 Steelworks Employees, Education Schemes for, 462
Stokers, Need for Knowledge of Smoke Abatement, 718
Students’ Monographs, Institute of Physics, 681
Symposiums on Effluent Disposal, 569; Aeronautical Acoustics, 580
Technical Subjects, Home Study in, 69 Technical Writing on Radio, Premiums for, 5 Universities and Industry, Relations Between, 718
Vacation Work for Students, 629
Walsall Technical College, Model of, 494 Wigan Mining and Technical College, Work of, 430
Wolverhampton College, Studies in Radio Chemistry at, 174

Electricity :

Alarm System, Self-Contained (Trade Publication), 608
Alternating Current System, Change to, in Dudley, 270
Alternator, Radio-Frequency (Trade Publication), 160
AmpGre Medal, Award of, 427 Ash from Power Stations, Nuisance of, 110 Bankside “ B ” Power Station, 140 Batteries, Stationary (Trade Publication), 480
Belfast, Electric Power Stations in, 666
Electricity—continued.
Bexhill, Broadcasting Station at, 787 Blaydon-Carlisle Transmission Line, 238 Blyth, Proposed Power Station at, 174 Box, Flameproof Barrier, 792
Boxes, Joint and Service (Trade Publication), 255
Boxes, Socket-Outlet (Trade Publication), 704
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 483
British Electrical Power Convention, 218
British Electricity Authority, Scholarships of, 632
Broadcast Receiving Apparatus in Schools, 480
Cable Coupler, Weatherproof, 831
Cable-Making Firm, Opening of Canadian Branch by, 526
Cable, Submarine, Singapore Factory for Making, 510
Cables, Telecommunication (Trade Publication), 320
Cables, Telephone, Plastic, 187
Cable Trunking, Fused-Tapped, 571
Capacitors, High-Voltage (Trade Publication), 735
Carlisle-Blaydon Transmission Line, 238
Cathode-Ray Tubes, Factory for Construction of, 654
Channel, Power-Station, Formed by Explosives, 86
Charges in Midlands, Rise in, 14, 430
Circuit-Breakers, Air-Break (Trade Publication), 384
Circuit-Breaker Mechanism. Pneumo-Hy- draulic (Trade Publication), 255
Circuit-Breaker, Outdoor (Trade Publication), 480
Coils, Electric, Design of (Trade Publication)^ 255
Compressor, Combined Electric and Gas Driven, 695
Consumers’ Service Units (Trade Publication), 815
Control Gear, Motor (Trade Publication), 735
Coupler, Cable, Weatherproof, 831
Cowal Hydro-Electric Scheme, Extension to, 282
Deaf Aid, Germanium Transistor as, 719
Display Lighting Equipment (Trade Publication), 32
Electrical Equipment for Overseas Markets (Trade Publication), 96
Electrical Insulating Materials, Erratum, 508
Electrical Machinery Output from Parsons Works, 78
Electrical and Radio Exposition, Victoria, 832
Electricity Consultative Council, Membership of, 302
Electrodes for Electric-Arc Welding, 640
Electronic Control Equipment (Trade Publication), 96
Electronic Equipment, Exhibition of, 313
Electronic Repeaters (Trade Publication), 288
Electronics, Course at Harwell on, 237
Engineering Centre as Electricity Board’s Offices, 558
Ferrybridge, Power Station at, 590
Fuel Reserves at Power Stations, 78
Gaur Hydro-Electric Station, Opening of, 755
Generation Statistics, British, 64, 158, 383, 395, 640, 719
German Radio and Television Exhibition, 96 Glasgow, Electricity Supply in, 142
Grands R6seaux Electriques it Haute Tension, 84
Head Phones, Moving-Coil (Trade Publication');, 96
Heat Storage, Electrical, Devices for, 288
Heaters, Water, Electric (Trade Publications), 255, 384
Hydro-Electric Conference, 9
Hydro-Electric Plant in New Zealand (Trade Publication), 384
Induction Motors (Trade Publication), 512
Industrial Electrical Products (Trade Publication), 32
Infra-Red Plant Heating (Trade Publication), 480
Infra-Red Projectors (Trade Publication), 640
Instruments, Measuring, Electrical (Trade Publications), 480, 735
Insulation Tests, High-Voltage (Trade Publication), 191
Integrator, Electro-Mechanical (Trade Publication), 480
Joint and Service Boxes (Trade Publication), 255
Kintyre, Electricity Supply in, 238
Lamp, Flash, for Surgical Work, 416
Lamps, Signal (Trade Publication), 704
Lamps, Tungsten and Mercury, Fittings for (Trade Publications), 32
Light, Electric, Fittings for (Trade Publication), 288
Light, Spot, 75-Watt Reflector, 596
Lighting in Cinemas, 191
Lighting, Display, Equipment (Trade Publication), 32
Lighting Equipment, Emergency (Trade Publication), 768
Lighting, Fluorescent, Fittings for (Trade
Publication), 768
Lighting Problems (Trade Publication), 320 Load-Spreading, Scheme for, 238 Magnimeter Projection Meter, 791
Measuring Instruments, Electrical (Trade
Publications), 480, 735
Mecca, Light Fittings for, 718
Motors, Electric, 355
Motors, Electric (Trade Publications), 480 608, 768
Motors, Fractional Horse-Power (Trade Publication), 768
Newcastle, Manufacture of Heavy Electrical Plant at, 750
Northern Ireland, Electrical Factory in, 668
Electricity—continued.
Nottingham Electrical Club, Formation of, 558
Overseas Markets, Electrical Equipment for (Trade Publication), 96
Plugs, Fused, Standard, 324
Power Station at Macher, Consent Refused, 654
Power Stations in Madlands, Alterations to, 686
Queensland, Electricity Supply in, 381
Radio Beacon for Air-Sea Rescue Work, 727
Radio Chemistry at Wolverhampton College, 174
Radio Equipment (Trade Publication), 32
Radio, Premium for Technical Writing on, 5 Radio Valves, Films on, 205
Rectifier, Mobile, for Locomotive Testing, 362
Rectifiers, Selenium (Trade Publications), 384, 735
Relays, Timing (Trade Publication), 704
Repeaters, Electronic (Trade Publication), 288
Resistors, Standard, Specification for, 395 Rising-Main System, Double-Duct, 740 Rural Electrification in North East, 558 Safety Control for Electrical Machinery, 121 Scotland, Electricity Supply in, 373, 789 Sheffield, Extended Telephone Services in, 78 Shetlands, Electricity Supply in, 654 Silicones in Electrical Industry, 365 Sockets, Fused, Standard, 324
Spinning Industry, Use of Electricity in (Trade Publication)^ 640
Stabiliser, High-Performance, 116
Starters, Contactor, Flameproof (Trade Publication), 768
Starters, Electrical Push-On (Trade Publication), 735
Starters, Push-On, for Electric Motors, 781
Surge Phenomena, Lectures on, 119
Switches (Trade Publication), 704
Switch, Foot-Operated, 139
Switch Relay, Mercury, 759
Switches, Short-Break Alternating-Current (Trade Publication), 640
Switchgear, Air-Break (Trade Publication), 735
Switchgear, Metalclad (Trade Publication), 480
Switchgear Testing, Large-Scale, 220
Tariffs, Increases in, 302
Telecommunication Cables (Trade Publication), 320
Telecommunications Researchin Britain, 732 Telephones, Mine (Trade Publication), 320 Telephones, Wiring Specification for (Trade Publication), 255
Television, Cathode-Ray Tube for, 544
Television in North-East Scotland, 718 Television Reception on Isle of Mull, 750 Television Stations, Low-Power, Temporary, 569, 732
Television Transmitters, Medium-Power, Stand-By, 494
Television Tubes, Films on, 205
Television, Underwater, Use of, 302
Test Equipment, Electrical (Trade Publication), 32
Testing Set, Low-Resistance (Trade Publication}, 320
Timing Relays (Trade Publication), 704
Transformer Station, Erection at Penrith, 558
Transformer and Switch Oils (Trade Publication), 288
Transmission-Line Equipment (Trade Publication), 384
Transformers (Trade Publication), 32
Turbine, Heavy, Shop, at Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works, 503
“ Varley Coil Designer’s Handbook ” (Trade Publication), 255
Vibrating Units, Electro-Magnetic (Trade Publication), 704
Voltage Stabiliser, Automatic, 691
Voltmeter, Valve, Direct-Current, 772
Water Heaters, Electric (Trade Publications)', 255, 384
Wires, Connecting (Trade Publication), 800
Wiring Specification for Telephones (Trade Publication), 255
Wiring System, All-Insulated (Trade Publication), 640
X-Ray Accessories (Trade Publication), 32
X-Ray Films, Processing of (Trade Publication), 191

Engines and Boilers :

Aircraft Engines (Trade Publication), 704 Boiler-Feed Heaters (Trade Publication), 768 Boiler Firing, Automatic (Trade Publica- tion), 288
Boiler Plates, Shortage of, 718
Combustion Control for Boilers (Trade
Publication), 815
Kiln, Tunnel, Oil-Fired, 686
Petrol Engines (Trade Publication), 640
Steam Economy in Industry, 141
Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries (Trade Publication), 768
Stokers, Spreader (Trade Publication), 384
Stokers, Travelling-Grate (Trade Publication), 640
Stokers, Water-Sealed (Trade Publication), 128
Stop-Valve Chests for Boiler Plants, Explosions of, 704

