Engineering 1958 Jul-Dec: Index

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering (Bound Volumes)

INDEX

A.40 Motor Car (Austin), 470, 531
Aas-Jakobsen, A., Proceedings of Second Symposium on Concrete Shell Roof Construction (review), 91
AB Separator (Stockholm), 75th anniversary, 72
Abbey Works. See Steel Co. of Wales
Abbot, R. A. S., on steam motor, 768
A.B.C. of Atomic Energy, by Sir C. Hinton (booklet), 170
Aberconway, Lord, on John Brown Group, 293
Aberdare Cables, Ltd., twenty-first anniversary of electric cable manufacturing, 774
Abidjan project for power from the sea, 104
Able I, U.S. lunar probe, 294
Abramsen straightening machines, 626-629
Abramson, N., Introduction to Dynamics of Airplanes (book), 247
Abrasives, coated—modem tool of industry (book), 777
— Manufacturers’ Institute, Coated. See Coated
Absolute zero, research near, 678
Abstract and information service of British Plastics Federation, 681
— Publication, Vacuum, of Edwards High Vacuum, 577
— System in Poland, 692
Accelerator, fixed-field alternating-gradient, Midwestern Universities research, 540
— Heating, glandless, Plumett (Precision Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 652
— High-energy, table of, 539
— Linear, at Stanford University, 539
— Particle, at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 324
— Plasma ring (CERN), 236
— in U.K., 540
— in U.S., developments, 539
— Van de Graaff (High Voltage Engineering Corp.), 326
— See also Microtron; Syncrotron, etc. Accelerometer, use in submarine navigation, 238
Access Equipment, Ltd., mobile Zip-Up staging, 367; “ Bicep ” hydraulically-operated lifting table, 756
Accidents, atomic reactors, 375 Reactors, health hazards in, 764
— Building industry, 691 Industry, fall in, 405
— at Calder Hall atomic power station, board of enquiry on, 301
— in civil-engineering industry, 691
— Collisions at sea, international regulations for prevention of, call for revision of, 271
— Electric shock, in the home, 288 Shock, step-down transformers for reduction of risk of, 456
— Electrical, in the home, 288
— Factory, annual report of Chief Inspector of Factories, 1957 (review), 405
— Heavy goods vehicles, discussion in Parliament on, £35
— Motor cycle, injuries study in, 467
— Radiation, at Argonne National Laboratory, 540
At Boris Kidrifi Research Institute, 540, 39.3
— and radioactive waste disposal, radiation from, 240
— Railway, by J. F. Perrin, 195
Lewisham, by K. F. H. Murrell, 195-6. See LETTER, 259
Lewisham, Comment on report on, 129. See LETTERS, 195-6, 259, 395
— Road, motor-cyclists’ injuries study, 467
- Road Research Laboratory investigations into, by Dr. H. J. H. Starks, 466
United States investigations into, 466
— Tanker-vehicle, discussion in Parliament on, 735
— See also Explosions
Accles and Pollock, Ltd., ultra-high-tensile steel tubing, 448
Accountants as directors, 630
Accounting machine, Audit 322, with automatic tape punch (British Olivetti), 690
— IBM 421, for Kardomah, Ltd., 668 Accumulator-powered electric shaver (AEG), 524
— See also Battery
Accurene polyester-based photographic film (E. N. Mason and Sons, Ltd.), 847
“ Accurex ” static excitation system for marine auxiliary alternators (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 5
ACD Co., Forth road bridge, 687
ACE-Bomag road compacting machines with twin vibrating rollers (A.C.E. Machinery, Ltd), 192
ACE digital computer at NPL, 778
A.C.E. Machinery, Ltd., powered winch for mechanised coal depot, 124; ACE-Bomag road compacting machines with twin vibrating rollers, 192; “ Puller ” haulage winch, 597
ACF Industries, Inc., demonstration nuclear power plant at Elk River, 45
Achema exhibition (Frankfurt), radioactive isotope techniques of UKAEA, 14; model of Siemens pressurised-water nuclear reactor and panel, 14
Acheson Colloids, Ltd., colloidal molybdenum disulphide for treatment of hand file surfaces, 145
Acieries Reunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange. See ARBED
Acme-Gridley automatic six-spindle lathe (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 365
“ Acostereo ” crystal pick-up cartridge for stereophonic reproduction (Cosmocord, Ltd.), 328
Acoustic ceiling, “ Dampa ” (Hurseal, Ltd.), 556
— Waves in coal, 179
Acrow Engineers Group, position and prospects of, 633
Acrow (Engineers), Ltd., low-draught dredger using venturi suction, 659
Acrylic one-coat stoving enamel F664-line, Dulux (I.C.I.), 144
Acts of Parliament. See under specific Acts
Actuator, electrically controlled air/hydraulic operated, for linear movement (Numation, Ltd.), 512
ACV Sales, Ltd., “ Dumptruk ” dumping truck, 596
Ad. Auriema, Inc., automatic high-power voltage regulators, 529; miniature soldering iron, 784
Adamant and Western Engineering Group, position and prospects of, 791
Adams, C. A., appointed nuclear health and safety officer of C.E.G.B., 203
Adams and Co. (Bristol), Ltd., warehouse with
ATA hyperbolic shell roof, 587
Adams, R., on analysis and future use of project records, 122
Adapting the job to the worker, by B. Metz, 632
Addison Electric Co., Ltd., “Bomb-Lube” silicon-based aerosol mould-release agent (trade publication), 327; spark tester for cable insulation, 562
Addison, H., on the Nile and the Indus, 787 Additive for chromium plating baths, Zero- mist fluorinated hydrocarbon (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co.), 676
Adhesives, latex, new plant for, at Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 38
— Universal, Pitabond (trade publication), 218
Administration, effect of quality of, on technical and commercial efficiency, by A. C. Durie, 837
Admiralty ASR1 diesel engines in frigates, 815
— Engineering Laboratories, development of ear defenders for low-frequency noise, 515
— First ship testing tank, 351
— Reorganisation of design and construction departments, 458
ADP. See Automatic data processing
Advertisement television, auditions, closed circuit television and telecine installation for (L.P.E. Television, Ltd.), 81
Advertising budgets, remarks on, by J. Oldham, 479
— Clubsand Associations, report of conference at Harrogate, 479
Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, annual report, 48, 755
AEG. See Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesell- schaft
A.E.I.-John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 232
A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., surface diffuser lighting fitting, 32; submersible and dust-proof fluorescent lighting fittings, 32
A.E.I. Research Laboratory, work on SCEPTRE at, 262
A.E.I. See also Associated Electrical Industries Aeration basins at Ashford Common filtration works, 255
Aerial mapping, micro-spot cathode-ray tube for (Ferranti), 771
— Radar aircraft height-finder (Marconi), 560 Aero-engine. See Aircraft engine
Aero Maintenance Equipment, Ltd., Bennes-Marrel Multi-Bucket interchangeable body equipment for motor lorries, 529
Aero-Space Engineering, new title for Aeronautical Engineering Review, 91
Aero/Space Sciences, Journal of. See Journal Aerodynamic aspects of high-speed flight, by L. F. Nicholson 279
— Shape for high-speed flight, 279 Aerodynamics, advances since 1946, by Dr. T. von K Armin, 413
— Future research in, 281
— Series of papers revised and reprinted from
Research, Vol. 10, 1957 (book), 27
— of wakes, by A. J. Taylor Russell, 701
Aerofoils, oscillating, behaviour of, 702
Aerojet-General Corp., of California, formation of Bristol-Aerojet, Ltd., by, 532
Aerolineas Argentinas, Comet 4 airliner for, 331
“Aerolumin” aluminium platform truck (Industrial Trucks), 197
Aeronautical Engineering Review, change of title to Aero/Space Engineering, 91
— Inspection Directorate, development of inspection techniques for airborne components, 641
— Navigation. See Navigation
— Research, French National Institute for. See French Council, methods for determining wave drag of non-lifting wing-body combinations, by L. M. Sheppard (book), 247; indexes to reports and memoranda of, 517 Grant for W. Germany, 761 Sciences, American Institute of. See American
Aeronautical Sciences, Journal of. See Journal See also International Council of Aeronautical Sciences
— Society, Royal. See Royal
— Terms, origin of (thesis), by S. Stubelius, 649
Aeronautics, Cranfield College of. See Cranfield
— National Advisory Committee for. See National
— See also Aviation
Aeroplane. See Aircraft
— Engine. See Aircraft engine; Turbine, gas Aerosol fire extinguisher, “ Gwish ” (Deb Chemical Proprietaries, Ltd.), 134
— Silicon-based mould-release agent, “Bomb-Lube” (trade publication), 327
Affluent Society, by Prof. J. K. Galbraith, comment on book, 525
A.F.L.-C.I.O. report on collective bargaining, 176
Africa, industrial development prospects, 369
— South. See South Africa
African Manganese Co., Ltd., blade mill for separating manganese ore from clay (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 8
Aga Dictating Machine Co., Agavox dictating machine, 429
Agavox dictating machine (Aga Dictating Machine Co.), 429
Ageing, electrical, of cathode-ray tubes, 555
Agip Nucleare, collaboration with Nuclear Power Plant Co., Ltd., 73
AGR atomic reactor, 299; model of, 232; turbine plant for, 375; pressure vessel for (Whessoe, Ltd.), 403; Windscale contract to Whatlings, 505; lower cost of, 754
Agreements for exchange of information and co-operation on atomic energy, 262
Agricultural applications of radioisotopes in U.S., 263
— Engineers’ Association, Smithfield Show (London), 790
— Machinery exhibits at Smithfield Show, 790 Exports, 790, Reduction of hire purchase rates, 479
— Motors. See Engines; Motors; Tractors ?— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Farm; Irrigation
Ahmedabad experiment: productivity and social organisation, by A. K. Rice (review), 445
Aid to decision making, automation as, by J. Diebold, 162
Air Automation, “Pneugrip” air-operated vice, 196; air-operated vice, 528
— Bases, U.S., in Britain, aircraft noise from, 795
— Bleed unit, Palouste, for air-turbine starter 342
— Brake. See Brake Air Charter, Ltd., formation of Trukair air freight service, 761
— Cold, production by Hilsch vortex tube, by Lt. Cmdr. E. H. Otten, 154
— Compressed. See Compressed air; Pneumatic
— Compressor, Hydrovane, for trans-Antarctic expedition (Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 597 Pantograph, V-twin cylinder “Bristol” BPO2, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region, 759,
— — Pumps and fans, by A. de Kovats and G. Desmur (book), 118,
— — Refrigerator, efficiency of small, by Dr. S. Forbes Pearson, 485, for Rolls-Royce test house (Brown-Boveri), 443, 478
— — Rotary oil-flooded, Whirlwind Uniflow, cinema film on (Broom and Wade), 647,
— — Rotary-screw, Lysholm-type, construction and operating experience, 490, Two-stage, Broom and Wade, for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
— Conditioner for rooms and offices, Tropical (Temperature., Ltd.), 456
— Conditioning at transistor factory of Semiconductor?^, Ltd., 645, Units, self-contained, Series P (Thermotank, Ltd.), 135
Air Control Installations, Ltd., acquisition by Beyer Peacock, 335; filter and gauge (trade publication), 811
Air-Equipment (Asmieres), E-RCB-2 radio compass for light aircraft, 743
— Filters (trade publications), 188. See Correction 421
— Flotation, quasi, production of fine flakes of molybdenum disulphide (K. S. Paul (Molybdenum Disulphide), Ltd;), 523
— Flows, cinema films on, 573
— Force, Royal. See Royal Air Force
— Freight service, Trukair, formation and function of, 761
— Gauge pneumatic/electric (Teddington Industrial Equipment), 460
— Gauging machine, automatic, for tapered roller bearing races (Teddington Industrial Equipment), 759
— Heater, oil fired, Beacon (John Thompson Beacon Windows, Ltd.), 461
— Hydraulic operated actuators, electrically controlled, for linear movement (Numation, Ltd.), 512
— Pollution, international journal of, note on, 187, in Louisville (Kentucky), 99, Measurement and abatement research, 748
Air Pollution, nuclear power in campaign on, brochure on 784 See also Smoke abatement
— Pump, pumping. See Pump, Pumping
— Rams (Polymation, Ltd.), 37
— Registration Board, annual report of, 34; authorisation of 1,000 hour life for Rolls-Royce Avon R.A.29 engines for civil aircraft, 210
— Screws. See Propellers
— Storage underground as means of storing energy, 382
— Suspension equipment for motor vehicles at International Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 462, 463
— — in motor cars, American policy on, 531
— Transport, Aircon containers for (Airtech, Ltd.), 593, Policy, civil, possible changes in, 654 Transatlantic service of Pan American World Airways, 394
— — See also Aviation
— Turbine starters, manufacture by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., under licence, 342 Starter, Palouste air-bleed unit for, 342
— See also Atmosphere
Airborne components, inspection techniques of AID, 641
— Interception Radar and Pilot’s Attack Sight System. See Airpass
Aircon containers for air transport (Airtech, Ltd.), 593
Aircraft, airliners, American, noise suppressors for (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 62
— — Jet, fares of, comment on, 499 Supersonic, development problems, 98 Supersonic, discussion in Parliament on, 111, 735
— Argosy freighter passenger, description of (Armstrong Whitworth), 267
— Arrow all-weather interceptor (Avro Aircraft, Ltd.), 542
— Atomic propulsion of, 311, 603 Propulsion of, research and testing reactor for, NACA, 203, Propulsion of, for Russian bomber, 766
— Axle in Rex 539 steel, 447
— Beverley transport, new hanger for, at Abingdon (John Laing and Son, Ltd.), 682
— Britannia airliners, glass fibre “fluted core” radomes for (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 715,
— — Airliner, lack of orders for, 761,
— — Airliner, for military purposes, delivery position, 111
— — Airliner, progress and orders (Bristol), 267
— Canberra T Mark 11 all-weather trainer aircraft, 342
— — U Mark 10 pilotless target aircraft, trial flights, 342
— Carrier, atomic-powered, USS Enterprise
— Civil, Airline Orders for: 1957-63, 57
— Comet 4 airliner, for Aerolineas Argentinas, 331
— — Airliner, demonstration flight, 291 Airliner, emergency passenger oxygen systems for, 581
— — Airliner, proposed air routes and proving flight, 331
— — Airliner, proving flights, 394
— Corrosion in, causes and prevention of, by T. C. E. Tringham (book), 119
— Credit for overseas buyers of British, 622
— Dart Herald local service airliner (Handley Page), 266
— Design, effect of increase in flight speed, 413
— Electrical heater mats, by Dr. R. A. Roper, 61
— Electricity in, by F. G. Spreadbury (book), 747
— Engine, Ayon, R.A.29, 1,000 hour life authorised for, 210
— — Avon jet, flight tests of (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 511
— — Avon turbo-jet in Lightning aircraft (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 343
— — Conway turbo-jet, for civil use (Rolls Royce), 343
— — Dart, turbo-prop, test bed for, at London Airport (B.E.A.), 553
— — Eland turbo-prop, for Westminster helicopter (Napier), 268 at Farnborough Show, 342
— — Gyron D.G. J. 10 Junior turbo-jet, in Blackbum NA 39 (de Havilland), 343
— — Gyron D.Gy 2 turbo-jet for Hawker Pl 121 (de Havilland), 343
— — Icing, by W. Sherlaw, 61 Iroquois, turbo-jet (Orenda Engines, Ltd.), 343
— — Iroquois turbo-jet, for Avro CF 105 Arrow all-weather interceptor (Orenda Engines, Ltd.), 542
— — Orpheus, turbo-jet, to be built under licence in Germany (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 532
— — Orpheus Mark 803, turbo-jet, military uses (Bristol Aero-Engines), 343
— — Proteus free-turbine, for Bluebird car, 200
— — Proteus 760 series (Bristol Aero-Engines), 343
— — RB 108 jet, in SCI vertical take-off aircraft (Rolls-Royce), 341
— — RB 145, turbo-jet (Rolls-Royce), 343 Research, Government financial aid for, discussion in Parliament on, 832
— — Turbo-jet, test house for (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 443, 476, Aircraft engine, turbo-prop, test house for (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 443, 476
— — Turmo 600 free turbine, for P531 helicopter, 268
— — Tyne turbo-prop, rating of (Rolls- Royce), 343
— Engineers, Society of Licensed. See Society of Licensed
— Exports, increase in, 34 to India, 34
— — Statistics, 208
— — to W. Europe, 34
— Factory, changeover to nuclear engineering, 753
— Fairey Delta 2, for flight tests of Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine, 511
— Fighter, automatic pilot for, 297
— Gannet AEW 3 early-warning (Fairey), 340
— Height-finder, radar, type S244 (Marconi), 560
— Helicopter, Bristol! 92 military-transport, 268 at Farnborough Show, 268 Free-turbine power plant, Gnome (de Havilland), 342 P531 (Saunders-Roe), 268
— — Rotor blade test tower (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 217
— — Ultra Light military jet, prospects in Canada (Fairey), 633
— — Westminster (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 268
— — Westminster “flying crane,” first flight (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 94 See also Rotodyne
— Historic, Nash Collection of, 723
— H.P.111 (Treble One) military transport project (Handley Page), 296
— H.P.113 jet airliner project (Handley Page), 296
— Ice protection conference, 61 for icing conditions, icing standards and methods used to determine suitability of, by H. E. Le Sueur, 61
— Industry, atrophy in, discussion in Parliament on, 767
— — By F. Beswick, 269
— — Changeover to nuclear engineering, 753
— — Co-operation in research and development, discussion in Parliament on, 175
— — Discussion in Parliament on, 735
— — Future of, by Lord Mancroft, 98
— — German, redevelopment of, 761
— — Inventions safeguarding in, 767
— — Nationalisation of, F. Beswick on, 269 Position and prospects of, discussion in Parliament on, 111, 767
— — Readjustment in, remarks by E. Turner on, 239
— — Redundancy fear in, 761
— — Replacements delay in, 735
— — Research in, discussion in Parliament on, 111
— Interceptor, manned, remarks on, by C. Gordon, 661
— Jet, noise from. See Aircraft noise
— Jet Provost, cinema film of (Hunting Aircraft, Ltd.), 107
— Landing, See Landing; Landing gear
— Light, E-RCB-2 radio compass for (Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd.), 743
— Lightning interceptor (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 341
— Materials, postgraduate course in, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 616
— Military, at Farnborough Show, 340
— NA 39 naval strike (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 340
— Noise at Croydon Airport, 667
— — Discussion in Parliament on, 139, 629
— — Government statement on, 290 Means of minimising effect of, 441
— — from U.S. air bases in Britain, 795
— P.1B all-weather fighter, Airpass radar and fire control system for (Ferranti, Ltd), 92
— Propellers, nickel plating of (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 575
— Propulsion systems of the future, 475
— Replacements delay, 735
— Research, Government financial aid for, discussion in Parliament on, 832
— Rotodyne VTOL airliner (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 266 VTOL airliner, discussion in Parliament 48, 767
— Royal Air Force 1918-58, by O. Thetford (review), 551
— SCI VTOL research, 341, 474
— — VTOL research, dynamic rig for, 86
— — VTOL research, first free flight (Short Bros, and Harland), 638
— — VTOL research, Government financing on, of, 767
— Sea Vixen naval fighter (de Havilland), 340
— Short take-off and landing, developments in, 473
— Stop valves, electro-pneumatic (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397
— Structures, beryllium for, 442 Fatigue tests on, Avro Aircraft, Ltd. (Canada), 441
— Swallow, discussion in Parliament on, 48
— Transport, at Farnborough Show, 266
— TU 104 jet airliner, reduction of noise of, 290
— Undercarriage forging, in Rex 539 steel, 448
— Vanguard airliner, description of (Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 266
— — Airliner, transistor-oscillator inverter fluorescent lighting system for (G.E.C.), 222
— — Airliner, wing panel forming with Wheelabrator shot blasting machine (Tilghman's, Ltd.), 379
— Variable-geometry, discussion in Parliament on, 48
— Vertical take-off and landing, developments in, 473 Take-off, and landing, discussion in Parliament on, 767
— Vibration due to, damage risk of, 795
— Victor bomber, wing construction (Handley Page, Ltd.), 340
— Viscount airliner at Farnborough Show (Vickers Armstrongs), 267
— Voodoo jet, noise problem of, 795
— Vulcan bomber (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 340
— — Aircraft windows, toughened and laminated (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 59
— X-15 manned research, flight-test programme (North American Aviation);, 638
— See also Aeronautics
Airfields, siting of, discussion in Parliament on, 795
Airlines, American, anti-strike pact, 736
— Orders for civil aircraft: 1957-63, 57
Airliner. See under Aircraft
Airpass radar and fire control system for P.IB all-weather fighter aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 92
Airplanes, Dynamics of, Introduction to, by N. Abramson (book), 247
Airport, Blackbushe, visual glide path indicator at, 449
— Croydon, closure of. See LETTER, 396
— D. Brown on closure of, 363. See LETTER, 396
— Desirability of retaining, discussion in Parliament on, 667
— Gatwick, progress at, 795
— Kuwait, Frederick S. Snow and Partners appointed consultants for, 103
— London, noise tests at, 394
— — Strike at, comment on, 533
— — Strike committee leader to be sued, 572
— — Strike of engineering maintenance workers, 794
— — Test house for Dart propeller-turbine aero-engine at (B.E.A.), 553;
— Noise from, discussion in Parliament on, 139 Airscrew. See Propellers
Airscrew Co. and Jicwood, Ltd., steel fans contract, 203
“Airship, Aeroplane, Aircraft” (thesis);, by S. Stubelius, 649
Airtech, Ltd., Aircon containers for air transport, 593
Airworthiness certificates for export aircraft, 34
Aiton and Co., Ltd., Alkacide plant and evaporator for purifying sea water or estuary water for atomic power stations, 274
Akroyd, T. N. W., on accelerated curing tests on concrete, 36. See LETTER, 3. See also Vol. 185
Aktiebolaget Volvo, annual report, 103
Alba television receiver with new chassis layout (A. J. Balcome, Ltd.), 328
Albion Motors, Ltd., Chieftain 7 ton goods vehicle, 358; Claymore 4 and 6 ton goods vehicles, 358
Albright and Wilson, Ltd., Opportunities for Chemists and Chemical Engineers (publication), 660; chemical products (trade publication), 776
Albu, A., on Open Letter on education, 495-496
Alco Products, Inc., APPR-1A nuclear reactor, 45; specialised sales direction and selling efforts, 81; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 234; APPR nuclear reactor, 235; nuclear power projects of, 235
Alfa-Laval/De Laval Group, growth of, 261
Alfred, A. M., on vertical co-operation for better forecasting and planning, 837
Alfred Herbert Paper, Sir, on European Common Market, the Free Trade Area and the production engineer, by Sir C. Weir, |18
ALIZE atomic reactor in France, 264
Alkacide plant and evaporator for purifying sea or estuary water for atomic power stations (Aiton and Co., Ltd.), 274
“All Aboard,” cinema film on uses of building hardboards (Bowaters Sales Co., Ltd.), 64
“All-Stabilo ” black-lead pencil, Swan, for marking on glazed surfaces (Gordon and Gotch, Ltd.), 165
All-Union Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, activities of, by Dr. A. I. Mikhailov, 692
Allan, J., and Co. (Glenpark), Ltd., pension scheme of, 16
Allen, Edgar, and Co., Ltd., chairman’s statement, 293
Allen, J. V., on radiation measurements from Explorer IV, 371
Allen-Stoeckicht double-helical epicyclic gear units, 71'4
Allen, W. G., and Sons (Tipton), Ltd., formation of new joint company in Rhodesia, 201
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., epicyclic gear production at Atlas Works, Pershore, 714; tanker generators with main-engine drive, 744
Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, accumulator powered electric shaver, 524; germanium rectifier for charging four batteries simultaneously, 658
Allis-Chalmers HD.6G crawler-mounted tractor shovel (Mackay Industrial Equipment), 596
Alloys and metals above 1,200°C, symposium on study of, note on, 811
Alperstein, M., on fuel introduction into intake air of diesel engines (book), 811
Alpha, Russian copy of ZETA, 797
Alphabet, Shaw’s, Plain Words on, 330. See LETTERS, 396, 427, 496, 559, 591
ALPR atomic reactor, criticality achieved, 438
Alternating-current machines, performance and design of, by M. G. Say (book), 648
— Test plant for Enfield Sables high-voltage laboratory (Ferranti), 348
— stress. See Fatigue
Alternator. See Generator; Turbo Aluminising of cathode-ray tubes, 555
Aluminium alloy for “Dampa” acoustic ceiling (British Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 556
— Derrick mounted on Land Rover motor vehicle for use with mechanical jet drill in mineral prospecting (Davenport Vernon and Co., Ltd.), 37. See LETTER, 100
— Mobile concrete mixer, 159
— Plate, thick (trade publication), 90
— Welding, by J. H. Green (book), 91
— Welding of, nozzle for, (BWRA), 50
— — Bronze alloys, Nikalium III (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 546
— — Alloys, “Novoston” (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 54®
— — High-tensile, marine propellers (publication), 546
Aluminium bronze, nickel, for marine propellers, 546
Aluminium Co. of America, contract with British Aluminium Co. for entire unissued capital, 727, 756
— Colour-anodised, for exterior use, exhibition of, 616
— Conductors, Noralgrip accessories for (Northern Aluminium), 198
— Crankcase for diesel engine, 220
Aluminium Development Association, publications of, 247;
Aluminium Windows (brochure), 720
— Dumping from Iron Curtain countries, 131
— in electrical underfloor heating (Heating Investments, Ltd.), 784
— Extrusions, large (Harvey Aluminium (California), 159
— in hydrogen peroxide plant of Laporte Chemicals, Ltd.,, 813
— Imports from Russia, 559
— Industry expansion in W. Germany, 369 Position and prospects of, 558-559 Weakness in world price structure in, 131
— Influence on structure and properties of galvanised coatings, by J. J. Sebisty and J. O. Edwards (book), 712
Aluminium, Ltd., production cut, 131; Volta River scheme, 227
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures, 41
— Piping (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 71
Aluminium Plant and Vessel Co., Ltd., aluminium vessels for hydrogen peroxide plant of Laporte Chemicals, Ltd., 813
— Platform truck, “ Aerolumin ” (Industrial Trucks), 197
— Price of, weakening of, 131
— Production, slackening of 558-559
— Rolling stock for Metropolitan Line, 190
— Self-adjusting welding arcs, cinema film on, 573
— Stanchions, forged, for hand rails (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd ), 191
Aluminium Union, Ltd., Application for antidumping duty, 131
— Welds, defects in, classified radiographs for (booklet), 847
Aluminium-Werke A.G., annual report, 369 Aluminium Windows (brochure), 720
— Wire drawing for electric cable manufacture
at Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 774
Alvis, Ltd., 3-litre motor car with Park Ward body, 506
Amalgamated Engineering Union, demand for equal pay for women, 271; wage claim, 376; dispute on Communist cell at Sheffield, 599
— Society of Woodworkers, disciplinary action of, 599
Amalgamated Tobacco Corp., Ltd., bid for shares of London Crematorium Co., Ltd., by, 80
— Union of Building Trade Workers, disciplinary action at Shell site, 599
Amateur Television Club, British. See British Ambulances with plastic bodies for LCC, 644 America. See North America; South America; Latin America; United States American airlines, anti-strike pact, 73b
— Atomic Industrial Forum, 1958, annual conference of, 636
American Aviation Publications, Aviation facts and figures, 247
— Concrete Institute, publication on concrete for radiation shielding, 110
— Firms in Scotland, 633
— Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, publications of, 91 of Architects conference on architectural research, 260
— Motor cars, design trends in, 530
— Nuclear Society, 1958 meeting (preliminary notice), 636
— Philosophical system, comparison with Russian, 43
— Philosophy, pragmatism as, 43
— Society of Mechanical Engineers, study of properties of steam, 87; proceedings of U.S. national congress of applied mechanics, 219 for Testing Materials, Symposium on Industrial Water and Industrial Waste Water (Review), 246
American-Standard Atomic Energy Division, evaluation of heavy-water reactors, 44
— Talking to, E. P. Ward on, 18, 40; note on booklet, 483. See LETTERS, 35, 99, 3:32. See also Vol. 185
American Telephone and Telegraph Co., deep- sea telephone cable project for Miami/San Juan, 450
— Way of life, variety in, 4'2
— See also United States
AMF (Atomics), exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva);; 235
Amino acids for underdeveloped countries, 823
Ammeters at radio frequencies (book), 747
Amory, Rt. Hon. D. Heathcoat, on Free Trade
Area as stimulus to expansion in western Europe, 35; remarks at International Monetary Fund meeting (New Delhi), 495
Amos, S. W., on television engineering, Vol IV: general circuit techniques (review), 777
Amos and Smith, Ltd., main propelling machinery and oil-burning boiler on transom stern trawler S.T. Kelvin, 771
Amosite asbestos, moulded insulation, “ Caposite,” for Berkeley atomic power station (Cape Asbestos), 170
Ampex Corp., FR-100A tape recorder (trade publication), 550
Amplifier, parametric, for micro-wave signals (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 86
— Transistorised, portable (Pye Telecommunications, Ltd.), 37
Amplivox Industrial Division, Group Communication System for Spadeadam rocket site project, 707
Amplivox, Ltd., noise in industry (booklet), 357 Anaerobic digestion in biological treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
Analog-digital conversion techniques, notes on, by A. K. Susskind (review), 844
— Computer. See Computer
— Transformer, full-scale network analyser using (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 93
Analyser, impact noise, type 1412 (Dawe Instruments), 717
— Multi-channel pulse-height (kicksorters), 765
— Network, full-scale, using transformer analogues (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 93
— for photoelastic stress analysis, 248
Analyses Economiques et Sociales, formation of Analytical European Surveys, Ltd., 130
Analysis and control of nonlinear systems, by Y. H. Ku (book), 327
— Economic, and linear programming, by R. Dorfman, P. A. Samuelson, and R. M. Solow (review), 612
— Radioisotopes for, 635
Analytical European Surveys, Ltd., formation and activities, 130; Western Europe (brochure), 130
— Instruments, industrial (Elliott-Automation Group), 394
Anchors, Gifford-Udall, for suspension bridge at Samawa (Ductube Co., Ltd.), 26
— Wedge grip, for use with Lee-McCall prestressing system (Macalloy), 605
Ancient Buildings, Society for Protection of. See Society
Andantex speed reduction pulley (Furnival and Co., Ltd.), 398
Anderson, Sir C., chairman of committee on grants for students, 16
Anderson, E., on charging and discharging fuel at Bradwell atomic power station, 505
Anderson Instrument Co., Ltd. Andy-Square adjustable set-square (trade publication), 218
Andrew, Dr. A., on learning machines, 729
Andy-Square, adjustable set-square (trade publication^ 218
Anemometer, constant-temperature hot-wire, direct velocity measurements with, on refrigerator compressor, 486
Angle sections, slotted, for small loadings (Erecto Slotted Angle Co.), 752
Anglo-America Corp., loan raised in W. German capital market, 369
Annealing furnace. See Furnace
Anodised aluminium, colour, for exterior use, exhibition of, 616
Antarctic expedition, Hydrovane air compressor for (Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 597
Antarctica high-precision lathes (Murad Developments), 197
“ Anti-flux ” electro-chemical surface conversion treatment for Sextet variable-speed pulley (Industrial Drives, Ltd.), 165
Anti-Freeze solutions for motor car radiators, report on, 684
— Skid unit, Maxaret, for motor cars (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 9, 566
Antineutrino, direct detection of, 538
Apparatus for Measurement of Velocities of Sonic Pulses in Flawed Materials, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., combined desulphurising and sulphuric-acid plant, 223; process for desulphurising coke-oven gas, pilot plant for, 223
Applied mechanics, U.S. national congress of, proceedings of, 219
Appointment at 10.3®, Industrial Welfare Society booklet, 376
APPR nuclear reactor (Alco Products Inc.), 235 APPR-1A nuclear reactor (Alco Products, Inc.), 45
Appreciation, Plain words on, 622 Apprentices, craft, school-leaving age and, by T. A. O’Neill, 687
— Graduate, in electrical engineering, 97
— Marine engineering, selection of, 344
— Shipbuilding, selection of, 344
— Student, in electrical engineering, training and education of (booklet), comment on, 97
— Training at Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd. (booklet), 572 at London Transport Acton works, 199
— Training of, in instrument and control industry, by W. Stainsby, 176
— Training school of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd., Swindon, 760
Apprenticeship, boredom during, Plain Words on, 590
— Commercial, scheme of ABCC, 632
— Conference on, Royal Society of Arts, 137, 681
— in France, Germany and Holland, by H. A. Warren, 137
— Lessons of, Plain Words on, 590
— New council on, 75
— Schemes, discussion in Parliament on, 175 Approach, BEA leaflet, 390
APV Co., Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346
APV Paramount, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346
Aquadag graphite solution, in cathode-ray tube production, 555
AQUILON atomic reactor in France, 264
Arab Slates, industrial growth of 208. See LETTER, 332
ARBED, iron-ore preparation plant, 145
Arbitration, abolition of compulsory, 572
Arc-furnace. See Furnace, electric
— Welding. See Welding
Archaeological Society, Derbyshire. See Derbyshire
Architects, American Institute of. See American
— Naval. See Naval architects
Architectural research, conference on, American Institute of Architects, 260
Architecture and Engineering, College of (USA). See College
— Naval. See Naval architecture
— Reinforced concrete in, by-A. A. Raafat (review), 91
Ardleigh Engineering, Ltd., governor test rig, 514
Argentine airline, Comet 4 airliner for, 331
Argon purification plant for Dounreay (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 79
Argonne National Laboratory, building of Fuels Technology Center, 110; EBWR simulator for Geneva exhibition, 170; simplified refining process for uranium ore, 465; radiation accident at, 540; uranium impregnation by graphite, 830
Argosy freighter-passenger aircraft, description of (Armstrong Whitworth), 267
Ariel, Leader pressed steel motor cycle, 164 Arkansas Power and Light Co., 384 kVA turboalternator contract to Westinghouse Electric Corp., 461
“ Arkon ” gas flow recorder (Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 366
Armaflex plastics insulator for pipes (Armstrong Cork Co., Ltd.), 144
Armature Manufacturing Co., variable-speed electric motor, 561
Armco-Sendzimir continuous galvanising plant at Ebbw Vale Works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., 78
Armed Forces, graduates for, discussion in Parliament on, 111
Armstrong Cork Co., Ltd., Armaflex plastics insulator for pipes, 144
Armstrong, Henry Edward, 1848-1937, by J. Vargas Eyre (review), 57
Armstrong, R. B., on standards engineers, 9
Armstrong Shock Absorbers, Ltd., position and prospects of, 715
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., manufacture of air turbine starters under licence, 342; manufacture of gas turbines under licence, 342; P181 and P182 gas turbines, 343; PR.23 rocket engines, aircraft uses of, 343; Star Sapphire saloon motor car, 506; small engine production by Petters, Ltd., 522; modification of Borg Warner automatic transmission on Star Sapphire motor car, 567; use of Burman power- assisted steering, 567; aero engine (trade publication), 845
Armstrong, W., on profits of Armstrong Shock Absorbers, Ltd., 715
Armstrong Whitworth, Sir W. G. (Aircraft), Ltd., apparatus for removing radioactive fuel cartridges, 109-110; A.W. 650 Argosy freighter-passenger aircraft, 267; control rods for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 734 Army Emergency Reserve, communications equipment at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
— Territorial, communications equipment at
Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
Arnold Engineering Development Center, hypersonic flight research, 442
Arnott, Dr. Neil, smoke-reducing grate, 502
Arrol, Sir William, and Co., Ltd., suspension bridge at Samawa, 26; Forth road bridge, 64
Arrow CF 105, all-weather interceptor for Royal Canadian Air Force (Avro Aircraft, Ltd.), 542
Art, craft and rampart, by D. P. Sayers, 654
Arthur D. Little. See Little
Artificial intelligence and heuristic programming, by Dr. M. Minsky, 728
Artouste 510 aircraft auxiliary power and engine starting units (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 342
Arts, Royal Society of. See Royal
Artsimovich, Acad. L. A., on thermonuclear research in USSR, 401; on pulsed discharges, 402
Arup, Ove, and Partners, new hangar for Beverley aircraft at Abingdon, 682
Asbestos, amosite, moulded insulation, “ Caposite,” for Berkeley Atomic Power Station (Cape Asbestos), 170
— as friction material, 779
— Ships’ board, Turnall (Turners Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd.), 392
ASEA experimental nuclear fusion apparatus at Uppsala University, 74
Ashby, Dr. W. Ross, on mechanism of habituation, 728
Ashe Laboratories, Viodox for rheumatism treatment, 16
Ashton-Young Engineering Development Co., Ltd., “ Balarc B.I. 150 ” arc welding set, 460
Aslib publications (leaflet), 327
ASPARA atomic reactor in India, 264
Asphaltic bitumen for road surfacing and maintenance (book), 712
Aspro-Nicholas, Ltd., “ Tote ” system of bulk materials handling (Pressoturn, Ltd.), 489
Asquith, J. B., on design duty and specification of requirements, including site selection in chemical engineering projects, 121
Asquith, William, Ltd., milling machine for girder ends, 561
Assembly, automatic, costs of, 185 Planning, by G. H. Kendall, Sr., and L. Walter, 184
— Machines, Kenhos straight-line, floor arrangement plans using, 184 Needle-roller, automatic, 184
— Unit, Dynasert automatic, for printed circuits, 185
Associated British Maltsters, Ltd., new malting plant at Knapton, 186
Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., reorganisation of, 72; amalgamation with W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 471; gearing surface finish and subsurface deformation, 543; a.c. network analyser (trade publication), 550; formation of Directorate of Central Services, 565 Association of British Chambers of Commerce, commercial apprenticeship scheme, 632
— of British Machinery Merchants, formation and functions of, 773
— of Bronze and Brass Founders, Costing a Casting (publications), 633
Association for Consumer Research, Ltd., tests on washing machines and ball point pens, 256
— of Engineering Distributors, trading practices threatening the engineering industries, by T. H. Burleigh, 479; Annual Meeting (London): art of selling, by R. F. Collinshon, 716; value of engineering distributor, by J. H. Neill, 716
Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Introduction to Press Tool Design, by J. Palmer (book), 27; welding aluminium alloys, by J. H. Green (book), 91; case against overtime working, by B. G. Richardson, 271
— of Women Science Teachers, questionnaire on science teaching in grammar schools, 143
Aston Martin DB4 motor car (David Brown Group), 434
ASTR atomic reactor, 311 Astro navigation for submarine navigation, 238 Astron fusion device, 826
Astronautical Federation, International. See International
Astronomical measurements with rockets, satellites and balloons, by Dr. A. P. Willmore, 623
Aswan Dam, position and prospects of, 751
ATA hvperbolic shell roof (ATA Industrial Co., Ltd.), 587
ATA Industrial Co., Ltd., licensees for Silberkuhl roof construction system, 586 Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, electrical, electronic and nuclear equipment (trade publication), 118; electric locomotives for Belgian Congo, 609
Athey 7-11 force-feed loader, 725
Atkins and Marriott’s hopper-fed grate, 502 Atkinson Agricultural Appliances, Ltd., corrugated rubber flexible sheath for tractor p.t.o. shafts, 790
Atlantic. See Transatlantic
Atlas Copco, A.B., Lysholm-type rotary-screw compressor, 490
Atlas missile, propulsion system, 295
Atmospheres, furnace, effects on sintering behaviour of uranium dioxide, by A. H. Webster, and N. F. H. Bright (review), 613
— Upper. See Upper Atmospheric pollution. See Air pollution; Smoke
— Research by satellites, 370, 371 Atom, more power from (film), 237
— for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), British section, 142; exhibits at, 232; UKAEA exhibits at, 236; exhibitors at, 273; power and research reactor plant exhibits at, 273; atomic power station plant exhibits at, 274; reactor instrumentation exhibits at, 275; firms exhibiting at, 301, 324; materials and fabrication exhibits at, 345; instrumentation and control exhibits, 762; nucleonic instruments exhibits, 765
Atomfair (1959), preliminary notice, 666
Atomic clocks, comparison of British and American, 85
— Education, model 9000 reactor for (Nuclear-Chicago Corp.), 170
— Energy, A.B.C. of, by Sir C. Hinton (booklet), 170
Agency, International. See International Agreements for exchange of information and co-operation, 262
— Agreements with Japan, 236 Agreements with Portugal', 236
Apparatus for study and development of, 324 in Australia, 265
Authority, Belgian. See Belgian
Authority, United Kingdom. See United Kingdom
— Board proposal for Eire, 14 British policy on, 329 in Canada, 264
Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., NPD atomic power station, 169; research reactors, 264 Commission, Australian. See Australian Commission, Indian. See Indian Commission, U.S. See United States Consortia, 202, 262 Control in, by R. B. Stephens', 762 Direct conversion into electric power, 401 in France, 264 in India, 264 Industry’s display at Stockholm fair, 301
— Information exchange between U.K. and U.S., 236
— Institute of (Russia). See Institute
— Instruments for study and development of, 324
— Instrumentation in, by R. B. Stephens, 362
International bodies, 235
ISO work on, 158
Materials and fabrication exhibits at
Atoms for Peace Exhibitions 345 By W. Mialki (book), 844
Peaceful Uses of, 2nd International Conference on (Geneva), papers on nuclear fusion at, 74; UKAEA Work on thermonuclear reactions at] 236; U.K. film at, 237; U.K. papers at, 237; U.K. delegation at, 237; fission-reactor papers presented at, excerpts from, 298; survey of papers at, 334; possibilities of achieving high temperatures in a gas-cooled reactor, by L. R. Shepherd, and others, 336; summary of, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 372; notes on problems of thermonuclear work, 400; comment on fundamental research, 403; extracts from papers on atomic power and reactor advances, 436; extracts from papers, 464; consolidated report on nuclear physics, by Dr. M. J. Poole and Dr. M. Sowerby, 536; consolidated report on radiation shielding, by J. D. Jones, 568; consolidated report on propulsion, by
B. T. Price, 600; consolidated report on radioactive isotopes, by E. R. Wiblin, 634; consolidated report on research reactors, by Dr. V. S. Crocker, 662; publication arrangements for proceedings of, 666; consolidated report on power reactors, by G. W. K. Ford, 694; consolidated report on reactor engineering, by R. P. Kinsey, 730; consolidated report on instrumentation and control, by R. B. Stephens, 762; consolidated report on controlled thermonuclear reactions, by Dr. A. A. Ware, 796; consolidated report on controlled thermonuclear reactions, by Dr. R. J. Bickerton, 824; survey of fusion devices, by R. J. Bickerton, 824; lists of papers presented at, 540, 571, 603, 636, 665, 700, 733, 766, 798; See also Atoms for Peace Exhibition Atomic energy, peaceful uses of fusion, by E. Teller, 402
Petroleum companies’ interest in, 427 as power supply for W. Europe, 590 Programmes, summary of national and international, 262 for propulsion. See Atomic Propulsion Raw materials resources for, 262 Research Establishment (Harwell), nuclear reactor technology conference at, report of, 14; work of isotope division, 14; radioisotopes in metal finishing tests, 170; gas-cooled reactor experience at, 337; krypton 85 lamps, 403; thermonuclear research transfer to Winfrith Heath, 403; Reactor Division appointments, 540; exchange of scientists with America, 571; Hill and Smith Ltd., contractors for structural steelwork, 666
Research Establishment (Windscale), Fleck committee report on damage at, 45; fabrication and processing of fuel elements, 108; reactor details, 262; contract to Whatlings for AGR reactor, 505; second plutonium pile to be sealed off, 540; advanced gas-cooled reactor contracts, 636 E Research Establishment (Winfrith Heath), ENEA reactor project at, 14; layout of high-temperature gas-cooled zero-energy critical assembly, 233; thermonuclear research transfer from Harwell, 403; appointment of D. W. Fry as manager, 438; ZETA II to be built at, 571; Zenith reactor for, 766
— — in Russia, 263
Schools and courses, 262
— — in South Africa, 265
Terminology, ISO work on, 158
— — in U.S., future of, by Dr. P. Genachte, 74
— — U.S. international co-operation, 263
— — U.S. participation, census on, 665 U.S. projects, 263
— — See also Commissariat a I'Energie Atomique
— Engineering, aircraft factory changeover to, 753 Beryllium fabrication for (Tube Investments), 748 John Brown group’s activities in, 293
— Equipment (trade publication), 118
— Fission. See Nuclear fission
— Fuel cartridges, apparatus for removal of
(Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 1109-110
Ceramic, 733
Ceramic, for Canadian HTGC reactor, 829
— — Charging and discharging on load at
Bradwell atomic power station, 505
Chemical re-processing of, using solvent extraction processing, by F. L. Culler, 142
— — Core, plutonium alloy, for fast reactor
station, 792
Cycles, 374
Cycle for plutonium in atomic reactors, 464
Dispersed ceramics, 830
— — Dispersed in moderator, 337
Economics of plutonium and uranium as, by N. L. Franklin, 464
Economics of re-enrichment and blending, 465
— Element, burst, detection of, 763 Element can, helical finned, 202 Elements, carbides as, 830
Element, ceramic, loop for testing in PLUTO, 234
Elements, ceramic, tested in Borax IV reactor, 830
Element charge-discharge machine (Societe Hispano Suiza), 273
Element; cluster of 31, 733 Elements, design of, 733
Element design at Hunterston power station, 437
Elements, fabrication and processing of, By C. Buck, 108
— — Element, faulty, detection system for Hinkley Point atomic power station, 665
Element handling gear (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 273
Element, ladder type, 437
Element, polyzonal spiral, by H. L. Ritz, 437
Elements as radioisotopes source, 108 Element sheathing materials, 733
Elements, spent, manipulator for (Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 273
Element test rig, pressurised carbon dioxide, 202
Energy yield of mixtures', 401
Enrichment, economics of, by N. L. Franklin et a/., 464
Enrichment and reactor performance, by C. Starr, 464
for gas-cooled reactors, 299
Gaseous uranium hexafluoride, 829
High-temperature, study by USAEC, 829 = Organic, 110
— Plutonium-based, burning of, by J. R. Triplett, 141
Processing, 262, 465
Ratings, 505
Raw materials for, 262
Refining, 465
— Research, new building for, at Argonne National Laboratory, 110
Research by Euratom, 236
Resources, 792
Resources, by J. C. Johnson, 464
Uranium as, 733
Uranium oxide as, 733
See also Plutonium; Uranium, etc.
— Fusion. See Nuclear fusion
— Industrial Forum. See American
— Nucleus, discovery of, by Prof. N. Bohr, 793
— Physics, cinema film on, 573
Consolidated report on, by Dr. M. J. Poole and Dr. M. Sowerby, 536
High-energy, consolidated report on, by Dr. M. J. Poole and Dr. M. Sowerby, 536
Atomic physics, low-energy, consolidated report on, by Dr. M. J. Poole and Dr. M. Sowerby, 537
Low-energy, parity, charge conjugation and time reversal in, 537
Two-day course, 403
Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., constitution and activities of, 202; carbon dioxide fuel element test rig, 202; helical finned atomic fuel element can, 202; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 232 Consumption in 1957, 330 Costs of, 754
Economics of, by J. A. Jukes, 436
Estimates for cost of, 436
Plant, demonstration, at Elk River, 45 Plant, demonstration, at Parr Shoals, 45 Plant, display panel for (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 275
Plant, Eurico Fermi I, 237
Plants, exports of, to Europe, 73
Plant, heat transfer in, course on, 465
Plant, helium-cooled graphite-modera ed, proposal by Philadelphia Electric and High Temperature Reactor Development Associates, 829
Plant for McMurdo Sound, 636
Plant, package (Alco Products, Inc.), 234 Plant, Wolverine project dropped, 170 Programme, by Sir W. Cook, 754
Programme, economic aspects of, by
J. C. Duckworth and E. Hywell Jones, 436
— — Programme, India, 793
— — Programme, United States, projects of
74
—; — Requirements, world pattern of, 695
—? — and research programme, joint, of Euratom and United States, 13
Resources of nuclear fuel for, by J. C. Johnson, 464
for propulsion. See Atomic Propulsion
Stations, Alkacide plant and evaporator for purifying sea or estuary water for (Aiton and Co., Ltd.), 274
Station, Berkeley, thermal insulation contract for (Cape Asbestos), 170; magnetic memory drum for burst cartridge computer, 274
Station, Bradwell, sea transport of heat exchangers for (booklet), 202; charging and discharging fuel on load, 505; model of, Brussels Exhibition award, 611
Station, Calder Hall, turbine accident, board of enquiry on, 301; fourth reactor in operation, 793
Station, Calder Hall B, turbine disintegration, 45
Station, Candu (Canada), 170
Station, Chapel Cross, Crossley diesel generator sets for, 203; No. 1 reactor start-up, 665
Stations, cooling-water screens for (F. W. Brackett and Co., Ltd.), 170
Station, Dungeness, public inquiry on, 665; site opposition to, 793
— — Stations, economics of, 733
— — Stations, estimates for cost of power
from, 436
Stations, fast breeder, prospects of, 754 Station, Firth of Tay, discussion in Parliament on, 793
Station, Franco-Belgian border, proposed, 793
Station, Hinkley Point, capital cost and cost of power from, by P. Wolff, 14; Electrofeeder feed pumps for (G. and J. Weir), 14; model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; faulty fuel element detection system, 665
Station, Hunterston, 132 kV air-blast switchgear for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 14; progress at, 45; Goliath crane at, 45; discussion in Parliament on load factor and power costs of, 75-, plutonium manufacture at, 110; steam-raising unit for, model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; fuel element design, 437
Station instrumentation exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 274
Station for Israel, plans for 793
Station for Italy, 301
Station for Japan, project of, 636
Station, Latina (Rome), details of reactor for, 693; television equipment contract for (Pye, Ltd.), 793
Stations, load factor of, 436
Station, 150 MW, model of, 233
Station, 400 MW, model of (Nuclear Power Plant Co., Ltd.), 233
Station, NPD (Canada), 169
Station plant exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 274
Stations, plutonium of military grade from, discussion in Parliament on, 203
Stations and research reactors, models of, at atomic energy exhibition (Geneva), 142 Stations in Russia, 264
Station, Russian, 600 MW, in operation, 505
Station, Shippingport, comparison with Yankee, 204
Station simulator for training operators, 666
Station, Sizewell, development consent for, 438; output capacity of, 438
Stations, thermal efficiency of, 436
Station, Trawsfynydd, permission granted for, 170
Stations, turbo-alternator for, model of (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 274
— — Station for Western Germany, projected,
793
Station, Yankee Atomic-Electric, comparison with Shippingport, 204
— Propulsion of aircraft, 304, 311, 603
— — of aircraft, research and testing reactor
for, NACA, 203
of aircraft, Russian bomber, 766
of aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, 665
of cruiser, USS Long Beach, 665
in France, 264
of icebreaker vessel Lenin, 600
of immigrant passenger ship, Japanese, 602
Atomic propulsion of merchant ship, MGCR reactor for, 74
of passenger-cargo ship Savannah, 203, 311, 600 by B. T. Price, 600
— Projects of Vickers Nuclear Engineering, Ltd., 235
Prospects for ships, aircraft and on land by J. Edwards, 304
of ramjets, 603
Reactors for, selection and types of, 305, 309
of rockets, 74, 311, 603
— of rockets, potentialities of, 284 in Russia, 264
— of ships, 304, 307, 308, 374
of ships, development in France, 661
— of ships, Joint Panel of Nuclear Marine Propulsion on, 237
of ships, model of (Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd.), 233
of ships, projects for,, 235 of ships, prototype reactor in US, 665
— of ships, by R. V, Moore and C. E. Iliffe, 602
of submarines, 307, 308
— of submarine Dreadnought, 307
of submarine Dreadnought, discussion in
Parliament on, 629, 832
of submarine Dreadnought, reactor for (Vickers Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.), 235
— — of submarine Nautilus, 307
— — of submarine Nautilus, arctic voyage of,
193, 205
of submarine Nautilus, power plant for, 204, 237
— — of submarine Nautilus, Sperry navigational equipment in, 238
—of submarines, NEPTUNE reactor for research on, 262
of submarine Polaris, discussion in
Parliament on, 832
of submarine Q244 (France), 14
of submarine Q244, work suspended on, 665
of submarines, reactor plant for Britain (Westinghouse), 14
— — of submarine Skate, polar transit of, 237 of submarine Skipjack, USS, 14
— — of submarine Triton, launch of, 403
— — of submarine tanker, 310
— of submarine tanker, Japanese, 602 of tankers, 308
of tanker, economic study, 602 of tankers, French work on, 602 of tankers, power requirements, 603 of warships, discussion in Parliament on,
832
— Radiation, effects on oceanography and
fisheries, report on, 109
— — See also Radiation
— Reactors accidents, 375
Accidents, health hazards in, 764 — AGR, 299; model of, 232; turbine plant for, 375; pressure vessel for (Whessoe, Ltd.), 403; Windscale, contract for (Whatlings), 505; lower cost of, 754
— — Air-cooled, water-moderated, for air craft, 603
for aircraft, work on, in US, 603
for aircraft propulsion, research and testing, NACA, 203
— — ALPR, criticality achieved, 438 APPR (Alco Products, Inc.), 235
APPR-1A (Alco Products, Inc.), 45 ASP ARA, in India, 264
— — ASTR, 311
— — in Australia, 265
Belgium, 686
BEPO, details of, 262
Berkeley, details of, 262
Beryllia-moderated, 698
— Beryllium-moderated, 697, 698
Boiling heavy-water, 504
Boiling-water, Dr. N. Hilberry on, 504 Boiling-water, 17-5 MW (Mitchell Engineering, Ltd.), 234
Boiling-water, spray evaporation in, 504 Boiling-water, superheating in, 504
— Boiling-water, for tanker, 602
— Boiling-water, UKAEA project, 636 Boiling-water. See also Atomic reactor,
BWR
Borax IV, ceramic fuel elements tested in, 830
BR-2 (Belgium), 13; report on, 663 Bradwell, details of, 262
Burst-slug detection in, 274
BWR, 699, 731; comment on, by Sir J.
Cockcroft, 766; See also Atomic reactor, boiling water
Calder “A”, details of, 262
— Calder “ B ”, details of, 262
Calder Hall, position and progress of, 262 in Canada, 264
— Carbon-dioxide-cooled, graphite-moderated, details of, 169
Carbon-dioxide-cooled, television camera for (Pye, Ltd.), 273
Chapelcross, details of, 262
Classification by containment, 695
— — Classification by moderator, 697
Classification of types, 696
Comment on British policy, 329 Components at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 273
Computers, 324
Containment classification, 695
Control, 339
Control exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 273
Control, neutron detectors for, 666 Control in, by R. B. Stephens, 762 Control panel (Ekco Electronics, Ltd.),
275
Control-rods for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 734
Control-rod, shock absorbing tube for,
437
Control-rod speed recorder (Cambridge
(Instrument Co., Ltd.), 275
Coolants, 337
Coolants, radiolytic and pyrolytic decomposition of, by D. R. de Halas, 141
Cooling, chemical reaction of, 170
Atomic reactor core, design, 731
Core materials, 732
> Data processing and information system,
665
• Design concepts, 730
Design patterns, 730
—= — Design progress, 730
Development program®® for, 754
— — DIDO, 13; detail's of, 262; report on, 662 DIMPLE, details of, 262
DMTR, details of, 262
for Dreadnought submarine (Vickers
Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.), 235
Dresden, flow diagram for, 731
EBWR, 699; shut down for repairs, 45
EDF1 (France), 298
EDF2 (France), 298
Effluent monitor (Plessey Nucleonics, Ltd.), 274
EL-1 (Zoe) (France), 264
EL-2 (France), 264
?-—? — EL-3 (France), 13, 264, 663
ENEA, at Winfrith Heath, 14
Engineering, by R. P. Kinsey, 730
— ETR, technical and economic aspects, 662
Euratom projects, 235-, 686
— Euratom and United States joint plans for, 13
Fast, 700
East, agreement for exchange of information on, 237
— Fast, in British programme, 734
Fast, plutonium alloy fuel core for, 792
— Fast, plutonium oxide-uranium-oxide fuel for, USAEC proposal, 571
— Fast breeder, Dounreay. See Dounreay
— Fast breeder, prospects of, 754
— Fast breeder systems, in US, 263
Fault detection in, 274
Fission, papers presented at second international conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy, 298
Fission, survey of, current projects, 334
— — in France, 264, 686
Fuel cycles for, 374
Fusion, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 374
Fusion, survey of current projects, 334
Future pattern of, 733
G 1, 696
G 2 (Marcoule), constrution and operation of, 169; criticality obtained, 169
— Gas-cooled, 696, 698
— Gas-cooled (UKAEA), 299
Gas-cooled (US), 298
Gas-cooled, advanced, Windscale project, 636
Gas-cooled, American designs, 504
Gas-cooled, breeding and homogeneity in, 338
Gas-cooled, British types of the future, 373
Gas-cooled, design concepts, 731
Gas-cooled graphite-moderated, development suggestions invited by USAEC, 465
? Gas-cooled, graphite-moderated, for
marine use, 602
Gas-cooled, graphite-moderated, in US, 263
Gas-cooled, heat removal from, 437
Gas-cooled high-temperature, joint research discussions on, 169
— — Gas-cooled high-temperature, 10 MW
proposed unit, 338
Gas-cooled, high temperatures in, by L. R. Shepherd and others, 336
— — Gas-cooled natural-uranium, coolants
for, 336
Gas-cooled, operating conditions for, 730 Gas-cooled, proposals invited by USAEC, 504
— — Gas-cooled, stability in, 504
Gas-cooled, steam cycles for, 730
Gas-cooled, steam cycles for, by W. R. Wootton, 438
— — Gas-cooled, for tanker, 602
— Gas-cooled, temperature information,764
Gas-cooled, turret loading proposal, 438 —: — Gas-cooled, USAEC conference on, 504
— — Gaseous-fuelled, 829
GCHW, pipework in, 732
— — GCR-2, baffling in vessel of, 732
— ?— GCR-2 (US), 298
Germany, 686
GLEEP, details of, 262
Graphite-moderated, 263, 465, 602, 697
Graphite-moderated, gas-cooled, model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
HAZEL, details of, 262
Health aspects of, 375
Heavy-water (USAEC), 299
Heavy-water boiling, Halden (Norway), 300
Heavy-water cooled, heavy-water moderated, plutonium-based fuels, study on, 141
Heavy-water moderated, 696, 697
—- — Heavy-water moderated, canning in, 44 Heavy-water moderated, costs of, 44
— — Heavy-water moderated, critical charac
teristics of, 44
— — Heavy-water moderated, equipment re
quirements, 44
Heavy-water moderated!, evaluation, 44 Heavy-water moderated, fuels for, 44 Heavy-water moderated, organic coolant in, by M. J. McNelly, 140
Helium-cooled, 339
Herald (Aldermaston), 44; details of, 262
HIFAR, in Australia, 265
High-flux, 662
High-temperature, gas-cooled, for
Canada, Daniels-Boyd, 829
High-temperature, gas-cooled, zeroenergy critical assembly, layout of, 233
Hinkley Point, details of, 262
Homogeneous aqueous, unsuitable for major research and development, 169
Homogeneous systems in US, 263 Horace (Aldermaston) 44
HTGC, 698; model of, 232; details of, 262; zero-energy, 339; ducting arrangement in, 732
Hunterston, details of, 262
Atomic reactors, instrumentation exhibits at
Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 274
Insurance of, bill on, 603
Ispra-1 (Italy), 13
in Italy, 686
S in Italy, contracts for, 438
— — for Japan, 636
JASON, details of, 262
KEWB, power increase in, 45
Kinetics, 763-4
Kinetics, study of, by CEGB, 540
KIWI-A, for rocket propulsion, 74
Latina plant, details of, 693
in Lenin icebreaker vessel, 600
Licensing of, bill on, 603
LIDO, 235; details of, 262
Light-water moderated, 44, 697, 699
Light-water-moderated natural-uranium, model 9000 for nuclear education (Nuclear-Chicago Corp.), 170
Liquid-metal-cooled, 696, 698
LMFR, 696
Low-pressure types, 695
for marine use, comment on, 603
MERLIN, details of, 262
MGCR, for merchant ship propulsion, 74
Mighty Mouse project, 664
MIT, report on, 662
Model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
Moderators, 337
Moderator, fuel dispersed in, 337
Moderator, water as, 44
Moderator types, 697
Monitoring and fault detection in, 274
MTR, operational Characteristics, 662;
technical and economic aspects, 662
NEPTUNE, 235; details of, 262; for
submarine-propulsion research, 262
NERO, details of, 262
Netherlands, 686
Non-moderated, 697, 700
NPD-2, arrangement of, 731
NPD-2 (Canada), 299
NRU, report on, 662, 663
NRX, report on, 663
OMRE, 698
Organic-cooled and moderated, in US 263
Organic fuels for; 110
Organic-moderated, 697, 698
ORNL-GCR-2 system, 696
ORR (Sweden), 13
ORR modified (Netherlands), 13
Package (Alco Products, Inc.), 234
Package power (Humphreys and Glasgow,
Ltd.), 234
Performance, fuel enrichment and, by C. Starr, 464
Physics and heat technology of, collection of Soviet papers on, 571
PLUTO, 13; high-temperature gas- cooled loop for testing ceramic fuel element in, 234; details of, 262
Plutonium-fuelled (US), 301
Plutonium use in, 464
Position and progress of, 262, 700
Power; by G. W. K. Ford, 694
Pressure-tube types, 695
Pressure-vessel types, 695
Pressurised-water, 699
Pressurised-water, and panel, Siemens, model of, 14
— Pressurised-water, in Russia, 263
Pressurised-water, for tanker, 602
Pressurised-water, in US, 263
for production of nuclear materials, USAEC project, 571
for Project Rover, 74
for propulsion, comparison and selection of types, 305, 309
PRPR, plutonium-based fuels, study on, 141
Pulsing, of Joint Nuclear Research Institute (Dubna), 265
Pumps for?, 273
PWR, 699
Research, consolidated report on Geneva Conference, by Dr. V. S. Crocker, 662
Research, models at atomic energy exhibition (Geneva), 142
Research, Supermarine works, 766
— — RPT, power doubled in, 665
Russian, 665
Russian projects, 263
Safety aspects of, 375
Safety and control, 762
Safety equipment (Mullard Equipment, Ltd.), 274
Safety and health aspects of, 764
Safety, ISO work on, 158
Safety precautions, 305
for sale abroad, by Sir W. Cook, 754
in Savannah merchant ship, 601
Shielding. See Shielding
for ship propulsion, prototype, in US, 665
Simulators, 324
Simulator, EBWR, for Geneva exhibition, 170
Small, companies manufacturing, 233
Sodium-coolant study, 170
Sodium-cooled thermal, in US, 263
SRE, 696; at design power level, 74
Stability, 763-4
Steam-water cooling system, by H. R. C. Pratt and J. D. Thornton, 504
for submarine for Britain (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 14
for tankers, French work on, 602
Technology conference at Atomic
Energy Research Establishment (Harwell) report of, 14
Test, existing or planned in Europe OEEC, 13
TR, rebuilt, 665
for training, Supermarine works, 766
TREAT, for fast-neutron safety studies, 664
TRIGA, for training, research and isotope production, 109
Types, classification, 696
Types, containment classification, 695
Types, moderator classification, 697 US projects, 74, 263
Valves for, 273
Atomic reactors, water-cooled, 696, 697, 699 Water-cooled, corrosion and wear handbook for, 44
Water-cooled, design concepts, 731 Water-cooled and moderated, in US, 263 Windscale, details of, 262
for wood pulp industry for Norway, 14
— — WWR-M project, for production of
transuranic elements, 665
WWR-Z project for radiochemical research, 665
Zenith (Winfrith Heath), 766 ZERLINA, in India, 265 ZETR, end of useful life, 262 ZEUS, end of useful life, 262
— Research, European, cost of, 236 in France, 264
Fundamental, 403 in Russia, 264
— Safety advisory committee to be set up, 693
— Time standards, comparison of British and
American, 85
— Weapons Research Establishment, Horace nuclear reactor, 44; Herald nuclear reactor, 44; work on thermonuclear reactions, 168; Dr. N. Levin appointed deputy director of, 170; MINNI model of MAGGI fast-discharge apparatus, 400; thermonuclear research, 400; Work of AWRE Aldermaston (booklet), 571 Tests, radioactive contamination from, 240
Atomichrons in atomic time standards, comparison, 85
Atomkraftkonsortium Krangede AB and Co. interest in British reactor, 73
Attach^, scientific. See Scientific Attenuation, theoretical studies oh, 571 Attenuators at radio frequencies (book), 747 Auckland Electric-Power Board, electrical exhibition, 23
— Harbour bridge, progress on, 807
Audio equipment at Radio Show (Earls Court), 328
Audit 322 accounting machine with automatic tape punch (British Olivetti), 690
— 330 billing typewriter with automatic tape punch (British Olivetti), 690
Auditions, television advertisement, closed circuit television and telecine installation for (L.P.E. Television, Ltd.), 81
Austen, Dr. A. E. W., on origins of diesel engine noise, 608
Austen, Charles, Pumps Ltd., small pumps
(trade publication), 845
Austin Hopkinson and Co., Ltd., exhibits at
Essen Mining Show, 658
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., FX4 Metropolitan taxi with Borg Warner fully automatic transmission, 463; Omnicoach 12-seater public service vehicle, 463; A40 motor car, 470, 531; new magazine Payload, 747 Austinlite, Ltd., stand-by generator plant for radio telephone link in Jamaica, 135 Australia, atomic energy in, 265
— Atomic reactors in, 265 Reactor, HIFAR, in, 265
— Battery production, 799
— Electrical development, 261
— Engineering industries of, survey of, 330
— Gold price increase plea, 495
— Office machinery imports increasing, 389
— Survey of manufacturing activity in, comment on, 330
— Television contracts awarded to Marconi’s
Wireless Telegraph Co., 389
— Uranium deposit at Lake Boga, 792 Ore production and treatment, 465 235 purchase from US, 793 Resources in, 265
Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 265
— Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, tests on concrete and wooden posts for fencing, 620
Australian Electrical Industries, Pty., electrical and turbo-generator contract, 261 Austria, engineering industries of, 77
Auto-Gauge gauging machine for “Link-Line” automatic gear production (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 646
Auto-Union merger with Daimler-Benz, 101
Automatic assembly, costs of, 185 Planning, by G. H. Kendall, Sr., and L. Walter, 184
Unit, Dynasert, for printed circuits, 185
— Control. See Control
— Data processing, comment on, 33
— Design of steel-framed buildings, by J. Heyman, 834
— Pilots, Autopilot fitted to Lightning interceptor aircraft, 341
Autopilot system for high speed fighter aircraft, 297
Developments in, 474
— Programming, by Dr. G. Hopper, 728
— Radio compass, 318
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., thermally-compensated crystal oscillator, 215; 246 staff locator system (trade publication), 550; magnetic Storage drum, 688; cordless telephone switchboard for Canadian Pacific Railway, 770
— Train control in “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
— Transfer machine, Kenhos, 185
— Transmission, Borg Warner, Jaguar development of, 566 Borg-Warner, modifications to, 566, 567 Automation as aid to decision making, by J. Diebold, 162
— of assembly operations, by G. H. Kendall, Sr., and L. Walter, 184
— and computation, British conference on, bulletin of, 747
— Job adaptation for, by B. Metz, 632
— in legal world, by Dr. Mehl, 729
— Machine-tool, cinema film on (Renault), 573
— What it is, how it works, who can use it, by C. Dreher (review), 712
Automobiles. See Motor Cars Autopilot. See Automatic pilot
Autoradiography, radioisotopes for, 635
Autoxidation, hydrogen peroxide manufacture by (Laporte Chemicals, Ltd.), 812
Auxiliary machinery. See Ship
Avdel Lockbolt fastener (Aviation Developments, Ltd.), 124
Aveling-Barford Canada, Ltd., formation of, 471
Aveling-Barford Group, formation of Aveling-Barford Canada, Ltd., 471; “ SN ” dumper truck, 596
Avery, J., and Co., “ Dampa ” acoustic ceiling, 556
Avery, W. and T., Ltd., 500 ton horizontal testing machine for National Coal Board, 6
Aviation, civil, inventions safeguarding in, 767
Aviation Developments, Ltd., Avdel Lockbolt fastener, 124
— Facts and Figures (American Aviation Publications), 247
— Medicine, Institute of. See Institute
— Review, Popular (Brackens), 421
— See also Aeronautics; Air transport; Air craft, etc.
Avon aero engine, R.A.29, 1,000 hour life authorised for, 210
Avro Aircraft, Ltd., aircraft structural fatigue tests, 441; CF105 Arrow all-weather interceptor for Royal Canadian Air Force, 542
Ax-Cent compound flow fan (Keith Blackman, Ltd.), 672
Axle, rear, castor oil lubrication for, London Transport tests on, 223 De Dion, on Peerless sports car, 567
Axoflex 105 document reproduction process (Ilford), 747
Ayre, Capt. E. D., work on Nash Collection of historic aircraft, 723
Ayre, R. S., on engineering vibrations (review), 810

