Engineering 1900 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index

Engineering 1900 Jan-Jun: General Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1900 Jan-Jun: Index

ACCIDENT, Prevention in Cotton Factories, 91
Accident at Southampton Harbour, 726

Accidents, Railway:

Boiler Explosion at Crynant Station, 734
Caledonian Railway Accident at Quarter-Road, 301
Collision at Wortley Station, 792
Derailment at Workington, 264
Irish Mail Accident at Norton Bridge, 301
Tullamore Accident on the Great Southern and Western Railway, Ireland, 362
Wivelsfield Collision on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, 362
Wortley Junction Accident, 301

Accidents to Railway Servants, 125
Action of Bilge Keels, 507, 729
Aerial Locomotion, 233, 361, 526
Aerial Torpedoes, 230, 262
Aeronautic Propellers, Lifting Power of, 233
Africa. See also South Africa
Africa, South, War, Destruction of Bridges, 121, 382, 775
African, West, Railways, 349
Agriculture, French, 839
Agricultural Implements, 115, 814
Agricultural Machinery and Implements. See Royal Show
Agricultural Show, Royal, Permanent Site, 258, 322, 811
Air. See also Pneumatic
Air Compressor, Four-Cylinder, Reavell, 207
Air, Electricity in the, 1
Air Hoist, 207, 398, 403, 4'5
Air, Liquid, 45, 95, 732, 762
Air, Liquid, Distillation and Composition of, 334
Air Propellers, Lifting Power of, 233
Air Pumps, United States Cruiser " Denver," 391
Alabama Coalfields, 737
Allotropic, Varieties of Iron, 58
Alloys, Copper-Zinc, 662
Alloys, Heat of Formation of, 662
Alloys of Iron and Aluminium, Magnetic Properties, 796
Almanach du Drapeau, Livret du Patriote du
Marin et du Soldat, 100
Alternate-Current Power Transmission, 37, 115.
See Erratum, 96, and Electric Power Distribution
Alternator, Triphase Electric, 712, 746, 846
Alternators. See also Rotary Converters and Westinghouse
Aluminium. Iron Alloy, Magnetic Properties, 796
Amalgamations, Iron Trade, 420
Amendment of Companies Acts, 291
America. See United States
American' Competition : 12, 40, 77. See LETTERs Mr. W. J. Keep, 77 Mr. Spencer Miller, 77 Professor Henry Morton, 12 Mr. H. F. J. Porter, 40
American Competition, Letters, 24, 131, 164, 165, 195, 229, 262, 298, 392, 425, 5: 9
American Society of Civil Engineers, 779
Ammunition Hoists, Electric, 106
Amos, Mr. E. C., on Pneumatic Tools, 230, 304, 335, 365,, 398, 403. Erratum, 447. See 757
Ankerwicklungen and Ankerkonstruktionen
der Gleichstrom flynamomachinen, by Professor E. Arnold, 609
Annuals, 100, 156, 168, 220, 319, 790
Application of the Method of Striae to the Illumination of Objects under the Microscope, 796
Aqueduct, Melbourne Water Supply, 3
Arched Bridges over the Rhine, 181, 348, 408, 545, 677, 737. See LETTER, 093
Argon, Helium, &c., Relative- Rates of Effusion of, 334
Armour Construction, 483
Armour-Plate Construction in United States, 224
Armour Plates (Historical), 435
Armour-Plates and Defences, 164
Armour Production. Facilities in Britain, 719
Armour Tests, " Belleisle," 724, 751
Armoured Steam Cars for South Africa, 25
Armoured Traction Trains for South Africa, 657, 714
Army and Navy Expenditure and Organisation, 821
Arsenic Industry, British, 588
Artillery. See Guns and also Schneider and Field Artillery
Artillery, British, 262, 331, 392, 425, 488
Artillery, French Criticism of British, 522
Artillery, The Reconstruction of Our, 293. See also Field Artillery
"Asahi," Japanese Battleship, 442, 581, 617, 680, 846
Assouan Dam on the Nile, 318. See 704
Astronomy and Physical Problems, 600
Atlantic Liner " Deutschland," Hamburg-American (Vulcan Company), 59, 382
Atlantic Passengers, 93
Atmosphere, Electrification of, 1
Atmospheric Railways, 191
Aurora Borealis (Polar Lights', 658
Australian Post and Telegraphs, 486
Australian Railways, 330
Automatic Gun, Landing Carriage, Field Carriage, and Limber (Vickers), 277
Automatic Gun, Vickers 14-Pounder, 180
Automatic Lubricator, 47
Automatic Machinery and Its Influence on Cost. See Hand v. Machine Labour
Automatic and Magazine Rifles, 162
Automatic Railway Couplings, 557
Automatic Tapping Machine for Pipe Fittings (S. Platt, Wednesbury), 27
Automobiles. See also Cars, Motor Babcock and Wilcox Boilers in the United States Navy, 20

Bacteria and Sewage, 590
Bacteria and Water Purification, 450
Bailey's Table of Distances, 10:)
Balanced Expansion Joint, 154
Balancing of Steam Engines, 472, 487, 503, 529, 531, 525
Baldry, The Late Mr. J. D., 261
Balloons in the Service of Science, 22
Balls, Strength of Steel, 81, 464
Bank Cheque Bookmaking Cost, 152
Barnaby's Theory of Cavitation, 25
Barrelmaking, Cost. 248
Barrow-in-Furness Shipbuilding, 48
Barrus Throttling Calorimeter, 231 •
Barry Railway, Locomotive for, 479
Bashforth's Chronograph Experiments, 193
Batteries, Electric, 556
Battleships. See Warships
Baxter's Stone-Breaking Machinery, 627
Bearings. Mossberg Roller, 133
"Belleisle " Gunnery Tests, 724, 751
Belleville Boilers, Cost of Repairs, 655. See
Boilers, Water-tube
Belting Leather, Cost, 376
Belts, Woven, 815
Benjamin, Mr. C. if., on Friction of Steam Packings, 67, 80
Berlin Technical School, Engineering Laboratory, 740
Berthier Method of Coal Calorimetr.% , 44
Besetting and Watching, 556
Bicycles. See Cycles
Biles, Professor J. H., on Large Cargo Steamers, 469, 763
Bilge Keels and Stream Lines, 507, 729
Birmingham University, 556
Black Pottery, 522
Blackpool Shore Improvements, 74
Blast-Furnace Blast Equal Temperature, 638, 666
Blast-Furnace Gas for Blowing Engine, 87, 228,

624, 625, 845

Blast-Furnace Slag, 638, 666
Blowing Engine Driven by Blast-Furnace, 624,

625, 845. See 87, 228

Blowing Engines Driven by Crude Blast-Furnace Gas, 624, 625. See 87, 228, 845
Blue Prints, Making of, 45
Blyth and Whitby Shipbuilding, 48
Board of Trade, United States, 295
Boats, Submersible, 553
Bodmer Screw Thread, ill
Boer War and Artillery, 293, 310, 865. See also Aflica
Boers' Searchlights, 293
Boiler Attendants, Certificated, 589. See also 380, 421, 554
Boiler Explosion near Bolton, 766
Boiler Explosion, Locomotive, at Cry nant Station, 734
Boiler Explosion near Newcastle, 732
Boiler Explosion at Newport, 204
Boiler Explosion, Newtown-on-Trent, G82
Boiler Explosion at Shipley, 140
Boiler Explosion at Wellington, 8.6. See LETTER, 853
Boiler Explosions Act, Working of, 192
Boiler Explosions and Parliament, 380, 421, 554, 589
Boiler Feed Filter, 51, 748, 817
Boiler Heating, Gasoline Gas for, 78
Boiler Insurance, Manchester Steam Users' Association, 747
Boiler Manhole Covers Removed under Steam Pressure, 267, 331
Boiler Trials, Rules for, 271
Boiler Tubes Locomoti' e, Corrosion of, 454
Boiler, Water-Tube. See Water-Tube Boiler
Boilers, Corrosion of, 334
Boilers for Motor Cars. See €61
Bolton, Boiler Explosion near, 766
Bolts, Iron, Cost, 340
Bonn Arched Bridge over the Rhine, 181, 348, 408, 545, 677, 737. See LETTERS, 593
Bookmaking Cost, 115
Books Received, 101, 329, 377, 612, 677, 791
Boothman's Feed-Water Filter, 748
Boots and Shoes, Cost, 152
Boring Machine, Three-Spindle (J. A. Fay and Co., Cincinnati), 252
Borsig and Siemens-Halske Electric Power Installation, 712
Boston Railway Station, 183
Bourdelles, The Late M., 93
"Boxer" Anti-Foreign War in China, 785. See Erratum, 870
Brassey's " Naval Annual," 790
Brazilian Ore, 638
Breadmaking, Cost, 152
Breaking of Flywheels, 80
Breakdown Hand Crane, 154
Brickmaking, Cost, 152
Bridge, Caesar's, over the Rhine, 393
Bridge Expansion, 86
Bridge, Eads, Creeping Rails on the, 86
Bridge, Hopetown, over Orange River, Rebuilt, 382. See 121, 775
Bridge, Norvals Point, Rebuilding, 775. See 121, 382
Bridge, Old North, Edinburgh, 25
Bridges, Arched, over the Rhine, 181, 31S, 908, 545, 677, 737. See LETTERS
Bridges, Railway, Under and Floors, 233
Bridges, Swing, over the River Weaver, 153
Bridges, Transfer, 251, 377
Bridges, Tugela and Frere, 121. See 382, 775
Bridges, Waverley Station, Edinburgh, 9, 247, 743. See LErrEa, 25
Bridges, Weights of United States, 759
Bridges-Lee, Mr. J., on the Flip or Jump of a Rifle, 389. See LErrEas
Briquettes of Blast-Furnace Slag, 638, 666
Britain and United States in the Pacific, 259
British Armour Construction, 435, 483, 719
British Arsenic Industry, 688
British Artillery, 262, 331, 392, 425, 488
British and Colonial Light Railways, 687
British Commercial Pavilion, Paris Exhibition, 779
British Corporation for Registry of Shipping and
Propeller Shafts, 295
British Creditors and Foreign Debtors, 326. See LETTER, Mau,d8lay, &c., 393
British and Foreign Navies Compared, 57. See 790
British Government Commercial Agents Abroad, 789
British Machine Tools at Paris Exhibition, 780
British Shipping and Foreign Competition, 387
British v. United States Iron and Steel, 357
British Warship Building Progress, 452, 483
British Warships. See H.M.S. and Warships
Broken Tail-Shafts, 560. See also Fractures
Bronze Castings, High Tension, 690
Bronze, Nickel, for High-Pressure Steam Fittings, 329
Brooches, Cost, 373
Brooks Locomotive for Union Pacific, 99
Bruce, The Late William Duff, 591
Bruff, The Late Mr. Peter, 284
Bryan, Professor G. H., on Bilge Keels, 507, 729
Building Trades Gift of Homes for Discharged Soldiers, 59
Building, United States High, 413
Buildings. See Paris Exhibition Burners, Liquid Fuel, 665. See 861
Buttermaking, Cost, 276
Button Manufacturing, Cost, 152

Cab Access to Railway Station, Edinburgh, 9. See 247, 743
Cable Companies, Submarine, 268, 747
Cable Core, Fault Tests for Braided, &c , 168
Cable-Laying Steamer, First German, 829
Cables and Gutta-Percha Supply, 754. See 828
Cables, Submarine Telegraph, 747
Cables, Submarine Telegraph, and the State, 724
Caesar's Bridge over the Rhine, 393
Cail Company Electric Power Installation, 773
Cailletet and Mathias and the Critical Density, 870
Caledonian Railway Accident at Quarter-Road, 301
Caledonian Railway Passenger Locomotives, 6:6, 771. See LErrEas and Errata, 828
Caledonian Railway Profile, Carlisle-Aberdeen, 773. See 636. See LErrns,
Caledonian Locomotive. See Errata, 828
Caledonian Railway 50-Ton Wagons, 81. See LETTER, 132
Calendars and Diaries, 100
Calorimeter, Throttling (M`Innes, Glasgow), 231
Calorimetry, Coal, 44
Calyx Drill, 560
Cambering of Steamers' Keels, 422
Campbell Oil Engine, 794
Canada, Trade with, 559
Canadian Canals and Trade, 787
Canadian Exhibitors, Paris Exhibition, 21
Canal, Elbe-Trave, Hotopp Syphon Locks on the, 571
Canal, New York Ship, 162, 227
Canal, Nicaragua, 259
Canal, Panama, 119
Canal Project, Rhine-Elbe, 804
Canals, Siberian, 275, 341
Canal, Suez, 332
Canals, Canadian, and Trade, 787
Canals, Electric Traction. 826
Canals of European Countries, 73
Canals, Russian, 73, 128, 275, 341
Canet Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Cape Railways, 725
Car, Motor, Boilers, 663. See 861
Car, Motor, Exhibition, 619
Car, Motors, Electric, 663. See 861
Cars, Large Freight, on British Railways, 560
Cars, Motor, 592, 626, 725, 812. See Road Locomotion
Cars, Motor, Field Gun, 260
Cars, Motor, Tare Weight of, 60, 98, 1:;:!. See 355
Cars, Motor, and Wheel Problem, 577, 597, 6b0
663, 696, 861. See LETTERs
Cars, Steam, for South Africa, Armoured, 25
Carbolic Acid and the War, 484
Carels Freres' Electric Power Plant, 746
Cargo Carrying, Cost of, 469, 763
Cargo Steamers, Large, 469, 763
Carnegie's Steel Profits. 259. See 420, 624
Carpet-Making, Cost, 175
Carriage Manufacture, Cost, 175
Carriage, Motor. See Cars, Motor
Carriages for Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Carulla, Mr. F. J. R., on Ingots, 638, 668
Cast Iron, Testing Hardness of, 45
Castings of High-Tension Bronze, 690
Caucasus, Rivers of, 73
Caucasus, Railways and Tramways in the, 228
Caulking Tools, Pneumatic, 280, 301, 335, 365, 398, 403. Erratum., 447. See 757
Cavitation, Barnaby's Theory of, 25
Cells, Galvanic, Reversibility of, 334
Cells, Norma), 556
Cement, Slag, 638, 666
Central London Railway, 857
Central Station, Willesden, of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, 314
Certificates for Boiler Attendants, 589. See also 380, 421, 554
Chains, Iron and Steel, Cost, 341
Cheap Fuels, 69. See LETTERS, Fuel Economy
Cheesemaking Cost, 276
Chevalet Feed-Water Heater and Detartariser (Boby, London), 817
Chili, Railway Construction, 526
Chilian Training Ship " General Baquedano," 473
Chimneys, Paris Exhibition, 149
China Crisis and Industrial Prospects, 7 5. See Erratum, 870
China, Engineers for, 60
China Foreign Trade, 688
China, Port of Hong Kong, 22
China Railways, 620, 721. See LETTER, 660
Chinese Railway Concession Scandal, 721
Chronograph Experiments, Bashforth's, 193
Circle Squaring, Lay Out, 263, 331, 362
City of London Directory, 393
Civil Engineers, American Society of, 779

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Sludge, by Mr. B. Stevens (Students), 31
The Purification of Water after Its Use in Factories, by Mr. Reginald A. Tatton, 61
Swing Bridges over the River Weaver at
Northwich, by Mr John Arthur Saner, 153
The Construction of the Simplon Tunnel, by Mr. C. B. Fox (Students), 170
Steamers for Winter Navigation and Ice
Breaking, by Mr. Robert Runeberg, 203 Moving Loads on Railway Under-Bridges, by Mr. W. B. Farr, 233
Note on the Floor System of Girder Bridges, by Mr. C. F. Finlay, 233
A Short History of the Engineering Works of the Suez Canal, by Sir Charles A. Hartley, 332
Corrosion of Marine Boilers, by Mr. John Dewrance, 334
The Great Central Railway Extension, Northern Division, by Mr. F. W. Bidder, 430
The Great Central Railway Extension, Southern Division, by Mr. F. D. Fox, 430
The Development of the Modern Locomotive, by Mr. J. W. Cross (Students!, 458
Annual Meeting, 551
Economical Railway Construction in New South Wales, by Mr. H Deane, 526
The Tocopilla Railway, by Mr. Robert Stir¬ling, 526
James Forrest Lecture on the Relation be¬tween Electricity and Engineering, by Sir W. H. Preece, 562, 629. See LETTERS, 659, 693
The Development of the Manufacture and Use of Steel Rails in Great Britain, by Sir Low-thian Bell, 591
The Wear of Steel Rails in Tunnels, by Mr. Thomas Andrews, 591
Refuse Destruction, by Mr. C. N. Russell, 653 Presidential Address; by Sir W. H. Preece, 293 Classical v. Scientific Education, 257, 296, 331, 332, 626