Errata and Addenda :

Aden Oil Refinery, 608
Bankside “ B ” Bower Station, 140
Bar and Angle Shearing Machine, 288
Brake Pressure Warning Indicator, 653 Brown Coal, 342
Cast-Iron Heating Pipes for Oil Tankers, 743 Creep Properties of Steels for Power Plants, 190
Effluent-Treatment Plant for Tank Factory,
216
Errata and Addenda—continued.
Electric Locomotives for French National Railways, 730
Electrical Insulating Materials, Development of, 508
Fractures in Mild-Steel Plates, 151
Institution of Naval Architects, 813
Iron and Steel Institute, 759
Metropolitan Water Board, Jubilee of, 500
Old Machine Tools at Birmingham, 389
Scale Formation in Sea-Water Distilling Plants and Its Prevention,'250
Storm and After, 203

Exhibitions :

Brierley Hill, 334
British Industries Fair, 78,110, 142
British Institute of Photographers, 567
Building Plant, 601
Craftsmen’s Work, 718
Electrical and Radio Exposition, Victoria, 832
Electronic Equipment, 313
Film, 13
Filters and Silencers, 750
Gauge and Tool, 1954, 160
German Radio and Television, 96
Machine Tools, Old, at Birmingham, 389 Milan Fair, 490
Model Engineering, 532
Oil Exhibition for Museums, 494
Oil, Shell-Mex and B.P., 718
Old Machine Tools, 142, 389
Paris Aviation Display, 708
Paris International Chemistry, 706 Photography in Oil Industry, 388 Powder Metallurgy, 678
Royal Agricultural Show, 1954, 319
Rugby Engineering Society, 814
Scottish Motor Show, 41
“ Shell and the Gas Turbine,” 757
Silicones in Electrical Industry, 365 Stockton-on-Tees, 366
Tyneside, Goods Made on, 174
Explosions. See Accidents
Explosives. See Guns and Explosives

Gas and Gasworks :

Alarm Lamp, Gas, for Collieries, 494
Berwick-on-Tweed, Gas Plant at, 814
Coke, Gas, Stocks of, 142
Compressor, Combined Gas and Electric Driven, 695
Cutting Machine, Gas (Trade Publication), 735
Fuel Reserves at Gasworks, 78
Furnaces and Producers, Gas-Fired (Trade Publication), 815
Gas Extraction from Crude Oil, 558
Gas, Prices of, 206, 238, 430
Gasification, Underground, of Coal, 590
Hyde Gasworks, Rapid Emptying of Retort at, 526
Methane for Domestic Use, 93
Midlands Gas Supplies, Break in, 46
Natural Gas, Search for, 732
Poppet Exhaust Valves, Theory of Sudden Enlargements Applied to, 698
Scrubbers, Gas, Pease Anthony, 282

Gas and Oil Engines :

Bicycle Engine, Power-Assisted, 654
Diesel Engines, Stationary (Trade Publication), 608
Doxford Oil Engines, Manufacture in France, 158
Gas Turbine, Model of, 815
Loader and Dumper, Diesel-Driven (Trade Publication), 255
Lubrication of Oil Engines (Trade Publication), 96
“ Shell and Gas Turbine ” Exhibition, 757
Turbines, Gas (Trade Publication), 668
Vans, Road, Diesel Engines for, 366

Guns and Explosives :

Channel Formed by Explosive Charge, 86 Guided-Missile Trial Station, Australia, 301

Harbours, Docks and Piers :

Aberdeen Harbour, New Jetty at, 110
Auckland Harbour Bridge, 352
Blyth Shipbuilding Docks, Enlargement of, 750
Cardiff Docks, Silting at, 238
Glasgow, Port of, Additional Facilities at, 782
Grangemouth Docks, Public Works at, 398 Greenock, Harbour Facilities at, 14
James Watt Dock to Become Tidal, Temporarily, 46
Leith, Dock Improvements at, 46
Middlesbrough Docks, Road Construction at, 814
Middlesbrough Docks, Turn Round of Shipping at, 366
Pembroke Dock, Ship Repairing Work at, 366
Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Improvements at, 206
South Wales Ports, Trade at, 110,206, 494
Tilbury Docks, Improvements at, 691
Tyne Dock, Improvements at, 14, 782
Tyne Dock, Iron-Ore Quay at, 398 Wear, River, Trade on, 78
Worcester, Development as Inland Port, 462

Industries and Commerce :

Aircraft Industry, Need for Production Engineers in, 334
Anglo-Argentine Trade Agreement, Signature of, 46
Anthracite, Imports from Ireland, 558, .590
Industries and Commerce—continued.
Australian Factory Opened by Wolverhampton Firm, 526
Australian Import Restrictions, Easing of, 110
Birmingham Industry, Re-Siting of, 590
“ B.N.F. Service to Industry,” Pamphlet on, 352
Boys in Skilled Trades, Openings for, 238
British Industries Fair, Proposal to Hold Biennially, 78
British Productivity Council, Work of, 380 Canada, Industrial Opportunities in, 687 Canadian Branch Opened by Hebburn Cable-Making Firm, 526
Canadian Market, Assistance~for Exporters to, 430
Capital for Industry, 40
Cardiff Cha,mber of Commerce, Appointments to, 558
Cement, Production of, 126
?Cpttqn, “ Meteor ” Aircraft Bartered for, 231 Cumberland, Industrial Changes in, 462 Cutlery Firm, Sheffield, Sale of,174 Cutlery, Imports of, 430
Cutlery Trade, Handicap to, 206
Death Duties Cause Engineering Works to Close, 686
Defence Contracts for Coventry, 238
Durham, North-West, Industrial Future of, 686
Engineer Buyers’ and Representatives’ Association, Luncheon of, 196
Engineering Centre at Birmingham, Proposal for, 238, 270
Engineering Centre, Glasgow, Closure of, 494, 558
Exports of Aeronautical Industry in 1952, 171 ,
Export's, Coal, 302, 334
Export, Co-Operation for, 750
Export Prospects, Need to Improve, 366
Export Trade, Co-Operation in, 398
Export Trades, Problems of, 462
Exporters to Canadian Markets, Assistance for, 430
French Steelworkers, Visit to Wales, 558
Fuel Efficiency Panel in Wolverhampton, Establishment of, 526
Glass-Making Firms, Merger of, 174
Greenock, Development Plan and Industries in, 654
Head, Wrightson and Co.., Ltd., Long Service with, 238.
Holland, Trade with, 718
Imports of Cutlery, Permission for, 430
Irish Cuts in Agricultural-Tool Imports, 654
Iron and Steel Production, United Kingdom, 203, 342
Jute Machinery for Pakistan, 142
Jute Manufacture in Dundee, 46
Kilsyth, New Industries for, 686
Machine Tools, Loss of Orders for, 366
Machinery, Duty-Free Entry of, 512
Machinery, Imports of, 686
Manufacturing Costs, Effect on Exports, 558
Mecca, Light Fittings for, 718
Midlands, Industrial Progress in, 1952, 14
Motor-Cycle Firms, Amalgamation of, 302 Norwegian Employees, Visit to England, 590 Oil Tanker, Cancellation of Order for, 750 Pacific. Trade with Cardiff, 718
Packaging for Export; 558
Pengam Moors Airport .Site, Use for Industrial Purposes, 782
Pneumatic Tools, Increased Production of, 334
Portugal, Coal Exports to,. 782
Prices of Coal and Steel in Midlands, 270
Price Control of Metals 5
Prices of Gas, 206, 238, 430
Price of Nickel, 99
Prices of Nuts and Bolts, Decontrol of,. 405
Production in Northern England, 334
Productivity Committees, Establishment of, 558, 686, 750
Productivity in-Industry, 174
Purchase Tax, Concessions in, 558
Salesmen, Training of, 334
Sheffield, Industrial Outlook for, 7.50, 782, 814 .
Sheffield, Need for South American Trade with, 622
Showroom, Machine-Tool, in Birmingham^ 462
Showroom for Overseas Visitors, 462
Sites for Industry in Midlands, 142
Small Engineering Firms, Export Prospects of, 78
Small Firms, Resources of, 238
South Wales Ports, Trade of, 110, 206, 494, 622, 750
Spring-Works, Construction at, 526
Sugar Machinery Works, Transfer of Interest in, 526
Swansea, Oil Trade in, 622
Team Valley Trading Estate, Activities on, 782
Tees-Side Chamber of- Commerce, Report of, 462
Tees-Side, Transport on, 430
Tees, Trade Statistics of, 750
Tendering, Need for Competitive Prices in, 686
Tin-Plates, Large Order for, 494
Trade Marks, German, 140
Tyne, Trade of, 270, 590, 718
Tyneside, Exhibition of Goods Made on, 174
United States Consulate in Sheffield, Plea for, 78
W ales, Industrial Progress of, 494
Wear, River, Trade on, 78,110, 526
Welsh Ports, Industrial Progress of, 718, 750
Welsh Steel, Exports to United States, 590
Works Safety Suggestions, Awards for, 558
Institutions. See Technical Societies
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Iron and Steel :