BABCOCK, B. F. P., on help from the West in Iraq, 227
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., training centre at Renfrew, 46; nuclear engineering activities of, 73; collaboration with Babcock and Wilcox Co. of America, 73; awards at Brussels Exhibition, 526; tests on heattransfer and pressure-loss characteristics of. banks of tubes, 737; see also English- Electric-Babcock and Wilcox-Taylor Woodrow Atomic Power Group
Babcock and Wilcox Co. of America, nuclear engineering activities, 73; collaboration with Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 73
Babcock and Wilcox of Australia, toiler contracts, 261
Bachhoffner, G. H., coking grate, 502
Backing paper, non-stick, “ Striplac ” (RWP Co.), 118
Baddeley, D. S., Engineering Co., Ltd., “Recorde” gas regulator, 333
Bags, paper, multi-sheet, for packaging cold solid bitumen,, 191
Bagasse, Horkel depither for (Parsons and Whittemore/Lyddon Organisation), 36
Bagnall-Burns BB.90 crawler tractor (W. G. Bagnall), 596-597
Bagnall, W. G., Ltd., Bagnall-Burns BB.90 crawler tractor, 596-597
Bailey, C. H., Ltd., Malta dockyard for commercial use, 194
Bailey, J. C., on fabricating and anodising facilities for aluminium, 616
Bailey, S. B., on earning a car in America, 35-36
Bainford, J. C. (Excavators), Ltd., Loadall 65 hydraulic loader, 191
Bakelite for outboard-powered boats (Meadcraft, Ltd.), 546
Bakelite, Ltd., use of Bakelite for outboard- powered boats (Meadcraft, Ltd.), 546; polyester resin for jointless flooring in commercial vehicles, 717; epoxide resin for resurfacing of compound curvature mould for Cossor C.R. 21 radar reflector, 775
Baker, Prof. H. Wright, on dial gauge, 804 Baker, Prof. J. F., work on plastic design, 834 Baker, L. B., on function of the contractor in chemical engineering projects, 121
Baker Perkins, Ltd., Taccone “ Diaform ” moulding machine, 30; permanent demonstration bay for foundry machinery, 789
Balance of payments, statistics and trends, 526
“ Balarc B.1.150” auxiliary arc welding set (Ashton-Young Engineering), 460
Balcome, A. J., Ltd., Alba television receiver with new chassis layout, 328
Baldwin brake booster for motor cars, 566
Baldwin, H. J., and Co., formation of marketing company for, 471
Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd., over-riding manual control for solenoid-operated valve, 4
Balfour, Arthur, and Co., Ltd., annual report, 72 Balfour Group, sales campaign in S. Africa and Rhodesia, 479
Balfour, Henry, and Co., Ltd., Scott-Smith molecular still, 71; Appleby-Frodingham combined desulphurising and sulphuric- acid plant, 223
Ball bearings. See Bearings
— Mill, origin of, 261
— Point pens, tests on, by Association for
Consumer Research, Ltd., 256
Ballistic flight and manned re-entry, 280, 281
— Missile. See Missile
— Rockets. See Rockets
Balloons, astronomical measurements with, by Dr. A. P. Willmore, 623
Bamborough, J., on developing a precision dynamometer, 582
Band saws. See Saws
Bandwidth on television screens, effect on picture quality, 64
Bank, International. See International Bank
Bank station of Waterloo and City line, twintrack travolator for, 784
— World. See International Bank
Bar, Noral 54SM; for aluminium alloy mobile concrete mixer (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 159
— Steel, flat, brittle fracture in, 117
Bar straightening machine. See Straightening machine
— Titanium, production of (I.C.I., Ltd.), 30
— Vertical, Lee-McCall system, in construction of Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Bar-Hillel, Prof., on literature searching, 729
Barash, M., on spark-eroded surfaces, 615
Barber-Greene 873 Finisher machine for laying and finishing bituminous road surfaces, 659
Bargaining, collective, A.F.L.-C.I.O. report on, 176
Comment on, 143
De-centralisation of, 143
for engineers, as a professional body arguments on, 143
— Wage, financial information in, 176
Barge, oil, flexible, sea trials of Dracone DI (Dracone Developments, Ltd.), 440
— Train and pusher tug, Gongola, trials in Firth of Clyde, 69
Barker, D. W. K., on plant commissioning, 122 Barrel loader, Brimpex (Industrial Machine and Equipment Co (Brimpex), Ltd.), 165 Barrett, N. T., on sphere for Dounreay reactor,
734
Barrow Steel Works, continuous casting plant modifications at, 775
Barrus, E. P. (Concessionaires), Ltd., Devcon emergency repair kit for cold plumbing, 128
Barton meter magnetic memory drum for burst cartridge computer, 274
Bas Congo-Katanga Railway, 50-cycle electric railway traction progress, 609
Basins, aeration, at Ashford Common filtration works, 255
Bass, John, Ltd., pressurised cabinet for dustfree assembly, 593
Bateman, E. H., on Shaw’s alphabet, 496, 591. See LETTER, 559
Bathroom scales, tests on, 684
Battelle Memorial, Institute research organisation of, 18
Batteries, automotive, new factory for, in Southern Rhodesia (Chloride Electrical Storage Co.), 369
— as means of storing energy, 381
— for midget locomotive for inside Rock of Gibraltar (Chloride Batteries, Ltd.), 657
— Production in Australia, 799 in India, 799
-— — at Oldham and Son, Ltd., 799 in South Africa, 799
— Voltages, electronic system for restricting variations in (Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd.), 563
— See also Accumulator; Cell
Battersby, A., on counting with fingers, 68 Bayley, F. J., on fluid dynamics (book), 747
B. B. gas-air torch for high temperatures (B.B.S.
Development and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 528
BBC. See British Broadcasting Corporation
B.B.S. Development and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., B.B. gas-air torch, 528
BCK. See Bas Congo-Katanga Railway BDHTBrR atomic reactor in Russia, 263 Beaches, motor cars on, Plain Words on, 194 Beacons1,1 directional, 322
Consul, 315, 316, 321
Beacons Oil-fired air heater (John Thompson
Beacon Windows, Ltd.), 461
Beams, broad-flange, for extensions at Whessoe
Ltd. (Dorman Long), 683
Flange, rolling mill for, at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Electron, permanent magnets for focusing
(Mullard, Ltd.), 642
— Mild-steel, flexural behaviour of, by K.
, Farnell, 674
— Prestressed, by Freyssinet system, for roofs
of new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Beardmore, William, and Co., Ltd.., opening of new mechanical-testing department, 79
Bearings, ball, contra-rotating, for dynamometer driving unit, 582
History of, 593
Miniature, accuracy checks on, AID instrument for, 641 and roller: theory, design and application, by P. Eschmann, L. Hasbargen, and K. Weigand (review), 712
— — Thin (MPB, Inc.), 230
— History of early manufacture, 261
— Hydrostatic oil-trunnion, for dynamometer absorbing unit, 583
— Metal sprayed, production techniques, 644
— Pedestal, for main-engine drive tanker generators (North Eastern Marine Engineering Co.), 744
— Plain, lubrication of: applicability of Reynold’s hydrodynamic theory, by J. H. Halton, 59
— Porous sintered bronze, Polyslip, impregnated with PTFE (Bound Brook Bearings,- Ltd.), 17
— Races, roller, tapered, automatic air gauging machine for (Teddington Industrial Equipment), 759
— Roller and ball: theory, design and application, by P. Eschmann, L. Hasbargen, and K. Weigand (review), 712
— Technique, Rotorace, for reducing random drift in gyroscopes (Sperry Gyroscope Co.), 671
— Trunnion, for dynamometer driving unit,
582
Beaver, Sir H., address at opening of jubilee exhibition of Institution of Structural Engineers, 556
Beck, Koller and Co., polyester resins for plastics ambulance bodies, 644
Becker-Priinte (Datteln), haulage equipment for underground use, 658
Beckton Works, sulphur and sulphuric acid production from sewage sludge, 179
Bedford Utilabus 12-seater public service vehicle, 463
Bedplate for main-engine drive tanker generators (North Eastern Marine Engineering Co.), 744
Beer bottling plant at Benskin’s Watford Brewery, 210
— Continuous fermentation process for, 787
Beharrell, G. E., on position and prospects of Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 15
Belcher, C. A., on electrical installations in multi-storey flats and maisonettes, 848
Belgian Atomic Energy Authority, Mercury computer for (Ferranti), 203
— Atomic power station project, 793
— Congo, railway electrification in, 609 Belgium, atomic reactors, 686
— Engineering industries of, T1
Bell, F. H., on paying wages monthly, 396
Bell, S. W., on mathematics for HNC. Vol. II: electrical (book), IT1
Bell Telephone Laboratories, diffused silicon diodes for parametric amplifier, 86; parametric amplifier for micro-wave signals, 86; digital computers for simulation of coding systems, 550; travelling-wave tube with continuous wave output of 100 mW, 800
Bifellman, R., on dynamic programming (review), 612
Belt conveyor. See Conveyor
— Pulleys, self-lubricating (Rolandswerk (Essen)), 658
Belting, conveyor, Terylene (Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Ltd.), 672
Bench, “ Five-pin board ” exhibit at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Bending beryllium tubes, 766
— Moment, multicell box subjected to, optimum design of, by D. J. Johns (book), 747
in pressure vessels, 204
— Stress in spur gear teeth, photoelastic
experiments on, by M. A. I. Jacobson, 543
Bendix Aviation Corp, of America, polar path compass system licence to Elliott Bros., 297
— Dunlop disc brake manufacture under licence from', 566
Benge, R. C., on technical education in U.K., 713
Bennes-Marrel Multi-Bucket interchangeable body equipment for motor lorries, 529
Bennett, E. W., on prestressed concrete: theory and design (review), 219
Bennetts, J. H., clean coal delivery service, 791
Benskin’s Brewery, new bottling hall at Watford, 210
Benson, S. H., Ltd., formation of Analytical European Surveys, Ltd., 130
Bentley Motors (1931), Ltd., Motor Show exhibits, 506
BEPO atomic reactor, details of, 262
Beresford, H., on ultra-high-tensile steels, 446
Berg-und-Huttenbetriebe, AG fur, growth and activities of, 427
“ Bergbaumechanik,” by Maercks and Oster- mann (book), 577
Bergius Co., export manager’s overseas tour, 611
Berkeley atomic power station, cooling-water screens for (F. W. Brackett and Co., Ltd.), 170; thermal insulation contract for (Cape Asbestos), 170; magnetic memory drum for burst cartridge computer, 274
— Reactor, details of, 262
Bernard Heating Appliances, Ltd., naturaldraught oil-fired domestic boiler, 424
Beryllia-moderated reactors. See Atomic reactors
Beryllium for aircraft structures, 442
— Fabrication for nuclear engineering (Tube Investments), 748
— Hardened stainless steel, V2B, 616
— Moderated reactors. See Atomic reactors
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures, 241
Beryllium Smelting Co., Ltd., V2B stainless alloy, 616
— Tubes (Tube Investments), 7'48
Bending of, 766
— Wrought, first plant for production of (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 375
Manufacture of, 375
“ Besco ” sheet metal working machines (trade publication), 327
Bessemer converter. See Converter
— Steel in Sweden, centenary of, 17
Besserer, C. W., missile engineering handbook (review), 648
Best, R. H., on loss of farmland, 691
Best, S. J., export service of, 716
Beswick, F., on aircraft industry,-269
Beta decay of cobalt, 60, 539
— Rays, radiation from, safety precautions for (booklet), 170
Soft, measurement of, Dynacon Electrometer for (Nuclear-Chicago Corp.), 110
Betatron, air-cored (CERN), 236
Beurle, R. L., on model of the brain, 728-9 Bevel gears. See Gears
Beverley transport aircraft, new hangar for, at Abingdon (John Laing and Son, Ltd.), 682
Beyer Peacock, acquisition of Air Control Installations by, 335
Beyer, Prof. R., on kinetics of linkages (review), 612
Bhabha, Dr., on atomic energy for underdeveloped countries', 372
Bibliography on artificial satellites, part one, 195® 57
— on comparisons of plasties with steel, 613
— on effect of technological progress on
education, by Mrs. B. Board, 613
— research of and development (National
Science Foundation), 277
— on zirconium, 747
“ Bicep ” hydraulically-operated lifting table (Access Equipment), 756
Bickerton, Dr. R. J., on controlled thermonuclear reactions, 824
Bicycle, first constructor of, 261
— Motor-assisted increased popularity of, 633
— Motor-assisted, Raleigh 49-9 c.c., 580
— Wheel, truing machine for (Phillips Cycles,
Ltd.), 788
“ Big Ben ” 'dumper truck (Thornycroft, Ltd.), 596
Bigwood, Joshua, and Son, Ltd., bar and tube straightening machine, 429; Abramsen straightening machines, 626
Bills of Parliament. See under specific subjects of Bills
Billets, rolling under tension, 522
Billing meter (Ferranti, Ltd.), 96
— Typewriter, Audit 330, with automatic tape punch (British Olivetti), 690
BIM-Polytechnic Executive Programme courses, 80
Bins, storage, for “ Tote ” system of bulk materials handling (Pressoturn, Ltd.), 489
Binary systems, papers on, by J. Malengreau (book), 747
Binder, Universal, Pitabond (trade publication), 218
Biological treatment of sewage and industrial wastes. Vol. 2: by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
Birfield, Ltd., university scholarship awards, 6911
Birkinshaw, D. C., on television engineering. Vol. IV: general circuit techniques (review), 777
Birlec, Ltd., furnace equipment for continuous galvanising plant at Ebbw Vale works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., 79
Birmingham Corp., closed shop allegation in transport department, 736
-— Exchange and Engineering Centre, activities of, 151; conference on industrial design and engineering industries, preliminary notice, 559
— London Motorway, progress report on, 26
— Museum of Science and Industry, old craft workshop, exhibits, 453
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., diesel electric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region, 757
Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd., position and prospects of, 727. See also BSA
— University, post-graduate course in operational research in industry, 179
Bischoff, Gottfried, A.G., agreement with Newton Chambers Co., 822
BISRA. See British Iron and Steel Research Association
Bitumen, asphaltic, for road surfacing and maintenance (book), 712
— Cold, solid, multi-sheet paper bags for
packaging, 191
— Liquid, storage tanks for, at Shell Haven
(Shell Refining Co.), 191
— Roofing materials (trade publication), 153 Bituminous-epoxy coating, Epimastic (trade
publication), 27
— Road surfaces, 873 Finisher machine for
laying and finishing (Barber-Greene), 659 Black and Decker, Ltd., establishment of new organisation in Holland, Belgium and Germany, 81
Black Knight research rocket, 371
Black, M., on art of appearance design in engineering, 708
Black, W. P. M., on movement of soil moisture (book), 777
Blackburn and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., annual report, 239; Turmo 600 free- turbine engine for P531 helicopter, 268; NA 39 naval strike aircraft, 340; Artouste 510 aircraft auxiliary power and engine starting units, 342 ; diversification into electronics field, 693
Blackbushe Airport, visual glide path indicator at, 449
Blackman, Keith, Ltd., position and prospects of, 293; Ax-Cent compound flow fan, 672; small fans (trade publication), 776
Blades, gas-turbine, cooling by deep-hole drilling by spark machining, 442
— Mill for separating manganese ore from clay (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 8
Blaengarw coal-preparation plant, electromagnetic screens at, clogging prevention by electric heating equipment, 133
Blair, J. C., appointment as deputy chairman of Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 822
Blake, H. V., remarks at reinforced plastics technical conference (Brighton), 719
Blake, John, Ltd., comment on sales technique of, 415
Blanket, electric, with thermostatic remote control (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 32
Blast furnace. See Furnace
Blaw-Knox Co., heat and abrasion resisting castings (trade publication), 118; furnace temperature probe, 166; double-diaphragm level indicator for silos, 384; automatically discharging concrete transport bucket, 429
Blaw-Knox Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., formation of, 598
Blessing, Dr. K., on loans position in Germany, 174
Block heaters, thermal storage, trials on, 32
Blood flow and volume test, sodium 24 for, 108
Blooms, shear for, at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Blooming mill at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Blue Flame burner for natural-draught oil- fired domestic boiler (Oilferno, Ltd.), 424
Bluebird motor car, development of new, 200 B.M.B. (Sales), Ltd., pressurised cabinet for dust-free assembly, 593
BMC Service, Ltd., service company of British Motor Corp., Ltd., 435
BMW Triebwerkbau GmbH, Orpheus turbojet engines to be built under licence, 532
Bo-Bo wheel arrangement on diesel-electric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region, 757
Boards, automatic sawing machines for (Wadkin, Ltd!.), 2'11
Board, Mrs. B., bibliography on effect of technological progress on education, 613
— Ships’, asbestos, Turnall (Turners Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd.), 392
— of Trade, capital expenditure forecast, 394;
increase in factory plan approvals, 527; assistance to engineering firms in Scotland 735; see also Export Credit Guarantee Department
Boat maintenance at British Waterways Wigan workshop, 587
Boat, motor. See Motor boat
- Torpedo. See Motor torpedo
— Outboard-powered, of reinforced' polyester resin (Meadcraft, Ltd), 546
Bodies containing radioisotopes, safe handling of (booklet), 199
— Human, evaporation from, instrument for direct determination of, 620
— Interchangeable, for motor lorries, Bennes-Marrel, 529
— Motor-car, plastics, 531
Bohr, Prof. N., on discovery of atomic nucleus, 793
Boilers, cyc/o-hexylamine carbonate for protection during idle periods, 178
— Feed pump. See Pump Water treatment dosing injector (Houseman and Thompson, Ltd.), 461
— Firing appliances, automatic control of, 3
— Furnace. See Furnace; Stoker
— House for hydrogenation plant at Stork margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 13®* See LETTER, 331
— Oil-fired, natural-draught (Bernard Heating Appliances, Ltd.), 424
— — Fired, Oilheat, with twin boilers (Henry Wilson and Co., Ltd.), 160
— — Fired, packaged, Cleaver-Books Monitor (Marshall and Sons, Ltd.), 11
Fired packaged, “ Farrapac ” (Farrar Boiler Works, Ltd.), 529
— — Fired, weather-sensitive control unit for
(Stonebridge Electrical Co., Ltd.), 397
— Plant at Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 548
— and steam engine, Ricardo, for under developed countries, development at Sondes Place, 150
— for Thorpe Marsh Power Station, 550 MW (International Combustion, Ltd.), 710
— See also Steam; Steam-generating plant Bolster wagons, “ Salmon,” for laying long
welded rails in North Eastern Region of British Railways, 783
“ Bolton Abbey ” passenger-cargo motorship for British Transport Commission’s Hull- Rotterdam service (Brooke Marine, Ltd.), 122
“ Bomb-Lube ” silicon-based aerosol mouldrelease agent (trade publication), 327
Bomford and Evershed, Ltd., “ Sapper Powerdozer ” single ram bulldozer blade for tractors, 529
Bonallack and Sons, combined pressure tanker and tipper, 463
Bondre, N. G., on concrete curing tests, 3
Boneham, W., on fine boring and turning (book), 811
Books, technical, income tax allowance on, discussion in Parliament on, 175
Booker Group, acquisition of Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., 598 .
Bookkeeping in nationalised industries, Plain Words on, 426
Boom defence system on Clyde, 395
Booth, A. D., on Shaw’s alphabet, 396; symposium on mechanisation of thought processes, 728
Booth, K. H. V., on programming for an automatic digital calculator (review), 187 Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., computer installation, 668; profit earning (booklet), 736 BORAX atomic reactor in U.S., 263
BORAX IV atomic reactor, ceramic fuel elements tested in, 830
Borg Warner automatic transmission, for Austin FX4 Metropolitan taxi, 463; Jaguar development of, 566; modifications to, 566, 567
Boring, fine, and turning, by W. Boneham (book), 811
— Head, sliding, automatic (Swindon Tool Co., Ltd.), 135
— Machine, drill, precision-type (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 135
— — Earth, auger-type (William Press and Son, Ltd.), 492
— — Jig. See Jig
See also Lathe, profile boring
Boris Kidric Institute of Nuclear Sciences, radiation accident at, 540, 793
Borrowing powers of nationalised industries, increase in, 754
Boss, The: by R. Lewis and Miss R. Stewart, comment on book, 685
Bottles, glass, silicone treatment for, 719 -— Warmer with thermoelectric cooling and heating (Westinghouse Electric International Co.), 160
Bottling plant at Benskin’s Watford Brewery, 210
Bottomley, S. C., on length measuring machines; machine-tool scales with optical reading devices, 615
Bound Brook Bearings, Ltd., Poly slip porous sintered bronze bearings impregnated with PTFE, 17
Boundary layer control, Handley Page project on reduction of drag, 296
— — Control in NA 39 naval strike aircraft,
340
-— — Control, position and prospects of, 473 -— — Equations for laminar flow for convection, 383
Theory for hypersonic flight, 414 Bowater Organisation, insulation (trade publication), 776
Bowater Paper Corp., terylene webbing straps for slack pipes, 118
Bowater Sales Co., Ltd., Cinema films on uses of building hardboards, 64
Bowater Steamship Co., Ltd., Pleuger Aktiv rudder for pulp-carrying vessels Elizabeth Bowater and Constance Bowater, 450 Bowden, F. P., on ignition of firedamp by stationary metal particles and frictional sparks, 241
Bowles, F., and Sons, Ltd., aluminium alloy mobile concrete mixer, 159
Bowver, G. and U., work at Brussels Exhibition, 527
Box, multicell, subjected to given bending moment and temperature distribution, optimum design of, by D. J. Johns (book), 747
Box strapping, electro-galvanised metal strip for (Package Sealing Co. (Export), Ltd.), 144
Boyd, W. * See Daniels-Boyd
Boydell, E., and Co., Ltd., side-tipping bucket for high loaders, 26; redesigned Muir- Hill 3S 1 yd. dumper, 366
Boyle, Air Marshal Sir D., on RAF Training College officers’ membership ineligibility for Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 526
BP, in Marseilles/Strasbourg pipeline project, 258
BR-2 atomic reactor, report on, 663
Reactor (Belgium), 13
Braby, Fredk., and Co., Ltd., aluminium alloy mobile concrete mixer, 159
Brackens, Popular Aviation Review, 421
Brackett, F. W., and Co., Ltd., cooling-water screens for atomic power stations, 170
Brades Nash Tyzack, Ltd., “ Surpans ” nonburring spanner, 640
Bradshaw, Prof. E., analogue computer for railway train timetables, 87
Bradwell atomic power station, sea transport of heat exchangers for (booklet), 202; charging and discharging fuel on load, 505; model of, Brussels Exhibition award, 611
Reactor, details of, 262
Braille Library, Valentin Haiiy Association, comment on, 27
Brain, model of, by R. L. Beurle, 728-9
Braine, B., on research in coil springs industry, 12
Brake, air, Laycock-Korr, for “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
— — Operated, for British Railways diesel railbuses (Clayton Dewandre), 350
— Booster, Baldwin, for motor cars, 566 Deadman’s, in ° Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
— Disc, Dunlop, 566
Lockheed design, 566 on motor cars, 530, 566
— for MGA sports car (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 101
— Fade-resistant, two-trailing shoe, 530
— Linings research at Ferodo Centre, 779
?— — Sintered, research at Ferodo Centre, 780 ?— System, Monitor, for diesel railbuses (Dunlop Co., Ltd.), 350
— Testing of, at Ferodo Centre, 780
— Vacuum, zero-lag, for motor vehicles and trailers (Rippon Brothers), 190
— See also Anti-skid; Dynamometer
Braking system, monitor, for diesel railbuses (Dunlop Co., Ltd.), 350
Brand wood, L., on pronoun reference in German, 728
Brasilia, new capital of Brazil, 23
Brass turner’s workshop exhibit at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Brassfounding at Richard Harlow and Son, Ltd., 499
Brassfoundry craft exhibits at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Bray Construction Equipment, Ltd., tractor shovels at Public Works Exhibition, 596
Brayshaw Furnaces, Ltd., formation of, 335
Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Ltd., diamond jubilee, 335; divisions to trade under new names, 335
Brayshaw Tools, Ltd., formation of, 335
Brazil, exports of, 131
— Fork-lift trucks for (Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co.), 208
— Industrial expansion ventures, 131
— New capital, Brasilia, 23
— Oil-refinery construction in, 303 Breakdowns. See Accidents
Brech, R., on contribution of economics to business efficiency, 389
Breeden, D. L., on position and prospects of Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings), Ltd., 15
Brefcon, activities in Brazil, 303 BRENDA atomic reactor in France, 264
Brennan, J. E., on blending versus re-enrichment for slightly enriched uranium, 142
Brett, P., on cost estimating and control, 122
Brewers’ Society, announcement of continuous fermentation process for beer, 787
Brewery, Benskin’s, new bottling hall at Wattford, 210
Brewing of beer, continuous fermentation process for, 787
— Industry, association between Ind Coope and Allsopp and John Labatt, 435
Research Association, continuous fermentation process for beer, 787
BRF atomic reactor in Russia, 263
Bricks, fire. See Refractory Materials Brickwork, fixing tools and studs to, Hilti system for (Ucan Development, Ltd.), 8
Bridge, Auckland Harbour, progress on, 807
— Construction, prestressed concrete, study by
Concrete, Ltd., 127
— Design, steel use in, competition on, 687
— Oxford Western By-pass, discussion in Par
liament on progress of, 48
— Railway, life of, factors relating to, 518
-— — Maintenance of, 518
Painting of, 518
— Road, Forth, model of, 63; description of,
63; ceremony of first pile driving, 687; film on construction of, 687
— Steel, by A. Hawranek and O. Steinhardt (book), 844
— Structural steel in, by F. Stiissi (review). 845 -T— Suspension, Samawa (Iraq), 24
— Unsafe, how to cross, by Dr. E. W. Parkes,
606
Bridges, F. W., and Sons, Ltd., Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition, 70
Bridgewater, J. H. L., on middle-aged bachelor, 291
Bright, N. F. H., on effects of furnace atmospheres on sintering behaviour of uranium dioxide (review), 613
Briginshaw, R. W., on printing trade differentials, 292
Brimpex barrel loader (Industrial Machine and Equipment Co. (Brimpex), Ltd.), 165
Brindley, James, canal builder, commemorative tablet to, 528
Brinell tests. See Hardness tests
Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd., Marine Proteus 1260 gas-turbine, 5; type test on Olympus Mark 201 turbojet, 62; Proteus free-tur- bine engine for Bluebird car, 200; Orpheus Mark 803, military uses, 343; Proteus turbo-prop engines, 760 series, 343; Orpheus turbojet engines to be built in Germany under licence, 53,2
Bristol-Aero Jet, Ltd., formation and appointments to board of, 532
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Britannia airliner progress and orders, 267; formation of Bristol-Aero jet, Ltd., by, 532
Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., helicopter rotor blade test tower, 217; Bristol 192 military-transport helicopter, 268;; glass fibre “fluted core ” radomes for Britannia airliners, 715; probable redundancy at, 761
“ Bristol ” BP02 V-twin cylinder pantograph air compressor for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region, 759
— College of Technology, nuclear physics course, 403
Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., diesel railbuses for British Railways, 350
Bristol 192 military-transport helicopter, 268 Britain, Confidence in, Plain Words on, 558
— in Europe Committee, constitution and
activities of, 34
— and European Community, study of relationship between (PEP), 81
Britain's Future and Technical Education (pamphlet), 405
— Leads in this nuclear age (booklet), 73
— Speak for, campaign, Plain Words on, 394.
See LETTER, 495. See also 558
Britannia airliners, glass fibre “ fluted core ” radomes for (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 715
Lack of orders for, 761
• for military purposes, delivery position, 111 Progress and orders, 267
— 320 airliner, Proteus 765 turbo-prop engines for, 343
Britannica Book of the Year 1958 (book), 247 British achievement, Plain Words on, 558
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., aluminium alloy for “ Dampa ” acoustic ceiling, 556; Aluminium Co. of America’s contract for entire unissued capital of, 727, 756; offer of Tube Investments, Ltd., to purchase entire ordinary capital of, 727, 756, 822
— Amateur Television Club, exhibits at Radio
Hobbies Exhibition, 752
British American Oil Co., opening of Peace River oil refinery, 786
British Association:
Glasgow Meeting:
Presidential Address, by Sir Alexander Fleck, 257, 302
Section L {Education):
Presidential Address on craft training, by Sir Willis Jackson, 302
Section G {Engineering):
Presidential Address on heat and the engineer, by Prof. O. A. Saunders, 383, 419; Plain Words on, 290. See LETTERS, 364, 428, 496, 528, 819
Engineering papers at, note on, 278 High-speed flight, rockets and satellites, by Prof. W. J. Duncan, 278
High-speed flight, rockets and satellites, by L. F. Nicholson, 279
Long-range rockets and satellites, by E. C. Cornford, 282
Nuclear propulsion, by J. Edwards, 304 Radio aids to navigation, by R. L. Smith- Rose, 313
Electrical vector-loci display apparatus, by P. Strange, 354
Storage of energy, by R. G. Voysey, 380 Aerodynamics of wakes, by A. J. Taylor Russell, 701
Gas flow across banks of tubes, by J. M. Miller and G. F. S. Reising, 737 Section J {Psychology):
Friction between production and inspection department, by R. M. McKenzie, 344
Leeds Meeting:
Section F {Economics):
Hoarding of labour, by Prof. A. J. Brown, 302 .
Deep-freezing of mammals, by Dr. A. S. Parkes, e/ al., 302
Shipbuilding and marine engineering apprentices, 344
Economics in efficiency of business operations, by R. Beach, 389
British Boiler Accessories, Ltd., “ Helitube ” heat exchanger with coiled tubes, 167
British Broadcasting Corp., experimental use of gun microphone, 64; television interview studio at Southampton, 224; experimental stereophonic transmissions, 360; v.h.f. transmitting station at Llanddona, 456; television: a British engineering achievement (book), 5.77; colour television tests, 629
— Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association,
chemical and petroleum engineering exhibition, 70
— Coal Utilisation Research Association,
annual report;, 3; capacity of slagging gasifier. See (Correction, 69. See also Vol. 184; research on oil from coal, 735
— Columbia, industrialisation progress, 786
— Commonwealth. See Commonwealth
— Conference on Automation and Computation, bulletin of, 747
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, historical court at Auckland electrical show, 23; awards at Brussels Exhibition, 526; cinema film on aluminium welding arcs, 573
Development Association, public speaking competition, 660; Public Speaking is Great Fun (booklet), 660; electricity in agriculture (trade publication), 713
Power Convention Exhibition, exhibits at, 32
— European Airways, trading position, 335;
Approach (leaflet), 390; test bed for Dart propeller-turbine engine at London Airport, 553
“ British Fortnight ” exhibition at Dallas (Texas), 716
— Horological Institute, centenary exhibition, 588
British Hydrocarbon Chemicals, Ltd., manufacture of Rigidex polyethylene, 523
British Industrial Plastics, Ltd., flash clipping press for plastics, 597
— Industries Federation of. See Federation Pavilion at Brussels Exhibition, 526
— Institute of Management: BI M-Poly technic Executive Programme
Courses, 80; interfirm performance comparison advocated, 362; conference on leadership, comment on remarks by Prof.
R. Tannenbaum, 393; one-day seminars on communication, 632; discussion in Parliament on Government grants-in-aid paid, 667
National Conference {Brighton):
Opening Address, by Sir H. Howitt, 754, 837
Small investor, by J. B. Kinross, 755 Role of top executive in large organisation, by Sir J. Elliott, 794
Nestle training centre, Lausanne, by C. Myers and F. A. Kirby, 794
Good industrial relations, by S. C. Hills, 823
Effect of quality of administration on technical and commercial efficiency, by A. C. Durie, 837
Poor salesmanship by British exporters, by B. H. Dyson, 837
Sales policy and production efficiency, by R. S. Liddle, 837
Study group discussion on co-ordinating technical developments, technical services and sales, 837
Vertical co-operation for better forecasting and planning, by A. M. Alfred, 837
Summing up remarks by Lord Verulam, 754
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., coaxial radio-frequency miniaturised cables, 4; claw cleats (trade publication), 550; feeder pillars for power distribution (trade publication), 550; “ Polytel ” sili- cone-grease-filled polyethylene sleeve for cable joints, 770
— Internal Combustion Engine Research Association, future prospects of, 214
— Interplanetary Society, conference on space medicine, 527; moon flight design study of 1938, 527; astronomical measurements with rockets, satellites and balloons, by Dr. A. P. Willmore, 623
— Iron and Steel Federation, doubts on steel
expansion forecasts, 163; training course for Durgapur steelworks personnel at Ashorne Hill, 207; report on iron and steel making in Poiand (book), 218; steel industry’s labour record (booklet), 357; world survey on ownership of steel industries, 427; crane safety in iron and steel industry (pamphlet), 553
and Steel Research Association, “ Cyclosteel ” ironmaking process, 145; calculation of load and torque in hot flat rolling, by P. M. Cook, and A. W. McCrum (book), 445
— Life assurance statistics (1953-57), 599
— Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment, Council of. See Council
— Medical Association as negotiating body
for medical profession, 143
British Motor Corporation, Ltd., exports of motor cars to America, 303; expansion at Coventry and Cowley, 435; formation of BMC Service Ltd., 435
— Nuclear Energy Conference, Joint Panel
on Nuclear Marine Propulsion of, 237 British Olivetti, Ltd., Audit 322 accounting machine with automatic tape punch, 690; Audit 330 billing typewriter with automatic tape punch, 690
British Overseas Airways Corp., annual report, 239; agreement with WAAC (Nigeria), Ltd., 499; relationship with British West Indian Airways, 499; comment on strike at London Airport, 533; manufacturer to sue leader of strike committee, 572 ; emergency passenger oxygen systems for Comet 4 airliners, 581; strike at London Airport;, 794
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., argon purification plant for Dounreay, 79
British Oxygen Gases, Ltd., storage of welding gases, 452
British Petroleum Co., Ltd., Marseilles/Strasbourg pipeline project, 258; agreement with Sinclair ©11 Corp, for joint action on American continent, 598
— Plastics Federation, polythene cold-water
tubing specification, 64; Conference at Torquay: remarks on prospects of plastics industry, 532; abstract and information service, 681; reinforced plastics technical conference (Brighton), 719; list of papers presented at, 720
Yearbook, 1958 (book), 152
— Productivity Council, cinema film on
“ Method Study in the Office,” 9; cinema film “ Variety Reduction,” 9; competition for emblem design, 27; cutting costs for productivity (booklet), 185; essay competition on variety reduction, 717
— Railways, working deficit of, 2; discussion in Parliament on disposal of disused branch lines, 12; locomotive building programme, 35; analogue computer for train timetables, 87; “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123; discussion in Parliament on unremunera- tive lines, 139; D5000-D5029 diesel electric main-line locomotives, 221; transistor-inverter fluorescent lighting system in “ Caledonian ” London-Glasgow ex-; press, 222; main-line diesel-electric locomotives for, 226; main-line diesel- hydraulic locomotives for, 226; main-line diesel locomotives for, 226; main-line electrification progress, 331; N.U.R.’s views on cuts in passenger services, 344; diesel railbus for, 350; work study in (booklet), 439; discussion on conversion of railways into roads, 535; estimated deficit for 1958 and financial policy of, 622; modernisation programme, comment on, by A. B. B. Valentine, 655; inaugural run of first El000 25 kV a.c. electric locomotive, 724; progress of modernisation plan, 724; electrification progress, 724; Co-Bo diesel-electric locomotives for London Midland Region, 757; dieselelectric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region, 757; 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region, 759; laying long welded rails in North Eastern Region, 783; modernisation plan to be reviewed, 818; modernisation plan, Transport (Borrowing Powers) Bill for, 832; road transport competition to, 832; see also British Transport Commission
British Resin Products, Ltd., cinema film on “ Saroy ” toughened plastics sheet, 38; effect of processing on Rigidex polyethylene, 523; Rigidex polyethylene sheet for “ Permet ” unbreakable stencils, 748; polyethylene (trade publication), 776
— Road Federation, transport statistics, 494 Services, Tripad demountable body,
22; “ Spotter ” slave-tractor, 222; parcels van with exceptional visibility, 222
British Ropes, Ltd., suspension cables for suspension bridge at Samawa, 26; wire ropes (trade publication), 845
— Safety Council, safety gramophone record,
143; safety posters of, 143; intervention in strike on civil engineering site, 176
— Scientific Instrument Research Association, symposium on literature of instruments, and instrumentation, 649
— Shareholders Trust, formation of, 755
— Shipbuilding compendium, 1958 (book), 218
— Standards, availability for students, 9 British Standards Institution, wall chart of welding symbols, 190; universal decimal classification: B.S. 1000B: 1958 (book), 247; manufacturers licensed to use Kite-mark (booklet), 588; table, of symbols for proof correction, 681; discussion in Parliament on Kite Mark on electrical goods, 767; see also Consumer Advisory Council
Specifications: galvanised steel sheet, 38; blackheart malleable iron castings, 144; gears for turbine and similar drives: Part 2: tooth form and pitches, 364; welded tube, stainless steel, 719; compressibility of metal powders; 748; dimensions for worm gear units, 816
— Steel Castings Research Association, re-
seach on steel castings, 144 ; design of steel castings (book) 445
British Straddle Carrier Co., Ltd., straddle carrier for road work, 230
British Tabulating Machine Co., merger with Powers-Samas Accounting Machines, 39; training facilities for calculating machines, 47; computer for production control, 669 British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., management activities in A.E.I. Group. 72; diesel-electric traction equipment for D5000 locomotive, 221; Sulzer diesel engine for diesel-electric locomotives, 226; electric motor price reductions, 479; crane warning device, 553; motors and control gears (trade publication), 648; Helisyn linear position control, 688
British Timken, Ltd., 14th British Timken Show (Duston), 303; award at Brussels Exhibition, 526
— Transport Commission, annual report and
accounts, 2; docks and inland waterways activities, 2; wage increase to railway shopmen, acceptance by National Union of Railwaymen, 80; wage increase to railway shopmen, rejection by Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 80; analogue computer for train timetables, 87; “ Bolton Abbey ” passenger-cargo motorship for Hull-Rotterdam service (Brooke Marine, Ltd.), 122; railway freight charges and passenger fares, 331; diesel railbuses for British Railways, 350; Work Study and You (booklet), 439; financial policy for British Railways, 622-623; staff college for higher management, 655; increased borrowing powers, 754; see also British Railways', British Road Services; British Waterways
British United Traction Ltd., control and transmission equipment for diesel railbuses, 350
— Waterways, canal maintenance workshop at Wigan of North Western Division, 587; direct-to-the-Continent container service of N.E. division, 818; see also under Waterways
— Welding Research Association, research
work at Abington Hall, 49; list of publications, 57; classified radiographs for defects in aluminium welds (booklet), 847
— West Indian Airways, relationship with BOAC, 499
“ Britmag,” magnesia extraction from sea water (Steetley Magnesite Co.), 523
Brittle-fracture investigations in Sweden-, by C. Schaub, 117
Tensile stress for, determination of, 117 Tensile test rig for investigation of (BWRA), 50
Broady, Wm., and Son, Ltd., electrical installation on transom stern trawler, S.T. Kelvin, 771
Brock, R. B., on purpose of Scientific Instrument Manufacturers’ Association convention, 559
Brockhouse Allen, Ltd., formation of, 201
Brockhouse, J., and Co., Ltd., formation of new joint company in Rhodesia, 201
Brodie-Kent positive displacement meters in centralised tanker filling control, 11
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., pyramid-type plate-bending rolling machine, 132; machine for straightening car engine rocker shafts, 365; press brake tools (trade publication), 482
Bronze bearings, sintered, porous, Polyslip, impregnated with PTFE (Bound Brook Bearings, Ltd.), 17
— and Brass Founders, Association of. See
Association
— See also Aluminium bronze
Brook Electric Motors of Canada, Ltd., formation of, 471
Brook Motors, Ltd., formation of Brook Electric Motors of Canada, Ltd., 471
Brooke Marine, Ltd., “Bolton Abbey” passenger-cargo motorship for British Transport Commission’s Hull-Rotterdam service, 122
Brooker, R. A., on Manchester Mercury Autocode programme, 728
Brookes (Oldbury), Ltd., cutting-off machines (trade publication), 482; guillotine (trade publication), 482
Brookhaven. See United States Broom, H. S., the late, 364
Broom and Wade, Ltd., two-stage air compressors for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82; cinema film on Whirlwind Uniflow oil-flooded rotary compressors, 647; rotary compressors (trade publication), 776
Broughton, H. H., on electric cranes (review), 551
Brown; A. F. C., on calibration of mirror extensometers by optical interferometry, 180
Brown, Prof. A. J., comment on hoarding of labour, 302
Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd., agreement with Parsons Marine Turbine Co., Ltd., for technical collaboration on design and manufacture of marine steam turbines, 239; compressors and turbines for Rolls-Royce test house, 443; converter plant for NIRNS proton synchrotron, 734 Brown, D., on closure of Croydon airport, 363. See LETTER, 396
Brown, David, Construction Equipment, Ltd., U-blade attachment for crawler tractor, 132; dual pivot loader for use with industrial tractor, 196
Brown, David, Group, Aston Martin DB4 motor car, 434
Brown, David, Tractor Division, reduction of hire purchase rates, 479
Brown, F. P., on American non-activity in international standardisation, 427
Brown and Green, underfed grate, 502
Brown, John, and Co., Ltd. See also Hawker Siddeley John Brown Nuclear Construction Ltd.
Brown, John, Group, chairman’s statement on activities of, 293
Brown, John, Land Boilers, Ltd., portable rigs for preparation of tubes for butt welding, 806
Browne, A. M., on position and prospects of Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd;, 239
BRP (Bureau de Recherches de Petrole), search for crude oil in Sahara, 558
Brunel College of Technology, report on experimental management course, 459
Brunt, C. H., variable-speed electric motor, 561 Brus-Letto, S., Proceedings of Second Symposium on Concrete Shell Roof Construction (review), 91
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., mainline diesel-electric locomotives for British Railways, 226; mobile diesel generator sets for townships and works in Venezuela, 229; turbo-alternator arrangement, 331; tropical tests on outdoor switchgear, 491; mobile demonstration of switchgear, 547
Brush Group, closer integration with Hawker Siddeley Group, 369, 522
Brussels Exhibition. See Brussels Universal and International Exhibition
— Universal and International Exhibition,
discussion in Parliament on subsequent use of British Pavilion, 111; discussion in Parliament on British exhibits at, 139; awards for British exhibitors and British Government Pavilion, 526; award to Nuclear Power Plant Co.,; Ltd., 611
Bryant and May, Ltd., modernisation at Empire matchmaking works, 186
Bryce Berger, Ltd., factory removal to Huccle- cote, 522; speed controller (trade publication), 845
BSA Group, changes of names in plastics and metals divisions, 335
B.S.A. Tools, Ltd., Acme-Gridley six-spindle automatic lathe, 365
— See also Birmingham Small Arms
BSIRA. See British Scientific Instrument Research Association
BTR Industries Ltd., belt materials (trade publication), 218
Buck, C., on fabrication and processing of nuclear fuel elements, 108
Bucket, concrete transport, automatically discharging (Blaw-Knox Co.), 429
— Side-tipping, for high loaders (E. Boydell &
Co., Ltd.), 26
Buckles, R. A., on ideas, inventions and patents: how to develop and protect them (book), 357
Buckling, theory of, by H. L. Langhaar, 111
Budd Co. (of Philadelphia), sponsor of European Technical Observation Group, 227
Buffer, hydraulic, for freight trains (Dowty), 813
— Stops in railway accidents, 195
Buildings, aircraft vibration damage to, 795
— Ancient, Society for Protection of. See
Society
— Centre, exhibition of colour-anodised
aluminium for exterior use, 616
— Commercial, electrical installations in, by
E. E. Jacobi, 848
— Electrical installations in, symposium on
provision of adequate, 848
— Hardboards, cinema films on uses of
(Bowaters Sales Co., Ltd.), 64
— Industry, accidents in, 691
Building industry, accident rate, decline in, 405 Effect of relaxation of credit restrictions, 527
Safety training centre in London, 691
— Large-span, ATA, 587
— Licences, Labour Party policy on, 130
— in London, Construction of (book), 57
— Machine-shop, at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— Model, flat-roofed, wind loading studies oh,
508
— Operations, use of rubber in, 144
— Over design in, Plain Words on, 686
— Research, Canadian Division, loading tests
on house roof frames, 189
Station, sound insulation of doors, 588; report on heat transfer in deep underground tunnels, by A. W. Pratt and L. F. Daws, 605; studies on aircraft vibration damage to buildings, 795
— Schools, programme, White Paper on, 760
— Steel-framed, automatic design of, by J.
Heyman, 834
— Structural steel in, by F. Stiissi (review), 845
— Trade Operatives, National Federation of.
See National
Workers. See Amalgamated Union of
Bulk materials handling, “ Tote ” system (Pressoturn, Ltd.), 489
Bulldozer blade for tractors, “ Sapper Powerdozer ” single ram (Bomford and Evershed, Ltd.), 529
Bulleid Memorial Lectures on modern developments in engineering design, preliminary notice, 820
Bullivant, J. B., on position and prospects of Wadkin, Ltd., 15
Bullows, Alfred, and Sons, Ltd., Hydrovane air compressor for trans-Antarctic expedition, 597
Bunkers for mechanised coal depot, 126
Burchfield, R. W., on O.E.D., a new supplement, 187
Bureau, L., on atomic tanker, 602
Burger model DO pneumatic impact press (trade publication), 357
Buried Structures, Cathodic Protection of, Joint Committee for Co-ordination of, progress in work of (pamphlet), 95
Burleigh, T. H., on trade practices threatening the engineering industry, 479
Burman motor-car, power-assisted steering, 567
Burmeister and Wain, developments in marine diesel engines, 239
Burnand, W. E., and Sons Ltd., lifting magnets (trade publication), 482
Burner, Blue Flame, for natural-draught oil- fired domestic boiler (Oilferno, Ltd.), 424
— Comer, for boiler steam temperature
control, 711
— Oil, hire purchase for (White’s), 716
Rotary cup, Spinfire (White’s of Heb- bum), 498
Bumess, T. P. N., on expansion and modernisation programme of Ambrose Shardlow and Co., Ltd., 103. See Correction, 261
Burnett, Corless and Partners, designers of “ Bolton Abbey ” passenger-cargo motorship for British Transport Commission’s Hull-Rotterdam service, 122
Burnham, T. H., engineering economics, book 1; elements of industrial organisation (review), 219
Burns, Prof. W., on noise and hearing: physiological aspects, 608
Burrell, Charles, and Sons, Ltd., plaque to commemorate founding of, 100. See LETTER, 131
Burst fuel element. See Atomic fuel element
Bursting pressure tests on tube at Venesta, Ltd., 414
Bus, rear-axle lubrication with castor oil, London Transport tests on, 223
Busbridge, W. G., on radioisotopes and their uses, 108
Business Bulletin, note on, 811
— Computer Symposium, preliminary notice, 688
— Efficiency, economics in, by R. Brech, 389
— Forecasting, vertical co-operation for, by A. M. Alfred, 837
— Man, life and times of: The boss, by R. Lewis and Miss R. Stewart, comment on book, 685
— Prospects, discussion in Parliament on Federation of British Industries survey of, 111
—- Relations with Government in U.S., 41
Butterfield, C., on effect of reduced Bank Rate on petroleum industry capital expenditure, 136
Butterfield, Ltd., effect of steel crisis on turnover, 136
Butzko, R. L., on plastic sheet forming (book), 218
“Buy British” drive in W. Germany, 773
BWR atomic reactor, 699, 731
Reactor, comment on, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 766
Reactor in Russia, 263
— Reactor in U.S., 263
— — Reactor. See also Atomic reactor, boiling-water
BWRC atomic reactor in U.S., 263
BWRF atomic reactor in U.S., 263
B.X. Plastics, Ltd., Stelvitite plastics coating of steel, 70
By-pass, Oxford Western, discussion in Parliament on progress of, 48
- Preston, opening of, 724
— Preston, new traffic prosposals by Ministry of Transport, 162
Byatt, Tom (Engineers), Ltd., durable jointless floor covering for commercial vehicles, 717
Bywater, R. E., on systems of project organisation, 121