Clock Controlled by Hertzian Waves, 621, 823
Clock and Watches Cost, 208
Clyde Forts, 622
Clyde Shipbuilding, 84, 95
Coal Calorimetry, 44
Coal and Coke in Russia, 268
Coal Dust, 69. See LErrERs, Fuel Economj
Coal, Export Duty on, 517
Coal-Handling Plant at Leeds, 869
Coal-Handling Plant at the Wandsworth Electric Station, 524
Coal-Mining Industry, 424, 593
Coal-Mining in the World, 755
Coal Trade, German, 624
Coal Transporting Plant, Temperley, 614, 778
Coalfields, Alabama, 737
Coast Defence, 622
Coast Defence Guns. See under Schneider
Cockerill Company, 267
Coherers, 65S
Collisions, Railway. See Accidents
Colonial Light Railways, 687
Colonial Railways, 330
Colour Printing Machinery, 839
Colours of Heated Steel Corresponding to Different Degrees of Temperature, 80
" Coma," Experiments as to Aberration, 731
Combines, Multiplication of, 518
Combustion in Liquid Air, 95. See 45
Comedie Francaise, Paris, Burned, 369. See LETTER, Fireproofing, 424
"Commander Cawley," Steam Pilot Yacht, 193
Commercial Agents, British Government, 783
Commercial Aspects of Colonial Railways, 330
Commercial Cases (Law), 369
Companies Acts Amendment, 294
Company Law and Directors, 16G
Compensation Cases, Workmen's, 94, 157, 163, 202, 232, 306, 281, 390, 567, 632, 658, 681, 731, 827. See Erratum, 870
Compensation for Compulsory Purchase of Land, 822
Compensation, Law on, 822
Competition, American. See American Competition
Compound Engines. See Engines
Compound Locomotives in France, 155, 848
Comprehensive Reform, 130
Compressible Trail for Guns, 573
Compressing Liquids and Gauges, 183
Compression and Liquefaction of Gases, 45, 732, 762
Compressor, Air, Four-Cylinder (Reavell), 207
Compulsory Purchase of Land, Law of Compensation, 822
Condensers, Electrical, 792
Condensers, United States Cruiser " Denver," 391
Congress, Mechanical Engineers, Paris, 554 Congresses, Paris, 858
Construction of the Simplon Tunnel, 170 Consular Service, 789
Consulting Engineers and Contractors, 159. See LETTERS, Swiss, &c.
Contact Electrical Force, Volta's, 217, 225, 662, 723, 749
Continuous Process for Open-Hearth Steel, 612, 623, 832
Continuous Working of the Open-Hearth Fur¬nace, 612, 623, 832
Contractors and Engineers, 159. See LErrERs, Swiss, &c.
Contracts by Tender, Legal Aspect, 190
Controversy Concerning Volta's Contact Force, 662. See 217, 225, 723, 749
Converter: 4, Rotary: 197, 241, 499, 535
900-Kilowatt Three-Phase Rotary Converter,
Tabulated CAlculations and Specifications, 197, 241
Design of Rotary Converters, 197, 241
Phase Conditions of Rotary Converters, 499, 535
Running Conditions for Rotary Converters, 499, 535
Starting Rotary Converters, 241
Synchronising Rotary Converters, 241
Voltage Ratio in Rotary Converter Systems, 241
Conveying Plant, Coal, at Leeds, 869
Conveying Plant at Wandsworth Electric Station, 524
Cooperage Work, Cost, 248
Copenhagen New Central Railway Station, 790
Copper, Electrolytic, 162. See LETTERS, _Electrolytic
Copper Ores, Pyritic Smelting of, 774
Copper Production and Values, 92
Copper Steam Pipes, Preschlin's Joint for, 154
Copper Supply, 390
Copper Trade and Corner, 826
Copper Tubemaking by Electrolytic Centrifugal Process, 262
Copper-Zinc Alloys, Action of Nitric Acid on, 662
Cordage and Twine Cost, 250
Corks, Cost, 250
Corners, Multiplication of, 518
Corrosion and Failure of Propeller Shafts, 536, 796
Corrosion of Locomotive Boiler Tubes, 454
Corrosion of Marine Boilers, 334
Corrosion of Steel Rails, 591
Corrosion of Steel Shafts, 536, 563, 596, 796. See LETTER, 693
Cost of Carrying Cargo by Steamer, 469, 763
Cost of Electric Energy, 69. See Lwrirgas, Fuel Economy
Cost of Electric Plant and Traction, 701, 739, 811. See 435, 539. 635
Cost of Making Various Articles. See Hand v. Machine Labour
Cost of Naval Power, 189
Cost of Repairs of Belleville Boilers, 655
Cotton Factory Accident Prevention, 91
Cotton Spinners' Trust in .Tapan, 522
Cost of Water Power, 38
Counts of Yarn, 542, 672. See also 709
County of London and Brush Electric Company's Stations, 226, 524
Couplings, Automatic, and Accidents, 125
Couplings, Automatic Railway, 657
Cover for Mud Holes, Okes' Safety, 363
Crane, Permanent Way Hand, 154
Cranes, Electric Boat, 105
Cranes, Electric Travelling, 13
Creditors, British, and Foreign Debtors, 326
See LETTER, Maudslay, &c., 393
Creeping Riils on the Eads Bridge, 86
Critical Density, Cailletet and Mathias on the, 870
Crompton, Mr R. E., on Cheap Fuel for Electric Stations, 69. See LErrEns, Fuel Economy
Cruisers. See Warships
Crynant Station Locomotive Boiler Explosion, 734
Crystallisation Produced in Solid Metal by Pressure, 796
Cultivation, Power Required for, 839
Cultivators, Agricultural, 814
Curved Glass, Blue Print Machine, 45
Cut-Off in Multiple-Expansion Engines, 260
Cutlery Cost, 276
Cycles, Free Wheel, 457
Cylinder Explosion, Peculiar Steam, 193, 331

Dairy Plant, 815
Dairy Produce Cost, 27i
Dam, Assouan, on the Nile, 318. See 704
Damping of Galvanometer Needles, 400
Dangerous Trades in Factories, 786
Dawson, Mr. P., on Cost of Electric Power Production, 701, 739, 841
Dawson, Mr. Philip, on Electric Power Distribution, 435, 539, 635
De Beers Diamonds, 547
Deas, The Late Mr. James, 23
Debenture-Holders and Foreign Debtors, 326.
See LETTER, Maud lay, dec., 393
Debt of Nations, 189
Debtors, Foreign, and British Creditors, 326. See LETTER, MaUddlay, &c., 393
Deep Tunnel Railway (London Central), 857 .

Defence, Coast, 522

Defence Expenditure, Organisation, 821 Defences, Our National, 164
Delisle Screw Threads, 144, 145
Dellwik-Fleischer System of Water Gas, 118, 637 Dellwik, Mr. Carl, on the Manufacture and Ap
plication of Water Gas, 637. See 118
Density (Critical), Cailletet and Mathias on the, 870
"Denver" Class, United States Cruisers, 50,110, 218, 320, 396
Depth of Steamers, 469, 763
Depth of Water and Ship Resistance, 511, 528 Derailment at Workington, 264
Description of lialliwell's Self-Recording Rain Gauge, 827
Design of Rotary Converters, 197, 241, 499, 535
Despatch, Pneumatic, 281
Destruction of Life and Property by Lightning, 769
Destruction, Refuse, 653
Detartariser, Chevalet Feed-Water Heater and
(Bohy, London), 817
"Deutschland," Hamburg American Liner (Vulcan Company), 59, 382
Development of the Modern Locomotive, 458
Development of the Manufacture and Use of
Steel Rails in Great Britain, 591
Developments in the Uses of Price's Guard in
Insulation Tests, 168
Diagram of Metal Prices, 26, 166, 298, 456, 594, 760
Diameter of Propeller Shafts, 295
Diamond Mining, South African, 547
Diamond Saw for Stone, 852
Die Sinking and Engraving, Cost, 277
Diesel Oil Engine, 5
Diggers, Steam, Agricultural, 811
Dipper Dredger, Six Yard, 595
Directories. 100, 156, 168, 220, 267, 321, 332, 359
Directors' Liability, 160
Directory of Industrial Associations, 568
Disappearing Guns. See under Schneider
Distillation of Liquid Air and Composition of
the Gaseous and Liquid Phases, 334
Distribution of Gas in an Electric Field, 400
Docks, Thames, 651
Donaldson's Engineers' Annual, 100
Doors, Removing Manhole, 331
Doors, Window Frames, &c., Cost, 646
Drain-Pipe Making, Cost, 152
Dredger, Six-Yard Dipper, 595
Dredging for Gold in New Zealand, 491
Drill Calyx, 560
Drillings, Standardised, 61
Drills, Portable Pneumatic, 365, 403. See
Erratum, 447
Drop Tests. See LETTERS, Impact
Ductile Materials, Strength under Combined
Stresses, 734
Duddell Oecillograph, 582
"Dunalastair " Locomotives, Caledonian Rail
way, 636, 771. See LETTERS and Errata, 828
Diisseldorf, Arched Bridge over the Rhine, 181,
677, 737. See 348, 546. See LETTER, 393
Duty on Coal, Export, 517
Dynamo, Steam, for Russian Navy, 265
Dynamos, &c., in Battleships, 30, 102
Dynamos, Continuous-Current (Text-B-ok), 609
Dynamos. See also Alternators and Rotary
Converters and Westinghouse
Dynamograph, A New, 45

Eads Bridge, Creeping Rails on the, 86
Eastern Railway of France, Screw Thread, 144 Echelon Spectroscope, Michelson's, 239 Economical Railway Construction in New South Wales, 526
Economics of Railway High Speeds, 422
Economy of Fuel, 165
Edinburgh Old North Bridge, 25
Edinburgh " Waverley " Station, 9, 25, 247, 743 Education and Competition, 392
Education, Engineering Laboratory at Berlin, 740
Education in Japan, 260
Education of Machinists, Foremen, and Mechanical Engineers, 45
Education, Public School, 257, 296, 331, 332, 626 Education, Technical, 12, 45
Efficiency of Large Cargo Steamers, 469, 763 Efficiency Test of 125 Horse-Power Gas Engine, 81, 135
Effusion of Argon, Helium, &c., Relative Rates of, 334
Egyptian Irrigation Works, 318. See 704 Elbe-Rhine Canal Project, 804
Elbe-Trave Canal, Hotopp Syphon Locks on the, 571
Elberfeld-Barmen, Langen Mono-Rail Suspended Railway at, 412, 438, 501
Electric Alternator, Triphase, 712, 746, 846 Electric Application in Different Countries, 434, 539, 635, 701, 739, 841
Electric Boat Cranes, 105
Electric Cable Core, Fault Te3ts for Braided, &c., 168
Electric Cells, 556
Electric Central Stations, Cost, 701, 739, 841. See 435, 539, 635
Electric Circular Railway, Paris, 705. See 807 Electric Coherers, 658
Electric Continuous - Current Dynamos (Tex t-Book), (309. See also Dynamos
Electric, Continuous v. Polyphase Motors, 362, 489
Electric Energy in Bulk, 223, 330, 587. See 419 Electric Energy, Cost of, 69. See LErrERs, Fuel Economy
Eectric Equipment of United States Government Powder Factories (Westinghouse), 115
Electric Field, Gas Distribution in an, 400 Electric Generators. See Alternators, Dynamos, Rotary Converters, and Westinghouse
Electric Insulation Tests, Use of Price's Guard Wire and, 168
Electric Light Engine, 2400 Horse-Power, Winans and Robinson, 552
Electric Lighting. See also Alternators, Dy¬namos, Rotary Converters, and Westinghouse Company
Electric Lighting Stations at St. Luke's, Clerken-well and at Wandsworth, 226, 524
Electric Lighting Undertakings, Rating, 756 Electric Machinery for Traction, &c., 859 Electric Power Distribution, Paris Exhibition,
149, 605, 712, 746, 775, 815, 846
Electric Power Installation, 647, 712, 746, 775, 815, 841
Electric Power Production and Installation, Mr. P. Dawson on Cost of, 434, 539, 635, 701, 739, 841
Electric Power Supply. See also Paris Exhibi¬tion, Dawson, Swiss Installations, and Westinghouse Co.
Electric Power Transmission (Alternate Current), 37. See Erratum, 96, Paris Exhibition, and Swiss Installations
Electric Railway, London Central, 857
Electric Railway Signalling (Timms), 647
Electric Station Coal-Handling Plant, 524, 819
Electric Station, Willesden, of the Metropolitan
Company, 314
Electric Stations. See Westinghouse and Paris
Exhibition
Electric Steam Dynamo, 265
Electrical Storms, Causes of, 1
Electric Stray Currents and Magnetic Fields. 22
Electric Suspended Railway at Elberfeld
Barmen, 412, 438, 501
Electric Telegraphone, 826
Electric Traction, 629
Electric Traction for Canals, 826
Electric Traction Exhibition, 859
Electric Traction, Johnson•Lundell System of,
523
Electric Traction, Metropolitan Railway, 689
Electric Transformers, 197, 241, 499, 535
Electric Travelling Cranes, 13
Electric Turret Gun Mountings, 103
Electric, Volta, Contact Force, 217, 225, 662, 723.
See Erratum., 749
Electric Waves along Wires, Reflection and
Transmission, 168
Electrical Condensers, 792
Electrical Contact Force, Vo'ta's, 217, 225, 662
723. See Erratum, 749
Electrical Disturbances, Lightning, 769
Electrical Effects at Paris, High Tension, 590
Electrical Engineers, Institution or:
Influence of Caeap Fuels on the Cost of Elec¬trical Energy, by R. E. Crompton, 69. See LETTERS, Fuel Economy
Swiss Trip, by R. E. Crompton, 159
The Electrical Equipment of Ships of War, by
Mr. C. E. Grove, 619. See LETTER, 694
Electrical Engineering at Home and Abroad, 159, 229. See Electric Power Production
Electrical Engineering, Swiss v. Home, 159. See LETTERS, 229
Electrical Equipment of Ships of War, 30, 102,
619, 694. See LErrzits, 694. See 30, 103 Electrical Exhibits at the Royal Society's Soiree,
621, 823
Electrical Installations in Battleships, 30, 103, 619, 694
Electrical Micrometer, 414
Electrical Oscillograph, Duddell, 582
Electrical Progress, Obstacles to, 159, 223, 419, 587. See LETTERS, Swiss, &c.
Electrical Switchboard, 117
Electrically-Driven Feed Pumps (Merryweather), 614
" Electricians' " Electrical Trades Directory and Handbook for 1900, 321
Electricity Building, Paris Exhibition, 451 Electricity, Contact, 225, 217, 662, 723. See Erratum, 749
Electricity and Engineering, The Relation of, 562, 629. See Lerrms, 659, 693
Electricity for Motor Cars, 663. See 861 Electricity and Refuse Destruction, 653 Electrification of the Atmosphere, 1 Electro-Magnetic Experiment, 662 Electro-Magnetic Separator, 121
Electrolytic Copper, 162. See LETTER, 263 Electrotyping, Cost, 277
Elevator. See Hoist
Elliptical Sections, Strength of, 472
Enisei Rivers and Canals, 275
Engine Balancing, 472, 487, 503, 525, 529, 531 Engine, Blowing, 600 Horse-Power Blast-Furnace Gas Engine and, 87, 625, 845. See 228
Engine, Central Valve (Scott), 207. See LETTER, 361
Engines, Gas, Blast-Furnace, 87, 228, 624, 625, 845
Engines, Gas, 376, 814
Engines, Gas, Dellwik-Fleischer Water, 118, 637 Engines, Gas, at Tramway Exhibition, 859
Engine, Gas, " Mond " (Andrew, Limited, Red¬dish), 815. See Erratum, next Volume, page 13 Engine, Gas, Tests of, 125 Horse-Power, 81, 135 Engine Governors, Marine, 760
Engine, Oil, Campbell, 791
Engines, Oil, 814
Engines, Oil, for Motor Cars, 630. See 861
Engine, Oil, Diesel, 5
Engine Packings, Friction of, 67, 80
Engine, Six Crank, 473, 525. See Engine Balanc¬ing
Engine, Steam, at the End of the 19th Century, 269
Engines, Steam, Thermal Efficiency of, 742
Engine, Traction (Clayton and Shuttleworth), 778
Engine Trials at Ranelagh Works (Scott), 207 361, 392
Engine, Water Gas, 637, 118
Engine Working, Marine, 332, 361, 393
Engine Works, Reavell's, at Ipswich, 173, 207 See LETTER, 361, 392
Engines of the Corvette " General Baquedano, ' 473, 525. See Engine, Balancing
Engines, 2400 Horse Power Electric (Willans and Robinson, Limited), 552
Engines of the " General Baquedano," 473, 525. See Engine Balancing
Engines, 33,000 Indicated Horse-Power of Ham
burg-American Liner " Deutschland," 59, 382 Engines of Japanese Battleship " Asahi," 846 Engines, Marine, United States Cruiser
" Denver," 119, 218, 320. 396. See 50
Engines, Multiple Expansion, Cut•Off in, 260 Engines, Pumping, Tests of 10 Million Gallon, 44
Engines, Steam, for Motor Cars, 630,663. See 861
Engines, Steam, at Royal Agricultural Show, 811
Engines, Triple-Expansion for Steam Trawlers (Smiths' Dock Company), 830
Engines, Uniformity of Turning Moments, 503, 529
Engineer Officers. See Royal Engineer Officers Engineer, The Making of the, 293
Engineers. See Civil Engineers, Electrical En, gineers, and At echanical Engineers
Engineers, American Society of Civil, 779
Engineers, Consulting, and Contractors, 159.
See LETTERS, SWISS, &c.
Engineers and Electricity, The Relation of, 562,
629. See LErrmas, 659, 693
Engineers' Lending Library, 230, 726, 759
Engineers, Mechanical, in China, Openings for, 60
Engineers, Naval, Status of, 97, 297, 325, 423,
449, 458, 488, 496 558, 559, 659, 692, 726, 757,
758, 853
Engineers in Navy, Status of, 325, 449, 458, 496.
See 651. See LisrrEas
Engineers' Note and Formula Book, 677
Engineering at Cape Town, 362
Engineering, Graphical Constructions in, 601
Engineering at Home and Abroad, 159. See
LErrnas, 229
Engineering Laboratory of Berlin Technical
School, 740
Engineering and Shipbuilding in 1900, 29, 4S, 81,
95
Engineering in the United States Navy, 20
Engineering Works, Luton as a Site for, 467
English Shipbuilding, 29, 48. See 81, 95
Englishwoman's Year-Book, 100
Engraving and Die Sinking, Cost, 277
Entropy Temperature Diagram, 45
Envelope Making, Cost, :309
Equalisation of the Temperature of Hot Blast,
638, 666
Erie and Canadian Canals, 787
Erie Canal, 162, 227, 787
Esplanade des Invalides Railway, 546, 577, 681
Essen Works, Krupp's, 790
Ether Sunshine Recorder, 423
European Railway Results, 757
Excavator, Steam, for Ores, 690
Exhibition, Falmouth Art and Industrial, 563
Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901, 658
Exhibition, Motor Car, 519
Exhibition Tramway and Light Railway, 859
Expansion Joint, Balanced, 154
Expansion of Rails on Bridges, 86
Expenditure and Organisation on Navy and Army, 821
Experimental Physics, 328
Expel imental Work on the Rolling of Ships on Waves, 442, 454, 493
Experiments, Bashforth's Chronograph, 193
Experiments Illustrating Syntony, 413
Experiments on Using Gasoline Gas for Boiler Heating, 78
Explosion. See also Boiler Explosions
Explosion, Peculiar Steam Cylinder, 193, 331
Explosions, Boiler, Working of Act, 192
Explosive, Maxim's Multi-Perforated, 196, 758, 854
Export Duty on Coal, 517
Export Merchant Shippers' D:rectory, 156