B.I.S.R.A. Centre, Sheffield, 462
Blacksmith in Rural Areas, 78
Boiler Plates, Shortage of, 718
Boron in Steel, Discussion on, 183
Brittle Fracture in Steel, Conference on, Errata, 158
Casting, Steel, 200-ton, 110
Castings, Steel, Six 210-ton, 814
Colvilles, Ltd., Production by, 78
Creep Properties of Steels for Power Plants, Errata, 190
Cutlery Industry, Order Forbidding Use of Nickel by, 206
Die Blocks, Tool Steel for, 342
Dorman Long Steelworks, Progress at, 110 Ebbw Vale Steelworks, Extensions to, 334 Ebbw Vale Works, Record Output at; 78 Europe, Coal and Iron Plan for, 270 Flats,. Steel for Usein, 398
Foremen, Steelworks, Need for, 366 Forgings, Stainless-Steel, 302
Foundry Developments of Millspaugh, Ltd., 494
Foundry . Visits by Worshipful Company of Founders, 622
Furnace, Blast, Construction at Renishaw, 686
Guest Keen Baldwins, Cardiff Works of, 270 Hadfield, Sir R., Memorial to, 590
Heat-Treatment Practice, Conference on, 628 House Building, Steel Sheet for Use in, 398 Iron Foundries, Less Work for, 334 Iron-Ore Quay for Tyne Dock, 398 Iron Ore, Rapid' Discharge of, 462
Israel, Steelworks in, 302
Lanarkshire, Possible New Steelworks in, 174 Lincolnshire Steelworks, North-East Men Employed in, 398
Middlesbrough, Iron-Ore Imports at, 142 Midlands, High Steel Output in, 814. North-East Coast, Production on, 14, 590 Pipes, Steel, Discharge of Water from, 404 Pipes, Steel, for Flooded Areas, 270, 302 Prices of Steel, 270
Production in United Kingdom, 203,342,532 Prospects of Iron and Steel Industry, 558 Record Blast-Furnace Output, 398
Record Iron Output, 170
Record Rolling-Mill Production, 622
Record Steel Output, 334
Rolling Mill, Hot-Strip, 558
Rolling Millfor Research Work, 174
Rutherglen Steelworks, Extensions to, 750 Scotland, Iron and Steel Production in, 366, 526, 814
Scotland, Pig-Iron Production in, 270 Sheffield, Steel-Making Records at, 110 Sheffield Steel Production in, 78, 238, 526 Sheffield Steelworks, Modernisation of, 142, 270
Shipbuilders, Steel Allocations to,. 398 South Wales, Steel Production in, 142 South Wales, Tin-Plate Industry in, 142 Stainless-Steel Forgings, 302
Steel Plates, Industrial Needs for, 366 Steel-Plate Output, Measures to Increase, 206
Steel Plates, Shortages of, 270
Steelworks Developments at West Hartlepool, 654
Steelworks Employees, Education. Schemes for, 462
Tin-Plate Industry in South Wales, 142 Tin-Plate Mills, Redundancy at, 110, 238, 334, 462
Tin-Plate Works, Reopening of, 430 ?Tubular Steel, Factory for Construction of, 366
Velindre Cold-Reduction Works, 238
Wales, West, Redundancy in Steel Trade of, 526
Welsh Steel Exports to United States, 590 Welsh Steel Industry, Developments in, 174, 270
Wilienhall Foundry, Baths at, 782 Workington, Steel Exports from, 238
Labour Questions. See Trade Societies, Etc.
Lighting. See Electricity and Gas
Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
Locomotives. See Railways and Locomotives

Machine and Other Tools :

Agricultural-Tool Imports, Irish Cuts in, 654 Chuck, Magnetic, for Lathes, 826
Drill for Brickwork (Trade Publication), 480 Drills, Multi-Spindle (Trade Publication), 480
Drilling Machine, Radial (Trade Publication), 735
Drilling and Sawing Machines (Trade Publication), 32
Exhibition of Old Machine Tools, 142
Firth Cleveland Group of Companies, London Showroom of, 567
Hack-Saw Blades, Standardisation of, 46 Jig, Tool and Gauge Production in Scotland, 270
Lathes, Copying (Trade Publication), 608
Lathes; Milling and Grinding Machines, (Trade Publication), 32
Machine Tools (Trade Publications), 96, 288 Machine-Tool Factory at Thornliebank, 654 Machine Tools, Loss of Orders for, 366 Metal, Working Machine Tools, 600
Old Machine Tools at Birmingham, Errata, 389
Permanent-Way Tools, Standardisation of, 493
Pneumatic Tools (Trade Publication), 255
Pneumatic Tools, Increased Production of, 334
Saw Adaptor for Electric Drills (Trade Publication), 480
Saws for Wood (Trade Publication),. 735
Sawing and Drilling Machines (Trade Publication), 32
Machine and Other Tools—continwetZ.
Scythe-Making Firm, Centenary of, 366
Shaping Machines (Trade Publication), 576
Shearing Machine, Bar and Angle, Errata, 288
Sheffield Tool Makers, Complaints of
Increased Competition from Abroad, 334
Showroom, Machine-Tool, in Birmingham, 462
Wrench, Chain, “ Griptai,” 256
Marine Engineering. See Engines and
Boilers; and Ships and Shipbuilding
Mining and Metallurgy ;
Alloy, Casting (Trade Publication), 61
“ Aluminium, About” (Trade Publication), 32
Aluminium-Alloy Buildings (Trade Publication), 815
Aluminium Alloy, Structural Girders in, 142
Aluminium-Bronze Die Castings (Trade Publication), 512
Aluminium Casting Alloys (Trade Publication), 61
Aluminium Development Association, List of Members, 170
Aluminium Die-Casting Productivity, 95
Aluminium Equipment for Mines (Trade Publication), 160
Aluminium Industry, Short-Time Working in, 42
Aluminium Paste Pigments (Trade Publications), 320, 384
Aluminium Tipping Lorry, Welded, Con- i struction of, 776
Breathing Apparatus for Mines (Trade | Publication), 384
Casting verus Forging, 174
Clay and Coal Workings in Midlands, 174 Deep Drawing of Metals, Conference on, 87 Dolomite for Plastics Production, 185 Fluorspar Mine at Weardale, 494
Forging verus Casting, 174
Founding, Fellowship in, 778
Foundrymen, Long-Service, 46
Furnaces, Blast, Films on, 324
Furnace, Blast, Record Output of, 398
Furnace, Blast, at Sheffield, Scrapping of, 14 Furnaces, Crucible (Trade Publication), 255 Furnaces, Gas Fired (Trade Publication), 815 Furnaces, Industrial, Electric (Trade Publications), 128, 512
Graphite, Colloidal (Trade Publication), 768
Heat-Insulating Fibres, Made from Natural Rock, 462
.Heat-Treatment Practice, Conference on, 628
Ingots, Continuous Casting of, Conference on, 87
Lead Mining in Shropshire, 622
Light-Alloy Rolling Stock, 157
Light-Alloy Vehicle Bodies, 107
.Magnesium Casting Alloys (Trade Publication), 61
Meehanite Metal (Trade Publication), 512
Metal Detectors (Trade Publication), 160
Metals, Price Control of, 5
Metal-Working Machine Tools, 600
Mild-Steel Plates, Fractures in, 151
Mines, Aluminium Equipment for (Trade Publication), 160
Mine Telephones and Signalling Equipment (Trade Publication), 320
Nickel, Price of, 99
Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, ' British, Pamphlet on Service to Industry, 352
Phosphate Plant for Whitehaven, 142
Plastic Deformation of Metals, Conference i on, 284, 678
Potash Mining at Whitby, 14,142
Powder Metallurgy Exhibition, 678
Quarrying Extensions in Northumberland, 142
Re-Casting Machine (Trade Publication), 61
Recorder for Gauging Mine Shafts, 829
. Refractories, Demand for, 14
Rolling Mills (Trade Publication), 576
Roofs, Mine, Bar Carrier for, 415
Scrap Metal, Collection of, 366
Shafts, Mine, Recorder for Gauging, 829 Sheepbridge Blast Furnace, Blowing of, 14 Shovels, Rock-Loading (Trade Publication), 608
Stokers, Spreader (Trade Publication), 384
Stokers, Travelling-Grate (Trade Publication), 640
Stokers, Water-Sealed (Trade Publication), 128
Thorncliffe, Sheffield, Mechanised Foundry for, 558
Tin-Plates, Large Order for, 494
Tin-Plate Mills, Redundancy at, 110,- 238, 462
Tin-Plate Position in West Wales, 334
Tin?Plate Works, Closure of. 302, 590, 622
Tin-Plate Works, Re-opening of, 430
Tubes, Copper (Trade Publication), 320
Underground Stowing at Durham Colliery, ; 41
“ Zinc Bulletin ” (Trade Publication), 512
Zinc Casting Alloy's (Trade Publication), 61
Zinc Die-Casting Productivity, 95

Miscellaneous :