C.450 SNECMA coleopter, 474
Cabinet, Defence Committee of, on composition and operation of Defence Board, 98
— Irradiation, for group therapy ('V' Development, Ltd.), 593
Cabinet, pressurised, for dust-free assembly (John Bass, Ltd.), 593
Cables, continuous rubber sheathing of, vertical vulcanisation in, 183
— Electric, manufacture at Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 774
-- Multi-core, portable tester for (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 497
Test set (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 404
— Insulation, spark tester for (Addison Electric Co., Ltd.), 562
— Joints, “ Polytel ” silicone-grease-filled polyethylene sleeve for (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 770
— Miniaturised, radio-frequency, coaxial
(British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 4
— Overhead, for power transmission, discussion in Parliament on problem of, 48
— Scrap, inquiry into methods of London
Electricity Board, 175
— Size of, planning for, 654
— Submarine, Miami/San Juan project, 450 to Sweden, 450
— Suspension, for suspension bridge at Samawa, 26
— Transatlantic telephonic, centenary, 201
— Welding (trade publication), 118
— See also Power transmission; Wire ropes
Cable and Wireless, Ltd., centenary of transatlantic communication link, 201
Cadishead Sewage Works, spray head for dispersing detergent foam at, 96
Cadman Memorial Lecture on efficiency of mining industry, by H. A. Longden, 687
Caesium, extraction from fission-product solutions, 109
— 137 for cancer treatment, 108
Calcining of radioactive liquid waste products,. National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho), 792
Calculating machines, automatic, training facilities of British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., 47
Calculator, digital, automatic, programming for, by K. H. V. Booth (review), 187
— Electronic, IBM604, for Kardomah, Ltd., 668
Calder Hall Atomic Power Station, turbine disintegration in “ B ” station, 45; board of inquiry on, 301; atomic reactors, position and progress of, 262; fourth reactor in operation, 793
Atomic reactor “ A,” details of, 262 Atomic reactor “ B,” details of, 262
— — Reactor Operations School. See Reactor Operations School
Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., labour dispute at, 760
“ Caledonian ” London-Glasgow express, transistor-inverter fluorescent lighting system in (G.E.C.), 222
Calibration, dynamic, of thin oil films, 146
— of mirror extensometers by optical interferometry, by A. F. C. Brown, 180
California Texas Oil Co. (Caltex), in Marselles/ Stasbourg pipeline project, 258
California University Radiation Laboratory, rotating plasma device, 829
Californium 252, spontaneous fission of, 538
Callery Chemical Co., plant for production of HICAL high-energy liquid fuel, 661
Calpean downdraught grate, W. I. Henry’s, 503
Calshot, signal tower at, 318
Caltex (California Texas Oil Co.) in Marseilles/ Strasbourg pipeline project, 258
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., control-rod speed recorder, 275
Cameras, cinematographic, high speed, embargoes on, 667
— Multiple-spark, Cranz-Schardin, for photo elastic stress analysis,.252
—- — -spark, for photoelastic stress analysis, 251
Camera, television. See Television camera
Cameron, Dr. A., on thin film lubrication: discharge through thin oil films, 146
Cameron, Lord, Court of Inquiry Report into dock wage dispute, 240
Camm, F. J., Newnes engineer’s pocket book (book), 218; Newnes engineers’ manual (book), 712
Camp Bird, formation of marketing company to serve Hartley Baird division, 471
Campbell, Donald, development of new' Bluebird car, 200; water speed record of, by P. R. Masson, 723-4
Camshaft, Jeumont-Heidmann mechanism for electric locomotives^ 609
Can, atomic fuel element. See Atomic fuel element can
Can-Tile liquid floor coating (trade publication), 90
Canada, atomic energy in, 264 Energy international agreements, 264
— Reactor projects, 264
— Commonwealth Conference. See Commonwealth
— Daniels-Boyd high-temperature gas-cooled power reactor project, 829
— Dollar Export Council delegation to (report), 151
— Economic recovery of, 479
— Engineering careers in, comment on, 823
— Fairey Ultra Light military jet helicopter for, 633
— Hydro-electric development and capacity, 258
— Industrial prospects improved in, 773
— National Industrial Production Show of, increased bookings for, 479
— Radioisotopes in, 264
— Special study mission to, report of, 66
— Unemployment prospects in, 773
— Uranium resources in, 264. See LETTER, 395 Sales permits in; •|l!09
Canadian Applied Research, Ltd., activities of, 210
Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Hawker Siddeley Group’s controlling interest in, 209
— Delegation to atomic energy establishments in Britain, 604
Canadian General Electric Co., Ltd., NPD atomic power station, 169
— Industry, ownership of, 66
United Kingdom interest in, 66
United States interest in, 66
— National Exhibition (Toronto), preliminary notice, 151
— Ores, refining nickel from, cinema film on (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 79
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., cordless telephone switchboard at, 770
Canadian Steel Foundries (1956), Ltd., formation and activities of, 210
Canadian Steel Wheel, Ltd., formation and activities of, 210
Canal, Grand Union, proposals for, 163
— and Inland Waterways Report, discussion in Parliament on, 139
— Lancaster, British Waterways maintenance workshop for, 587
— Leeds and Liverpool, British Waterways maintenance workshop for, 587
— Report on, 162
Canberra T Mark 11 all-weather trainer aircraft, 342
Canberra U Mark 10 pilotless target aircraft, trial flights, 342
Cancer treatment, caesium 137 for, 108
— — Cobalt 60 for, 108
CANDU atomic power station (Canada), 170 ——- Reactor in Canada, 265
Cannon, L., in E.T.U. delegation to Trades Union Congress, 112
Capacitance divider for voltage measurement at Enfield Cables high-voltage laboratory, 348
Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd., thermal insulation contract for Berkeley atomic power station, 170
Capital, Commonwealth needs of, 23
— Expenditure forecast, of Board of Trade, 394
— See also Investments
“ Caposite ” moulded amosite asbestos insulation for Berkeley Atomic Power Station (Cape Asbestos), 170
Capricorn. See Plain Words articles
Car, mine. See Mine Car
— Motor. See Motor Car
— Rail. See Carriages, railway
Carbide atomic fuel elements, 830
— Surface, in galvanising process, by J. J. Sebisty (Book), 712
Carbodies, Ltd., Austin FX4 Metropolitan taxi with Borg Warner fully automatic transmission, 463
Carbon dioxide atomic fuel element test rig, 202
— — Shielding in metal-arc welding of ferrous metals (BWRA), 50
— Halogen plastics, by M. A. Rudner (review), 746
— Monoxide, oil synthesis from, 748
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures, 241
Card Clothing and Belting Co., diversification of production, 261
Card, S. T., on analysis and future use of project records, 122
Careers, attitude towards children’s future, 376
— Books on (reviews), 516
— for our daughters, by Miss L. E. Charlesworth, 754
— Directory of opportunities for school leavers, by C. Labovitch (review), 516
— Encyclopaedia, by G. H. Chaffe and P. J. Edmonds (review), 516
— Engineering, in Canada, comment on, 823
— — in United Kingdom, need for publication on, 823
— in industrial design (booklet), 533
— in industry, and technical education, year book of, 1958, by H. C. Dent (review), 516
— in plastics (booklet), 376
— Water engineer (brochure), 736
Cargo ship. See Ship
Carling, D. R., on railway accidents, 259. See LETTER, 395-6
Carlton Engineering Co., Ltd., reciprocating feeder for mechanised coal depot, 124
Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates, nuclear power plant at Parr Shoals, 45
Carr, Robert, at conference on apprenticeship, 137
Carriages, railway, aluminium, for Metropolitan Line, 190 electric locomotives, maintenance and repair of, 519 Railcars, diesel and diesel-electric, for British Railways, 35, 350
— — Railcars, multi-unit diesel, design and improvement of, 519
Carrier, straddle, for road work (British Straddle Carrier Co., Ltd.), 230
Valmet (Materials Handling Equipment (Great Britain), Ltd.), 165. See Correction. 292
Carter, C. F., investment in innovation (review), 747
Carton loading machine (F. C. Kane, Ltd.), 497 Cartridge pick-up, crystal, “ Acostereo,” for stereophonic recording (Cosmocord, Ltd.), 328
Casey, R. S., oh oral communication of technical information (book), 445
Casson, Sir H., work at Brussels Exhibition, 527 Cast iron, diffused graphite, by J. Pomey, 615 —— ISO work on, 158 Machining with ceramic tools, by J. L. Remmerswaal, 614
Castell, H C., on nickel plating in special applications, 574
Castilla’s Spanish and English Technical Dictionary (book), 152
Casting, continuous, plant modifications at Barrow Steel Works, 775
— — of steel, developments in, 145
— Costing a, publications of Association of Bronze and Brass Founders, 633
— Die. See Die Casting
— Grey-iron (Trade Publication), 153
— Heat and abrasion resisting (trade publication), 118
— Investment, with frozen mercury, Mercast process, 177
— Iron, blackheart malleable, British Standards specifications for, 144 Tube screens, (Ferranti), 802
Cathodic protection of buried structures, joint committee progress in work of (pamphlet), 95 Experiments on mild steel, 178
Catlin, A. J., Ltd., Mathieu guillotine for separating continuous stationery, 690
Catmur Machine Tool Corporation, Ltd., bandsaw (trade publication), 277
Cattle, mineral “ licks ” for, powder compacting press for (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
Caulking Services, Ltd., Pitabond universal adhesive (trade publication), 218
Caunter, C. F., History and Development of Light Cars (book), 247
Cavendish Laboratories, cinema film on electron-microscope studies, 573
Cawkell Research and Electronics, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 326
Ceiling, “ Dampa ” acoustic (Hurseal, Ltd.), 556
—"Pyramid translucent (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 816
— Suspended false, hanger for (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 816
Celanese Corp, of America, collaboration with ICI for Terylene production in US, 435
Cells, fuel, for conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy, development at Sondes Place, 150
— — as means of storing energy, 381
— Solar-activated (Chloride Batteries, Ltd.), 297
CEM Group, study of industrial applications of high-level radiation, 110
Cement and Concrete Association, concrete practice courses, 491; conferences on prestressed concrete, 747
— See also Concrete
Cementation Co., position and prospects of, 633
Censor of Liechenstein, appointed distributor for Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 773
Centec Machine Tools, Ltd., rotary index table (trade publication), 277
Centenary of Bessemer Steel in Sweden, 17
— of transatlantic communication link, 201
Central Electricity Authority, report and accounts, 1957-1958, 435 Generating Board, C.
appointed nuclear health and safetv officer, 203; tariffs revision, 458; study of atomic reactor kinetics, 540; staff appointments, 565; load factor of, by C. T. Melling, 654; atomic power station simulator for training operators, 666; see also Power stations; Atomic power stations
— Heating. See Heating
— Office of Information, Government services
available to exporting industries (leaflets), 389
— Transport Consultative Committee, statement on railway porters’ obligations to passengers, 405
Centre et Sud, formation for Franco-Belgian atomic power station, 793
Ceramic atomic fuel, 733
— —- Fuel for Canadian HTGC reactor, 829
— — Fuels, dispersed, 830
Fuel elements in Borax IV reactor, 830
— — Fuel element in PLUTO, loop for
testing, 234
— Metallic materials as sintered brake linings,
780
•— Tools for cast-iron machining, by J. I.. Remmerswaal, 614
Research, by E. J. Krabacher, 614
— Vibration strain gauges (Technical Ceramics, td.), 800
Cereals, nutritional value developed countries, 823
Cerenkov, Dr. P. A., Nobel
— Effect, note on, 604 Cerium particles, ignition mixtures, 241
CERN. See European Organisation for Nuclear Research Chaffe, G. H., careers encyclopaedia (review), 516
Chains, horizontal testing machine for, at National Coal Board’s Central Engineering Establishment (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
Challenger 33 crawler tractor (John Fowler and Co.), 597 ,
Chambers of Commerce, Association of British. See Association
Chamberlain Group, appointment of M. Owusu to Ghana Office, 533
Chambers Committee of Enquiry (1953), reply to criticisms of, on London ’Transport, 363 Chambers, Dr. P., remarks on need for more exports, 660
Chambon, Ltd., continuous printing machines for match-making works of Bryant and May, 186
Chance-Pilkington, exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346
Chandos, Lord, comment on merger of AEI with Henley’s Telegraph Works, 471
Change, Sir C., on conversion of railways into roads, 534
Channel Islands, patents laws, 640
— Tunnel, Sonar survey and progress on, 655
Chapel Cross Atomic Power Station, Crossley diesel generator sets for, 203; No. 1 reactor start-up, 665
Chapel Cross atomic reactor, details of, 262
Chapman, A. W., Ltd., Leveroll “ Level-Ride ” vehicle seat suspension system, 657
Chapman and Hall, reference book of the century, by D. F. Tuttle, jun., 357
Charbonnages de France, domestic coal delivery in jerricans, 791
Charlesworth, Miss L. E., on “ Careers for our Daughters,” 754
Charpy U-notch tests, comparison with other notch toughness tests, 107
— V-notch test in brittle-fracture determination, 117
Test comparison with other notch toughness tests, 107
Charrington, Gardner, Locket and Co., Ltd... mechanised coal depot, 126
Chart, ENGINEERING, “ Where are the qualified engineers and scientists in British Industry?” 649
—? Wall, of welding symbols, 190 Chartered engineer. See 'Engineer
Chase Manhattan Bank, New European
Market (booklet), 415
Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., appointment of distributors, 303; D5 high speed dumper, 563; Loadmaster 300’0 tractor shovel, 596
GHC. See cyclo-hexylamine carbonate Chemical Abstracts, note on subject index to, 187
— Analysis. See Analysis
Chemical Construction (Great Britain), Ltd., inauguration of new offices, 565; activities of, 565
— Energy, conversion to electrical energy, fuel cells for development at Sondes Place, 150
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— Opportunities for (publication), 660 Shortage of, comment on, 507. See also 493
— Engineering, laboratories for teaching, notes on, 632
Projects, design duty and specification of requirements, including site selection, in, by J. B. Asquith and L. S. Davis, 121 Projects, function of contractor in, by L. B. Bake® 121
— — Projects, function of, by W. H. A. Webb, 121
Projects, organisation of, by Sir L. Owen and C. J. Turner, 121
Projects, organisation of, joint symposium of Institute of Petroleum and Institution of Chemical Engineers on, 121 —•— Research at Sondes Place, 150
— Industry expansion in West Germany, 369 —- — Monitoring instruments, 394
Society of. See Society
— Laboratory, National. See National Chemical Laboratory
— and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition
(London), exhibits at, 10, 70; tablet making and coating machine, 332
Chemical Pipe and Vessel Co.., Ltd., Fluon valves, 789; polythene plumbing (trade publication), 811
— Plant at Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition (London), 10
Manufacturers Association, British. See British
— Remanent magnetism of ferromagnetic minerals, by T. Nagata and K. Kobayashi, 349
— Research (1957), annual report of National Chemical Laboratory, 178
Laboratory (Teddington), change of name to National Chemical Laboratory, 150; see -also National Chemical Laboratory Chemische Werke Huis AG, annual report, 369 Chemists, opportunities for (publication), 660 Cheque, wages payment by, Plain Words on,
362. See LETTER, 396
Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346; ultra- high-tensile steel tubing, 448
Chesters, W. T., on gearing fatigue results, 543
Chieftain 7 ton goods vehicle (Albion Motors, Ltd.), 358
Chillerton Down television transmitting station of ITA, 224, 385
Chimney, domestic, heat flow experiments on, by T. Ferguson, 454
China, exports increase to, 547
—? Inflation in, 67
— Scientific developments in, discussion in Parliament on, 795
— Tractor exports to, 547
Chip formation in machining, by B. N. Colding. 614
Chloride Batteries, Ltd., solar-activated cells, 297; batteries for midget locomotive for inside Rock of Gibraltar, 657
Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., new battery factory in Southern Rhodesia, 369 Chlorination plant at Ashford Common filtration works, 225
Chokes; smoothing, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region, 759 Christopherson, Dr. D. G., on Orthogonal cutting of a work-hardening material, 113 Chromium-molybdenum-nickel steel embedded point, fatigue tests on, 618
— Plating baths; titanium replacement of lead
in heating coils for, 847
Baths, Zero-mist fluorinated hydrocarbon additive for (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co.), 676
Chrysler Corp, purchase of Ford Motor Co. (US) interest in Simca Societe Industrielle de Mecanique et Carrosserie, 201
Chuck, magnetic, fine-pole (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.), 7
Universal, Fimax (Panton and Webb), 231 Church, A. H., on mechanical vibrations (review), 810
Churchill, C., and Co., Ltd., annual report, 15
Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd., “Link-line” automatic gear production, 646
Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., grinding machines, 498
Churchill-Redman, Ltd., P5 automatic multitool and profile-turning lathe, 367
Ciba (ARL), Ltd., epoxy resins price reductions, 479; formation of CIBA Fellowship Trust, 760
CIBA Fellowship Trust, formation of, 760
CIGRE. See Conference Internationale des Grands Reseaux Electriques
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., skin-milling machine with EMI electronic control system, 36; chip formation research, 614
Cincinnati Shaper Co., formation of British subsidiary in Scotland, 633
Cine photography, high-speed, in high speed photoelastic stress analysis, 249
Cinema film. See Film (cinema) Cinematographic cameras, high-speed, embargoes on, 667
Circuits, logical, electrochemical growing of, by G. Pask, 729
— Printed, Dynasert automatic assembly
unit for, 185
— Series resonant, in a.c. testing plant at
Enfield Cables high-voltage laboratory, 348
— Short. See Short circuit
— Solid, for control systems, study by Radio
Corp, of America, 287
— Television, general techniques, by S. W.
Amos and D. C. Birkinshaw (review), 777 Circulator, gas bearing, NFB (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 604
High-speed (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 202
— Pump, Pepikin 25 (Precision Electrical
Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 7
CIRP. See International Institution for Production Engineering Research
Cistern heater, wall mounting, rectangular (Santon, Ltd.), 32
City and Guilds College, research report; 11955-58, 713
Civil aviation. See Aviation
— Engineering, dictionary of, by J. S. Scott
(Penguin); 845
Industry, accidents in, 691
Radioisotopes in, 635
Site, strike on, intervention of British Safety Council in, 176
— Servants, strike proposal of, comment on;
760
— Service Commissioners, annual report,
1957-58, 439
of Iraq, salary of, 173
Paucity of technical entrants to, 439 Clamp, ring, boltless doors (Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd.), 71
Clarendon Laboratory, liquid helium in low-temperature fatigue research, 679
Clark, Col. C. W., appointment as chairman of Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 822
Clark, J., oh Sterling Cable Co.’s order book, 404
Clark, R. H., on Burrell Memorial, 131
Class distinctions in industry, 533
— H insulated mining transformer, 300 kVA
nitrogen filled (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical), 756
Classification Research Group bulletins, note on, 357
Classified radiographs for defects in aluminium weld's (booklet), 847
Clausen, H., on teaching engineering design, 723. See LETTER, 787
Clays, fire. See Refractory materials
—? Radioactive waste disposal in spaghettilike, 792
— Separating manganese ore from, blade mill
for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 8
— Shear tests on, 412
Claymore 4 and 6 ton goods vehicles (Albion Motors, Ltd.), 358
Clayton Crane and Hoist Co., Ltd., cranes and hoists (trade publication), 188
Clayton Dewandre, air-operated brakes fpf British Railways diesel railbuses, 350
Cleaning tubes and pipes, sand and shot blasting equipment for (Vacu-Blast, Ltd.), 398
Cleanliness precautions at transistor factory of Semiconductors, Ltd., 645
“ Clear Space ” pneumatic power hammer (trade publication), 357
Cleaver-Brooks Monitor oil-fired packaged boiler (Marshall and Sons, Ltd.), 11
Clerical salaries analysis, 1958, report on, by Dr. O. G. Pickard, 112
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Forth road bridge, 64; Auckland Harbour bridge, 807
Clifford Motor Components, Ltd., position and pipspects of, 471
Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Ltd., Maxam Mr-operated machine tools (trade publication), 421; control circuits (trade publication), 811
Clipping press, flash, for plastics (British Industrial Plastics), 597
Clocks, atomic, comparison of British and American, 85
— Crystal, mains and battery operated
(GPO), 588
? Transistorised, Thompson-Henn-Collins, 588
Transistorised, Venner Electronics, Ltd., 588
— Mechanism for St. Clement Danes
(Thwaites and Reed, Ltd.), 494
— Quartz crystal, miniature (J. Langham
Thompson, Ltd.), 620
Closed shop allegation in Birmingham transport department, 736
Clothing, radiation monitor for (EMI Electronics, Ltd.), 204
Clubley Armstrong Danarm, J., Ltd., chain saw (trade publication), 153
Clutch facings, testing of, at Ferodo Centre, 780
— Roller, for smaller mechanisms (Tiltman
Langley, Ltd.), 62
— Single-revolution, in Post Office letter
sorting machine, 243
Clutch, slipping, fatigue testing machine, by N. B. Owen and H. L. Cox, 84
Clyde, Firth of. See Firth
— River, boom defence system on, 395 Clydeside, industrial and economic problems
of, 755
— New strip-mill project, 686
CO2. See Carbon dioxide
Ccac 1, motor. See Motor coach
— Kailway. See Carriages
Coachbuilding industry, Italian, contribution to British motor cars, 530
Coal, acoustic waves in, 179
— Bituminous, low-carbon, elastic wave
velocities of, 179
—I Board, National. See National Coal B ard
— Combustion of, in domestic open fires, 500
— Constitution of, research on, at Fuel
Research Station, 748
— Consumption in 1957, 330
in UK, position and prospects of, 687 in US (1947-57) 687
— Cutting machine, three-headed (Korfmann
(Witten Ruhr)), 658
and treatment plant at Essen Mining Show, 658
— Depot, mechanised, of Charrington Gard
ner, Locket and Co., Ltd., 126
— Domestic, delivery in jerricans in France,
791
Delivery in paper sacks, 791
Handling at mechanised coal depot, 126
— Drilling, radiation tests, 666
— Gas, production in Holland, 259
Transporting under high pressure, discussion in Parliament on, 75
— Gasification of, new works in Fife for, 579
— Germanium from, 748
— Hydrogenation of, for gas production,
experimental plant, 579
— Igniter for updraught grate, CAMA, 501
— Industry, effects of small coal surplus in, 760 Improving efficiency of, by H. A.
Longden, 687
Labour redundancy in, 760
Position and prospects of, by H. A. Longden, 687
Prices and politics in, 81
of USSR, Part 2, Appendix 6 (book), 357
— Mills, Lopulco, for boiler for Thorpe
Marsh power station, 711
— Mine. See Colliery
— Mining explosives, British, by J. Taylor
and P. F. Gay (book), 277
Industry. See Coal Industry
— vs. oil, effect on National Coal Board
price policy, 2
—I Oil extraction from, research on, 735
Synthesis from, discussion in Parliament on, 75
— as power supply for W. Europe, 590
— Preparation plant, Blaengarw, electro
magnetic screens at, clogging prevention by electric heating equipment, 133
— Pulverised, Double Whizzer separator for
711
— Research at BCURA, 3
— Supplies, position and prospects of, 590 Position, National Coal Board on rising
stocks, 760
— Surplus stocks in Germany, 195
Stocks in Western Europe, comment on, 794
— Trades directory and colliery year book,
1958 (book), 844
— Utilisation Research Association. See
British Coal Utilisation Research Association
— Weighing at mechanised coal depot, 126
— See also European Coal arid. Steel Community Coales, J. F., on speech recognition and
learning in machines, 729; on industrial applications of mechanisation of thought processes, 729
Coalfields, guide to, 1958, by R. H. Walkerdine and E. G. Corbin (book), 152
Coalminers, pneumoconiosis of, statistics on, 139
Coated Abrasives Manufacturers’ institute, coated abrasives—modem tool of industry (book), 777
Modem tool of industry (book), 777 Coating, bituminous-epoxy, Epimastic (trade publication), 27
— Dispersion, of PTFE, applications (Siemens
Edison Swan, Ltd.), 118
— Epoxy-based, Epiglo type C (Corrosion,
Ltd.), 782
— Floor, liquid, Can-Tile (trade publication),
90
— Galvanised, influence of aluminium, lead
and iron on structure and properties of, by J. J. Sebisty and J. O. Edwards (book),
712
— Oxidation-resistant, research at Sondes
Place, 150
— Plastics, of steel, Stelvitite (BX Plastics,
Ltd.), 70
Velbex, 70
Velbex-Cobex laminate, 70
— Tube, weight checks in tube manufacture
at Venesta, Ltd., 414
Cobalt 60, beta decay of, 539
for cancer treatment, 108
Gamma food irradiator, HI-FI, 74 Cobex. See Velbex-Cobex
Coblans, H., on machines and documentation, 152
Cochrane and Sons, Ltd., transom stern trawler,
S. T. Kelvin, 771
Cockbums, Ltd., formation of subsidiary at Sibiedam in Holland to make safety and relief valve for gas and fluid service, 81
Cockcroft, Sir J., in UK delegation to Atomic Energy Conference (Geneva), 237; on summary of conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 372; on stability in gas-cooled reactors, 504; on Zenith reactor and BWR reactor, 766
Code system in Post Office letter-sorting machine, 244
Coding systems, digital computer simulation of, 550
Cohen, C., on position and prospects of Cohen Group, 335
Cohen Committee, comment on objectives of economic policy, 289
Cohen, George, and Co., Ltd., sale of Brussels Exhibition British Industry Pavilion to Netherlands, 526
Cohen, George, 600 Group, trading position, 335; agency for Pingon tower cranes, 773
Cohen, George, Sons and Co., Ltd., hydraulic loader for commercial vehicles, 364
Coils, heating, for chromium plating baths, titanium replacement of lead in, 847
— Spring Federation Research Organisation,
activities of, 12; Government grant for, 12 Industry, research in, 12
Coin production in 1957 at Royal Mint, 791 Coke-Burning Appliances Handbook, supplement to, 848
— Oven gas, consumption in 1957, 330
Gas desulphurising by Appleby-Froding- ham process, pilot plant for, 223
Gas, supplies of, in Holland, 259
Plant, commissioning of, by A. F. Cottrell, 122
Coker, E. G., treatise on elasticity (review), 421 Colchester Lathe Co., trading position, 335 Colding, B. N., on chip formation in machining, 614
Cole, E. K., Ltd., “Firestreak” electric wall fire, 32; electric blanket with thermostatic remote control, 32; exhibits at Farnborough show, 297; model Cr901 transistorised motor-car radio, 328
Coleopter, C.450, SNECMA, 474
Coleraine, Lord, on Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., 202
Collective bargaining, AFL-CIO report on, 176 Comment on, 143
— De-centralisation of, 143
for engineers as a professional body, arguments on, 143
College of Engineering and Architecture (USA), fuel introduction into intake air of diesel engines, by P. H. Schweitzer and
M. Alperstein (book), 811
— of Technologists, member of, new award,
660
— See also Technical college; and Apprentice
ship; Courses; Education
Collieries, automatic high-pressure water infusors for (Hausherr (Sprockoevel)), 658
— Communication systems, by E. J. Kimmins
and B. L. Metcalf, 90
— Conveyor maintenance in, cinema film on,
846
— Fife, development of, 34
— Haulage equipment for (Becker-Prunte
(Datteln)), 658
— Newman Spinney, underground gasification
at, discussion in Parliament on, 75; radiation in coal drilling tests, 666
— Peissenberg-type ram plough for (Westfalia
Luenen), 658
— Redundancy of, 760
— Roofmaster roof supports for, discussion
in Parliament on, 75
— Rothes, new sinking at, 34
— Saturday work resumption, 405
— Shearer-loader for (Eickhoff (Bochum)), 658
— Torsion prop for (Giitthoffhungshiitte
(Sterkrade)), 658
•— Underground transport in, safety aspects of, by A. E. Crook, 90
— Welding locomotive for (Ruhrdynamo
(Duisberg)), 658
— Winders. See Winders
— Year book and coal trades directory, 1958
(book), 844
— See also Mines; Coal
Collinshon, R. F., on aft of selling, 716
Collis, J., and Sons, Ltd'.,, conveyors {trade publication), 188; pallet truck (trade publication), 188; unit conveyor (trade publication), 188
Collision. See Accidents
Collison, A., on future of plastics industry, 532 Cullison, R. L., on being a librarian, 577 Colloidal molybdenum disulphide for treatment of hand file surfaces (Acheson Colloids, Ltd.), 145
Colman Prentis and Varley, Ltd., formation of
Analytical European Surveys, Ltd., 130 Colombo Plan, progress of, 723
Steelworks construction in India under, 206
Colour-anodised aluminium for exterior use, exhibition of, 616
— Photography. See Photography
— Television. See Television
Coltuf steel for engine test cells for Rolls- Royce gas-turbine test house, 820
Colvilles, Ltd., new strip-mill project, 686
“ Com-Pak ” mercury-arc, vibration-resistant rectifier (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 31
Combine harvester, life and use of, by A. H. Gill, 623
Combustion Appliance Manufacturers’ Association, coal igniter, 501
Combustion Engineering, Inc., exhibit at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 235; nuclear activities of, 235
Comet 4 airliner, demonstration flight, 291; proposed air routes, 331; for Aerolineas Argentinas, 331; proving flight, 331, 394; emergency passenger oxygen systems in, 581
Commerce. See Trade
— British Chambers of, Association of. See
Association
Commercial apprenticeship scheme of ABCC, 632
— Buildings, electrical installations in, by
E. E. Jacobi, 848
— Motor Transport Exhibition, International.
See International
Vehicle. See Motor vehicle
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, Stanat Mann remotely-controlled roll changing mill for (Albert Mann’s Engineering Co., Ltd.), 656; uranium-isotope separation, 792
Committee of Public Accounts, report on action of consulting engineer at Jodrell Bank radio-telescope, 240
Commodities Exhibition, International, at Hong Kong, discussion in Parliament on, 139
— Prices. See Prices
Common Market. See European Commonwealth, capital needs of, 23
— Companies in the, 209, 799
— Conference of nuclear scientists, pre
liminary notice, 236
•— Countries, export credits for, discussion in Parliament on, 111
?— Economic Conference (Montreal, 1958), preview of, 330; technical scholarship proposals, 405; comment on achievements of, 458
— Economic problems of, 23
Problems, literature on, 458
Problems, rate of change of, 458
— Lecture on Canadian all-weather interceptor
development, by J. C. Floyd, 542
— Nuclear scientists, informal meeting of, 45
— Oil resources, position and prospects of, 79
— Scientific and Industrial Research Organ
isation, uranium ore extraction process, 465; tests on concrete and wooden posts for fencing, 620
— Trans-Antarctic Expedition, examination of
failure of welded tubular track links of Sno-Cat vehicles for, 49
— Welding Conference, 1957 (book), 844
— See also Australia, etc.
Communications and electronics buyers’ guide, who’s who and reference book (1958-59), by C. C. Gee (book), 27, 844
— Equipment, Army, at Radio Hobbies
Exhibition, 752
— and information practice in industry, by
T. E. R. Singer (review), 811
— Oral, of technical information, by R. S.
Casey (book), 445
— Seminar on, 632
— Systems, colliery, by E. J. Kimmins and
B. L. Metcalf, 90
Group, for Spadeadam rocket-site project (Amplivox), 707
— Transatlantic, centenary, 201
— and transport in mining, 90
Communist cell in AEU at Sheffield, 599
— Domination of Electrical Trades Union, 112 Compacting machines, road, ACE-Bomag,
with twin vibrating rollers (ACE Machinery, Ltd.), 192
— Press, powder, for mineral “ licks ” for
sheep and cattle (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
Compagnie Electro-Mecanique, position and prospects of, 598
Compagnie Franpaise des Petroles, in Mar- seilles/Strasbourg pipeline project, 258; crude oil from the Sahara, 558
Compagnie Industrielle et Financiere des Chantiers et Ateliers de Saint-Nazaire. See Penhoet
Compania Shell de Venezuela, “ PL4 Maracaibo ” passenger launch for (Vosper, Ltd.), 1120
Companies in the Commonwealth, 209, 799
— Directory of ownership of, Who Owns
Whom (O. W. Roskill and Co. (Reports), Ltd.), 171
— Function and definition of, 630
— Grouping of, trend towards, 171
— Research in US, 20
— Size of, 630
Compass, Automatic Radio, 318
— Gyro, for submarine navigation, 238
?— Gyrosyn, Sperry C.ll, in USS Nautilus, 238
— Radio, E-RCB-2, for light aircraft (Elliott
Bros. (London), Ltd.), 743
— System, polar path (Elliott Bros. (London),
Ltd.), 297
Competition, essay, on corrosion of metals, 644
— — on variety reduction, 717
— on London’s road problem, 687
— on steel use in bridge design, 687 Compounds, latex, new plant for, at Dunlop
Rubber Co., Ltd., 38
Compressed air (trade publication), 776, 811 as means of storing energy, 382
? See also Pneumatic
Compressibility of metal powders, British Standard for, 748
Compression fittings, non-ferrous, “ Key- Conex,” for drain pipes (Key Engineering Co., Ltd®, 848
Compressor, air. See Air Compressor
“ Compudesk ” desk computer (National- Elliott), 690
Computation and automation, British conference on, bulletin of, 747
Computer, analogue, Emiac 1, use on hydrogen peroxide plant design (EMI), 813
— — for induction-motor design at Laurence,
Scott and Electromotors, Ltd. (A. V. Roe and Co.), 188
Minispace (Solartron), 297
for railway train timetables, 87 See also Analogues
— Application rate in Britain, comment on,
459
— for atomic reactors, 324
— at Boots Bure Drug Co., Ltd., 668
— at British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd. 669
— Burst cartridge, magnetic memory drum
for, 274
— Business, symposium, preliminary notice,
688
— Data converter (Ferranti). 689
Processing, 1010 (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical), 689
Transceiver (IBM United Kingdom, Ltd.), 690
Transmission facilities available for use with, GPO booklet on, 786
— Desk, “ Compudesk ” (National-Elliott),
690
— Digital, ACE, at NPL, 778
Automatic, introduction to, by R. K. Livesley (review), 187
DEUCE, for Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 550
Mercury, for Belgian Atomic Energy Authority (Ferranti), 203
Computer, digital, OC23 and OC24 alloy junction transistors for (Mullard, Ltd.), 690
Programming, by D D. McCracken (review), 187
for simulation of coding systems, 550 See also International Conference on Information Processing
— Electromagnetic, further developments in,
by J. Thillaimuthu, 527
— Electronic, exhibition, exhibits at, 688 Government use of, 12
— Embargoes on, discussion in Parliament on,
669
— Emidec, for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., 668
— Emidec 1100 (EMI Electronics), 690
— Helisyn linear position control for (BTH
Co., Ltd.), 688
— IBM 704, application to plastic design, 835
— IBM Ramac 305, disc memory in, 41
— at Kardomah, Ltd., 668
— Literature, classified index of (Ferranti,
Ltd.), 777
— Magnetic storage drum (Sperry Gyroscope),
688
— Miniature uniselector for (Siemens Edison
Swan), 690
— Output data, tape punch for recording
(Creed and Co.), 688
— Pegasus, list of existing programmes of, 27
— for plastic theory calculations, by J.
Heyman, 834
— Potentiometer drives for (Kynmore Engi
neering Co., Ltd.), 688
?— Silicon switching diode for high-speed, by J. H. Forster and P. Zuk, 382
— See also Accounting machine; Calculator Computing methods, modern (review), 390 Conciliation in industrial disputes, 176 Concrete arches on suspension bridge at
Samawa, 25
— Barrel vault roofs for new Beverley aircraft
hangar at Abingdon (John Laing and Son, Ltd.), 682
— Curing tests, by N. G. Bondre and N. N. B.
Ordman, 3 ; by T. N. W. Akroyd, 36. See also Vol. 185
— Deterioration in sewage, 179
— Fencing posts, CSIRO tests on, 620
— Heavy, compositions of, 569
— Institute, American. See American Concrete, Ltd., study of construction in
prestressed concrete by, 127
— Mixer, mobile, aluminium alloy, 159
— Practice courses, 491
— Prestressed, bridge construction, study by
Concrete, Ltd., 127 Conferences on, 747
— — Construction study by Concrete, Ltd.,
127
Shells for roofing, casting of, 587
— Theory and design, by R. H. Evans and
E. W. Bennett (review), 219
Theory and practice, by P. B. Morice and E. H. Cooley (review), 219
— for radiation shielding, 569; publication
on, 110
— Reinforced, in architecture, by A. A. Raafat
(review), 91
— Sewers, deterioration of, 179
— Shell Roof Construction, Proceedings of
Second Symposium on, by A. Aas- Jakobsen, S. Brus-Letto, I. Holand and G. Oxaal (review), 91
— in Silberkuhl roof system, 586
— Storage shed, “ in situ,” above scaffold
supported shuttering, 191
— Structures, fixing tools and studs to, Hilti system for (Ucan Development, Ltd.), 8
— Transport bucket, automatically discharg
ing (Blaw-Knox Co.), 429
Condensation, dropwise, in surface condenser,
420
Condensers for power stations, discussion in Parliament on research on, 48
— Surface, dropwise condensation in, 420 Conduction, heat transfer by, 383
— Phonon, in low-temperature research, 679 Conductivity, thermal, of exfoliated vermiculite, 616
— See also Superconductivity
Conductors, aluminium, Noralgrip accessories
for (Northern Aluminium), 198 Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineer
ing Unions, rejection of British Transport Commission wage increase to railway shopmen by, 80; ban on ships under flags of convenience, 199; discussions on unemployment and wages at annual conference, 240; meeting’on wage claims, 344; wage claim, 376
Conference, Advertising Clubs and Associations, 479
— Aircraft ice protection, 61
— American Industrial Forum (1958), 636
— Apprenticeship, 137, 681
— Architectural research, American Institute
of Architects, 259
— Atomic energy, peaceful uses of, second
international. See Atomic Energy, Peaceful Uses of
— British, automation and computation,
bulletin of, 747
Commonwealth Welding, 1957 (book)
844
Institute of Management. See British Institute of Management
Plastics Federation (Torquay), 532
— Commonwealth, of nuclear scientists,
preliminary notice, 236
— Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engi
neering Unions, discussions on unemployment and wages at, 240
— Co-operative (Blackpool), comment on, 736
— Engineering education, EUSEC, definition
of engineer, 660
— Engineering Institutions of British Common
wealth, 493
— Engineering Societies of Western Europe
and United States, 493
— Fatigue of metals (book), 218
— Gas-cooled reactor, USAEC, 504
— Gearing, Institute of Mechanical Engineers,
preliminary notice, 36; report by S. L. Harris, 543
Conference, High Energy Physics, CERN (Geneva, 1958), 505
— Incorporated Sales Managers’ Association,
415, 611
— on industrial design and engineering
industries, 559, 708; list of lectures at, 720
— Industrial Supervisors, Regional, report on
Supervision—Management’s Vital Link, 46
Industrial training for professional engineers, 660
— Information Processing, International. See
International
— International Council of Aeronautical
Sciences (Madrid), 363
des Grandes Reseaux Electriques, 750 kV experimental transmission line (Pittsfield, Mass.), 83; 500 kV transmission line (Kuibishev, Russia), 83
Labour. See International
Organisation for Standardisation (Harrogate), 157
:— Leadership, British Institute of Management, 393
— Link between schools and industry
(Cheltenham), preliminary notice, 428
— Massey-Ferguson service organisations, 479
— Municipal Passenger Transport Association
(Blackpool), 363
— Nuclear Energy, British. See British
— Nuclear energy,- Federation of British
Industries, 108
— Nuclear engineering and science. See
Nuclear
— Nuclear reactor technology, at Atomic
Energy Research Establishment (Harwell), 14
— Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. See
Atomic energy
— Personnel management (Cambridge), re
marks by Hon. R. Wood at, 46
— Plain Words on, 786
— Prestressed concrete, 747
— Productivity at Bristol University, remarks
on sales and production balance, by
A. C. Hazel, 415
•—Reinforced plastics technical, 719
— Research and development, US National Science Foundation, 288
— Science and technology for deans of
engineering, proceedings of (book), 844 •
— Scientific information (Washington), 692
— Shipbuilding, order and cancellation figures,
131
—on state of industry, 558
— Skid-prevention (Virginia, USA). See
Skid-prevention
— Space medicine, 527
— Standards engineers (London), 9
— University rectors and vice-chancellors
(Dijon, 1959), 405
— World Power. See World Power
— See also 125, 276, 422, 564, 703, 831
Congress and exhibition, Public Works, preview of, 594
— International Council of Aeronautical
Sciences (Madrid), 413, 441, 473
— — Railway (Madrid), report on, 518, 552
— — Scientific Film Association (Moscow),
report on, 573
— Nuclear (Cleveland, O. (1958)), preliminary
notice, 636
Coniston minesweeper with Vosper roll stabilisation fins, 833
Conn, Dr. J. F. C., on progress in naval architecture, 351, 386
Connector for soil pipe, “ Everite ” (trade publication), 27
Considine, D. M., process instruments and controls handbook (review), 746
Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp., agreement with Elliot-Automation Group, 394
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., pneumatic hoists and rams (trade publication), 218; compressors (trade publication), 776; rock drill (trade publication), 776; heavy-duty vane drill in tube welding preparation rig, 806
Consortia, atomic-energy, 202, 262
Constance Bowater, pulp-carrying vessel, Pleuger Aktiv rudder for, 450
Construction, modular co-ordination, discussion in Parliament on, 175
Constructional Services, Ltd., accelerated curing tests on concrete, by T. N. W. Akroyd, 36
Constructors John Brown, Ltd., production of heavy-water from hydrogen CJB heavywater process, 301; heavy-water production, 345
Consul directional beacons, 315, 316, 321
Consultants Bureau Inc., translation from Russian of papers On structure of glass, 613; translation of non-English articles in Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 747
— Client relationship, 630
— vs. state highway department in Federal-
Aid highway project, 686
Consulting engineer at Jodrell Bank radio- telescope, report on action of, 240
Consumer Advisory Council, questionnaire on television sets, 192; Shoppers Guide 5, 192; tests on anti-freeze solutions for motor car radiators, 684; tests on screwdrivers, 684
Consumers’ Association, Ltd., tests on oil heaters, 684; tests on bathroom scales, 684
— goods consumption in West Europe, 76 Survey of personal spending on, 1950-57,
428
Consumer Research, Ltd., Association for. See Association
Contact tanks at Ashford Common filtration works, 255
Containers, Aircon, for air transport (Airtech, Ltd.), 593
— Food, ISO work on, 157
— Liquid, collapsible, “ Portolite ” (Marston-
Excelsior), 498
— Service to Continent, 818
Containment sphere for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 734
Continent. See Europe
Continuity and phase indicator (Tiltman
Langley. Ltd.), 498
Contractor, function of, in chemical engineering projects, by L. B. Baker, 121; by W. H. A. Webb, 121
— Plant at Public Works Exhibition; 594 Control and analysis of non-linear systems, by
Y. H. Ku {book), 327
— Automatic, of boiler firing aplliances, 3 of machine tools, research (PERA), 89 Unit, Lindars, in centalised tanker
filling control, 11
by visual signals, by Dr. W. Taylor, 729
— and cost estimating, by P. Brett, 122
— Cubicle for nuclear power station (General
Radiological, Ltd.), 275
— Derestriction of, by Government, 591
— Dust, at transistor factory of Semiconduc
tors, Ltd., 645
— Equipment for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. loco
motive for Midland Region; 759
Electronic, for Post Office letter-sorting machines (Electronic Instruments), 243
— Gear for diesel-electric locomotives for
Great Northern division of Eastern Region (Allen West and Co., Ltd.), 758 Motor, mobile exhibition of (J. A.
Crabtree and Co., Ltd.), 547
Ward Leonard “ packaged ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— of hydrogen peroxide manufacture process
at Laporte Chemicals, Ltd., 813
— Industry, training of apprentices in, by
W. Stainsby, 176
— Instruments for automated plant (Elliott-
Automation Group), 394
— Linear position, Helisyn, for computers
(BTH Co., Ltd.), 688
— Manual, over-riding, for solenoid-operated
valve (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 4 Control, new publication (Rowse Muir), 277 “ Noise, handbook of, by C. M. Harris (review), 27
— Panel, atomic-reactor (Ekco Electronics',
Ltd.), 275
— Potentiometer for nuclear power station
(General Radiological, Ltd.), 275
— Process, and instruments, handbook, by
D. M. Considine (review), 746
— Production, by computer at British
Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., 669
— Quality. See Quality control
— Rods for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 734 Shock-absorbing tube for, 437
Speed recorder (Cambridge Instrument
Co., Ltd.), 275
— Room for gas-turbine test house of Rolls-
Royce, Ltd., 477
— Systems for atomic reactors at Atoms for
Peace Exhibition, 273
— — for cranes, “ Revcon ” (Laurence, Scott
and Electromotors), 726
— — Fire and radar, Airpass, for P.1B all-
weather fighter aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 92 Gearing for, by R. A. Head, 543 Ice protection, by E. O. Robertson, 61 Non-linear, by R. L. Cosgriff (book), 152 Sequence, Nickols, 591-2
Solid circuits for, study by Radio Corp, of America, 287
— Units for variable voltage power supply at
Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 549
—Weather-sensitive, for oil-fired boilers
(Stonebridge Electrical Co., Ltd.), 397
— Valve. See Valve Convair. See General Dynamics Convection, heat transfer by, boundary layer
equations for laminar flow by, 383
Convention on carriage of dangerous goods by rail, 818
— Microwave valves, 87
— Thermonuclear processes (I.E.E.), 734 Converter, a.c., single-unit, “ Speedmaster ”
(Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— Computer data (Ferranti), 689
— Plant for proton synchrotron of NIRNS, 734
— Steelmaking process, oxygen, Kaldo, 145 Process, oxygen, Linzer Dusenverfahren,
145
Process, oxygen, Rotor, 145
— Thermionic (General Electric Co.)', 20 Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., drum truck
(trade publication), 188; drums and crates (trade publication), 188; skid truck (trade publication), 188
Conveyor belts, rubber-covered Terylene, for ICI fertiliser plant, 424
Terylene (Leyland and Birmingham
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 672
— in coal mines, fire risks of, 90
-— Devayor, for handling grain in bulk (Helicoid Flight Conveyors), 790
— Elevating, Wharton, for mechanised coal
depot, 126
— Magnetic, for handling steel articles at steep
angles (Geo. Robson and Co. (Conveyors), Ltd.), 197
— Maintenance in coal mines, cinema film on,
846
— Mould, at foundry of Shotton Bros., 157
— Portable, Rapistan Stevedor Junior (Manu
facturers Equipment Co., Ltd.), 165
— Press, automatic, for liquid extraction
(Modern Mechanisation, Ltd-.), 92
— Shuttle, Niagara, for mechanised coal
depot, 126
— Underground, pushing cylinders for (trade
publication), 713
Conway, H. G., landing gear design (book), 247' Cook, P. M., on load and torque calculation in hot flat rolling (book), 445
Cook, Sir W., on British reactors for sale abroad, 754
Cooke, R. G., on metric system, 12 Cooking utensils, nickel plating of, 576 Coolants, atomic-reactor, 337
— organic, in a heavy-water-moderated power
reactor, by M. J. McNelly, 140
— Reactor, organic, radiolytic and pyrolytic
decomposition of, by D. R. de Halas, 141 Coolers for gas-turbine test house of Rolls- Royce, Ltd. (Foster Wheeler), 476
— transformer, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. loco
motive for Midland Region,'759
Cooley, E. H., on prestressed concrete: theory and practice (review), 219
Cooling, atomic-reactor, chemical reaction of, 170
— Effusion, development of, 420
— and heating combined, thermoelectric
(Westinghouse Electric International Co.), 160
— Systems, liquid, for airborne radar, 296
— Tower, induced-draught, “ Counterflo,”
model of (Head, Wrightson), 274
— Turbo-alternators, heat transfer in, 420
Cooper Alloy Foundry Co., V2B stainless alloy, 616
Cooper’s workshop exhibit at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Co-operative Conference (Blackpool), comment on, 736
Co-Partnership Association, Industrial. See Industrial
Copper alloys, ISO work on, 158 See also Brass; Bronze
— Development Association, strain hardening
of cylinders, by E. Voce, 363-364; Copper Tubes for Small Bore Heating (booklet), 524
— Increased output of, 239
— Industry, dispute between Nkana branch of
European Union and Rhokana Corp., 240 Position and prospects of, by Sir R. Prian, 761
— ISO work on, 158
— Mines, N. Rhodesia, labour problems, 376
— Price trend’s; 239
Copper Tubes for Small Bore Heating (booklet), 524
— Wire drawing for electric cable manufacture
at Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 774
Copperad, Ltd., “Sill-Line” space-heating equipment for beneath window sills, 605
Copyright abroad, 226
Corbin, E. G., on guide to coalfields, 1958 (book), 152
Core-sand automatic weighing plant (trade publication), 90
Cork Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Langitex non-slip pulley wheels, 563
Corming Co., electric welding of glass, 554
Comer burners for boiler steam temperature control, 711
Cornford, E. C., on long-range rockets and satellites, 282
Cornmarket Press, Directory of Opportunities for Qualified Men, 247
Cornwall, uranium survey in, 109
Corporation and employees, relationship between.; in U.S., 41
— as instrument of social leadership in U.S., 40 Corpses containing radioisotopes, safe handling
of (booklet), 199
Corrosion in aircraft, causes and prevention of, by T. C. E. Tringham (book), 119
— Atmospheric, studies on, at National
Chemical Laboratory, 178
— Filiform, studies on at National Chemical
Laboratory, 178
— Fretting, in fatigue test on embedded point,
618
Corrosion, Ltd., Epiglo type C epoxy-based coating, 782
— of metals, essay competition on, 644
— of metals in flowing water, 178
— Mild steel by sulphur, 178
— Research at National Chemical Laboratory;
178
— Stress. See Stress Corrosion
— and Wear Handbook for^Water Cooled
Reactors, 44
Cory Bros. and Co., Ltd., formation of new company in U.S., 208
Cosgriff", R. L., on nonlinear control systems (book), 152
Cosmic particles, research on. 536
Study of properties of, 403
See also Particles
— Ray research, results from Explorer IV, 537
— — Research, Sputnik II satellite in, 537 Cosmocord, Ltd., “ Acostereo ” crystal cartridge for stereophonic recordings, 328
Cossor, A. C., Ltd., epoxide resin resurfacing of compound curvature mould for C.R.21 radar reflector, 775; formation of new Canadian company with EMI, 822
Cossor Radio and Television, Ltd., model 569 Transistor Six all-transistor motor-car radio, 328
Costs of automatic assembly, 185
— Cutting, for productivity (booklet), 185
— Estimating and control, by P. Brett, 122
— Nuclear power, 754
Costain, Richard, Ltd., storage shed of “in situ ” concrete above scaffold supported shuttering, 191; controlling interest in Costain (West Africa), Ltd., 335
Costing a casting, publications of Association of Bronze and Brass Founders, 633
Cotton, H., on electrical principles (book), 577 Cotton imports, unions’ steps against, 199
— Unions, steps against cheap cotton imports,
199
Cottrell, A. F., on plant commissioning, 122 Couchman, R. O., on reproducing radiographs, 428. See LETTER, 496; on copying radiographs for reproduction, 643
Coueson, F., on flying business men, 396
Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Exhibition, 70
Council of Industrial Design, Careers in Industrial Design (booklet), 533; conference on industrial design and engineering industries, 559, 708
Counter, electronic, high-speed, “D.l” (Electronic Machine Co., Ltd.), 7
— Impulse, electro-magnetic (Inglis Knibb &
Co.), 367
“ Counterflo ” induced-draught cooling tower, model of (Head, Wrightson), 274
Counting with fingers, by G. W. Maxfield, 67; by A. H. Rawle. See LETTER, 67; by Ing. Dr. M. P. Varshney, 68. See also Vol. 185
— Unit, electronic, P12C (Electronic Machine
Co., Ltd.), 134
Coupler, automatic, for freight trains (Dowty), 813
Coupler, automatic, “ + GF+,” for Irish Railways (George Fischer, Ltd.), 511
Coupling, flexible, Fenaflex tyre-type (J. H. Fenner and Co., Ltd.), 529
Metastream series CN (Metaducts, Ltd.), 70
— See also Clutch
Course, atomic physics, two-day, 403
— Concrete practice, 491
— Heat transfer in atomic power plant, 46'5
— Management, at Brunel College of Tech
nology, report on, 459
— — Comment on, 507
— Marketing, at Polytechnic, 415
— Modern techniques for the engineer, at
Nottingham University, 379
— and monographs, statistical, by M. G.
Kendall, 445
— Post-graduate, in aircraft materials at
Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 616 Graduate, in mid-career, plea for, 225. See LETTERS, 291
Graduate, in operational research in industry at Birmingham University, 179
— Refresher. See Refresher
— Sandwich. See Sandwich
— Welding for atomic work; 170
Court, Industrial, recognised body on industrial disputes, 573
— of Inquiry report into dock wage dispute,
240
Courtaulds, Ltd., position and prospects of, 598 Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd., merger with
Rockwell Engineers, Ltd., 471; retirements and appointments, 471; historical note on, 532; merger with Rockwell Machine Tool Co., 532
Coventry “ XT ” self-opening diehead for automatic lathes (Alfred Herbert); 461
Cow, P. B., and Co., Ltd., Dracone DI flexible oil barge, 440
Cox, H. Li,; on slipping-clutch fatigue-testing machine, 84
Crabs, travelling, electric, for overhead travelling cranes (Matterson, Ltd.), 229
Crabtree, J. A., and Co., Ltd., wiring accessories (trade publication), 482; mobile exhibition of switchgear and motor control gear, 547; quality control and development of wiring accessories, 675
Crack-detection apparatus, magnetic, portable (Radalloyd, Ltd.), 102
— Occurrence and examination in photo
elastic stress analysis, 252
Cracking, stress-corrosion, research on, 41 Crafts, old, workshop exhibits at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Craftsmen, training of, comment by Sir Willis Jackson, 302
Cranbrook windmill restoration, 139
Crane control system, “ Revcon ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— Diesel-driven, on barge train for Nigeria
(Ransomes and Rapier), 69
— Electric, their design, construction, applica
tion and operation, by H. Hi. Broughton (review), 551
— Flying, Westminster helicopter as, 268 Westminster helicopter, first flight of,- 94
— Goliath, at Hunterston nuclear power
station, 45
— Overhead travelling, electric travelling
drabs for (Matterson, Ltd.), 229
Crane Packing, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346
— Safety in iron and steel industry (pamphlet),
553
— Tower, Pingon, George Cohen agency for,
773
— Warning device (British Thomson-Houston
Co., Ltd.), 553
— Weigher to determine pulling power of tugs
(Geo. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 7
— See also Hoist; Derrick
Cranfield College of Aeronautics, postgraduate course in aircraft materials, 616; influence of frame pitch and stiffness of stress distribution in pressurised cylinders, 747; optimum design of multicell box subjected to given bending moment and temperature distribution, by D. J. Johns (book), 747
Crankcase, aluminium, for diesel engine, 220 Cranz-Schardin multiple-spark camera, for photoelastic stress analysis, 252
Craven Bros. (Manchester), Ltd., turbine pinion hobbing machine, 333
Cravens Ltd., railway stock (trade publication), 188
Crawler tractors. See Tractors
Credits, export, for Commonwealth countries discussion in Parliament on, 111
— for overseas buyers of British aircraft, 622
— Restrictions, effect of relaxation of, 527
Creed and Co., Ltd., tape punch machine for direct recording of computer output data, 688
Creep laboratory of Stewarts and Lloyds,; Ltd.,- Corby, 802
— Resistant alloy “ Nimonic 105 ” (Henry
Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 546
Crematorium, Golders Green, bid for shares in, by Amalgamated Tobacco Corp., Ltd.., 80 CREPS (Compagnie de Recherches et d’Exploitation de Petrole), discovery of crude oil in Sahara, 558
Creusot. See Forges et Ateliers du Creusot
Crocker, Dr. V. S., consolidated report on research reactors, 662
Croda, Ltd., oil-type rust preventive (trade publication), 90
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., T series fractional horse-power motors, 365; motor-alternator set for Pleuger Aktiv rudder motors, 450; alternators and generators (trade publication), 482; fractional h.p. motors (trade publication), 482; 47 years’ service of generators at Keighley power station, 563; generators for diesel-electric locomotives for Great Northern Division of Eastern Region, 757
Cronaflex polyester-based photographic film (E.I. du Pont de Nemours), 91, 847
Croney, D., on movement of soil moisture (book), 777
C rook, A. E., on safety aspects of underground transport in coal mines, 90
Crop respiration rate, measuring device (Wright Rain, Ltd.), 790
Crosby Valve and Engineering Co., Ltd., Mason Neilan type 76 lock-up valve, 134 Crossland, B., on strain hardening of cylinders, 68; 292,428. See LETTERS, 131; 363,460 Crossley, Dr. F. R. Erskine, on non-linear vibrations, 212
Crossley diesel-engined standby generator sets for Chapel Cross atomic power station, 203
— HST V8 engines for Co-Bo diesel-electric
locomotives for London Midland Region, 757
Croydon Airport, closure of, 363. See LETTER, 396
Desirability of retaining, discussion in Parliament on, 667
Crucible furnaces. See Furnaces
Crude oil. See Oil
Cruiser, atomic-powered, USS Long Beach, 665 Cryostats for low-temperature research on electrical properties, 680
Crystals, germanium, production at transistor factory of Semiconductors, Ltd., 645
— Oscillator, thermally-compensated (Auto
matic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd.), 215
CSIRO. See Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Cubicle, control, for nuclear power station (General Radiological, Ltd.), 275
Culler, F. L., on chemical re-processing of nuclear fuel using solvent extraction processing, 142
Cultivator, powered, with attachments, Rota- vator (Howard), 790
Cultural information exchanges, discussion in Parliament on. 629
Cummins Engine Co., Inc., progress of British subsidiary, 547; prospects of, 716
Cummins Engine Co., Ltd., motor-vehicle engines at Public Works Exhibition, 595
Cunningham, Sir G., on unofficial strikes, 439; on Triplex Group’s annual report, 439
Cupford three-way diaphragm valve (Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.), 10
Current British Directories, by G. P. Henderson, 327
Curwen, K. M., on systems of project organisation, 121
Customer, training the, note on, 611
Cutler, John, candle-fire grates, 501 Cutting-fluid research (PERA), 89
— Forces in sawing, by Dr. E. Kivimaa, 615
— Metal, research, by Dr. E. Merchant, 614 See also Institute of Research on Machine
Tools and Metal Cutting
— Orthogonal, of a work-hardening material,
by Dr. D. G. Christopherson, P.L.B. Oxley, and Dr. W. B. Palmer, 113
— Oxygen flame, of titanium, with preheat
flame, 50
— and treatment plant for coal, at Essen
Mining Show, 658
CVA Group 51-station in-line transfer machine (Kearney and Trecker), 102
Cycles. See Bicycle
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
Cyc/o-hexylamine carbonate to protect boilers during idle periods, 178
Cyclosteel ironmaking process, 145
Cyclotron. See Synchro-cyclotron
Cylinders, bored, surface-texture, measurement, by M. Ehrenreich, 615
— Pneumatic, control valves for, 544
— Pressurised, stress distribution in, influence
of frame pitch and stiffness on, by D. S. Houghton (book), 747
— Pushing, for underground conveyors and
loaders (trade publication), 713
— Strain hardening of, by Dr. E. Voce, 131,
363, 460. See LETTERS, 68, 292, 428. See also Vol. 185
Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, translation of non-English articles in, 747
— Scientific and technical information, making
use of, by E. Gros, 445
Czechoslovakia, award for pavilion at Brussels Exhibition, 526
•— Hydroelectric power stations for Danube, 559
— Machine-tool exports , 259
— Machine-tool industry, 259

“D.l” high-speed electronic counter (Electronic Machine Co., Ltd.), 7
Dacron, production in U.S., 435
Daimler, increased activity of, 47; Majestic motor car, 47
Daimler-Benz, merger with Auto-Union, 101; position and prospects of, 369; modification of automatic transmission on Mercedes 300 motor-car, 567
Dalegarth-Ravenglass railway line, future prospects of, 623
Dall orifice for flow measurement (trade publication), 153
Daltolac 24 polyurethane foam for heat and sound insulation (ICI), 847
Dam, Aswan, position and prospects of, 751
— Kariba, progress report, 807
“Dampa ” acoustic ceiling (Hurseal, Ltd.), 556
Daniells, F. C., and Co., self-gripping ratchet spanner (trade publication), 218
Daniels-Boyd nuclear steam generator, 829
Daniels, T. H. and J., Ltd., “Helitube” heat exchanger with coiled tubes, 167
Danube River, hydro-electric power stations proposed for, 559
Dart Herald local service airliner (Handley Page), 266
— Propeller-turbine aero engine, test bed for,
at London Airport (B.E.A.), 553
Dartford-Purfleet tunnel, discussion in Parliament on progress of, 175
Data, computer output, tape punch for direct reading of (Creed and Co.), 688
— Converter, computer (Ferranti), 689
— Handling and programming in Avro super
sonic wind tunnel, 83
Data processing computer, 1010 (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical), 689
Equipment, exhibition of (Paris), preliminary notice, 99
Machines for railways, 552
• System for reactor, 665
— — System, transistorised, IBM 7070, 801
See also International Conference on
Information Processing
— Sheets of Royal Aeronautical Society, 681
— Transceiver for computers (IBM United
Kingsom, Ltd.), 690
— Transmission, facilities for, GPO booklet
on, 786
Dauphin motor car, increased production of (Renault), 727
Davenport Vernon and Co., Ltd., mechanical jet drill with aluminium derrick mounted on Land Rover motor vehicle, 37
Davis, L. S., on design duty and specification of requirements, including site selection, in chemical engineering projects, 121
Davis, Stuart, Ltd., “ Hydroair ” drill heads (trade publication), 327
Davis, W. K., resignation from USAEC, 170 Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., apprentice training (booklet), 572; new slabbing mill for Abbey Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 846
Dawe Instruments, Ltd., type 1412 impact noise analyser, 717
Dawnays, Ltd., milling machine for girder ends at (William Asquith, Ltd.), 561
Daws, L. F., on heat transfer in deep underground tunnels, 605
Dawson, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., list of scientific and technical periodicals, TH
Day, A. C. L., on terms of trade, 259
Daylight partitioning, Lita (trade publication), 327
DB4, Aston Martin motor car (David Brown Group), 434
DCX fusion device, 326
Device, ion injection in, 828
Device, Luce Ignition Scheme, by Dr. A. Simon, 168
Deb Chemical Proprietaries, Ltd., “ Gwish ” aerosol fire extinguisher, 134
De Broglie wavelength of a proton, 537 Decarburisation prevention by electroplating, 447
Decca Navigator system, navigation aid, 315, 316
Decca Radar, Ltd., radar exhibits at Farnborough Show, 323; radar station for Port of London Authority, 353
Decca Radio and Television, “ Stereogram ” SGI88 stereophonic record player, 360
Decelerometer for colliery communications, 90 Decempedes, salt-carrying river craft, conversion from steam to diesel drive, 189
Decision making, automation as aid to, by J. Diebold, 162
— of managing director, 630
Decomposition, pyrolytic, of monoisopropylbiphenyl, 141
— Radiolytic and pyrolytic, of organic reactor
coolants, by D. R. de Halas, 141
— Radiolytic, of monoisopropylbiphenyl, 141 Dectra system, navigational aid, 321
Deep drawing experiments, by Prof. P. Landberg, 615
— Freezing of mammals, by Dr. A. S. Parkes,
et al., 302
DEF-33 defence specification—preparation of drawings for service requirements, 638
Defence Board, Defence Committee of Cabinet on composition and operation of, 98
— Committee of Cabinet on composition and
operation of Defence Board, 98
— Specification, DEF-33—preparation of draw
ings for service requirements, 638
— White Paper on organisation of, 98 Deferment, military-service. See Military service
de Ferranti, Sir V., on position and prospects of Ferranti, Ltd., 293
Definition of engineer. See Engineer
— Questions of, by S. H. Rendell, 428.
See LETTER, 460
Deflation and unemployment, 112
Deflection of gears, by N. Waterworth, 543 de Halas, D. R., on radiolytic and pyrolytic decomposition of organic reactor coolants, 141
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., demonstration flight of Comet 4 airliner, 291; Comet 4 airliner, proposed air routes and proving flight, 331; Sea Vixen naval fighter aircraft, 340; proving flights of Comet 4 airliner, 394
de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., nuclear work of, 202; high-speed gas circulators, 202; pumps and valves for high temperature gas-coolant circuits, 274; licenced to build Gnome free-turbine aircraft power plant, 342; Gyron D.G.J10 Junior turbo-jet for Blackburn NA 39 naval strike aircraft, 343; Gyron D.Gy 2 turbo-jet for Hawker Pl 121 fighter, 343; Spectre type rocket engines, aircraft uses of, 343
de Havilland Nuclear Power Group, formation and activities of, 234; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 234
de Havilland Propellers, Ltd., electric cable test set, 404; portable tester for multi-core cable, 497; nickel plating of aircraft propellers, 575; progress report on Firestreak guided missile, 590
Dehumidifying unit for rooms and offices, tropical (Temperature, Ltd.), 456
de Kovats, A., pumps, fans and compressors (book), 118
De Kraai windwmill for electricity generation, 138
de Laval. See Alfa-Laval Group; Laval, de; Turbine
Delay Line, magnetostrictive wire, torsional wave (Mullard Equipment, Ltd.), 689
Delft Technological University, hydraulic engineering course at, 94
DeLong Corp., mobile oil drilling platform for Shell Co., 95
Deloro Stellite Ltd., fatigue tests on Stellite.tool metal, 618; Stellite (trade publication), 776 Delta 2 research aircraft for flight tests on Rolls-Royce Avon jet engines (Fairey Aviation, Ltd.), 511
Deltic, Napier, two-stroke diesel engines for PL4 Maracaibo launch, 120
Demag, annual report, 136; position and prospects of, 369; industrial equipment (book), 844
Denham’s Engineering Co., Ltd.,profile boring lathe for diesel engine piston heads, 397 Denning, Lord, on trade unions and the law, 16
Denny-Brown/Saunders-Roe stabilisers for minesweeper Reedham, 450
Density gauges, radioisotopes in, 634
— of Rigidex polyethylene, effect of processing
of, 523
Dent, H. C., year book of technical education and careers in industry, 1958 (review), 516 Dentistry, radiography in, thulium 170 for, 108 Department of Mines and Technical Surveys (Ottawa), influence of aluminium, lead and iron on structure and properties of galvanised coatings, by J. J. Sebisty, and J. O. Edwards (book), 712; study of surface carbides, differential steel attack and pore formation in galvanising process, by J. J. Sebisty (book), 712
— of Scientific and Industrial Research, partici
pation at Auckland electrical show, 23; increase in grants for post-graduate training in science and technology, 80; new steering committee arrangement, 195; surface energy of solids, by V. D. Kuzhet- sov (book), 218; translated contents lists of Russian translations, comment on, 247; management structure study, 457; financial contribution to Jodrell Bank radio telescope, 557; human relations in industry (report), 590; individual efficiency in industry (report), 590; review of Russian translation position, 649; types of road surfacing and maintenance using tar or asphaltic bitumen (book), 712; “ Tele
smoke ” telescope for estimating smoke density, 717; See also under specific research associations, research stations and laboratories.
Depither, Horkel, for bagasse (Parsons and Whittemore/Lyddon Organisation), 36 Derbyshire Archaeological Society, commemorative tablet to James Brindley, 528
Derrick, aluminium-alloy, mounted on Land Rover motor vehicle for use with mechanical jet drill in mineral prospecting (Davenport Vernon and Co., Ltd.), 37. See LETTER, 100
— See also Cranes
Descaling of titanium sheet by acid pickling, 30 Design, appearance, art of, in engineering, by
M. Black, 708
— Automatic, of steel-framed buildings, by
J. Heyman, 834
— in building, wasteful use of material in,
Plain Words on, 686
— Elastic, of steel structures, 834
— Engineering, Bulleid Memorial Lectures on,
preliminary notice, 820
Teaching, by H. Clausen, 723. See LETTER, 787
— Good, importance of, remarks by W. T.
Wren, 479
— Industrial, careers in (booklet), 533
— -— Council of. See Council
and engineering industries, conference on (Birmingham), preliminary notice, 559; report on, 708; list of lectures at, 720
Good, national importance of, by Rt. Hon. Lord Mills, 708
Design and Industrial Styling Co., Ltd., Lumenated Pyramid translucent ceiling, 816
— Plastic, development of, 834 of steel structures, 834
— Protection abroad, 226
— Responsibility of engineers in, Plain Words
on, 98
— Standardisation in, 9
— of tankers, and freight rates, optimum
relationship between, 94
— See also Registered Designs Act
Designer, engineering vs. industrial, Plain Words on, 130
— Industrial vs. engineering, Plain Words on,
130
Desk computer, “ Compudesk ” (National- Elliott), 690
Desmur, G., pumps, fans and compressors (book), 118
Desoutter Bros., Ltd., pneumatic screwdriver, 429
Desulphurising coke-oven gas by Appleby- Frodingl\am process, pilot-plant for, 223
— and sulphuric-acid plant, combined
(Appleby Frodingham), 223
Det Fyenske Traelastkompagni, “ Dampa ” acoustic ceiling, 556
Detarrers, electrical, Holmes-Flex (trade publication), 90
Detectors, neutron, at Geneva Exhibition, 762 in reactor safety and control, 762
—- Pressure-ratio, Microjet (H. M. Hobson, Ltd.), 124
— Radiation, 571
Detergent foam, spray head for dispersing, at Cadishead Sewage Works, 96
Detonators for electric shot firing (trade publication), 713
Detroit Power Screwdriver Co., model U magazine-fed power screwdriver, 211
DEUCE digital computer for Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 550
Deuterium, magnetic compression of shock- preheated, by A. C. Kolb, 403
— Tritium mixture, energy yield, 401
Deuterons, trapping of energetic, in magnetic field (ORNL), 402
Devayor conveyor for handling grain in bulk (Helicoid Flight Conveyors!)’, 790
Devcon emergency repair kit for cold plumbing (E. P. Barrus (Concessionaires), Ltd.), 128 Developing towns for industrial firms leaving London, 137
Development. See Research; Research and Development
de Vigier, W. A., on diversification in Acrow Engineers Group, 633
Diaform moulding machine, Taccone (Baker Perkins, Ltd.), 30
— Sheet forming equipment for stirface grind
ing machines (Churchill Machine Tool Co.), 498
Dial gauge, reliability investigations on, by Prof. H. Wright Baker, 804
Diamond styli, shaping of (Philips), 96
Diaphragm moulding machine, Taccone (Baker Perkins), 30, 789
— Pump, glandless self-priming (trade publi
cation), 327
Dibenzoylmethane complexes of thorium as organic reactor fuel, 110
of uranium as organic reactor fuel, 110 Dictating machine, Agavox (Aga Dictating Machine Co.), 429
Dictionary of Civil Engineering, by J. S. Scott (Penguin), 845
— Electronics, English-Russian Russian-Eng
lish (book), 390, 747
— Physics, by H. J. Gray (review), 152
— Technical, Spanish and English, Catilia’s
(book), 152
DIDO atomic reactor, 13, 262, 662
Die Casters Association, Zinc Alloy. See Zinc Alloy
Die Casting News, note on, 845
Diebold, J., on automation as aid to decision making, 162
Diehead, “ XT ” Coventry, for automatic. lathes (Alfred Herbert), 461
Dielectric fluids (trade publication), 118
Diesel auxiliary sets on pusher tug Gongola (Ruston and Hornsby), 69
-— Driven cranes on barge train for Nigeria (Ransomes and Rapier), 69
— Electric locomotive. See Locomotive
— Engine. See Engine, diesel
— Generator sets. See Generator sets
— Locomotives. See Locomotive
— Railcars. See Carriages, railway
Differential pressures, diaphragm meter for (Foxboro-Yoxall), 657
— Steel attack in galvanising process, by J. J.
Sebisty (book), 712
Diffuser, supersonic, for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 83
Diffusion, vapour, processes research at Sondes Place, 150
Digestion, anaerobic, in biolgocal treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
Digging machine. See Excavator
Digital-analog conversion techniques, notes on, by A. K. Susskind (review), 844
— Calculator. See Calculator
— Computers. See Computer
Dilation waves in photoelastic stress analysis, 252
Dilutees in Portsmouth Dockyard, discussion in Parliament on, 832
— Shipwright, at dockyards, discussion in Par
liament on, 832
Dimensions, layout and, for production, handbook of, by H. H. Katz (review), 357
Dimmick, J., principal, Reading Technical College, 430-4
DIMPLE atomic reactor, details of, 262
Dimplex, Ltd., domestic infra-red heater, 32 Diode, silicon, diffused, for parametric amplifier (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 86
Switching, for high-speed computers, by J. H. Forster and P. Zuk, 382
Diphenyl as reactor coolant, 140, 141
Diploma in health engineering, 472
— in Technology, GEC graduates in, 405 Students for, question in'Parliament on,
667
Direction control in high-speed flight, 278
?— Finders, cathode-ray, 319
as Marine navigational aids, 316
— Finding, radar, 315
Radio, 313
Directors, accountants as, 630
— Managing. See Managing director Directory, Coal trades, and colliery year book
1958 (book), 844
— Current British, by G. P. Henderson, 327
— Opportunities for qualified men (Com-
market Press), 247
— Opportunities for school leavers, by C.
Labovitch (review), 516
— Subsidiaries and associates of public com
panies, Who Owns Whom, 152
Disc brake. See Brake
— Circular, non-linear forced vibrations of, by
Dr. S. A. Tobias, 51
— Filing machine, rotary, “ Rindis ” (Lorant
and Co., Ltd.), 379
Discharge, fast, MAGGI apparatus, 400; MINNI model of, 400
— Fast, study of, in Russia, 402
— Fast, thermonuclear reactions by, 401
— Gas, studies of intense, by J. S. Luce, 402
— Pinched, in straight and toroidal tube, 796
— Pulsed, remarks on, by Acad. L. A. Artsimo
vich, 402
— Toroidal, experiments on, 797
—• See also Pinch
Discipline, engineering as, by Sir H. Beaver, 556 Diseases, occupational, covered by Industrial Injuries Act, 46
Dispenser for foaming liquids (Liquid Systems, Ltd.), 70
Dispersion coatings of PTFE, applications (Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 118
Displacement meters, positive, Brodie-Kent in centralised tanker filling control, 11
Display- panel, for nuclear power plant (Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd.), 275
Disputes tribunal, industrial. See Industrial
Distance Measuring Equipment navigation system, 322
Distillation, molecular, Scott-Smith still for (Henry Balfour, Ltd.), 71
— Plant, water, for Guernsey (G. and J. Weir,
Ltd.), 255
Distillers Co., Ltd., awards at Brussels Exhibition, 526
Distrene, Ltd., Polystyrene (Styron 475) raw material for “ Saroy ” sheet, 38
Distribution of Industry (Industrial Finance) Act (1958), inquiries and applications under, 795; difficulties in operation of, 832
Distributors, Engineering, Association of. See Association
Value of, by I H. Neill, 716
Diversification, Hawker Siddeley Group, 523
•— Manufacturing licences as aid to, 151 —- Petroleum companies’ interest in atomic energy, 427
— A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd., 532
Diverter fusion device, 824
Dixon, Rear-Admiral R. E., on HICAL high- energy liquid fuel, 661
D.M.E. navigation system, 322
DMM (Machinery), Ltd., testing gas turbines, by R. F. Norris, 496
DMTR atomic reactor, detail of, 262
Do-it-yourself kits at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
Dobson, Sir R., on prospects of A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd., 532
Dock, dry, large new, for tankers, to be built on Tyne (Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 94
— Financial position of British Transport
Commission, 2
Dockers, wage demands of, 271
— Wage dispute, Court of Inquiry report into,
240
Dockyard, Malta, for commercial use, 194
— Portsmouth, dilutees in, discussion in Par
liament on, 832
— Shipwright dilutees, at, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 832
Document reproduction process, Axoflex 105 (Ilford), 747
Documentation and Machines, by H. Coblans, 152
Dohm, Ltd., Can-Tile liquid floor coating (trade publication), 90
Dollar Exports Council, delegation to Canada by (report), 151
— Imports controls, remarks by Sir D. Eccles
on, 395
Domestic heating. See Heating
— Scaffolding (Mills Scaffold Co., Ltd.), 524
Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., Ltd., activities of, 210
Doncaster, Daniel, and Sons, expansion and modernisation programme, 103. See Correction, 261
Doors, boltless, ring-clamp (Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd.), 71
— Catch, magnetic, Eclipse (James Neill &
Co., Ltd.), 192
— Flexible rubber (Superbuilt Products, Ltd.),
562
— Sliding-folding, for new Beverley aircraft
hangar at Abingdon, 682
— Sound insulation of, 588
Doppler system of radio navigation, 318, 319, 320
Dorfman, R., on linear programming and economic analysis (review), 612
Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering), Ltd., Forth road bridge, 64
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Auckland Harbour bridge, 807
Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., new universal beam rolling-mill at Lackenby works, 406; broad flange beams for extensions at Whessoe, Ltd., 683
Dorman, W. H., and Co., Ltd., trading in the Middle East, by A. Harrison, 208. See LETTER, 332
DOSCO, purchase by A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd., 532
Dosco Overseas Engineering, Ltd., exhibits at Essen Mining Show, 658
Dosimeters in atomic-reactor safety and control, 765
Douglas Aircraft Co., Thor IRBM, 20; noise suppressing nozzles for Pratt and Whitney engines in first D.C. 8 airliner, 62
Douglas, Lord, on position and prospects of British European Airways, 335
Douglas Thor IRBM used in lunar probe, 294
Doulton and Co., Ltd., awards at Brussel Exhibition, 526
Dounreay Atomic Energy Establishment, argon purification plant for (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 79
— Fast breeder reactor, critical in 1959, 142;
constructional progress, 142; details of, 262; position and progress of, 262; development problems, 30U; progress on, 734; control rods of, 734; containment sphere for, 734
Dowding and Doll, Ltd., universal hobber (trade publication), 277; turret punch press (trade publication), 482
Dowson and Hawkins, mechanical shove! for domestic grate, 502
Dowty, Sir G., review of Dowty Group activities, 404
Dowty Group, position and prospects of, 404
Dowty Hydraulic Units, Ltd., automatic coupler for freight trains, 813; hydraulic buffer for freight trains, 813
Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd., press-to-test warning lamp for industrial or aircraft use, 6
Doxford Engine Co., Ltd., marine diesel research and development, 499; optimum size of marine diesel engines, 499
Dracone DI flexible oil barge, sea trials on, 440
Dracone Developments, Ltd., sea trials of flexible oil barge, 440
Drain pipes, “ Key-Conex ” non-ferrous compression fittings for (Key Engineering Co., Ltd.), 84:8
Draughtsmanship, handbook of layout and dimensions for production, by H. H. Katz (review), 357
Draughtsmen, Engineering and Shipbuilding, Association of. See Association
Drawing, deep, experiments, by Prof. P. Landberg, 615
— Preparation of, for service requirements,
defence specification DEF-33, 638
— Wire, for electric cable manufacture at
Aberdare Cables, Ltd.., 774
Dreadnought, atomic submarine, 308; reactor for (Vickers Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.), 215; discussion in Parliament on, 629, 832
Dredger, low-draught, using venturi suction (Acrow (Engineers), Ltd.), 659
Dreher, C., on automation (review), 712 Dresden atomic reactor, flow diagram for, 731 Dreyfus, P., on position and prospects of Regie National des Usines Renault, 661
Drill-boring machine, precision type (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 135
— Heads, “ Hydroair ” ((trade publication), 327
— Jet, mechanical; with aluminium derrick,
mounted on Land Rover motor vehicle for mineral prospecting (Davenport Vernon and Co., Ltd.), 37
— Radial, Kerry (Quakers and Smith Bros.,
Ltd.), 167
— Shape effect on life of (PERA), 88
— Vane, in tube welding preparation rig
(Consolidated Pneumatic), 806
Drilling platform, oil, mobile, DeLong, for Shell Co. (Steel Structures, Ltd.), 95
Drinking water, tracer test on, radioactive iodine for, 108
Drive, main-engine, tanker generators with (W. H. Allen and Co., Ltd.), 744
— Potentiometer, for computers (Kynmore gineering Co., Ltd.), 688
— Rolling-mill roll, machining of wobblers for, Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— Variable-speed, Varimag (Lancashire Dynamo Nevelin), 656
Drop-forging hammers. See Hammers Drucker, P., on problems of human adaptation, 533
Drum, magnetic storage, for computer (Sperry Gyroscope), 688
Dry-dock. See Dock
“ DryCota ” tablet making and coaJiig machine (Manesty Machines, Ltd.), 332
Duckworth, J. C., on economic aspects of the nuclear power programme, 436
Duct, skirting wiring (Key Engineering Co., Ltd.)', 784
— Three-dimensional system, by J. D. Wells,
704
Ducting, exhaust, for gas-turbine flight test house of Rolls-Royce, Ltd.. 478, 820
Ductube Co., Ltd., Gifford-Udall anchors for suspension bridge at Samawa, 26
Dudley, N., on adjustable foundation pads, application of flow in plastics, 26
Dugdale-Bradley, J. O., on programming and progressing systems and meeting completion dates, 122
Dulrae, Ltd., “ Supa-Stor ” thermal storage heaters, 524
Dulux acrylic one-coat stoving enamel F664- line (I.C.I.), 144
Dumper trucks. See Trucks
“ Dumptruk ” dumper truck (ACV Sales), 596 Duncalfe, Sir R., address to ISO conference (Harrogate), 157
Duncan, Prof. W. J., on high-speed flight, rockets and satellites, 278
Dundalk Engineering Co., new industrial companies set up in Eire, 369
Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd., performance check (trade publication), 845
Dungeness atomic power station, public inquiry on, 665; site opposition to, 793
Dunlop Advisory Services, tyre test plants for Russia, 693
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Maxaret anti-skid unit for motor cars, 9; annual report, 15; new plant for latex compounds and adhesives, 38; disc brakes for MGA sports car, 101; rubber lining for uranium production, 1701; tyres for Bluebird car,' 200; case under Restrictive Trade Practices' Act against Longlife Battery Depot, 303; overseas expansion, 303; Monitor Brake System for diesel railbuses, 350; disc brake licence for Bendix, 566; Maxaret braking device, 566; cinema film on conveyor maintenance in coal mines, 846
Duplex screwing machine for right and lefthand threads (Joshua Heap), 198
du Pont de Nemours (Belgium) SA, formation- of, 532
du Pont de Nemours, E.I., and Co., research organisation of, 21; experimental station of, 22; “ Cronaflex ” engineering reproduction film, note on, 91; study on problem of the individual, by C. H. Greene- ? wait, 176; heavy-water reactor for
U.S.A.E.C., 299; formation of du Pont de Nemours (Belgium) SA, 532; new plant in Europe, 532; employee survey, 507; amino acids for underdeveloped countries, 823; “ Cronaflex ” polyester-based photographic film; 847
Durand, W. F., the late, 228
Duratube and Wire, Ltd., formation of marketing company for, 471
Durgapur steelworks, construction progress, 206; model at Brussels Exhibition, 207 Durham University, Treatment of Trade- Waste Waters and Prevention of River Pollution, by P. C. G. Isaac (review), 246 Durham, W., £ s d of Welfare in Industry, comment on book, 507
Durie, A. C., on effect of quality of administration on technical and commercial efficiency, 837
Dust, coal. See Coal pulverised
— Collector, aerostatic mechanical, for ura
nium mills (Hagan Chemicals and Controls, Inc.), 497
— Control at transistor factory of Semicon
ductors, Ltd., 645
— Deposit, effect on gas flow across banks of
tubes, 737-40
— Free assembly, pressurised cabinet for (John
Bass, Ltd.), 593
— Industrial, Watson British type Konimeter
for sampling (W. Watson and Sons, Ltd.), 647
— Sampling apparatus, isokinetic, Lisa ”
((Longworth Scientific Instrument Co., Ltd.), 2'30
Dutch. See Holland;, Netherlands Dwellings. See Houses,
Dyflex desk photo-printer (Remington Rand, Ltd.), 563
Dynacon Electrometer for measurement of soft beta rays (Nuclear-Chicago Corp.), J10
Dynamatic dynamometers, Heenan, Mark VIC, for gas-turbine test plant of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 478
Dynamic calibration of thin oil films, 146
— Programming, by R. Bellman (review), 612
— Rig for SC.l VTOL research aircraft (Short
Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 86
Dynamics of airplanes, introduction to, by N.
Abramson (book), 247
— Fluid, introduction to, by F. J. Bayley
(book), 747
Introduction to, by G. Temple (book), 777
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo Dynamometers for friction materials testing, 780
— Heenan Dynamatic Mark VIC, for gas
turbine test house of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 478
— Precision, development of, by H. A. G.
Fletcher and J. Bamborough, 582
— Swinging-frame electric, for petroleum research (Esso Research, Ltd.), 116
Dynasert automatic assembly unit for printed circuits, 185
Dynasoar, Project; 22
Dynostarter for “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel- hydraulic locomotive, 123
Dyson, B. H., on poor salesmanship by British exporters, 837