Factories Waste Water Purification, 61
Factory Accident Prevention, Cotton, 91
Factory Act Amend went Bill, 786
Failure of Steel Shafts, 536, 563, 596, 793. See LETTER, 693
Falmouth Art and Industri%1 Exhibition, 568
Fans, Lifting Power of Propeller, 233
Fans, Screw, 66. See Limns, 165
Fault Test for Braided and other Cable Core, 168
Feed Pumps, Electrically Driven, 614
Feed Water Filter, Boothman's, 74S
Feed Water Filters, Watson's, 51
Feed Water Heater and Detartariser, Chevalet (Boby, London), 817
Ferries, Suspended, 251, 377
Field Actillery, Nioitern:
Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited :
277, 310, 339, 370, 412, 433, 468, 503
Maxim Rifle-Calibre Gun, 370
37-Millimetre Automatic Gun, Landing Carriage, Field Carriage, and Limber, 277
75-Millimetre Gun for Field and Mountain Use, 310, 339
12-Pounder Gun, 412, 433
Separable 12-Pounder Gun, 433
15-Pounder Quick-Firing Gun, 468
4.7-In. Gun Equipments, 503
Schneider-Cant System :
540, 542, 573, 609, 643, 671
75-Millimetre (2.952 In.) Gun, 573, 609, 643,
671
80-Millimetre (3.149-In.) and 75-Millimetre
(2.952-In.) Guns, 542, 573, 609
Compressible Trail, 573
Hydraulic Recoil, 609, 613
Hydro-Pneumatic Recoil, 671
Telescopic Recoil Brake, 573

Field Gun Carriages, Motor, 260
Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Field's Mining Engineers' Report Book, 229
Files, Cost, 310
Filter (Boby), 817
Filter, Boothman's Feed Water, 748
Filters, Watson's Feed Water, 51
Filtration of Water, 127, 450
Fine Art Palaces, Paris Exhibition, 192, 213, 281, 520
Finland, Canals in, 73
Finland Railways, 130
Fire Alarm, May-Otaway, 766
Fire Prevention in 1899, 25
Fires in Theatres, 359. See LErrzn, Fireproofing, 424
Firearms, Cost of Making, 310
Fireclay Pipe Making, Cost, 152
Fireproofing Wood Fittings for Theatres, 424
Firms, Registration of, 656
Fitzgerald, Admiral, on the Japanese Navy, 453, 461
Flight, Mechanical, 361. See Aerial Locomotion
Flip or Jump of a Rifle, 389. See LErrEss, 424, 455, 558, 593
Floor-System of Girder Bridges, 233
Fluid Metal in the Open-Hearth Furnace, 612, ($23, 832
Fluid Pressures on Plane Surfaces, 507
Flying Machines, 233, 361, 526
Flying Machines, Lifting Power of Propellers, 233
Flywheels, 80
Foreign Competition. See American Competition
Foreign Debtors and British Creditors, 326.
See LErrER, Maudslay, &e., 393
Foreign Trade, China, 638
Foreign Tramway Companies, 331
Foreigners and Mining Enterprise in Japan, 658
Foreshore Protection, 626, 693, 725, 792
Foreshore Protection at Blackpool, 74
Foreshore Reclamation, 722. See 693, 725
Forgings, Cost, 373
Formation of Alloys, Heat of, 662
Forth Bridge and Paints, 591
Forts on the Clyde, 522
Foster's Plant for Recovery of Crude Glycerine, 109. See LynEits, Glycerine
Fractures of Flywheels, 80
Fractures of Steel Shafts, 536, 560, 563, 596, 796. See LEITER, 693
Framing, Engine, of U.S.S. " Denver," 320
France, Western Railway Compound Locomotive, 155
Franco-Tosi Engines at the Electric Power Station, Paris Exhibition, 815
Free Wheel for Cycles, 457
Freight Cars on British Railways, Large, 560
French Agriculture, 839
French Artillery Screw Thread. 178
French Criticism of British Artillery, 522
French Locomotive Practice, 817. See 155
French Navy Programme, 189
French Patents and Paris Exhibition, 331
French Railway Screw Threads, 143, 144
French Screw Threads, 111, 143, 141, 179
French Shipping Subsidies, 387
French State Manufactures, 824
Frequency of Transverse Vibrations of a Stretched India-Rubber Cord, 168
Frere and Tugela Bridges, 121. See 382, 775
Friction of Steam Packinp, 67, 80
Friction Tests of Locomotive Slide Valves, 80
Friedmann's Mechanical Lubricator for Locomotives, 428
Fritz, Mr. John, on Iron Manufacture in United States, 33, 65
Fuel and its Economy, Dear, 165
Fuel, Liquid, 392
Fuels, Cheap, 69. See LETTERS, Fuel Economy
Furnace, Use of Fluid Metal in the Open-Hearth, 612, 623, 832
Furniture, Cost of Manufacturing, 340

Galvanic Cells, 556
Galvanic Cells, Reversibility of, 334
Galvanometer Needles, Damping of, 400
Garrison Disappearing Guns. See under Schneider
Gas (Blast-Furnace) Motor and Blowing Engine, 600 Horse-Power, 87, 228, 625, 845
Gases, Compression and Liquefaction of, 45, 732, 762
Gas Distribution in Electric Field, 400
Gas Engines. See Engines
Gas, Gasoline, for Boiler Heating, 78
Gas Maschine, by R. Schifittler, 376
Gas, Motors, Blast-Furnace, 87, 228, 625, 845
Gas Thermometry, 870
Gas (Water) Process, Dellwik-Fleisher, 118, 637
Gasoline Gas for Boiler Heating, 78
Gauges for High Hydrostatic Pressures, 183
"General Baquedano," Engines of the, 473, 525. See Engine Balancing
Generators, Electric. See Alternators, Dynamos, Rotary Converters, and Westinghouse.
Geometry and Engineering, 601
German Cable-Laying Steamer, 829
German Canal Project, Rhine-Elbe, 804
German Coal Trade, 624
German Colour-Printing Machinery, 839
German Liner " Deutschland " (Vulcan Company), 59, 382
German Mail Shipping Subsidies, 387
German Navy Programme, 1S9
German Screw Threads, 144
Gjers, Mr. L. F., and Harrison, J. H., on the
Equalisation of Temperature of Hot Blast, 638, 666
Gland Packings, Friction of, 67, 80
Glasgow Exhibition, 1901, 658
Glasgow University and Naval Architecture, 559
Glass Vessels, Hollow, 359
Glasses, Reflective Power of Metal-Backed, 80:3
Gloucester Diary and Directors' Calendar, 100
Glycerine, Recovery from Soapmakers' Spent Lyes, 109. See LwrrEas
Glycerine, The Recovery of Crude, 195
Goffe, Mr. E., on the Kimberley Gun " Long Cecil," 865. See 390
Gold Dredging in New Zealand, 491
Goldfields of Westralia, 295
Gooch, The Late John V., 789
Government v. Private Armour Works, 483
Governors, Marine Engine, 760
Graphic Method of Balancing Engines, 487. See,
472, 503, 529, 531. See Erratum, 515, and Balancing
Graphical Constructions in Engineering, 601
Graphical Method of Constructing the Entropy
Temperature Diagram of a Gas or Oil Engine from its Indicator Card, 45
Gray. Mr. McFarlane, on Graphic Method of
Balancing Engines, 487. See Erratum, 515.
See 472, 503, 525, 529, 531
Great Central Railway, 430
Great Central Railway Extension, 430
Great Northern Railway Train with Automatic Couplings, 557
Greater Britain at the Paris Exhibition, 21
Greiner, Mr. Adolphe, on a Blowing Engine
Worked by Blast-Furnace Gas, C24, 625. See 87, 228, 845
Grinding Tools. See Ludwig Loewe, and Co.'s Works
Groynes, Sea. See Foreshore Protection
Gun Carriages, Motor, 260
Gun Jump or Flip, 389. See Lemmas
Gunmaking in Beleaguered Kimberley, 390, 865
Gun Mounting, Electric Turret, 103
Gun Tubes and Propeller Shafts, 638, 668
Gun, Vickers' Automatic 14-Pounder, 180
Gun, Vickers' 7.5-In., Naval, 743
Guns, Coast Defence. See Schneider
Guns, Field. See Field Artillery, Modern,
Guns, Flight of Projectiles, 193
Guns and Steel Tests, 262, 331, 392, 425, 488 Gunnery Tests, " Belleisle," 724, 751 Gutta-Percha, Future Supply, 754. See 82,8

Halse, Mr. E., on Tin Ore in Mexico, 270
Hamburg - American Liner " Deutschland "(Vulcan Company), 59, 3S2
Hammer, Longworth Pneumatic, 280, 301, 301, 331, 335, 365, 398, 403, 425. See 331 and Erratum, 447
Hammer, Pneumatic, 425
Hammers, &c., Cost of Making, 708
Hand Crane, Permanent Way, 151
Hand and Machine Labour :
114, 152, 175, 208, 248, 276, 309, 340, 373, 427,
616, 708
Agriculture and Agricultural Implements, 115
Bank Cheque Bookmaking, 152
Barrelmaking, 248
Belting Leather, 376
Bolts, Iron, 340
Bookmaking, 115
Boots and Soes, 152
Breadmaking, 152
Brickmaking, 152
Brooches, 373
Buttermaking, 276
Button Manufacturing, 152
Carpetmaking, 175
Carriage Manufacturing, 175
Chains, Iron and Steel, 341
Cheesemaking, 276
Clocks and Watches, 208
Cooperage Work, 218
Cordage and Twine, 250
Corks, 250
Cutlery, 276
Dairy Produce, 276
Die Sinking and Engravino-, 277
Doors, Window Frames, &c., 616
Drain Pipe Making, 152
Electrotyping, 277
Engraving and Die Sinking, 277
Envelope Making, 309
Files, 310
Firearms, 310
Fireclay Pipemaking, 152
Forging-8, 373
Furniture, 340
Hammers, &c., 708
Hand Tools, 708
Iron and Steel Chains, 341
Jewellery, 373
Ladders, 376
Leather Cup Plungers, 376
Lime, 376
Linotype Printing, 617
Loading and Unloading Railway Wagons, 708
Luggage Labels and Tags, 376
Marble Work, 427
Matches, 647
Nails, Spikes, and Tacks, 427
Needles, 428
Nuts, Iron, 340
Pins, 428
Pipes, Wrought-Iron, 373
Plumbers' Work, 647
Printing, 647
Pump Plungers, 376
Railway Wagon Loading, &c, 703
Rivets, Iron, 340
Ruling Paper and Books, 152
Screws, 703
Shoes and Boots, 152
Springs for Carriages, 175
Steel and Iron Chains, 341
Stone Work, 427
Tacks, Nails, and Spikes, 427
Timber Cutting, 647
Wagon Manufacturing, 175
Watches and Clocks, 208
Window Frames, 646
Woodwork, 646
Wrought-Iron Pipes, 373