“ About Aluminium,” Trade Publication), 32
Adhesives for Aircraft Construction, 363
“ Aero Research Technical Notes ” (Trade Publication), 32
Arc Welding Cables (Trade Publication)., 255
Ash from Power Stations, Dumping Qf, 110
Atmospheric Pollution in England and Wales, 163
Atmospheric Pollution at Kidderminster, 590
Autolec ” Thermal-Storage Systems (Trade i Publication), 668
Automatic Controllers (Trade Publication), 96
Ball and Roller Bearings, Lubrication of, 327
Bars, Length, Combination (Trade Publication), 480 - ?
Bearing Lubrication (Trade Publication), 735
Miscellaneous—continued.'
Bearings, Roller (Trade Publication), 32 Billingham Works, Staff Changes at, 46 Blacksmiths in Rural Areas, 78
Bonding in Aircraft (Trade Publication), 32
Breathing Apparatus (Trade Publication), 384
Bricks, Refractory (Trade Publication), 128 Calipers (Trade Publication), 768
Centenary, J. Austin and Sons (Dewsbury), Ltd., 791
Centenary of Scythe-Making Firm, 366 Centenary, W. F. Stanley and Co., Ltd., 826 “ Central Gun-Fill Lubricator,” 776
Chain Makers, Glass Screen for, 398
Chain Wheels (Trade Publications), 255, 576
Chemical Firms, Amalgamation of, 334
Chimney Cowls (Trade Publication), .96
Cinemas, Lighting in, 191
?Circle-Cutting Machine, Universal, 384
Circlips (Trade Publication), 704
Compressed-Air Equipment (Trade Publication), 255
Compressed-Air Farm Equipment (Trade Publication), 815
Compressor, Air (Trade Publication), 815 Controllers, Automatic (Trade Publication), 96
Coolers, Rotary (Trade Publication), 608 Copyright, Law of, 216, 218
Copyright, Universal Convention on, 218
Corrosion-Resistant Material (Trade Publication), 61 .
Coryton Refinery, Flooding at, 26,6
Couplings, Flexible, 429
Couplings, Flexible (Trade Publications), 96, 255
Couplings, Fluid (Trade Publication), 704 “ Cowley ” Automatic Level (Trade Publication), 480
Death Watch Beetle, Means of Combating, 607
Dictionaries, Technical, 93
Dolomite for Plastics Production, 185
Dyers, Rotary (Trade Publication), 608
Drying Equipment (Trade Publication), 61 “ Ducter ” Testing Set (Trade' Publication), 320
Dust-Collecting Plant (Trade Publication), 544
Dust Collector, Aerodynamic (Trade Publication), 384
Dust Collectors, Industrial (Trade Publication), 288
Dust Technology, Conference on, 252
Employment of W.R.A.C. Officers, 652 Engineering Centre, Glasgow, Closure of, 494, 558
“ Evershed News,” Publication.of, 355
Factory Tour by Minister of Supply, 46
Fan Engineering Industry, Employment in, 702
Fan Units, Bifurcated (Trade Publication), 96
Feeders, Vibrating (Trade Publication), 96
“ Fennaplast ” Conveyor Belting (Trade Publication), 480
“ Fifty Years of Oil ” (Trade Publication), 160
Films on Blast-Furnace Operations, 324
Films, Constructional Engineering, 121
Film on Conveyors, 296
Films, Documentary (Trade Publication), 815
Film on Elderly Workers’ Problems, 302
Film Exhibition, 13 Q
Films in Industry (Trade Publication), 668
Films on .Mechanised Coal-Handling Plant, 253
’Film Projectors, Interlinked, Control of, 791 Film Projection Meter, 791
Films on Radio Valves, 205
Films, Scientific Centenary Congress on, 706
Films, Scientific, Review of, -797
Films on Television Tubes, 205
Films, X-Ray, Processing of (Trade Publication), 191
Flooded Areas, Steel Pipes for, 270, .302
Flue-Dust Precipitators (Trade Publication), 768
Fluid Couplings (Trade Publication), 704
Fluids, Cutting (Trade Publication), 255 Forestry, Congress on, 664
Fuel Efficiency, 180
Fuel, Solid, Domestic Use of, 296
Gas Cutting Machine (Trade Publication), 735
Gauge, Gap, Blanks (Trade Publication), 735
Gauges, Thread, Calliper (Trade Publication), 608
Gauges, Water-Level (Trade Publication), 704
Gear Lubrication (Trade Publication), 544
Girling, Ltd., 21st Anniversary of, 334
Glass and Asbestos Fibre Reinforced Plastics Committee, 40
Glass, Magnifying, for Precision Work (Trade Publication), 800
Glass-Making Firms, Merger of, 174
Glass Screen for Chain Makers, 398 Glass-Tube Plant, Re-Opening of, 366 ?
Goggles (Trade Publication), 61
Grease Lubricator, Automatic, 776
Greenwich Meridian, Marking of, 719
“ Griptai ” Chain Wrench, 256
'Hadfield, Sir R., Memorial to, 590
Handwheels and Handles (Trade Publication), 191
Heat-Insulating Fibres Made from Natural Rock, 462
Heating Plant, Infra-Red (Trade Publication), 480
Hose Units, High-Pressure, End Fittings for, 744
“ Hydrum ” Stacking and Loading Equipment (Trade Publication), 160
Indicator, pH (Trade Publication), 800
Indicator, Warning, for Motor Cars, 490, 653
Industrial Design, Council of, Annual Report of, 266
Insulation Tester, High-Voltage (Trade Publication), 191'
“ Isolex ” Insulation Tester (Trade Publication), 191
Miscellaneous—continued.
Isometric Projector, 429
Joints, Expansion (Trade Publication), 96
Jubilee of H. M- Hobson, Ltd., 46
Jubilee of K and L Steel Founders and Engineers, Ltd., 612
Jubilee, of Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 814
Jubilee of Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., 430
Jute Machinery for Pakistan, 142
Jute Manufacture in Dundee, 46
Land Development Equipment, 238
Law of Copyright, 216, 218
Lighthouse at Corregidor, 622
Lime Hydrating (Trade Publication), 735
Lubricants, Molybdenised (Trade Publication), 61
Lubrication of Ball and Roller Bearings, 327
Lubrication, Bearing (Trade Publication), 735
Lubrication for Gears (Trade Publication), 544
Lubrication of Oil Engines (Trade Publication), 96
Lubricator, Grease, 776
Machinery, Duty-Free Entry of, 612
“ Magnimeter ” Projection Meter, 791
Matting, Industrial (Trade Publication), 480 “ Maxigrip ” Tool (Trade Publication), 704 “ Metal Detection ” (Trade Publication), 160 Milling Operations, Ready Reckoner for, 214 Model of British Atomic Pile, 490 Models, Display (Trade Publication), 815 Model of Gas Turbine for Science Museum, 815
Models Supplied to South Africa, 381
Model of Walsall Technical College, 494
.Motor Cycle Firms, Amalgamation of, 302
Museum, Oil Exhibition for, 494
Museum, Steam Roller for, 494, 782
Name Plates (Trade Publication), 608
“ Noral Alpaste ” Aluminium Pigments (Trade Publication), 384
North-East Engineering Bureau, Annual Report of, 270
Nylon Belting (Trade Publication), 61
Office-Machinery Industry, Growth of, 110 Oil Depot at Sunderland, 494.
Oil Exhibition Designed for Museums, 494
Oil, Extraction of Gas from, 558
Oil, Fuel, Additives (Trade Publication), 288
Oil Hulk to be Broken Up, 430
Oil Industry, Photography in, Exhibition of, 388
Oil in Nottinghamshire, Search for, 718
Oil Products (Trade Publication), 61
Oil, Prospecting for, 398
Oil Refinery at Aden, Erratum, 608
Oil, Shell-Mex and B.P., Exhibition on, 718 Oil-Storage Installation at Lackenby, 814 Oil Storage Installation at Sunderland, 654 Oil Trade in Swansea, 622
Oil, Transformer and Switch (Trade Publication), 288
Optical Work, Portable Electromagnet for, 413
O-Rings (Trade Publication), 320
Oxy-Acetylene Flame, Competitions on Applications of, 467
Packaging for Export, 558
Packaging Materials for United States Defence, 522
Paints, Chlorinated-Rubber, 354
Paints, Emulsion, 140
Pametrada-Muirhead Waveform Analyser (Trade Publication), 668
Paper, Polythene-Coated, Made in Glasgow, .14
Petroleum, Information Bureau on, 448
Phosphate plant for Whitehaven, 142
Photography in Oil Industry, Exhibition of, 388
Pigments, Aluminium-Paste (Trade Publications), 320, 384
Pipes, Cast-Iron Heating, for Oil Tankers, Addendum, 743
Pipes, Steam, Expansion Joints for (Trade Publication), 96
Pipes, Steel, for Flooded Areas, 270, 302
Pipework (Trade Publication), 704
“ Planteco Preshaftex ” Flexible Tubing, (Trade Publication), 128
Plastic Telephone Cables, 187
Plastics, Dolomite for, 185
Plastics, Low-Pressure Reinforced, 40
Plastics Moulding (Trade Publication), 480
Plastics Moulding, Productivity Report on, 158
Projector, Isometric, 429
Projection Meter, “ Magnimeter,” 791
Pumps, Portable (Trade Publication), 128 Ready Reckoner for Milling Operations, 214 Ready Reckoner for Screw Threads, 746 “ Redux ” Bonding in Aircraft (Trade Publication), 32
Refrigeration, Lectures on, 11
River Severn, Landship on, 270
“ Rocksil ” Heat-Resisting Fibres, 462
Ropes, Wire, Splicing (Trade Publication),
. 544
Rubber, Chlorinated, Painted, 354
Rubber Goods (Trade Publication), 384
Rubber, Silicone (Trade Publication), 191
Rust-Removing and Pasivating Agent (Trade Publication), 512
Safety Equipment (Trade Publication), 61
Saw Adaptor for Electric Drills (Trade Publication), 480
“ Science Abstracts ” on Index Cards, 608
Science Museum, Model of Gas Turbine for, 815
Science Museum, Austin Seven for, 666
Scientific Instruments, King George III
Collection of, 503
Scrap, Collection of, 366
Scraper, Earth (Trade Publication), 32
Screw Threads, Ready Reckoner for," 746
Screwing Dies and Chasers (Trade Publication), 768
“SenTerCel” Rectifier Stacks (Trade Publication), 384
Shell Moulding Process, Bibliography on, 299
Silicones in Electrical Industry, 365 .
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Miscellaneous—continued-
“ Sillmax ” Refractory Bricks (Trade Publication), 128
“ Simlift ” Air Hoists (Trade Exhibition), 815
Smokeless Zones, Firing of Solid Fuel in, 749 Smokeless Zones in Scotland, 558
Soot Removers (Trade Publication), 288 Specifications, Standard, for Resistors, 395 “ Stabilag ” Heating Jackets (Trade Publication), 480
Stanhay ” Cranes (Trade Publication), 576 “ Starsaw ” Adaptor (Trade Publication!, 480
Stokers, Need for Knowledge' of Smoke Abatement, 718
Sugar Beet, Thinning Machines for, 718
Sugar Machinery Works, Transfer of, 526 Surgical Work, Flash Lamp for, 416 Technical Books (Trade Publication), 32 Technical Dictionaries,. 93
Telephone Services in Sheffield, 78
“ Terrabond ” Strip for Flooring (Trade Publication), -255
Thermal Storage Systems (Trade Publication), 668
Timber Imports, Mechanical Handling of, 483
Timber Industry, Congress on, 664
Timber, Scottish Wind-Blown, Purchases of, 462
Timber, Storing, Handling and Using of, 157 Transport Inquiry in Sheffield, 526
Tubes, Copper (Trade Publication), 320
Tubes and Tubular Goods (Trade Publication), 544
Tubing, Flexible (Trade Publication), .128 Variable-Speed Drives (Trade Publication), 815
Variable Speed Gear, Hydraulic (Trade Publication), 255
V-Belts (Trade Publication), 320
Vibrating Feeders (Trade Publication), 96
Vibrating Units, Electro-Magnetic (Trade Publication), 704
Vibration, Anti-, Mountings (Trade Publication), 768
Vibration Insulators (Trade Publication), 288 Vision, Research on, 14
Vulcaniser, Belt, 99
Waveform Analyser (Trade Publication), 668 Welding Design, Brochure on, 668
Welding, Electric-Arc, Electrodes for, 640 Welding Industry, Apprentices in, 14
Welding- and Riveting Equipment, Prevention of Fifes Caused by, 392
Welding in Steel Building Structures, 252 Welding, Summer School of, 256 “ Wharco Threadata Slide Gauge,” 746 Wheels, Chain (Trade Publications), 255, 576 Wheelbarrow with Rubber Body, 21
Wire for Concrete (Trade Publication), 480
Wires, Connecting, Electric (Trade Publication), 800
Wire Ropes, Splicing (Trade Publication), 544
Wires, Winding, Enamelled (Trade Publication), 815
Wiring Systems, Industrial (Trade Publication), 640
Wood, Saws for (Trade Publication), 735
Zebra Crossings, New Type of, 110