E1000 AC 25 kV electric locomotive for British Railways, 724, 758
E-RCB-2 radio compass for light aircraft (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 743
Eades, Sir T., remarks on shortage of capital to meet telephone demands, 39
Eagle locomotive for German railways, 331
Ear defenders for low-frequency noise (Admiralty Engineering Laboratories), 5115
Earnings and wages. See (Pages
Earth boring machine, auger type (William Press and Son; Ltd.), 492
— Satellites. See 'Satellites East-West trade, statistical review of, 819 Trade, suggestions for improving, 227 Eastern Coach Works, Ltd., diesel railbuses for British Railways, 350
E. B. weld insert for pipe welding (trade publication), 27
EBR-1 atomic reactor in U.S., 263 EBR-2 atomic reactor in U.S., 263
EBWR atomic reactor in U.S., 263, 699; shut down for repairs, 45; simulator for Geneva exhibition, 170
Eccles, Sir D., on dollar import controls, 395
ECE. See Economic Commission for Europe Echo sounder for submarine navigation, 238
Eckenfelder, W. W., Jr., biological treatment
of sewage and industrial wastes. Vol 2 (book), 577
Eclipse magnetic door catch (James Neill and Co., Ltd.), 192
Economic analysis and linear programming, by R. Dorfman, P. A. Samuelson and R. M. Solow (review), 612
— Aspects of atomic power programme, by'
J. C. Duckworth and E. Hywell Jones, 436
— Commission for Europe, inquiry on Euro
pean steel industry by, 67; revision of reports on European steel industry by, 67; activities of, 67; meeting on housing in Europe, 128; report on timber market, 654; road transport control rules, 655; survey on steel production, 655
for Latin America, creation of free trade zone, 559
— Conference, Commonwealth. See Common
wealth
— Development in Middle East, 1956-57, 34
— Policy, effect on engineers, 621
— — in European Common Market, 67 of Labour Party, 130
— Position and prospects, Britain’s, 35
— Problems of the Commonwealth, 23;
literature on, 458
in industry, by R. G. Morrison (publication), 572
— Recovery of Canada, 479
— and Social Research, National Institute of.
See National
— Survey, World, United Nations, on infla
tion, comment on, 3, 67
— Union, Nordic, reports on progress of, 426 Economics in business efficiency, by R. Brech,
389
— Engineering, Book 1; elements of indus
trial organisation, by T. H. Burnham and G. O. Hoskins (review), 219
— London School of. See London
— of nuclear power, by J. A. Jukes, 436 Economiser feed-water treatment dosing
injector (Houseman and Thompson, Ltd.), 461
— Fuel, production of, by E. Green and Son,
Ltd., 293
— for updraught grate, J. Wavish’s, 501 .Economist Intelligence Unit, traffic study for
Channel Tunnel, 655
Economy, research and development impact on; conference on, 288
EDF1 atomic reactor in France, 264, 298 EDF2 atomic reactor in France, 298 Ediswan Mazda cathode-ray tubes, production of (Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 554
EDITOR, THE, open fetter on education, 459. See LETTERS, 495, 687
Edmonds; P. J., careers encyclopedia (review);
516
Education, attitudes to, by Dr. J. Trenaman, 439
—- Effect of technological progress on, bibliography on, by Mrs. B. Board, 613
— Engineering, EUSEC conference on, defini
tion of engineer, 660
Impact of advances in engineering sciences on (book), 844
S-ope of, comment on, 721
— Management; comment on, 507
Education, Minister of, on teacher training colleges, 439; Open Letter by The Editor on school-leaving age proposal by, 459 See LETTERS, 495, 687
— Ministry of, list of sandwich courses, 46;
history and development of light cars, by
C. F. Caunter (book), 247; Britain’s Future and Technical Education (pamphlet), 405
— Postgraduate, in aircraft materials, at Cran-
field College of Aeronautics, 616
— in Russia, comment on recent pronounce
ments on, 425
— School-leaving age, open letter on, by The
Editor, 459. See LETTERS, 495, 687
— for science and technology in Russia, by
A. G. Korol (review), 119
— Scientific, in schools, industrial fund for
advancement of. See Industrial Fund
— of standards engineers, 9
— Technical, Britain’s future and (pamphlet),
405
— — and Careers in industry, year book of,
1958, by H. C. Dent (review), 516
Survey of Norwood, Reading, Salford and Swindon technical colleges, 430
in U.K., by R. C. Benge, 713
— and training of student apprentices in elec
trical engineering (booklet), 97
— in U.S., 42
— See also Training
Educational centre of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., at Renfrew, 46
— Information exchanges, discussion in Par
liament on, 629
— Service to schools and technical colleges,
Mullard, Ltd., 46
Edwards, F., underfed grate, 502
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., “ Besco ” sheet metal working machines (trade publication), 327; all-steel guillotine for mild steel, 562
Edwards High Vacuum; Vacuum abstract publication, 577
Edwards, J., on nuclear propulsion, prospects for ships, aircraft and on land, 304
Edwards, J. D., on management in large organisations, 163
Edwards, J. O., on influence of aluminium, lead and iron on structure and properties of galvanised coatings (book), 712
Edwin, Dr. J., retirement as editor of Unesco Monthly Bulletin, 713
Efficiency, individual, in industry, report by committee on, 590
Effluents. See Pollution
Effusion cooling, development of, 420
EFVA, cinema film on “ Conquest of the Atom,” 573
Egypt, Nile fiver territorial claims of, 750. See LETTER, 787
Ehrenreich, M., on measurement of surface texture of bored cylinders, 615
Eickhoff (Bochum)! shearer-loader for coal mines, 658
Eire, industrial companies formed by Dundalk Engineering Co., 369
— Proposed Atomic Energy Board for, 14 Ekco Electronics, Ltd., reactor control panel,
275; nucleonic gauges, 347; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 347
EL. 1 (ZOE) atomic reactor in France, 264 EL.2 atomic reactor in France, 264
EL3 atomic reactor, 13, 264, 663
Eland gas-turbines, rear-drive, for Westminster “ flying crane ” helicopter (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 94
— Turbo-prop engines for Westminster heli
copter (Napier), 268
Elastic design of steel structures, 834
— Wave velocities of low-carbon bituminous
coal, 179
Elderly workpeople, employment of, discussion in Parliament on, 48
Electraulic Presses, Ltd.,, acquisition by Metal Industries, Ltd., 565
Electric blanket. See Blanket
Electric Construction Co., annual report, 293
— Fencing, pulse action in, 790
— Fire. See Fire
— Furnaces. See Furnace
— Generator. See Generator and Turbo
— Heating equipment. See Heating equipment
— Induction furnace. See Furnace, electric Motors. See Motor, electric
— Insulation. See Insulation
— Insulator. See Insulator
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Machine. See Generator; Motor; Turbo
— Mains. See Cable
— Motors. See Motors
Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd. See E.M.I.
— Oil switch. See Switchgear
— Power Board, Auckland. See Auckland Conversion to heat, 20
Direct conversion from thermonuclear energy, 401
See also Electricity; Power Station. See Power station; Atomic power station
— Railways. See Locomotive, electric; Rail
ways
— Shock. See Accidents
— Shot firing (trade publication), 713
— Switchgear. See Switchgear^ Motor, electric
— Thermal ice protection, by J. A. Hay, 61
— Traction. See Locomotive, electric; Rail
ways
— Travelling crabs. See Crabs
— Welding. See Welding
Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, British. See British
— Appliances, domestic, Kite Mark on, dis
cussion in Parliament on, 767
— Circuits. See Circuits
— Development Association, Nuclear Power to
Clear the Air (brochure), 784
— — in Australia, 261
—- Energy, conversion of chemical energy to, fuel cells for, development at Sondes Place, 150
Forms of, 381
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution Reference Book by E. Molloy and M. G.
Say (book), 218
Electrical engineering, basic, by J. Shepherd, A. H. Morton and L. F. Spence (book), 712, 844
Graduate apprentice in, 97
Industrial training in, 660
Loci in, 354
Mathematics for Higher National Certificate, by S. W. Bell and H. Matley (book), 777
Training and education of student apprentices in (booklet), comment on, 97
— Equipment (trade publication), 118
Automobile, by A. P. Young and L. Griffiths (book), 483
Price fall for, 716
— Exhibition of Auckland Electric-Power
Board, 23
— Goods, Kite Mark on, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 767
— Heater mats for aircraft, by Dr. R. A.
Roper, 61
— Industries Club, remarks on load factors,
by C. T. Melling, 654
— Installations in buildings, symposium on
provision of adequate, 848
on transom stem trawler S.T. Kelvin (Wm. Broady and Son, Ltd.), 771
— Machines, price fall for, 716
— Machinery, loci of, 354, 356
— Measurements in thermonuclear research,
765
— Plant, permanent exhibition of, at Laurence,
Scott and Electromotors, 726
— Power Convention, British. See British
— Principles, by H. Cotton (book), 577
— Properties, low-temperature research on,
680
— Research Association, technical reports of
(books), 152, 218, 577, 844; staff appointments, 565
— Supply lines, three-phase, test instrument
(Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 498
— Testing of wiring accessories at J. A.
Crabtree and Co., Ltd., 675
— Trades Union, Communist domination of,
112
— Underfloor heating, aluminium in (Heating
Investments, Ltd.), 784
— Vector-loci display apparatus, by P.
Strange, 354
— Who’s Who 1958-59 (book), 712 Electricite de France, annual report, 435 Electricity, 100 A supply for new houses in
Stratford (Canada), 524
— in aircraft, by F. G. Spreadbury (book), 747
— Applied to horticulture, 288
— Board, London. See London
North Western. See North Western South of Scotland. See South
— in campaign against air pollution, brochure
on, 784
— Consumers, commercial, survey of, 459
— Consumption in 1957, 330
in France, 435
Planning the trend of, 654
— Cost of, from atomic power stations, by
Sir C. Hinton, 436
— Council, trials on thermal storage block
heaters, 32; survey of commercial consumers, 479
— Generation, De Kraai windmill for, 138 by wind power, 138
— as heat source, 549
— and magnetism (book), 218
— Power (trade publications), 482, 550, 648
— Supply. Garcke’s manual of, by F. C. Gar
rett, 648
Industry, North Western Electricity Board, film on, 389
Electrification of railways. See under British Railways; Railways, and other specific cases
Electriques, Conference Internationale des Grands Reseaux. See Conference
Electroanalogic methods: multiplication of grid-network efficacy by using of “ tearing,” 57
Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., Zero- mist fluorinated hydrocarbon additive for chromium plating baths, 676
Electrochemical growing of logical circuits, by
G. Pask, 729
— Surface conversion treatment, “ Anti
flux,” for Sextet variable-speed pulley (Industrial Drives, Ltd.), 165
Electrodes, titanium, consumable, use of, at titanium melting plant of ICI, Ltd., at Wilton, 28
Electrofeeder feed pumps for Hinkley Point nuclear power station (G. and J. Weir), 14
Electroforming for gramophone records, 574
— of nickel for foils, 575
— of nickel for moulds, 574
— in plastics industry, 575
Electro-galvanised metal strip for box-strapping (Package Sealing Co. (Export), Ltd.), 144
Electrolysis test on tube coatings at Venesta, Ltd., 414
Electromagnetic computers. See Computers
— Impulse counter (Inglis Knibb and Co.), 367
— Screens. See Screens
— Separator, Overband (Industrial Magnets,
Ltd.), 166
— Waves. See Waves; see also Telegraph;
Telephone
Electromagnetism, theoretical, by W. R. Myers (book), 577
Electromatic speed meter, automatic speed measuring device, 480
Electron beams, permanent magnets for focusing (Mullard, Ltd.), 642
Vacuum melting and purification of chemically-active matarials with high melting points (Temescal Metallurgical Corp.), 117
— Microscope in solid-state physics, cinema
film on, 573
— Tube, miniature, for high temperature
operation (General Electric Co. (U.S.A.),) 38
Electronic Computer Exhibition, exhibits at, 688
— Control equipment for Post Office letter
sorting machines (Electronic Instruments, Ltd.), 243
Electronic counter, high-speed, “D.l” (Electronic Machine Co., Ltd.), 7
— Counting unit, P12C (Electronic Machine
Co., Ltd.), 134
— Director in automatic letter-sorting ma
chine, 149
— Engineering Association, electronic com
puter exhibition, 688
— Equipment (trade publication), 118
— Flow meter (trade publication), 188 Electronic Instruments, Ltd., electronic control
equipment for Post Office letter-sorting machines, 243
— Letter-sorting machines for Post Office
(Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 243
— Level indicators, 166, 790
Electronic Machine Co., Ltd., “D.l” highspeed electronic counter, 7; P12C electronic counting unit, 134
— Photographic enlarger (EMI Electronics,
Ltd.), 366
— Relay, low current, type R.E. (Londex,
Ltd.), 388
— Show and Convention, Western. See
Western
— System for restricting variations in battery
voltages (Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd.), 563
— Tank level gauge, Gilbarco (Firth Cleveland
Instruments, Ltd.), 166
— Velocity analyser, EVA (Marconi), 297 Electronics (trade publications), 713
— Applications in agricultural machinery, 790
— and communications buyers’ guide, who’s
who and reference book (1958-9), by C. C. Gee (book), 27, 844
— Dictionary Russian-English, English-
Russian (book) 390, 747
— Diversification activities of Blackbum &
General Aircraft, Ltd., 693
— Exhibits at Farnborough Show, 297
— in leak detection, 288
— Medical, discussion group of I.E.E., 405,
493
— and Nuclear Exhibition (Rome), British
exhibits at, 73
Electroplating, decarburisation prevention by, 447
— Nickel, in special applications, by H. C.
Castell, 574
— Silver, bright process (Engelhard Indus
tries, Ltd.), 38
— See also Chromium plating
Elevator, Quicklift, for handling grain in bulk (Opancol, Ltd.), 790
Elizabeth Bowater, pulp-carying vessel, Pleuger
Aktiv rudder for, 450
Elk River, demonstration nuclear power plant at, 45
Ell, S. O., on mechanics of the train in service of railway operation, 683
Elliot Equipment, Ltd., formation of new company in U.S., 208
Elliott-Automation Group, agreement with
Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp., 394 Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., stabilisation of klystrons, 87; display panel for nuclear power plant, 275; autopilot for fighter aircraft, 297; licence from Bendix Aviation Corp, of America for polar base compass system, 297; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 324; atomic power station simulator, 666; transistorised tape reader, 689; 802 “ Compudesk ” desk computer, 690; E-RCB-2 Sadiq compass for light aircraft, 743
Elliott, Sir J., on role of top executive, 794 Elmeco A.-G., electro-magnetic impulse counter, 367
Elsevier, Wear, international journal on friction, lubrication and wear, 152
Eltron (London), Ltd., immersion heater for teapots, 524
Embargoes on cinematographic cameras to Communist countries, 667
— on computers to Communist countries, 667
— on construction of whale factory ships for
Soviet Union, 12
— on trade with Soviet Bloc and China, revi
sion of, 163
Embassies, British, scientific attaches at, discussion in Parliament on appointments of, 795
Embedded point carrying shear load, fatigue strength of, by D. A. Harding and N. B. Owen, 618
Emergency Laws (Repeal) Bill, 591
Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corp., study of industrial applications of high-level radiation, 110
Emery wheels. See Grinding Wheels EMI-Cossor Electronics, formation of, in
Canada, 822
E. M.I., Ltd., Percival system of stereophonic transmission, 360; Emiac 1 analogue computer, use on hydrogen peroxide plant design, 813; formation of new Canadian company with A. C. Cossor, 822
E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd., electronic control system for Cincinnati skin-milling machine, 36; hand and clothing radiation monitor, 204; electronic photographic enlarger, 366; hand and clothing monitors for UKAEA, 375; outside broadcast unit for Southern Television, Ltd., 385; transmitters for B.B.C. v.h.f. station at Llan- ddona, 456; Percival system of compatible single-channel stereo radio, 620; Emidec 1100 computer, 690
EMI Sales and Service, Ltd., Ringmaster loudspeaker telephone system, 333
Emiac 1 analogue computer, use on hydrogen peroxide plant design (EMI), 813
Emidec computer for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., 668
Emidec 1100 computer (EMI Electronics), 690 Employees and corporation, relationship between, in U.S., 41
— Management relations policy of Thomas
Hedley and Co., Ltd., 507
— Survey by du Pont de Nemours, 507 Employment, contraction of industries, comment on, 344
— in engineering industries of U.S., 76
— in engineering industries of W. Europe, 76
Employment, full, and stable prices;, by Lord Cohen, 632
— of older workpeople, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 48
— Problem of population “ bulge,” 344
— of university graduates, collecting and
reporting statistics on, 48
Emulation or envy? comment on, 112 Enamel, stoving, one-coat, Dulux, acrylic F664-line (I.C.I.), 144
Encyclopedia, careers, by G. H. Chaffe and P. J. Edmonds (review), 516
— Scientific, Van Nostrand’s (review), 483
End-product standardisation, cinema film, “ Variety Reduction,” on, 9
Energie des Mers, study of power from the sea, 104
Energy, chemical. See Chemical
— Demands for W. Europe, 590
— Electrical. See Electrical
— Storage of, by R. G. Voysey, 381
— Surface, of solids, by V. D. Kuzhetsov
(book), 218
Enfield Cables, Ltd., construction of high voltage laboratory, 348
Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd., history and prospects of, 565
Enfield Industrial Engines, Ltd., air cooled diesel (trade publication), 845
Engelhard Industries, Ltd., bright silver electroplating process', 38
Engert, A. C., hopper-fed grate, 502
Engines (trade publications), 845
— Aero. See Aircraft engine
— Air-cooled, at Public Works Exhibition, 595
— Aircraft. See Aircraft engine
— for commercial vehicles at International
Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 462
— Diesel, Admiralty ASR1, in firgates, 815 Air-cooled, at Public Works Exhibition,
565
Air-cooled, YDA and YWA (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd,), 71
Crossley HST V8 for Co-Bo dieselelectric locomotives for London Midland Region, 757
-- — Crossley, standby generator sets for Chapel Cross atomic power station, 203
for 190D motor car (Mercedes-Benz), 358
— — Deltic two-stroke, for PL4 Maracaibo
launch, 120
Fuel introduction into intake air of, by P. H. Schweitzer and M. Alperstein (book), 8111
Gardner, for railbuses for British Railways, 350
Gardner 6LX, for motor vehicles, 462
—.— for I.C.I. salt-carrying river craft, Decempedes, 189
— — Increasing use in commercial vehicles, 494 Industry, prospects of, 716
for Leader pilot launch (Rolls-Royce, Li®)', 673
6LX, for heavy vehicles (Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd.), 220
Marine, developments in (Burmeister and Wain), 239
Marine, Doxford, research and development, 499
Marine, size of, 499
Maybach, for “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
— — Noise origins, by Dr. A. E. W. Austen
and Dr. T. Priede, 608
— — Perkins F340 110 h.p., in Ford F600
trucks, 134
Perkins P.M.4, in Oakley self-righting lifeboat “ J. G. Graves of Sheffield,” 743
Piston heads, profile boring lathe for (Denhams Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397
Sulzer type 6LDA28, for D5000-D5029 locomotives, 221
Sulzer 6LDA28, for diesel-electric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region (Vickers-Armstrongs), 757
Waste heat recovery from, by R. M. Tufnell, 610
— Internal-combustion, air pumping in, 116 Combustion, noise reduction by enclosure, by Dr. A. J. King, 608
Combustion, power loss, dynamometer for measurement of, 116
Combustion, viscous drag in, 116
Combustion. See also British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association
Combustion. See also Turbines, gas
— Motor-car. See Engines, petrol; Motor-car
engines
— Noise and noise suppression, symposium
on, 608
— Oil, 8VOXM, for “ Bolton Abbey ” motor
ship (Ruston and Hornsby), 122
See also Aircraft engine; Motor-car engine, etc.; Diesel engine; Tractor
— Petrol, four-stroke, small-capacity (Villiers),
595
- See also Aircraft engine; Motor-car engine} etc.
Steam', and boiler, Ricardo, for underdeveloped countries, development at Sondes Place, 150
— — Road-haulage, memorial to first (Charles
Burrell and Sons, Ltd.), 100
Triple expansion, on transom stem trawler S.T. Kelvin (Amos and Smith), 771
See also Steam motor
— Two-stroke, Sturmey Archer, for Raleigh
moped, 580
— Water-cooled, a t Public Works Exhibition,
595
— Winding. See Winders
Engineer, chartered, survey in U.K., 589
— Definition of, 660
of, by F. H. Smith, 460. See LETTER, 723
— Economic policy effects on, 621
Engineers’ Guild, Ltd., meeting to consider members of Institution of Chemical Engineers for membership of, 99; arguments on collective bargaining for engineers as a professional body, 143; survey by questionnaires to engineers, 589
— Heat and the, by Prof. Saunders, Plain
Words on, 290. See LETTERS, 364, 428, 496, 528,819
Engineers, industrial training of, conference on, 660
— Manual, Newnes, by F. J. Camm (book),
712
— Mathematics for. Part 2, by W. N. Rose
(book), 712
-— Modem techniques for, course on, at Nottingham University, 379
— Pocket book, Newnes, by F. J. Camm (book)
218
— as professional body, arguments on collec- ' tive bargaining for, 143
— Refresher courses for, plea for, 225. See
LETTER, 291
— Responsibility of, Plain Words on, 98
— Royal. See Royal
— and scientists, qualified, in British industry,
where are they?, ENGINEERING chart on, 649
— Service, abroad, comment on, 479
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of.
See Institution
— Shortage of, OEEC review, 289
— South Wales Institute of. See South Wales
— Supply position improved, 755
— in U.S., rising trends in salary of, 80 ENGINEERING, open letter on education, by
The Editor, 459. See LETTERS, 495, 687; chart “ Where are the qualified engineers and scientists in British Industry? ”, 649 Engineering apprentices. See Apprentice
— and Architecture, College of (USA). See
College
— Art of appearance design in, by M. Black,
708
— Capital goods, trends of consumption in, 77 ?— Careers in Canada, comment on, 823 in U.K., need for publication on, 823
— Centre, awards at Brussels Exhibition, 526 Engineering Components, Ltd., trading position, 471
— Definition of, by F. H. Smith, 460
— Design. See Design
— Designer. See Designer
— as a discipline, by Sir H. Beaver, 556
— Distributors, Association of. See Associa
tion ?
Value of, by J. H. Neill, 716
— Drawing. See Draughtsmanship
— Economics, Book 1; elements of industrial
organisation, by T. H. Burnham and G. O. Hoskins (review), 219
— Education. See Education
— Equipment Users Association, inch and
metric system interchangeability, 640
— Evolution in, Plain Words on, 34
— Industry, Australia, survey of, 330 of Austria, 77
of Belgium, 77
Economic development in W. Germany, 369
Effect of European Common Market on future of, 65
— — in Europe, report on (OEEC), 76. See
also 65
of Germany, 77
Heavy, German, downturn in trading, 136 and industrial design, conference on (Birmingham), 559, 708; list of lectures at, 720
of Italy, 77
of Netherlands, 77
— — in Scotland, Board of Trade assistance
for, 735
— — Spare production capacity in, 226
of Sweden, 77
Swiss, position and prospects of, 615 Trade practices threatening the, by T. H Burleigh, 479
of U.K., 77
of U.S., employment in, 76 Wage claim agreement, 472 Welfare expenditure in, 507 of Western Europe, employment in, 76
— Institute of Canada, comment on Engineer
ing Careers in Canada, 823
— Institutions of British Commonwealth,
Conference of, 493
Comment on activities of, 493
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Physical
— Military, exhibits at Parker Gallery, 687
— Opportunities in, exhibition (Cheltenham),
428
— Precision measurements, by A. W. Judge
(book), 91
— Products, exports of, in W. Europe, 76 Trends of world trade in, T1
— Requirements of railways, International
Congress on, 518
— Sciences, recent advances: their impact on
engineering education (book), 844
— and science, symbiotic interaction between,
by G. Groetzinger, 445
— Scope of, comment on, 721
— and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Associa
tion of. See Association
— Slums, comment on, 161
— Societies of Western Europe and United
States, Conference of, 493
— Society, Women’s. See Women's
— Specialisation in, comment on, 721
— Standards. See British Standards Institu
tion; Standards
— Unions; wage claim of, 344
See also Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
— Vibrations, by L. S. Jacobsen and R. S.
Ayre (review), 810
— Women in, training and opportunities for,
by V. Holmes and L. Souter (booklet), 551 England-for-the-tourist complex, Plain Words on, 722
English Card Clothing Co., diversification of production, 261
— Channel, tunnel under. See Channel Tunnel English Electric Co., Ltd., “ Vee-line ” electric
hot plates, 32; electrical equipment for continuous galvanising plant at Ebbw Vale Works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., 79; Airpass radar and fire control system for P.1B all-weather fighter aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 92; dynamometer for Esso Research, Ltd.; 116; diesel locomotives for British Rail-;
ways, 226; lightning interceptor aircraft, 841; Canberra T Mark II trainer aircraft, 342; Canberra U Mark 10 pilotless target aircraft, 342; turbine plant for advanced gas-cooled reactor, 375; shock absorbing tube for reactor control rods, 437; DEUCE digital computer for Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 550; price reductions by, 716; rotating machinery for NIRNS proton synchrotron, 734 English Electric-Babcock and Wilcox-Taylor Woodrow Atomic Power Group, exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; award at Brussels Exhibition, 526
— Language as one of main scientific Ian?
guages, 692
— Russian Russian-English electronics dic
tionary (book), 390, 747
— and Spanish technical dictionary, Castilla’s
(book), 152
E.N.I. state-controlled agency (Italy), 130 Enlarger, photographic, electronic (EMI Electronics, Ltd.), 366
Enoscope, vehicle speed measuring device, 480 Enrico Fermi I nuclear power plant, 237 Enterprise, atomic-powered aircraft carrier, 665 Envy or emulation? Comment on, 112 Epicyclic gear. See Gear; Gearbox
Epiglo type C epoxy-based coating (Corrosion, Ltd.), 782
Epimastic bituminous-epoxy coating (trade publication), 27
Epophen epoxide resins, hardeners for (Leicester, Lovell and Co., Ltd.), 782
Epoxide resins. Epophen, hardeners for (Leicester, Lovell and Co., Ltd.), 782
Resurfacing of compound curvature mould for C.R. 21 radar reflector (A. C. Cossor), 775
Epoxy-based coating, Epiglo type C (Corrosion, Ltd.), 782
— Coating, bituminous Epimastic (trade
publication), 27
— Resin impregnated glass cloth for insula
tion of shaft on traction motor reverser switch, 347
Price reductions (Ciba (ARL), Ltd.), 479 Erecto Slotted Angle Co., slotted angle for small loadings, 752
Escher recuperators for soaking pits at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Eschmann, P., on ball and roller bearings (review), 712
Esher, Viscount, on saving, 175
Essay competition on corrosion of metals, 644
— — on variety reduction, 717
Essen Mining Show, exhibits at, 658
Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., plans for refinery near Milford Haven, 15; fuel and oil storage at Hurseal Group Heating Centre, 192; plans for new refinery at Milford Haven, 426
Esso Research, Ltd., swinging-frame electric dynamometer for petroleum research, 116 Estimating. See Cost estimating
Estuary water, Alkacide plant and evaporator for purifying, for atomic power stations (Aiton and Co., Ltd.), 274
Etching, precision, at transistor factory of Semiconductors, Ltd., 646
2-ethyl anthraquinone in hydrogen peroxide manufacture, 812
Ethylene plant from plastics components, model of (Kellogg International Corp), 10 ETR atomic reactor, operational characteristics, 662
Eumuco forging press for weldless rings at
N. Hingley and Sons (Netherton), Ltd., 745 Euratom. See European Atomic Energy Community
Eurochemic, formation, 265 Europe, container service to, 818
— Economic Commission for. See Economic
— Engineering industries in, report on
(OEEC), 76. See also 65
— Exports of nuclear power plants to, 73 . — Gas supply in, OEEC report on, 579
— Housing in, Economic Commission for
Europe meeting on, 128
— Motor vehicle boom in, comment on, 103
— Natural gas production in, 579
— Problems of freer trade in (broadsheet)
(PEP), 81
— Road transport rules for, 655
— Technical information services in (booklet),
187
— Western (brochure), 130
— — Aircraft exports to, 34
Consumption of consumer goods in, 76 Effect of recession in U.S. on, 35
— — Employment in engineering industries of,
76
— — Energy demands for, 590
Exports of engineering products in, 76 Investments in, 76
Steel production position and prospects
in, 655
European Atomic Energy Community, joint nuclear power and research programme with United States, 13; relationship with U.S., by B. T. Moore (pamphlet), 13; activities and reactor projects of, 235; uranium output available to, 235; fusion research activities of, 236; activities of, 265; British negotiations with, 505; agreement signed with U.S. for power reactors, 665; agreement with U.S. for 1,000 MW prototype reactor, 686; reactor projects of, 686; formation of Nuclear Supply Agency, 793
— Coal and Steel Community, research pro
gramme, 260; new policy on steel scrap, 290; crisis in coal stocks, 591
— Common Market, economic and socia
policies in, 67
Market, effect on competition in German motor car industry, 101
— — Market, effect on future of engineering
industry, 65
Market, effect on United States industry, comment on, 415
Market, Ford Motor Co. (U.S.) interest
in, 201
European Common Market, French intransigence at Paris meeting, 559
Market industry, activities of British firms in, 81
Market, market research on, 226
Market, production engineer and, by Sir C. Weir, 818
Market. See also European Economic
Community
— Community and Britain, study of relation
ship between (PEP), 81
— Economic Community, 10 per cent, cut in
tariffs likely, 131; trade crisis due to, 654; see also European Common Market
— Exports to underdeveloped countries, 'll
— Free trade area. See Free trade area
— Free trade, British motor-car industry in
relation to, 291
European Market—What it means ? to U.S.
Business (booklet), 415
— Nuclear Energy Agency, experimental
nuclear reactor for joint European use at Winfrith Heath, 14; research projects of, 14; activities of, 265
Research, cost of, 236
— Organisation for Nuclear Research, British
financial contribution to income of, 75; Eurotron 25 GeV proton synchrotron at Meyrin, 236; plasma ring accelerator, 236; air-cored betatron, 236; income required by, 236; • activities of, 265; findings of synchro-cyclotron research, 403; high-energy physics conference (Geneva, 1958), 505; budget approved by council, 793; see also under specific projects of
— Payments Union, activities of, 35
— Productivity Agency, wood pulping delega
tion to U.K. by; 175; technical information services in Europe (booklet), 187; training and adaptation for modern techniques, 632; adapting the job to the worker, by B. Metz, 632; international guide to European sources of technical information (book), 844
— Sources of technical information, inter
national guide to (book), 844
— Steel industry, inquiry on, by Economic
Commission for Europe, 67
Industry, revision of reports on, by
Economic Commission for Europe, 67
— Technical Observation Group, activities of,
227
— Timber market, falling demand in, 654
— Trade, crisis in, 654
— Union, dispute of Nkana branch with
Rhokana Corp., 240
Eurotron 25 GeV proton synchrotron at Meyrin, 236
EUSEC Conference on Engineering Education, definition of engineer, 660
Eutectic Welding Alloys Co., Ltd., data on welding (trade publication), 90
EVA electronic velocity analyser (Marconi), 297 Evans, R. H., on prestressed concrete: theory and design (review), 219
Evaporation from the human body, instrument for direct determination of, 620
Evaporator, Alkacide plant and, for purifying sea or estuary water for atomic power stations (Aiton and Co., Ltd.), 274
“ Everite ” connector for soil pipe (trade publication), 27
Everitt and Barnard’s Glow-Fire grate, 501
Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., gauge for measuring average temperature in roof tanks, 816
Evesham and Penzance, gas grid between, 675 Evetts, Lt.-Gen. Sir J., on supervisor and modem management, 46
Evolution in engineering, Plain Words on, 34
— in U.S., effect of variety in way of life, 42 Excavator and trencher, tractor-mounted,
Track-marshall J. C. B. (Thos. W. Ward, Ltd.), 597
Excitation system, static, “ Accurex,” for marine auxiliary alternators (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 5
Executives, outsiders as, 736
— top, in large organisation, role of, by Sir
J. Elliott, 794
Exhaust ducting for gas-turbine test house of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 478
— Valves. See Valves
Exhibition, Achema (Frankfurt), radioactive, isotope techniques of UKAEA, 14; model of Siemens pressurised-water nuclear reactor and panel, 14
— Atomfair (1959), preliminary notice, 666
— Atoms for Peace (Geneva), See Atoms
for Peace
— British Electrical Power Convention, ex
hibits at, 32
— “ British Fortnight,” at Dallas (Texas), 716
— British Timken Show (Duston), 303
— Brussels Universal and International. See
Brussels
— Canadian National (Toronto), preliminary
notice, 151
— Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
(London), exhibits at, 10, 70; tablet making and coating machine, 332
— of colour-anodised aluminium for exterior
use, 616
— and congress, Public Works, preview of, 594
— Controlled fusion of heavy hydrogen at
Science Museum, 830
— of data processing equipment (Paris), pre
liminary notice, 99
— Electrical, of Auckland Electric-Power
Board, 23
— of electrical plant at Laurence, Scott &
Electromotors, 726
— Electronic computer, exhibits at, 688
— Electronic and nuclear (Rome), British
exhibits at, 73
— Ghent trade fair, 547
— Institution of Structural Engineers, jubilee,
556
— International Commercial Motor Transport
(London), exhibits at, 462
Commodities; at Hong Kong, discussion in Parliament on, 139
— Inventors’, International (Brussels), gold
medal for Planstore equipment of James H. Randall and Son, Ltd., at, 151
Exhibition of “Lapmaster” lapping machines (Payne Products International, Ltd., 843
— Leipzig trade fair, 547
— Materials-handling equipment, Fisholow,
in Glasgow, 208
— Military engineering, at Parker Gallery, 687
— Mining Show at Essen, exhibits at, 658
— Mobile, 547
— Motor control gear, mobile (J. A. Crabtree
and Co., Ltd.), 547
— Motor Show, quality motor-car exhibits at,
506
— “ Moving from London,” 439
— National Industrial Production Show of
Canada, 23; increased bookings for; 479
— on opportunities in engineering (Chelten
ham), 428
— “ Pendulum to Atom,” crystal clocks at, 588
— of photographs at conference on industrial
design and engineering industries, 708
— Poznan Fair, Britain’s activities at, 151
— Radio Show, 1958, 328
— St. Erik’s Fair, atomic energy industry’s
display at, 301
— Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., at
Waldorf Hotel, 72
— Switchgear, mobile (Brush Electrical Engi
neering Co., Ltd.), S47
— Textile machinery and accessories, inter
national (Manchester), 547
— Wiggins, Teape, Ltd., mobile cinema, 547
— See also 125, 276, 422, 564, 703. 831 Expanded metal as reinforcement for plastics,
70
Expanded Rubber Co., Ltd., “ Onazote ” insulating floor heating, 720
Expansion, thermal, of ducts, kinematic design for, 704
Expenditure^ national, and income (1958), comment on , 394
— on research, comment on, 495
— On social services, 195
Experience and wisdom in old age, Plain Words on, 754
Experimental tank. See Ship resistance; Tank tests
Explorer satellite, 287
— I satellite, scientific results from, by A. R.
Hibbs, 371
by Dr. W. yon Braun, 370
— Ill satellite, scientific results from, by A. R.
Hibbs, 371
— IV satellite in cosmic-ray research, 537 Radiation measurements by, by J. V.
Allen, C. McIlwain, and G. Ludwig, 371
— — Scientific results from, by A. R. Hibbs,
371
Explosions*, firedamp; by metal particles and frictional sparks, 241
— — in mines, research project, 260
— in liquid oxygen, 391
— in organic materials in presence of liquid
oxygen, 391
— See also Accidents
Explosives, coal mining, British, by J. Taylor and Pl F. Gay (book), 277
Exponential integral for complex arguments, tables of (book), 844
Exports of agricultural machinery, 790
— Aircraft, increase in, 34
? to India, 34
Statistics, 208
to W. Europe, 34
— Brazil, 131
— to China, increase in, 547
— Credits for Commonwealth countries, dis
cussion in Parliament on, 111
Guarantee Department, engineering exports to India, 258; raising of status, 303; credit for overseas buyers of British aircraft, 622; assistance to engineering firms in Scotland, 735
— Deterioration of prospects for British, 151
— Effect of U.S. recession on Britain’s, 208
— Engineering, to India, and exchange situa-
tion, 258
— Engineering products in W. Europe, 76
— from Europe to under-developed countries,
7-7,
— German, plea for financing of long-term, 23
— Government services available (leaflet), 389 Export Guide, comment on (General Electric
Co., Ltd.), 611
— Indian-, new drive for, 151
— Machine-tool, from Czechoslovakia, 259
— Markets, need for understanding of, by
B. H. Dyson, 837
— Motor cars, to U.S., 303
— Need for more; remarks on, by Dr. P.
Chambers, 660
— Office machinery, to Australia, 389
— to North America, new activities in, 23
— of nuclear power plants to Europe, 73
— Parking meters.; 389
— Promotion, publicity for, Central Office of
Information leaflets, 389
— Radioisotopes, 108
— Service of S. J. Best, 716
— to South Africa, trend in, 208
— Steel, position and prospects of, 66
— Tractor, to China, 547
— Trends of British, 495
— to Western Germany, campaign for increas
ing, 723
Exporters, British, poor salesmanship by, by B. H. Dyson, 837
Extensometers, mirror, calibration by optical interferometry, by A. F. C. Brown, 180
— N.P.L. cross-strip, calibration of, 180 Extinguisher, fire. See Fire extinguisher Extraction processing, solvent for chemical
re-processing of nuclear fuel, by F. L. Culler, 142
“ Extremal ” speech transmission:', simulation study by digital computers (Bell Telephone), 550
Extrusions, aluminium, large (Harvey Aluminium (California)), 159
— Cold, research (PERA), 89
— Press components (trade publication), 27 Eyemouth Harbour, tidal model of, by W. J.
Reid, 808
Eyre, J. Vargas, Henry Edward Armstrong, 1848-1937 (review), 57

FACTORING in United States, 773
— What it is and what it does (booklet), 773
Factory accidents. See Accidents
— First aid in, new drive and draft order for, 16
— Inspection, annual report of chief inspector (1957), 405
Annual report on industrial health, 599
— Inspectorate, discussion in Parliament on Chemical and Engineering Branch, 75
Staffing and organisation of, White Paper on, 75
— Ships, whale, construction for Soviet Union, embargo on, 12
— in UK, of foreign firms, discussion in Parliament on, 111
— for unemployment areas, effect of Distribution of Industry Act, 832
— in unemployment areas, Government assistance for, 795
— Workers relations with office workers, 533
Fair, G. Maskew, elements of water supply and
waste-water disposal (review), 246; sewage treatment (review), 246
— Trade. See Exhibition
Fairey Air Surveys, Ltd., continuous film printing machine, 398
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Rotodyne VTOL airliner, 266; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 324, 346; Gannet AEW3 naval aircraft, 340; Delta 2 aircraft for flight tests of Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine, 511; Ultra Light military jet helicopter, prospects in Canada, 633; discussion in Parliament on need for Government assistance, 767; discussion in Parliament on Rotodyne project, 767
Fan, compound flow (Keith Blackman, Ltd.), 672
— Compressors and pumps, by A. de Kovats
and G. Desmur (book), 118
— Heater, portable or wall mounting (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 32
— Steel, for Atomic Energy Authority
(Airscrew Co. and Jicwood, Ltd.), 203
— Table, resilient, Two-Tone (G.E.C.), 224 Fanfani, Signor Amintore, new Italian Prime
Minister, 130
Faraday House Old Students’ Association, remarks on sandwich courses, 660
Farm labour, use of pools, 112
— Machines, life and use of, by A. H. Gill, 623 Farming. See also Agricultural; Irrigation;
Tractors
Farmland-! loss of, by R. H. Best, 691
Farnborough Show, transport aircraft at, 266; helicopters at, 268; programme for, 268; liquid cooling for airborne radar at, 296; electronics and instruments at, 297; radar exhibits at, 323; military aircraft at, 340; aircraft engine exhibits at, 342; comment on future of, 362
Farnell, K., on flexural behaviour of mild-steel beams; 674
Farradane, J., On information retrieval, 755, 756
“ Farrapac ” oil-fired packaged boilers (Farrar Boiler Works, Ltd.), 529
Farrar Boiler Works, Ltd., “ Farrapac ” oil-fired packaged boilers, 529
Farrow and Jackson, Ltd., unit work table, 657 Fast and slow lines, principle of, Plain Words on, 66
Fastener, Avdel Lockbolt (Aviation Developments, Ltd.), 124
fatigue, definition of meaning of, 781
— Dynamical aspects of, 781
— Failure at low temperature, study at
Clarendon Laboratory, 679
— Loading, welded structures, work on design
of, at BWRA, 49
— of metals, international conference on
(book), 218
— Properties at low temperature, study at
Clarendon Laboratory, 679
— Results on gearing, by W. T. Chesters, 543
— S-N curve, 781
— Solid state theory in, 782
— Strength of details with discontinuous
welds, 50
of embedded point carrying shear loads, by D. A. Harding and N. B. Owen, 618
— Tests on aircraft structures (Avro Aircraft,
Ltd.), 441
On embedded point carrying shear load, 618
Review of development of, 781
S-N test, 781
— Testing machine! slipping-clutch, by N. B.
Owen and H. L. Cox, 84
Machine, slipping-clutch, at NPL, 618
— since Wohler, by Prof. A. J. Kennedy, 781 Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd., vertical vulcanisation machines, 183; powder compacting press for mineral “ licks ” for Sheep and cattle, 789
FBR atomic reactor in Russia, 263
Federation of British Industries, 2nd industrial survey, 2; conference on nuclear energy, radioisotopes and their uses:, by W. G. Busbridge, 108; fabrication and processing of nuclear fuel elements, by C. Buck, 108; discussion in Parliament on survey of business prospects, 111; Telling Industry’s Story Overseas (booklet), 389; report on nationalisation, 623
Federation Europeene de la Manutention, illustrated terminology of industrial trucks, 247
Feed pumps. See Pumps
— Water. See Boiler; Water
Feeder, reciprocating, for mechanised coal depot (Carlton Engineering Co., Ltd.), 126 Feetham, M., downdraught grate, 503 Fellows-England gear shapers in “ Link-Line ” automatic gear production (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 646
Fellowships of International Atomic Energy Agency, 465
— Trust, CIBA, formation of, 760
Fenaflex tyre-type flexible coupling (J. H.
Fenner and Co., Ltd.), 529
Fencing, electric, pulse action in, 790
— Posts, wooden and concrete, CSIRO tests on, 620
Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., Fenaflex tyre-type flexible coupling, 529
Ferguson, H. K. (Great Britain), Ltd., ICI, Ltd., titanium plant in Wales, 29
Ferguson Pailin, Ltd., rotary control switches (trade publication), 648
Ferguson, T., on flow of heat in room with fire and chimney, 454
Ferodo, Ltd., opening and work of Ferodo Research Centre, 779
Ferodo Research Centre, opening and work of, 779
Ferranti, Ltd., “ List of Existing Programmes ” of Pegasus computer, 27; Airpass radar and fire control system for P. IB all- weather fighter aircraft, 92; house service meter with repeater dial, 96; billing meter, 96; Mercury computer for Belgian Atomic Energy Authority, 203; turnover and products of, 293; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 324; impulse generator and a.c. test plant for voltage laboratory at Enfield Cables, Ltd., 349; computer data converter, 689; clip-on ammeter (trade publication), 713; call charge indicator for telephone subscribers, 759; micro-spot cathode-ray tube for airborne applications, 771; classified index of computer literature, 777; “ Y ” phosphor for cathode-ray-tube screens, 802
Ferrying units, “ Uniflote (Thos. Storey (Engineers), Ltd.), 368
Fertiliser plant, rubber-covered Terylene conveyor belts for, at ICI, 424
Festo straight line sander (Guillet), 593
Fiat FL.4 track-mounted tractor shovel (Mackay Industrial Equipment), 596
Fiche reader, Lexicon (Micro Methods, Ltd.), 390
Field studies of movement of soil moisture, by W. P. M. Black, D. Croney and J. C. Jacobs (book), 777
Fielden Electronics, Ltd., electronic level indicators, 790
Fife, coal mines in, development of, 34
File, hand, surfaces, colloidal molybdenum disulphide for treatment of (Acheson Colloids, Ltd.), 145
Filiform corrosion, studies on, at National Chemical Laboratory, 178
Filing machine, rotary disc, “ Rindis ” (Lorant and Co., Ltd.), 379
Filling control, tanker, centralised (Gilbarco, Ltd.), 11
Film Association, International Scientific Congress of (Moscow), 573
Films (cinema), air flows, 573
Aluminium self-adjusting welding arcs, 573
Atomic energy, 540
Building hardboards (Bowaters Sales Co., Ltd.), 64
Congress of Interrational Scientific Film Association (Moscow), 573
Conveyor maintenance in coal mines, 846 Electron microscope in solid-state physics, 573
First Ten Years, North-Western Electricity Board, 389
Forming of metals, 573
Forth road bridge construction, 687 Gear tooth root strain measurement, 543 “ Glass,” 573
High-speed flight, 573
“Introduction to Modern Gears” (Shell Film Unit), 543
Jet Provost aircraft (Hunting Aircraft, Ltd.), 107
Hg8 Machine-tool automation (Renault), 573 mechanical handling in iron production, 126
k- Metallurgy, 573
“ Method Study in the Office,” 9 “ More Power from the Atom,” 237 Publicity, mobile, of Wiggins, Teape, Ltd., 547
Refining nickel from Canadian ores (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 79
“ Saroy ” toughened plastics sheet (Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), 38
Steam and steam generation (International Combustion, Ltd.), 8
Steel industry of India, 573 Uranium search in India, 573
“ Variety Reduction,” on end-product standardisation, 9
Whirlwind Uniflow oil-flooded rotary compressors (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 647 See also Scientific Film Association
— Engineering reproduction, Cronaflex, note
on, 91
— Oil, discharge through thin, in thin-film
lubrication, by C. Siripongse, P. R. Rogers, and Dr. A. Cameron, 146
Thin, dynamic calibration of, 146
— Photographic, polyester-based, Accurene
(E. N. Mason and Sons, Ltd.), 847
Polyester-based, Cronaflex (E. I. du Pont de Nemours), 847
— Printing machine, continuous (Fairey Air
Surveys, Ltd.), 398
— Producers Guild, cinema film on conveyor
maintenance in coal mines, 846
— Thin, lubrication: discharge through thin
oil films, by C. Siripongse, P. R. Rogers and Dr. A. Cameron, 146
— Thin, lubrication, influence of pressure
viscosity on shape of highly loaded contacts, 149
Lubrication: lubrication of four-ball machine, by C. Siripongse and Dr.
A. Cameron, 147
Filmstrips on human relations problems, 80 Filon, L. N. G., treatise on elasticity (review), 421
Filters, air (trade publications), 188. See Correction, 421
— Beds, sand, slow, at Ashford Common
filtration works, 255
— Disc, nylon, for blast-furnace cooling water
at Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 673
Filters, electrostatic, Preciptron (Sturtevant Engineering Co.? Ltd.), 820
— for gas-turbine flight test house of Rolls-
Royce, Ltd., 820
— Schlegel, for continuous ultra-fine filtration
(Liquid Systems, Ltd.), 70
Filtration, ultra-fine, continuous, Schlegel filters for (Liquid Systems, Ltd.), 70
Fimax universal magnetic chuck (Panton and Webb), 231
Finance Bill, second reading of, 175
Finance Corp, for Industry, financial losses of, 39
Financial information in wage bargaining, 176
— Policy, Government, Lord Piercy on, 15 Financing industry, by J. B. Kinross, comment
on, 791
Fine boring and turning, by W. Boneham (book), 811
Fingers, counting with, by G. W. Maxfield, 67; by A. H. Rawle. See LETTER, 67; by Ing. Dr. M. P. Varshney, 68. See also Vol. 185
Finisher machine, 873, for laying and finishing bituminous road surfaces, 659
Finishing machines, surface (trade publication), 421
— Mill in beam mill at Lackenby works of orman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Rod at ICI Ltd. titanium plant in Wales, Morgardshammer 5-stand guide mill for, 29
— of rolls at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— of rolled rings at N. Hingley and Sons (Netherton), Ltd., 745
— Tests, metal, radioisotopes in, 170 Finlayson, T. C., on position and prospects of Woodall Duckham, 136
Finniston, Dr. H. M., appointed research manager of Parsons nuclear centre, 604
Fire-Cage underfed grate, 501
— Domestic, designs for smoke-reducing, by
W. F. B. Shaw, 500
Historical survey of smoke-reducing designs, by W. F. B. Shaw, 500
History of development of grates, 500
— Electric, wall, “ Firestreak ” (E. K. Cole,
Ltd.), 32
— Extinguisher, aerosol, “ Gwish ” (Deb
Chemical Proprietaries, Ltd.), 134
Dry powder, Fireball (Foamite, Ltd.), 11
— Open, domestic, efficiency of, by T.
Ferguson. 454
— Precautions in hydrogenation plant at Stork
margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
— at match-making works of Bryant and May, 186
Publicity stunts, comment on, 599
— and radar control system, Airpass, for
P.1B all-weather fighter aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 92
— Risks of conveyors in coal mines, 90
— Tender, dry powder, mounted on Austin
Gipsy chassis (Foamite, Ltd.), 11
Firebricks. See Refractory materials Firedamp, Ignition by stationary metal particles and frictional sparks, by F. P. Bowden and Dr. R. D. Lewis, 241
— in mines, research project, 260
“ Firestreak ” electric wall fire (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 32
— Guided missile, de Havilland Propellers’
progress report on, 590
First aid in factories, new drive and draft order for, 16
Firth, A. F., on Card Clothing and Belting Co., 261
Firth Cleveland Instruments, Ltd., position and prospects of, 72; Gilbarco electronic tank level gauge, 166
— of Clyde, trials on Gongola pusher tug
and barge train in, 69
Firth-Derihon Stampings, Ltd., modernisation of heat-treatment plant, 452
— of Tay atomic power station, discussion in
Parliament on, 793
Firth, Thos., and John Brown, Ltd., development of ultra-high-tensile steels, 446; Rex 539 steel, 446
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., stainless steel strip price reductions, 479; steel castings (trade publication), 811
Fischer, Freidrich, development of ball mill, 261
Fischer, George, Ltd., “+GF+” automatic couplers for Irish Railways, 511
Fischer, J., “ Dampa ” acoustic ceiling, 556 Fischer, Phillipp Moritz, first constructor of bicycle, 261
Fisher and Ludlow, materials-handling exhibition in Glasgow, 208
Fisheries, effects of atomic radiation on, report on, 109
Fishermen, small harbours used by, design of, 12
Fisholow materials-handling equipment exhibition in Glasgow, 208
Fission, nuclear. See Nuclear fission
— Reactors. See Atomic reactors
“ Five-pin board ” bench exhibit at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Fixture. See Jig and fixture
Flags of convenience, boycott of ships operating under, 787
Union’s ban on repairs to ships under, 199
Flame cutting, oxygen, of titanium, with preheat flame, 50
— Furnace, luminous, radiation from, 420
— and industry, symposium on, 747
Flash clipping press for plastics (British Industrial Plastics), 597
— Discharge tubes as polarised-light source,
250
Flats, multi-storey, completion of LCC contract (Wates, Ltd.), 492
Storey, electrical installations in, by
C. A. Belcher, 848
Flaw detection, magnetic, AID work on, 641
— Penetrant, AID work on, 641
Flawed materials, sonic pulses in, velocities of, apparatus for measurement of, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
Fleck, Sir A., presidential address to British Association, 257, 302
Fleck Committee on Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 142
Report on damage at Windscale plutonium factory, 45
Fletcher, H. A. G., on developing a precision dynamometer, 582
Flexibox, Ltd., type RRH mechanical seal for high temperatures and pressures, 196
Flexural behaviour of mild-steel beams, by
K. Farnell, 674
Flight, ballistic, and manned re-entry, 280, 281
— High-speed, aerodynamic aspects, by
L. F. Nicholson, 279
Speed, cinema film on, 573
Speed, introductory talk, by Prof. W. J. Duncan, 278
— Hypersonic, boundary layer theory for, 414 Research on, 441
— Safety Foundation, publications index,
note on, 187
— Tests, supersonic, on Rolls-Royce Avon
jet engines, 511
— Testing gas turbines on the f round (Rolsl-
Royce, Ltd.), 443, 476, 820. See LETTER, 496
Floating Dock. See Dock
— Stages for tankers at Tranmere, 94
Floods, Kashmir valley, history of, 572
Floor-arrangement plans using Kenhos straight-line assembly machines, 184
— Coating, liquid, Can-Tile (trade publica
tion), 90
— Covering, jointless, for commercial vehicles
(Tom Byatt (Engineers'), Ltd.), 717
— Heating, insulating, “ Onazote ” (Expanded
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 720
Florence downdraught grate (London Warming Co.), 503
Flotation, air, quasi, production of fine flakes of molybdenum disulphide (K. S. Paul (Molybdenum Disulphide), Ltd.), 523
— Units, “ Uniflote ” multi-purpose (Thos.
Storey (Engineers), Ltd.), 368
Flour-mill rolls, grinding and fluting machine for (Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 365
Flow, air, cinema films on, 573
— Diagram for hydrogenation cycle at Stork
margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
— Gas, across banks of tubes, by J. M.
Miller and G. F. S. Reising, 737
— Heat., See Heat
— Hypersonic non-linear, 413
— Laminar, boundary layer equations for, 838
— Measurement, Dall orifice for (trade
publication), 153
with radioisotopes, 635
— Meter, electronic (trade publication), 188
— Non-linear, hypersonic, 413
— — Linear, transonic, 413
— Patterns of wind loadings on flat roofs, 509
— in plastics, adjustable foundation pads,
application of, 26
— Transonic non-linear, 413
Floyd, J. C., on Canadian all-weather interceptor development, 542
Fluids, dielectric (trade publication), 118
— Dynamics, introduction to, by F. J. Bayley
(book), 747
Introduction to, by G. Temple (book), 777
— Mechanics and hydraulics, by E. H. Lewitt
(book), 57
Fluidised bed process for refining uranium, 465
Fluon non-corroding valves (Chemical Pipe and Vessel Co., Ltd.), 789
Fluorescent lighting. See Lighting
Fluorinated silicone rubber, Silastic LS-53, price reduction for (Midland Silicones, Ltd.), 847
Fluorocarbons, by M. A. Rudner (review), 746 Fluting and grinding machine for flour-mill rolls (Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 365
Fluxes, welding, Muraflux, for submerged arc (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 392
Flying, private, effect of Croydon Airport closure, 667
Flywheel as means of storing energy, 381
Foam, detergent, spray head for dispersing, at Cadishead Sewage Works, 96
— Polyurethane, Daltolac 24, for heat and
sound insulation (ICI), 847
Foaming liquids, dispenser for (Liquid Systems, Ltd.), 70
Foamite, Ltd., dry powder fire tender mounted on Austin Gipsy chassis, 11; Fireball dry powder fire extinguisher, 11
Foch, M., visit to London, 13
Fodens, Ltd., dumper truck with turbo-blown diesel engine, 595
Foils, electroformed nickel for, 575
Folding-sliding doors for new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Fonadek (Branson), Ltd., Phonotrix lightweight battery-operated tape recorder, 7; MultiLink desk telephone system, 229
Food containers, ISO work on, 157
Food, irradiation of, 636
UN meeting at Harwell, 666
— Irradiator, cobalt 60 gamma!, HI-FI, 74
Foote, Dr. F. G., on new Fuels Technology Center, 110
Forage harvester at Smithfield Show (London), 790
Ford, G. W. KM on power reactors, 694
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., automatic assembly at, 184
Ford Motor Co. (US), F600 trucks with Perkins F340 110 h.p. diesel engines, 134; interest in European Common Market’; 201; selling of interest in Simca Societe Industrielle de Mecanique et Carrosserie to Chrysler Corp., 201; gas turbine for road vehicles, 593
Foreign firms’ factories in UK, discussion in Parliament on, 111
— Investments in West Germany, 369
Foreman, duties of, by Dr. W. G. Hiscock, 46
— Function in hiring and firing of personnel,
691
— Training course for, 302
Forest Products Research, 1957 (book), 392 Forest Products Research Laboratory, bulletin on strength properties of plywood. Part 4: working stresses (book), 218; Forest Products Research (1957), 392; longitudinal permeability of hardwoods and softwoods, by D. N. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
Forges et Ateliers du Creusot, agreement with Westinghouse Electric International in Fromatome consortium, 693
Forging, hammer. See Hammer
— Manipulator for Walter Somers, Ltd.
(Wellman Smith Owen), 579
— Mechanical testing of, new department for,
at William Beardmore and Co., Ltd., 79
— Plant of Walter Somers, Ltd., 578
— Precision, in ultra-high-strength steel, 448
— Press. See Press
— in Rex 539 steel, 447
— of weldless rings at N. Hingley and Sons (Netherton), Ltd., 745
Forklift truck. See Truck Forming of metals, cinema film on, 573 Research (PERA), 89
— Sheet, plastic, by R. L. Butzko (book), 218 “ Formvac ” vacuum-forming machine using
“ Saroy ” plastics sheet (Hydro-Chemie, Ltd.), 38
Forschungsheim fur Warmeschutz, data on thermal conductivity of exfoliated vermiculite, 616
Forster, J. H., on silicon switching diode for high-speed computers, 382
Forth road bridge: model of, 63; description of, 63; ceremony of first pile driving, 687; film on construction of, 687
Foskett, D. J., on library classification and the field of knowledge (pamphlet), 551
Foster Instrument Co., Ltd., Foster-Platt optical immersion pyrometer, 725
Foster-Platt optical immersion pyrometer
(Foster Instrument Co., Ltd.), 725 Foster Wheeler primary cooler for gas-turbine test house of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 476 Foulkes, J. D., work on plastic theory, 835 Foundations for structures, by M. Suberkrub
(book), 777
Foundry, blackheart malleable iron (Shotton Brothers, Ltd.), 156
— Brass, craft exhibits at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
— Industry in Germany, trade directory (book), 712
— Knock-out station, at foundry of Shotton Bros., 157
— Machinery, permanent demonstration bay for, at Baker Perkins, Ltd., 789
— Roll, at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 520
— See also Castings; Cores; Moulding Four-ball machine, lubrication of, by C. Siripongse and Dr. A. Cameron, 147
Fowler, John, and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., new version of diesel shunting locomotive, 528; Challenger 33 crawler tractor, 597
Foxboro-Yoxall, Ltd., instrumentation training courses, 611; diaphragm meter for differential pressures, 657
Fracture, brittle. See Brittle fracture Frame grid winders, automatic, variable-pitch, in engineering department of Mullard Radio Valve Co., 783
— House roof, loading tests on, 189
— Pitch and stiffness, influence on stress distribution in pressurised cylinders, by D. S. Houghton (book), 747
France, apprenticeship in, by H. A. Warren, 137
— Atomic energy in, 264 Propulsion in. 264
— Reactors in, 13, 264, 663, 686, 696 Research in, 264, Ship propulsion developments, 602
— Charbonnages de, domestic coal delivery in jerricans, 791
— Electricity consumption in, 435
— Thermonuclear fusion experiments in, 169
— Uranium resources in, 264
— See also French
Francis turbine. See Turbine, hydraulic Franco-Belgian atomic power station project, 793
Franklin, Benjamin, Fire-Cage underfed grate, 501
Franklin, N. L., et al., on economics of plutonium and uranium in atomic reactors, 464
Fraser, Sir I., on Government use of computers, 12
Fraser, W. J., and Co., Ltd., Appleby-
Frodingham combined desulphurising and sulphuric-acid plant, 223
Free Trade Area, effect on OEEC, 654
— — Area, motor-car industry in relation to,
291
Area, negotiations continuing, 131 Area, problems of (PEP), 81 Area, production engineer and, by
Sir C. Weir, 818
Area, progress at Paris meeting, 130
— — Area, slow progress of, 559
Area, as stimulus to expansion in western Europe, by D. Heathcoat Amory, 35
Area, trade crisis due to, 654
Freeman, Fox and Partners, Auckland Harbour bridge, 807
Freeman, J. J., on principles of noise (book), 811
Freer Trade in Europe, Problems of (broadsheet) (PEP), 81
Freezing, deep, of mammal's;, by Dr. A. S. Parkes, et al., 302
— Tank for investment casting with frozen
mercury, 177
Freight, air. See Air freight; Air transport
— Railway. See Railway
— Rates and tanker design, optimum relation
ship between, 94
— Train. See Railway train
French National Institute for Aeronautical
Research, cinema films on air flows;, 573
— See also France
Freon, refrigerator working medium, operating efficiency studies with, 486
Frequency shifts, travelling-wave tube for (Mullard, Ltd.), 642
Fretting corrosion in fatigue test on embedded point, 618
Freyssinet prestressing system for roof beams of new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Friction, effects in precision dynamometer, 584
— of lubricated rubber, hysteresis loss of, 838
— Lubrication and wear, international journal
on, Wear, 152
' — Materials research at Ferodo Centre, 779
— :— Sintered, “ Sinterlink ” (trade publication), 90
— between production and inspection departments, by R. M. McKenzie, 344
— Research at Ferodo Centre, 779
— Sliding, ignition of metal particles by, 242
— Tests on rubber hysteresis and skidding
resistance, 841
— between tyre and road, by Dr. D. Tabor, 838 Frictional sparks and stationary metal particles, ignition of firedamp by, by F. P. Bowden and Dr. R. D. Lewis, 241
Friedlander, F. G., sound pulses (book), 118 Frigates, diesel, KaMeWa controllable-pitch propellers for (Stone), 815
Fromatome, formation of reactor consotrium, 693
Frost,. R., The Star Splitter, poem, 43
Froude, F., history of experiments in ship resistance, 351
Frozen mercury, investment casting with, Mercast process, 177
Fruit, fresh, pre-packing of, by C. H. Stansfield, 652
Fry, D. W., appointed manager, Winfrith Heath, 438
Fuchs, Dr. H., appointment as manager of electronics department of Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., 693
Fuels, atomic. See Atomic fuels
— Cells for conversion of chemical energy to
electrical energy, development at Sondes Place, 150
— — as means of storing energy, 381
— Consumption, statistics for 1957, 330
— Contamination monitor, automatic (Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd.), 231
— Economisers, production by E. Green and Son, Ltd., 293
— Economy and planned maintenance, by J. C. Veale, 426
— Efficiency Advisory Service. See National
— Institute of. See Institute
— Introduction into the intake air of diesel
engines, by P. H. Schweitzer and M. Alperstein (book), 811
— Liquid high-energy, HICAL, plant for
(Callery Chemical Co), 661
— — See also Oil fuel
— Nuclear. See Atomic fuels
— Oil. See Oil fuel
— and Power, Ministry of, Statistical Digest
(1957), 330
?— Pump. See Pump
— Railway, and Operating Officers Association. See. Railway fuel
Fuel Research, 1957, annual report of Fuel Research Station, 748
— — Station, work on updraught grates, 501;
annual report, 748
— RP-1 hydrocarbon, for Atlas ICBM, 295
— Saving, fourth annual survey of National
Fuel Efficiency Advisory Service, 290
-?— Smokeless, discussion in Parliament on, 832
— Solid, plea for implementation of Hodgson
Committee report on, 767
— See also under specific types of fuel
Fuji Electric Co., nuclear power agreement with GEC, 766
Fuldamobil three-wheeler economy motor car (York Noble Industries, Ltd.), 47
Fume hoods for laboratories of Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Corby, 802
Functions of complex variables, by W. Fogg Osgood (book), 712
— of real variables, by W. Fogg Osgood
(book), 712
Fund, Industrial, for Advancement of Scientific Education in Schools. See Industrial Fund
Furnace, annealing, continuous roller-hearth, GWB, at ICI, Ltd., titanium plant, 29 for forging plant of Walter Somers, Ltd. (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 579
— Atmospheres, effects on sintering behaviour
of uranium dioxide, by A. H. Webster, and N. F. H. Bright (review), 613
—- Bell (trade publication), 118
— Blast, developments in, 145
low-shaft (Cockerill-Ougree), 145
Nylon disc filters for cooling water at Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 673
— Crucible (trade publication), 118
— Electric (trade publication), 27
— — by C. A. Otto (book), 483 Steelmaking, development of, 145
— Flames, luminous, radiation from, 420
— Heat-treatment, installation at Firth-
Derihon Stampings, Ltd., 452
— Open-hearth, capital costs, 145
Hearth, oxygen in, 145
— “ Pull,” radio-frequency heated, for germanium crystals production at transistor factory of Semiconductors, Ltd., 645
— Reverberatory, for roll manufacture at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 520
— Rotary-hearth, for forging plant of Walter Somers, Ltd. (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 579
— Stress-relieving, at Thomcliffe Works of
Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., 254
— Temperature probe (Blaw-Knox Co.), 166
— Vacuum-melting, at titanium melting plant of ICI, Ltd., at Wilton (W. C. Heraeus, G.m.b.H.), 28
— Vertical air-circulation (trade publication),
153
— See also Coke oven
Furnival and Co., Ltd., Andantex speed reduction pulley, 398
Fuselage, “ Marilyn Monroe body,” 413
Fusion, nuclear. See Nuclear fusion ?— Reactors. See Atomic reactors, fusion