Hand Tools, Cost of, 708
Handling Coal, Plant, 524, 778, 869
Handling Ore by Steam Shovel, 690
Harris, Mr. J. F. W., on Strength of Steel Balls, 81, 464
Harrison, Mr. J. F. W., and Gjers, Mr. L. F., on
the Equalisation of Temperature of Hot Blast, 638, 666
Hartlepool Shipbuilding, 48
Harvey Process of Armour-Making, 435
Hazell's Annual, 100
Heat of Formation of Alloys, 662
Heated Steel, Colours of, 81
Heater, Feed-Water, and Detartariser, Chevalet (Boby, London), 817
Heating, Gasoline Gas for, 78
Hele-Shaw, Professor H. S., oa Road Locomotion, 577, 597, 630, 663, 696, 851
Hele•Shaw, Professor, on Stream Lines, 507
Helium, Argon, &c., Relative Rates of Effusion of, 331
Hennibique, and Accident at Southampton, 726
Herbert's Machine Tools at Paris Exhibition, 780
High Building, United States, 413
High Hydrostatic Pressures and their Application to Compressing Liquids : A New Form of Pressure Gauge, 183
High-Speed Steam Launch, 153
History of the Engineering Works of the Suez Canal, 332
H.M.S. " Belleisle," Practical Demonstration of Gun Power, 724, 751
H.M.SS. with Belleville Boilers, Cost of Repairs, 655, 751
H.M. Destroyer " Viper," with Payson3 Turbine, 218, 625
H.M. Navy Estimates, 291
Hobart, Mr. H. M., on Converters. See Converters
Hoist, Air, 398, 403
Hoist, Air, Alley and Maclellan, " Sentinel," 415
Hoists, Electric Ammunition, 106
Holds of Steamers, Innovations, 471, 477
Holidays, Overtime Rates for, 559, 660
Homes for Discharged Soldiers, Building Trades Gift of, 59
Hong Kong Port, 22
Hong Kong, Trade and Prospects, 823
Hopetoun, Lord, on Shipbuilding, 452. See 483
Hopetown Bridge Rebuilt, 382. See 121, 775
Horse-Power, Value of, 184
Horsefall Destructors, 653
Horseless Carriage. See Cars, Motor
Hot Blast, Equable Temperature, 638, 666
Hotopp Syphon Locks on the Elbe-Trave Canal, 571
Howitzers on Disappearing Mounts. See Schneider
Hughes, The Late Professor, 128
Hull Shipbuilding, 49
Hummel, Mr. F. H., on Graphical Constructions in Engineering, 601
Hydraulic Recoil for Field Gun, 609, 643
Hydro-Pneumatic Recoil for Field Gun, 671
Hydrostatic Pressures, High, 183

Ice and Cold Storage Trades Directory and Handbook for 1900, 332
Ice-Breaking Steamers, 203
Illumination of Objects under Microscope, Stria) Methods, 796
Impact, 182. See LETTERS, 262
Implements, Agricultural, 814
Inclinometer, Lister's Theodolite, 47
India-Rubber Cord, Frequency of Transverse Vibration of, 168
India-Rubber Goods, Government, 327
Indian and Ceylon Exhibitors, Paris Exhibition, 21
Indian Light Railways, 687
Indian Railways, 216, 826
Indicator, McInnes-llobbie, 748
Indicator, Ripper's Mean Pressure, 120. See LETTERS, 165
Industrial Notes, 27, 64, 101, 133, 167, 198, 231,
265, 300, 333, 363, :397, 429, 457, 491, 527, 561,
596, 627, 661, 695, 727, 761, 794, 830, 867
Industrial Prospects in China, 785. See Erratum, 870
Influence of Cheap Fuels on the Cost of Electrical Energy, 69. See LErrEas, Fuel Economy
Ingots for Gun Tubes and Propeller Shafts, 638, 668
Inland Navigation, Russian, 73, 128, 275, 341
Innes, Mr. Charles H., on Screw Fans, 66. See LETTERS, 165
Innovations in Modern Steamers, 471, 477
Inspection of Boilers, 380, 421, 554, 589
Insulating Gutta-Percha, 828
Insulation Tests, Use of Price's Guard Wire in 168
International Pneumatic Tool Company's Works, Chippenham, 757
International Screw Threads System, 179
Ireland Light Railways, 260
Ireland Shipbuilding, 86, 95
Irish Mail Accident at Norton Bridge, 301
Iron, Allotropic Varieties of, 58
Iron-Aluminium Alloy, Magnetic Properties, 796
Iron Developments on Pacific Slopes, United
States, 194
Iron Industry, Russian, 193
Iron Manufacture in United States, 33, 65
Iron Ore for South Russia, Ural, 229
Iron and Phosphorus, 623
Iron Rusting, 724
Iron and Steel, British v. United States, 357
Iron and Steel Chains, Cost, 341
Iron and Steel Exports, United States, 228

Iron anti Steel Institute :

622, 637
Date of Paris Meeting, 622
Council Report, 622
The Bessemer Gold Medal for 1900 Presented to Mr. Henri de Wendel, President of the Comite des Forges de France, 623
" On Iron and Phosphorus," by Mr. J. E. Stead, F.I.C. (Middlesbrough), 623
" On the Use of Fluid Metal in the Open-Hearth Furnace," by Mr. James Riley (Stockton-on-Tees), 612, 623
" On the Continuous Working of the Open-Hearth Furnace," by Mr. Benjamin Talbot (Pencoyd, Pennsylvania), 623, 832
" On Blowing Engines Driven by Crude Blast-Furnace Gas," by M. Adolphe Greiner (Seraing, Belgium), 624, 625
" On the Manufacture and Application of Water Gas," by Mr. Carl Deliwik (Stock-holm), 637
" On the Utilisation of Blast-Furnace Slag," by the Ritter Cecil von Schwarz (Liege), 638, 666
" On the Equalisation of the Temperature of Hot Blast," by Messrs. Lawrence Gjers and Joseph H. Harrison (Middlesbrough), 638, 666
" On Ingots for Gun Tubes and Propeller Shafts," by Mr. F. J. R. Carrulla (Derby), 638, 668
" On the Manganese Ores of Brazil," by Mr. H. Kilburn Scott (Minas, Brazil), 63S
Concluding Proceedings, 638
Iron Trade Consolidations, 420
Irrigation, Dam on the Nile, 318. See 704 Irrigation, Egyptian, 704
Italian Warship Speed Trials and Depth of Water, 511, 528
James Forrest Lecture, Institution of Civil Engineers, " On the Relation between Electricity and Engineering," 562, 629. Sec LErrms, 659, 693
Japan Cotton Spinners' Trust, 522
Japan, Education in, 260
Japan Finance, 422
Japan Mining Enterprise, Foreigners and, 65)
Japan, Notes from, 284, 828
Japan Railways and Tramways, 135
Japan, Russia, and Korea, 486
Japan Shipping, 788
Japanese Battleship " Asahi " (Brown, Clydebank), 442, 581, 617, 680
Japanese Battleships, Cruisers, and Men, 453, 461. See 442, 581
Japanese Battleship, Eleotrical Equipment, 619, 694. See 30, 102
Japanese 31-Knot Destroyers (Yarrow), 96 Japanese Navy, 453, 461. See 442, 581
Japanese Railways, State Purchase, 422 Japanese Statesman on Japan Finance, 422 Jewellery, Cost, 373
Johnson-Lundell System of Electric Traction, 523
Joint, Balanced Expansion, 154
Joint for Copper Steam Pipes, Preschlin's, 154 Jones' Underfed Mechanical Stoker, 350
Jump or Flip of a Rifle, 389. See LETTERS, 424, 455, 558, 593
" Kearsarge," Electric Installation of the United
States Ship, 30, 102, 619, 694
Keel, Cambering of Steamer's, 422
Keels and Stream Lines, Ships', 507, 729
Keep, Mr. W. J., on American Competition,
77
Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers,
and Shippers of the World, 1900, 615
" Kentucky," Electric Insttillation of United
States Ship, 30, 102, 619, 694
Kimberley Siege Gun Construction, 390, 865
Kolben's Electric Power Plant, 746
Korea, Japan, and Russia, 486
Koura River, Russia, 73
Krupp Works, 790
Laboratory of Berlin Technical School, Engi
neering, 740
Labour Hours at Reavell's Works, 173
Labour-Saving Appliances. See Hand v. Machine
Labour
Lace Tissues, 709
Ladders, Cost, 376
Land Purchase, Law as to Compensation for,
822
Land Reclamation in Norfolk, 722. See 693
Langen Mono-Rail Suspended Railway at Elber
feld-Barmen, 412, 438, 601
Large Electric Power Areas, 223, 330, 587. See
419
Lathe, Heavy Turret (Pratt and Whitney Com
pany, Hartford, Conn.), 547
Lathes, Milling Tools, &c., at Paris Exhibition
(A. Herbert, Limited), 780
Launch, High-Speed Steam, 153
Launches and Trial Trips, 26, 70, 98, 140, 166,
204, 217, 272, 303, 319, 400, 426, 463, 476, 532,
560, 600, 632, 668, 766, 800, 836, 851
Laundry Machinery, 622
Law. See Legal
Law Cases, Commercial, 369
Law Reform, Patent, 55, 196, 720, 753. See
'Arms, Patent Law
Laxton's Price-Book, 267
Lean's Royal Navy List, 168, 585
Leather Cup Plungers, Cost, 376
Leeds Electric Station Coal-Handling Plant, 869
Legal :
Amendment of Companies Acts, 294
British Creditors and Foreign Debtors, 326
Commercial Cases in 1899, 369
Compensation for Compulsory Purchase of
Land, 822
Contracts by Tender, 190
Directors' Liability, 160
Factory Act Amendment Bill, 786
Legal Aspect of Contracts by Tender, 190
Patent Law Reform, 55. See LErrEits and Patents
Registration of Firms, 656
Rights of Riparian Owners, 19, 61. See Drams, 98
Strikers and Poor Relief, 356
Traction Engine Decision, 855
Watching and Besetting, 556
Workmen's Compensation Act, 94, 157, 163,
202, 232, 306, 381, 390, 567, 632, 658, 681,
731, 827
Workmen's Compensation Act and Miners' Federation, 94
Lending Library for Engineers, 230, 726, 759
Lesser Fine Art Building, 192, 213, 520
Letters to the Editor, 24, 59, 97, 131, 163, 194,

229, 262, 296, 330, 360, 391, 423, 455, 487, 523, 558, 592, 626, 659, 692, 725, 757, 792, 828, 853 Liability, Directors', 160

Library, Lending, for Engineers, 230, 726, 759
Lifting Power of Air Propellers, 233
Light Railway Locomotive (Hudswell, Clarke,
and Co., Leeds), 253
Light Railway and Tramways Exhibition, 859
Light Railways, 687
Light Railways in Ireland, 260
Light Railways in New South Wales and Chili,
526
Lights, Northern, 658
Lighting, Electric, Battleships, 30, 102, 619, 694
Lighting Plant, Electric. See Westinghouse and Paris Exhibition
Lightning, Causes of, 1
Lightning, Destruction of Life and Property, 769
Lightning Storm, Winter, 359
Limbers for Field Guns. See Field Artillery
Lime, Cost, 376
Lindley, The Late Mr. William, 725
Linotype Printing, Cost, 647
Liquefaction and Compression of Gases, 45, 95, 732, 762. See 334
Liquid Air, 45, 95, 334, 732, 762
Liquid Fuel, 392
Liquid Fuel Appliances for Motor Cars, 665. See 861
Liquid Pressures and Gauges, 183
Liquids and Solutions Mixed, Viscosities, 796
Lister's Inclinometer Theodolite, 47
Literature, 101, 328, 376, 609, 676, 704, 790
Lloyd's Registry Returns of Shipping, 387
Lloyd's Registry and Ship Construction, 453
Lloyd's Shipbuilding Returns, 555
Loading and Unloading Railway Wagons, Cost, 708
Local Government Annual and Official Directory, 220
Locks on the Elbe-Trave Canal, Hotopp Syphon, 571
Lockwood's Builders, Architects, Contractors, and Engineers' Price Book, 100
Locomotion, Aerial, 526
Locomotion, Road. See Cars, Motor, and Road Locomotion
Locomotive Accident near Workington, 264 Locomotive, Agricultural (Clayton and Shuttle-worth, Limited), 778
Locomotive Boiler Explosion at Crynant Station, 734
Locomotive Boiler Tubes, Corrosion of, 454 Locomotive, Compound, for Western Railway of France, 155
Locomotive Development, 458
Locomotive Driving Wheels, Varying Weight on, 98
Locomotive, Freight, for Union Pacific Railway, 93
Locomotive Lubricator, Friedmann's, 428 Locomotive, Midland Railway, 682, 713. See LETTERS
Locomotive, Narrow - Gauge Tank (Hudswell, Clarke, and Co., Leeds), 253
Locomotive, Netherlauds (Nelson, Reid, and Co.), 691
Locomotive Performances, Caledonian, 771. See 636. See LErms, Caledonian Locomotives and Errata, 828
Locomotive Practice in France, 847
Locomotive Slide Valves, Friction Tests of, 80
Locomotives, Road, 577, 597, 630, 663, 696, 861. See LETTERS
Locomotives, Caledonian Passenger, 636, 771. See LETTERS and Errata, 828
Locomotives, Early Outside Cylinder, 789
Locomotives at the Paris Exhibition, 759
Locomotives for the Port Talbot and Barry Railways, 479
Locomotives, Some Veteran, 63, 97, 131
Locomotives of the Royal Agricultural Show, 258, 322. See Royal Show
Locomotives, Veteran, 63, 97, 131
London Directory, 100
London Docks, 654
London Railway, Central, S57
London Water, 127
London Water Supply, 460
"Long Cecil," Making of the Gun, 390, 865
Longridge, Captain C. C. on the Pyritic Smelting of Copper Ores, 774
Longworth Power Hammer, 280, 301, 304, 335, 365, 398, 403, 425. See LETTER, 331, and t rratum, 447
Looms at Paris Exhibition, 709. See 542, 672
Lorenz, Dr., on Uniformity of Turning Moments of Engines, 503, 529
Lowest Tender, Legal Aspect, 190
Lubrication and Lubricants, 611
Lubricator, Automatic, 47
Lubricator, for Locomotives, Friedmann's, 428
Lubricators, Sight-Feed, 660
Luggage Labels and Tags, Cost, 376
Luton as a Site for Engineering Works, 467
Lyddite Manufacture, 484

Machine v. Hand Labour. See Hand v. Machine Labour

Machine Tools :

Automatic Tapping Machine for Pipe Fittings (S. Platt, Wednesbury), 27
Boring Machine, Three-Spindle (J. A. Fay and Co., Cincinnati), 252
British Machine Tools at Paris Exhibition, 780
Lathe, Heavy Turret (Pratt and Whitney Com¬pany, Hartford, Conn.), 547
Lathes, Milling Tools, &c., at Paris Exhibition (A. Herbert, Limited), 780 ,
Milling Tools, Lathes, &c., at Paris Exhibition (A. Herbert, Limited), 780
Pneumatic, &c., Tools, 280. 301. 304, 335, 365,
398, 403. See 331, 425, 447, 757
Pneumatic Tool Factory, Chippenham, 757
Press, Stamping for Armatures, 727
Screw Milling Machines (J. Holroyd and Co.), Limited, Rochdale), 186
Turning Machines at Paris Exhibition (A. Herbert, Limited), 780
Machinery and its Effect on Costs. See Hand v. Machine Labour
Machinery and Chemical Buildings, Paris Exhibition, 344
Madras Light Railways, 687
Magazine and Automatic Rifles, 162
Magnetic Fields and Stray Currents, 22
Magnetic Properties of Alloys of Iron and Aluminium, 796
Magnetic Separator, Electro, 121
Magneto-Telephonograph, 826
Mail Pneumatic Despatch, 284
Making of Gun, " Long Cecil." 390, 865
Management of Roads, 683. See Viagraph
Manchester Sewage, 60
Manchester Steam Users' Association, 747
Manganese Ores of Brazil, 638
Manhole Doors, Removing, 331
Manhole Cover for Boilers, 363
Manhole Covers Removed under Pressure, 267, 331
Manufacture and Application of Water Gas, 637. See 118
Manufacturing Costs. See Hand v. Machine Labour
Marble Work, Cost, 427
Marine Engine Governors, 760
Marine Engine Working, 332, 361, 393
Maritime Congress, Paris, 858
Marvels of Electricity, 659, 693
Matches, Cost of Making, 647
Matches, French, State Monopoly and Manufacture, 824
Mathias and Cailletet and the Critical Density, 870
Maudslay, Sons, and Field's Affairs, 326. See 393
May-Otaway Fire Alarm, 766
Maxim Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Maxim Guns, French Criticism of, 622
Maxim Multi-Perforated Powder, 196, 768, 854
Maxim Rifle Calibre Gun, 370
Maxim's Aerial Torpedoes, 230, 262
McInnes-Dobbie Indicator, 748
Measurement of Standard Resistances, 734
Measurement of Yachts, 472. See LETTERS