Motor Gars, Tractors, Etc. :

Austin Motor-Car Factory for South Africa, 78
Austin Personnel Carrier, Tests of, 31
Austin Seven Motor Car for Science Museum, 66.6
British Racing Motors, Car for, 78
Components, Motor-Car, Manufacture of, 622
Continental Rallies, Special Car for, 14
Earth Scrapers (Trade Publication), 32
Excavator and Grader, Motor (Trade Publication), 288
Ferguson Tractors Exported to Denmark, 462 ; Increased Production of, 558
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Record Output of, 470
Fork Trucks, Reversing of, 412
Glasgow, Trolley-’Bus Service in, 782
Grader and Excavator, Motor (Trade Publication), 288
Jaguar Cars, Developments in, 302
Loader and Dumper, Diesel-Driven (Trade Publication), 255
Lorries for Bulk Transport, 644
Lorry, Tipping, Welded Aluminium, 776
Motor-Cycle Firms, Amalgamation of, 302
Motor Road in South Wales, 526
Motorists, Demonstration Airlift for, 622
Newcastle, Tractor Construction in, 718
Omnibus, Single-Deck, Trials in Glasgow of, 14
Production of Cars, Increase in, 782
Scottish Old Motor-Car Run, 814
Short Time in Motor Trade, 366
Steam Roller, Old, for Museum, 494, 782
Z‘ Superfreighter ” Car Ferry, 768
Tractor, Crawler, Diesel (Trade Publication), 768
Tractor, Heavy, Equipment (Trade Publication), 32
Triumph Sports Car, New, Introduction of, 718
Turkey, Motor Road Transport in, 475
Vans, Road, Diesel Engines for, 366
Vehicle Bodies, Light Alloy, 107, 268
Vehicle Production at Coventry, 398
Warning Indicator for Motor Cars, 490, 653

Naval :

Admiralty Tanker to be Scrapped, 558
Aircraft Carrier to be Broken up, 654
Aircraft Carrier, Fitting Out of, 718
Destroyers, Reclassification of, 653
“ MaillS BrSzS,” Removal of Wreck of, 782, 814
Naval Construction on Tyne, 366
Reserve Fleet Ships Berthed at Barrow, 366 ' .Sea-Air., Rescue Service Work, Radio •Beacon for, 727
Warship Building on Wear, .782
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Naval Aeronautics. See- Aeronautics
Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
Oil. See' Miscellaneous
Oil Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Physics and Chemistry :

Atomic Energy, Developments in, 302
Atomic Pile, British, Model of, 490
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Visits to, 622
Chemical Firms, Amalgamation of, 334
Chemical and Food Plant (Trade Publication), ’288
Chemical Society, Awards of, 397
Chlorinated-Rubber Paints, 354
Feed Rollers, Prevention of Sticking by, 493
Four Ashes Chemical.Works, Construction at, 6.86
Gamma-Ray Apparatus, Construction in United Statqs, 302
Guided Missile Trial Station, Australia, 301
Harwell Isotope School, Course at, 487
Laboratories for Hoover (Washing Machines) Ltd., 182
Laboratories, Swinden, for United Steel Companies, Ltd., 490
Laboratory Centrifuge (Trade Publication), 191
Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, Conference of, 655, 789 .
Nuclear Physics,, Instruments for, Course on, 237
Oxford University Mathematical Institute, Formation of, 252
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Research Department of, 334
Phosphate Plant for Whitehaven, 142
Quantum Theory, Effect on Vision, 14
Radio Chemistry at Wolverhampton College, 174
Relaxation Methods, Easter School on, 240
Rheology, Second International Congress on, 250
Rolling Mill for Research Work, 174
Rust-Removing and Passivity Agent (Trade Publication), 512
Scientific Instruments, King George III Collection of, 543
Solid State and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Summer School on, 194
Spectro chemical Analysis, Direct-Reading Equipment for, 574
Temperature-Control Apparatus (Trade Publication), 384
Torsion Springs, Small Helical, Investigation of, 684
Power Plants. See Electricity
Prestressed Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Railways and Locomotives :

Abbeydore-Dorstone Line, Closure of, -206 Banbury, Railway Station at, 654
Branch Lines, Closure of, 206, 398
Coach Building at York, 174
Coal Transported by British Railways, 572 Doncaster, Diesel Locomotives for Use at, 142
Durham County, Rail Facilities in, 194
Electric-Traction Portal Structure, Damage to, 352
Experimental Diesel Train, 814
Express Services, Restoration of, 398
French National Railways, Locomotive for, 730
Loads, Exceptional, 128
Locomotives, Oil-Fired, for New Zealand, 21 Lynmouth-Woodhorn Mineral Railway, Route of, 814
Marshalling Yard for Gypsies Green, 366
Models of Transport Equipment for South Africa, 381
Parkeston Quay, Locomotives for, 574 Permanent-Way Tools, Standardisation of, 493
Peru, Rolling Stock for, 270
Rectifier, Mobile, for Locomotive Testing, 362
Refrigerator Wagon Destined for Africa, 750 Reorganisation Scheme for Railways, 558 Rolling Stock, Freight (Trade Publication), 96
Rolling Stock, Light-Alloy, 157
Roof Trusses Built from Old Rails, 185 Sheffield, Public Transport Inquiry in, 526 Sleeping-Car Service, London-Glasgow, 14 Suburban Passenger Transport, 366 Surveys, Aerial, of Railway Tracks, 168 Talyllyn Railway Locomotives for, 522 Talyllyn Rahway, Track Laying for, 750 Timber, Wind-Blown, Purchase' for Railway Use, 462
Track. Railway, Maintenance.of, 831
Transport Plan for Rail Passengers, 462
Transport Services in Northern Ireland, 246 Wath-Penistone Line, Electrification of, 206 Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd., Locomotive Orders of; 494
Reinforced Concrete. See Cement and Concrete
Schools. See Education