G1 atomic reactor (France), 264, 696
G2 atomic reactor (France), 264; construction and operation of, 169; criticality obtained, 169
G3 atomic reactor (France), 264
Gabriel, J. B. S., on position and prospects of Charles Churchill, 15
Gag press straightening machine; 625
Gainey, P. L., microbiology of water and sewage (review), 246
Galbraith, Prof. J. K., the affluent society, comment on book, 525
Galvanised coatings, influence of aluminium, lead and iron on structure and properties of, by J. J. Sebisty and J. O. Edwards (book), 712
— Electro, metal strip for box-strapping (Package Sealing Co. (Export), Ltd.), 144
— Steel sheet, new British Standard for, 38 Sheet, Galvatite, for Ventrex roofing
(John Summers), 491
Galvanising plant, continuous, Armco-Send- zimir, at Ebbw Vale Works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., 78
— Process, study of Surface carbides, differ
ential steel attack and pore formation in, by J. Ji. Sebisty (book), 712
Galvatite galvanised steel sheet for Ventrex roofing (John Summers), 491
Gamage, Sir L., on position and prospects of General Electric Co., Ltd., 171
Garnet Products Ltd., trading position, 335; boring head (trade publication), 482
Gamma rays, circular polarisation detection of, 538
— — Fission-product decay, energy and intensity of, 571
Scattering in air, calculation, 571
—«— Sources, information on, 568
— Studies in U.S., 568
Gannet AEW 3 naval aircraft (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 340
Garcke’s manual of electricity supply, by F. C. Garrett, 648
Gardner diesel engine, 6LX, for motor vehicles, 462
— — Engine for railbuses for British Railways, 350
Gardner, J., designer of Government Pavilion at Brussels Exhibition, 526
Garrett, F. C., Garcke’s manual of electricity supply, 648
Garrow-Fisher, P., Indiaman London-India motor coach service, 494
Gas-air torch, B.B. (B.B.S. Development and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 528
— Bearing Circulator, NFB (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 604
— Board, South Western. See South Western
— Circulator, high-speed (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 202
— Clouds, turbulence in, 414
— Coal, transporting under high pressure,
discussion in Parliament on, 75
— Coke-oven. See Coke-oven gas
— Council, annual report, 579; supplement to
Coke-Burning Appliances Handbook, 848
— Discharges, studies of intense, by J. S. Luce,
402
See also Discharge; Pinch; Vacuum tubes
— Fired furnaces. See Furnaces
— Flow across banks of tubes, by J. M. Miller
and G. F. S. Reising, 737
— — Recorder, “ Arkon ” (Walker Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 366
— Flushing agents for removing hydrogen
from molten steel in ladle, 144
— Graphite impermeable to (General Electric
Co., Ltd.), 202
•— Grid for gas works between Evesham and Penzance, 675
— Hot, thermal ice protection, by J. A. Hay, 61
— Natural. See Natural Gas
— Production in Holland, 259
by hydrogenation of coal or oil, plant for experiments on, 579
— Refinery. See Refinery gas
— Regulator, “ Recorde ” (D. S. Baddeley Engineering Co., Ltd.), 333
— Supply in Europe, OEEC report on, 579
— Town. See Town Gas
— Turbinei See Turbine, gas
— Works. See Gasworks
— See also under specific gases
Gasification of coal, new works in Fife for, 579
— of coal, underground plant at Newton
Spinney, discussion in Parliament on, 75; radiation in coal drilling tests, 666
— of oil, new plants for, 579
— Plant, Lurgi, at Westfield (Fife), 591
— Research at B.C.U.R.A., 3
Gasifier, slagging, BCURA, capacity of. See Correction, 69. See also Vol. 184 Gasoline. See Petrol
Gasworks, germanium recovery from, 179
Gate valves. See KaZves
Gatwick Airport, progress at, 795
Gauge, air, pneumatic/electric (Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 460
— Density. See Density
— Dial, reliability investigation on, by Prof. H. Wright Baker, 804
— Level. See Level
— for measuring average temperature in roof tanks (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 816
— Nucleonic (Ekco), 347
— Screw plug, “ Not Go,” by G. Lorenz, 615
— Strain. See Strain gauge
— Thickness. See Thickness
— Thicknesses for sheet and wire, Preferred
numbers system, 676
Gauging machine, air, automatic, for tapered roller bearing races (Teddington Industrial Equipment);, 759
Auto-Gauge, for “ Link-Line ” automatic gear production (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 646
Gay, J. A., appointed patents exploitation officer, UKAEA, 604
Gay, P. F., on British coal mining explosives (book), 277
GCDR atomic reactor in Russia, 263 GCHW atomic reactor, pipework in, 732 GCHWM atomic reactor in U.S., 263 GCPR atomic reactor in U.S., 263
GCR-2 atomic reactor, 298, 696; baffling in vessel of, 732
Gears, bevel, cycloidal spiral, generating principles of, 416
Spiral, design of, A. K. Thomas, 416
— Checking machines at Atlas Works of
W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd., 715
— Cutting machines at Atlas Works of W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd., 715
— Deflection of, by N. Waterworth, 543
— Epicyclic, advantages of, 714
Allen-Stoeckicht double-helical unit, 714 for boiler feed pump, 715
for mine tunnelling machine, 714
Production at Atlas Works of W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd., 714
for winder, 714
— Hobbing machines in “ Link-Line ” auto
matic gear production (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 646
Machine, tangential feed head for (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 562
Machine for turbine pinions (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 333
— Introduction to modern, cinema film on, 543
— Machines, Schiess, George Cohen agency
for, 773
— Measurement techniques for, 543
— Production at Atlas Works of W. H. Allen,
Sons and Co., Ltd., 715
— Automatic, “ Link-Line ” (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 646
— Shapers, Fellows-England, in “ Link-Line ”
automatic gear production (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 646
— Teeth, bevel, cycloidal length curves in, 416 Bevel, determination of length curve and
spiral angle, 416
Bevel, form of length curve and spiral angle, 416
Bevel, with localised bedding, 416
Form and pitches for turbines, British
Standard on, 364
— Load, resonant effects on, by Prof: D. C. Johnson, 543
Load, tests on, by Prof. Nieman and Prof. Rettig, 543
Maximum load, calculation of, by Prof. W. A. Tuplin, 543
Root strain, measurement of (cinema film), 543
Spur, photoelastic experiments on bending stress in, by M. A. I. Jacobson, 543
— Turbine, tooth form and pitches, British
Standaid on, 364
— Units, worm, dimensions, British Standard
for, 816
Gearbox, epicyclic, for diesel shunting locomotive (Self-Changing Gear Co., Ltd.), 528 for mine tunnelling machine, 714
— Quadruple-reduction, in-line (Link Belt
Co.), 561
— Reverse reduction, for patrol boats, 715 Gearing, conference on, at Institute of Mechanical Engineers, report by S. L. Harris, 543
— for control systems, by R. A. Head, 543
— Fatigue results, by W. T. (Chesters, 543
— International conference on, preliminary
notice, 36
— Lubrication of, research at A.E.I. laboratories, 543
Gebbie, Dr. J. Ramsey, on size of marine diesel engines, 499
Gee, C. C., communications and electronics buyers’ guide, who’s who, and reference book (1958-9) (book), 844
Gee system, navigation aid, 315
Geiger-Muller tube in Philips pocket radiation monitor, 204
Gelder and Kitchen, new Knapton malting plant of Associated British Maltsters, Ltd., 186
Genachte, Dr. P., on future of atomic energy in U.S., 74
General Dynamics Corp., Convair research organisation, 20; MGCR gas-cooled nuclear power plant for merchant ship propulsion, 74; TRIGA nuclear reactor, 109; hypersonic gun for advanced missile research, 349; launch of.nuclear submarine Triton, 403; Lobber ballistic cargo missile, 744
General Electric Co., Ltd., “ Accurex ” static excitation system for marine auxiliary alternators, 5; blade mill for separating manganese ore from clay, 8; “ Com-Pak ” mercury-arc rectifier, 31; portable or wall mounting fan heater, 32; pressurised lighting systems, 71; full-scale network analyser using transformer analogues, 93; electric heating equipment for prevention of clogging in vibrating screens, 133; position and prospects of, 171; lightweight signalling lamp, 197; graphite impermeable to gases, 202; transistorinverter fluorescent lighting system in “ Caledonian ” London-Glasgow express, 222; transitor-oscillator inverter fluorescent lighting system for Vickers Vanguard airliner, 222; Two-Tone resilient table fan, 224; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; monitoring system for atomic reactors, 274; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345, 346; equipment for Chillerton Down television transmitting station, 385; “ Dip-Tech ” graduates, 405; Osram 280 W sodium lamp, 461; comment on Export Guide, 611; low-temperature research, 680; study of physical properties of semiconductors and insulators, 680; price reductions by, 716; nuclear power agreement with Fuji Electric Co., 766; Lumenated architectural lighting systems, 816
General Electric Co. (U.S.), research organisation of, 20; thermionic converter, 20; miniature electron tube for high temperature operation, 38; 750 kV experimental transmission line (Pittsfield, Mass.), 83; design of large-scale reactor for USAEC, 571
General Mills, Inc., joint ownership of radioactive materials handling equipment company, 203
General Motors Corp., research organisation of, 21; single-lever control of motor car by electro-hydraulic Unicontrol system, 21
General Post Office, facilities for data transmission, 786; mains and battery operated crystal clock, 588
General Radiological Ltd., control cubicle and control potentiometer for nuclear power station, 275
General Tire and Rubber Co., polyurethane (trade publication), 776
Generating station. See Power station
Generator, a.c., auxiliary, marine, “ Accurex ” static excitation system for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 5
— — for Pleuger Aktiv rudder motors (Cromp
ton Parkinson, Ltd.), 450
for short-circuit testing station at J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd., 675
— for diesel-electric locomotives for Great
Northern division of Eastern Region (Crompton-Parkinson), 757
!— Impulse, for Enfield Cables high-voltage laboratory (Ferranti), 348
— at Keighley power station, 47 years’ service
of (Crompton Parkinson), 563
— with main-engine drive, for tankers (W. H. Allen and Co., Ltd.), 744
— Plant, stand-by, for radio telephone link in Jamaica (Austinlite, Ltd.), 135
— Sets at Abidjan project for power from the
sea, 104
— — Diesel, mobile, for Venezuela townships and works (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 229
Diesel, standby, for Chapel Cross atomic power station (Crossley), 203
Diesel, waste heat recovery from, by
R. M. Tufnell, 610
— — for dynamometer for Esso Research,
Ltd. (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 116
— Signal, amplitude-moderated, TF801C
(Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 102
— — at radio frequencies (book), 747
— See also Turbo
Geneva, Atoms for Peace Exhibition. See Atoms for Peace
— Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atorric
Energy. See Atomic Energy, Peaceful Uses of.
Geological survey, airborne radiometric survey of Cornwall for uranium, 109
Geon pvc sheeting for pressure-ventilated protective suit (Plysu Products, Ltd., and Spembly, Ltd.), 656
Geophysical research by Sputnik III, by V. I. Krassovsky, 370
German aircraft industry, redevelopment of, 761
— Federal Railways, use of railcars, 519
— Foundry industry trade directory (book), 712
— Industry, plea for financing of long-term exports, 23
— Mining Show (Essen). See Essen
— Motor-car industry, effect of European
Common Market on competition in, 101
— Pronoun reference in, by L. Brandwood, 728
— Railways, deficit continued, 331
— Railways, modern developments^ 331
— Standards, translations of, 777
Committee, translations of German standards, 777
— Trade unions, monopolies, attitude to, 599
— See also Germany
Germanium crystals production at transistor factory of Semiconductors, Ltd., 645
— Recovery from gasworks, 179
— Rectifier for charging four batteries simultaneously (Allgemeine Elektrizitaets (Gesellschaft), 658
— Refining from coal, 748
Germany, apprenticeship in, by H. A. Warren, 137
— Atomic reactors, 686
— Coal stocks surplus, 195
— Engineering industries of, 77
— Heavy engineering industry, downturn in
trading, 136
— Industrial establishments', statistics on, 290
— investment activities overseas, 23
— Loans position in, by Dr. K. Blessing, 174
— Metal industry, downturn in trading, 136
— State-owned industry liquidation, 819
— Steel industry of, growth and ownership of,
427
— — Industry, labour dismissals in, 112
— Western, aeronautical research grant, 761 Aluminium industry, 369
Anglo-American Corp, loan raised in, 369
Atomic power station project, 793
“ Buy British ” drive in, 773
Chemical industry, expansion of, 369 Engineering industry, 369
Foreign investments, 369
Marketing campaign for British goods in, 723
Road vehicles production, 369
Television in, 3
— See also German
Geyer, J. C., elements of water supply and waste-water disposal (review), 246
“+GF + ” automatic coupler for Irish Railways (George Fischer, Ltd.), 511
Ghana. See Volta River
Ghent trade fair, comment on, 547
Gibb, Sir C., retirement as chairman of A. Reyrolle and Co., 565
Gibbons Brothers, Ltd., heat-treatment furnace installation for Firth-Derihon Stampings, Ltd., 452
Gibbs, C. B., on railway accidents, 395-396
Gibraltar, Rock of, midget battery-operated locomotive for use inside (Tomlinson (Electric Vehicles), Ltd.), 657
Gibrat, R., on atomic tanker, 602
Giesl front-end for locomotives, 629
Gifford-Udall anchors for suspension bridge
at Samawa (Ductube Co., Ltd.), 26
Gilbarco, Ltd., centralised tanker filling control, 11; electronic tank level gauge, 166
Giles, C. G., on rubber hysteresis and skidding resistance, 840
Gill, A. H., on farm machines, 623
Gill, Dr. S., on learning machines, 729
Gillespie, W., principal, Swindon College, 430-4
Gimbal bellows in ducts, design of, 704
Girders, box, on suspension bridge at Samawa, 26
— See also Beams; Bridges; Floors
Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., collaboration in management course, 459
Glasgow, industrial and economic problems of, 755
— Let it flourish (supplement), 755
Glass bottles, silicone treatment for, 719
— Cinema film on, 573
— Cloth impregnated with epoxy resin for
insulation of shaft on traction motor reverser switch, 347
— Electric welding, for cathode-ray tubes
(Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 554
— Fabrics, tensile tests by Alft, 641
— Fibre, “ fluted core ” radomes for Britannia
airliners (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 715
— Gold film (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.),59
— Industry, platinum in, by Dr. H. Moore, 613
— Laminated, production at Triplex Safety
Glass Co., Ltd., 58
Windscreen in road accidents, 468
— Safety, curved, laminated (Triplex Safety
Glass Co., Ltd.), 58
— Structure of, translation from Russian of
papers on, 613
— Technology, Society of. See Society
— Toughened, production at Triplex Safety
Glass Co., Ltd., 58
Windscreen in road accidents, 468
Glazed surfaces, Swan “ All-Stabilo ” black- lead pencil for marking on (Gordon and Gotch, Ltd., 165
GLEEP atomic reactor, details of, 262 Glossary, powder metallurgy, international, 713 Gloucestershire Industrial Education Council, conference on link between schools and industry, preliminary notice, 428; exhibition on opportunities in engineering, pre? li min ary notice, 428
Glow-Fire grate, Everitt and Barnard’s, 501 Glyncorrwg South Pit, hydraulically-operated mine car handling plant at (Humphreys and Glasgow), 650
Gnome free-turbine aircraft power plant (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 342
Godfrey, C., on length measuring machines; machine-tool scales with optical reading devices, 615
Godwin, R. B., on atomic ship Savannah, 600, 601
Gold film glass (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 59
>— Price of, effect on Australia and South Africa, 495
— Working craft exhibits at Birmingham
Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Golders Green Crematorium, bid for shares in, by Amalgamated Tobacco Corp., Ltd., 80
Golf Association, United States. See United States
— Balls, specifications for, 256
— Championship, Amateur, United States.
See United States
Goliath crane at Hunterston nuclear power station, 45
Goodchild, W. C., updraught grate, 501
Goodeve, Sir C., William Menelaus Memorial Lecture, 361
Goodman, George, Ltd., minature mouldings (trade publication), 776; zinc castings (trade publication), 845
Goods loading and unloading facilities at Selfridge’s, 741
—- Rail carriage of dangerous, internatioanl convention on, 818
Goodwin-Hamilton and Adamson, Ltd. Gongola pusher tug and barge train, 69
Gongola pusher tug and barge train, trials in, Firth of Clyde, 69
Goransson, G. F., work on Bessemer converter, 17
Gordon, C., on manned interceptor aircraft, 660
Gordon and Gotch, Ltd., Swan “All-Stabilo” black-lead pencil for marking on glazed surfaces, 165
Gordon, J, P., on two-level solid-state maser, 87
Gordon-Smith, R., on sphere of operations of
S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd., 822
Government development of higher unemployment areas, 162
— Financial policy, Lord Piercy on, 15
— Grants for research, 12
— Relations with business in U.S., 41
— Research in U.S., 21
Governor test rig (Ardleigh Engineering, Ltd.), 114
Grab for removing radioactive fuel cartridges (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 109-110
Graduate apprentice in electrical engineering, 97
— for Armed Forces, discussion in Parliament
on, ,111
— Employment statistics collecting and report
ing^ 48
— Mathematics, deferment of, discussion in
Parliament on, 111
— Military service deferment for, discussion in
Parliament on, 111
— Training and prospects in industry, by
Prof. J. Small, 472
Grain handling in bulk, Devayor conveyor for (Helicoid Flight Conveyors), 790
— — in bulk Quicklift elevator for (Opancol, td.), 790
Grainger, L., on uranium and thorium (review), 613
Grammar schools, science teaching in, questionnaire on, 143
Gramophone records, electroformed nickel for, 574
— — Safety, of British Safety Council, 143
Grand Union Canal, proposals for, 163 Grants, Government, for research, 12
— Post-graduate, DSIR increase in, 80
Grants to students, committee on, 15
— See also Scholarships
Grant-in-aid for translations from Russian, 119
Graphite for atomic reactors, 345
— Diffused, in cast iron, by J. Pomey, 615
— impermeable to gases (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 202
— Impregnation of uranium by, 830
— Moderated reactors. See Atomic reactors
— Permeability reduced, 830
— Solution, Aquadag, in cathode-ray tube
production, 555
Grates, domestic, coking, 502, 503 Downdraught, 502, 503 History of development of, 500 Hopper-fed, 502, 503 Underfed, 501, 503 Updraught, 500, 503
Gravity, research assisted by satellites, by R. H.
Merson, 371
Gray, H. J., dictionary of physics (review), 152 Gray, J. C., updraught grate, 501
Grease from edible oils, hydrogenation plant at Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
— Silicone, filled polyethylene sleeve, “ Poly
tel,” for cable joints (British Insulated Callender's Cables, Ltd.), 770
— See also Lubricants
Green, E., and Son, Ltd., public issue and position and prospects of, 293
Green J. H., Welding Aluminium Alloys (book), 91
Greenewalt, C. H., study on problem of the individual, 176
Gresham Transformers, Ltd., power transformers (trade publication), 482
Grid, gas. See Gas grid
— Network efficacy, multiplication of, by use
of “ tearing,” 57
— Super, extensions between Tilbury and Rayleigh, 128
— Winders, frame, automatic, variable-pitch,
in engineering department of Mullard Radio Valve Co., 783
Griffin, Charles, and Co., Ltd. statistical mono- graphy and courses, by M. G. Kendall, 445 Griffiths, L., on automobile electrical equipment (hook), 483
Grigg, C. S. W., Ltd., four-column hydraulic presses, 102
Grinding and fluting machine for flour-mill rolls (Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 365
— Machines (Churchill Machine Tool Co.,
Ltd.), 498
Cylindrical, in “ Link-Line ” automatic gear production (Newall Engineering), 647
— — Optical, with attachment for grinding
small radii (Wickman, Ltd.), 198
Precision (trade publication), 421 -^Research (PERA), 89
— Wheel life, by J. Koloc, 615
Vitrified-bond, distinguishing bond and grain, by M. J. C. Matthijsen, 615
Grip, anchor, wedge, for use with Lee-McCall prestressing system (Macalloy), 605
Groetzinger, G., on symbiotic interaction between science and engineering, 445
Gros, E., on making use of Russian and Czech scientific and technical information, 445 Group Communication System for Spadeadam rocket-site project (Amplivox), 707
— Company, size of, 630
Grouping of companies, trend towards, 171 Guernsey, patents laws, 640
— Water distillation plant for (G. and J. Weir,
Ltd.), 255
Guggenheim, H. F., International Council of Aeronautical Sciences, 363
Guggenheim Memorial Lecture on aerodynamic advances since 1946, by Dr. T. von Kdrmdn, 41®
Guide mill, 5-stand, Morgardshammer, for finishing rod at I.C.I. Ltd. titanium plant in Wales, 29
Guided missile. See Missile
Guillet, Sons and Co., Ltd., Festo straight line sander, 593
guillotine, all-steel, for mild steel (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 562
— High-speed, for accurate shearing (Keeton Sons and Co., Ltd.), 69
— Mathieu, for separating continuous stationery (Rank Precision Industries, Ltd.), 690 Guinness, Arthur, Son and Co., Ltd., Hilltop centre at Hatfield New Town, 302
Gulf Radiators, Ltd., vertical panel radiators, 128; light-weight hot water radiators at Hurseal Group Heating Centre, 192
Gun, hypersonic, for missile and re-entry research (General Dynamics Corp.), 349
— Microphone, experimental use by BBC, 64 Gunmaking workshop exhibit at Birmingham
Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Gutthoffhungshiitte (Sterkrade), torsion prop fbr coal mines, 658
Guy Motors, Ltd., “Invincible Mk. II” eight-wheeled commercial vehicles, 359
G.W.B. Furnaces, Ltd., continuous roller hearth annealing furnace at I.C.I. Ltd-, titanium plant, 29; bell furnaces (trade publication), 118
“ Gwish ” aerosol fire extinguisher (Deb Chemical Proprietaries, Ltd.), 134
Gyrex vibrating screens, clogging prevention by electric heating equipment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 133
Gyro compass for submarine navigation, 238
Gyroscopes, low-wander rate, apparatus for evaluation of (A. V. Roe), 488
— Random drift in. Rotorace bearing technique for reduction of (Sperry Gyroscope), 671
Gyrosyn compass, Sperry C.ll, in U.S.S. Nautilus, 238

HAANSTR A, B., cinema film “ Glass,” 573
Habituation, mechanism of, by Dr. W. Ross Ashby, 728
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co, Ltd., position and prospects of, 239; mercury arc rectifiers for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region, 758, 759
Hadfields, Ltd., extrusion press components
(trade publication), 27
Hagan Chemicals and Controls, Inc., mechanical aerostatic dust collector for uranium mills, 497
Hagan Corp. (Canada), Ltd., high capacity relay pilot valve, 365
Halcrow, Sir W., the late, 591. See Correction,
655
Halden atomic reactor project, 300 Halifax, industrial health survey, 599
Hall, A. R., History of Technology. Vol. IV:
Industrial Revolution (review), 246 Hall, H. D., on machine tools (book), 483 Hallam Nuclear Power Facility, work at, 170 Halligey, F. J., on calculating stresses in ships’* masts, 153
Halton, J. H., on lubrication of plain bearings: applicability of Reynold’s hydrodynamic theory, 59
Hamilton, J. J., on reflex klystrons (review), 577 Hammer, forging, pneumatic, at Walter Somers
Ltd., 578, 579
— Pneumatic power, “ Clear Space ” (trade
publication), 357
— Mill, swing, for cleaning bagasse, 36 Hampton, R., on United Steel and Manufac
turing fib., Ltd-3 293
Hand and clothing monitor for radiation
(E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd.), 204
— Rails, forged aluminium stanchions for
(Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 191 Handbook on coke-burning appliances, supple
ment to, 848
— Layout and dimensions for production, by
H. H. Katz (review), 357
— Noise control, by C. M. Harris (review), 27
— Process instruments and controls, by D. M.
Considine (review), 746
Handley Page, Ltd., Dart Herald local-service airliner, 266; H.P. Ill and H.P. 113 transport aircraft projects with boundary layer control, 296; wing construction of Victor bomber aircraft, 340
Handling (trade publications), 218
— Grain in bulk, Devayor conveyor for
(Helicoid Flight Conveyors), 790
in bulk, Quicklift elevator for (Opancol, Ltd.), 790
— Plant, hydraulically-operated, for mine
cars at Glyncorrwg (Humphreys and Glasgow), 650
— Radioactive fuel cartridges, apparatus for
(Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 109-110
a Materials, exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 346
— of radioisotopes, 636
— Semi-trailers, “ Spotter ” slave tractor for
(British Road Services-Douglas), 222
— See also Materials handling; Mechanical
handling
“ Handouts,” meeting on, Plain Words on, 786 Handwriting: national survey, by R. Piggott
(review), 390
Hangar for Beverley aircraft at Abingdon (John Laing and Son, Ltd.), 682
Hanger for suspended false ceilings (Lumenated
Ceilings, Ltd.), 816
Harbour, Eyemouth, tidal model of, by W. J. Reid, 808
— Small, used by fishermen, design of, 12 Hardboards, building, cinema films on uses of
(Bowaters Sales fio., Ltd.), 64
Hardeners for Epophen epoxide resins (Leicester, Lovell and Co., Ltd.), 782
Hardening, strain, of cylinders, by Dr. E. Voce, 131, 363,460. See LETTERS, 68, 292, 428. See also Vol. 185
— Work. See PPo.rk hardening
Harding, D. A., on fatigue of embedded point carrying shear load, 618
Hardwoods, longitudinal permeability of, by ft. N. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
Harland Rotovalve combined cut-off and pressure-reducing valve for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
Harley, Sir S., appointed as chairman of
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 532 Harlow, Robert, and Son, Ltd., history of, 499 Harris, C. M., Handbook of Noise Control
(review), 27
Harris, S. L.» report on Institute of Mechanical
Engineers’ conference on gearing, 543 Harrison, A., on W. H. Dorman and Co., Ltd.,
after-sales facilities in Middle East, 332
Hartley Electromotives, formation of marketing company for, 471
Harvesters, forage, at Smithfield Show (London), 790
Harvey Aluminium (California), large aluminium extrusions, 159
Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London), Ltd., stainless- steel ducting for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 820
Harwell. See Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell)
Harwell Isotope School. See Isotope School Harwood, J. J., on effects of radiation on materials (review), 613
Hasbargen, L., on ball and roller bearings
(review), 712
Haslett, B., on heat-exchanger tubes of elliptic section, 528
Hatfield New Town, new type of community centre at, 302
Haulage equipment for underground use (Becker-Priinte (Datteln)), 658
— Winch, “ Puller ” (ACE Machinery), 597 Hausherr (Sprockhoevel), automatic high-
pressure water infusors for coal mines, 658
Hausner, H. Hl., on effects of radiation on materials (review), 613
Hauy, Valentin, Association’s Braille Library, comment on, 27
Hawker Siddeley Group, review of activities and prospects in Canada, 209; activities in Australia, 210; reorganisation of Brush Group, 369; diversification of production, 522; integration of Brush Group with, 522
Hawker Siddeley John Brown Nuclear Construction Ltd., formation of, 73
Hawker Siddeley Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., graphite permeability reduced, 830
Hawksley Australia Pty. Ltd., activities and constitution of, 210
Hawranek, A., on steel bridges (book), 844 Hay, J. A., on electric or hot gas thermal ice
protection, 61 Haynes and Haynes, Ltd., plastics tube monitor,
132
Hayward, C. W., on position and prospects of Firth Cleveland, 72
Hayward and Martin, Ltd., industrial artists and consultants, 613
Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd., glandless motor pump unit for reactor circulating systems, 273
Hazel, A. C., on balance between production and sales, 415
HAZEL atomic reactor, details of, 262 HE15WP aluminium alloy for portal frames,
welding of, 50
Head, R. A., on gearing for control systems, 543 Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., position and
prospects of, 136; sea transport of heat exchangers (booklet), 202; model of “ Counterflo ” induced-draught cooling tower, 274
Head, Wrightson Machine Co., Ltd., continuous galvanising plant at Ebbw Vale Works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., 79 Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd., Santa Fe
cylindrical timber scrubbers, 127; Santa Fe timber pipelines, 127
Headlamp. See Lamp
Health aspects of atomic reactors* 375, 764
— Engineering, diploma in, 472
— Industrial, Chief Inspector of Factories’
report on, 599
in Halifax (survey), 599
in pottery industry, survey, 599
Workers’, safeguarding, travelling seminar of World Health Organisation on, 46
— Organisation, World. See World
— Pneumoconiosis of coalminers, statistics on,
139
— Royal Society of. See Royal Society of
Health
— Service, National. See National Health
Service
Heap, Joshua, and Co., Ltd., Duplex screwing machine for right and left-hand threads, 198
Hearing and noise: physiological aspects, by Prof. W. Burns, 608
Heat conduction, phonon, in low-temperature research, 679
— Conversion to electric power, 20
— Definition of, by S. H. Rendell, 428
— Electricity as source of, 549
— and the engineer, by Prof. O. A. Saunders,
290, 383, 419. See LETTERS, 364, 428, 496, 528, 819
— Exchanger, “ Helitube,” with coiled tubes
(T. H. and J. Daniels, Ltd.), 167
for nuclear power station, model of, 233
— Regenerative, by J. E. Sayers, 496
— Regenerator as. See Regenerator
— Research programme at Mechanical
Engineering Research Laboratory, 548 Transport by sea (booklet), 202 Tubes, elliptical (TI Nuclear Engineer
ing, Ltd.), 403. See Correction, 528 Tubing, finned (Tube Products, Ltd.),
366
— Flow in room with fire and chimney, by
T. Ferguson, 454
— Insulation. See Insulation
— Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering
Research Laboratory, 548
— Power systems, thermodynamics of, by
F. W. Hutchinson (review), 776
— Pump, domestic, discussion in Parliament
on, 767
— — Glandless, Plumett (Precision Electrical
Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 652
— Resistant alloy “ Nimonic 105 ” (Henry
Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 546
— Technology of atomic reactors, collection of
Soviet papers on, 571
— Transfer applied to engineering, by Prof.
O. A. Saunders, 419
in atomic power plant, Course on, 465
— — Characteristics of banks of tubes, by
J. M. Miller and G. F. S. Reising. 737 in cooling turbo-alternators, 420
— in deep underground tunnels, by A. W.
Pratt and L. F. Daws, 605
— in dropwise condensation, 420
in effusion cooling, 420
in engineering applications, by Prof.
O. A. Saunders-, 419 in furnace flames, 420. High-speed, regenerator as form of, 419 in hypersonic flight, 441, 442 Liquid metals for, 420. See LETTER, 528 by Prof. O. A. Saunders, 383 and steam condensation research at
Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, discussion in Parliament on, 48
— — for water processes, by Dr. D. B. Spald
ing, 45
— Treatment plant modernisation at Firth-
Derihon Stampings, Ltd., 452
— Waste. See Waste heat
Heater, air, oil fired, Beacon (John Thompson
Beacon Windows, Ltd.), 461
— Block, thermal storage, trials on, 32
— Cistern, wall mounting, rectangular (Santon,
Ltd.), 32
— Electric immersion, for liquid bitumen
storage tanks at Shell Haven (Heatrae), 191
— Fan, portable or wall mounting (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 32
— Immersion, for tea pots (Eltron (London),
Ltd.), 524
— Infra-red, domestic (Dimplex, Ltd.), 32
— Mats, electrical, for aircraft, by ftr. R. A.
Roper, 61
— Oil, tests on, 684
— Paraffin radiant (Sterling Incandescent), 224
— Thermal storage, “ Supa-Stor ” (Dulrae,
Ltd.), 524
Heating accelerators, glandless, Plumett (Precision Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd., 652
Heating, central, small-pipe, force-circulation, 3
— Centre, appliances at, 192
— Chamber, Thermax, in injection moulding
machine, 449
— Coils for chromium plating baths, titanium
replacement of lead in, 847
— and cooling combined, thermoelectric
(Westinghouse Electric International Co.), 160
— Domestic, heat flow in room with fire and
chimney, by T. Ferguson, 454
— Equipment, electric, for clogging prevention
in Gyrex vibrating screens (General Electric Co., Ltd1.)1, 133
— Floor, insulating, “ Onazote ” (Expanded
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 720
— Ingots, at beam mill at Lackenby works of
Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Heating Investments, Ltd., aluminium in electrical underfloor heating, 784
— Machine shop at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— Missile, high-speed heat transfer in, 419
— Small-bore, copper tubes for (booklet), 524
— Space, equipment, “ Sill-Line,” for beneath
window sills (Copperad, Ltd.), 605
— Underfloor, electrical, aluminium in (Heat
ing Investments, Ltd.), 784
— and ventilating in deep underground tunnels,
605
Engineers, Institution of. See Institution Heatrae, electric immersion heaters for liquid bitumen storage tanks at Shell Haven, 191
“ Heavenly turbulence ” phenomena in gas clouds, 414
Heavy water, American prices of, 301
— — from hydrogen, CJB process, 301
Moderated reactors. See Atomic reactors as moderator, 140
Plant, model of (Petrocarbon Developments, Ltd.), 10
— — Production by Constructors John
Brown, Ltd., 345
Hedley, Thomas, and Co., Ltd., policy on employee-management relations, 507; annual report and trading figures, 532; research expenditure, 532
Heenan and Froude Dynamatic dynamometers, Mark VIC, for gas-turbine test plant of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 478; tyre test plants for Russia, 693
Hegel, philosophy of, 33
Heid “ Neomat ” copying lathe (Newman Industries, Ltd.), 167
Heidenreich and Harbeck, VDF news (trade publication), 277
Height-finder, radar, type S244 (Marconi), 560
Helicoid Flight Conveyor, Devayor conveyor for handling grain in bulk, 790
Helicopter. See under Aircraft
Heliport for South Bank of River Thames (Westland Aircraft), 63
Helisyn linear position control for computers (B.T.H. Co., Ltd.), 688
“ Helitube ” heat exchanger with coiled tubes
(T. H. and J. Daniels, Ltd.), 167
Helium liquefier (Arthur D. Little, Inc.), 678
— in low-temperature research, 678
— See also Liquid Helium Distribution Scheme Heller and Sons (Engineers), Ltd., “Permet”
unbreakable polythene stencils, 748
Hemp ropes, horizontal testing machine for, at National Coal Board’s Central Engineering Establishment (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
Henderson, G. P., Current British Directories, 327
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., super grid extensions between Tilbury and Rayleigh, 128; failure of merger talks with Johnson and Phillips, 404; amalgamation with Associated Electrical Industries Ltd., 471
Henry, W. I., Calpean downdraught grate, 503
Heraeus, W. C., G.m.b.H., vacuum-melting furnaces at titanium melting plant of
I. C.I., Ltd., at Wilton, 28
HERALD atomic reactor (Aldermaston), 44; details of, 262
Herbert, Sir A., proposal for council on scientific projects, 258
Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., “XT” Coventry selfopening diehead, 461; Fellow-England gear shapers in *’ Link-Line ” automatic gear production, 646; distributors for Censor of Liechtenstein, 773; appointment of Col. C. W. Clark as chairman, 822; appointment of J. C. Blair as deputy chairman, 822
Herbert, Alfred. See also Alfred Herbert Paper
Hercularc, Ltd., exhibits at Essen Mining Show, 658
Hermann Goering Works, growth and activities of, 427
Heron, S. D., on sodium-cooled valves in aircraft engines, 528
Hess, A., on veteran cars, 820
Heuristic programming, artificial intelligence and, by Dr. M. Minsky, 728
Heyman, J., on computers for plastic theory calculations, 834
Heywood and Co., Communications and Electronics Buyers’ Guide, Who’s Who and Reference Book, 27
H.F. Industrial Services, Ltd., machine for welding P.V.C. sheets up to 50 in. long, 102
Hiab hydraulic loader for commercial vehicles (G. Cohen Sons and Co., Ltd.), 364
Hibbs, A. R., on scientific results from Explorer satellites, 371
HICAL high-energy liquid fuel, plant for production of (Callery Chemical Co.), 661
Hicks, Dr. R., on stresses in spherical pressure vessel, 203-204
HIFAR atomic reactor in Australia, 265 HI-FI cobalt 60 gamma food irradiator, 74 Higginbotham, W. H., on Edgar Allen and Co., Ltd.., 293
Higginson, Philip Hill, and Co., formation of British Shareholders Trust, 755
Higgs Motors Ltd., handbook (trade publication), 648
High Temperature Reactor Development Associates, Inc., helium-cooled atomic power plant project, 829
High Voltage Engineering Corp., Van de Graaff accelerator, 326
Laboratory at Enfield Cables, Ltd., 348 Higher National Certificate, mathematics for.
Vol. II: electrical, by S. W. Bell and H. Matley (book), TH
Highway Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— Project, Federal Aid, consultants vs. state
highway department, 686
— See also By-pass; Motorway ; Road
Hilberry, Dr. N., on boiling-water reactors, 504; on radiation accident at Argonne National Laboratory, 540
Hill, J., on reproducing radiographs, 496.
Hill, Richard, Ltd., screen cloth (trade publication), 845
Hill and Smith', Ltd., structural steelwork for Harwell, 666
Hillman, H. V., principal, Norwood Technical College, 430-4; on technical colleges, 496
Hills, S. C., on industrial relations, 823
Hilltop community centre at Hatfield New Town, 302
Hilsch vortex tube, production of cold air by, by Lt.-Comdr. E. H. Otten, 154
Hilti system for fixing tools and studs to brickwork and concrete structures (Ucan Development, Ltd.), 8
Hinchingbrooke, Viscount, on disposal of railway branch lines, 12
Hingley, N., and Sons (Netherton), Ltd., reorganisation of ring shops for rolled ring production, 745
Hinkley Point atomic power station, capital cost and cost of power from, by P. Wolff, 14; Electrofeeder feed pumps for (G. and J. Weir), 14; cooling-water screens for (F. W. Brackett and Co., Ltd.), 170; model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; details of, 262; faulty fuel element detection system, 665
Hinton, Sir C., on A.B.C. of Atomic Energy (booklet), 170; on cost of electricity from atomic power stations, 436
Hire purchase, controls derestricted on, 395, 591 Rates reduced by Massey-Ferguson, 479 Hiring of personnel, as function of personnel " department, 691
Hiscock, Dr. W. G., on teamwork, the pattern of modem industry, 46
Hispano Suiza. See SocNte Hispano Suiza Historic aircraft, Nash Collection of, 723 Historical, Burrell Memorial, 100. See LETTER, 131
History of ball bearings, 593
— Bearing manufacture, 261
— Bicycle manufacture, 261
— and development of light cars, by C. F.
Caunter (book), 247
— Domestic grates, 500
— Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd., by R. A. Wilson-
Jones, 565
— and future prospects of welding, by J.
Strong, 745
— Richard Harlow and Son, Ltd., 499
— Hydraulics, by H. Rouse and S. Ince (book),
57
— Kashmir valley floods, 572
— Martin, Black and Co. (Wire Ropes), Ltd., 693
— D. Napier and Son, Engineers, Ltd., 1808-
1958, by C. Wilson and W. Reader (review)1, 649
— Old crafts, exhibits on, at Birmingham
Museum of Science and Industry, 453
— Plumbing, proposed, by T. S. Masters, 820
— Royal Engineers, exhibits on, 687
— of technology. Vol. IV: industrial revolu
tion, by C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, and T. I. Williams (review), 246
Vol. V (book), Ml
— Wind power, by R. Wailes, 138
— Windmills, by R. Wailes, 138
Hob head, tangential feed, for gear hobbing machine (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 562
Hobbing machine, gear. See Gear hobbing machine tools
Hobbs Transmission, Ltd., Mecha-matic transmission for commercial motor vehicles, 463
Hobday Bros., stereophonic radiogram, 328
Hobson, H. M., Ltd., Microjet pressure-ratio detector, 124; atomic-reactor control equipment, 273
Hodgson Committee on weights and measures legislation, 667
on weights and measures for solid fuel, plea for implementation of, 767
Hodfcinson, J., appointment as director of Wickman, Ltd., 471
Hoist block, electric (Matterson, Ltd.), 231
— See also Crane; Derricks
Holand, I., Proceedings of Second Symposium on Concrete Shell Roof Construction (review), 91
Holden and Brooke, Ltd., seventy-fifth anniversary, 136
Holden, H. L., on founders of Holden and Brooke, Ltd., 136
Holiday and Hemmerdinger, silicone compound (trade publication), 776
Holland, apprenticeship in, by H. A. Warren, 137
— Collective bargaining in, 143 Holland, E. R., underfed grates, 502
— gas production, 259
— See also Netherlands
Holman Bros. Ltd., school for mining engineers at Camborne, 611
Holmes-Elex electrical detarrers (trade publication), 90
Holmes, V., on training and opportunities for women in engineering (booklet), 551
Holmes, W. C., and Co., Ltd., Holmes-Elex electrical detarrers (trade publication), 90; exhausters and boosters (trade publication) 811
Holmsund Flooring, Ltd., Nyletter trapeziumshaped vinyl tiles for flooring, 192
Holmyard, E. J., History of Technology, Vol. IV: Industrial Revolution (review), 246
Holophane, Ltd., street lighting (trade publication). 153
Home ownership. Government assistance to building societies for, 632
Honeywell Controls Ltd., opening of new head office, 335
Hong Kong, International Commodities Exhibition at, discussion in Parliament on, 139
Honing machine, 11-in. (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 563
Hoods, fume, for laboratories of Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Corby, 802
Hoole, H. E., hopper-fed grate, 502
Hopper! Dr. G., on automatic programming, 728
— with rubber-lined guides for mechanised coal depot, 126
HORACE atomic reactor (Aldermaston), 44 Horkel depither for bagasse (Parsons and Whittemore/Lyddon Organisation), 36
Horological Institute, British. See British Horse-power, indicating continuously, by J.
Thillaimuthu, 527
Horticulture, electricity applied to, 288 Hoskins, G. O., engineering economics, book 1; elements of industrial organisation (review), 219
Hospital administration, method study in, 472
— Work study in, 823
— Year Book, 747
Hospitality to overseas visitors, comment on, 415
Hostess trolley, mobile, with thermoelectric heating and cooling (Westinghouse Electric International Co.), 160
Hot plates electric, “ Vee-line ” (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 32
Hotels Information Service, London, activities of; 573
Hotshot wind tunnels for hypersonic flight investigations; 441
Houghton, D. S., on influence of frame pitch and stiffness on stress distribution in pressurised cylinders (book), 747
Hours of labour, overtime, comment on, by
B. G. Richardson, 271
Overtime, for union members only, in Birmingham transport department, 736
Saturday working resumption at pits, 405 Short-time working in steel industry, 271, 363
Houses, electrical installations in, by C. C Hyams, 848
— Heat insulation in, proposed bye-law for, 556
— Purchase, Government assistance to build
ing societies for, 632
— Roof frames, loading tests on, 189
— Service meter with repeater dial (Ferranti,
Ltd.), 96
Houseman and Thompson, Ltd., feed water treatment dosing injector for boilers and economisers, 461
Housing in Europe, Economic Commission for Europe meeting on, 128
Housing and Local Government, Ministry of, proposals for bye-law on thermal insulation of dwellings, 556
— Multi-storey, completion of L.C.C. contract
(Wates, Ltd.), 492
Howard, John, Co., Forth road bridge, 687. Howard Rotavator powered cultivator with attachments; 790
Howard, Stanley, Ltd., Skinner range of tapping head's, 789
Howden, James, and Co., Ltd., regenerators, by
J. E. Sayers, 496
Howell and Co., Ltd., elliptic heat-exchanger tubes, 528
Howitt, Sir H., remarks at Brighton conference of BIM, 754; on inflation, 837
H.P.lll (Treble One) military transport aircraft project (Handley Page), 296
HRE atomic reactor in U.S., 263 H.R.M., on teaching engineering design, 787 HRS atomic reactor in U.S., 263
HTGC atomic reactor, 698; model of, 232; details of, 262; ducting arrangement in, 732
Reactor. See also Atomic reactor, high- temperature gas-cooled
Huddle, R. A. U., on high temperatures in gas-cooled reactor, 336
Hudson, F., on development of high-tensile aluminium-bronze propellers (publication), 546
Hudson Hope power plant project, 786 Hughes; Geo. H., Ltd., power equipment (trade publication), 776
Hughes-Johnson Stampings, Ltd., ultra-high- tensile steel forgings, 447
Hull Central Library, library interchange scheme, 445
— Rotterdam service of British Transport
Commission, “ Bolton Abbey ” passengercargo motorship for (Brooke Marine, Ltd.) 122
Human behaviour, theory of, by Z. M. T. Tarkowshi, 377
— Body, evaporation from, instrument for
direct determination of, 620
— Element. See also Individual
— Relations in high productivity, by Hon. R.
Wood, 46
in industry, report by committee on, 590 Problems of, by P. Drucker, 533 Problems, filmstrips on, 80 Reception of visitors, 376 Requirements Of job, 691
in shipbuilding industry, 735
Training to understand people.; by Z. M. T. Tarkowski, 377
Humber Super Snipe motor car, 470; new engine for, 567
Humidity measurement, development of methods for, by South African National Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, 620
— Soil, radioisotopes for measurement of, 635 Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd., package power
nuclear reactors, 234; Lurgi gasification plant at Westfield (Fife), 591; hydraulically-operated mine car decking and; circulating plant at Glyncorrwg, 650; mine car retarders for Glyncorrwg South Pit, 651; radiation in coal drilling tests for Newton Spinney underground gasification plant, 666
Humphreys and Glasgow (Canada), Ltd., thorium recovery plant, 109
Hungary, hydroelectric power stations for Danube, 559
— Inflation in, 67
Hunslet (Holdings), Ltd., diversification and developments, 39
Hunt, R. J., and Son, Ltd., grey-iron castings (trade publication), 153
Hunterston atomic power station, 132 kV air-blast switchgear for (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 14; Goliath crane at, 45; progress at, 45; discussion in Parliament on load factor and power costs of, 75; plutonium manufacture at, 110; cooling-water screens for (F. W. Brackett and Co., Ltd.), 170; steam-raising unit for, model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; fuel element design, 437
Reactor, details of, 262
Hunting Aircraft, Ltd., cinema film of Jet
Provost aircraft, 107
Hurseal Group Heating Centre, appliances at, 192
Hurseal, Ltd., time switch for oil-filled electric radiators, 360; “ Dampa ” acoustic
ceiling, 556
Husain, L. A., on high temperatures in gas cooled reactor, 336
Hussey, Vice-Admiral G. F., elected Vice- President of ISO, 158
Hutchinson, A. C., on “Speak for Britain” advertising campaign, 495
Hutchinson, F. W., on thermodynamics of heat-power systems (review), 776
Huthsteiner, R. E., on prospects of Cummins Engine Co., Inc., 716
Hutton, G., on New Ways in Management Training (book), 91
Hvorslev’s equation applied to soil behaviour during shear, 409
Hyams, C. C., on electrical installations in houses, 848
Hydra-Digga, J. C. B., attachment for Track- Marshall crawler tractor (Thos. W. Ward! Ltd.), 597
Hydrams, Blake’s, sales technique for, 415 Hydraulic/air operated actuators, electrically controlled, for linear movement (Numa- tion, Ltd.), 512
— Buffer, for freight trains (Dowty), 813
— Engineering course at Delft Technological
University, 94
— Jacks. See Jacks
— Loader, Hiab, for commercial vehicles (G.
Cohen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 364
Loadall 65 (J. C. Bainford, Ltd.), 191
— Pneumatic ram (Polymation, Ltd.); 37
— Press. See Press
— Pumps. See Pumps
— Rams, reconditioning of, 378
— Relay, gyro-controlled, for Vosper fin
stabiliser, 833
— Research, Iowa Institute of. See Iowa
- in U.S., 1958, by H. K. Middleton, 747
— Tilting-truck transfer ladle (trade publica
tion), 118
— Transmissions. See Transmissions
— Turbine. S'ee Turbine; Hydro-electric power
plant
— Valve mechanism in linear motion actuators
(Numation, Ltd.), 512
Hydraulically-operated lifting table “ Bicep ” (Access Equipment), 756
Hydraulics and fluid mechanics; by E. H. Lewitt (book), 57
— History of, by H. Rouse and S. Ince (book),
57
— Research Station, activities of, 12; tidal
model of Eyemouth Harbour, 808
— See also Hydrodynamics; Irrigation; Water Hydro-Chemie, Ltd., “ Formvac ” vacuumforming machine using “ Saroy ” plastics sheet, 38
Hydro-electric development and capacity in Canada, 258
Power, consumption in 1957, 330
Power, pumped-storage, projects in Scotland, discussion in Parliament on, 75 Power Commission of Ontario, NPD atomic power station, 169
Power plant, Hudson Hope project, 786 Power stations proposed for Danube, 559 Power supplies for W. Europe, 590 Project, Volta River, review of, 227 “ Hydroair ” drill heads (trade publication), 327
Hydrocarbon, fluorinated, Zero-mist, additive for chromium plating baths (Electro- Chemical Engineering Co.), 676
Hydrodynamic theory, Reynold’s, applicability to lubrication of plain bearings, by J. H. Halton, 59
Hydrodynamics. See Ship resistance Hydrogen, gas-flushing agents for removing from molten steel in ladle, 144
— Heavy-water from, CJB process, 301
— for hydrogen peroxide manufacture, 812
— Oil synthesis from, 748
— Peroxide manufacture by autoxidation
(Laporte Chemicals, Ltd.,), 812
— Production of, propane for, Stork margarine
works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
Hydrogenation of coal or oil, plant for experiments on, for gas production, 579
— for hydrogen peroxide manufacture, 812
— Plant at Stork margarine works of Van Den
Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133. See LETTER, 331
Hydrostatic transmission units for tractors (Joseph Lucas, Ltd.), 790
Hydrovane air compressor for trans-Antarctic expedition (Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 597
Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., electrically sequenced pneumatic transfer equipment, 254; electro-pneumatic aircraft stop valves, 397
Hypersonic Flight. See Flight
— Flow. See Flow
— Gun. See GUM
Hysteresis loss in friction of lubricated rubber, 838
Hysteresis rubber, and skidding resistance, by C. G. Giles and B. E. Sabey, 840