Mechanical Engineers, American Society of :

44, 78, 182
New York Meeting, 44
The Berthier Method of Coal Caloriinetry, by Mr. C. V. Kerr, 44
Tests of Two 10-Million Gallon Pumping Engines at the Baden Pumping Station, St. Louis Water Works, by Mr. John A. Laird, 44
A New Graphical Method of Constructing the Entropy Temperature Diagram of a Gas or Oil Engine from its Indicator Card, by Mr. Henry T. Eddy, 45
Pressure in Pipes Due to Stoppage of Flowing
Liquid, by Mr. George M. Peek, 45 Compression and Liquefaction of Gases, by Mr.
Arthur L. Rice, 45, 732, 762
A Curved Glass Blue Print Machine, by Mr. Paul M. Chamberlain, 45
A Metal Dynamograph, by Mr. Paul M. Cham¬berlain, 45
Education of Machinists, Foremen, and Mechanical Engineers, by Mr. M. P. Higgins, 46
Experiments on Using Gasoline Gas for Boiler
Heating, by Mr. Herman Poole, 78
Friction of Steam Packings, by Mr. C. II. Benjamin, 67, 80
Friction Tests of Locomotive Slide Valves, by Mr. F. C. Wagner, 80
A Note on Flywheels, by Mr. A. Firth, 80
An Efficiency Test of a 125 Horse-Power Gas
Engine, by Mr. C. H. Robertson, 81, 135 The Strength of Steel Balls, by Mr. J. F. W.
Harris, 81, 46 t
The Colours of Heated Steel Corresponding to Different Degrees of Temperature, by Messrs. Maunsel White and F. W. Taylor, 81 Excursions, 81
Impact, by Mr. W. J. Keep, 182. See LErrEits
The Mechanical Equipment of the New South Station, Boston, Mass., by Mr. W. C. Kerr, 183
High Hydrostatic Pressures and their Applica¬tion to Compressing Liquids ; A New Form of Pressure Gauge, by Mr. F. H. Stillman, 183
On the Value of a Horse Power, by Mr. George S. Rockwood, 184
The Steam Engine at the End of the 19th Gen-tury, by Dr. Robert H. Thurston, 269
Rules for Steam Boiler Trials, 271
Mechanical Engineers' Congress at Paris, 554, 855
Mechanical Engineers, Institution or:
148, 280, 403, 577, 861
Graduates, 62, 123, 221, 350, 512
Annual Report of the Council, 148
Office Bearers, 148
Water Meters of the Present Day, with Special Reference to Small Flows and Waste in Dribbles, by Mr. Win. Schanheyder, 148, 169, 200. See Erratum, 200
Improvements in the Longworth Power Ham¬mer, by Mr. Ernest Samuelson, 280, 301, 403, 425. See LETTER, 331 ; Erratum, 447
Portable Pneumatic Tools, by Mr. Ewart C. Amos, 280, 304, 335, 365, 398, 403, 425. Erra¬tum, 447. See 757
Road Locomotion, by Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw, 577, 597, 630, 663, 696. See 861 Congress at Paris, 554
Summer Afeetino :
Address of Welcome to the American En
gineers, 861
Road Locomotion, by Professor H. S. Ilele
Shaw, LL.D., F.R.S., 861
Notes on the Construction of " Long Cecil,"
a 4.1-In. Rifled Breechloading Gun, in
Kimberley during the Siege, 1899-1900, by
Mr. Edward Goffe, 864, 865
_ Recent Locomotive Practice in France, by M.
Edouard Sauvage, 847. See next Volume
Polyphase Electric Traction, by Professor C.
A. Canis Wilson, 864
Dinner, Annual, 855
Mechanical Equipment of the New South Station, Boston, Mass., 183
Mechanical Flight, 233, 361, 526
Mechanical Industry, Continental, 790
Mechanical Stoker, Jones' Underfed, 350
"Mechanical World " Year-Book, 100
Melbourne Water Supply, 3
Melting Ratios, High, 263
Mercantile Year-Book and Directory of Exporters, 385
Mersey Shipbuilding, 49
Metal-Backed Glasses, Reflective Power of, 803
Metal Crystallised by Pressure, 796
Metal Dynamograph, A, 45
Metal Price Diagrams, 26, 166, 298, 456, 594, 760
Metal, Use of Fluid, in Steel Furnaces, 612, 623, 832
Metallurgists' Note and Formula Book, 677
Meteorology and Balloons, 22
Meteorology, Electric Phenomena, 1

Meteorological Society, Royal :

Annual Report, 96
Presidential Address (Mr. F. C. Bayard), 96 Phenological Observations, by Mr. E. Mawley, 263
Percolation Experiments, by Dr. A. H. Scott, 263
Jubilee Celebration, 289
The Late Mr. G. J. Symons, 423
Ether Sunshine Recorder, by Mr. W. H. Dines, 423
Remarks on the Weather Conditions on the Steamship Track between Fiji and Hawaii, by Captain M. W. C. Hepworth, 423
Comparison by Means of Dots, by Mr. A. B. MacDowall, 423
Jubilee Proceedings, 490
The Wiltshire Whirlwind of October, 1899, by the Late Mr. G. J. Symons, 660
The Variations of the Climate of the Geological and Historical Past and their Causes, by Dr. Nils Ekholm, 660
Rainfall in the West and East of England in Relation to Altitude above Sea Level, by Mr. William Marriott, 827
Description of Halliwell's Self-Recording Rain Gauge, by Mr. Joseph Baxendell, 827
Meters, Water, 148, 169, 200. See Erratum, 203 Metropolitan. See also London
Metropolitan Electric Supply Company's Wil-lesden Works, 314
Metropolitan Map, 157
Metropolitan Railway, Electric Traction, 689 Metropolitan Railway, Paris, 638, 673
Mexico, Tin Ore in, 270
Michelson's Echelon Spectroscope, 239 Micrometer, Electrical, 414
Microscopic Examination of Steel Shafts, 536, 563, 596. See LETTER, 693
Microscopic Objects Illumined by Stria, 796 Midland Locomotive at Paris Exhibition, 682, 713, 759
Military India-Rubber Goods, 327
Miller, Mr. Spencer, on American Competi' tion, 77
Milling Machine, Screw (Holroyd, Rochdale), 185 Milling Tools, Lathes, Ste., at Paris Exhibit on (A. Herbert, Limited), 780
Mineral Wealth of the World, 755
Mining Enterprise in Japan, Foreigners and, 6 8 Mining and Handling Ore by Steam Shovel, 690 Mining in the World, 756
Mirrors, Reflective Power of Metal-Backed, 803 Miscellanea, 17, 62, 89, 123, 167, 196, 221, 264,
289, 323, 353, 385, 417, 447, 490, 515, 651, 585,
617, 651, 685, 717, 761, 779, 819, 855
" Mond " Gas Engine, 815. See Erratum next Volume, page 13
Mono-Rail Suspended Railway at Elberfeld-Barmen, Langen, 412, 438, 501
Morison, Mr. D. B., on the Naval Engineer, 459, 496. See also 325, 449, and LETTERS
Mortars. See under Schneider
Morton, Professor H., on American Competition, 12
Mossberg Roller Bearings, 133
Motor, Gas from Blast-Furnace, and 800 Horse-Power Blowing Engine, 87, 228, 625, 845
Motor, Oil, Diesel, 5. See also Engine
Motor Vehicles. See Cars, Motor, and Road Locomotion
Motor Vehicles, 812
Motor Wagons for Roads, 592, 626, 725
Motor Wagons and Wheel Problems, 577, 597, 630, 663, 696, 812, 861. See LErimas and Errata, 828
Motors, Continuous v. Polyphase, 362, 489, 864 Motors, Electric, for Battleships, 30, 103, 619 Moulineaux and Champ de Mars Railway, 546, 577, 617, 673
Mountain Carriages for Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Mountings for Coast Defence G"ns. See Schneider Mountings for Guns. See Guns and Schneider and Field Artillery
Moving Loads on Railway Under-Bridges, 233 Moving Platform, Paris Exhibition, 705, 807 Mud-Hole Cover, Okes' Safety, 363
Municipalities and Electrical Progress, 159, 223, 419, 5,7. See LETTERS, Swiss, &c.
Municipal Trading, 419. See 159. 223, 330, 587 Mysterious Fractures of Steel Shafts, 536, 563. See LETrER, 693

Nails, Spikes, and Tacks, Cost, 427
Naphtha Industry of the Terek District. 757
Naphtha Tank Steamers on the Volga, 789
Narrow-Gauge Locomotive (Hudswell, Clarke, and Co., Leeds), 253
National Defence Expenditure and Organisation, 821
National Defence and Politics, 224
National Defences, Our, 164
National Wealth and Debt, 189
Naval Annual, 1900, 790

Naval Architects, Institution of :

452, 469, 503, 536
Annual Report of Council, 452
Election of the President, the Officers, and Council, 452
Address by the Chairman, the Right Hon. the Earl of Hopetoun, G.0 M.G., 452. See 483
Presentation of the Gold Medal to Mr. J Bruhn, B.Sc. ; and of the Premium to Pro¬fessor W. E. Dalby, M.A., B.Sc., 452
The Japanese Navy, by Rear-Admiral C. C. P. Fitzgerald, Associate, 453, 461
A Short Account of Some of the Changes which have been Introduced into the Types, Sizes, and Construction of Ships During the Period of My Connection with Lloyd's Register, by Mr. B. Martell, 453
Experimental Work on the Rolling of Ships on
Waves, by Captain G. Russo, 442, 454, 493 On Large Cargo Steamers, by Professor J. H.
Biles, 469, 763
The Practical Results of Some Innovations in Modern Shipbuilding, by Mr. A. B. Wortley, 471, 477
The Strength of Elliptical Sections under Fluid Pressure, by Captain G. W. Hovgaard, 472
On Yacht Measurements, together with Some Remarks on the Action of Sails, by Mr. H. C. Vogt, 472. See LETTERS
On the Balancing of Steam Engines, by Herr Otto Schlick, 472
The Engines of the Corvette " General Baque-dano," by Mr. M. Sandison, 473, 525
On the Uniformity of Turning Moments of Marine Engines," by Professor Lorenz, 503, 629
The Pressure on an Inclined Plane, with Spe¬cial Reference to Balanced Rudders, by Pro¬fessor H. S. Hele-Shaw, F.R.S., 507
On the Action of Bilge Keels, by Professor G. H. Bryan, M.A., F.R.S., 507, 729
On the Influence of Depth of Water on the Resistance of Ships, by Major Giuseppe Rota, Royal Italian Navy, 511, 528
On Mysterious Fractures of Steel Shafts, by Signor Roberto Schanzer, 536, 663. See LETTER, 693
Corrosion and Failure of Propeller Shafts, by Mr. A. Scott Younger, 536, 796
Concluding Proceedings, 538
Naval Architecture, Science, 559
Naval Architecture, Theoretical, 329
Naval Engineers, Status of, 325, 449, 458, 496. See 651. See Lwrrsits, 97, 297, 423, 488, 558, 559, 659, 692, 726, 757, 758, 853
Naval run, Vickers', 7.5-In., 743
Naval Gun, Vickers' 14-Pounder Automatic, 180
Naval Guns, Experiment on " Belleisle," 724, 751
Naval Power and Its Cost, 189
Naval Programme, 719
Naval Shipbuilding, 291
Navies Compared, 56
Navigation Congress, Paris, 858
Navipendulums for Recording Rolling of Ships on Waves, 442, 464, 493
Navy and Army Expenditure, Organisation, 821
Navy Engineering in United States, 20
Navy Estimates, 291
Needles, Cost of, 428
Netherlands Locomotive (Neilson, Reid, and Co.), 691
New England Electric Tramway Results, 701, 739, 841
New South Wales Railway Construction, 526
New York Ship Canal, 162, 227
New York Tramway Results, 701, 739, 841
New Zealand, Dredging for Gold in, 491
Newcastle, Boiler Explosion near, 732
Newport Boiler Explosion, 204
Newton-on-Trent Boiler Explosion, 682
Nickel Bronze for High-Pressure Steam Fittings, 329
Nile Dam for Irrigation, 318. Sec 704
Nord and Orleans French Railway Screw Thread, 145
Norfolk Foreshore Reclamation, 722. See 693, 725
North Bridge, Edinburgh, The Old, 25
Northern Lights, 658
Northwich Swing Bridges, 153
Norvals Pont Bridge Rebuilt, 775. See 121, 382
Note on Flywheel Designs, 80
Notes from Cleveland and the Northern Counties, 16, 53, 88, 122, 156, 187, 221, 255, 288, 323, 352, 384, 417, 446, 480, 514, 550, 584, 617, 660, 684, 716, 750, 783, 818, 854
Notes et Formules de l'Ingenieur, du Construeteur-Mechanicien, du Metallurgiste et l'Electricien, 676
Notes on the Measurement of Some Standard Resistances, 734
Notes from the North, 16, 52, 88, 122, 156, 186, 220, 254, 288, 322, 352, 550, 584, 616, 650, 684, 384, 716, 416, 750, 446, 782, 480, 818, 514, 854
Notes from the South-West, 16, 53, 89, 123, 156, 187, 221, 255, 289, 323, 353, 385, 417, 447, 481, 514, 551, 585, 617, 651, 685, 717, 750, 783, 819, 855
Notes from South Yorkshire, 16, 53, 88, 122, 156, 186, 220, 254, 288, 322, 352, 384, 416, 446, 481, 514, 550, 684, 616, 650, 684, 716, 750, 783, 818, 854
Nuts, Iron, Cost, 340

Obituary :

Oil. See also Petroleum
Oil (Effects) on Screw Propulsion, 694
Oil and Enamel Paints, Protective Values, 591, 790
Oil Engines. See Engines
Oil Fuel Boilers for Motor Cars, 663. See 861
Okes' Safety Covers for Mud-Holes, 363
Old Locomotives, 63, 97, 131
Oldest Locomotives in Europe, 63. See 97, 131
Olten-Aarburg Power Transmission, 37. See Erratum, 96
On Iron and Phosphorus, 623
Openings for Mechanical Engineers in China, 60
Orange River Bridges, Rebuilt, 382. See 121, 775
Ordnance. See Guns and Schneider and Field Artillery
Ordnance, Vickers', 743. See 180, and Field Artillery
Ordsall-Lane Soap Works, Manchester, 109. See LETTERS, Glycerine
O'Reilly Dr. M. F., on Destruction of Life and Property by Lightning, 769
Ore Handling by Steam Shovel, 690
Ores of Brazil, 638
Ores, Copper, Pyritic Smelting of, 774
Oscillograph, Duddell, 582
Overhead Cranes, Electric, 13
Overtime Rates for Holidays, 559, 660

Pacific Cable and Gutta-Percha Supply, 754 Pacific Slopes, Iron Development (United States), 194
Pacific, United States and Great Britain in the, 259
Packings, Friction of Steam, 67, 80
Paddle Engines. See Engines
Paints, Protective Power of, 591
Paints, Protective Values of Oils and Enamel, 790
Panama Canal, 119
Paris Comedie Franoise Burned, 359. See LETTER, Fireproofing, 424
Paris Congresses, 554, 858

Paris Exhibition :