Sewerage and Drainage :

Doon Valley, Drainage Scheme at, 782
Effluent Disposal, Symposium on, 569
Effluent-Treatment Plant for Tank Factory, Errata, 216
River Pollution, Problems of, 110
Stourbridge, Sewer Diversion at, 110

Ships and Shipbuilding :

“ Auris,” M.S., Model of Gas Turbine of, 815
Berwick, Closure of Boat Yard at, 142
Berwick, Shipbuilding at, 622
“ Blairnevis,” Collision of, Settlement of Claims from, 590
Blyth, Shipbreaking Activities at, 622
Blyth Shipbuilding Docks, Enlargement of, 750
Boiler Plates, Shortage of, 718
Burmese Government, Ships for, 270
Cardiff Shipping Industry, Progress of, 462 “ Clan Macquarrie,” Salvage of; 206, 398 Clyde, Launchings on, 622
Collisions at Sea, Prevention of, 42
“ Devonshire,” M.S., Overhaul of, 494 Disposal of Old Ships, 622
Doxford Oil Engines, Built in France, 158 Dredgers, Grab (Trade Publication), 800 Dual-Purpose Ships on the Clyde, 526 “ Duke of York,” New Fore-End for, 750 Glasgow, Shipbuilding at, 526
Greenock, Shipbuilding- Activities at, 622 Hebburn shipyard, Extensions to, 590 Hyland, Ltd., Ships’ Equipment Made by, 14 Iron Ore, Rapid Discharge of, 462 Kincaid, J. G., Ltd., New Works of, 46 “ Llandovery Castle,” to be Brokem Up, 14 “ Margareta,” S.S., Salvage of, 46
Marine Engineering, Corrosion-Resistant Materials in (Trade Publication), 61
Navigation, Prizes for Encouragement of, 685
Newport, Proposed Shipyard at, 46
Oil Hulk to be Broken Up, 430
Oil Tanker, Cancellation of Order for, 750
Oil Tankers, Cast-Iron Heating Pipes for, 743 Old Ships to be Broken Up, 430
Pembroke Dock, Ship-Repairing Work at, 366
P. and O. Liner to be Broken Up, 494 “ Princess Victoria,” Loss of, 203, 287, 312, 334
Salvage of Stranded Ship, 206, 398
Ships Engaged in Pacific Trade, 718 Shipbuilding Industry, Competition in, 206 Shipbuilding, Scarcity of Orders for, 494 Shipbuilders, Steel Allocations to, 398 Shipyard Office, Wallsend, Demolition of, 366 Sunderland Shipbuilding Berths, Extensions to, 398
Sunderland, Ship-Repairing Activity at, 46 Sunderland shipyard, Extensions to, 526 Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Jubilee of, 814
Tanks in Oil Tanker, Renewal of, 622
Television, Underwater, for- Ship-Repair Work, 302
Tunnel-Type Hulls, 623
Turbines, Output by Parsons Works, 78 Tyne River, Laid-up Tonnage in, 270 Tyne, Shipbuilding on, .590, 750
Uskside Shipyard, Proposals for, 142 Walker-on-Tyne, Shipbuilding Progress at, 54
Wallsend-on-Tyne, Shipbuilding at, 494
Wear, Ships for Breaking Up on, 782
Societies. See Technical Societies ; and Trade Societies, Etc.
Strikes. See Trade Societies, Etc.

Technical Societies :

Aeronautical Society, Royal, 196, 389, 580 Agricultural Engineering; National Institute of, 718
Arts, Royal Society of, 685
Aslib, 91, 216
Birmingham Society of Model Engineers, 532 British Agricultural Engineers, Institution of, 253, 315
British Association, 53, 214, 663
British Foundrymen, Institute of, 686
British Photographers, Institute of, 567 Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 569, 644 Chemical Society, 397
Cleveland Institution of Engineers, 206
Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 77, 191, 220, 302
Electriciens, Societd Fran^aise des, 427 Electronics, Institute of, 313
Engineers, Australia, Institution of, 231
Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, 174, 623
Fuel, Institute of, 526
Illuminating Engineering Society, 157
Iron and Steel Institute, 183, 759
Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland, 158
Junior Institution of Engineers, 511
Marine Engineers, Institute of, 61, 476, 649 Mechanical Engineers; Institution of, 14, 60, 69, 250, 684, 698, 708
Metallurgists, Institution of, 88
Metals, Institute of, 288
Mining Institute of Scotland, 430'
Naval Architects, Institution of, 649, 703 813
North-East Metallurgical Society,' 537
Occupational Hygiene Society, 651
Old Centralians, 60
Physical Society, 580
Physics, Institute of, 574, 681
Production Engineers, Institution of, 169, 270, 543
Royal Society, 8, 256
Rugby Engineering Society, 814
Standards Institution, British, 191
Statistical Society, Royal, 685
Structural Engineers, Institution of, 718 Transport, Institute of, 334
Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, 252
Welding, Institute of, 473, 686
Works Managers, Institution of, 110
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, 61, 96, 128, 160, 191, 255, 288, 320, 384, 480, 512, 544, 576, 608, 640, 668, 704, 735, 768, 800, 815
Accles and Pollock, Ltd., 544
Acheson Colloids, Ltd., 768
Adam and Harvey (Rapid-Hammer), Ltd., 480
Aero Research Ltd., 32
Aga Standard Ltd., 191
Anderton Springs, Ltd., 704
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., 160
Arcoelectric Switches Ltd., 704
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co. (Ironfounders), Ltd., 160
Aryan Drawing Mills, Ltd., 320
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd., 61
Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd., 255
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 32, 320, 384
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 640
Bailey Meters and Cpntrols, Ltd., 384, 815
Basol Ltd., 512
Belmos, Ltd., 384, 735, 768
B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 255, 815
Benjamin Electric Ltd., 32
Birmingham Aluminium Casting (1903) Co., Ltd., 61
Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., 668, 704
Blaw Knox, Ltd., 288
Boydell, E., and Co., Ltd., 255
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 320
British Engraving and Nameplate Manufacturing Co. (London), Ltd., 608
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 255, 640, 800, 815 (2)
British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd., 32, 384
British Optical and Precision Engineers, Ltd., 668
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., 735
British Ropes, Ltd., 544
British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., 288
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 255, 480 (2), 512
B.S.A. Tools, Ltd., 96
Buck and Hickman, Ltd., 480 (2)
Burmeister and Wain, Ltd., 608
Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., 96
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 735, 800 Carter Gears, Ltd., 255, 815
Cole, H. A., Ltd., 320
Colt, W. H., (London), Ltd., 96
Communication Systems, Ltd., 255
Copperad Auto Burners, Ltd., 288
Corbett, R. H., and Co., Ltd., 160
Coventry Victor, Ltd., 640
Croydon Precision Instrument Co., 480
Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd., 288
de Havilland Enterprise, 160
Dominion Rubber Co., Ltd., 800
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 191, 800
Dunlop Special Products, Ltd., 768
Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., 255, 768 Edwards, E. J., Ltd., 288
Eimco Corporation, 608
Eimco (Great Britain), Ltd., 608
Elcontrol Ltd., 96
Electrical Remote Control Co., Ltd., 704
Electronic Instruments, Ltd., 480
Engineers Tool and Supply Co. (Wholesale), Ltd.. 576
English Electric Co., Ltd., 384
Evershed and Vignoles Ltd., 288, 320
Eenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., 480,. 576
Eischer Bearings Co., Ltd., 32
Eoster Brothers, Ltd., 96
Foster Transformers Ltd., 32
Fowler, J;, and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., 768
Fry's Diecastings Ltd., 512
Eunditor Ltd., 128, 512
Gandy Ltd., 61
General Electric Co., Ltd., 32, 96, 320
General Refractories Ltd., 128
Goodenough Contractors’ Machinery, Ltd., 128
Goring Kerr, Ltd., 160
G. W.B. Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 384, 668
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 96
H. E.B. Machine Tools, Ltd., 608
Higgs Motors, Ltd., 480
Holman Brothers Ltd., 815
Hoover, Ltd., 768
Hotpoint Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., 255
Howard Clayton-Wright, Ltd., 255, 320
Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 815
Hydraulic Coupling Patents, Ltd., 704
Hyster Co., 32
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 255
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., 815
Industrial Guarding Equipment, Ltd., 61
Instron Engineering Corporation, 480
International Combustion, Ltd., 255
International Meehanite Metal Co., Ltd., 512
Jenkins, R., and Co., Ltd., 288
Johnson, R., and Nephew, Ltd., 480
Keith Blackman, Ltd., 96
Klinger, R., Ltd., 704
Korting Bros. (1917), Ltd., 768
Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd., 608
London Fan and Motor Co., Ltd., 800
Manchester Metal Works, Ltd., 735
Mastabar Belt Fastener Co., Ltd., 768
Meddings, W. J., Ltd., 32, 480, 735
Metalmacs, Ltd., 815
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 640 (2)
Milestone Rubber Co., Ltd., 384
MK Electric, Ltd., 704
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., 61
Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., 255
Muirhead and Co., Ltd., 668
Musgrave and Co., Ltd., 384
Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., 96
Newman Industries, Ltd., 768
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., 32, 160, 384
Nucleonic and Radiological Developments Ltd., 191
Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd., 128
Nuway Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 480
Oliver Pell Control, Ltd., 255
Petroleum Films Bureau, 815
Phillips Electrical Ltd., 32
Pipework and Engineering, Ltd., 704
Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd., 480
Plant Engineering Co., Ltd., 128
Podmores, Ltd., 96
Podmores (Engineers), Ltd., 704
Porter Electrical Products, Ltd., 61
Precision Components (Barnet), Ltd., 480 Priestman Brothers, Ltd., 800
Publishers’ Circular, Ltd., 32
Ragosine Oil Co., Ltd., 61
Ray Engineering Co., Ltd., 191
Regent Oil Co., Ltd., 255
Renold and Coventry Chain Co., Ltd., 96, 255
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 576
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 32
Rogers, J. A., 800
Sanderson Brothers and Newbould, Ltd., 735
Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd., 191
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., 96
Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., 384
Simon-Carves, Ltd., 768
Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd., 160
Simplex Electric Co., Ltd., 640
Solus-Schall Ltd., 32
Stabilag Co., Ltd., 480
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 96,160, 384, 608, 735 (2)
Stanhay (Ashford), Ltd., 576
Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., 288
Structural and Mechanical Development Engineers, Ltd., 815
Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., 61, 608, 735
Sunvic Controls, Ltd., 384
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co;, Ltd., 320
Tolomit Gauges Ltd., 608
Tudor Accumulator Co., Ltd., 480, 768
Vacuum Oil Co., Lid., 544, 735
Vaughan, E., and Co., Ltd., 61
Wakefield, C. C., and Co., Ltd., 288
Wardle Engineering Co., Ltd., 288
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., 768
West, A., and Co., Ltd., 735
Winn, C., and Co., Ltd., 768
Xzit (G.B.) Ltd., 288
Yuille (Metal Works), Ltd., 544
Zinc Development Association, 512