IAESTE. See International Association for Exchange of Students
IBM 421 accounting machine for Kardomah, Ltd., 668
IBM 604 electronic calculator for Kardomah, Ltd., 668
IBM 704 computing machine, application to plastic design, 835
IBM 7070 transistorised data processing system, 801
IBM Ramac 305 computer, disc memory in, 41 IBM United Kingdom, Ltd., data transceiver, 690; IBM 7070 transistorised data processing system, 801
ICBM. See Missile
Ice protection, aircraft, conference on, 61 Control systems, by E. O. Robertson, 61 Thermal, electric or hot gas, by J. A. Hay, 61
— See also Refrigeration
Icebreaker vessel, Lenin, atomic-powered, 600 ICI Transfer Scholarship Scheme, 691 Icing of aircraft engines, by W. Sherlaw, 61
— Conditions, aircraft for flying in, icing
standards and methods used to determine suitability of, by H. E. Le Sueur, 61.
— Standards and methods used to determine
suitability of aircraft to fly in icing conditions, by H. E. Le Sueur, 61
Ideas, inventions and patents: how to develop and protect them, by R. A. Buckles (book), 357
Igniter, coal, for updraught grate, CAMA, 501 Ignition of firedamp by stationary metal particles and frictional sparks, by F. P. Bowden and Dr. R. D. Lewis, 241
— Scheme, Luce, for thermonuclear devices,
by Dr. A. Simon, 168
Iley, G. N., comment on career of, 472
Ilford, Ltd., colour photography research arrangement with ICI, 435; Axoflex 105 document reproduction process, 747
Iliffe, C. E., on atomic ship propulsion, 602 Illumination. See Light; Lighting; Lamps
— Patterns of oil-burning reading lamp, by
H. Sutcliffe, 820
Illuminator, X-ray, for copying radiographs for reproduction, 643
ILS (instrument landing) system, 322 Image-converter tubes for photoelastic stress analysis, 250
IMEDE management development institute, activities of, 794
Imhoff, K., sewage treatment (review), 246 Immersion heater for teapots (Eltron (London), Ltd.), 524
— Pyrometer, optical, Foster-Platt (Foster
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 725
Immigrant ship. See Ships, passenger
Impact noise analyser, type 1412 (Dawe Instruments), 717
— Properties of ultra-high-strength steels, 446
— Tests. See Notch toughness
See also Izod
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., titanium plant in Wales, 28; Dulux acrylic one-coat stoving enamel F664-line, 144; conversion of salt-carrying rivercraft, Decempedes, from steam to diesel drive, 189; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345, 346; plant for production of wrought beryllium, 375; rubber-covered Terylene conveyor belts for fertiliser plant, 424; collaboration with Celanese Corp, for Terylene production in US, 435; colour photography research arrangement with Ilford, Ltd., 435; retirements and appointments, 471; “ Portolite ” collapsible
liquid container, 498; position and prospects of, 499; Terylene conveyor belts, 672; ICI Transfer Scholarship Scheme, 691; Daltolac 24 polyurethane foam for heat and sound insulation, 847
— College of Science and Technology, wind
tunnel tests on Bluebird car, 200
Imports, aluminium, from Russia, 559
— Controls, relaxation of, 722
— Cotton, unions’ steps against, 199
— Dollar, control of, remarks by Sir D.
Eccles, 395
— Duty on machinery, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 767
— Machinery from US, position and prospects
of, 723
— New Zealand, freedom of, under new trade
pact, 773
— Plastics, failure of plea for increased
tariffs on, 773
Impresit Kariba (Pvt), Ltd., progress on Kariba dam, 807
Impulse counter, electro-magnetic (Inglis Knibb and Co.), 367
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.', rotary hearth furnace for Walter Somers, Ltd., 579
Ince, S., History of Hydraulics (book), 57 Incentive schemes, survey on, 691
Inch and metric system interchangeability, 640 Inco-Mond Magazine, Note on, 57
Income, national, and expenditure (1958), comment on, 394
— Tax allowance on technical books; dis
cussion in Parliament on, 175
— See also Salary; Wages
Incorporated Plant Engineers, new headquarters, 394
— Sales Managers’ Association, one-day
conference at Royal Festival Hall, preliminary notice, 415; annual conference, 611; sales organisation, by
S. Roberts, 611
Ind, Coope and Allsopp, association with John Labatt, 435
Independent self-sufficiency, Plain Words on, 226
Independent Television Authority, new station at Chillerton Down, 224; new transmitting station at Chillerton Down, IOW, 385; new station at Black Mountain, Belfast, 588; annual report, 727; extension of coverage, 727
Index, classified, of computer literature (Ferranti, Ltd.), 777
— Cumulative, note on, 152
— Publications, of Flight Safety Foundation,
note on, 187
— Subject, to Chemical Abstracts, note on, 187
— of Technical Articles, suspended publica
tion, 390
India, aircraft exports to, 34
— Assistance to small scale industry, 404
— Atomic energy in, 264
Power plans of, 793
— Reactor, ASPARA, in, 264
Reactor, ZERLINA, in, 265
— Battery production, 799
— Cinema films on steel output and uranium
prospecting in, 573
— Colombo Plan for steelworks construction,
206
— Export drive of, 151
— Five year plan, assistance from US and
World Bank, 395
— Imports, engineering, and exchange situa
tion, 258
— Indus river territorial claims of, 751
— Industrial development programme, effect
of strikes on, 661
— Iron and steel industry of, growth of, 206
— London motor coach service, Indiaman, 494
— Steel industry progress, cinema film on, 573
— Technical personnel census, 16
— Third five-year plan, atomic power in, 793
— Uranium prospecting, cinema film on, 573 Resources in, 264
- Visit of Prof. J. Ram to UK, 599 Indiaman motor coach for London-India service, 494
— See also Dial gauges
Individual efficiency in industry, report by committee on, 590
— Problem of, study on, by C. H. Greenewalt,
176
— the profession, and the Institution - (Civil
Engineers), by Prof. A. J. S. Pippard, 622 Induction furnaces. See Furnace, electric
— Motor. See Motor,, electric
Indus, River, irrigation projects, 751. See LETTER, 787
—- — Territorial claims to water benefits of, 751 Industrial and Commercial Finance Corp., effect of credit squeeze on, 15
— Co-Partnership Association, remarks on
exports at annual luncheon, by Dr.
P. Chambers, 660
— Court, recognised body on industrial
disputes, 573
— Design. See Design
— Psychology, National Institute of. See
National
— Relations, by S. C. Hills, 823
— Revolution, Vol. IV of History of Tech
nology, by C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and T. I. Williams (review), 246
— and scientific research. See Depart
ment of Scientific and Industrial Research
— Selection Register, compilation by Minister
of Labour, 137
—r- Supervisors, Regional Conferences of. See Regional
— Training Council, formation and activities
of, 143; participation by other bodies in work of, 175
Industrial Trucks, Ltd., “ Aerolumin ” aluminium platform truck, 197
— Welfare Society, filmstrips on human
relations problems, 80; talk on social value of man’s job, by J. Marsh, 240; training course for foremen, 302; appointment at 10.30 (booklet), 376; suggestion scheme posters, 376; survey into expenditure on welfare of employees, 507; problems of human adaptation, by P. Drucker, 533; Annual Meeting (London): review of progress, by Viscount Monckton, 660; Successful Suggestion Schemes (booklet), 823
Industry, Canadian, ownership of, 66
— Careers in, and technical education, year
book of, 1958, by H. C. Dent (review), 516
— Class distinctions in, 533
— Contraction of, 344
— Economic problems in, by R. G. Morrison
(publication), 572
Industry, financing, by J. B. Kinross, comment on, 791
— Flames and, symposium on, 747
— Nationalised. See Nationalised; National
isation
— Noise in (booklet), 357
— and schools, conference on link between
(Cheltenham), preliminary notice, 428
— in South Lancashire (report), 791
— Spare capacity in, 2
— Welfare in, £ s d of, by W. Durham,
comment on, 507
Inertia platform, rockets and satellites, 286 Inertial guidance, principles of, 475
Inflation in China, 67
— Sir H. Howitt on, 837
— in Hungary, 67
— Lord Pethick-Lawrence on, 175
— in Poland, 67
— in Russia, 67
— United Nations World Economic Survey
on, 3, 67
Information and abstract service of British Plastics Federation, 681
— Central Office of. See Central
— Centres, national, discussion on, 692
— and communication practice in industry, by
T. E. R. Singer (review), 811
— Exchanges in scientific, educational and
cultural, discussion in Parliament on, 629
— Expenditure, statistics in, 692
— International organisation for scientific and
technological, discussion on, 692
— Legal, retrieval of, 729
— Machines, position and prospects of, 692
— Processing, International Conference on.
See International
— Retrieval, by J. Farradane, 755
— Scientific, International Conference (Wash
ington). See International Conference Russian and Czech, making use of, by
E. Gros, 445
and Technical, All-Union Institute for. See All-Union Institute
— Service, London Hotels, activities of, 573
— — Technical, in Europe (booklet), 187
— Technical, international guide to European
sources of (book), 844
Oral communication of, by R. S. Casey (book), 445
Russian and Czech, making use of, by E. Gros, 445
See also European Technical Observation Group
Infra-red domestic heater (Dimplex, Ltd.), 32 Projector (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 230
Infusors, water, automatic high-pressure, for coal mines (Hausherr (Sprockoevel)), 658 Inglis, C. J., the late, 460
Inglis Knibb and Co., electro-magnetic impulse counter, 367
Ingots, heating, at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Ingram’s Kaio-Kapnos downdraught grate, 502 Injection moulding machine for plastics components (Projectile and Engineering Co.), 449
Injector for boiler feed water treatment dosing (Houseman and Thompson), 461
Injuries, industrial. See Industrial injuries Inland waterways. See British Waterways;
Canal; River; Waterways
Innovation, investment in, by C. F. Carter and B. R. Williams (review), 747
Inspection of airborne components, AID techniques, 641
— Equipment, Censor, Alfred Herbert dis
tributor for, 773
— of factories. See Factory inspection
— and production departments, friction
between, by R. M. McKenzie, 344
— Service, welding (trade publication), 90 Inspector of factories. See Factory inspection Institute of Atomic Energy (Russia), thermonuclear research, 402
— of Aviation Medicine, Royal Air Force,
conference on space medicine, 527
— of Directors, full employment and stable
prices, by Lord Cohen, 632
— of Fuel, planned maintenance:, by J. C.
Veale, 426; symposium on flames and industry, 747
— of Petroleum. See also Institution of
Chemical Engineers
— of Research on Machine Tools and Metal
Cutting, machine-tool design and performance research, by Dr. J. Tlusty, 615
— of Transport, presidential! address on
management for transport, by Maj. Gen.
G. N. Russell, 573
— of Welding, presidential address on history
and future prospects of welding, by J. Strong, 745; British Commonwealth Welding Conference (book), 844
— See also Institution
Institution of Chemical Engineers :
Joint Symposium {with Institute of Petroleum) on Organisation of Chemical Engineering Projects: organisation of chemical engineering projects, by Sir L. Owen and C. J. Turner, 121; design duty and specification . of requirements, including site selection, by J. B. Asquith and L. S. Davis, 121; systems of project organisation, by K. M. Curwen, 121; systems of project organisation, by R. E. Bywater, 121:; function of the contractor, by L. B. Baker, 121; function of the contractor, by W. H. A. Webb, 121; programming and progressing systems and meeting completion dates, by J. O. Dugdale-Bradley, 122; programming and progressing systems and meeting completion dates, by W. V. M. Kelly, 122; cost estimating and control, by P. Brett, 122; plant commissioning, by
D. W. K. Barker, .122; plant commissioning, by A. F. Cottrell, 122; analysis and future use of project records, by S. T. Card, 122; analysis and future use of project records, by
R. Adams, 122
Engineers’ Guild to consider resolution on members of, for membership of Guild, 99; survey on shortage of chemical engineers; 507. See also 493; notes on laboratories for teaching of chemical engineering, 632 Institution of Civil Engineers, Presidential Address on The Individual, the Profession and the Institution, by Prof. A. J. S. Pippard, 622
— of Electrical Engineers:
‘Symposium on provision of Adequate Electrical Installations in Buildings: multi-storey flats and maisonettes, by C. A. Belcher, 848; houses, by C. C. Hyams, 848; commercial buildings, by E. E. Jacobi, 848; small industrial premises, by J. A. Sharp, 848
Convention on microwave valves: Two level solid-state maser, by J. P. Gordon, 87
Education and training of student apprentices in electrical engineering (booklet), 97
Smith, Dorothy, MIEE, 199
Formation of Medical Electronics Discussion Group, 405, 493
Art, craft and rampart, by D. P. Sayers, 654
Conference on industrial training for professional engineers, 660
Convention on thermonuclear processes (London), preliminary notice, 734
— of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland,
Presidential Address on training courses, by Prof. J. Small, 472
— Engineering, of British Commonwealth,
Conference of, 493
Comment on activities of, 493
— of Heating and Ventilating Engineers,
waste heat recovery from diesel engines, by R. M. Tufnell, 610
— of Highway Engineers, inauguration of
Carlisle branch, 36; formation of Southern branch, 787
— Of Locomotive Engineers, mechanics of the
train in service of railway operation, by
S. O. Ell, 683
— of Mechanical Engineers:
Report on practical training, by D. B. Welbourn, 163. See also Vol. 185
Annual dinner: remarks on membership ineligibility of officers from RAF Training College, by Air Marshal Sir D. Boyle, 526
Symposium on Engine Noise and Noise Suppression: noise and hearing: physiological aspects, by Prof. W. Burns, 608; Reduction of internalcombustion engine noise by enclosure, by Dr. A. J. King, 608; Origins of diesel engine noise, by Dr. A. E. W. Austen and Dr. T. Priede, 608; Measurement of noise of motor vehicles, by Dr. W. Martin, 608
Conference on gearing, preliminary notice, 36; report by S. L. Harris, 543 Heat transfer for water processes, by Dr. D. B. Spalding, 45
Theoretical analysis of stresses in spherical pressure vessel, by Dr. R. Hicks, 203 Proceedings of international conference on fatigue of metals (book), 218
Ordinary meetings to be held on Wednesdays, 493
Summer meeting proposal in Switzerland, 493
Bulletin of British conference on automation and computation, 747
Automobile Division; Annual summer meeting at Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, 100
— of Mining Engineers, summer meeting:
safety aspects of underground transport in coal mines, by A. E. Crook, 90; colliery communication systems, by E. J. Kimmins and B. L. Metcalf, 90
— of Production Engineers, quality—its
creation and control (booklet), 185; Sir Alfred Herbert Paper on European Common Market, the Free Trade Area and the production engineer, by Sir C. Weir, 818
— of Structural Engineers, 50th anniversary,
special issue of Structural Engineer, 192; presidential address on jubilee of, by G. S. McDonald, 493; jubilee exhibition, 556; sphere for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, by N. T. Barrett, 734
— of Water Engineers, A Career? Water
Engineer! (brochure), 736; qualifications for membership of, 736
— See also Institute
Instituto per la Ricostruzioni Industriale, state-controlled holding company (Italy), 130; annual report, 727
Instruments, analytical, industrial (Elliott- Automation Group), 394
— for atomic energy study and development,
324
— Control, for automated plant (Elliott-
Automation Group), 394
— and controls handbook, by D. M. Considine
(review), 746
— Electrical (trade publications), 550
— Engineering applications in agricultural
machinery, 790
— Exhibits at Farnborough Show, 297
— for humidity measurement, development of,
by South African National Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, 620
— industry, training of apprentices in, by
W. Stainsby, 176
— and instrumentation, symposium on litera
ture of, 649
— Landing system, 322
— Nucleonic, exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 765
— Panel!,.effect in road accidents, 469
— See also Scientific instruments Instrumentation in atomic energy, by R. B.
Stephens, 762
— Atomic power station, exhibits at Atoms for
Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 274
Instrumentation, atomic reactor, exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 274
— and instruments, symposium on literature
of, 649
— Neutron flux, 763
— for thermonuclear research, 765
— Training at Foxboro-Yoxall, 611 Insulation of cables at Aberdare Cables,
Ltd., 774
— Cable, spark tester for (Addison Electric
Co., Ltd.), 5.62
— Electric, of shaft of traction motor reverser
switch, glass cloth for, 347
— of flame retarding polythene for coaxial
radio-frequency miniaturised cable (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 4
— Heat, Daltolac 24 polyurethane foam for
(ICI), 847
of dwellings, proposed byelaw for, 556
— Magnetic, in thermonuclear research, 400
— Meter for surface resistances (Shaw
Moisture Meters), 229
— Moulded amosite asbestos, “ Caposite,” for
Berkeley atomic power station (Cape Asbestos), 170
— Rock wool, “ Rocksil,” for Berkeley
atomic power station (Cape Asbestos), 170
— Sound, Daltolac 24 polyurethane foam for
(ICI), 847
of doors, 588
— Thermal, for Berkeley atomic power station,
contract for (Cape Asbestos), 170
Insulator, electric, low-temperature research on, 680
— Plastics, for pipes, Armaflex (Armstrong
Cork Co., Ltd.), 144
Insurance of atomic reactors, bill on, 603
— Life, statistics, British (1953-57), 599 Workers under, statistics on, 599
— National, Government policy on, 533 See also Pensions
Integral, exponential, for complex arguments, tables of (book), 844
— Transport, tables of, by W. M. Rogers and
R. L. Powell (book), 844
Integral, Ltd., electronic flow meter (trade publication), 188
Intellect, operational aspects of, by Dr.
D. M. Mackay, 728
— and programming, papers on, at symposium
on mechanisation of thought processes, 728
Intelligence, artificial, and heuristic programming, by Dr. M. Minsky, 728
Interavia silver jubilee number, 27 Interdependence in modern society, Plain Words on, 226
Interferometer, series, of D. Post, 249 Interferometry, optical, calibration of mirror extensometers by, by A. F. C. Brown, 180 Interfirm comparison for management (pamphlet), 362
Internal-combustion engines. See also Aircraft engine; Engine; Motor car engine; Motor boat; Tractor; Turbine, gas, etc.; see also British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association
International Association of Exchange of Students, annual report, 599
— Astronautical Federation, Annual Congress:
Explorers, by Dr. W. von Braun, 370; exploration of upper atmosphere with Sputnik III, by V. I. Krassovsky, 370; scientific results from Explorer satellites, by A. R. Hibbs, 371; radiation measurements from Explorer IV, by J. V. Allen, C. McIlwain and G. Ludwig, 371; analysing terrestrial radio and optical observations of earth satellites, by R. H. Merson, 371
— Atomic Energy Agency, annual report of
activities, 235; activities of, 265; fellowship granted by, 456; tenders invited for uranium ingots or billets, 793; tenders for uranium received, 830
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, assistance for India’s five- year plan, 395; review of activities for 1957-58, 494
International Combustion, Ltd., cinema film on steam and steam generation, 8; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; 550 MW boiler for Thorpe Marsh power station, 710
— Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition
(London), exhibits at, 462
— Commission on Radiological Protection,
activities of, 765
— Commodities Exhibition at Hong Kong,
discussion in Parliament on, 139
— Conference on Information Processing
(Paris), preliminary notice, 99
— — on Scientific Information (Washington),
report of, 692
— Congress of Aeronautical Sciences (Madrid,
1958), 413
International Convention Concerning Carriage of Goods by Rail, on dangerous goods, 818
— Council of Aeronautical Sciences, first
international congress (Madrid), 363, 413, 441, 473
International General Electric, contract for atomic power plant in Italy, 438
— Geophysical Year, data centre at Radio
Research Station, 216
— Guide to European sources of technical
information (book), 844
International Harvester Co. of Canada, agreement with Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 822
— Institution for Production Engineering
Research, report on general assembly of (Britain, 1958), 614
— Inventors Exhibition (Brussels), gold medal
for Planstore equipment of James H. Randall and Son, Ltd., at, 151
International Journal of Air Pollution, note on, 187
— Labour Conference (Geneva), comment on
proceedings of, 760
— Monetary Fund, proposal for increase of
members’ quotas, 362, 495
International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., cinema film on refining nickel from Canadian ores, 79; position and prospects Of, 201, 565; strike at, 565
International Organisation for Standardisation: Fourth Plenary Session (Harrogate'): Opening address, by Sir R. Duncalfe, 157; work on food containers, 157; work on screw threads, 157; machine- tools test code, 158; steam-generating plant test code, 158; work on nuclear energy, 158; nuclear-energy terminology, 158; work on radiation protection, 158; work on nuclear- reactor safety, 158; work on light metals and alloys, 158; work on copper and its alloys 158; work on cast iron, 158; work on steel, 158; work on steel testing, 158; election of new President and Vice-President, 158 Work on world standards, by J. C. Tysoe, 259
Comments on American non-activity in, 427
Proposal for Preferred numbers system for gauge thicknesses of sheet and wire, 676
— Railway Congress (Madrid, 1958), report
on proceedings, 518, 552
— Regulations for Prevention of Collisions,
revision call for, 271
International Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd., new plant at Hythe, 499
— Transport Workers Federation, ban of
ships under flags of convenience, 199; boycott of flags of convenience ships, 787
— Union of Railways. See Office for Research
and Experiments of
Interplanetary Society, British. See British Interscience Publishers, Research Management, note on, 119
Interview studio, television, at Southampton, of BBC, 224
Inventions in aircraft industry, safeguarding of, 767
— and inventors, journal of, Lapis, 747
— and patents, how to develop and protect
them, by R. A. Buckles (book), 357
— See also Patents
Inventors Exhibition, International (Brussels), gold medal for Planstore equipment of James H. Randall and Son, Ltd., at, 151
— and inventions, journal of, Lapis, 747 Inverters, transistor, new range of (E. K. Cole,
Ltd.), 297
Investment, capital, allowed by municipal authorities, 686
— — Government policy on, 686
Investment casting with frozen mercury, Mercast process, 177
— German, overseas, 23
— in industry, Labour Party policy on, 130
—‘in innovation, by C. F. Carter and B. R. Williams (review), 747
— Private, in US, 41
— in Western Europe, 76
— See also Capital
Investor, small, remarks on, by J. B. Kinross, 755
“ Invincible Mk. II ” eight-wheeled commercial vehicles (Guy Motors, Ltd.), 359 Iodine, radioactive, for tracer test on drinking water, 108
Ion-chamber design, 762
— Injection as fusion device, 827
Ionides, M. G., on. help from West in Iraq, 173. See LETTER, 227
IOTA. See Index of Technical Articles
Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, History of Hydraulics, by H. Rouse and S. Ince (book), 57
Iran, industrial developments in, 35
Iraq, Civil Service of, salary of, 173
— Development of, by M. G. Ionides, 173.
See LETTER, 227
Board, formation and activities, 173; foreign contractors’ request for arbitration to, 722
Difficulties in, 722
— Help from West in, by M. G. Ionides, 173
— Industrial development in, 34
— Irrigation in, 173
— Oil industry, review of, 34
Iraq Petroleum Co., Iraq oil in 1957 (review), 34
— Revolt in, and effects on industry, 98 IRI. See Instituto per la Ricostruzioni
Industriale
Irish Government, television station for, offer by Pye (Ireland), 192
— Railways, “4-GF+” automatic coupler for
•(George Fischer, Ltd.), 511
Iron, cast. See Cast iron
— Castings. See Castings
?— Council. See Joint Iron Council
— Hand machine for handling pressed metal
stampings, formation of British company for manufacture of, by Sahlin Engineering Co., Inc., 661
— Influence of structure and properties of
galvanised coatings, by J. J. Sebisty and J. O. Edwards (book), 712
— Malleable, blackheart, foundry for (Shotton
Bros., Ltd.), 15®
— Ore. See Ore
— Oxide absorber and regenerator, fluidised
hot (Appleby-Frodingham), 223
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures,
241
— Production, mechanical handling in, cinema
film on,126
— Roto-iron (Revo Electric, Ltd.), 32
— See also Cast iron; Ironmaking; Iron and
Steel; Steel; Metallurgy
— and Steel Board, annual report of, and
comment on expansion programme, 194; statistics for production of iron castings, 291
Federation, British. See British
Industry, crane safety in (pamphlet), 553 Industry, India, growth of, 206
Institute, special meeting in Belgium and Luxembourg, 145
Making in Poland, report (book), 218 Research Association, British. See British
Ironmaking, developments in, 145
— direct methods, 145
— Process, “ Cyclosteel,” 145 ORF, 145
Ironwork, structural. See Bridge; Floor; Roof; Structure
Iroquois turbojet engines for Avro CF105 Arrow all-weather interceptor (Orenda Engines, Ltd.), 542
Irradiation cabinets for group therapy (“ V ” Development, Ltd.), 593
— Food, 636
UN meeting at Harwell, 666
— Tar polymerisation increase with, 141 Irradiator, food, cobalt 60 gamma, HI-FI, 74 Irrigation equipment at Smithfield Show
(London), 790
— Indus river projects, 751. See LETTER, 787
— in Iraq, 173
— Nile river projects, 750. See LETTER, 787
Isaac, P. C. G., Treatment of Trade-Waste Waters and Prevention of River Pollution (review), 246
ISCON. See Indian Steelworks Construction Co.
Islington Public Libraries, annual report, 517 Isocrete Co., Ltd., sound and heat insulation of floors at Hur sea I Group Heating Centre, 192
Isokinetic dust sampling apparatus, “ Lisa ” (Longworth Scientific Instrument Co., Ltd.), 230
Isotope Developments, Ltd., nuclear instrumentation exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 274; package monitor type 210, 347
— Division of Atomic Energy Research
Establishment, work of, 14
— School (Harwell), 262
ISPRA-1 nuclear reactor (Italy), 13
Israel, atomic power station planned for, 793
— Development of natural resources, 258
— Sea-water desalting plant, 259
ITA. See Independent Television Authority Italian State Railways, electrification progress, 786
Italy, atomic power station for, 301
— Atomic reactors, 686
Reactor contracts, 438
— Coachbuilding industry contribution to
British motor cars, 530
— Engineering industries of. 77
— New Government for, 130
— State-controlled industries, policy change
foreshadowed, 130
— See also Latina atomic power station IXION thermonuclear apparatus, 335
Iyer, A. S. E., review of activities of National Small Industries Corp., 404
Izod test, comparison, with other notch toughness tests, 107
— Values of ultra-high-strength steels, 446
— See also Impact

JACKS, hydraulic, 200-ton, for roof raising in construction of new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon (Youngs (Lifting Appliances), Ltd.), 682
Jackson, Sir W., in U.K. delegation to Atomic Energy Conference (Geneva), 237; comment on training of craftsmen, 302
Jacobi, E. E., on electrical installations in commercial buildings, 848
Jacobs, J. C., on movement of soil moisture (book), 777
Jacobsen, L. S., On engineering vibrations (review), 810
Jacobson, M. A. I., on photoelastic experiments on bending stress in spur gear teeth, 543
Jaguar Cars, Ltd., Mark IX saloon motor car, 506; development of Borg Warner automatic transmission, 566; use of Burman power-assisted steering, 567
Jamaica, radio telephone link in, stand-by generator plant for (Austinlite, Ltd.), 135 James, R. I., and Partners, civil engineers for gas turbine test house of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 478
Japan, atomic energy agreements with, 236 Power station project, 636 Ship propulsion developments, 602 — Shipbuilding industry, position and prospects of, 131
Jargon, Plain Words on, 458 JASON atomic reactor, details of, 262 J.C.B. Hydra-Digga attachment for Track-
Marshall crawler tractor (Thos. W. Ward, Ltd.), 597
Jeakes, J. W., underfed grate, 502
Jeep, aerial, 59K (Piasecki Aircraft Corp.), 474 Jenkins, A. H., on moving people on, 396 Jenkins, Robert, and Co., Ltd., ring-clamp boltless doors, 71
Jerricans for coal delivery in France, 791 Jersey, patents laws, 640
Jessop, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., titanium alloys
(trade publication), 776
Jesty, L. C., on relation between picture size, viewing distance and picture quality in television, 64
Jet aircraft. See Aircraft
Jet Pfovost aircraft., cinema film of (Hunting
Aircraft, Ltd.), 107
Jeumont-Heidmann camshaft mechanism for electric locomotives, 609
Jevons, Stanley, Tool Co., press lubricator (trade publication), 482
Jeweller’s workshop exhibit at Birmingham
Museum of Science and Industry, 453 J. G. Graves of Sheffield, self-righting Oakley lifeboat (William Osborne, Ltd.), 742 Jig boring machines for toolroom or light production (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 4
— and fixture system, “ Wharton,” by J.
Wharton, 68
Job, comments on (survey), 691
— Social value of, by J. Marsh, 240
— See also Career
Joberg, Ltd., R-J methane indicator (trade publication), 90
Jodrell Bank radio telescope, used to track lunar probes, 295; report on action of consulting engineer at, 240; comment on cost of, 557; questionnaire on tracking lunar probes by, 624
Johns, D. J., on optimum design of multicell box subjected to given bending moment and temperature distribution (book), 747
Johns, G. W., updraught grate, 501
Johnson, Prof. D. C., on resonant effects on gear tooth load, 543
Johnson, H. W., on European installations for colour-anodising of aluminium, 616
Johnson, J., on uranium and thorium supplies, 374
Johnson, J. C., on resources of nuclear fuel for atomic power, 464
Johnson, L., Middle East tour by, 208. See LETTER, 332
Johnson and Phillips, failure of merger talks with W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., 404
Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., chilled and grain roll production, 520
Johnston, A. W., on comparison of notched bar tests, 107
Joints, cable, “ Polytel ” silicone-grease-filled polyethylene sleeve for (British Insulated Callenders Cables, Ltd.), 770
— Committee for Co-ordination of Cathodic
Protection of Buried Structures, progress in work of (pamphlet), 95
on Individual Efficiency in Industry, report on training of operatives, 533
— Iron Council, comment on Iron and Steel
Board’s statistics on iron castings, 291
— Nuclear Research Institute (Dubna), activi
ties of, 265; properties of 10 GeV synchrophasotron, 539
— Univeral, in ducts, design of, 704
— Welded pipe, worm hole reduction (Quasi
Arc), 223
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., tilting and swivelling machine vice, 197; precision grinding and surface finishing machines (trade publication), 421; lj-in. honing machine, 563
Jones, E. Hywell, on economic aspects of the nuclear power programme, 436
Jones, J. D., on radiation shielding, 568
Jones, Air Marshal Sir O., on meetings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 493
Jones, T. C., and Co., trading position, 335
Joseph, S. C., on position and prospects of Clifford Motor Components, Ltd., 471
Joubin, F. R., bn world uranium reserves, 395
Journal of the Aero/Space 'Sciences, new title fi"’ Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, 327
Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, change of title, 327
Journal bearings. See Bearings
Journal of Nuclear Energy, parts A and B of, 170
Journal of Physics, Czechoslovak, translation of non-English articles in, 747
Journalists, National Union of. See National Union
Journees Internationales de Siderurgie, special meeting in Belgium and Luxembourg, 145
Jowett Cars, Ltd., change of name to Jowett Engineering, Ltd., 335
Jowett Engineering, Ltd., new name of Jowett Cars, Ltd., 335
Joy Manufacturing Co., position and prospects of, 201
Joyce, Dr. J. R. F., mechanical jet drill with aluminium derrick mounted on Land Rover motor vehicle, 37
Judge, A. W., Engineering Precision Measurements (book), 91
Jukes, J. A., on economics of nuclear power, 436
Jupiter rocket for U.S. Army lunar probe, 624
“ Just price ” policy of Servomex Controls, Ltd., 785

59K aerial jet (Piasecki Aircraft Corp.), 474
Kaio-Kapnos downdraught grate, Ingram’s, 502
Kaiser Co. of America, Survey for Volta River project, 227
Kaldo oxygen converter steelmaking process, 145
Kailman, D., on blending versus re-enrichment for slightly enriched uranium, 142
KaMeWa controllable-pitch propellers for diesel frigates (Stone), 815
Kane, F. C., Ltd., carton loading machine, 497 Kanigen nickel plating process, 576
Kapitan, Opel, motor car, redesigned version of, 101
Kardomah, Ltd., computer installation, 668 Kariba dam, progress report, 807 Kashmir valley floods, historical note on, 572
Kate, H. H., handbook of layout and dimensions for production (review), 357
Kay, F. X., on industrial pneumatics, 544. See LETTER, 591-2
Kearney and Trecker, CVA Group 51-station in-line transfer machine, 102
Keelavite Hydraulics, Ltd., hydraulic components for mine car handling plant at Glyncorrwg, 650
Keeton, Sons and Co., Ltd., high speed guillotine for accurate shearing, 69
Keighley power station, Crompton Parkinson generators, 47 years service of, 563
Kellogg International Corp., model of ethylene plant from plastics components, 10
Kelly, W. V. M., on programming and progressing systems and meeting completion dates, 122
Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., instrument components (trade publication), 550
Kelvin, S.T., trawler with transom stern (Cochrane and Sons), 771
Kendall Contracting Inc., forging manipulator for Walter Somers, Ltd., 579
Kendall, G. H., Sr., planning automatic assembly, 184
Kendall, M. G., statistical monographs and courses, 445
Kenhos automatic transfer machine, 185
— Straight-line assembly machines, floor
arrangement plans using, 184
Kennecott Copper Corp., increased operations of, 239
Kennedy, Prof. A. J., on fatigue since Wohler, 781
Kennett, V. A., visit to Moscow, 81
Kent, George, Ltd., Dall orifice for flow measurement (trade publication), 153; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Conference, 275; Multelec Mark 3 electronic strip-chart recorder, 275; reduction in trade, 335; Malayan subsidiary of, 369; retirements and appointments, 471; diaphragm units (trade publication), 776
Kent, Cmdr. P. W., on order position of George Kent, Ltd., 335
Kerry radial drills (Qualters and Smith Bros., Ltd.), 167
Kershaw, A., on Government grants for research, 12
Kestner Evaporator and Engineering Co., Ltd., glandless self-priming diaphragm pump (trade publication), 327; fiftieth anniversary , 598
Keswick Granite Co., sale of Ravenglass- Dalegarth railway, 623
KEWB nuclear reactor, power increase in, 45 “ Key-Conex ” non-ferrous compression fittings for drain pipes (Key Engineering Co., Ltd.), 848
Key Engineering Co., Ltd., skirting wiring duct, 784; “ Key-Conex” non-ferrous
compression fittings for drain pipes,848
K. G.S. Bearing Co., history of parent company, 261
Khlopkin, N. S., on atomic ship Lenin, 600 Kicksorters, multi-channel pulse-height analysers, 765
Kidde, Walter, Co., Ltd., emergency oxygen system for airliner passengers. 581
Kidric, Boris, Research Institute, radiation accident, 793
Killian, Dr. J. R., on scientific research, 18 Kilmorack hydro-electric project, 75 Kimmins, E. J., on colliery communication systems, 90
Kindersley, Lord, on position and prospects of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 15
Kinematics of linkages, by Prof. R. Beyer (review), 612
Kinetic heating in high-speed flight, 278
King, Dr. A. J., on reduction of internal-combustion engine noise by enclosure, 608
King, Prof. J. W. H., on accelerated curing tests on concrete. See LETTER, 36, See also Vol. 185
Kinross, J. B., on small investor, 755; on financing industry, comment on, 791
Kinsey, R. P., on reactor engineering, 730
Kipp spanners for machine tools (trade publication}, 357
Kirby, F. A., on Nestle training centre, Lausanne, 794
Kiruna iron-ore mines, Lysholm-type rotary screw compressors at, 490
Kitchen and Wade, Ltd., precision-type drillboring machine, 135
Kite Mark on electrical goods, discussion in Parliament on, 767
Manufacturers licensed to use (booklet), 588
Kivimaa, Dr. E., on cutting forces in sawing, 615
KIWI-A atomic reactor for rocket propulsion, 74
K and L Steelfounders and Engineers, Ltd., trading position, 335
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, service to Moscow, 389
Klystron, high-power, development by Mul- lard, Ltd., 642
— Reflex, by J. J. Hamilton (review), 577
— Stabilisation of (Elliott Brothers (London),
Ltd.), 87
Knapton, new malting plant for Associated British Maltsters, Ltd., 186
Knives for meat-slicing machines, nickel and chromium plating of, 576
Knock-out foundry. See Foundry
Knollys, Viscount, on position and prospects of Vickers, Ltd., 15
Kobayashi, K., on generation of remanent magnetisation of ferromagnetic minerals by chemical reaction, 349
Kofoed-Hansen, Dr. O., on self-sustaining thermonuclear reaction, 74
Kohler, H. K., cinema film on measurement of gear tooth root strain, 543
Kohnstamm, M., visit to London, 13
Kolb, A. C., on magnetic compression of shock preheated deuterium, 403
Kollbrunner, C. F., on strength of materials applied to plates (book), 712
Koloc, J., on grinding-wheel life, 615
Konecke, Dr., on position and prospects of Daimler-Benz AG, 369
Konimeter, Watson British type, for sampling industrial dusts (W. Watson and Sons, lad.),, 647
Korfmann (Witten/Ruhr), three-headed boring miner, 658
Korol, A. G., Soviet education for science and technology (review), 119
Korolyov, A. A., on rolling mills (review),, 713
Krabacher, E. J., on ceramic tools, 614
Krassovsky, V. I., on geophysical data given by Sputnik III, 370
Kriescher and Cie, machine tools (trade publication), 482
Kroll process for titanium production, 28
Krypton 85 in coal drilling tests, 666 — — Lamps at Harwell, 403
Ku, Y, H., on analysis and control of nonlinear systems (book), 327
Kugelfischer Georg Schafer Co., foundation and activities of, 261
Kuwait airport, Frederick S. Snow and Partners appointed consultants for, 103
Kuwait Oil Co., Ltd., Mina al Ahmadi oil refinery, 404
Kuzhetsov, V. D., on surface energy of solids (book), 218
Kwikform, Ltd;, plywood panels for wall formwork, 160
Kynmore Engineering Co., Ltd., potentiometer drives, 688

LABATT, J., association with Ind Coope and Allsopp, 435
Laboratories, Admiralty Engineering. See Admiralty
— of AID (Harefield), 641
— Heat, of Mechanical Engineering Research
Laboratory, 548
— High-voltage, at Enfield Cables, Ltd., 348
— National Chemical. See National Chemical Laboratory
Physical. See National Physical Laboratory
— Radiation, of Texas Co., 427
— Science, school, grants for, discussion in Parliament on, 175
— of Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Corby, 802
— for teaching chemical engineering, notes on, 632
— United States Naval Research? See United States
Labour composition, changes in, 823
— Conference, International. See International
— Dismissals in German steel industry, 112
— Disputes in shipbuilding industry, 760
— Farm, use of pools, 112
— Hiring and firing of, 691
— Hoarding of, comment by Prof; A. J. Brown, 302
— Hours of. See Hours of Labour
— Management relations. See Management
labour relations
— and National Service, Ministry of: com
pilation of Industrial Selection Register of firms wishing to leave London, 137; conciliation in industrial disputes, 176; earnings and wages statistics, 271
— Party, plan for progress (pamphlet), 130
— Problems in N. Rhodesia copper mines, 376
— Record, steel industry’s (booklet), 357
— See also Hours of labour; Strikes; Wages,
etc.
Labovitch, C., directory of opportunities for school leavers (review), 516
La Brugeoise et Nivelles, electric locomotives for Belgian Congo, 609
Ladle, transfer, tilting-truck, hydraulic (trade publication), 118
Laing, John, and Son, Ltd., new hangar for Beverley aircraft at Abingdon, 682
Laing, John, and Son (Holdings), Ltd., overseas projects, 103
Laing, M., on progress on London-Birmingham Motorway, 26
Laing, W. K., on future outlook for contracting industry, 103
Lamb, J., the late, 228
— Lateral extensometer, properties of, 181
Laminated glass production at Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., 58
Windscreen in road accidents, 468
Laminating of glass at Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., 59
Lamp, headlamp bulb, double-filament, for automobiles (Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 32
— Krypton 85, 403
— Oil-burning, reading, illumination patterns
of, by H. Sutcliffe, 820
— Projector, miniature, 500 watt, Al/176
(Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 32
— Signalling, lightweight (General Electric),
Iff
— Sodium, 280 W, Osram Integral (GEC), 461
— Warning, press-to-test, for industrial or
aircraft use (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 6
Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto Co., price reductions by, 716
Lancashire Dynamo Nevelin, Ltd., Nevimag drive (trade publication), 550; motor controllers (trade publication), 648; Varimag variable speed drives, 656
— and Merseyside Industrial Development
Association, industry in South Lancashire (report), 791
— South, industry in (report), 791
Lancaster Canal, British Waterways maintenance workshop for, 587
Land valuation, dual, removal under Town and Country Planning Bill, 591
Landberg, Prof. P., on deep-drawing experiments, 615
Landing, aircraft. See Aircraft
— Gear design, by H. G. Conway (book), 247
— by instrument, I.L.S. system, 322
— Visual glide path indicator at Blackbushe
Airport, 449
Langhaar, H. L., on general theory of buckling, 777
Langham Thompson, J., Ltd., miniature quartz crystal clock, 620
Langitex non-slip pulley wheels (Cork Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 563
Langley Alloys, Ltd., “ Multi-seal ” alloy gate Valves, 384
Language, English and Russian as main scientific, 692
Lapis, journal of inventions and inventors, 747
Laplace’s equation in photoelastic stress analysis, 249
“ Lapmaster ” lapping machines, exhibition of (Payne Products international, Ltd.), 843 Laporte Chemicals, Ltd., hydrogen peroxide manufacture by autoxidation, 812
Lapping machines, “ Lapmaster,” exhibition of (Payne Products, International, Ltd.), 843
Lassally, A., on paying wages monthly, 496 Latex compounds and adhesives, new plant for, at Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 38
Lathe, automatic, Acme-Gridley six-spindle (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 365
Multi-tool and profile turning, P5 (Churchill-Redman, Ltd.), 367
“ XT ” Coventry self-opening die-head for (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 461
Lathe, brassworker’s, exhibit at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
— Centre, for roll machining at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— Copying, Heid “ Neomat ” (Newman In
dustries, Ltd.), 1'67
— High-precision, Antarctica (Murad Deve
lopments), 197
— Profile boring, for diesel engine piston
heads (Denhams Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397
— Screw-cutting, Maudslay’s, replica for
Wilkie Foundation (George Wailes and Co.), 198. See LETTER, 331
Latin America, Economic Commission for, creation of free trade zone, 559
Latina atomic power station, details of reactor for, 693; television equipment contract for (Pye, Ltd.), 793
Launch, motor. See Motor boat
Launching of Leonardo da Vinci, liner, 786
— of Universe Apollo, tanker, 786
Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., analogue computer for induction motor design (A. V. Roe and Co.), 188; crane control (trade publication), 648; permanent exhibition of electrical plant, 726; Ward Leonard “ packaged ” control gear set, 726; “Selector” d.c. cargo winch, 726; Pitt Scott automatic tension winch, 726; “ Trislot ” a.c. motor, 726; “ N-S ”
variable-speed a.c. motor, 726; “ Speedmaster ” single-unit converter, 726; “ Revcon ” crane control system, 726; a.c. machinery for operation of ships’ auxiliaries, 726
Law, R. J., on history of screw-cutting lathes, 331
— and trade unions, by Lord Denning, 16 Lawshe, C. H., on subception, 691 Laycock-Knorr air-brake for “ Sir Brian
Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
Layout for production, handbook of, by H. H. Katz (review), 357
L-D process. See Linzer Dilsenverfahren
L. D.A. See Lead Development Association Lead Development Association, activities of, 118
— Influence on structure and properties of
galvanised coatings, by J. J. Sebisty and J. O. Edwards (book), 712
— Replacement by titanium, in heating coils
of chromium plating baths, 847
Leader pressed steel motor cycle (Ariel), 164 Leadership, conference on, British Institute of Management, 393
— Qualities, by Lord Montgomery, 685 Leak detectors, electronic, 288
Learning machines, papers and discussion on, 729
Lecturers. See Teachers
Lee, E., on longitudinal permeability of hardwoods and softwoods, by D. N. Smith and
E. Lee (book), 747
Lee-McCall prestressing system, Macalloy wedge grip anchor for use with, 605
System of vertical bars in construction of Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, British Waterways, maintenance workshop for, 587
— Sheffield motorway, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 175
Legal information, retrieval of, 729
— World, automation in, by Dr. Mehl, 729 Lehrbriefe, refrigeration plant instructional
letters, 459
Leicester, Lovell, and Co., Ltd., hardeners for Epophen epoxide resins, 782
Leighton, J., hopper-fed grate, 502 Leipzig trade fair, comment on, 547 Lenel, K. R., on “ middle-aged bachelor,” 291 Length-measuring machines for up to 30 ft, by Dr. F. H. Rolt, C. Godfrey, and S. C. Bottomley, 615
Lenin atomic-powered icebreaker vessel, 600 Leonardo da Vinci, Italian liner, launching of, 786
Leslie, John, updraught grate, 501
Le Sueur, H. E., on icing standards and methods used to determine suitability of aircraft to fly in icing conditions, 61
Letter sorting machine, automatic, prototype, 149
Machines, electronic, for Post Office (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 243
Level gauges, radioisotopes for, 635
Tank, electronic, Gilbarco (Firth Cleveland Instruments, Ltd.), 166
— Indicators, electronic (Fielden Electronics),
790
Double-diaphragm, for silos (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 384
“ Level-Ride ”, Leveroil, vehicle seat suspension system (A. W. Chapman, Ltd.), 657
Levenson, M., on pyrometallurgical reprocessing, 465
Leveroil “ Level-Ride ” vehicle seat suspension system (A. W. Chapman, Ltd.), 657 Levin, Dr. N., appointed deputy director of Atomic Weapons Research Establishment of UKAEA, 170
Levitation melting of high-purity metals, 20 Lewis, R., on “ The Boss,” comment on book, 685
Lewis, Dr. R. D., on ignition of firedamp by stationary metal particles and frictional sparks, 241
Lewis, Dr. W. B., views on D2O reactors, 44 Lewisham railway accident; by K. F. H.
Murrell, 195-6. See LETTER, 259
accident, comment on report on, 129. See LETTERS, 195-6, 259, 395
Lewitt, E. H., hydraulics and fluid mechanics (book), 57
Lexicon microfilm and fiche reader (Micro Methods, Ltd.), 390
Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Ltd., Terylene conveyor belts, 672
Leyland-Holl arid N-V, conversion of Leyland trucks to conform with Dutch and German regulations, 359
Leyland Motors, Ltd., representation overseas, 611
Liardet, G. E., on diversification and expansion policy of Simms Motor and Electronics Corp., 103
Librarian, on being a, by R. L. Collison, 577
Library Association, readers guide to mechanical engineering, 421; library classification and the field of knowledge, by D. J. Foskett (pamphlet), 551; rubber: natural and synthetic, by E. R. Yescombe, 577
— Braille, Valentin Haiiy Association, com
ment on, 27
— Classification and the field of knowledge, by
D. J. Foskett (pamphlet), 551
— Hull Central, library interchange scheme,
445
— Interchange scheme at Hull Central Library,
445
— Islington Public, annual report, 517
— Loans, international: problems encoun
tered at Library of USSR Academy of Sciences, 713
— London, periodicals of mathematics and
allied subjects in, union list of 845
— Manchester Public, annual report, 713
— Sheffield Central, bibliography on com
parisons of plastics with steel, 613
— Special and Information Bureaux, Associa
tion oft See Aslib
— Westminster Public, annual report, 517 Licences, manufacturing, for new products,
selling in U.S., 151
Licensing of atomic reactors, bill on, 603
“ Licks,” mineral, for sheep and cattle, powder compacting press for (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
Liddle, R. S., sales policy and production efficiency, 837
LIDO atomic reactor, 235
Reactor, details of, 262
Life assurance statistics, British (1953-57), 599
— Rafts, manufacture in U.S. by British
company, 208
— Saving appliances on transom stern trawler
S.T. Kelvin, 771
Lifeboat Institution, Royal. See Royal
— Self-righting, Oakley, J. G. Graves of Sheffield
(William Osborne, Ltd.), 742
Lifts, electric, by R. S. Phillips (book), 648
Lifting table, hydraulically-operated, “ Bicep ” (Access Equipment), 756
— — Transportable hydraulic, Sherpa (Salis
bury Engineering), 398
Light (book), 218
— Metals and alloys, ISO work on, 158 Light-Metal Forgings, Ltd., ultra-high-tensile
steel forgings, 447
— polarised, in photoelastic stress analysis, 248 —- — sources of, 250
Lighting, ceiling, Pyramid translucent system (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 816
— Fittings, fluorescent, submersible and dust
proof (A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd.), 32
Surface diffuser (A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd.), 32
— Fluorescent, transistor-inverter system in
“ Caledonian ” London-Glasgow express, (G.E.C.), 222
— — Transistor-oscillator inverter system, for
Vickers Vanguard airliner (G.E.C.), 222
— in hyperbolic shell roof building, 587
— Machine shop at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— Natural, provision for, at high-voltage
laboratory of Enfield Cables, Ltd., 348
— Street (trade publication), 153
— Systems, pressurised (General Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 71
— See also Lamps; Lights
Lightning interceptor aircraft (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 341
Lindars automatic control unit in centralised tanker filling control, 11
Linear motion actuators, electrically controlled, air/hydraulic (Numation, Ltd.), 512
— Position control, Helisyn, for computers
(B.T.H. Co., Ltd.), 688
— Programming and economic analysis, by
R. Dorfman, P. A. Samuelson and R. M. Solow (review), 612
Liner, Leonardo da Vinci, launching of, 786
— Oriana, transverse propulsion for (Vickers-
Armstrongs), 222
— See also Ships
Linings, brake, research at Ferodo Centre, 779 fl sintered, research at Ferodo Centre, 280
— Rubber, for uranium production (Dunlop
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 170
Link Belt Co., in-line quadruple-reduction gearbox, 561
— between schools and industry, conference
on (Cheltenham), 428
“Link-Line” automatic gear production (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 646
Linkages, kinetics of, by Prof. R. Beyer (review), 612
Linsley, H. E., on machine tools, 483
Linzer D ii sen ver fahren oxygen converter steel-making process, 145
Liquefier, helium (Arthur D. Little, Inc.), 687 Liquid container, collapsible, “ Portolite ”
(Marston Excelsior), 498
— Extraction, automatic conveyor press for
(Modern Mechanisation, Ltd.), 92
— Foaming, dispenser for (Liquid Systems,
Ltd.), 70
— Fuel. See under specific types of liquid fuel
— Helium Distribution Scheme, functions of,
679
— Metals. See Metals
— Oxygen. See Oxygen
— in roof tanks, gauge for average temperature
measurement in, 816
— Solids separation in biological treatment of
sewage and industrial wastes, by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
Liquid Systems, Ltd., dispenser for foaming liquids, 70; Schlegel filters for continuous ultra-fine filtration, 70
“ Lisa ” isokinetic dust sampling apparatus (Longworth Scientific instrument Co., Ltd.), 280
Lita daylight partitioning (trade publication), 327
Literature searching, by Prof. Bar-Hillel, 729
Litter Act (1958), powers of, 199
— New legislation on, 199
Little, Arthur D., Inc., research organisation of, 19; helium liquefier, 678
Liverpool. See also Leeds and Liverpool Canal Livesley, R. K., on introduction to automatic digital computers (review), 187; programming of automatic plastic design, 835 Llanddona radio transmitting station of BBC, 456
Lloyd, Rt. Mon. G., on teacher training colleges, 439; Open Letter by The Editor on school-leaving age proposal by, 459. See LETTERS, 495, 687
Lloyd, Brigadier, T. I., conversion of railways into roads, 534
Lloyds Register of Shipping Register Book 1958-59. Vols. I-III (books), 218
LMFR atomic reactor, 696
Load factor of atomic power stations, 436 by C. T. Melling, Plain Words on, 654
— Indicating mechanism on horizontal testing
machine for National Coal Board (W. &
T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
— Measuring unit, twin-cylinder, on horizontal
testing machine for National Coal Board (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
— and torque calculation in hot flat rolling,
by P. M. Cook and A. W. McCrum (book), 445
Loadall 65 hydraulic loader (J. C. Bainford, Ltd.), 191
Loader, dual pivot, for use with industrial tractor (David Brown), 196
— Force-feed, Athey 7-11, 725
— High, side-tipping bucket for (E. Boydell &
Co., Ltd.), 26
— Hydraulic, Hiab, for commercial vehicles
(G. Cohen, Sons and Co-., Ltd.), 364
Loadall 65 (J. C. Bainford, Ltd.), 191
— Pallet, semi-automatic (W. and C. Pantin,
Ltd.), 561
— Shearer, for coal mines (Eickhoff (Bochum)),
658
— Underground, pushing cylinders for (trade
publication), 713
Loading calculations for ship structures, 386
— Tests on house roof frames, 189
— and unloading facilities at Selfridge’s, 741 Loadmaster 3000 tractor shovel (Chaseside
Engineering), 596
Lobber ballistic cargo missile (General Dynamics Corp.), 744
Local authorities. See Municipal
Lockbolt fastener, Avdel (Aviation Developments, Ltd.), 124
Lockett, G. E., on high temperatures in gas- cooled reactor, 336
Lockheed disc brake design, 566
Locomotives under construction in 1958, 35
— Diesel, four-stroke, water-cooled, 519 Main-line, for British Railways, 226 for railcars, 519
Shunting, new version of (John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.), 528
Standardisation of, 519
under construction in 1958, 35
— — Electric, Co-Bo, for London Midland
Region, 757
Electric, for Great Northern division of Eastern Region, 757
Electric main-line, D5000-D5029, for British Railways, 221
Electric, main-line, for British Railways, 226
Electric, under construction in 1958, 35 Hydraulic, main-line, for British Railways, 226
Hydraulic, “ Sir Brian Robertson,” 123 Hydraulic, under construction in 1958, 35 Mechanical, under construction in 1958, 35
— Electric, 50-cycle, for Belgian Congo, 609 a.c., 25 kV, E1000, inaugural run on
British Railways, 724; for Midland Region of British Railways, 758
— — Jeumont-Heidmann camshaft mech
anism for, 609
Main-line, under construction in 1958, 35 Maintenance and repair of, 519
Midget battery-operated, for inside Rock of Gibraltar (Tomlinson (Electric Vehicles) Ltd.), 657
— — Rectifiers for, 609
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— Giesl front-end for, 629
— Main-line, under construction in 1958, 35
— Shunting, under construction in 1958, 35
— Steam, under construction in 1958, 35
— Welding, for coal mines (Ruhrdynamo
(Duisberg)), 658
Locus in electrical engineering, 354
Lodge Plugs Ltd., trading position, 471
Loewy hydraulic extrusion press, reconditioning of rams with Nicol and Andrew “ Master Hone,” 378
Logarithms, natural, table for arguments between five and six decimal places (book), 712
Logical circuits, electrochemical growing of, by G. Park, 729
Londex, Ltd., sensing device as rotation indicator, 11; type R.E. low current electronic relay, 388; miniature relays (trade publication), 713
London Airport, noise tests at, 394; strike at, comment on, 533; strike committee leader to be sued, 572; strike of engineering maintenance workers, 794; test house for Dart propeller-turbine aero engine at (BEA), 553
— Birmingham Motorway, progress report on,
26
— Buildings, construction of (book), 57
— County Council, construction of buildings
in London (book), 57; scheme for industrial firms to leave London, 137. See also 439; multi-storey housing contract, Wimbledon Common, 492; ambulances with plastics bodies,1, 644
London Crematorium Co., Ltd., bid for shares of, by Amalgamated Tobacco Corp., Ltd., 80
— Electricity Board, scrap cable, inquiry into
methods of, 175
London heliport on South Bank of River
Thames (Westland Aircraft), 63
— Hotels Information Service, activities of, 573
— India motor coach service, Indiaman, 494
— Libraries, periodicals of mathematics and
allied subjects in, union list of, 845
London Majesty, motor tanker, generator with main-engine drive for, 744
— Moving from, exhibition on, 439. See also
137,
London and Overseas Freighters, Ltd'.! main- engine drive for generators in tankers London Victory and London Majesty, 744
— Press Exchange, closed circuit television and
telecine installation for television advertisement auditions, 81
— Road problem competition, 687
— Scheme for industrial firms to leave, 137!
See also 439
— School of Economics, research into
questionnaires, 507
— Traffic, plea for single regulating authority,
832
— Transport Executive, aluminium foiling
stock for Metropolitan Line, 190; apprentice training centre at Acton Works, 199; tests on castor oil for rear-axle lubrication, 223; rolling stock order for Piccadilly Line, 261; operational research on flow of passengers in subways and on stairways, 2451 See LETTER, 396; bus workers’ views on cuts in schedules, 344; glass cloth insulation of traction motor reverser switch shaft, 347; comment on criticisms of Chambers Committee of inquiry (1953), 363. See LETTER, 428, 496; passenger statistics,1, by R. M. Robbins, 496; programme-controlled railway signalling at Watford, for Metropolitan Line, 639; twin-track travolator for Bank platforms of Waterloo and City Line, 784
— Underground railways. See Underground;
London Transport Executive
— University, union list of periodicals of
mathematics and allied subjects in London libraries, 845
London Victory motor tanker, generator with main-engine drive for, 744
London Warming Co., Florence downdraught grate, 503
Long Beach, atomic-powered cruiser, 665
— Welded rails. See Railway rails
Longden, H. A., on efficiency of mining industry, 687; on replacement costs of conveyors for Coal Board, 846
Longitudinal permeability of hardwoods and softwoods, by D. N. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
Longlife Battery Depot, dispute with Dunlop Rubber Co., 303
Longworth Scientific Instrument Co., Ltd., “ Lisa ” isokinetic dust sampling apparatus, 230
Loop for testing ceramic fuel element in PLUTO, 234
Lopulco coal mills for boiler for Thorpe Marsh power station, 711
Loran system, US navigation aid, 315, 316
Lorant and Co., Ltd., “ Rindis ” rotary disc filing machine, 379
Lorant Engineers (London), Ltd., Kipp spanners for machine tools (trade publication), 357
Lord, T. H., microbiology of water and sewage (review), 246
Lorenz, G., on “ Not Go ” screw plug gauges, 615
Lorries. See Motor vehicle
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Scylla thermonuclear device, 796
Lotus Elite coupe motor-car, plastics in construction of, 531
Lotus Formula 1 racing motor car, 359 Loudon, J. H., on energy demands for Western Europe, 590
Loudspeaker telephone system, Ringmaster (EMI Sales and Service, Ltd.), 333
Louisville (Kentucky), air pollution in, 99 Loutit, Dr. J. F., in UK delegation to Atomic Energy Conference (Geneva), 237
Lovell, Prof. A. C. B., comment on lunar probe, 295; Jodrell Bank radio telescope project, 557
Low temperature. See Absolute zero LOX. See Oxygen explosives, liquid
LPE Television, Ltd., closed circuit television and telecine installation for television advertisement auditions, 81
£ s d of Welfare in Industry, by W. Durham, comment on, 507
Lubricants, behaviour in presence of liquid oxygen, 391
— Molybdenum disulphide fine flakes, pro
duction by quasi air-flotation method (K. S. Paul (Molybdenum Disulphide), Ltd.), 523
— See also Grease
Lubricating oil. See 0(7
Lubrication of four-ball machine, by C. Siripongse, and Dr. A. Cameron, 147
— Friction and wear, international journal
on, Wear
— Gearing, research at AEI Laboratories, 543
— of plain bearings: applicability of Reynold’s
hydrodynamic theory, by J. H. Halton, 59
— Rear-axle, castor oil for, London Transport
tests on, 223
— Thin film: discharge through thin oil
films, by C. Siripongse, P. R. Rogers and Dr. A. Cameron, 146
Film, influence of pressure viscosity on shape of highly loaded contacts, 149
Film: lubrication of four-ball machine, by C. Siripongse and Dr. A. Cameron, 147 Lucas, Joseph, Ltd., need for diversification, 761; hydrostatic transmission units for tractors, 790
Luce ignition scheme for thermonuclear devices, by Dr. A. Simon, 168
Luce, J. S., on studies of intense gas discharges, 402
Ludwig, G., on radiation measurements from Explorer IV, 371
Luedecke, Maj. Gen. A. R., appointment as general manager of USAEC, 45, 830
Luke, Lord, remarks at Advertising Clubs and Associations conference, 479
Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd., hanger for suspended false ceilings, 816; Pyramid translucent ceilings, 816
Lunacy of railways, by M. Whitelaw, 445 Lunar probe, Able I, 294
Comment on, by Prof. A. C. B. Lovell, 295
Paths for approaching the moon, by G. V. E. Thompson, 294
Pioneer, comment on failure of, 527
Pioneer, failure and outcome of, 624 Tracking by Jodrell Bank radio telescope, questionnaire on, 624
of US Army, failure of, 755 US Army, Jupiter rocket for, 624
Lunchtime conversation, Plain Words on, 2 Lurgi gasification plant at Westfield (Fife), 591
Luscott-Evans, E., remarks at Advertising Clubs and Associations conference, 479
Lysholm-type rotary-screw compressor, construction and operating experience, 49’0