Agriculture, French, 839
Blast-Furnace Gas Engine, 845
Borsig and Siemens-Halske Electric Power Installation, 712
British Commercial Pavilion, 779
British Machine Tools (A. Herbert, Limited), 780
Buildings Viewed from Eiffel Tower, 485
Cail Company Electric Power Installation, 775
Canadian Exhibitors, 21
Carels Freres Electric Power Plant, 746
Champs de Mars, 521
Chemical and Machinery Buildings, 344
Chimneys, 149
Congresses, 554, 858
Counts of Yarn, 542, 672. See also 709
Cours la Reine and Quai de Billy, 520
Electric Circular Railway, 705. See el
Electric Light Engine, 2400 Horse-Power (Willans and Robinson), 552
Electric Power Distribution, 149, 605
Electric Power Installation, 647, 712, 746, 775, 815, 846
Electric Railway Signalling (Timmis), 647
Electrical Generators. See Electric Power Installation
Electricity Building, 451
Engine, 2400 Horse-Power Electric (Willans and Robinson, Limited), 552
Entrance, Monumental, 314, 519
Esplanade des Invalides Railway, 546, 577, 581
Esplanade des Invalides, 520
Fine Art Palaces, 192, 213, 281, 520
Foreign National Buildings, 58, 520
Franco-Tosi Engines at the Electric Power Station, 815
French Patents and Exhibitors, 331
French State Manufactures, 824
Gas Engine, Blast-Furnace, 845
German Section, 855
Grand Cascade, 451
Greater Britain at the Exhibition, 21
Gun, 7.5-In., Vickers Naval, 743
Guns, Vickers Pavilion and, 743
Indian and Ceylon Exhibitors, 21
Kolben's Electric Power Plant, 746
Lace Tissues, 709
Larger Fine Art Palace, 192, 213, 281, 520
Lesser Fine Art Building, 192, 213, 281, 520
Locomotive, Midland Railway, 682, 713. See LErrERs
Locomotive, Netherlands (Neilson, Reid, and Co.). 691
Looms, 709. See 542, 672
Machinery and Chemical Buildings, 344
Matches State Monopoly and Manufacture, 824
Mechanical Engineers' Congress, 554. See 858
Metropolitan Railway, Paris, 638, 673
Midland Railway Locomotive, 682, 713. See LErrERs
Monumental Entrance, 314, 519
Moving Platform, 705, 807
Nancy General Electric Company's Triphase Alternator, 846
Naval Gun, Vickers 7.5-In., 743
Netherlands Locomotive (Neilson, Reid, and Co.), 691
Opening, 522
Ordnance, Vickers, 743
Paris Metropolitan Railway, 638, 673
Patents, French, and Exhibition, 331
Platform, Travelling, 705, 807
Power Houses and Supply, 605. See Electric
Power Installation
Power Stations, 149
Printing Machinery, 839
Progress of Works, 57, 485
Railway, Electric Cirnular, 705, 807 •
Railway Exhibits, 689
Railway Signalling, Electric (Timmis), 647
Railways, 546, 577, 581, 638, 673, 705, 807
Recording Counts of Yarns, Apparatus, 542, 672, 709
Sidewalk, Travelling, 705, 807
Siemens-Halske and Borsig Electric Power Installation, 712
Signalling, Electric Railway (Timnfis), 647
Stiles at Monumental Entrance, 314
Street of Nations, 58, 520
Testing Machine, 50-Ton (Valere Mabille Company, Belgium), 761
Testing Yarn, 672
Textile Exhibits, 542, 672, 709
Textile Tissues, Making, 709
Thomson-Houston Electric Power Installation, 775
Timmis's Electric Railway Signalling, 647
Tissues, Textile, Making, 709. See 542, 672
Tobacco State Monopoly, and Manufacture, 824
Transport Exhibits, 689
Travelling Platform, 705, 807
Triphase Alternators. See Electric Power In
stallations
Trocadero, 522
Vickers Ordnance, 743
Vincennes Annexe, 358, 689
Water-Tube Boiler Exhibits, 606
Weighing Yarns for Counts, 512, 672
Willans and Robinson, Limited, 2400 Indicated Horse-Power Electric Engine, 552
Yarn " Counting," 542, 672. See 709

Paris Exhibition and French Patents, 331
Paris, High Tension Electrical Effects at, 590
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway Screw Thread, 144
Paris Metropolitan Railways, 638, 673
Paris Underground Railway, 546, 577, 617, 638, 642, 673, 681
Parliament and Boiler Explosions, 380, 421, 564, 589
Parliamentary Bill for Registration. of Firms, 656
Parshall, Mr. H. F., on Rotary Converters, 197, 241, 499, 535
Parsons Steam Turbine in H.M.S. "Viper," 218, 625
Passengers, Transatlantic, 93
Patent Law Reform, 55, 196, 720, 753, 792. See LETTERS
Patent Laws, 196
Patent Office Temporary Premises, 25
Patent Record, 35, 71, 107, 141, 171, 205, 237, 273, 307, 33i, 367, 401, 431, 465, 533, 569, 603, 633, 669, 699, 735, 767, 801, 837, 871
Patents Examination Question, 55, 196, 720, 753. See LErrms, 792
Patents, French, and Paris Exhibition, 331
Percolation Experiments, 263
Percolation, Rain, 263
Petroleum Engines. See Engines
Petroleum Industry in Terek, 757
Petroleum Steamers, 789
Phase Conditions of Rotary Converters, 499, 535
Phenological Observations, 263
Phosphorus and Iron, 623
Photographic Prints, Making of, 45
Photographs of Sound Waves and the Kineniato'
graphical Demonstration of the Evolutions of
Reflected Wave Fronts, 301
Photography, Micro-. See Microscopic
Physical Problems and Astronomy, 600

Physical Society :

Some Developments in the Uses of Price's Guard Wire in Insulation Tests, by Professor Ayrton and Mr. Mather, 168
Fault Test for Braided and other Cable Core, by Mr. Appleyard, 168
Reflection and Transmission of Electric Waves along Wires, by Dr. E. Barton and M r. L. Lownds, 168
Frequency of Transverse Vibrations of a Stretched India-Rubber Cord, by Mr. T. J. Baker, 168
Presidential Address : The Controversy Con¬cerning Volta's Contact Force, by Professor Lodge, 217, 662. See 225, 723, 749
Photographs of Sound Waves and the Kine-matographical Demonstration of the Evolutions of Reflected Wave Fronts, by Professor R. W. Wood, 301
Relative Rates of Effusion of Argon, Helium, and other Gases, by Dr. F. G. Dorman, 334
The Distillation of Liquid Air and Composi¬tion of the Gaseous and Liquid Phases, by Mr. E. C. C. Baly, 334
The Reversibility of Galvanic Cells, by Mr. T. S. Moore, 334
The Damping of Galvanometer Needles, by Mr. M. Solomon, 400
The Distribution of Gas in an Electric Field, by Mr. G. W. Walker, 400
Some Experiments Illustrating " Syntony," by. Mr. P. E. Shaw, 413
An Electrical Micrometer, by Mr. Shaw, 414
Physical Problems Investigated at the Solar Physics Observatory and their Astronomical Applications, by Sir Norman Lockyer, 600
On the Controversy Concerning Volta's Con¬tact Force, by Professor Oliver Lodge, 662. See 723, 749
The Heat of Formation of Alloys, by Mr. J. B. Tavler. 662
The Want of Uniformity in the Action of Copper-Zinc Alloys on Nitric Acid, by Dr. J. H. Gladstone, 662
Electro-Magnetic Experiment, by Professor S. P. Thompson, 662
" Coma " Experiments, by Professor S. P. Thompson, 734
Notes on the Measurement of some Standard Resistances, by Mr. R. T. Glazebrook, 734
On the Strength of Ductile Materials under Combined Stresses, by Mr. J. J. Guest, 734
Magnetic Properties of Alloy of Iron and Aluminium, by Mr. S. W. Richardson and Mr. L. Lownds, 796
Note on Crystallisation Produced in Solid
Metal by Pressure, by Mr. W. Campbell, 796 The Viscosities of Mixtures of Liquids and
Solutions, by Dr. C. H. Lees, 746
An Application of the Method of Stria) to the Illumination of Objects under the Micro-scope, by Professor Wood, 796
Notes on Gas Thermometry, by Dr. P. Chappuis, 870
A Comparison of Impure Platinum Thermometers, by Mr. H. M. Tory, 870
The Law of Cailletet and Mathias and the Critical Density, by Professor S. Young, 870 Physics, Experimental, 328
Physics, Text-Book of, 376
Picketing, 556
Picric Acid and the War, 484
Pierucci Range Finder, 695. See LETTER, 726 Pilot Yacht " Commander Cawley," Steam, 195 Pins, Cost of, 428
Pipe Expansion Joint, Balanced Steam, 154
Pipe Pressure Due to Stoppage of Flowing Liquid, 45
Pipe Tapping Machine, Automatic, 27
Pipes, Wrought-Iron, Costs, 373
Piston Rings, 694
Plaques de Blindage, 435
Plates, Armour, 164, 435, 719
Platinum Thermometers, Comparison of Impure, 870
Platform, Travelling, Paris Exhibition, 705, 807 Plumbers' Work, Costs, 647
Pneumatic Post Office Despatch System, 284 Pneumatic Drills, 365, 403. See Erratum, 447 Pneumatic Engineering, 191
Pneumatic Hoist, 207, 398, 403, 416
Pneumatic Hoist, Alley and Maclellan "Sentinel," 415
Pneumatic Tool Factory, Chippenham, 757 Pneumatic Tools, 280, 301, 304, 335, 365, 398, 403. See 331, 425, 757. See Erratum, 447 Pohle Pumps, 742
Polar Lights, 658
Politics and National Defence, 224
Pollution of River Water, 19 See 61, 98 Polyphase Electric Traction, 159, 864
" Pom-Pom" Vickers Gun, 277
Poor Relief, Strikers and, 356
Port of Hong Kong, 22
Port Talbot Railway, Locomotive for, 479
Portable Pneumatic Tools, 280, 301, 304, 331, 335, 365, 398, 403, 425. See Erratum, 447. See 757
Porter, Mr. H. F. J., on American Competition, 40
Post Office Despatch System, Pneumatic, 191
Post Office Telegraphs, 800
Post and Telegraphs of Australia, 486
Pottery, Black, 522
Poulot Screw Thread, 111
Powder Factories, Electric Equipment, 115
Powder, Maxim Multi-Perforated, 196, 758, 854
Power, Electric, Transmission and Distribution, 435, 539, 635, 701, 739, 841
Power Hammer, Longworth, &c., 280, 301, 304, 335, 398, 403, 425. See LETTER, 331. See Erratum, 447
Power Houses and Supply, Paris Exhibition, 605, 647, 712, 746, 775, 815, 846
Power Required for Cultivation, 839
Power Stamping Press, 727
Power Stations, Paris Exhibition, 149, 647, 712, 746, 775, 815, 846
Power Transmission, Alternate - Current, in Switzerland, 37. See Eractum, 96
Power Transmission, Electrical, 629. See LETTERS, 659, 693
Practical Electrician's Pocket-Book for 1900, 230
Practical Engineers' Pocket-Book, 319
Preece, Sir W. H., on the Making of the Engineer, 293
Preece, Sir W. H., on the Relation of Electricity and Engineering, 562, 629. See LEITERS, 659, 693
Preller, Dr., on Swiss Electric Power, 37. See Erratum, 96
Premium System of Labour, 173
Preschlin's Joint for Copper Steam Pipes, 154
Press Directory, 130, 220
Press, Power Stamping, 727
Press, Stamping for Armatures, 727
Pressure, High, Hydrostatic and Gauges, 183
Pressure on an Inclined Plane, with special
Reference td Balanced Rudders, 507
Pressure Indicator, Ripper's Mean, 120. See LETTERS, 165
Pressure in Pipes Due to Stoppage of Flowing Liquid, 45, 732, 762
Pressures, Fluid, on Plain Surfaces, 507
Price's Guard Wire in Insulation Tests, 168
Printing, Costs, 647
Printing Machinery, 839
Profit Estimates of Electric Lighting Undertakings, 756
Profits in United States, Steel, 259. See 420, 624
Progress of Steam Engines, 269
Projectile Tests, " Belleisle," 724, 751
Promenade at Blackpool, 74
Propeller Shafts, 536, 563, 596, 796. See LETTER, 693
Propeller Shafts, Diameter of, 295
Propeller Shafts, Gun Tubes and, 638, 668
Propellers, Lifting Power of Air, 233
Propulsion, Oil (Effects) on Screw, 694
Protection, Foreshore, 626, 693, 722, 725, 792
Protective Power of Paints, 591
Protective Values of Oils and Enamel Paints, 790
Public School Education. See Education
Pump Plungers, Cost of Making, 376
Pumps, Air, United States Cruiser " Denver," 394
Pumps, Electrically Driven Feed, 614
Pumps, Pohle, 742
Pumping Engines, Tests of 10-Million Gallon, 44
Purchase of Land, Law as to Compensation for, 822
Purification of Waste Water from Factories, 61
Purifying Water, 98
Pyritic Smelting of Copper Ores, 774

Quadruple-Expansion Engines. See Engines Quartz Thermometers, 486
Queen's Yacht, Accident to the, 58
Queensland Post and Telegraph Facts, 486
Queensland Railways and Trade, 388
Quick-Firing Guns. See Schneider and Field Artillery

Railroads and Canals, United States, 227. See 162
Rails, Creeping, on the Eads Bridge, 86
Rails, Steel, 591
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
Railway Bridges. See Bridges
Railway Bridges, Loads on Floors, 233
Railway, Central London, 857
Railway Construction Records, 822
Railway Couplings, Automatic, 557
Railway Diary and Officials' Directory, 100
Railway Electric Circular, 705, 807
Railway, Electric, Exhibition, 859
Railway Exhibits, Paris Exhibition, 689. See Locomotives and Paris Exhibition
Railway Freight Cars, Large, 660
Railway, Great Central, 430
Railway, High-Speed, Economy of, 422
Railway, Langen Mono-Rail Suspended, 412, 438, 501
Railway Map of the United Kingdom, 289
Railway, Metropolitan, Electric Traction, 6S9
Railway Permanent Way Hand Crane, 154
Railway Rates, Proposed Increase, 454
Railway Results in Europe, 757
Railway, Russo-Finnish, 130
Railway Servants, Accidents to, 125
Railway, Siberian, 130, 758, 822. Sec Erratum, 870
Railway Signalling, Electric (Timmis's), 647
Railway, Speed on Caledonian, 771. See 636.
See LETTERS, Caledonian Locomotives, and Errata, 828
Railway Station, Boston, 183
Railway Station, Copenhagen, New Central, 700
Railway Station, Edinburgh Waverley, 9, 247, 743. See UTTER., 25
Railway, Trans-Siberian, 130, 785, 822. See Arratum, 870
Railway Wagon Loading, Costs, &c., 709
Railway Wagons (50-Ton), Caledonian, Si. See Arms, 132, 560
Railways, Atmospheric, 191
Railways in China, 620, 721. See LETTER, 660
Railways, &c., in China and "Boxer " Movement, 785. See Erratum, 870
Railways, China's, 660
Railway Construction in New South Wales and Chili, 526
Railways, French, 546, 577 581, 638, 673, 705, 807
Railways, Indian, 216, 826
Railways, Japan, 135
Railways, Light, 526, 687. See 859
Railways, Light, in Ireland, 260
Railways in New Countries, 330
Railways, South African, 725
Railways, State Purchase of Japan, 422
Railways and Trade in Queensland, 388
Railways and Tramways in the Caucasus, 228
Railways, West African, 349
Rain Gauge, Halliwell's, 827
Rain Percolation, 263
Rainfall in the West and East of England in Relation to Altitude above Sea Level, 827
Ranelagh Works, Ipswich, 173, 207. See LETrBR, 361
Range-Finder, Pierucci, 695. See LETTER, 726
Rank of Naval Engineers. See Naval Engineers
Rates, Railway, Proposed Increase, 454
Rathausen Power Transmission, 37. See Erratum, 96
Rating Electric Lighting Undertakings, 756
Reavell, Works at Ipswich,173, 207. See ',men, 361
Recent Locomotive Practice in France, 847
Reclamation in Norfolk, 722. See 626, 698, 725, 792
Recording Counts of Yarns, Apparatus, 542, 672, 709
Recovery of Crude Glycerine from Soapmakers' Spent Lyes, 109. See LETTERS, 195
Reflection and Transmission of Electric Waves along Wires, 168
Reflective Power of Metal-Backed Glasses, 803
Refuse Destruction, 653
Refuse, Sludge, 34
Refuse, Town, 130
Registration of Boilers, 380, 421, 554, 589
Registration of Firms Bill, 656
Relative Rates of Effusion of Argon, Helium, and other Gases, 334
Removing Manhole Doors, 331
Repairs of Belleville Boilers, Cost of, 655
Reservoir, Irrigation, on the Nile, 318. See 7C4
Reservoir, Melbourne, 3
Resistance of Ships and Depth of Water, 511, 528
Resistances, Measurements of Standard, 734
Reversibility of Galvanic Cells, by Mr. T. S. Moore, 334
Rhine Arched Bridges, 181, 348, 408, 545, 677, 737. See LETTER, 393
Rhine Bridge, Caesar's, 393
Rhine-Elbe Canal Project, 804
Rhodes' Steamship Guide, 731
Rice, Mr. A.L., on the Compression and Liquefaction of Gases, 732, 762
Rifle Jump or Flip, 389. See LETTERS, 424, 455, 558, 693
Rifles, Automatic and Magazine, 162
Rights of Riparian Proprietors, 19. See 61, 98
Riley, Mr. James, on Use of Fluid Metal in the Open-Hearth Furnace, 612, 623. See'.32
Rings, Piston, 694
Riparian Proprietors, Rights of, 19. See 61, 98
Ripper's Mean Pressure Indicator, 120. See LETTERS, 165
River Communication at Seine, Rouen, 261, 377
River Pollution, 19. See 61, 98
Rivers, Russian, 73, 128, 275, 341
Riveting Tools, Pneumatic. 280, 304, 335, 365, 398, 403. See Erratum, 447. See 757
Rivets, Iron, Cost, 340
Road Locomotion, 577, 597, 630, 663, 696, 861. See LETTERS and Cars, Motor
Road Locomotive (Clayton and Shuttleworth), 778
Road Locomotives, 592, 626, 725
Road Scariflers, 813
Road Surface Indicator, 577, 597. See 861
Roads, Management of, 683
Robertson, C. H., on Tests of a 125 Horse. Power Gas Engine, 81, 135
Roller Bearings, Mossberg, 133
Rolling of Ships on Waves, 442, 454, 493
Rontgen Ray Exhibits at the Royal Society Soiree, 621, 823
Roof, Waverley Station, Edinburgh, 247
Roofs. See Buildings under Paris Exhibition
Rota, Major G., on the Influence of Depth of Water on the Resistance of Ships, 511, 628
Rotary Converter, 900-Kilowatt Three-phase, Tabulated Calculations, 197, 241
Rotary Converters, 197, 241, 499, 535
Rouen Transfer Bridge, 251, 377
Royal Agricultural Show, Permanent Site, 258, 322