Trade Societies, Etc. :

Aberdare Valley Pits, Saturday Working at, 398
Admiralty Industrial Council, 536
Aldenliam, Lord, on Stabilisation of Pound Sterling, 152
Anglo-American Council on Productivity, Work of, 88
Apprentice Patternmakers, Selection and Training of, 312
Astor, Col. J. J., on Employment of Ex- Servicemen, 632
Attlee, C. R., on Go-Slow Policy in Industry, 408
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Strike at Works of, 248, 280, 312, 376, 408, 430, 440, 472, 504, 536, 664
Beard, W. B., Views on Current Problems, 120, 312 ; Appointment to Iron and Steel Board, 728
Birmingham Aluminium Casting (1903).Co., Ltd., Views on Coming of Automatic Factory, 504
Bishop Auckland, Employment at, 430
Blastfurnacemen, National Union of, 558
Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Structural
Workers, United Society of, 344, 792
British Association of Colliery Management, 206
British Households, Spending Habits of, 152
British Institute of Management, Address on Coming of Automatic Factory, 504
British Motor Corporation, Employment at Factories of, 56, 88 ; Strike Activities Connected with, 440
British Productivity Council, Work of, 88, 760
British Railways, Traffic Statistics of, 504
British Steel Founders’ Association, 440
British Transport Commission, 376
Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., Strike of Platers’ Helpers at Works of, 344; Strike of Sheet-Metal Operatives, 792, 824
Budget, Possible Effects of, 248, 600
Census of Industrial Production in Northern Ireland, 568
Chemical Employees, Skilled Status for, 536
Chemical Workers’ Union, Difficulties
Facing British Chemical Industry, 56
City and Guilds of London Institute,
Opening Ceremony at, 152
City and Guilds of London Institute,
Granting of Skilled Status to Chemical and Plastics Employees, 536
Civil Servants, Equal Pay for, 536
Civil Servants, Society of, 184, 280
Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal, 568, 600
Civil Service Clerical Association, 280, '568
Civil Service Clerks, Pay Increase for, 568
Civil Service National Whitley Council, 24, 280, 440
Civil Service Unions, Increased Membership of, 440
Civil Service, Wage Increases in, 24, 184, 280, 568, 760
Collieries, After-Holiday Conditions at, 78
Colliery Managers, Salaries of, 206
Coronation, Holidays During, 184, 312, 504 Court of Inquiry into Strike at Works of
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 472, 504, 536, 664 Craftsmanship, Effects of Education on, 152 Cutlery Trade, Unemployment in, 206 Daimler Motor Co., Ltd., Redundancy at
Works of, 120
Delivery Dates, Failure of British Firms to
Keep, 120
Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
Demarcation Disputes, 792, 824
Disputes Procedure in Engineering Industry, 216
Dock Employees, Release Scheme for, 88, 120 ; 504, 536
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Strike at Works of, 344, 408
Double Shifts in Engineering Industry, 302 Draughtsmen, Wage Claims of, 24
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Effect of Strike at Works of Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 312 Edinburgh, Duke of, Speech at Opening Ceremony at City and Guilds of London Institute, 152
Education Trends, Effects on Craftsmanship, 152
Elderly Persons, Employment of, 302, 376, 536
Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Presidential Address to, 152
Employees and Managements, Co-operation Between, 110
Employment at Birmingham Cycle Firm, 24 ; ait Morris Engine Factory, Coventry, 56, 88 ; of Dock Employees, 88 ; in Iron and Steel Industry, 120, 248 ; on Tees- Side, 142; of Juveniles, 184, 654; in Cutlery Trade, 206 ; at Rogerstone, 206 ; in Sheffield, 238, 654, 782 ; of Elderly Persons, 302, 376,536; in Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 312; in Ironfoundries, 334 ; at Scunthorpe Steelworks, 344; at Bishop Auckland, 430; in Midlands, 526, 718 ; in Northern Ireland, 568 ; in Wales, 590, 782 ; of Ex-Servicemen, 632.
Employment of Elderly Persons, 302, 376,
536
Employment of Regular Sailors,1 Soldiers and Airmen, National Association for, 632 Engineering and Allied Employers’ National
Federation, Wage Claims Against, 24, 248, 472, 600, 696 ; Conditions at Works of Federated Firms, 120 ; Dispute Procedure in Engineering Industry, 216; Resignation of Sir A. Ramsay, 600
Engineering and Allied Trades Shop
Stewards’ National Council, 248 Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen,
Association of, 24, 472
Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Employment Difficulties at Coventry Motor Works, 56, 88 ; Need for Drive to Increase Productivity, 88; Wage Increases for Women Engineers, 88, 664; Wage
Increases for Railway Workshop Employees, 504; Annual Conference, 600, 696 ; Wage Claims of Engineering and Shipbuilding Employees, 632, 696;
Reduction of Working Week, 632; Demands for Three Days’ Paid Holiday, 632 ; Use of Stopwatches, 664
Engineering, Working of Double Shifts in, 302
Equal Pay for Civil Servants, 536
Evans, Sir L., on Road Ahead, 120 ; on Appointments to Iron and v Steel Board, 792
Ex-Servicemen, Employment of, 632 Fabian Society, Go-Slow Policy in Industry, 408
Factory, Automatic, Establishment in Near Future, 504
Federation of British Industries, Views on Current Problems, 120, 184
“ Federation News,” Views on Current Problems, 152
Film on Employment of Elderly Persons 302, 376
First Division Civil Servants, Association of, 184, 280, 760
Foremen, Steelworks, Need for, 366 Foremen’s Wages, Claims for Increase in, 760, Foundry Workers, Amalgamated Union of,
Staggering of Annual Leave for Admiralty Employees, 536 ; Annual Delegate Meeting, 696, 728 ; Increase of Unemployment Among Foundry Employees, 728; New Wage Structure for Foundry Employees, 728; Attitude to Iron and Steel Board, 792
Fuel and Power, Ministry of, Coal Production Statistics, 312
General Federation of Trade Unions, 152 General and Municipal Workers, National
Union of, 248, 344, 696, 792, 824
Go-Slow Policy in Industry, Condemnation of, 408
Hercules Cycle and Motor Co., Ltd., Four-Day Working Week at, 24
Holiday Concessions in Mining Industry, 334 Holiday Conditions in Collieries, 78 Holidays, Paid, Move to Increase, 632 Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Wage
Increases to Employees of, 120 Independent Labour Party, 472 Index of Retail Prices, 152, 376, 536 Index of Wage Rates, 152, 280 Industrial Code, Need for, 280 Industrial Disputes Tribunal, 216, 248, 568, 760
Insurance Advisory Committee, National,
216
International Labour Conference, Geneva, 824
Iron and Steel Board, Establishment of, 728, 760, 792, 824
Iron and Steel Industry, Employment in, 120, 248
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 120, 792
Ironfoundries, Less Work for, 334 Joint Consultation in Industry, Need for, 824 Juvenile Employees, Training of, 568 Kipping, Sir N., on Failure of British Firms to Keep Delivery Dates, 120
Labour, Skilled, Shortage of, 110
Lawther, Sir W., on Running of Coal
Industry, 152
Leeson, Col. B. H., Presidential Address to
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 152 Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of, 728
Trade Societies, Etc-—continued.
London County Council, Report on Employment of Juveniles, 184
London Docks, Strike at, 504
Lucas, J., Ltd., Short-Time Working at Factory of, 376
“ Man and Metal,” Views on Current Problems, 120, 792
Managements and Employees, Co-operation Between, 110
Manufacturing Firms, Size of, 24 Metal-Finishing Industry, Wage Claims of, 216
Metal Mechanics, National Society of, 56 Midlands Short-Time Working in, 270, 376;
Employment in, 526, 718