MAARSCHALK, Dr. C. G. D., metal sprayed bearings, 644
Machines and documentation, by H. Coblans, 152
— Four-ball, lubrication of, by C. Siripongse, and Dr. A. Cameron, 147
— and men: history of D. Napier and Son,
Engineers, Ltd., 1808-1958, by C. Wilson and W. Reader (review), 649
— Shop building at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521 —r- Tools (trade publications), 277, 482 Air-operated, Maxam (trade publication), 421
Automatic control of, research (PERA), 89
Automation, cinema film on (Renault), 573
British agencies for foreign manufacturers of, discussion in Parliament on, 735
— Design and performance research, by Dr,; J. Tlusty, 615
Exports from Czechoslovakia, 259
Industry in Czechoslovakia, 259
Industry, position and prospects of, 15
— — Kipp spanners for (trade publication), 357
Scales with optical reading devices, by C. Godfrey and S. C. Bottomley, 615
Test code, ISO work on, 158
Trades Association, guide to members’ activities (book), 577
Units, Otnima (trade publication), 421 Vibration absorbers for (PERA), 89
— — What they are and how they work, by
H. D. Hall and H. E. Linsley (book), 483
— — See also Institute of Research on
— Vice. See Vice
Machinery, agricultural, hire purchase rates reduced for, 479
— American, imports to Britain, position and
prospects of, 723
— Auxiliary a.c., for ships (Laurence, Scott
and Electromotors), 726
— Electrical, loci of, 354, 356
— Import duty on, discussion in Parliament
on 767
— Merchants, Association of British. See
Association of British
Machining cast iron with ceramic tools, by J. L. Remmerswaal, 614
— Chip formation in, by B. N. Colding, 614
— of rolls at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
— Spark, for deep-hole drilling in gas-turbine
blades, 442
— Erosion, surface properties,^ by M. Barash, 615
Mackay, Dr. D. M., on operational aspects of intellect, 728
Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Allis- Chalmers HD6G crawler-mounted tractor shovel, 596; Fiat FL4 track-mounted tractor shovel, 596
MacLellan, George and Co., managing director’s overseas tour, 611
MacLellan, R., overseas tour of, 611 Mac. See also Me
Maercks, on “ Bergbaumechanik ” (book), 577 MAGGI fast-discharge apparatus, MINNI model of, 400
Magnesia, extraction from sea water (Steetley Magnesite Co.), 523
Magnesium particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures, 241
Magnets, permanent, weight-reduction of (Mullard, Ltd.), 642
Magnetic chuck, fine-pole (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.), 7
— Compression of shock preheated deuterium,
by A. C. Kolb, 403
— Conveyor for handling steel articles at
steep angles (Geo. Robson and Co. (Conveyors), Ltd.), 197
— Crack-detection apparatus, portable (Rad-
alloyd, Ltd.), 102
— Door catch, Eclipse (James Neill and Co.,
Ltd.), 192
— Effects in precision dynamometer, 584
— Flaw detection, AID work on, 641
— Insulation in thermonuclear research, 400
— Probe measurement in thermonuclear
research, 797
— Separator, Overband (Industrial Magnets1,
Ltd.), 166
— Storage drum for computers (Sperry
Gyroscope), 688
— Tape recording, by H. G. M. Spratt
(book), 327
— Traps in thermonuclear research, 401 Magnetisation, remanent, of ferromagnetic
minerals, generation by chemical reactions, by T. Nagata and K. Kobayashi, 349 Magnetism and electricity (book), 218 Magnetostrictive wire delay line, torsional wave (Mullard Equipment, Ltd.), 689
Maier-Leibnitz, Prof., work on plastic design, 834
Mail. See Letter sorting
Mains, electric. See Cable
Maintenance of mechanical and electrical parts of public health equipment (book), 445
— Planned, and fuel economy, 426 Maisonettes, electrical installations in, by
C. A. Belcher, 848
Majestic motor car (Daimler), 47
Malengreau, J., on papers on binary systems (book), 747
Malleable iron, blackheart, foundry for (Shotton Bros., Ltd.), 156
Mallory-Sharon Metals Corp., electron beam vacuum melting and purification of chemically-active materials with high melting points, 117
Malta dockyard for commercial use, 194
Malting plant, new, at Knapton, for Associated
British Maltsters, Ltd., 186
Mammals, deep-freezing of, by Dr. A. S. Parkes er aZ., 302
Management, British Institute of. See British
— Courses, BIM-Polytechnic Executive Pro
gramme, 80
at Brunel College of Technology, report on, 459
— — Comment on, 507
— Development institute, IMEDE, activities
of, 794
— Education in, comment on, 507
— Employee relations policy of Thomas
Hedley and Co., Ltd., 507
— Growth of, in industry, by P. Drucker, 533
— Interfirm performance comparison system
(pamphlet), 362
— Labour relations in Indian industry, 661 Relations in shipbuilding industry, 735 Relations in steel industry, 271
— in large organisations, by J. D. Edwards, 163
— Modern, supervisor and, by Lt.-Gen.
Sir J. Evetts, 46
— Personnel. See Personnel management
— Is it a profession? by Col. L. Urwick (new
edition of book), 655
— Promotion policy of Thomas Hedley and
Co., Ltd., 507
— Responsibilities of, 41
— Staff college for higher (BTC), 655
— Structure, comment on, 457
— Techniques, teachability of, comment on,
507
— and technology (booklet), by Miss J.
Woodward, 457
— Theory, comment on, 457
— Training, new ways in, by C. Sofer and
G. Hutton (book), 91
— for transport, by Maj.-Gen. C. N. Russell,
573
— Vital link—supervision, report of regional
conferences of industrial supervisors, 46
— See also Administration; Executives Managers, development of, by J. D. Edwards,
163
— Scientist as, by Sir A. Fleck, 302 Managing director, through the eyes of,
by I. Morrow, 630
Manchester Central Library, what’s available in the technical library (pamphlet), 119
— Grate, E. H. Shorland’s, 501
— Public Libraries, annual report, 713 Manchester University. See Jodrell Bank radio
telescope
Mancroft, Lord, on aircraft industry, 98 Manesty Machines, Ltd., “ DryCota ” tablet making and cot ting machine, 332
Manganese ore, separating from clay, blade mill for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 8
— Prospecting for, 260
Manholes in storage tanks, reinforcements for, work on at BWRA, 49
Manipulator, forging, for Walter Somers, Ltd. (Wellman Smith Owen), 579
— for spent atomic fuel elements (Savage &
Parsons, Ltd.), 273
Mann, N. H., on technical teachers in industry, 16
Mann’s, Albert, Engineering Co., Ltd., Stanat Man remotely-controlled roll changing mill for toxic materials, 656
Manometers, mercury, for high pressures1, by
M. Novakovic, 801
Manufacturers Equipment Co., Ltd., Rapistan Stevedof Junior portable conveyor, 165 Manufacturing industry, upward trend of profits, 136
— Licences for new products, selling in US, 151 Manure spreader, life and use of, by Al H.
Gill, 623
Mapping, aerial, micro-spot cathode-ray tube for (Ferranti), 771
Maracaibo PL4 passenger launch, 120
March, D. H., on formation of British subsidiary of Cincinnati Shaper Co., in Scotland, 633
Marconi Instruments, Ltd., vacuum tube voltmeter type TF1300, 4; export
activities in North America, 23; TF801C amplitude-moderated signal generator, 102; faulty fuel element detection system for Hinkley Point atomic power station, 665
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., closed circuit television and telecine installation for LPE Television, Ltd., 81; television apparatus in handling apparatus for radioactive fuel cartridges, 109-110; EVA electronic velocity analyser, 297; radar exhibits at Farnborough Show, 323; equipment for Chillerton Down television transmitting station, 385; television equipment for Australia, 389; SSB radiotelephone sets (trade publication), 550; type S244 precision radar height-finder, 560
Marcoule Atomic Centre, cinema film on, 573 Margarine works, Stork, plant at Purfleet, 133. See LETTER, 331
“ Marilyn Monroe body ” fuselage, 413
Marine auxiliary alternators, “ Accurex ” static excitation system for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 5
Marine auxiliary machinery, a.c. (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— Engines. See also Atomic propulsion; Diesel engine; Oil engine; Petrol engine; Turbines; Marine propulsion; Ship propulsion
— Engineers, Naval Architects and, Society of. See Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
— Engineering apprentices, selection of, 344
— Propulsion, atomic energy for. See Atomic propulsion
Machinery on pusher tug Gongola, 69 Nuclear, Joint Panel of British Nuclear Energy Conference, 237
Transverse, for liner “ Oriana ” (Vickers- Armstrongs), 222
See also Atomic propulsion; Engine; Turbine; Propeller; Ship resistance; Ship propulsion
Marine Proteus 1260 gas-turbine (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 5
— Radio navigational aids. See Navigation Market research on European Common Market, 226
— See also Trade
Marketing activities of ALCO Products, Inc. 81
— Courses at Polytechnic, 415
— Standardisation in, 9
Markland Scowcroft, Ltd., steel tube (trade publication), 776
Marsh, J., talk on social value of man’s job, 240 Marsh, R. S., hopper-fed grate, 502
Marshall, L., on ultra-high-tensile steels, 446 Marshall Sons and Co., Ltd., Cleaver-Brooks
Monitor oil-fired packaged boiler, 11; Challenger 33 crawler tractor, 597
Marston Excelsior, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346; “ Portolite ”
collapsible liquid container, 498
Martello tug, crane weigher for measuring pulling power of (Geo. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 7
Martens extensometer, calibration of, 181 Martin, Black and Co. (Wire Ropes), Ltd., history and progress of, 693
Martin Co., tests on behaviour of lubricants in liquid oxygen, 391
Martin Vanguard, used in first lunar probe, 294 Martin, Dr. W., on measurement of noise of motor vehicles, 608
Martin Walker, 12-seater public service vehicle conversions, 463
Martindale Electric Co., Ltd., fixed-prod voltage line tester, 657
Maser, solid-state, two-level, by J. P. Gordon, 87
Mason, E. N., and Sons, Ltd., Accurene polyester-based photographic film, 847
Mason, Joseph, and Co., Ltd., painting work for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 821
Mason, Kenneth, Lapis, journal of inventions and inventors, 747
Mason Neilan type 76 lock-up valve (Crosby Valve and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 134
Masopar paints for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 821
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, notes on analog-digital conversion techniques, by A. K. Susskind (review), 844
Massey, B. and S., Ltd., “Clear Space” pneumatic power hammer (trade publication), 357; pneumatic hammer for Walter Somers, Ltd., 579
Massey-Ferguson, conference of service organisations, 479; reductions of hire-purchase rates, 479
Masson, P. R., on water speed records, 723-724 Masts, ships’, calculating stresses in, by
F. J. Halligey, 153
— Wireless, foundations for, by M. Suberkrub
(book), 777
“ Master Hone ” equipment for reconditioning hydraulic press rams (Nicol and Andrew), 378
Masters, T. S., on plumbing history, 820 Mats, heater, electrical, for aircraft, by Dr.
R. A. Roper, 61 Match-making works, Empire, of Bryant &
May, Ltd., modernisation at, 186 Materials (trade publications), 776, 811, 845
— Flawed, sonic pulses in, velocities of,
apparatus for measurement of, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
— Handling (trade publications), 188
Bulk, “ Tote ” system (Pressotum,
Ltd.), 489
Materials Handling Equipment (Great Britain), Ltd., Valmet straddle carriers, 165. See Correction, 292
Equipment, Fisholow, exhibition in Glasgow, 208
Prototype vehicles to increase speed in (British Road Services), 222
Radioactive, equipment company, British-American, 203
Tripad demountable body for (British Road Services), 222
See also Handling; Mechanical handling
— Strength of. See Strength
Mathematics and allied subjects, union list of periodicals of, in London libraries, 845
— for engineers, Part 2, by W. N. Rose (book),
712
— Graduates, deferment of, discussion in
Parliament on, 111
— for Higher National Certificate. Vol. II:
electrical, by S. W. Bell and H. Matley (book), 777
— Teachers. See Teachers
Mathieu guillotine for separating continuous stationery (Rank Precision Industries, Ltd.), 690
Matley, H., on mathematics for HNC. Vol.-II: electrical (book), 777
Matling, Ltd., mechanical sweepers, 498 Matravers, F. G., on prospects of Adamant and Western Engineering, 791
“ Matrix ” valve in Post Office letter-sorting machine, 244
Matterson, Ltd., electric travelling crabs for overhead travelling cranes, 229; electric hoist block. 231
Matthews and Yates, Ltd., centrifugal fans (trade publication), 811
Matthijsen, M. J. C., on grinding wheels with vitrified bond, 615
Maudling, Rt. Hon. R., on plutonium from atomic power stations, 203
Maudslay’s screw-cutting lathe, replica for Wilkie Foundation (George Wailes and Co.), 198. See LETTER, 331
Mawby, R., on design of small harbours used by fishermen, 12
Maxam air-operated machine tools (trade publication), 421
Maxaret anti-skid unit for motor cars (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 9, 566
Maxfield, G. W., on counting'with fingers, 67 Maybach diesel engines for “ Sir Brian
Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive , 123
— Mekydro hydraulic transmissions for “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
Mayes, J. H., on colour-anodising of aluminium, at Building Centre, 616
McCabe, J., biological treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, Vol. 2 (book), 577
McCalls Macalloy, Ltd., wedge grip anchor for use with Lee-McCall prestressing system, 605
McCarthy, Dr. J., on programmes with common sense, 728
McCorquodale, Lord, chairman of Industrial Training Council, 143
McCracken, D. D., on digital computer programming (review), 187
McCrum, A. W., on load and torque calculation in hot flat rolling (book), 445
McCullough, Miss W., appointment at 10.30 (booklet), 376
McDonald, G. S., on jubilee of Institution of Structural Engineers, 493
McFarlane, B., survey of chartered engineers in U.K., 589
McGraw-Hill, Russian-English, English-Russian electronics dictionary, note on, 390
McIlwain, C., on radiation measurements from
Explorer IV, 371
McKenzie, R. M., on friction between production and inspection department, 344
McLellan and Partners, consulting engineers for gas turbine test house of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 478
McLeod, R. C., on power plant at Stork margarine works, 331
McMurdo Sound atomic power plant proje t, 636
McNelly, M. J., on organic coolant in heavywater-moderated power reactor, 140
Me. See also Mac
Meadcraft, Ltd., outboard-powered boats of reinforced polyester resin, 546
Measures, weights and. See Weights and measures
Measurements, engineering precision, by A. W.
Judge (book), 91
— techniques for gears, 543
— of velocities of sonic pulses in flawed
materials, apparatus for, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
Measuring equipment, Censor, Alfred Herbert distributor for, 773
— Machines for lengths up tip 30 ft, by Dr.
F. H. Rolt, C. Godfrey, and S. C. Bottom- ley, 615
Meba Maschinenbau Esslingen, distribution in
U.K. of horizontal bandsaw, 452
Mecha-matic transmission for motor vehicles
(Hobbs), 463
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of.
See American Society
Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering, readers guide to, 421
Research Laboratory, discussion in
Parliament on heat transfer and steam condensation research at, 48; description of new heat laboratory, 548; boiler plant at, 548; electric power supply system, 549; DEUCE computer, 550; development of precision dynamometer, by H. A. G. Fletcher and J. Bamborough, 582
— Handling Engineers’ Association, cinema
film on mechanical handling in iron production, 126
in iron production, cinema film on, 126 of packages, International Railway
Congress on, 552
of parcels, International Railway Congress on, 552
See also Handling; Materials Handling
— Systems, non-linear vibrations in, by Dr.
F. R. Erskine Crossley, 212
— Testing of forgings and castings, new depart
ment for, at William Beardmore and Co., Ltd., 79
of wiring accessories at J. A. Crabtree
and Co., Ltd., 675
— Vibrations, by A. H. Church (review), 810 by B. Morrill (review), 810
Mechanics, applied, U.S. national congress of, proceedings of, 219
— of the train in the service of railway opera
tion, by S. O. Ell, 683
Mechanisation of thought processes, symposium on, 728
Mechanism of habituation, by Dr. W. Ross Ashby, 728
Medal production in 1957 at Royal Mint, 791 Medical applications of radioisotopes in U.S., 263
— Association, British. See British
— Electronics discussion group of I.E.E., 405,
493
— Profession, British Medical Association as
negotiating body for, 143
— Research Council, human relations in indus
try (report), 590; individual efficiency in industry (report), 590
Medicine, Aviation, Institute of. See Institute
— Radioisotopes in, 108
— Space, conference on, 527
Medway Paper Sacks, Ltd., paper coal bags,
791
Meetings, Plain Words on, 786
Methane indicator, R-J (trade publication), 90 Method study in hospitals, 472 in office, cinema film, 9
Metric and inch system interchangeability, 640 — System, discussion in Parliament on, 12 Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., retirements and appointments, 471
Metropolitan Line, aluminium rolling stock for, 190; programme-controlled railway signalling for, at Watford, 639
— Taxi, Austin FX4, with Borg Warner fully automatic transmission, 463
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 132 kV air-blast switchgear fo Hunterston nuclear power station, 14; management activities in A.E.I. Group, 72; infra-red projector, 230; equipment for State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 261; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 326; Metrovac laboratory diffusion pump, 349; Metrovac diffusion pump for large vacuum systems, 604; motors for oil industry (trade publication), 648; 1010 data processing computer, 698; 300-kVA nitrogen-filled class H insulated mining transformer, 756; wire-rope parting machine, 756; Co-Bo diesel-electric locomotives for London Midland Region, 757; 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region of British Railways, 758
— Water Board, Ashford Common filtration works for treatment of raw Thames water, 255; principal contractors for, 255 — See also London
Metrovac diffusion pump for large vacuum systems (Metropolitan-Vickers), 604
— laboratory diffusion pump (Metropolitan- Vickers), 349
Metz, B., adapting the job to the worker, 632 Mexico, industrial development, 330 Meyers, Fred, Ltd., caterpillar D8 tractor, 158 MG Cars, Ltd., twin camshaft engine and Dunlop disc brakes for MGA sports car, 101
MGA sports motor car with twin camshaft engine and Dunlop disc brakes, 101
MGCR nuclear reactor for merchant ship propulsion, 74
Mialki, W., on atomic energy (book), 844 Miami—San Juan deep-sea telephone cable project, 450
Michigan 275A tractor shovel, 596
— University, 22-wheel motor vehicle for survey of road surfaces and profiles, 117
Micro Methods, Ltd., Lexicon microfilm and fiche reader, 390
Micro Publications available from U.K. sources, catalogue of, 152
Microbiology of water and sewage, by P. L. Gainey and T. H. Lord (review), 246
Microcard Publications available from overseas sources, catalogue of, 152
Microfilm reader, Lexicon (Micro Methods, Ltd.), 390
Microjet pressure-ratio detector (H. M. Hobson, Ltd.), 124
Micromatic Hone Corp., 11-in. honing machine, 563
Micrometeorites experienced by satellites, 371 Microphone box in ear-defended development, 515
— gun, experimental use by BBC, 64 Microscope, electron, in solid-state physics,
cinema film on, 573
— Stereoscopic, industrial (W. Watson &
Sons, Ltd.), 522
Micro-spot cathode-ray tube for airborne applications (Ferranti), 771
Microwave, measurements in thermonuclear research, 765
— Signals, parametric amplifier for (Bell
Telephone Laboratories), 86
Source (Mullard, Ltd.), 642
— Valves, convention on, 87
Middle East, British opportunities in, 208.
See LETTER, 332
Economic development in, 1956-7, 34 Middleton, H. K., hydraulic research in U.S., 1958, 747
Midland Silicones, Ltd., price reduction for Silastic LS-53 fluorinated silicone rubber, 847
Midwestern Universities Research Association, research on fixed-field gradient accelerating machines, 540
Mighty Mouse atomic reactor project, 664 Mikhailov, Dr. A. I., on All-Union Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, 692
Mild steel. See Steel
Miles, R., on trading profit of Head Wrightson, 136
Milford Haven oil refinery, plans for new (Esso), 15, 426
Military engineering exhibits at Parker Gallery, 687
— Service deferment for graduates, discussion
in Parliament on, 111
Deferment for mathematics graduates, discussion in Parliament on, 111
Milking machines, pulse action in, 790 Mill, blade, for separating manganese ore from clay (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 8
— Coal, Lopulco, for boilers for Thorpe
Marsh power station, 711
— Rolling. See Rolling mills
— Water, early construction of, 138
Miller, I., on progress of Cummins Engine
Co., 547
Miller, J. M., on gas flow across banks of tubes,- 737
Milling machine for girder ends (William Asquith*, Ltd.), 561
Skin, with E.M.I. electronic control system (Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.), 36
Thread, universal, Moulton (trade publication), 90
Mills, Rt. Hon. Lord, on national importance of good industrial design, 708
Mills Scaffolding Co., Ltd., scaffolding for domestic use, 524
Mina al Ahmadi oil refinery of Kuwait Oil
Co., Ltd., 404
Mine car decking and circulating plant, hydraulically-operated, at Glyncorrwg (Humphreys and Glasgow), 650
Retarders for Glyncorrwg South Pit (Humphreys and Glasgow), 651
— Coal. See Colliery
— Copper. See Copper
— Fire-damp in. See Firedamp
— Ground pressure in, research on, 260
— Iron-ore, Kiruna, Lysholm-type rotary
Screw compressors at, 490
ore, Tisco, LOX explosives for, 391
— Pumps, water in, by J. Sinclair (book), 483
Mine Safety Appliances Co., Ltd., “ Smokescope ” smoke density measuring instrument, 397
— and Technical Surveys J Department of
(Ottawa). See Department
— Tunnelling machine, epicyclic gearbox for,
714
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Water in, by J. Sinclair (book), 483
— Winding. See Winders
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; Ores;
Winders
Miners, coal, pneumoconiosis of, statistics on, 139
Mineral Bill, United States, provision for stockpiling of copper, 239
— “ licks ” for sheep and cattle, powder
compacting press for (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
— Oils. See Oils
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores
MINERVE atomic reactor in France, 264
Minesweeper Coniston with Vosper roll stabilisation fins, 833
— Reedham, Denny-Brown/Saunders-Roe stab
ilisers for, 450
Mineworkers, National Union of. See National
Mini-gang small-scale gang mower (Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Ltd.), 392
Minibus, 12-seater public service vehicle (Morris), 463
Mining, coal. See Coal; Coal mining; Collieries
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— School for, Camborne (Holman), 611
— Hydraulic, pit trials for, 2
— Industry, improving efficiency of, by H. A.
Longden, 687
— Show, at Essen, exhibits at, 658
— Techniques, special, in Russian coal indus
try (book), 357
— Transformer, class H insulated, 300-kVA
nitrogen-filled (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical), 756
— Transport and communications in, 90
Minispace analogue computer (Solartron), 297 Ministry of. See under Education; Health;
Labour and National Service; Supply; Transport and Civil Aviation; etc.
MINNI model of MAGGI fast-discharge apparatus, 400
Minsky, Dr. M., on artificial intelligence and heuristic programming, 728
Mint, Royal. See Royal Mint
MIPB. See Monoisopropylbiphenyl
Miranda, Dr. Ing. Ugo, on chemical reaction reactor cooling, 170
Mirror extensometers, calibration by optical interferometry, by A. F. C. Brown, 180
—- Machine approach to thermonuclear fusion, 335
Magnetic field arrangement in, 826 in OGRA thermonuclear device, 571
— — See also Pyrotron
Missile, ballistic, cargo, Lobber (General Dynamics Corp.), 744
— — Intermediate range, Thor (Douglas
Aircraft Co.), 20; in lunar probe, 294
— Engineering, handbook, by C. W. Besserer
(review), 648
— Guided, Firestreak, de Havilland Propellers’
progress report on, 590
Short-range, one-man-portable (Pye, Ltd.), 270
— — Sidewinder, comparison with Firestreak
missile, 590
— Heating, high-speed heat transfer in, 41'9
— ICBM, Atlas propulsion system, 295
— Jupiter C, firing procedure, by Dt. W. von
Braun, 370
— Research, hypersonic gun for (General
Dynamics Corp.), 349
MIT atomic reactor, report on, 662
Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 234; 17-5 MW boiling-water nuclear reactor, 234
Mitchell, Miss S., on choice of job among school leavers, 376
Miyamoto, G., on proposed methods of obtaining stable plasma, 403
Model of AGR nuclear reactor, 232
— Atomic power station,' 150 MW, 233
— — Power station, 400 MW (Nuclear Power
Plant Co., Ltd.), 233
Power stations and research reactors at atomic energy exhibition (Geneva), 142
Propelled ship (Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd.), 233
Reactor at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— Bradwell atomic power station, Brussels
Exhibition award for, 611
— Buildings, flat-roofed, wind loading studies
on, 508
— “ Counterflo ” induced-draught cooling
tower (Head, Wrightson), 274
— DeLong mobile oil drilling platform (Steel
Structures, Ltd.), 95
— Durgapur steelworks at Brussels Exhibition,
207
— Ethylene plant from plastics components
(Kellogg International Corp.), 10
— Forth road bridge, 62
— Gas-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear
reactor at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— Heat exchanger for nuclear power station,
233
— Heavy water plant (Petrocarbon Develop
ments; Ltd.), 10
Model of Hinkley Point nuclear power station,
Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— HTGC nuclear reactor, 232
— Hydrostatic transmission unit for tractors
(Joseph Lucas, Ltd.), 790
— MINNI, of MAGGI fast-discharge appa
ratus, 400
— Pitt Scott automatic tension winch (Laur
ence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— “ Revcon ” crane control system (Laurence,
Scott and Electromotors), 726
— Sceptre III, at Science Museum exhibition,
830
— “ Selector ” d.c. cargo winch (Laurence,
Scott and Electromotors), 726
— Siemens pressurised-water nuclear reactor
and panel, 14
— Steam-raising unit at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— Raising unit for Hunterston nuclear power station, at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— Stellarator fusion devices, 824
— Tests on Bluebird car, 200
on Gongola pusher tug arid barge train*, 69
— — on Oakley self-righting lifeboats, 743
— Tidal, of Eyemouth Harbour, by W. J.
Reid, 808
— Turbo-alternator for nuclear power stations
(C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 274
— ZETA, at Science Museum exhibition, 830 Moderator, atomic reactor, water as, 44
— See also Atomic reactor
Modern Engineering (Bristol), Ltd., Silberkuhl roof construction system 586
Modern Mechanisation, Ltd., automatic conveyor press for liquid extraction, 92
Modular co-ordination construction, discussion in Parliament on, 175
Moisture, soil, movement, field studies of, by W. P. M. Black, D. Croney, and J. C. Jacobs- (book), TH
Molecular still, Scott-Smith (Henry Balfour, Ltd.), 71
Molloy, E., electrical engineer’s reference book (book), 218; on oxy-acetylene weld- in (book), 747
“ Moly-Paul Superfine ” molybdenum disulphide powder (K. S. Paul (Molybdenum Disulphide), Ltd.), 523
Molybdenum disulphide, colloidal, for treatment of hand file surfaces (Acheson Colloids, Ltd.), 145
— — Powder, “ Moly-Paul Superfine ” (K. S.
Paul (Molybdenum Disulphide), Ltd., 523 Molyspeed Corp., formation and activities of, 23
Monckton, Viscount, on Industrial Welfare Society’s progress, 660
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., cinema film on refining nickel from Canadian ores, 79; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345; development of high-tensile aluminium- bronze propellers (publication), 546; “ Novoston ” aluminium-bronze alloy, 546; “ Nickalium III ” aluminium-bronze alloy, 546
Monetary Fund, International. See International
Monitors, “ aerosol,” for airborne radiation measurement, 765
— Brake System for diesel railbuses (Dunlop
Co., Ltd.), 350
— Fuel contamination, automatic (Shell Petrol
eum Co., Ltd.), 231
— Hand and clothing, for UKAEA, 375
— Health, transistors in, 765
— and monitoring for atomic reactors, 274
— Oil-fired packaged boiler, Cleaver-Brooks
(Marshall and Sons, Ltd.), 11
— Package, type 210 (Isotope Developments,
Ltd.)"; 347
— Plastics tube (Haynes and Haynes, Ltd.), 132
— Radiation, hand and clothing (E.M.I.
Electronics, Ltd.), 204
— Pocket (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 204 Monitoring instruments in chemical industry, 394
— System for atomic reactors (G.E.C.), 274 Monobloc pump, flame-proof, for gases in
groups I and II (Worthington-Simpson, Ltd.), 10
Monographs and courses, statistical, by M. G. Kendall, 445
Monoisopropylbiphenyl, pyrolitic decomposition of, 141
— radiolytic decomposition of, 141
Monometer Manufacturing Co., Ltd., crucible furnaces (trade publication), 118; hydraulic tilting-truck transfer ladle (trade publication), 118
Monopolies, German trade unions’ attitude to, 599
Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd., dielectric fluids (trade publication), 118
Montecatini chemical plant at Ahwaz, 35 Montgomery, Lord, on leadership qualities, 685 Montreal, Commonwealth economic conference, 330
Mookerjee, Sir B., on industrial development in India, 661
Moon rocket. See Lunar probe
— Satellite. See Lunar probe
Moore, B. T., on relationship between Euratom and United States (pamphlet), 13
Moore, Dr. H., on platinum in glass industry, 613
Moore, R. V., on atomic ship propulsion, 602 Moped. See Bicycle, motor-assisted
More Power from the Atom (film), 237
Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., plumbago and refractories (trade publication), 90; “Sinterlink ” sintered friction material (trade publication), 90
Morgan, D. D., on international production engineering research; 614
Morgardshammer 5-stand guide mill for finishing god at I.C.I. Ltd., titanium plant in Wales, 29
Morice, P. B., on prestressed concrete: theory and practice (review), 219
Morrill, B., on mechanical vibrations (review), 810
Morris, B. O., Ltd., laps (trade publication), 482
Morris Minibus 12-seater public service vehicle, 463
Morrison, R. G., on economic problems in industry (publication), 572
Morrow, I., interview on “ Through the Eyes of a Managing Director,” 630
Morse code, decoding, 729
Morse, J. G., on effects of radiation on materials (review), 613
Morton, A. H., basic electrical engineering (book), 712, 844
Morton, N., criticisms of London Transport by, reply to, 363, 428. See LETTER, 496
Moscow, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines service to, 389
— Scientific attache to, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 48
Moses, R., on consultants vs. state highway department, 686
Motoplas Co., formation of, 335
Motor boat, passenger launch, 77.4 Maracaibo, for Compania Shell de Venezuela (Vosper, Ltd.), 120
Outboard-powered, of reinforced polyester resin (Meadcraft, Ltd.), 546
Pilot, Leader (John I. Thornycroft), 673 - Torpedo, propeller corrosion fatigue in, 546
— Car, air suspension in, American policy on,
531
Alvis 3-litre, 506
American, design trends in, 530
— Aston Martin DB4 (David Brown Group), 434
Austin A.40, 470, 531
on beaches, Plain Words on, 194
Bentley exhibits at Motor Show, 506
Bluebird, development of new, 200
Bodies, plastics, 531
Brake booster, Baldwin, 566
Brake developments, 566
“ Build-it-yourself,” Typhoon (Tornado Cars, Ltd.), 360
Coachbuilding by Italian firms, 530
— — 190D, with diesel engine (Mercedes-
Benz), 358
Dauphine, increased production of (Renault), 727
— — Design in relation to road accidents, 466,
468
Design, trends in, by G. Wilkins, 530 Design, trends in British, by G. Wilkins,
566
Electrical equipment, by A. P. Young and L. Griffiths (book), 483
Engine.', diesel, for 190D motor-car (Mercedes-Benz), 358
Engine, fuel-injection, for 220SE saloon car (Mercedes-Benz)1, 358
Engine, Proteus, free-turbine, for Bluebird car, 200
Engine rocker shaft straightening machine (Bronz Engineering Co.), 365
Engine for Super Snipe, new (Humber),
567
Engine, twin-camshaft for MGA sports car, 101
Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, Automobile Division
Exports in U.S., 303
Fuldamobil economy three-wheeler (York Noble Industries, Ltd.), 47
Humber Super Snipe, 470
Industry, British, in relation to European Free Trade Area, 291
Industry, German, effect of European Common Market on competition in, 101
Industry, position and prospects of, 240 Industry, position and prospects of, review of, 791
Industry, U.S. position and prospects of, 201
industry, U.S., small-car production risks in, 687
Industry, U.S., wage awards in, 439
Instrument panel in road accidents, 469 Jaguar Mark IX, 506
Light, history and development of, by C. F. Caunter (book), 247
Lotus Elite coupe, plastics in construction of, 531
Majestic (Daimler), 47
Maxaret anti-skid unit for (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 9, 566
Mercedes 300, modification of automatic transmission on, 567
Opel Kapitan, redesigned version of, 101 Prices in U.S., by S. B. Bailey, 35
Purchase scheme for employees of Standard Motor Co., Ltd., 46
Racing, Lotus Formula 1, 359
Radiators, anti-freeze solutions for, report on, 684
Radios at Radio Show (Earl’s Court), 328 Rolls-Royce exhibits at Motor Show, 506 Rover 3-litre, 469
Safety measures being adopted, 467, 469 Saloon, 220SE, with fuel injection engine (Mercedes-Benz), 358
Single-lever control of, by electro- hydraulic Unicontrol system (General Motors Corp.), 21
Small, production risks in U.S., 687 Small, production in U.S. possible, 389 Sports, MGA, with twin camshaft engine and Dunlop disc brakes, 1101
Sports, Peerless, De Dion rear axle arrangement, 567
Star Sapphire saloon (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 506
Steering, power-assisted, Burman, 567
Steering, Saginaw unit, 567
Steering wheel's and steering column in road accidents, 468
Super Snipe, new engine for (Humber), 567
Transistor Six all-transistor radio for (Cossor Radio), 328
Transistorised radio for (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 328
Veteran, Simms-Welbeck, by A. Hess, 820
Windscreen^ behaviour in road accidents 468
See also Automobile
Motor car. See also Motor vehicles; Motor cycles
— Carriage, railway. See Carriage
— Coach, Indiaman, for London-India Service,
494
— Cycle accidents, study of injuries in, 467 Future of, by R. A. Wilson-Jones, 565 Pressed-steel, Leader (Ariel), 164
— — See also Bicycle, motor-assisted
— Electric a.c., high torque, “Trislot” (Laur
ence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— — Fractional horse-power, T series (Cromp
ton Parkinson, Ltd.), 365
a.c., variable-speed, “ N-S ” (Laurence,
Scott and Electromotors), 726
Induction, design of, analogue computer for, at Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd. (A. V. Roe and Co.), 188
Traction, reverser switch shaft, glass cloth insulation for, 347
Variable-speed (Armature Manufacturing Co.), 561
Variable-speed, price reductions in (BTH), 479
— Generator. See Generator, motor
— Internal-combustion. See also Aircraft
engine; Engine; Motor-car engine; Motor boat; Tractor
— Launches. See Motor boats
— Lorries. See Motor vehicles
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of
See Society
— Omnibus. See Bus
— Petrol. See Aircraft 'engine; Engine; petrol;
Motor boats; Motor-car engine; Tractors
— Rocket. See Rocket motor
— Show, quality motor-car exhibits at, 506
— Steam. See Steam motor
— Torpedo boats, propeller corrosion fatigue
in, 546
— Transport Exhibition, International Com
mercial. See International
— Vehicle bodies at International Commercial
Motor Transport Exhibition, 463
Body workers at Mulliners, strike of, 240 Boom on Continent, comment on, 103 Chieftain 7 ton (Albion Motors, Ltd.), 358
Claymore 4 and-6 tons (Albion Motors, Ltd.), 358
— — Combined pressure tanker and tipper
(Bonallack and Sons).; 463
— — Commercial, increasing use of diesel
engines for, 494
— — Commercial, jointless floor covering for
covering for (Tom Byatt (Engineers), Ltd.), 717
Commercial, purchase tax on, 494
— — Commercial, statistics on, 494
Demountable body, Tripad, for materials
handling (British Road Services), 222 Eight-wheeled, “ Invincible Mk. II ”
(Guy Motors, Ltd.), 359
Gas turbines for (Ford Motor Co.), 593 Heavy goods, safety of, discussion in
Parliament on, 735 Increase in, 494 Lorries, Bennes-Marrel Multi-Bucket
interchangeable body equipment for, 529 Multi-purpose, for bulk transport
(Bonallack and Sons); 463
Noise measurement, by Dr. W. Martin, 608
Parcels van with exceptional driving visibility (British Road Services), 222
Production in W. Germany, 369 Public-service, 12-seater (Trojan), 463 Public service, 12-seater, Minibus (Morris), 463
Public-service, 12-seater, Omnicoach
(Austin), 463
— — Public-service, 12-seater, Utilabus (Bed
ford), 463
on roads, statistics on, 832
Seat suspension, Leveroll “ Level-Ride ” system (A. W. Chapman, Ltd.), 657
Speeds and delays, by Dr. T. E. H.
Williams, 480
Speed measuring devices, 480
Speeds, methods of measuring, 480
— — Statistics on, 494
Tanker; accident to, 735
Taxi, Metropolitan, Austin FX4, with Borg Warner fully automatic transmission, 463
and trailers, zero-lag vacuum brakes for (Rippon Bros.), 190
Trucks, Leyland, conversion to conform with Dutch and German regulations, 359 Truck. See also Truck
Twenty-two wheel, for survey o road surfaces and profiles, 117
Wand screens, curved laminated safety glass for (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 58
Motorships. See Ships
Motorway, London-Birmingham, progress report on, 26
— New traffic proposals by Ministry of Trans
port, 162
— Preston bypass, opening of, 724
— Sheffield-Leeds, discussion in Parliament
on, 175
— Traffic regulations, 139
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Forth road bridge,
63
Mould, compound curvature, epoxide resin resurfacing of, for C.R. 21 radar reflector (A. C. Cossor), 775
— Conveyor at foundry of Shotton Bros., 157
— Electroformed nickel for, 574
— Release agent, silicon-based aerosol,
“ Bomb-Lube ” (trade publication), 327
— Roll, at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 520 Moulder, spindle, variable angle (Wadkin,
Ltd.), 788
Mouldings, injection, Rigidex polyethylene, effect of processing on, 523
— Machine, diaphragm, Taccone (Baker
Perkins), 789
Injection, for plastics components (Pro- jetile and Engineering Co.), 449
Mouldings, machine, jolt-squeeze roll-over type, at foundry of Shotton Bros., 157 Taccone “ Diaform ” (Baker Perkins, Ltd.), 30
— Sand preparation plant at foundry of
Shotton Bros., 157
— See also Foundry
Moulton universal thread milling machine (trade publication), 90
“ Moving from London ” exhibition, 439
Mowat, Sir A. L., on English Card Clothing Co., 261
Mower, gang, small-scale, Mini-Gang (Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Ltd.), 392
Mowlem, J., and Co., Ltd., annual report and overseas projects, 103
MPB Inc., thin ball bearings, 230
MTR atomic reactor, operational characteristics, 662
Reactor, technical and economic aspects, 662
mu-Meson. See Meson
Muir-Hill 3S 1 yd dumper, redesigned version (E. Boydell and Co., Ltd.), 366
Muirhead and Co., synchros and servos (trade publication), 713
Muirhead gyro control for Vosper roll damping fins in minesweeper Coniston, 833
Mullard Equipment, Ltd., reactor safety equipment, 274; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346; torsional wage magnetostrictive wire delay line, 689
Mullard, Ltd., educational service to schools and technical colleges, 46; cinema film on “Conquest of the Atom,” 573; exhibition of radar and microwave communications equipment, 642; OC23 and OC24 alloy junction transistors for digital computers, 690; valve rectifiers (trade publication), 713; valves and semiconductors (trade publication), 713
Mullard Radio Valve Co., Ltd., reorganisation of Mitcham engineering department, 783
Mulliner, H. J.. and Co.. Ltd., strike of vehicle body workers at, 240
Multelec Mark 3 electronic strip-chart recorder (George Kent, Ltd.), 275
Multicurie Fission Products Pilot Plank (Oak Ridge), 792
Multi-Link desk telephone system (Fonadek (Branson), Ltd.), 229
“ Multi-seal ” alloy gate valves (Langley Alloys, Ltd.), 384
Mundinger, K. P., insulation meter for surface resistances, 229
Municipal authorities, capital investment allowed by, 686
— Passenger Transport Association, annual
conference (Blackpool), 363
Murad Developments, Ltd., Antarctica high- precision lathes, 197
“Muraflux ” fluxes for submerged arc welding (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 392
Murakami, §., on atomic immigrant ship, 602 Murex, Ltd., position and prospects of, 369 Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., “ Muraflux ” submerged arc welding fluxes, 392
M rrell, K. F. H., on railway accidents, 195- 196. See LETTERS, 259, 395-6
Museum, Birmingham, of Science and Industry, old craft workshop exhibits, 453
— Science, exhibition on controlled fusion of
heavy hydrogen, 830
Myers, C., on Nestle training centre, Lausanne, 794
Myers, Fred, Ltd., series H D8 Caterpillar tractor, 725
Myers, W. R., on theoretical electromagnetism (book), 577

NA 39, naval strike aircraft (Blackburn & General Aircraft, Ltd.), 340
NACA. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Nagata, T., on generation of remanent magnetisation of ferromagnetic minerals by chemical reactions, 349
Nailer’s workshop exhibit at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
Napier, D., and Sons, Ltd., Aircraft Ice Protection Conference: icing standards and methods used to determine suitability of aircraft to fly in icing conditions, by H. E. Le Sueur, 61; aspects of engine icing, by W. Sherlaw, 61; electric or hoc gas thermal ice protection? by J. A. Hay, 61; aircraft electrical heater mats and future developments, by Dr. R. A. Roper, 61; development of ice protection control systems, by E. O. Robertson, 61; reardrive Eland gas-turbines for Westminster “flying crane” helicopter, 94; Deltic two-stroke diesel engines for “ PL4 Maracaibo” launch, 120; Eland turboprop engines for Westminster helicopter, 268; Scorpion type rocket engines, fuels for, 343
Napier, D., and Sons, Engineers, Ltd., history of (1808-1958), by C. Wilson and W. Reader (review), 649
Nash Collection of historic aircraft, 723
Nash and Thompson, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for
Peace Exhibition, 346
National Academy of Sciences, United States. See United States
— Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, per
mit for reactor project at Plum Brook, 203
— Bureau of Standards. See United States National Cash Register Co., Ltd., 802; “ Com-
pudesk ” desk computer, 690
— Chemical Laboratory, new name for
Chemical Research Laboratory, 150; functions of, 150; annual report on work of, 178; new steering committee for, 195
National Co., Inc., Atomichrons in atomic time standards comparison, 85
National Coal Board, pit trials for hydraulic mining, 2; price policy, effect of oil vs. coal, 2; 500 tons horizontal testing
machine for (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6; adjustable foundation pads, application of flow in plastics, 2 , U-blade attachment for David Brown 50TD crawler tractor, 132; coal industry of U.S.S.R., Part 2 Appendix 6 (book), 357; Plain Words on stock piling of machinery, 426; maintenance of mechanical and electrical parts of public health equipment (book), 445; financial assistance for undistributed stocks, 590; hydraulically-operated mine car handling plant at Glyncorrwg, 650; radiation in coal drilling tests for Newton Spinney underground gasification plant, 666; pushing cylinders for underground conveyors and loaders (trade publication)1, 713; increased borrowing powers, 754; position on rising stocks of small coal, 760 National Council for Technical Awards, award of member of College of Technologists, 660
— Federation of Building Trade Operatives,
wage claim, 572
— Fuel Efficiency Advisory Service! fourth
annual survey, 290
— Health Service, 10th anniversary of, 80
— Income and expenditure (1958), comment
on (review), 394
— Industrial Production Show (Toronto), 23,
479
— Institute of Economic and Social Research,
report on spare production capacity, 226
of Industrial Psychology, Comments on the Job (survey), 691
for Nuclear Research, 7GeV proton synchrotron for, 262
for Research in Nuclear Science, contracts placed for electrical equipment for 7 GeV proton synchrotron, 734; proton synchrotron for Rutherford Laboratory, components design for, 793
— Insurance, Government policy on, 533 See also Pensions
— Physical Laboratory, British and American
atomic time standards compared, 85; model tests on Gongola pusher tub and barge train, 69; slipping-clutch fatiguetesting machine, by N. B, Owen and H. L. Cox, 84; calibration of mirror extensometers by optical interferometry by A. F. C. Brown, 180; crossed-strip extensometer, 180; index of papers published, 277; modem computing methods (review), 390; data on thermal conductivity of exfoliated vermiculite, 616; tests with slipping-clutch fatigue machine on embedded point, 618; helium liquefier, 679
Symposium on Mechanisation of Thought Processes, 728; intellect and programming, by A. D. Booth, 728; model of the brain, by R. L. Beurle, 728-9; speech recognition and learning in machines, by J. F. Coales, 729; industrial applications, by J. C. Coales, 729
Signal generators, attenuators, voltmeters and ammeters at radio frequencies (book), 747; ACE digital computer for, 778
— Reactor Testing Station (U.S.). See
United States
National Research Corp. (U.S.), research organisation of, 19
Council, U.S. See United States National Research Development Corp., United
States Office, 151; backing for Dracone
DI flexible oil barge, 440; 10th anniversary and activities of, 653; new Bill to extend life and powers of, 653; electronic computer exhibition, 688
— Science Foundation. See United States
— Service. See Military service
National Shipbuilders Security, Ltd., decision to wind up, 103
National Small Industries, Corp., review of activities, 404
— Society of Operative Printers and Assistants,
withdrawal from Printing and Kindred Trades Federation, 199. See LETTER, 292
— Union of Journalists, meeting on “ hand
outs,” 786
of Mineworkers, acceptance of wage offer, 405
of Railwaymen, acceptance of British Transport Commission wage increase to railway shopmen by, 80; statement on porters’ obligations to passengers, 405
of Students, activities of vacation work bureau, 143
of Teachers, questionnaire on science teaching in grammar schools, 143
— Vegetable Research Station (Wellesbourne),
device for measuring crop respiration rate, 790
— Wages policies in war and peace, by B. C.
Roberts, comment on, 143
National Wool Textile Export Corp., award at Brussels Exhibition, 526
Nationalisation of aircraft industry, F. Beswick on, 269
— Report on (FBI), 623
— by E. Rubin (book), 712
— Steel industry, world survey on, 427
— Trades Union Congress attitude to, 302 Nationalised industries, bookkeeping in, Plain
Words on, 426
Borrowing powers increased for, 754 Prices and politics in, 81
Wage disputes in, policy in, comment on, 176
See also State-owned
Natsopa. See National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants
Natural gas, consumption and production of, 426
— ?— in Iran and Iraq, industrial develop
ments, 35
Potential market in Great Britain, 426 Production in Europe, 579 Production in Holland, 259.
Search for, in Britain, 579 Shipments to Britain, 579 Use in Mexico, 331
— Resources of United Kingdom, by Sir C.
Goodeve, 361
— Rubber Development Board, annual report,
144
Nautilus atomic submarine, 307; Arctic voyage of, 193, 205; propulsion plant details, 204, 237; Sperry navigational equipment in, 238
Naval architects and Marine Engineers, Society of. See Society
— Architecture, progress in, by Dr. J. F. C.
Conn, 351, 386
— Research Laboratory, United States. See
United States
— Reserve, Royal, transmitting and receiving
equipment at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
Navigation, aeronautical, long-range, 321 Radio aids in, by C. Williams, 318
Short-range, 322
Very short-range, 322
— Astro, for submarines, 238
— Consul system (German), 315, 316, 321
— Decca Navigator System, 315, 316, 321
— Dectra system, 321
— D.M.E. system, 322
— Gee system, 315, 321
— I.L.S. system, 322
— Instruments, aeronautical, exhibits at Farn
borough Show, 297
— Loran system (U.S.), 315, 321
— Marine, radio aids, by B. G. Pressey, 316
— P.A.R. system, 322
— Position finding by radio, by R. L. Smith-
Rose, 311
— Radar aid exhibits at Farnborough Show,
322
— Submarine, methods of, 238
— Tacan system, 321
— Under polar ice, methods available, 238
— V.H.F. Omnidirectional Range system, 322
— V.O.R. system, 322
Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See Royal Naval
Naylor, J. C., on subception, 691
Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines, Ltd., position and prospects of, 201
Neal, B. G., work on plastic theory, 835 Needle-roller assembly machine, automatic, 184 Neelands, A. R., on position and prospects of Cementation Co., 633
Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Conference, 275
Neill, J. H., on value of engineering distributor, 716
Neill, James, and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., fine-pole magnetic chuck, 7; Eclipse magnetic door catch, 192
Neldco Processes, Ltd., Sala regulating valve, 7 “ Neomat ” copying lathe, Heid (Newman Industries, Ltd.), 167
NEPTUNE atomic reactor, 235; details of, 262; for submarine-propulsion research, 262
NERO atomic reactor, details of, 262
Nestle Co., Ltd., training centre, Lausanne, by C. Myers and F. A. Kirby, 794
Netherlands, atomic reactors, 686
— Engineering industries of, 11
— See also Holland
Network analyser, full-scale, using transformer analogues (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 93
— Loci of, 354, 356
Neutrino. See Antineutrino
Neutron attenuation, fast, effecting removal cross-section as means of describing, 569
— Behaviour in radiation shields, 570
— Decay, report on research into, 537
— Detectors at Geneva Exhibition, 762
for reactor control, 666
in reactor safety and control, 762
— Fast, capture cross-sections of, 539
Spectra measurement, 571
— Flux instrumentation, 763
Measurement, 762
Prediction of, 569, 570
— Studies in U.S., 568
— Transport in radiation shielding, 568
New Towns, development of, 137
New York Times, “ Get More Out of Your Newspaper ” (booklet), 42
New Zealand, import freedom under new trade pact, 773
— — Negotiations for revision of Ottawa
agreement, 81
Newage (Manchester), Ltd., industrial engines (trade publication), 845; 2-55-litre diesel engine (trade publication), 845
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., jig boring machines for toolroom or light production^ 4 ; cylindrical grinding machine in “ Link-Line ” automatic gear production, 647
Newcastle upon Tyne, motor vehicle speeds and delays, study on, 480
Newman, Hender and Co., Ltd., valves for atomic energy applications, 274
Newman Industries, Ltd., Heid “Neomat” copying lathe, 167
Newmarket Transistor Co., Ltd., fifteen years of semiconducting materials and transistors, 845
Newnes Engineers’ Manual, by F. J. Camm (book), 712
Newnes Engineer’s Pocket Book, by Ft J. Camm (book), 218
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Enterprise atomic-powered aircraft carrier, 665
Newspaper, American guide to reading, 42
Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., stress-relieving furnace and automatic welding machine at Thorncliffe Works, 254; agreement with Gottfried Bischoff, A.G., 822
Newton Spinney underground gasification at, discussion in Parliament on, 75; radiation in coal drilling tests, 666
Newton, W. H., on position and prospects of Serck Radiators, Ltd., 715
Niagara screening unit for mechanised coal depot, 126
— Shuttle conveyor for mechanised coal depot,
126
Nicholls, H., on design of small harbours used by fishermen, 12; on Government grants for research, 12
Nicholson, L. F., on high-speed flight, rockets and satellites, 279
“ Nickalium III ” aluminium-bronze alloy for marine propellers (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 546
Nickel, and its alloys, by J. G. Thompson (book), 218
— Aluminium bronze for marine propellers,
546
— from Canadian ores, cinema film on refining
of (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 79
— Chromium alloys, “ Nimonic 105 ” (Henry
Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 471
— Electroforming for foils, 575
fof moulds', 574
— Plating of aero-engine pistons, 576
of aircraft propellers (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 575
Kanigen electroless process, 576
in printing industry, 576
for salvage and protection, 574
in special applications, by H. C. Castell, 674
Nickols Automatics, Ltd., Nickols sequence control system, 591-2
Nichols, I., on industrial pneumatics, 591-2 Nicol and Andrew, Ltd., reconditioning of hydraulic press rams with “Master Hone” equipment, 378
Nieman, Prof., on gear tooth load tests, 543
Nife Batteries Ltd., portable safety lamps (trade publication), 482
Nikek, exhibits at Essen Mining Show, 658
Nile river, irrigation projects, 750. See LETTER, 787
Territorial claims to water benefits of, by T. H. H. Skeet, 750
Nimonic alloys, spot welding of (BWRA), 50 “ Nimonic 105 ” heat and creep-resisting alloy (Henry Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 546
Nickel-chromium alloy (Henry Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 471
Nitrogen pick-up, effect on welding of Zircaloy 2, 50
Nobel Prize awarded to Academician I. Y.
Tamm and Dr. P. A. Cerenkov, 604
Noise, aircraft, at Croydon Airport, 667 Discussion in Parliament on, 139, 629 Government statement on, 290 at London Airport, tests on, 394 Means of minimising effect of, 441 from U.S. air bases in Britain, 795
— Components subjected to, experimental
facility for design of, at Sandia Corp. (U.S.A.), 349
— Control, Handbook of, by C. M. Harris
(review), 27
— Diesel-engine, origins of, by Dr. A. E. W.
Austen and Dr. T. Priede, 608
— Engine, and noise suppression, symposium
on, 608
— and Hearing: physiological aspect, by Prof.
W. Brown, 608
— Impact, analyser, type 1412 (Dawe Instru
ments), 717
— in industry (booklet), 357
— Internal-combustion engine, reduction by
enclosure, by Dr. A. J. King, 608
— Low-frequency, ear defenders for (Admir
alty Engineering Laboratories), 515
— of motor vehicles, measurement f, by Dr.
W. Martin, 608
— Principles of, by J. J. Freeman (book), 811
— Suppressing nozzles for Pratt and Whitney
engines in first D.C.8 airliner (Rolls- Royce, Ltd.), 62
— Suppression, and engine noise, symposium
on, 608
— Suppressors for American airliners (Rolls-
Royce, Ltd.), 62
— See also Sound
Non-destructive testing, AID techniques, 641 Nonlinear control systems, by R. L. Cosgriff (book), 152
— Systems, analysis and control of, by Y. H.
Ku (book), 327
Noral B51S for hand rails (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 191
— B51SWP for derrick for mobile prospecting
work (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 37
— B54SM plate for aluminium alloy mobile
concrete mixer (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 159
— 54SM bar for aluminium alloy mobile
concrete mixer (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 159
Noralgrip accessories for aluminium conductors (Northern Aluminium), 198
Nordic Economic Union, report on progress of, 426
Normalair, Ltd., cabin atmosphere control (trade publication), 776
Norris Brothers, Ltd., design for new Bluebird car, 200
Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd., 6LX diesel engine for heavy vehicles, 220
Norris, R. F., on testing gas turbines, 496 Norris Warming Co., Ltd., plenum plant and heating system for Rolls-Royce gasturbine test house, 821
North America, exports to, new activities in, 23 North American Aviation, Inc., study on use of sodium reactor coolant, 170; SINS navigation system in U.S.S. Nautilus, 238; Atlas missile, 295; X-15 manned research aircraft, 638
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., “Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel hydraulic locomotive, 123; diesel locomotives for British Railways, 226
North British Rubber Co., Ltd., belting (trade publication), 845
North Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., pedestal bearings and bedplate for main- engine drive tanker generators, 744
North Western Electricity Board, cinema film on “ First Ten Years,” 389
Northampton College of Advanced Technology, one-day seminars on communication, 632
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Noral alloy B 51 SWP for derrick for mobile prospecting work, 37. See LETTER, 100; aluminium piping, 71; thick aluminium-alloy plate (trade publication), 90; aluminium derrick, by R. F. Tayler, 100; Noral 54SM bar for aluminium alloy mobile concrete
mixer, 159; Noral B54SM plate for aluminium alloy mobile concrete mixer, 159; forged aluminium stanchions for hand rails, 191; Noralgrip accessories for aluminium conductors, 198; aluminium (trade publication), 811
Northern Rhodesia, labour problems in copper mines:, 376
Norway, supersonic low-level flight trials in, 511
— Wood pulp industry for, nuclear reactor for, 14
Norwegian Institutt for Atomenergi, Halden heavy-water boiling reactor project, 300
Norwood Technical College, survey of, 430; remarks by Principal of, 496
“ Not go ” screw plug gauges, by G. Lorenz, 615
Notch ductility tests in brittle-fracture determination, 117
— Toughness tests, comparison of, 107 Notched bar tests, comparison of, by A. W. Johnston, 107
Nottingham University, course on modern techniques for the engineer, 379; Bulleid Memorial Lectures on modern developments in engineering design, preliminary notice, 820
Novakovic, M., on mercury manometer for high pressures, 801
‘ Novoston ” aluminium-bronze alloy for marine propellers (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 546
Nozzles for corner burners for boiler steam temperature control, 711
— Noise-suppressing, for Pratt and Whitney
engines in first D.C.8 airliner (Rolls- Royce, Ltd.), 62
— for welding of aluminium alloys, BWRA,
50
NPD atomic power station (Canada), 169 reactor in Canada, 265
NPD-2 atomic reactor, 299; arrangement of, 731
NRU atomic reactor in Canada, 265; report on, 662, 663
NRX atomic reactor in Canada, 265; report on 663
“ N-S ” variable-speed a.c. motor (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
Nuclear age, Britain leads in (booklet), 73 Nuclear-Chicago Corp., Dynacon Electrometer for measurement of soft beta rays, 110; model 9000 reactor for nuclear education, 170
Nuclear Civil Constructors, exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— Congress (Cleveland, O. (1958)), preliminary
notice, 636
— Data, consolidated report on, by Dr. M. J.
Poole, and Dr. M. Sowerby, 538
— and Electronics Exhibition (Rome), British
exhibits at, 73
— Energy. See Atomic energy
— Energy Agency, European. See European
Nuclear Energy Agency
Conference, British. See British
— — Conference on, Federation of British
Industries, 108
Journal of, parts A and B of, 170
— — Steering Committee for, First Report of,
13
— — Trade Association’s Conference, Britain
leads in this nuclear age (booklet), 73
— — See also Atomic energy
— Engineering and Science Conference (Chi
cago), some aspects of use of an organic coolant in a heavy-water-moderated power reactor, by M. J. McNelly, 140; radiolytic and pyrolytic decomposition of organic reactor coolants, by D. R. de Halas, 141; burning of plutonium-based fuels, by J. R. Triplett, 141; blending versus re-enrichment for slightly enriched uranium, by D. Kailman and J. E. Brennan, 142; general economics of chemical re-processing using solvent extraction processing, by F. L. Culler, 142
— — See also Atomic engineering
— Fission, physics of, 538
— — Product plant at Oak Ridge, 792
Research, 262
— — Thermal cross-sections for, 538
— Fuel. See Atomic fuel
— Fusion apparatus, developments in, 168
— — Apparatus, ASEA, at Uppsala Univer
sity, 74
— — Apparatus, survey of, 334
— — Controlled, by Dr. R. J. Bickerton, 824 Controlled, consolidated report on, by
Dr. A. A. Ware, 796
Controlled, and plasma physics (Perg- amon), 811
Declassification of U.S. and U.K. programmes, 301
Device, DCX, 326
Devices, Luce ignition scheme for, by Dr. A. Simon, 168
Device, OGRA, 571
Device, Scylla, at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 796
— — Devices, survey of, 824
Energy, direct conversion into electric power, 401
Exchange of information between U.S. and U.K. on, 301
Exhibits on, at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 236
— — Exhibition at Science Museum, 830 Experiments * DCX, at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Luce ignition scheme, by Dr. A. Simon, 168
— — Experiments in France, 169 by fast discharges, 400, 401
Papers on, at United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 74 Peaceful uses of, by E. Teller, 402 Processes, convention on (I.E.E.), 734
— Research, at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 168, 400
Research at Harwell, position and progress of, 262
Research, at Institute of Atomic Energy, Russia, 400
Research, instrumentation for, 765
Nuclear fusion research, magnetic traps, 401
Research, survey Of, 334
— Research, transfer from Harwell to Winfrith Heath, 403
Research in U.S., 74, 263, 402
— Research in USSR, by L. A. Artsimovich, 401
Research; See also MAGGI\ MINN I; ZETA, etc,
Self-sustaining, by Dr. O. Kofoed- Hansen, 74
Nuclear Graphite, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345
— Installations (Licensing and Insurance)
Bill, 603; safety committee to be set up under, 693
— Marine Propulsion, Joint Panel of British
Nuclear Energy Conference, 237
Nuclear Power to Clear the Air (brochure), 784 — Power Facility, Hallam. See Hallam
Nuclear Power Plant Co., Ltd., agreement with Agip Nucleare for collaboration in design of nuclear power stations in Italy, 73; at Electronics and Nuclear Exhibition (Rome), 73; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233; atomic power station for Italy, 301; appointment of R. L. Vaughan as director, 403; contract for atomic power plant in Italy, 438; charging and discharging fuel on loan at Bradwell atomic power station, 505; Brussels Exhibition award, 611; Latina atomic power plant, 693; television equipment contract to Pye, Ltd., for Latina atomic power station, 793; see also under specific projects
See also Atomic power
Plant. See Atomic Station. See Atomic
— — Year Book (1958-59) (review), 403
— Propulsion. See Atomic propulsion
— Radiation. See Radiation
— Reactor. See Atomic reactor
— Research. See Atomic research; Nuclear
fusion
— — European Organisation for. See Euro
pean
— Institute, Joint (Dubna). See Joint Nuclear Research Institute
National Institute for. See National
— Science, National Institute for Research in.
See National Institute
— Scientists, Commonwealth, informal meet
ing of, 45
— — Commonwealth Conference of, prelimi
nary notice, 236
— Supply Agency, proposed activities of, 793
— Thermo. See Nuclear fusion
— Weapons. See Atomic weapons
— See also American Nuclear Society Nucleons, structure of, research on, 537 Nucleonic gauges (Ekco), 347
— Instruments exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 765
Nucleus, atomic, discovery of, by Prof. N. Bohr, 793
Nuffield Foundation, annual report, 507; financial contribution to Jodrell Bank radio telescope, 557
Nugent, G. R. H., On disposal of railway branch lines, 12
Numation, Ltd., electrically controlled air/ hydraulic actuator, 512
Nuts, wing, from folded pressings (M. F. Robertshaw, Ltd.), 771
Nutrition in cereals for underdeveloped countries, 823
Nyletter trapezium-shaped vinyl tiles for flooring (Holmsund Flooring, Ltd.), 192 Nylon disc filters for blast-furnace cooling water at Richard Thomas and Baldwins, 673
— Tubing (trade publication), 153

OAK Ridge National Laboratory, DCX thermonuclear experiments, Luce ignition scheme, by Dr. A. Simon, 168; GCR-2 atomic reactor, 298, 696; trapping of energetic deuterons in magnetic field, 402; Tower Shielding facility, 571; Multicurie Fission Products Pilot Plant, 792. See also under specific projects
Oakley lifeboat, self-righting, J. G. Graves of Sheffield (William Osborne, Ltd.), 742

Obituary:

- Broom, H. S., 364
- Durand, W. F., 228
- Halcrow, Sir W., 591. See Correction, 655
- Inglis, C. J., 460
- Lamb, J., 228
- Smith, Dr. S. Livingston, 591
OC23 alloy junction transistors for digital computers (Mullard, Ltd.), 690
OC24 alloy junction transistors for digital computers (Mullard, Ltd.), 690
Occupational diseases covered by Industrial Injuries Act, 46
Oceanography, effects of atomic radiation on, report oh, 109
OEEC. See Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades Association, electronic computer exhibition, 688
— Machinery, Australian imports of, 389
— Management Association, report on clerical
salaries analysis, 1958, by Dr. O. G. Pickard, 112; trends in personnel practice (booklet), 736
Office, method study in, cinema film, 9
— Personnel practice in London, trends in,
booklet on, 736
— for research and experiments of Inter
national Union of Railways, 618
— Workers relations with factory workers, 533 Salary survey, 112
OGRA fusion device, ion injection in, 828
— Thermonuclear device, 334, 571
Oil barge, flexible, sea trials of Dracone DI (Dracone Developments, Ltd.), 440
Oil burners. See Burners
— Burning reading lamps, illumination patterns of, by H. Sutcliffe, 820
— Castor, for rear-axle lubrication, London Transport tests on, 223
— vs. coal, effect on National Coal Board price
policy, 2
— Cr^de, Sahara, French searches for, 558
— Drilling platform, mobile, DeLong, for Shell Co. (Steel Structures, Ltd.), 95
— Edible, grease from, hydrogenation plant at Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
— Engine. See Engine, diesel
— Extraction from coal, research on, 735
— Feed distributing boxes for controllable- pitch propellers in frigates, 815
— Films, discharge through thin, in thin- film lubrication, by C. Siripongse, P. R. Rogers, and Dr. A. Cameron, 146
Thin, dynamic calibration of, 146 Thin, voltage/current characteristics of, 146
— Fired boilers, weather-sensitive control
unit for (Stonebridge Electrical Co., Ltd.), 397
— Fuel, consumption in 1957, 330
— Gasification, new plants for, 579
— Heaters, tests on, 684
— Hydrogenation of, for gas production,
experimental plant, 579
— Industry, Iraq, review of, 34 Iraq revolt effect on, 98
in Middle East, effect of Arab States development, 208
— Lubricating, distributor pump, 28-way
(Tecalemit, Ltd.), 231
— Pipeline developments in Western Europe,
258
Marseilles/Strasbourg, of Societe du Pipe-line Sud Europeen, 258
— Refinery in Brazil, new construction, 303 “ Grass-roots,” in Australia, commissioning of, by D. W. L. Barker, 122
Milford Haven, plans for new (Esso), 15, 426
Mina al Ahmadi, of Kuwait Oil Co., Ltd., 404
Peace River, opening of (British American Oil Co.), 786
— Resources, Commonwealth, position and
prospects of, 79
— Switch. See Switchgear
— Synthesis from carbon monoxide and hydro
gen, 748
from coal, discussion in Parliament on, 75
— Tankers. See Tankers
— Type rust preventive (trade publication), 90
— See also Lubrication; Paraffin; Petroleum Oilferno, Ltd., Blue Flame burner for naturaldraught oil-fired domestic boiler, 424
Oilheat oil-fired boiler with twin boilers (Henry Wilson and Co., Ltd.), 160
Okamura, T., on atomic immigrant ship, 602 Old-age pensioners, increase in, 112
Wisdom and experience in, Plain Words on, 754
Oldham, J., on investments in Africa, 369; on position and prospects of Oldham and Son, Ltd., 369; remarks on advertising budgets, 479
Oldham and Son, Ltd., positions and prospects of, 369; battery production at home and overseas, 799
Olding, Jack, and Co., Ltd., Vickers Vigor crawler, tractor, 596; Barber-Greene 873 Finisher machine for laying and finishing bituminous road surfaces, 659
Olin Mathieson, exhibits at Essen Mining Show, 65:8
Olympus Mark 201 turbojet, type test on (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 62
Omnibus, motor. See Bus
Omnicoach 12-seater public service vehicle (Austin), 463
OMR atomic reactor in U.S., 263
OMRE atomic reactor in U.S., 263, 698
“ Onazote ” insulating floor heating (Expanded Rubber Co., Ltd.), 720
O’Neill, T. A., on better craft apprentices, 687 Ontario Research Foundation, ORF iron- making process, 145
Opancol, Ltd., Quicklift elevator for handling grain in bulk, 790
Opel Kapitan motor car, redesigned version of, 101
Open-hearth furnace. See Furnace
Operational aspects of intellect, by Dr. D. M. Mackay, 728
— Research on flow of passengers in subways
and on stairways by London Transport Executive, 245. See LETTER, 396
in industry, post-graduate course at Birmingham University, 179
in rail transport, 683
Operatives, training of, report by Joint Committee on Individual Efficiency in Industry, 533
Oppenheimer, H. F., on position and prospects of Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines, Ltd., 201
Opportunities in engineering, exhibition (Cheltenham), 428
Optical grinding machine with attachment for grinding small radii (Wickman, Ltd.), 198
— Immersion pyrometer, Foster-Platt (Foster
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 725
— Interferometry, calibration of mirror exten
someters by, by A. F. C. Brown, 180
— Observations of satellites, by R. H. Merson,
371
— Reading devices for machine-tool scales, by
C. Godfrey and S. C. Bottomley, 615
Optimum design of multicell box subjected to given bending moment and temperature distribution, by D. J. Johns (book), 747
Oral communication of technical information, by R. S. Casey (book), 445
Ordman, N. N. B., on concrete curing tests, 3 ORE. See Office for Research and Experiments Ores, Canadian, refining nickel from, cinema film on (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 79
— Iron, mines, Kiruna, Lysholm-type rotary
screw compressors at, 490
Mines, Tisco, LOX explosives for, 391
Ores, iron, preparation developments, 145
— — Prospecting for, 260
— Manganese, separating from clay, blade mill
for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 8
Orenda Engines, Ltd., Iroquois turbojet, 343; Iroquois turbojet engines for Avro CF 105 Arrow all-weather interceptor, 542
ORF ironmaking process, 145
Organic Coolant in heavy-water-moderated power reactor, by M. J. McNelly, 140
— — Reactor, radiolytic and pyrolytic decom
position of, by D. R. de Halas, 141
— Fuels for nuclear reactors, 110
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, First Report of Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy, 13; table of test reactors existing or planned in Europe, 13; report on engineering industries in Europe, 76. See also 65; report on gas supply in Europe, 579; review of shortage of engineers, 589; possible effect of Free Trade Area on, 654; differences of opinion within, 818; see also Eurochemic; European Nuclear Energy Community; European Productivity Agency
Oriana, liner, transverse propulsion for (Vickers-Armstrongs), 222
Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., transverse propulsion for liner Oriana, 222
Orifice, Dall, for flow measurement (trade publication), 153
Original Automatic Cast Steel Ball Factory, foundation of, 261
Orpheus turbo-jet engine to be built under licence in Germany (Bristol Aero-Engines), 532
Orr, Lord Boyd, on East-West trade, 819
ORR modified nuclear reactor (Netherlands), 13
— Nuclear reactor (Sweden), 13
Orthogonal cutting of a work-hardening material, by Dr. D. G. Christopherson, P. L. B. Oxley, and Dr. W. B. Palmer, 113 Osborne, William, Ltd., J. G. Graves of Sheffield self-righting Oakley lifeboat, 742
Oscillations. See Vibrations
Oscillator, crystal, thermally-compensated (Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd.), 215
Osgood, W. Fogg, on functions of complex and real variables (book), 712
Osram fluorescent tubes for transistor-oscillator inverter lighting system, in Vickers Vanguard airliner (G.E.C.), 222
— Integral 280 W sodium lamp (GEC), 461 Ostermann, W., on “ Bergbaumechanik ”
(book), 577
Otnima machine tool units (trade publication), 421
Ottawa agreement, negotiations between British and New Zealand Governments for revision of, 81
Otten, Lt.-Cmdr. E. H., on producing cold air, w
Ottermill Switchgear, Ltd., expansion of, 598 Otto, C. A., on electric furnaces (book), 483 Out-patient waiting time (I) publication on, 472 Outsiders as executives, 73o
Ove Arup and Partners, new hangar for Beverley aircraft at Abingdon, 682
Ovens, coke. See Coke ovens
Overband electromagnetic separator (Industrial Magnets, Ltd.), 166
Overhead cranes. See Crane Overloader. See Tractor shovel Overseas tours by senior executives, 611 Overspeed and rotation indicator for Conway aero-engine (Pye), 297
Overtime. See Hours of labour
Owen, Sir L., on organisation of chemical engineering projects, 121; in U.K. delegation to Atomic Energy Conference (Geneva), 237
Owen, N. B., on slipping-clutch fatigue-testing machine, 84; on fatigue of embedded point carrying shear load, 618
Owusu, M., appointment to Ghana office of Chamberlain Group, 533
Oxaal, G., Proceedings of second symposium on concrete shell roof construction (review), 91
Oxford English Dictionary, new Supplement to, 187
— University. See Clarendon Laboratory
— Western by-pass, discussion in Parliament,
On progress of, 48
Oxidation in hydrogen peroxide manufacture, 812
— Resistant coatings research at Sondes
Place, 150
Oxide scaling of superheater tubes, study at National Chemical Laboratory, 178
Oxley, P. L. B., on orthogonal cutting of a work-hardening material, 113
Oxy-acetylene welding. See Welding Oxygen converter steelmaking process, Kaldo, 145
Steelmaking process, Linzer Dusenver- fahren, 145
Steelmaking process, Rotor, 145
— Flame cutting of titanium with preheat
flame; 50
— in Indian steelworks, increased use of, 391
— Liquid, explosions in Organic materials in
presence of, 391
as explosive in iron Ore mines, 391
Lubricant behaviour in, 391
— — Use in Atlas ICBM, 295
— in steelmaking, research at BSCRA, 144
— Systems, emergency, for Comet 4 airliner passengers, 581