Royal Agricultural Society's Show, York:

Agricultural Implements, 814
Belts, Woven, 815
Cars, Motor, 812
Cultivators, Agricultural, 814
Dairy Plant, 815
Diggers, Steam, 811
Engines, Gas, 814
Engines, Oil, 814
Engines, Steam, 814
Implements, Agricultural, 814
Locomotive, Agricultural (Clay ton and Shuttleworth, Limited), 778
Motor Vehicles, 812
Road Scariflers, 813
Saw (Diamond) for Stone, 852
Scariflers, Road, 813
Steam Diggers, 811
Vehicles, Motor, 812

Royal Engineers, 25, 61, 97, 296, 360, 392, 456, 489
Royal Navy List Diary, 100
Royal Society's Soiree, 621, 823
Royal Yacht, Accident to the, 58
Rudders of Steamers, 471, 477
Rudders and Stream Lines, 507
Rules for Trials of Boilers, 271
Ruling Paper and Books, Cost of, 152
Running Conditions for Rotary Converters, 499, 535
Russia, Japan, and Korea, 486
Russia, Ural Iron Ore for South, 229
Russian Coal and Coke, 268
Russian Iroc Industry, 193
Russian Mercantile Marine, 327, 359
Russian Navy Steam Dynamo, 265
Russian Waterways, 73, 128, 275, 341
Russo, Captain G., on Rolling of Ships on Waves, 442, 454, 4ti3
Russo-Finnish Railways, 130
Rusting of Iron, 724

Samuelson, Mr. E., on Longworth's Power Hammer, 280, 301, 335, 365, 398, 403. See 757. Erratum, 447. See LErruits, 331
Sandison, M. M., on Engines of the "General Baquedano," 473, 525. See Engine, Balancing
Sauvage, M. Edouard on French Locomotive Practice, 847. See next Volume
Sauvage Screw Thread, 178
Saw, Diamond, for Stone, 852
St. Luke's, Clerkenwell, and Wandsworth Electric Stations, 226
Scariflers, Road, 813
Schanzer, Mr. R., on Mysterious Fractures of Steel Shafts, 526, 563. See 596. See LErms, 693, 796
Schlick, Mr. 0., on Balancing Steam Engines, 472, 487, 531. See 503, 526, 529
Schneider-Canet Field Guns, 540, 542, 573, 609, 643, 671

Schneider and Co.'s Works:

90-Millimetre Gun on Disappearing Carriage, 212
12-Centimetre 26-Calibre Quick-Firing Coast Defence Gun, 145
12-Centimetre 46-Calibre Quick-Firing Coast Defence Gun, 145
12-Centimetre Gun on Disappearing Carriage, 212
15-Centimetre 26-Calibre Gun on Disappearing Carriage, 244
15-Centimetre Howitzer on Disappearing Carriage, 213
15-Centimetre Mortar on Disappearing Carriage, 213
155-Millimetre and 120-Millimetre Howitzers on Double Brake Mounts, 213
24-Centimetre Gun on Disappearing Carriage, 246
24-Centimetre and 32-Centimetre Coast De-fence Gun on Central Pivot Mountings, 112, 114
27-Centimetre 28-Calibre Coast Defence Gun, 41
27-Centimetre 28-Calibre Gun on Disappearing Carriage, 246
27-Centimetre Coast Defence Mortar, 145
30-Centimetre Muzzle-Loading Coast Defence Mortar, 145
6-In. 50-Calibre Quick-Firing Coast Defence Gun, 145
12-In. Coast Defence Guns, 78
Coast Defence Disappearing Guns, 212
Coast Defence Guns, 41, 78, 112
Coast Defence Mortars, 145
Coast Defence Quick-Firing Guns, 145
Disappearing Gun Carriages, 212, 244
Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Garrison Disappearing Guns, 212
Gun Proving Grounds, 12
Guns on Disappearing Mounts, 212
Harfieur Proving Grounds, 12
Howitzers on Disappearing Mounts, 212
Mortars for Coast Defence, 145
Mortars for Disappearing Carriages, 213
Mountings for Coast Defence Guns, 41, 78, 112
Mountings for Coast Defence Mortars, 145
Mountings for Quick-Firing Coast Defence Guns, 145
Quick-Firing Coast Defence Guns, 145 Transvaal Disappearing Guns, 212 244
Schneider's Field Guns. See Field Artillery, Modern
Schtinheyder Mr. W., on Water Meters, 148, 169, 200. See Erratum, 202
School Education, Public, 257. See LETTERS Schwarz, Ritter Cecil von, 638, 666
Scientific v. Classical Education, 257. See LETTERS
Scotland, Shipbuilding and Engineering, 84, 95 Scott Central Valve Engine, 207. See LATTER, 361 Scott Engine Trials at Ranelagh Works, 361, 392 Screw. See also Propeller
Screw Engines. See Engines
Screw Fans, 66. See LETTERS, 165
Screw Milling Machine (J. Holroyd and Co., Limited, Rochdale), 186
Screw Propeller Cavitation, Barnaby's Theory of, 25
Screw Threads, the Standardisation of: 75, 110, 143, 176
Bodmer Screw Thread, 111
Delisle Screw Threads, 144, 145
Eastern Railway of France Screw Thread, 144
French Artillery Screw Thread, 178
French Railway Screw Threads, 143, 144
French Screw Threads, 111, 143, 144
French Standard Thread, 179
German Screw Thread, 144
International System (S3viss Executive Committee), 179
International System, Zurich Congress, 179
Nord and Orleans French Railway Screw
Thread, 143
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway
Screw Thread, 144
Poulot Screw Thread, 111
Sauvage Screw Thread, 178
Sellers Screw Thread, 143
Standard French 1 hread, 178
Steinlen Screw Thread, 143
Thury Screw Thread for Watchmaking, 177
Western Railway of France Screw Thread, 144
Whitworth Screw Thread, 111
Zurich Congress, International System, 179

Screws, Costs of Making, 708
Scudoscope, A New, 301
Sea Encroachment in Norfolk, 722. See 626, 693, 725, 792
Sea Shore Protection, 626, 693, 722, 726, 792
Searchlights Used by the Boers, 298
Seine, Transfer Bridge at Rouen, 261, 377
Self-Propelled Traffic. See Cars, Motor, and Road Locomotion
Sell's Directory of Telegraphic Addresses, 359
Sell's Press Directory, 220
Sellers Screw Thread, 143
"Sentinel " Air Hoist, 415
Separable 12-Pounder Gun, 433
Separator, Electro-Magnetic, 121
Sewage, Manchester, 60
Sewage Purification, 590
Sewage, Purification of Factory Waste Water, 61
Sewage Sludge, 34
Shaft Lubricator, Automatic, 47
Shaft Fractures, 560, 693
Shafts, Diameter of Propeller, 295
Shafts, Ingots for, 638, 668
Shafts, Propeller, 536, 563, 596, 796. See LETTER, 693
Shafting Accident (Engineering at Cape Town), 362
Shaw, Dr: See Hele-Shaw, Dr.
Sheffield and the War, 195
Ship. See also Steamer and Warship
Ship Canal, New York, 162, 227
Ship Construction Progress, 453
Ship Design Progress, 453
Ship Propulsion, Effects of Oil on, 694
Ship Resistance and Depth of Water, 511, 528
Ship Rolling on Waves, 442, 454, 493
Ships' Armour, 164, 224, 435, 483, 719
Ships' Keels and Stream Lines, 507, 729
Ships' Rudders and Stream Lines, 607
Ships of War, Electrical Equipment, 619. See LETTER, 694
Shipbuilders' Facilities for Warship Building, 719
Shipbuilding, 452, 453, 555
Shipbuilding Boom, 555
Shipbuilding Congress, Paris, 858
Shipbuilding and Engineering in 1900, 29, 48, 84, 95
Shipbuilding Facilities of Country, 719
Shipbuilding Innovations, 471, 477
Shipbuilding, Theoretical, 329
Shipbuilding Trade Prospects, 95, 555
Shipley Boiler Explosion, 140
Shipments of Coal, Duty, 517
Shipping International Competition, 387
Shipping in Japan, 788
Shipping, Russian, 327, 359
Shipping World Year-Book, 319
Shoes and Boots, Cost of Making, 152
Shore Improvements at Blackpool, 74
Shore Protection, 722. See 626, 693, 725, 792
Shovel, Steam, Ore Mining and Handling, 690
Siberian Canals, 275, 341
Siberian Progress and Railway, 130, 785, 822.
See Erratum, 870
Sidewalk, Travelling, Paris Exhibition, 705, 807
Siemens, Halske, and Borsig, Electric Power Installation, 712
Sight-Feed Lubricators, 660
Signalling, Electric Railway (Timmis's), 647
Sihl Power Transmission, 37. See Erratum, 96
Simplon Tunnel, 61, 170
Site for Engineering Works, Luton as a, 467
Six - Crank Engine, 473, 525. See Engine Balancing
Slag, Blast-Furnace, 638, 666
Sludge, 34
Smelting, Pyritic, of Copper Ores, 774
Soapmakers' Plant for Recovery of Glycerine, 109. See LErrERs, Glycerine
Social Progress of Queensland, 388, 486
Solar Physics Observatory, 600
Sound Wave Photographs, 301
Southampton, Accident at, 726
South African Diamond Milling, 547
South African Railways, 725
South African War, 25, 59, 97, 131, 163, 194, 195, 230, 262, 297, 330, 361, 391, 424, 465, 487, 523, 659, 693, 759, 828, 853, 725
South African War and Artillery, 293
South African War, Bridge Demolition, 121, 382, 775
South African War, Carbolic Acid and the, 484
Spectroscope, Michelson's Echelon, 239
Speed Trials and Depth of Water, 511, 528
Springs for Carriages, Cost of Making, 175
Squaring Lay Out, Circle, 263, 331, 362
Stamping Press, Power, 727
Standard, French, Screw Thread, 178
Standardisation of Screw Threads. See Screw Threads
Standardised Drillings, 61
Standardising Cells, 556
Star Map, Monthly, 100
Starting Rotary Converters, 241
State Purchase of Japanese Railways, 422
State Purchase of Submarine Cables, 724
Station, Copenhagen, New Central Railway, 790
Station, Railway, Boston, 183
Station, Waverley, Edinburgh, 9, 247, 743. See LETTER, 25
Stations, Electric, at St. Luke's, Clerkenwell, and Wandsworth, 226
Status of Naval Engineers, 325, 449, 458, 496. See 661. See LETTERS
Steam Cylinder Explosion, Peculiar, 193, 331
Steam Diggers, Agricultural, 811
Steam Dynamo for Russian Navy, 265
Steam Engine at the End of the Century, 269
Steam Fittings, Nickel Bronze for High Pressure, 329
Steam Indicator, Melnnes-Dobbie, 748
Steam Launch, High-Speed, 153
Steam Packings, Friction of, 67, 80
Steam Pipe Expansion Joint, Balanced, 154
Steam Pressure Indicator, Ripper's, 120. See LETTERS, 165
Steam Trawlers' Engines, 830
Steam Turbine, Parsons', in H.M.S. " Viper," 218, 625
Steam Users' Association, Manchester, 747
Steam Yacht " Commander Cawley," 195
Steamer, Hamburg-Amer!can " Deutschland," 59, 382
Steamer's Cargo Holds Innovations, 471, 477
Steamer's Deadwood Cut Away, 471, 477
Steamer, First German Cable-Laying, 829
Steamers, Ice-Breaking, 203
Steamers' Keels, Cambering of, 422
Steamers, Large Cargo, 469, 703
Steamers, Napbtha Tank, on the Volga, 789
Steamers for Winter Navigation and Ice-Breaking, 203
Steamship " Deutschland," Hamburg-American (Vulcan Company), 59, 382
Steel Balls, Strength of, 81, 464
Steel, Colours of Heated, 81
Steel Furnace, Use of Fluid Metal in the Open Hearth, 612, 623, 832
Steel and Iron, British v. United States, 375
Steel and Iron Chains, Cost, 341
Steel and Iron Exports, United States, 228
Steel Manufacture, Continuous Process, 612, 623, 832
Steel Profits in United States, 259. See 420, 624
Steel Rails, 691
Steel Shafts, Fracture of, 693
Steering Road Motor Cars, 630. See 861
Steering Ships, Stream Lines Theory and, 507
Steinlen Screw Thread, 143
Steinle's Steel Mercury Thermometer, 415
Stellar Spectra Problems, 600
Stiles at Monumental Entrance, Paris Exhibition, 314
Stock Exchange Year-Book, 100
Stoker, Jones' Underfed Mechanical, 350
Stone-Breaking Machinery, 627
Stone, Diamond Saw for, 852
Stonework, Cost of, 427
Storm of February 13, 359
Stoves, American, 77
Stray Currents and Magnetic Fields, 22
Stream Lines, Fluid Pressure on Plane Surfaces, 507
Street of Nations, Paris Exhibition, 58, 520
Strength of Ductile Materials under Combined
Stresses, 734
Strength of Elliptical Sections under Fluid Pressure, 472
Strength of Steel Balls, 81, 464
Stria) Methods Applied to Illumine Objects under Microscope, 796
Strikers and Poor Relief, 366
Submarine Boats, 553
Submarine Boats, Strength of Elliptical Sections, 472
Submarine Telegraph Cables, State Purchase, 724
Submarine Telegraph Enterprise, 268, 747
Subsidies, Shipping, 337
Suez Canal, 332
Sulphur Production in England, 786
Suspended Ferries, 251, 377
Suspended Railway at Elberfeld-Barmen, Langen Mono-Rail, 412, 438, 501
Swedish Coal and Ore Company, 690
Swing Bridges over the River Weaver at North wich, 153
Swiss Electric Installations, Costs, 37, 38. See Erratum, 96
Swiss Engineering Practice, 159. See LETTERS, 2.49, 759
Switchboard, Electrical, 117
Synchronising Rotary Converters, 241
Syntony, Some Experiments Illustrating, 413
Syphon Locks on the Elbe-Trave Canal, Hotopp, 571