Mining Industry, Wage Claims in, 24, 78, 216, 248, 760 ; Production Statistics, 24, 312; Sir H. Houldsworth on Coal Industry’s Prospects, 56 ; After-Holiday Conditions in Collieries, 78 ; Working of Saturday Shifts, 152, 398, 590 ; Coronation Day as Paid Holiday, 184 ; Wages of Colliery Managers, 206 ; Wages of Undermanagers, 280; Efficiency in Coal Industry, 280 ; Working Parties at Problem Collieries, 280, 408; Need for Increased Production of Coal, 302, 430 ; Strike at Wombwell Main Colliery, 312 ; Holiday Concessions, 334 ; Inquiry into Colliery Outputs, 430 ; Election of Union Officials, 526; Annual Conference of Scottish Miners, 760
Mineworkers, National Union of, Wage Claims by, 24, 78, 216, 248, 760 ; Working of Saturday Shifts, 152 ; Coronation Day as Holiday, 184; Efficiency of Coal Industry, 280; Working Parties at Problem Pits, 280, 408; Need for
Increased Productivity, 302, 430 ; Elections for Union Officials, 526; Annual Conference of Scottish Area, 760
Monckton, Sir W., on Need for Industrial Efficiency, 568; on Need for Joint Consultation in Industry, 824
Morris Engine Factory, Coventry, Employment Situation at, 56, 88
Naesmith, A., Appointment to Iron and Steel Board, 728, 760
National Coal Board, 24, 56, 152, 184, 216, 248, 280, 312, 408
National Dock Board, Release Scheme of, 88, 120
National Joint Advisory Council, 280 National Reference Tribunal, 280 Nationalised Industries, Indifferent Manage1- ment of, 472
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Employment at, 312 Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., Training of Juveniles by, 568
North-East Development Association, 312 Northern Ireland, Census of Industrial Production in, 568
O’Brien, T., on Go-Slow Policy in Industry, 408
Owen, J., Resignation from Secretaryship of National Union of Blastfurnacemen, 792 Patternmakers’ Association, United, Engineers’ Wage Claims, 120, 696 ; Selection and Training of Apprentices, 312 ; Appointment of W. B. Beard to Iron and Steel Board, 728
Pensions for Railwaymen, Increase in, 376 Plastics Employees, Skilled Status for, 536 Platers’ Helpers, Strike of, 344
Post Office Engineering Union, 600 ; Retiring Arrangements in Postal Service, 824
Pound Sterling, Need for Stabilisation of, 152 Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., Effect of Strike at
Works of Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 312 Professional Civil Servants, Institution of, 280
Purchase Tax, Pleas for Reduction of, 440 Railway Executive, Wage Claims Against, 504
Railway Workshops, Wage Claims of Women and Juvenile Employees in, 504 Railwaymen, Increase in Pensions for, 376 Ramsay, Sir A., Resignation from Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, 600
Redundancy at Birmingham Cycle Firm, 34 ; at Morris Engine Factory, Coventry, 56, 88 ; in Tin-plate Industry, 56, 110, 238, 334, 462; at Works of Daimler Motor Co., Ltd., 120 ; in Midlands, 334 ; in Shipbuilding Industry, 376; in West Wales Steel Trade, 526
Road Ahead, Views of Sir L. Evans on, 120 Rogerstone, Employment at, 206
Saturday Working in Coal-Mining Industry, 152, 398, 590
Scientific and Technical Staffs, Wage Increases for, 24, 568
Scientific Workers, Association of, 24 Scottish Affairs, Royal Commission on, 184 Scunthorpe Steelworks, Employment at, 344 Secret Ballot, Demand for, 312
Sheffield, Employment at, 238, 654, 782 Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation, Wage
Claims Against, 600, 696
Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of, Wages of Shipbuilding and Engineering Employees, 248,472,600, 632, 696; Strike at Works of Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 280 ; Strike of Sheet- Metal Trade Employees, 792
Shipbuilding, Steel Shortages in, 376
Short Brothers, Ltd., Views on Steel Shortages, 376
Short-Time Working in Aluminium Works, 42 ; in Wood-Screw Industry, 46 ; in East Wales, 206 ; in Tin-plate Works, 238 ; Increase in, 270, 302 ; in Midlands, 270, 376 ; in Motor Trade, 366
Skilled Labour, Shortage of, 110 Southampton Docks, Strike at, 536, 600 Spending Habits of British Households, 152 Statistics of Ministry of Fuel and Power, 24 Statistics of Trade Act, Size of Manufacturing Firms, 24
Steel Shortages in Shipbuilding Industry, 376'
Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
Strikes in Metal-Finishing Industry, 88; at Tostre Works, 110 ; at Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 248, 280, 312, 376, 408, 430, 440 , 472, 504, 536, 664; at Wombwell Main Colliery, 312; of Platers’ Helpers, 344 ; at Works of Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 344, 408 ; a.t London Docks, 504 ; at Southampton Docks, 536, 600; at Works of G. and J. Weir, Ltd., 696; at Shipyard of J. Brown and Co., Ltd., 792, 824
Strike Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 184, 440
Strikes Due io Union Demarcation Difficulties, 792, 824
Stopwatches, Objections to Use of, 664 Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, Association of, 760
Tanner, J., on Unrealistic Wage Claims, 632 Taxation, Views on, 184
“ Teenagers,” Employment of, 184, 654 Tees-Side, Employment on, 142
Time Study, Effects of, 46
Tin-Plate Industry, Redundancy in, 56, 110, 238, 334, 462
Tin-Plate Works, Closure of, 56, 302, 654 Trades Union Congress, Views on Budget, 248
Traffic Statistics of British Railways. 504
Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
Transport and General Workers’ Union, Employment Difficulties at Coventry Motor Works, 56, 88; Views on Works Discipline, 88; Wage Claims in Metal- Finishing Industry, 88, 216; Disputes Procedure in Engineering Industry, 216 ; Strike of Platers* Helpers, 344; Wage Claims of Women and Juveniles in Railway Workshops, 504; Docks Strike, 504; Skilled Status for Chemical Employees, 536; Tugmens’ Wage Claims, 536, 600 ; Effect of Budget on Wage Claims, 600
Tyne and Blyth Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. 312
Unemployment Benefit, Prospects of Increase in, 216
Vehicle Builders, National Union of, 248, 280, 312, 376, 408, 430, 440, 472, 504, 536, 664
Vickers, Ltd., Views on Employment of Ex-Servicemen, 632
Victimisation, Alleged, of Trade Unionists, 472
Wage Claims, Coal Miners, 24, 78, 216, 248, 760; Engineering Draughtsmen, 24, 248 ; Scientific and Technical Staffs, 24, 568; Civil Servants, 24, 184, 280, 568,
Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
760 ; Women Engineers, 88, 504, 664; Metal-Finishing Employees, 88, 216; Patternmakers, 120; Employees of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 120 ; Engineering and Shipbuilding Employees, 248, 472, 600, 632, 696; Undermanagers in Coal-Mining Industry, 280 ; Foundrymen, 408, 728; Welsh Engineering
Employees, 408: Juveniles in Railway Workshops, 504 ; Southampton Tugmen, 536, 600 ; Post Office Employees, 600
Wage Claims, Extravagant, Dangers of, 728 Wage Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 184, 440, 728
Wales, East, Short-Time Working in, 206 Wales, Employment in, 590, 782
Wales, West, Steel Trade, Redundancy in, 526
Weavers’ Union, Amalgamated, 760
Weeks, Sir R., on Employment of Ex- Servicemen, 632
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Strike at Works of, 696
Welsh Board for Industry, Concern at Redundancy in Wales, 56
Welsh Engineers’ and Founders’ Conciliation Board, 408
Westminster Bank, Ltd., Chairman’s Speech on Stabilisation of Pound, 152
Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
Wombwell Main Colliery, Strike at, 312
Women Civil Servants, National Association of, 536
Women Engineering Employees, Wage Claims of, 88, 504, 664
Wood-Screw Industry, Short-Time Working in, 46
Working Parties at Problem Pits, 280, 408
Working Population, Ministry of Labour •Statistics, 216, 312, 344, 536
Working Week, Four-Day, at Birmingham Cycle Firm, 24
Working Week, Move to Reduce Hours in 632

Tramways :

Birmingham Tramways, Running of Last Caron, 750
Glasgow Tramways, New Cars for, 718
Tramway Cars, Obsolescent, 718
Turbines. See Engines and Boilers
Universities. See Education
Vehicles. See Motor Cars, Etc:; and Railways and Locomotives

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