Tacks, Nails, and Spikes, Cost of Making, 427
Tail Shafts, Broken, 560
Talbot, Mr. B., on the Open-Hearth Continuous Steel Process, 623, 832. See 612
Tank Steamers, Naphtha, on the Volga, 789
Tapping Machine for Pipe Fittings, Automatic, 27
Tare-Weight of Motor Vehicles, 60, 98, 132, 812
Technical Education, 12,45. See also Education
Technical Engineering Laboratory, Berlin, 740
Tees Shipbuilding, 48
Telegraphs,- State Purchase of, 724
Telegraph Pneumatic Despatch, 284
Telegraph, Submarine, Enterprise, 268, 747
Telegraphs, Post Office, 800. See 284
Telegraphone, 826
Telephonograph, 826
Telescopic Recoil Brake for Field Gun, 573.
Temperature Diagram, Entropy, 45
Temperature, Equalisation, Hot Blast, 638, 666
Temperature of Gas, 870
Temperley Transporting Plant at Sfax, 614, 778
Tender, Legal Aspect of Contracts by, 190
Terek District, Naphtha Industry of, 757
Test Bars, Impact, 182. See LErrEits, Impact
Testing Machine, 50-Ton (Valere Mabille Company, Belgium), 761
Testing Yarn, 672. See also 542, 709
Tests, Friction, of Locomotive Slide Valves, 80
Tests of a 125-Horse-Power Gas Engine, 81, 125, 135
Tests of 10-Million Gallon Pumping Engines, 44
Text-Book of Physics, 376
Text-Book of Theoretical Naval Architecture, 329
Textile Exhibits, Paris Exhibition, 542, 672, 709
Textile Tissues, Making, 709
Thames Docks, 654
Thames Shipbuilding, 49
Thames Water Filtration, 127, 450
Theatre Fireproof Wood Fitting's, 424
Theatre Fire% 359. See LETTER, Fireproofing, 424
Theodolite, Lister's Inclinometer, 47
Theoretical Naval Architecture, 329
Thermal Efficiency of Steam Engines, 742
Thermometer, Steinle's Steel Mercury, 415
Thermometers, Comparison of Iinpiire Platinum, 870
Thermometers, Quartz, 486
Thermometry, Gas, 870
Thomson-Houston Electric Power Installation, 775
Threads, Screw. See Screw Threads
Throttling Calorimeter (McInnes, Glasgow), 231
Thunderstorms, Causes of, 1
Thunderstorm, Winter, 359
Thurston, Dr. R. H., on Steam Engine Progress, 200
Thury Screw Thread for Watchmaking, 177
Timber Cutting, Cost of, 647
Timmrs's Electric Railway Signalling, 647
Tin Ore in Mexico, 270
Tin Production, 454
Tinplates, United States, 757
Tissues, Textile, Making, 709. See also 542, 672
Tobacco, French State Monopoly and Manufacture, 824
Tocopilla Railway, 526
Tool Factory, Pneumatic, English, 757
Tools, Pneumatic, 280, 301, 304, 335, 365, 39 403. See 331, 425, 757. Erratum, 447
Torpedo-Boat Destroyers. See Warships
Torpedo-Boats. See Warships
Torpedoes, Aerial, 230, 262
Town Refuse, 1:30. See also Refuse
Traction. See also Electric Traction and Tram yams
Traction, Electric, 434, 539, 629, 635, 701, 739, 841
Traction, Electric, for Canals, 826
Traction Engine (Clayton and Shuttleworth), 778
Traction Engines for South Africa, Armoured, 657, 714
Trade Consolidations, Iron, 420
Trade with Canada, 559
Trade of Hong Kong, 823
Trade of Queensland, 388
Trade, United States, 161
Train, Armoured Traction, 657, 714
Train, High-Speed Economics, 422
Train Speeds, Caledonian, 771. See 636. See LErrERs, Caledonian Locomotives and Errata, 828
Training of Naval Engineers. See .Naval Engineers
Tramway Car Roller Bearings, 133
Tramway Companies Abroad, 331
Tramway Progress and Municipalities, 159, 233, 419, 587. See LE'rrsas, Swiss, &C.
Tramways, Electric, 435, 539, 6U9, 635, 701, 739, 841
Tramway's, Japan, 135
Tramways and, Light Railway Exhibition, 859
Tramways and Railways in the Caucasus, 228
Transatlantic Passengers, 93
Transfer Bridges, 251, 377
Transformer Turbines, 130
Transformers, 197, 241, 499, 535. See Converters
Transmission of Alternate-Current Power, Swiss, 37. See Erratum, 96
Transmission of electric Power, 435, 539, 629, 635, 701, 739, 841
Transport Exhibits, Paris, 689
Transporting Plant, Temperley, 614, 778
Trans-Siberian Railway, 758, 822. See 130, and Erratum., 870
Transvaal Disappearing Guns, 212, 244
Transvaal War, 25, 59, 97, 131, 163, 194, 195, 230, 262, 297, 330, 361, 391, 424, 455, 487, 523, 659, 693, 725, 759, 828, 853
Transvaal War and Artillery, 293
Transvaal War, Bridge Demolition, 121, 382, 775
Transvaal War, French Criticism of British Guns, 522
Trave-Elbe Canal, Hotopp Syphon Locks on the, 571
Travelling Cranes, Electric, 13
Travelling Platform, Paris Exhibition, 705, 807
Trawlers, Engines for Steam (Smiths' Dock Company), 830
Trials of Boilers, Rules for, 271
Trials, Ship Speed and Depth of Water, 511, 528
Tricycles. See cycles
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines
Triphase Electric Alternator, 712, 746, 846
Trust, Cotton Spinners', in Japan, 522
Trusts, Multiplication of, 518
Tubes, Corrosion of Boiler, 454
Tugela and Frere Bridges, 121. See 382, 775
Tullamore, Accident on the Great Southern and Western Railway, Ireland, 362
Tunnel, Melbourne Water Supply, 3
Tunnel, Simplon. 61, 170
Tunnels, Paris Railway, 546, 577, 617, 638, 642, 673, 681
Tunnels, Pneumatic Despatch, 191
Tunnels, Wear of Steel Rails in, 591
Turbine, Parsons' Steam Turbine in H.M.S. "Viper," 218, 625
Turbines, Transformer, 130
Turning Machines at Paris Exhibit'on (A. Herbert, Limited), 780
Turning Moments of Engines, Uniformity of, 503,
529. See Engine Balancing
Turret Lathe, Heavy (Pratt and Whitney Company), 547
Twin-Screw Engines. See Engines
Tyne Shipbuilding, 29
Typhoid and Water Supply, 450. Sec 127
Tyres for Motor Cars, 577, 597, 861

Underground Railway, Paris, 546, 577, 617, 638, 612, 673, 6S1
Uniformity of Turning Moments of Engines, 503, 529. See Engine Balancing
United States Armour-Elate Prices, 224. See also Armour
United S aces Battleship's Electric Installations, 30, 102, 619, 694
United States Board of Trade, 295
United States Bridges, Weights of, 759
United States and Britain in the Pacific, 259
United States v. British Iron and Steel, 357
United States Coalfields, 737
United States Competition. See American Competition
United States Cruisers, "Denver" Class, 50, 119, 218, 320, 396
United States Electric Central Stations, Cost, 701, 739, 841. See 435, 534, 635
United States Government Powder Factories, Electric Equipment, 115
United States High Buildings, 413
United States Iron Developments on Pacific Slopes, 194
United States Iron Manufacture, 33, 65
United States Iron and Steel Exports, 228
United States Lakes and Canals to Atlantic, 227, 787. See 162
United States Locomotive, 99
United States Navy, Engineering in, 20
United States, Notes from, 15, 52, 96, 130, 163, 194, 229, 254, 288, 351, 391, 416, 490, 524, 549, 594, 616, 650, 713, 748, 778, 827, 852
United States, Ore Handling by Steam Shovel, 690
United States Railroads and Canals, 227. See 162, 787
United States Shipping Subsidies, 387
United States Ships with Water-Tube Boilers, 20
United States Steel Profits, 259. See 420, 624
United States Stove Trade, 77
United States Tinplates, 757
United States Trade, 161
United States, Wealth of, 426
University, Birmingham, 556
Ural Iron Ore for South Russia, 229
Utilisation of Blast-Furnace Slag, 638, 666

Valuations of Electric Light Undertakings, 756 Value of a Horse-Power, 184
Valve, Central, for Engine (Scott?, 207. See LETTER, 361
Valves, Locomotive Slide, Friction Tests of, 80
Variations of the Climate of the Geological and Historical Past, and their Causes,-660
Vehicles, Motor, 812. See Cars, Moto
Viagraph for Road Surface Records, 677, 597, 861 Vibration, Frequency of Stretched India-Rubber Cord, 168
Vickers' Field Guns. See Fiel I Artillery, Modern Vickers' 11-Pounder Automatic Gun, 180
Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited, Field Artillery, 277, 310, 339, 370, 412, 433, 468, 503 ; Gun, Equipments, 503
Vickers' Ordnance, Paris Exhibition, 743
"Victoria and Albert," Accident to the Royal Yacht, 58
Vieille Montagne, 690
"Viper," H.M.S., with Parsons Turbine, 218, 625
Viscosities of Liquids and Solutions Mixed, 796
Volga Naphtha Tank Steamers, 789
Volta Contact Force, 217, 225, 662, 723. See Erratum, 749
Voltage Ratio in Rotary Converter Systems, 241
"Von Podbielski," German Cable - Laying Steamer, S29

Wagon, 50-Ton Railway, 81, 132, 560
Wagon Manufacturing, Cost of, 175
Wagons for Caledonian Railway, 50-Ton, Si. See LmrrEas, 132, 560
Wagons, Motor, The Weight of, 355, 812. See LETTERS
Wagons, Motor, 592, 626, 725. See Cars, Motor
Walker, Mr. W. G., on Lifting Power of Air Propellers, 233
Wandsworth Electric Station, 226
Wandsworth Electric Station, Coal-Handling Plant, 524
Want of Uniformity in the Action of Copper Zinc Alloys on Nitric 4cid, 662
War, Armoured Traction Trains, 657, 714
War, Electricity in, 629
War in South Africa, 25, 59, 97, 131, 163, 194, 195, 230, 262, 297, 330, 361, 391, 424, 455, 487, 523, 659, 693, 725, 759, 828, 853
War, South African, and Bridge Destruction, 121, 382, 775
Warship Electrical Equipment, 30, 102, 619, 604

Warships :

Armour Construction, 164, 224, 435, 483, 719 Brassey's " Naval Annual," 790
British Armour Construction, 435, 483, 719 British and Foreign Navies Compared, 57, 790
British Warship Building, Progress, 452, 483 Chilian Training Ship " General Baquedano," 473
Electrical Equipment of Ships of War, 30, 102, 619, 694
H.M. Destroyer " Viper," with Parsons Turbine, 218, 625
H.DI. Navy Estimates, 291
H.M.S. " Belleisle," Practical Demonstration of Gun Power, 724, 751
H.M.SS. with Belleville Boilers, Cost of Re-pairs, 655, 751
Italian Warship Speed Trials and Depth of Water, 511, 528
Japanese Battleship " Asahi " (Brown, Clyde¬bank), 442, 581, 617, 680, 846
Japanese Battleships, Cruisers and Men, 453, 461
Japanese Battleship, Electrical Equipment, 619, 694. See 30, 102
Japanese 31-Knot Destroyers (Yarrow), 96 Naval Engineers, 325, 449, 458, 496. 651. See LETTERS
Rolling of Ships on Waves, 412. 454, 493
Russian Navy Steam Dynamo, 265
Shipbuilders' Facilities for Warship Building, 719. See 435, 483
Submarine Boats, 553
United States Armour-Plate Prices, 224, 483
United States Battleships' Electric Installations, 34% 102. See 619, 694
United States Cruisers, " Denver " Class, 50, 119, 218, 320, 396
United States Cruiser " Denver," Machinery, 119, 218, 320, 396
United States Ships with Water-Tu be Boilers, 20
Vickers 14-Pounder Automatic Gun, 180 Vickers 7/-In. Naval Gun, 743
Waste Water from Factories, Purification of, 61 Watches and Clocks. Cost, 208
Watching and Besetting. 556
Water Filter, Feed, 51, 748, 817
Water Filtration and Typhoid, 127, 450
Water Gas Process, Dellwik-Fleischer, L18, 657
Water Hammer, 45
Water, London, 127, 450
Water Meters of the Present Dly, with Special Reference to Small Flows and Waste in Dribbles, 148, 169, 200. See Erratum, 202
Water Power Supplies, 19. See 61, 98
Water Power, Switzerland, Costs, 37, 38, See Erratum, 96
Water, Purification of Waste, 61
Water, Purifying, 98, 127, 450
Water Supply for Factories, &c., 19. See 61, 98
Water Supply, London. 127, 950
Water Supply, Melbourne, 3
Water-Tube Boiler Exhibits, Paris, 606
Water-Tube Boilers, Corrosion of, 334 Water-Tube Boilers, Cost of Repairs, 655
Water-Tube Boilers for Motor Cars, 663. See 861
Water-Tube Boilers in United States Navy, 20
Waterproofing, Government India Rubber, 327
Waterways of Russia, 73, 128, 275, 311
Water Works, Japan, 135
Watson's Feed-Water Filters, 51
Wave, Sound, Photographs, 301
Waverley Station, Edinburgh, 9, 247, 743. Sec LETTER, 25
Waves, Electric, along Wires, Reflection and Transmission, 168
Wealth of Nations, 189
Wealth of United States, 426
Wear Shipbuilding, 30
Wear of Steel Rails in Tunnels, 691
Weather Conditions on the Steamship Track between Fiji and Hawaii, 423
Weaver, Swing Bridges over the River, 153
Weighing Yarns for Counts, 542, 672. See also 709
Weight on Locomotive Driving Wheels, Varying, 98
Weight of Motor Wagons, 60, 98, 132, 355, 812, See LETTERS, 592, 626
Weight of United States BrAges, 759
Wellington, Boiler Explosion at, S36. Sec LETTER, 853
West African Railways, 349
Western Railway of France Screw Thread, 144
Western Union Telegraphic Code and International Cable Directory, 267
Westine house Company's Electric Installations:
United States Government Powder Factories, Electric Equipment, 115
Westinghouse Gas Engine, Tests of a, 81, 135
Westralia Goldfields, 295
Whitworth Screw Thread, 111.
Who's Who, 100
Who's Who at the War (Black), 330
Wilde, Mr. H., on Aerial Locomotion, 526
Winans and Robinson, Limited, 2400 Horse Power Electric Engine, 552
Willesden Works of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, 314
Willing's Press Guide, 268
Wilson, Professor C. A. Carus, on Pneumatic Despatch, 284
Wiltshire Whirlwind of October, 1, 1899, 660
Winches, Electric Boat, 105
Window Frames Cost, 646
Wivelsfield Collision on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, 362
Woodward, Naval Constructor, J. J., on Electric Installations in Battleships, 30, 102. See also 619, 694
Woodwork, Cost, 646
Workington Railway Accident, 264
Workmen's Compensation Act, 94, 157, 163, 202, 232, 306, 381, 390, 567, 632, 658, 681, 731, 827. See Erratum, 870
Workmen's Compensation Act and Miners' Federation, 94

Works:

International Pneumatic Tool Company's Works, Chippenham, 757
Orsall-Lane Soap Works, Manchester, 109. See LETTERS, Glycerine
Ranelagh Works, Ipswich, 173, 207. See LETTER, 361
Wortley Junction Accident, 301
Wortley, Mr. A. B., on Innovations in Modern Steamers, 471, 477
Wrought-Iron Pipes, Cost, 373

Yacht, Accident to Royal, 58
Yacht Measurements, to,crether with some Remarks on the Action of Sails, 472. See LETTER, 559, 593
Yachts, Steam Launch, 153
Yarn " Counting," 542, 672. See 709
Year-Books and Annuals, 100, 156, 168
Yenesei River and Canals, 275
Younger, Mr. J. Scott, on Corrosion and Failure of Propeller Shafts, 536, 590. See 563 and LETTERS

Zinc, Vielle Montagne, 690
Zurich Congress, International, Screw-Thread System, 179

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