Pl81 gas turbine for rotary wing aircraft (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 343
Pl82 gas turbine for fixed wing aircraft
(Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 343 Packages, loading machine for (F. C. Kane, Ltd.)), 497
— Mechanical handling of, International
Raffway Congress on, 552
Package, monitor type 210 (Isotope Developments, Ltd.), 347
Package Sealing Co. (Export), Ltd., electrogalvanised metal strip for box-strapping, 144
Packaging cold solid bitumen, multi-sheet paper bags for, 191
— Test service, at Salterpak Division of Geo. Salter and Co., Ltd., 423
Packing, pre-, of fresh fruit and vegetables, by C. H. Stansfield, 652
Pads, rail, rubber, in permanent-way tracks, 144 Page, A. E., updraught grate, 501
Paints, epoxy-based, Epiglo type C (Corrosion, Ltd.), 782
— Plant, new, in Europe (du Pont de Nemours (Belgium) SA), 532
— System for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 821
Painting of railway bridges, 518
Pakistan, Indus river territorial claims of, 751
Pallet loader, semi-automatic (W. and C. Pantin, Ltd.), 561
— Materials-handling, ISO work on, 158
— Transfer assembly unit for high production, 184
— Truck, electric, battery-driven (Wessex Industries (Poole), Ltd.), 561
Palletisation for parcels handling, International Railway Congress on, 552
Palmer, J., introduction to press tool design (book), 27
Palmer, Dr. W. B., on orthogonal cutting of a work-hardening material, 113
Palouste air-bleed unit for air-turbine starter, 342
PAMETRADA. See Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association
Pan American World Airways, transatlantic service of, 394
Panel, control. See Control panel
— Display, for nuclear power plant (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 275
— Plywood, for wall formwork (Kwikform,
Ltd.), 160
Panelec (Great Britain), Ltd., low-temperature radiant warming systems, 32
Panellit, Ltd., data processing and information system for reactor, 665
Pantin, W. and C., Ltd., semi-automatic pallet loader, 561
Pantograph air compressor V-twin cylinder “ Bristol ” BP02, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive for Midland Region, 759 Panton and Webb, Fimax universal magnetic chuck, 231; magnetic chucks (trade publication). 277
Paper, backing, non-stick ,“ Striplac ” (RWP Co.), 118
— Bags, multi-sheet, for packaging cold
solid bitumen, 191
— for electric cable insulation at Aberdare
Cables, Ltd., 774
— Sacks for coal delivery, 791
— Scientific and technical, how to write, by
S. F. Trelease (book), 218
— Tube, phenolic resin bonded (book), 648 PAR navigation system, 322
Paraffin radiant heater (Sterling Incandescent), 224
Parcels, mechanical handling of, International Railway Congress on, 552
— Van with exceptional driving visibility
(British Road Services), 222
Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., diesel railbuses for British Railways, 350
Park, Ward, Ltd., bodywork for Alvis 3-litre saloon motor car, 506; bodywork for Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars, 506
Parker Gallery, military engineering exhibits, 687
Parker, T. E., Vencedor downdraught grate, 503
Parkes, Dr. A. S., comment on deep-freezing of mammals, 302
Parkes, Dr. E. W., on unsafe bridge, 606 Parking meter exports, 389
Parliament, new session begins, 629
Parmeko, Ltd., step-down transformers to reduce risk of accidental electric shock, 456 Parr Shoals, demonstration nuclear power plant at, 45
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., model of turboalternator for nuclear power stations, 274; Dr. H. M. Finniston appointed research manager of Nuclear Research Centre, 604 Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association, data resulting from 3,000 s.h.p. gasturbine project, 442; progress report, 442 Parsons Marine Turbine Co., Ltd., agreement with Brown-Boveri and Co., Ltd., for technical collaboration on design and manufacture of marine steam turbines, 239
Parsons turbines. See Turbine, steam
Parsons and Whittemore/Lyddon Organisation, Horkel depither for bagasse, 36
Part, A. A., on Britain’s need for scientists and technologists, 589
Particle accelerators. See Accelerators
— Centre-of-mass energies of, 540
— Cosmic-ray, research on, 536
— Elementary unstable, properties of, 536
— Metal, stationary, and frictional sparks,
ignition of firedamp by, by F. P. Bowden and Dr. R. D. Lewis, 241
Partitioning, daylight, Lita (trade publication), 327
Pask, G., on electrochemical growing of logical circuits, 729
Passenger flow in subways and on staircases in underground railway stations, 245. See LETTER, 396
— Ships. See Ships
Patents exploitation officer of UKAEA, 604
— and inventions, how to develop and protect
them, by R. A. Buckles (book), 357
— Laws in Channel Islands, 640
— Sale of, opportunities for, 151
Paterson Hughes Engineering Co., Ltd., handling schemes (trade publication), 218 Patrol boats, reverse reduction gearbox for, 715 Paul, K. S., Ltd., Burger model DO pneumatic impact press (trade publication), 357;
Otnima machine tool units (trade publication), 421
Paul, K. S. (Molybdenum Disulphide), Ltd., “ Moly-Paul Superfine ” molybdenum disulphide powder, 523
Pay. See Income; Salary; Wages
— Equal. See Wages, equal pay
Pay load, new magazine of Austin Motor Co., 747
Payne Products International, Ltd., exhibition of “ Lapmaster ” lapping machines, 843
P12C electronic counting unit (Electronic Machine Co., Ltd.), 134
Peace, John (Steel and Tools), Ltd.,, hand tools (trade publication), 277
Peace River, industrialisation progress, 786
Peace River Power Development Co., formation and directorate of, 786
Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. See Atomic energy
of fusion, by E. Teller, 402
Peak Frean and Co., Ltd., award at Brussels Exhibition, 526
Peam, Frank, and Co., Ltd., history of, 136
Pearson, J. D., on divisional organisation at Rolls-Royce, 171
Pearson, Dr. S. Forbes, on efficiency of small refrigerator compressors, 485
Pedestal bearings. See Bearings
Peerless sports car, De Dion rear axle arrangement, 567
PEGASE atomic reactor in France, 264
Pegasus computer, List of Existing Programmes of, 27
Peissenberg-type ram plough for coal mines (Westfalia huenen), 658
Pens, ball point, tests on, by Association for Consumer Research, Ltd., 256
Pencil, black-lead, Swan “ All-Stabilo,” for marking on glazed surfaces (Gordon and Gotch, Ltd.), 165
? Pendulum to Atom ” exhibition, crystal clocks at, 588
Penetrant flaw detection, AID work on, 641
Penguin Books, Ltd., dictionary of civil engineering, by J. S. Scott, 845
Penhoet, development of nuclear-powered ships, 661; position and prospects of, 661
Pensions and National Insurance, Ministry of, report for 1957, 199
— Plan for workers of Pressed Steel Co., 691
— Retirement, increase in, 112
— Scheme, Government comment on, 533 of John Allan and Co. (Glenpark), Ltd., 16 National, comment on, 472
Workers under, statistics on, 599
Pensioners, old-age, increase in, 112
Penzance and Evesham, gas grid between, 675
People, training to understand, by Z. M. T. Tarkowski. 377
Pepikin 25 circulator pump (Precision Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 7
Percival system of stereophonic transmission (EMI), 360, 620
Pergamon Press, translations of Russian journals, 152; international journal of air pollution, note on, 187; plasma physics and problem of controlled thermonuclear reactions, 811
Perhapsatron S-4 toroidal pinch device, 797 Periodicals of mathematics and allied subjects in London libraries, union list of, 845
Perkins, F., overseas tour by, 611
Perkins, F., Ltd., F340 110 h.p. diesel engine in Ford F600 trucks, 134; new engines at commercial motor show, 462; Chairman’s overseas tour, 611; PM4 diesel engines in Oakley self-righting lifeboat J. G. Graves of Sheffield, 743
Permanent magnets. See Magnets
Permeability, longitudinal, of hardwoods and softwoods, by D. N. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
“ Permet ” unbreakable polythene stencils (Heller and Sons), 748
Perrin, J. F., on railway accidents, 195. See LETTER, 395-396
Personnel department, hiring and firing by, 691
— Hiring and firing of, 691
— Management Conference (Cambridge), re
marks by Hon. R. Wood at, 46
— Practice, trends in (booklet), 736 Pethick-Lawrence, Lord, on inflation, 175 Petrobras activities in Brazil, 303
Petrocarbon Developments, Ltd., model of heavy water plant, 10
Petroff, A. N., on definition of an engineer, 723 Petrol motors. See Aircraft engines; Motor-car engines; Motor boats; Tractors
Petroleum engineering exhibition. See Chemical and petroleum
— Equipment, British Manufacturers of,
Council of. See Council
— Exhibition. See Chemical and Petroleum
Exhibition
— Industry, UK, Statistics Relating to
Consumption and Refinery Production 1956 and 1957 (booklet), 91
— Information Bureau, UK Petroleum Indus
try Statistics Relating to Consumption and Refinery Production 1956 and 1957 (booklet), 91
— Institute of. See Institute
— Plant at Chemical and Petroleum Engineer
ing Exhibition (London), 10
— Research, swinging-frame electric dynamo
meter for (Esso Research, Ltd.), 116
— See also O/7; Paraffin
Petters, Ltd., small engine production for Armstrong Siddeley Motors, 522
Pfann, W. G., on zone melting (review), 613
Phase and continuity indicator (Tiltman Langley), Ltd., 498
Phenolic resin bonded paper tube (book), 648 Philadelphia Electric Co., Ltd., helium-cooled atomic power plant project, 829
Philip Hill Higginson and Co., formation of British Shareholders Trust, 755
Philip and Son, Ltd., ships (trade publication), 188
Philips Electrical, Ltd., transistorised pocket radiation monitor, 204
Philips Technical Review, shaping of diamond and sapphire styli, 96
Phillips Cycles, Ltd., wheel truing machine, 788 Phillips Petroleum Co., uranium mining and milling by, 427; development of Rigidex polyethylene, 523
Phillips, R. S., on electric lifts (book), 648 Philosophical systems, American and Russian compared, 43
Philosophy, American, pragmatism as, 43
“ Phoenix City ” cinema film on uses of building hardboards (Bowaters Sales Co., Ltd.), 64
Phonon conduction in low-temperature research, 679
Phcnotrix lightweight battery-operated tape recorder (Fonadek (Branson), Ltd.), 7
Phosphate production in Israel, 259
Phosphor “ Y,” for cathode-ray-tube screens (Ferranti); 802
Photoelastic experiments on bending stress in spur gear teeth, by M. A. I. Jacobson, 543
— Stress analysis, high-speed, by D. A.
Senior, 248
Photoelasticity, high-speed, by D. A. Senior, 248
— Treatise on, by E. G. Coker and L. N. G.
Filon (review), 421
Photographs, exhibition of, at conference on industrial design and engineering industries, 708
— Flash, in photoelastic stress analysis, 250 Photographic enlarger, electronic (EMI Electronics, Ltd.), 366
— Film, polyester-based, Accurene (E. N.
Mason and Sons, Ltd.), 847
Polyester-based, Cronaflex (E. I. du Pont de Nemours), 847
Photography, cine, high-speed, in high speed photoelastic stress analysis, 249
— Colour, collaboration between Ilford, Ltd.,
and ICI, 435
Photomicrographs of Polyslip bearings, 17
— Surfaces of metal cylinders after rubbing,
242
Photo-printer, desk, Dyflex (Remington Rand, Ltd.), 563
Physical chemistry. See Chemistry
— Laboratory, National. See National
— Society, Rutherford Lecture on discovery
of atomic nucleus, by Prof. N. Bohr, 793
Physics of atomic reactors, collection of Soviet papers on, 571
— Dictionary of, by H. J. Gray (review), 152
— Electricity and magnetism (Vol. II); light
(Vol. Ill) (books), 218
— High-energy, CERN conference on (Geneva,
1958), 505
— Journal of, Czechoslovak, translation of
non-English articles in, 747
— Plasma, and problem of controlled thermo
nuclear reactions (Pergamon), 811
— Solid-state, electron microscope in, cinema
film on, 573
Physiological aspects of noise and hearing, by Prof. W. Burns, 608
pi-Meson. See Meson
Piasecki Aircraft Corp., 59K aerial jeep, 474 PIB interceptor aircraft. See Lightning Pick-up baler, life and use of, by A. H. Gill, 623 Cartridge, crystal “ Acosterpo,” for stereophonic recordings (Cosmocord, Ltd.), 328
Stereophonic (Decca Radio and Television), 328
Pickard, Dr. O. G., report on clerical salaries analysis, 1958, 112
Pickles, John, and Son (Engineers), Ltd., woodworking machinery (trade publication), 357
Pickling, acid, descaling of titanium sheet by, 30 Picture coding research by digital computer, 550
Piercy, Lord, on Government financial policy, 15
Pigott, R., national survey of handwriting, 390
Piling for super grid extensions between Tilbury and Rayleigh (West’s Piling and Construction Co., Ltd.), 128
— for suspension bridge at Samawa, 25
Pilot, automatic. See Automatic pilot
— Launch, Leader (John I. Thornycroft), 673
— Plant for desulphurising coke-oven gas by
Appleby-Frodingham process, 223
Pinch devices in thermonuclear research, 824
— Dynamic, straight, Triax experiment on, 797 in straight tubes, 796
— Effect in thermonuclear research, 796
— Toroidal, Perhapsatron S-4 device for, 797
— See also Discharge
Pingon tower cranes, George Cohen agency for, 773
Pinions, turbine, hobbing machine for (Craven Bros. (Manchester), Ltd.), 333
See also Gears: Gearing
Pioneer lunar probe, failure and outcome of, 527, 624
Pipes, Armaflex plastics insulator for (Armstrong Cork Co., Ltd.), 144
— Butt-welding machine for (Quasi-Arc,
Ltd.), 1166
— Cleaning, shot and sandblasting equipment for (Vacu-Blast, Ltd.), 398
— Drain, “ Key-Conex ” non-ferrous compression fittings for (Key Engineering Co., Ltd.), 848
— Joints, welded, worm hole reduction (Quasi-Arc), 223
— Soil, “ Everite ” connector for (trade publication), 27
— Straps, Terylene webbing, for Bowaters Paper Corp. (“ W ” Ribbons, Ltd.), 118
— System for Abidjan project for power from
the sea, 105
Twin strainers for (Royles, Ltd.), 398
— Welding, EB weld insert for (trade publication), 27
— See also Tubes
Pipeline, oil. See O/7 pipeline
— Timber, Santa Fe (Head Wrightson
Processes, Ltd.), 127
Piping, aluminium (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 71
“ Piping ” reduction in welded pipe joints (Quasi-Arc), 223
Pippard, Prof. A. J. S., on the individual, the profession and the Institution (Civil Engineers), 622
Pistons, aero-engine, nickel plating of, 576
— Heads, diesel engine, profile boring lathe
for (Denhams Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397
Pitabond universal adhesive (trade publication), 218
Pitman, I. J., on Shaw’s alphabet, 427-428, 559. See LETTER, 591
Pitt Scott automatic tension winch (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
PL4 Maracaibo passenger launch for Compania Shell de Venezuela (Vosper, Ltd.), 120
Plan for Progress, Labour Party pamphlet, 130 Planetary mill. See Rolling mill
Plannair, Ltd., interest in Russian markets of, 81
Planning automatic assembly, by G. H. Kendall, Sr., and L. Walter, 184
— Vertical co-operation for, by A. M. Alfred,
837
Planstore equipment of James H. Randall and Son, Ltd., at International Inventors’ Exhibition (Brussels), gold medal for, 151
Plant commissioning, by D. W. K. Barker, 122 by A. F. Cottrell, 122
— Engineer, definition of, 395
— — Incorporated. See Incorporated
— Growth, electrically controlled, 288
— Loading control by computer at British
Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., 669
Plaque to commemorate founding of Charles Burrell and Sons, Ltd., 100. See LETTER, 131
Plasma analysis, instrumentation for, in thermonuclear research, 765
— Confining of fast particles of, 401
in ZETA and SCEPTRE, 400
— under magnetic fields, study in Russia, 402;
study in US, 402
— Physics and problem of controlled thermo
nuclear reactions (Pergamon), 811
— Production devices, 824
— Ring accelerator (CERN), 236
— Rotating devices, 829
— Stable, proposed methods of obtaining, by
G. Miyamoto, 403
Plasmoids, producing, in Russia, 402
Plastic design, development of, 834
of steel structures, 834
— Equations for a work-hardening material,
114
— Method of design for welded steel frame
structures, tests of, at BWRA, 49
— Sheet forming, by R. L. Butzko (book), 218
— Theory calculations, computers, for, by
J. Heyman, 834
Plasticity, dynamic, of unsafe bridge, by Dr. E. W. Parkes, 606
Plastics ambulance bodies for LCC, 644
— Automatic sawing machines for (Wadkin,
Ltd.), 211
— Carbon-halogen, by M. A. Rudner (review),
746
— Careers in (booklet), 376
— Coating of steel, Stelvitite (BX Plastics,
Ltd.), 70
Velbex, 70
Velbex-Cobex laminate, 70
— Comparisons with steel, bibliography on,
613
— Components, ethylene plant from, model
of (Kellogg International Corp.), 10
— — Injection moulding machine for (Pro
jectile and Engineering Co.), 449
— Electroforming of, 575
— Expanded metal as reinforcement for, 70
— Federation, British. See British
— Flash clipping press for (British Industrial
Plastics), 597
— Flow in, adjustable foundation pads,
application of, 26
— Imports, failure of plea for increased
tariffs on, 773
— Industry, careers in (booklet), 376
Growth and prospects of, 532
Tariffs on imports, failure of plea for increase in, 773
— Insulator for pipes, Armaflex (Armstrong
Cork Co., Ltd.), 144
— Motor-car bodies, 531
— Reinforced, technical conference, 719
— Research, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.,
22
— Sheet, toughened, “ Saroy,” cinema film on
Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), 38 Vinyl, for Lumenated Pyramid ceilings, 816
— Tube monitor (Haynes and Haynes, Ltd.), 132
— Yearbook, British, 1958 (book), 152
Plate, aluminium-alloy, thick (trade publication), 90
— Bending rolling machine, pyramid-type
(Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 132
— Mill. See Rolling mill
— Noral B54SM, for aluminium alloy mobile
concrete mixer (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 159
— Sack, 4-high rolling mill for, at ICI, Ltd.,
titanium plant, 29
— Steel, brittle fracture in, 117
— Strength of materials applied to, by C. F.
Kollbrunner and M. Meister (book), 712
Platform, oil drilling, mobile, DeLong, for Shell Co. (Steel Structures, Ltd.), 95
— Truck, aluminium, “ Aerolumin ” (Indus
trial Trucks), 197
Plating. See Electroplating
Platinum in glass industry, by Dr. H. Moore, 613
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures,
241
Platt Brothers and Co., proposed merger with J. Stone and Co., 471
Platt Brothers (Holdings), Ltd., position and prospects of, 39
Plenum plant for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house (Norris Warming Co., Ltd,), 821
Plessey Co., Ltd., electrical actuators (trade publication), 713
Plessey Nucleonics, Ltd., atomic reactor effluent monitor, 274; neutron detectors for reactor control, 666
Pleuger Aktiv rudder for pulp-carrying vessels Elizabeth Bowater and Constance Bowater, 450
Plough, ram, Peissenberg-type, for coal mines (Westfalia Luenen), 658
Plowshare project, investigations under, 74
Plumbago and refractories (trade publication), 90
Plumbing, cold, Devcon emergency repair kit for (E. P. Barrus (Concessionaires), Ltd.), 128
— History of, proposed, by T. S. Masters, 820 Plumett glandless heating accelerators (Precision Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 652
Plumettaz S.A., agreement with Precision Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd., to manufacture Plumett glandless heating accelerators, 652
PLUTO atomic reactor, 13; high temperature gas-cooled loop for testing ceramic fuel element in, 234; details of, 262
Pluto ramjet project, 603
Plutonium alloy fuel core for fast reactor station, 792
— Based nuclear fuels, burning of, by J. R. Triplett, 141
— Carbide as dispersed atomic fuel, 830
— Economics of use of, 464
of use of, by N. L. Franklin, et al., 464
— Enrichment of, 464
— Factory, Windscale. See Windscale
— Fuel cycle in atomic reactors, 464
— Manufactured at Hunterston for military use, discussion in Parliament on, 110
— Military grade, from atomic power stations, discussion in Parliament on, 203
— Oxide as dispersed atomic fuel, 830
— Producing pile, No. 2, at Windscale, to be sealed off, 540
— Production at Calder Hall, 793
— Recycling of, 464
— Resonance parameters for, 539
— in US nuclear reactor, 301
— Use in atomic reactors, 464
Plysu Products, Ltd., pressure-ventilated protective suit of Geon p.v.c. sheeting, 656
Plywood panels for wall formwork (Kwikform, Ltd.), 160
— Strength properties of. Part 4: working stresses (book), 218
“ Pneugrip ” air-operated vice (Air Automation), 196
Pneumatic cylinders, control valves for, 544
— Drill. See Drills
— Electric control gauge (Teddington Indus-:
trial Equipment, Ltd.), 460
— Hammers. See Hammers
— Hydraulic ram (Polymation, Ltd.), 37
— Screwdriver (Desoutter Bros., Ltd.), 429
— Transfer equipment, electrically sequenced
(Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 254
— See also Compressed air; Air compressor Pneumatics, industrial, by F. X. Kay, 544.
See LETTER, 591-2
Pneumoconiosis of coalminers, statistics on, 139
Poland, abstracting system, 692
— Inflation in, 67
— Iron and steel making in, report (book), 218 Polar ice, navigation under, methods available, 238
— Path compass system (Elliott Brothers
(London), Ltd.), 297
Polaris atomic submarine, discussion in Parliament on, 832
Polariscope for photoelastic stress analysis, 248 Polariser for photoelastic stress analysis, 248 Political and Economic Planning, Problems of Freer Trade in Europe (broadsheet), 81; study of relationship between Britain and European Community, 81
Polk, L., on organisation of research, 22 Pollution, air. See Air pollution
— River, prevention of, treatment of trade
waste waters and, by P. C. G. Isaac (review), 246
Polyester-based photographic film, Accurene (E. N. Mason and Sons, Ltd.), 847
— — Photographic film, Cronaflex (E. I. du
Pont de Nemours), 847
— Resin for jointless flooring in commercial
vehicles (Bakelite, Ltd.), 717
for plastics ambulance bodies (Beck, Koller and Co.), 644
— — Reinforced, for outboard-powered boats
(Meadcraft, Ltd.), 546
Polyethylene, Rigidex, effect of processing on density of, 523
— — for “ Permet ” unbreakable stencils
(British Resin Products, Ltd.), 748
— Sleeve, silicone-grease-filled, “ Polytel,” for
cable joints (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 770
— Unbreakable stencils, “ Permet ” (Heller &
Sons (Engineers), Ltd.), 748
Polymation, Ltd., pneumatic/hydraulic ram, 37 Polymers, radiation effects on, 636
Polymerisation, tar, increase with irradiation, 141
Polyslip porous sintered bronze bearings impregnated with PTFE (Bound Brook Bearings, Ltd.), 17
Polystyrene (Styron, 475); raw material for “ Saroy ” sheet (Distrene, Ltd.), 38
Polytechnic (Regent Street), residential courses for senior managers, 80; marketing courses, 415; course on heat transfer in atomic power plant, 465
“ Polytel ” silicone-grease-filled polyethylene sleeve for cable joints (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.),”770
Polytetrafluoroethylene. "See PTFE
Polythene cold-water tubing specification, 64
— Flame-retarding, insulation of, for coaxial
radio-frequency miniaturised cable (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 4 Polyurethane foam, Daltolac 24, for heat and sound insulation (ICI), 847
Polyvinyl-butyral interlayer for laminated glass (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 58
— Chloride sheets, up to 50 in long, machine
for welding (H.F. Industrial Services, Ltd.), 102
— Chloride sheeting, Geon, for pressure-
ventilated protective suit (Plysu Products, Ltd., and Spembly, Ltd., 656
Pomey, J., on diffused graphite cast iron, 615
Pontoon units, “ Uniflote ” (Thos. Storey (Engineers), Ltd.), 368
Poole, Dr. M. J., on nuclear physics1, 536 Pope, A. W., Jr., on E. P. Ward on Americans, 332
Popular Aviation Review (Brackens), 421
Population | bulge,” employment and training problems, 344
Pore formation in galvanising process, by J. J. Sebisty (book), 712
Port of London Authority, concrete curing tests, by N. G. Bondre and N. N. B. Ordman, 3; harbour radar station (Decca Radar, Ltd.), 353
Porta-Unit portable storage cabinet (Smallbone and Son), 524
Portal, Lord, on Tube Investment’s offer to British Aluminium Co., 822
Porter, F. C., on specification requirements for colour anodising of aluminium, 616
Porters, Railway, obligations to passengers, 405
Portland cement. See Cement
“ Portolite ” collapsible liquid container (Marston Excelsior), 498
Portsmouth Dockyard, dilutees in, discussion in Parliament on, 832
Portugal, atomic energy agreements with, 236 Posford, Pavry and Partners, Samawa suspension bridge, 24
Position control, linear, Helisyn, for computers (BTH Co., Ltd.), 688
— Finding by radio, by R. L. Smith-Rose, 313 Post, D., series interferometer of, 249
— for fencing, wooden and concrete, CSIRO
tests on, 620
— Office, electronic letter-sorting machines for
(Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 243 Department, United States, automatic letter-sorting machine prototype, 149
General. See General Post Office
Post, R. F., on Pyrotron (mirror machine) programme, 402
Posters, safety, of British Safety Council, 143
— Suggestion scheme, of Industrial Welfare
Society, 376
Potash production in Israel, 259
Potatoes, prepacking of, 652
Potentiometer, control, for nuclear power station (General Radiological, Ltd.), 275
— Drives for computers (Kynmore Engineer
ing Co., Ltd.), 688
Pottery industry, industrial health survey, 599 Pound, strength of, Labour Party policy on, 130 Powder compacting press for mineral “ licks ” for sheep and cattle (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
— Metal, compressibility, British Standard
for, 748
— Metallurgy glossary, international, 713 See also Sintered
Powder Metallurgy, Ltd., international powder metallurgy glossary, 713
Powell, R. L., tables of transport integrals (book), 844
Power from the Atom (film), 237
— Electricity (trade publications), 482, 550, 648
— Feeds, air/hydraulic operated, electrically
controlled, for linear movement (Numa- tion, Ltd.), 512
— Hammer. See Hammer
— Heat systems, thermodynamics of, by
F. W. Hutchinson (review), 776
Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., School of Gas Turbine Technology, closure of, 228
— Loss in internal-combustion engines, 116
— Plant. See Hydro-electric; Power stations;
Atomic power stations
— Press. See Press
— Reactors. See Atomic reactors
Power Reactor Development Co., agreement with United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for exchange of information on fast reactors, 237; Enrico Fermi I nuclear power plant, 237
— from the sea, use of temperature differences
at Abidjan project, 104
— Station, Abidjan project for power from the
sea, 104
Atomic. See Atomic
Hydroelectric. See Hydro-electric
Keighley, Crompton Parkinson generators, 47 years service of, 563
Thorpe Marsh, boiler of 550 MW capacity for (International Combustion, Ltd.), 710
— — Yalloum, development of, 261
— — See also Atomic power stations
— Supply for gas-turbine test house of Rolls-
Royce, Ltd., 478
variable-voltage, at Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 549
— Tidal, difficulties of, 104
— Transmission, overhead cables for,, dis
cussion in Parliament on problem of, 48
— Transmission. See also Drives; Gearing;
Grid; Transmission
— Water. See also Hydraulic; Power plant;
Hydro-electric; Pelton wheel; Turbines, hydraulic
— See also World Power Conference Powers-Samas Accounting Machines, merger
with British Tabulating Machine Co., 39
Poznan Fair, Britain’s activities at, 151
PR23 rocket engine for use in aircraft (Armstrong Siddeley), 343
Prager, W., work on plastic theory, 835 Pragmatism, as American philosophy, 43
Prain, Sir R., on copper industry, 761
Pratt, A. W., on heat transfer in deep underground tunnels, 605
Pratt, H. R. C., on steam-water cooled reactor, 504
Pratt and Whitney J75 engines for Avro CF105 Arrow all-weather interceptor, 542
Preciptron electrostatic filters for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house (Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd.), 820
Precision Approach Radar navigation system, 322
Precision Components (Barnet), Ltd., terminal blocks (trade publication), 713
Precision Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd., Pepikin 25 circulator pump, 7; agreement
with Plumettaz S.A., to manufacture
Plumett glandless heating accelerators, 652 “ Predictive Quantising ” coding, computer simulation study of, 550
Preferred numbers system for gauge thicknesses for sheet and wire, 676
Preplasticiser unit in injection moulding machine, 449
Press, conveyor, automatic, for liquid extraction (Modern Mechanisation, Ltd.), 92
— Extrusion, components for (trade publication), 27
— Flash clipping, for plastics (British Industrial Plastics), 597
— Forging, Eumuco, for weldless rings at
N. Hingley and Sons (Netherton), Ltd., 745 Hydraulic, at Walter Somers, Ltd., 578
— Gag, straightening machine, 625
— Hydraulic, four-column (Charles S. W
Grigg, Ltd.), 102
Reconditioning of rams with Nicol and Andrew “ Master Home,” 378
— Impact, pneumatic, Burger model DO
(trade publication), 357
— Powder compacting, for mineral “ licks ”
for sheep and cattle (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
— Releases, meeting on, Plain Words on, 786
— Tool Design, Introduction to, by J. Palmer
(book), 27
Press, William, and Sons, Ltd., auger type earth boring machine, 492
Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., transfer of refrigeration division from Oxford to Swansea, 15; unit for Rover 3-litre fast touring motor car, 470; pensions plan for workers, 691.
Pressey, B. G., On marine radio navigational aids, 316
Pressings, folded, wing nuts from (M. F.
Robertshaw, Ltd.), 771
Pressoturn, Ltd., “Tote” system of bulk material's handling; 489
Pressures, differential, diaphragm meter for (Foxboro-Yoxall), 657
— High, mercury manometers for, by M.
Novakovtf, 801
— Loss characteristics of banks of tubes, by
J. M. Miller and G. F. S. Reising, 737
— Ratio detector, Microjet (H. M. Hobson
Ltd), 124
— Vessel for AGR reactor (Whessoe, Ltd.), 403 Bending moments in, 204
Reactor types, 695
Shear forces in, 204
Spherical', stress analysis of, by Dr. R. Hicks, 203
Stress analysis of, work on, at BWRA, 49 Whessoe, for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
Pressurised cylinders, stress distribution in influence of frame pitch and stiffness on, by D. S. Houghton (book), 747
Preston by-pass, new traffic proposals by Ministry of Transport, 162; opening of, 724
Preston, Sir K., on proposed merger between Platt Bros. and Co., and J. Stone and Co., 471
Preston, K. H., on position and prospects of Platt Brothers (Holdings), Ltd., 39
Prestressed concrete. See Concrete, prestressed
Prestressing system, Freyssinet, for roof beams of new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Lee-McCall, Macalloy wedge grip anchor for use with, 605
Price, B. T., on atomic propulsion, 600
— Commodity, comment on fall in, 362
— Fall in, 716
— Increases in, 303
— “ Just,” policy of Servomex Controls, Ltd.
785
— Mechanism, Plain Words on, 818
— and politics in nationalised industries, 81
— Reductions in, 479
— Stability prospects, discussion in Parliament
on,175
— Stable, full employment and, by Lord
Cohen, 632
Price, W. J., on nuclear radiation detection (review), 390
Priede, Dr. T., on origins of diesel-engine noise, 608
Prince, J. T., Engineering Co., Ltd., naturaldraught oil-fired domestic boiler, 424 Princeton University, Stellarator fusion devices at, 824
Printed circuits, Dynasert automatic assembly unit for, 185
Printers and Assistants, National Society of. See National Society of Printers
— Photo, desk, Dyflex (Remington Rand,
Ltd.), 563
Printing continuous film strips, machine for (Fairey Air Surveys, Ltd.), 398
— Industry, use of nickel plating, 576
— and Kindred Trades Federation, withdrawal
of Natsopa from, 199. See LETTER, 292
— Machines, continuous, for match-making
works of Bryant and May (Chambon, Ltd.), 186
Output, xerographic (Rank Precision Industries, Ltd.), 690
Privacy, violation of, by engineering products, Plain Words on, 194
Probe, furnace temperature (Blaw-Knox Co.), 166
— Lunar. See Lunar probe
— Magnetic, measurements in thermonuclear
research, 797
Process instruments and controls handbook, by D. M. Considine (review), 746
— Plants for hydrogenation plant at Stork
margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd. (Unilever, Ltd.), 133
Product changes, responsibility for, study group on, 837
Product Selection, Ltd., offices in Detroit and Chicago, 151
Production capacity, spare, report on, 226
— Control by computer at British Tabulating
Machine Co., Ltd., 669
— Efficiency, influence of sales policy on, by
R. S. Liddle, 837
Production engineer, European Common Market and, by Sir C. Weir, 818
— — Free Trade Area and, by Sir C. Weir, 818
— — Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering Research Association, activities of, 48; progress report, 88; inauguration of new research block, 88; effect of drill shape on drill life, 88; grinding research, 89; radioactive wear tests, 88; cuttingfluid research, 89; tests on threaded assemblies, 89; machine-tool vibration absorbers, 89; cold-extrusion research, 89; metal-forming research, 89; threadrolling research, 89; automatic control of machine tools, 89
Research, International Institution of.
See International Institution
— Handbook of layout and dimensions for, by
H. H. Katz (review), 357
— and inspection departments, friction be
tween, by R. M. McKenzie, 344
— and sales balance, A. C. Hazel on, 415
— Show. See National Industrial Production
Show
— Standardisation in, 9
Productivity, conference on, at Bristol University, remarks on sales and production balance, by A. C. Hazel, 415
— Council, British. See British
— Cutting costs for (booklet), 185
— and Social Organisation: Ahmedabad
Experiment, by A. K. Rice (review), 445 Professional Classes Aid Council—Annual Report, 46
Profits, company, “ just price ” policy on, 785
— Earning of Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd.
(booklet), 736
— Manufacturing industry, peak in, 136
— Sharing scheme of Boots Pure Drug Co.
Ltd. (booklet), 736
— Trading, quarterly returns of, 162 Programmes with common sense, by Dr. J.
McCarthy, 728
— Programming, Automatic, by Dr. G.
Hopper, 728
— for an automatic digital calculator, by
K. H. V. Booth (review), 187
— Digital computer, by D. D. McCracken
(review), 187
— Dynamic, by R. Bellman (review), 612
— Heuristic, artificial intelligence and, by
Dr. M. Minsky, 728
— Intellect and, papers on, at symposium on
mechanisation of thought processes, 728
— Linear, and economic analysis, by R.
Dorfman, P. A. Samuelson, and R. M. Solow (review), 612
— and progressing systems and meeting com
pletion dates, by W. V. M. Kelly, 122 Progress control by computer at British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., 669
— Plan for, Labour Party pamphlet, 130 Progressing and programming systems and
meeting completion dates, by J. O. Dug- dale-Bradley, 122
Systems and meeting completion dates, by W. V. M. Kelly, 122
Project Dynasoar, 22
— Engineer, centralisation of executive autho
rity in, by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 121
— Organisation, systems of, by R. E. Bywater,
121
Systems of, by K. M. Curwen, 121
— Plowshare, investigations under, 74
— Records, analysis and future use of, by R.
Adams, 122
Analysis and future use of, by S. T. Card, 122
— Rover, nuclear reactor for, 74
— Sherwood exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 326
— Stratoscope balloon-carried telescope, 623 Projectile and Engineering Co., injection moulding machine for plastics components, 449
Projector, infra-red (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 230
— Lamp. See Lamp
Pronoun reference in German, by L. Brandwood, 728
Proof correction symbols, B.S.I. table of, 681
— Stress of ultra-high-strength steels, 447 Prop, torsion, for coal mines (Giitthoffnung-
shiitte (Sterkrade)), 658
Propane for production of hydrogen at Stork margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
Propellers, aircraft, nickel plating of (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 575
— Controllable-pitch, KaMeWa, for diesel
frigates (Stone) 815
— High-speed, for PL4 Maracaibo launch,
120
— Marine, high-tensile aluminium-bronze,
development by Mond Nickel Co., Ltd. (publication), 546
— Marine, theory of, 352
Propulsion of ships. See Atomic propulsion; Marine propulsion; Turbines; Propellers; Ship resistance
PROSERPINE atomic reactor in France, 264 Protective suit, pressure-ventilated, of Geon pvc sheeting (Plysu Products, Ltd., and Spembly, Ltd.), 656
Proteus free-turbine engine for Bluebird car, 200
— Turbo-prop aero engine, 760 series (Bristol
Aero-Engines), 343
Proton, De Broglie wavelength of, 537
— Synchrotron. See Synchrotron
PRPR nuclear reactor, plutonium based fuels study on, 141
Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of. See National
PTFE, dispersion coatings of, applications (Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 118
— Polyslip porous sintered bronze bearing,
impregnated with (Bound Brook Bearings, Ltd.), 17
PTR atomic reactor in Canada, 265
Public Accounts, Committee of. See Cow- mittee
— Health equipment, maintenance of mechani
cal and electrical parts of (book), 445
— Speaking competition (EDA), 660
Public Speaking is Great Fun (booklet), comment on, 660
— Works and Municipal Services Congress
and Exhibition, preview of, 594
Publicity for export promotion, Central Office of Information leaflets, 389
Pugsley, Sir A., on influence of welding on structural design, 327
“ Puller ” haulage winch (ACE Machinery), 597 Pulleys, belt, self-lubricating (Rolandswerk (Essen)), 658
— Langitexnon-slip (Cork Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd.), 563
— Speed reduction Andantex (Fumival and Co.,
Ltd.), 398
— “ Torque limit ” (Industrial Drives, Ltd.),
198
— Variable speed, Sextet (Industrial Drives,
Ltd.), 165
Pulling power of tug, crane weigher for measuring (Geo. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 7
Pulp-carrying vessels Elizabeth Bowater and Constance Bowater, Pleuger Aktiv rudder for, 450
— Wood, industry of Norway, nuclear reactor
for, 14
Pulse action in electric fencing, 790
in milking machines, 790
— Sonic, in flawed materials, velocities of,
apparatus for measurement of, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
— Sound, by F. G. Friedlander (book), 118 Pulverised coal. See Coal
Pumps (trade publications), 845
— Air. See also -4ir compressors
— for atomic reactors, 273
— Boiler feed, epicyclic speed-increasing gear
for, 715
— Centrifugal, self-priming (Rhodes, Brydon
and Youatt, Ltd.), 10
— Circulating, for boiler for Thorpe Marsh
power station, 711
— Circulator, Pepikin 25 (Precision Electrical
Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 7
— Diaphragm, glandless self-priming (trade
publication), 327
— Diffusion, “ Metrovac,” for large vacuum
systems (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 349, 604
— Fans and compressors, by A. de Kovats and
G. Desmur (book), 118
— Feed, Electrofeeder, for Hinkley Point
nuclear power station (G. and J. Weir), 14
— Heat, domestic, discussion in Parliament on,
767
— Heating, glandless, Plumett (Precision
Electrical Products (Stockport), Ltd.), 652
— Hydraulic, and ancillaries, for hydraulic
presses (Towler Bros. (Patents), Ltd.), 102 Ram, Hydrams, sales technique of John Blake, Ltd., 415
V.S.G., in governor test rig (Ardleigh Engineering, Ltd.), 514
— Low-lift, at Ashford Common filtration
works, 255
— Lubricating oil distributor, 28-way (Tecale-
mit, Ltd.), 231
— Maintenance of (book), 445
— Mine, water in, by J. Sinclair (book), 483
— Monobloc, flame-proof, for gases in groups
I and II (Worthington-Simpson, Ltd.), 10
— Oil, for controllable-pitch propellers in
frigates, 815
— Piston, type 552144, for heavy water
(Societe Hispano Suiza), 274
— Tube diaphragm (Merrill Pumps, Ltd.), 10
— Unit, glandless motor, for reactor circulating
systems (Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd.), 273 Hydraulic, positive displacement gear type, for mine car handling plant at Glyncorrwg (Keelavite), 650
Pumped storage hydro-electric projects. See Hydro-electric
in power supply system, 436
Pumping, air, in internal-combustion engines, 116
— Set, hydraulic, on horizontal testing
machine for National Coal Board (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
— Station at Ashford Common filtration
works, 255
Punch, tape, automatic, Audit 322 accounting machine with (British Olivetti), 690
Automatic, Audit 330 billing typewriter with (British Olivetti), 690
for direct recording of computer output data (Creed and Co.), 688
Purchase tax on commercial motor vehicles, 494 Purfleet-Dartford tunnel, discussion in Parliament on progress of, 175
Purification plant, argon, for Dounreay (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 79
— of sewage. See Sewage
Purposes, perspective of, comment on, 33 Pushing cylinders for underground conveyors and loaders (trade publication), 713
P.V.C. See Polyvinyl chloride
PWGR atomic reactor in Russia, 263 PWGrR atomic reactor in Russia, 263
PWR. See also Atomic reactor, pressurised- water
Pye (Ireland), offer of television station for Irish Government, 192
Pye, Ltd., portable short-range guided missile, 270; television camera for carbon-dioxide- cooled reactor, 273; television equipment for Latina atomic power station, 793
Pye Telecommunications, Ltd., portable transistorised amplifier, 37; overspeed and rotation unit, 297
Pylons, foundations for, by M. Suberkrub (book), 777
Pyramid translucent ceilings (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 816
Pyrolytic decomposition of monoisopropylbiphenyl, 141
of organic reactor coolants, by D. R. de Halas, 141
Pyrometallurgical reprocessing, developments in, by M. Levenson and H. Schraidt, 465 Pyrometer, optical immersion, Foster-Platt (Foster Instrument Co., Ltd.), 725
Pyrophor particles, ignition in methane—air mixtures, 241
Pyrotenax, Ltd., position and prospects of, 598
Pyrotron mirror machine programme, by R. F. Post, 402

Q244 atomic-powered submarine (France), 14; work suspended on, 665
Qualified men, directory of opportunities for (Cornmarket Press)., 247
Quality control at new tube factory of Venesta, Ltd., 414
of wiring accessories at J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd., 675
— Its creation and control (booklet), 185
Quakers and Smith Bros., Ltd., Kerry radial drills, 167
Quartz crystal clock, miniature (J. Langham Thompson, Ltd.), 620
clocks, 588
Quasi-Arc, Ltd., butt-welding machine for pipe, 166; reducing worm holes in welded pipe joints, 223
Questionnaires, London School of Economics research on, 507
— on television sets by Consumer Advisory
Council 192
— on tracking lunar probes by Jodrell Bank
telescope, 624
Quicklift elevator for handling grain in bulk (Opancol, Ltd.), 790
Quicksilver. See Mercury
Quo, Earl of, on conversion of railways into roads, 534

RAAFAT, A. A., reinforced concrete in architecture (review), 91
Rabinow Engineering Co., automatic letter sorting machine prototype, 149
Racal Engineering, Ltd., frequency meter tachometer, 8
Races, bearing. See Bearing races
Racing motor cars. See Motor- car
Radalloyd, Ltd., portable magnetic crackdetection apparatus, 102
Radar, airborne, liquid-cooling systems for, 296
— Direction finding by, 315
—- Establishment, Royal. See Royal
— and fire control system, Airpass, for P.1B
all-weather fighter aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 92
— Guidance for rockets and satellites, 285
— Height-finder, type S244 (Marconi); 560
— Navigation aid Exhibits at Farnborough
Show, 323
— Reflectors on channel buoys, 317
— — Compound curvature mould for, resur
facing with epoxide resin (A. C. Cossor), 775
— Ship-bome, 317
— Station for Port of London Authority
(Decca Radar, Ltd.), 353
— Surveillance, 317
Radarscope speed measuring device for vehicles, 480
Radial drill. See Drill
Radiant warming systems, low-temperature (Panelec (Great Britain), Ltd.), 32
Radiation accident at Argonne National Laboratory, 540
at Boris Kidric Institute of Nuclear Sciences, 540, 793
— Airborne contamination measurement, 765
— from beta-rays, safety precautions for
(booklet), 170
— in coal drilling tests, 666
— Detectors, 571
— Effects on materials, by J. J. Harwood
H. H. Hausner, J. G. Morse, and W. G. Rauch (review), 613
on metals, 635
on polymers, 636
— Hazard control in atomic energy industry,
765
— High-level, study of industrial applications,
110
— Laboratory, of Texas Co., 427
— from luminous furnace flames, 420
— Measurements from Explorer IV, by J. V.
Allen, C. McIlwain, and G. Ludwig, 371
— Monitor, hand and clothing (E.M.I.
Electronics, Ltd.), 204
Pocket (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 204
— Nuclear, concrete for shielding, publication
on, 110
Detection, by W. J. Price (review), 390
— in nuclear submarine Nautilus, 237
— from nuclear weapon tests, 240
— Protection, ISO work on, 158
— Pyrometer. See Pyrometer
— from radioactive waste disposal and acci
dents, 240
— Shielding, concrete for, publication on, 110 Consolidated report on, by J. D. Jones,
568
of reactor primary coolant, 140
Studies in U.S., 571
— Source, sodium reactor coolant as, study
on, 170
— Whole-body, measurement of, 765
Radiator, built-in panel, at Hurseal Group Heating Centre, 192
— Gulf lightweight hot water, at Hurseal Group Heating Centre, 192
— Motor-car, anti-freeze solutions for, report
on, 684
— Oil-filled, electric, time switch for (Hurseal, Ltd.), 360
— System for “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive (Serck Radiators, Ltd.), 123
— Vertical panel (Gulf Radiators, Ltd.), 128
Radio aids and aeronautical navigation, by C. Williams, 318
to communication in collieries, 90
— All-transistor, Transistor Six, for motor cars (Cossor Radio), 328
Radio and Allied Industries, Ltd., new chassis layout for television receivers, 328
— Compass, automatic, 318
E-RCB-2, for light aircraft (Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd.), 743
Radio Corp, of America, solid-circuits study for control systems, 287
— Direction finding by, 313
— Equipment, transistorised, airborne (Standard Telephones and Cables), 297
Radio Gramophone Development Co., stereophonic record player, 328
— Hobbies Exhibition, exhibits at, 752
— Motor car, at Radio Show (Earls Court), 328
— Navigation aids, marine, by B. G. Pressey, 316
— Observations of satellites, by R. H. Merson, 371
— Position finding by, by R. L. Smith-Rose, 313
— Research Station, new study of radio waves
and physical conditions of upper atmosphere, 87; work of, 216; as IGY data centre, 216; work on tropospheric scatter, 217
— Show (Earls Court), 328
— Society of Great Britain, Radio Hobbies
Exhibition, 752
— Stereophonic, compatible single-channel,
Percival system (EMI Electronics, Ltd.), 620
— Telephone link in Jamaica, stand-by
generator plant for (Austinlite, Ltd.), 135
— Telescope. See Telescope
— Transistorised, for motor-cars (E. K. Cole,
Ltd.), 328
— Transmitting station. See Transmitting
station
— Waves and physical conditions of upper
atmosphere, new study of, by Radio Research Station, 87
— See also Telegraph; Wireless; Television;
Radar; Valves; Thermionic
Radioactive contamination from nuclear weapon tests, 240
— Device for controlling sludge level in
settling basins, 658
— Fission products plant at Oak Ridge, 792
— Fuel cartridges, apparatus for removing
(Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 109-110
— Iodine for tracer test on drinking water, 108
— Isotopes1, See Radioisotopes
— Liquid wastes, conversion to glass-like
lumps for disposal (UKAEA), 792
— — Waste products, calcining at National
Reactor Testing Station (Idaho), 792
— Materials, disposal of, in the sea, 109
— — Handling equipment company, British-
American, 203
— — Handling of, exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 346
— Waste disposal and accidents, radiation
from, 240
— — Disposal in Savannah merchant ship, 601 Disposal in spaghetti-like clay, 792
— — Storage and disposal of, 109
— Wear tests (PERA), 89
Radioactivity, natural, in coal drilling tests, 666 Radiograms, stereophonic (Hobday Bros.), 328 at Radio Show (Earls Court), 328 Radiographs, classified, for defects in aluminium welds (booklet), 847
— Copying for reproduction, by R. O. Couch-
man, 643
— Reproduction of, by R. O. Couchman, 428,
643. See LETTER, 496
Radiography, auto, radioisotopes for, 635
— in dentistry, thulium 170 for, 108
— Radioisotopes for, 635
Radioisotopes for analysis, 635
— Applications of, exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 346
— for autoradiography, 635
— Bodies containing, safe handling of (book
let), 199
— in Canada, 264
— Civil-engineering applications, 635
— in coal drilling tests, 666
— Consolidated report on, by E. R. Wiblin, 634
— Dangers in use of, 405
— in density gauges, 634
— Economies of, 636
— Exports of, 108
— Extraction from fission-product solutions,
109
— for flow measurement, 635
— Half-life of, 108
— Handling problems, 636
— Increased use of, 108
— Industrial applications in U.S., 263 uses of, 375
— for level gauges, 635
— Manufacture exhibit at atomic energy
exhibition (Geneva), 142
— Medical and agricultural applications in
U.S., 263
— in medicine, 108
— in metal finishing tests, 170
— Nuclear fuel elements as source of, 108
— Production and sources of, 262 in TRIG A nuclear reactor, 109
— for radiography, 635
— as research aid, 108, 375
— in Russia; Applications, 263
— Separation plant at Oak Ridge, 792
— for soil humidity measurement, 635
— Techniques of UKAEA, 14
— for teletherapy, 636
— in thickness gauges., 634
— Tracer methods, 635
Techniques, principle and applications, 108
— and their uses;, by W. G. Busbridge, 1108
— for wear measurement, 635
— for X-ray testing, 635
Radiological Protection, International Commission on. See International Commission
Radiology, AID work on, 641
Radiolytic decomposition of monoisopropylbiphenyl, 141
of organic reactor coolants, by D. R. de Halas, pl
Radiovisior Parent, Ltd., motor control relay (trade publication), 713
Radomes, glass fibre, “ fluted core,” for Britannia airliners (Bristol Aircraft Ltd.), 715
Rails, hand, forged aluminium stanchions for (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 191
— Railway. See Railway rails
— Transport, of dangerous goods, international convention on, 818
Operational research in, 683
Revolution in, by A. B. B. Valentine, 655 Road transport competition to, 832 Railbuses, diesel, for British Railways, 350 Railcars. See Carriages, railway
Railway accidents, by J. F. Perrin, 195 Lewisham, by K. F. H. Murrell, 195-6. See LETTER, 259
Lewisham, comment on report on, 129. See LETTERS, 195-6, 259, 395
— Bas Congo-Katanga, 50-cycle electric rail
way traction progress, 609
— Branch lines, disused, discussion in Parlia
ment on disposal of, 12
— Bridges. See Bridges
— British. See British
— Buffer stops in accidents, 195
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Congress, International. See International
— Conversion into roads, discussion on, 534
— Data processing machines for, 552
— Electrification of, historical note on, 609 of Italian State Railways, 786
See also under British Railways and other specific cases
— Engineering requirements of, International
Congress on, 518
— Freight, revolution in, by A. B. B. Valentine,
655
— Fuel and Operating Officers’ Association,
21st annual proceedings (1957) (book), 648
?—German Federal, deficit continued, 331; modem developments, 331; use of railcars, 519
— International Union of. See Office for
Research and Experiments of
— Irish, “+GF+” automatic coupler for
(George Fischer, Ltd.), 511
— Italian State, electrification progress, 786
— Light, International Railway Congress on,
553
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Lunacy of, by M. Whitelaw, 445
— Motor carriage. See Carriage
— Operation, mechanics of the train in service
of, by S. O. Ell, 683
— Point layout, chairlock type, for Metro
politan Line, 639
— Porters, obligations to passengers, 405
— Rails, long welded, laying in North
Eastern Region of British Railways, 783 Long welded, advantages and use of, 518 Pads, rubber, in permanent-way tracks, 144
Wear of, International Railway Congress on; 552
— Ravenglass-Dalegarth, future prospects of,
623
— Roads over, discussion in Parliament on, 139
— Rolling stock, passenger, economic,' 519 Stock. See also Carriage; Locomotive;
Wagon
— Shopmen, wage increase to, acceptance of
British Transport Commission offer by National Union of Railwaymen, 80
— — Wage increase to, rejection of British
Transport Commission offer, by Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 80
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Students’ Association, Presidential Address
on railway freight revolution, by A. B. B. Valentine, 655
— Swedish State, use of railcars, 519
— Train, automatic control, in “ Sir Brian
Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
Brake. See Brake
“ Caledonian ” London-Glasgow express transistor-inverter fluorescent lighting system in (GEC), 222
Freight, automatic coupler for (Dowty), 813
— — Freight, hydraulic buffer for (Dowty), 813 in service of railway operation, mechanics of, by S. O. Ell, 683
Timetables, analogue computer for, 87
— Tube. See Underground; London Transport
Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London
Transport Executive
— Unremunerative lines, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 139
— Wagons. See Wagons
Railwaymen, National Union of. See National Union of Railwaymen
Rain-making experiments in Russia, 577
Raleigh Industries, Ltd., description of 49-9 c.c. moped, 580; position and prospects of, 822
Ram dozer blade, “ Sapper Powerdozer,” for tractors (Bomford and Evershed, Ltd.), 529
— Hydraulic press, reconditioning with Nicol
and Andrew “ Master Hone,” 378
— for hydraulically-operated mine car handling
plant at Glyncorrwg (Keelavite), 650
Ram, Prof. J., visit to UK, 599
— Plough, Peissenberg-type, for coal mine
(Westfalia Luenen), 658
— Pneumatic/hydraulic (Polymation, Ltd.),
33
Ramac 305 computer, IBM, disc memory in, 41
Ramjets, atomic-powered, 603
— See also Aircraft engines
Ramsey, Murray, White and Ward, architects for gas turbine test house of Rolls-Royce., Ltd., 478
Randall, James H., and Son, Ltd.,, Planstore equipment at International Inventors’ Exhibition (Brussels), gold medal for, 151 Rank Precision Industries, Ltd., Mathieu guillotine for separating continuous stationery, 690; xerographic output printing machine, 690
Ransomes and Rapier, diesel-driven cranes on barge train for Nigeria, 69; 10 ion crane (trade publications). 218
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Mini-Gang small gang mower, 392
Rapistan Stevedor Junior portable conveyor (Manufacturers Equipment Co., Ltd.), 165
RAPSODIE atomic reactor in France, 264
Rauch, W. G., on effects of radiation on materials (review), 613
Ravenglass-Dalegarth railway line, future prospects of, 623
Raw materials, standardisation of, 9
Rawe, J., hopper-fed grate, 502
Rawle, A. H., on counting with the fingers. See LETTERS, 67. See also Vol. 185
Rays, beta. See Beta-rays
Cathode. See Cathode ray
— Gamma. See Gamma rays
— X. See X-rays
Rayon industry, stock levels fluctuations in, by A. M. Alfred, 837
RBI08 jet engines in SCI vertical take-off aircraft (Rolls-Royce), 341
Reactive metals, welding of, BWRA research on, 50
Reactor Operations School (Calder Hall), 262 Reader, W., on men and machines: history of
D. Napier and Son, Engineers, Ltd.,' 1808-1958 (review), 649
Reading Technical College, survey of, 430
Receiving and transmitting equipment of Royal Naval Reserve, at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
Recession in UK, position and prospects of, 194
— in US, effect on Britain’s exports, 208
— in US, impact on Britain’s economic
prospects, 35
Record Electrical Co., Ltd., portable ammeters (trade publication), 713
— Gramophone, electroformed nickel for, 574 Safety, of British Safety Council, 143
— Player, stereophonic (Radio Gramophone
Development Co.), 328
Stereophonic, “ Stereogram ” SG188 (Decca Radio and Television), 360
— Project, analysis and future use of, by
R. Adams, 122
Analysis and future use of, by S. T. Card, 122
“ Recorde ” gas-regulator (D. S. Baddeley Engineering Co., Ltd.), 333
Recorder, gas flow, “ Arkon ” (Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 366
— Multi-point, for variable inputs (Savage &
Parsons, Ltd.), 725
— Speed, control-rod (Cambridge Instrument
Co., Ltd.), 275
— Strip-chart, Multelec Mark 3 (George
Kent, Ltd.), 275
— Tape, battery-operated, lightweight, Phono-
trix (Fonadek (Branson), Ltd.), 7
— Temperature, thermocouple, multi-point
(Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 275
Recording computer output data, tape punch for (Creed and Co.), 688
— Magnetic tape, by H. G. M. Spratt (book),
327
— Stereophonic, “ Acostereo ” crystal pick-up
cartridge for (Cosmocord, Ltd.), 328
Rectifiers for electric locomotives, 609
— Germanium, for charging four batteries
simultaneously (Allgemeine Elektrizitaets Gesellschaft) ,658
—? Mercury-arc, “ Com-Pak,” vibration resistant (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 31
— — Arc, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive
for Midland Region (Hackbridge and Hewittic), 758, 759
— Plant for ZETA (Standard Telephones &
Cables, Ltd.), 74
— Silicon, high-current (Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.),
196
Recruitment to skilled trades, by G. Williams (review), 516
Recuperators, Escher, for soaking pits at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Redundancy in aircraft industry, fear of, 761
— Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., 761
— Coal industry, 760
— Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 240
Reed Brothers (Engineering), Ltd., forging press for Walter Somers, Ltd., 578
Reedham, minesweeper, Denny-Brown/ Saunders-Roe stabilisers for, 450
Reference book of the century, by D. F. Tuttle, Jr., 357
Guide, and Who’s Who, for Communications and Electronics Buyers, 27
Refinery gas, production in Holland, 259
— oil. See Oil refinery
Refining nickel from Canadian ores, cinema film on (Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.), 79
Reflector, radar, compound curvature mould for resurfacing with epoxide resin (A.C. Cossor), 775
Reflex klystrons, by J. J. Hamilton (review), 577 Refractory materials, magnesia extraction from sea water for (Steetley Magnesite Co.), 523
Refractory Mouldings and Castings, Ltd., refractory shapes (trade publication), 118
— and plumbago (trade publication), 90
— Shapes (trade publication), 118
Refresher courses in mid-career, plea for, 225. See LETTERS, 291
Refrigeration plant handbook, German, 459 Refrigerator compressors, efficiency of small, by Dr. S. Forbes Pearson, 485
— Sales, increase in, 96
Regenerative furnace. See Furnace; Regenerators
Regenerator as form of heat-exchanger, by Prof. O. A. Saunders, 419. See LETTERS, 496, 819
Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, see Renault
Regional Conference of Industrial Supervisors report on Supervision — Management’s Vital Link, 46
Registered Designs Act (1949), registration under, 227
Registration protection abroad, 226 Regulations, international. See International Regulator, gas, “ Recorde ” (D. S. Baddeley
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 333
Regulator, voltage, automatic high-power (Tel- Instrument Electronics Corp.), 529
Reichswerke, growth and activities of, 427 Reid, C., bn Electric Construction Co., 293 Reid, W. J., on tidal model of Eyemouth Harbour, 808
Reinforced concrete. See Concrete
— Plastics. See Plastics
— Polyester resin), See Polyester
Reinforcements for manholes in storage tanks, work on, at BWRA, 49
Reising, G. F. S., on gas flow across banks of tubes, 737
Relay, hydraulic, gyro-controlled, for Vosper fin stabilisers, 833
— Low current electronic, type R.E. (Londex,
Ltd.), 388
— Pilot valve, high capacity (Hagan Corp.
(Canada), Ltd.), 365
Remington Rand, Ltd., Dy flex desk photo-' printer, 563
Remmerswaal, J. L., on ceramic tools, 6114 Removal cross-sections related to fissionsource spectrum, 569
Renard, Col. C., Preferred numbers system, 676 Renard numbers, system of Preferred numbers, 676
Renault motor car exports to US, 303; film on machine tool automation, 573; position and prospects, 661; increased production of Dauphin motor car, 727
Rendell, S. H., on questions of definitions, 428. See LETTER, 460
Rescue aids, sea, manufacture in US by British company, 208 ?
Research, absolute-zero, 678
— Association of British Rubber Manu
facturers, symposium on dynamic design with rubber, preliminary notice, 224
— Company, in US, 20
— Co-operative, of Office of Research and
Experiments of International Union of Railways, 619
— and development, amounts spent by private
industry on, 48
— Bibliography of (National Science
Foundation), 277
Conference, US National Science Foundation, 288
— — in US, cost analysis of, 787
—- Expenditure on, comment on, 495
— Government grants for, 12
in US, 21
Research Management, note on, 119
— Personnel, lack of, comment on, 495
— Report (1955-58) of City and Guilds
College, 713
— Scientific, by Dr. J. R. Killian, 18
— — and industrial. See also Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research
— Scientists, recruitment of, discussion in
Parliament on, 629
— Ship. See Ship
— Trends, brochure of Cornell Aeronautical
Laboratory (New York), 247
— in US, 42
— in US, Pattern of, 18
— See also under specific aspects of research Reservoirs for hydraulically-operated mine car
handling plant at Glyncorrwg (Keelavite), 650
Residential developments in US, 691
Resins, epoxide, Epophen, hardeners for (Leicester, Lovell and Co., Ltd.), 782
Resurfacing of compound curvature mould for CR21 radar reflector (A.C. Cossor), 775
— Epoxy, price reductions (Ciba (ARL),
Ltd.), 479
— as friction material, 779
— Phenolic, bonded paper tube (book), 648
— Polyester, for jointless flooring in com
mercial vehicles (Bakelite, Ltd.), 717
for plastics ambulance bodies (Beck, Koller and Co.), 644
— Reinforced polyester, for outboard-powered
boats (Meadcraft, Ltd.), 546
Radar reflector, CR21, epoxide resin resurfacing of compound curvature mould for (A.C. Cossor), 775
Resistance pyrometer. See Pyrometer
— of ships. See Ship resistance
— Welding. See Welding
Resonance parameters for plutonium, 539 for uranium, 539
Respiration rate of crops, measuring device for (Wright Rain, Ltd.), 790
Responsibility of engineers, Plain Words on, 98 Restrictive Trade Practices Act, shipbuilding industry’s compliance with, 103; Dunlop Rubber Co. v. Longlife Battery Depot, 303; trade practices and, 479
Retirement pensions, increase in, 112 Rettig, Prof., on gear tooth load tests, 543 Reuter,' Dr., on position and prospects of Demag, 369
“ Revcon ” crane control system (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
Revo Electric, Ltd., Roto-iron, 32
Revolution, industrial. Vol. IV of history of technology, by C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and T. I. Williams (review), 246
Rex 539 steel, aircraft axle in, 447
Steel, aircraft undercarriage forging in, 448
Steel, forgings in, 447
Steel, properties and applications of, 446 Steel tube, 448
Reynolds, H. L., on nuclear rockets and ramjets., 603
Reynolds’s hydrodynamic theory, applicability to lubrication of plain bearings, by J. H. Halton, 59
Reynolds Metals, rival bid with Tube Investments for British Aluminium Co.’s shares, 727, 756
Reynolds, Osborne, work on energy, 380, 381, 384
Reynolds TI Aluminium, Ltd., reconditioning of hydraulic press rams by Nicol and Andrew “ Master Hone,” 378
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 274; retirements and appointments, 471; retirement of Sir C. Gibb as chairman, 565
Rheostatic Co., Ltd., heating control instruments at Hurse J Group Heating Centre, 192
Rheumatism, absenteeism due to, 16
— New aids to overcome, 16
— Viodox for treatment of, 16
Rhodes, Brydon and Youatt, Ltd., self-priming centrifugal pump, 10
Rhodesia, Balfour Group sales campaign in, 479
Rhodesian copper industry, position and prospects of, by Sir R. Prain, 761
Rhokana Corp., opposition to economy proposals of, 240
Ricard, J., on atomic tanker, 602
Ricardo steam engine and boiler for underdeveloped countries, development at Sondes Place, 150
Rice, A. K., oh productivity and social organisation: Ahmedabad experiment
(review), 445
Richards, J. E., on power requirements for large tankers, 603
Richardson, B. G., on case against overtime, 271
Richens, Dr. R. H., on Tigris and Euphrates— human and machine translation, 728
Rickover, Admiral H. G., on water and reactor systems, 44
Rig, dynamic, for SCI VTOL research aircraft (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 86
— for tube preparation for butt welding
(John Brown (Land Boilers), Ltd.), 806
Righton, Henry, and Co., Ltd., non-ferrous metals (trade publication), 845
Rigidex polyethylene, effect of processing on density of, 523
Sheet for “ Permet ” unbreakable stencils (British Resin Products, Ltd.), 748 Rimer Manufacturing Co., machinery for Knapton malting plant of Associated British Maltsters, Ltd., 186
“ Rindis ” rotary disc filing machine (Lorant and Co., Ltd.), 379
Ring-clamp boltless doors (Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd.), 71
— Rolled, production at N. Hingley and Sons
(Netherton), Ltd., 745
Ringmaster loudspeaker telephone system (EMI Sales and Service, Ltd.), 333
Rio Tinto-Dow, Ltd., thorium recovery plant, 109
Rio Tinto Group, exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345
Rippon Bros., zero-lag vacuum brakes for motor vehicles and trailers, 190
Rise of the Meritocracy, by Dr. M. Young, comment'on, 817
Ritz, H. L., on polyzonal spiral fuel elements for atomic reactors, 437
River craft. See Ships
— Danube, hydro-electric power stations
proposed for, 559
— Indus, irrigation projects, 751. See LETTER,
787
Territorial claims to water benefits of, 751 ?— Nile, irrigation projects, 750. See LETTER, 787
— — Territorial claims to water benefits of,
by T. H. H. Skeet, 750
— Peace, industrialisation progress, 786
— Pollution, prevention of, treatment of
trade-waste waters and, by P. C. C. Isaac (review), 246
— Thames South Bank, heliport for (Westland
Aircraft), 63
Riverdale, Lord, on position and prospects of Arthur Balfour, 72
R-J methane indicator (trade publication), 90 Road accidents, Road Research Laboratory investigations into, by Dr. H. J. H. Starke, 466
United States investigations into, 466
— Bridge, Forth, model of, 63; description
of, 63
— Building, plea for stimulation of Govern
ment programme, 686
— Campaign Council, competition for Lon
don’s road problem, 687
— Compacting machines with twin vibrating
rollers, ACE-Bomag (ACE Machinery, Ltd.), 192
— Conversion of railways into, discussion
on, 534. See also 139
— London, problem of, competition on, 687
— Maintenance using tar or asphaltic bitumen
(book), 712
— Making in Iraq, contractors’ difficulties, 722
— Over railways, discussion in Parliament on,
139. See also 534
— Research Laboratory, investigations into
road accidents, 466; traffic delay formula, 481-2; field studies of movement of soil moisture, by W. P. M. Black, D. Croney and J. C. Jacobs (book), 777; rubber hysteresis and skidding resistance, by C. G. Giles and B. E. Sabey, 840; skid resistance tester, 841; recommendations for tar surface dressings (book), 844
— Surfaces, bituminous, 873 Finisher machine
for laying and finishing (Barber-Greene), 659
— Surfacing and maintenance using tar of
asphaltic bitumen (book), 712
Materials, rubber for, 144
— Traffic, speeds and delays of vehicles on, 480
— Transport competition to British Railways,
832
Effect of new motorway traffic proposals on, 162
in Europe, rules to control (ECE), 655
— and tyre, friction between, by Dr. D.
Tabor, 838
— Work, straddle carrier for (British Straddle
Carrier Co., Ltd.), 230
— See also By-pass; Highway; Motorway
Robbins, R. M., on London Transport statistics, 496
Roberts, B. C., on national wages policies in war and peace, comment on, 143
Roberts, S., On sales organisation, 611
Robertshaw, M. F., Ltd., wing nuts from folded pressings, 771
Robertson, E. O., on ice protection control systems, 61
Robertson Thain, Ltd., ventilation testing machine, 672
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 4-high mill for cold rolling commercially pure titanium sheet at I CI Ltd., titanium plant, 29
Robinson, Thomas, and Son, Ltd., grinding and fluting machine for flour-mill rolls, 365
Robson, Geo., and Co. (Conveyors), Ltd., magnetic conveyor for handling steel articles at steep angles, 197; conveyors (trade publication), 218
Rock of Gibraltar, midget battery-operated locomotive for use inside (Tomlinson (Electric Vehicles), Ltd.)), 657
Rock wool insulation, “ Rocksil,” for Berkeley atomic power station (Cape Asbestos), 170 Rocker shaft straightening machine for car engine's (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 365 Rockets, aerodynamic aspects of, by L. F.
Nicholson, 279
— Astronomical measurements with, by Dr.
A. P. Willmore, 623
— Atomic-powered, 74, 284, 311, 603
— Ballistic, terminal accuracy of, 284
— Black Knight research project, 371
— Engines, PR23 liquid propellent, aircraft
uses of (Armstrong Siddeley Motors), 343 Scorpion type, fuels for (D. Napier and Son), 343
Spectre type, aircraft uses of (de Havilland), 343
in X-15 inarmed research aircraft, 638
— Introductory talk, by Prof. W. J. Duncan,
278
— Jupiter, for US Army lunar probe, 624
— Long-range, control systems, 287 Range, guidance method’s? 285-6
Range, performance, guidance and control of, by E. C. Cornford, 282
— Motor performance, 284
— Site project, Spadeadam, Amplivox Group
Communication System for, 707
— Structures, 283
“ Rocksil ” rock wool insulation for Berkeley atomic power station (Cape Asbestos), 170- Rockweld, Ltd., export activities in North
America? 23; E.B. weld insert for pipe welding (trade publication), 27
Rockwell Engineers, Ltd., merger with
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., 471
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., multi-slide press (trade publication), 277; merger with Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd., 532; appointment of Sir S. Harley as Chairman, 532
Rocol, Ltd., formation of new company in
US, 23
Rod, finishing; at ICI, Ltd., titanium plant in Wales, Morgardshammer 5-stand guide mill for, 29
— Mill at ICI titanium plant, 29
— Titanium, production of (ICI, Ltd.), 30 Production at ICI, Ltd., titanium plant
in Wales, 29
Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd., intermittent supersonic wind tunnel at Woodford Works, 82; analogue computer for induction motor design at Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., 188; Vulcan bomber aircraft, 340; apparatus for evaluation of low wanderrate gyroscopes, 488
Roe, A. V. (Canada), Ltd., growth of, 209; interests in Algoma Steel, 210; diversification of interests, 532.; financial statement, 532; purchase of DOSCO, 532
Rogers, Pi R., on thin film lubrication: discharge through thin oil films, 146
Rogers, W. M., tables of transport integrals (book), 844
Rolandswerk (Essen), self-lubricating belt pulleys, 658
Roll damping, ship. See Stabilisers
— Flour-mill, grinding and fluting machine for
(Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 365
— Rolling-mill. See Rolling-mill
Rolled ring production at N. Hingley and Sons
(Netherton), Ltd., 745
Roller bearings. See Bearings
— Needle, assembly machine, automatic, 184
— Vibrating, twin, ACE-Bomag road com
pacting machines with (ACE Machinery, Ltd.), 192
Rolling of billets under tension, 522
— Continuous, in Russia, 521
— Developments in Russia, comment on, 521
— Hot, development in Russia, 521
— Hot flat, calculation of load and torque in,
by P. M. Cook and A. W. McCrum (book), 445
— Machine, plate-bending, pyramid-type
(Bronz Engineering Co., Ltd.), 132
— Mill, blooming, at beam mill at Lackenby
works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406 for broad-flange beams at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406 Design and calculations, by A. A.
Korolyov (review), 713
Design, recent advances in, by Prof. A. I. Tselikov, 521
Finishing, in beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd!.,, 406 Planetary, for cold-rolled thin-walled tube, 521
Plate, Sack, for I.C.I., Ltd., titanium plant, 29
Remotely-controlled roll changing for toxic materials, Stanat Mann (Albert Mann’s Engineering Co., Ltd.); 656
Ring, at N. Hingley and Sons (Netherton), Ltd., 745
Rod, at I.C.I. Ltd. titanium plant, 29 Rod finishing, Morgardshammer, at
I. C.I. Ltd. titanium plant, 29
Rolls, casting, at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd.,
520
Rolls, changing, in beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Rolls, chilled and grain, production at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 520
Roll drives, machining of wobblers for, at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
Rolls, finishing at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd.,
521
Rolling mill rolls, machining at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
Rolls, moulds for, at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 520
Roughing, in beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406 Sheet, Robertson, for I.C.I. Ltd. titanium plant, 29
Strip, new projects of South Wales and Clydeside, 686
— “ Screw,” Russian development of, 522
— Sections, at Lackenby works of Dorman
Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Speed increase and control, 521
— Stock, aluminium, for Metropolitan Line,
190
for London Transport Piccadilly Line, order for, 261
See also Carriage; Locomotive; Wagon
— Technology, rolling-mill design advances
due to progress in, by Prof. A. I. Tselikov, 521
— under tension, 522
— Thread, research (PERA), 89
— of weldless rings at N. Hingley and Sons
(Netherton), Ltd., 745
Rolls-Royce, Ltd,., annual review, 15; noise, suppressors' for American airliners, 62; divisional organisation at, 171; 1,000 hour life authorised for Avon R.A. 29 engine in civil aircraft, 2JO; RB 108 jet engines in SCI vertical take-off aircraft, 341; aircraft engine, turbo-jet RB 145, 343; Avon, turbo-jets used in Lightning interceptor aircraft, 343’; Conway by-pass turbo-jet for civil use, 34?;; Tyne turbo-prop engine rating, 343 ; flight testing gas turbines on the ground, 443, 476. See LETTER, 496; supersonic low-level flight trials on Ayon jet engine, 511; filters and ducting for gas-turbine flight test house, 820; Motor Show exhibits, 506; motorvehicle engines at Public Works Exhibition, 595; type C.8.SFLM marine diesel engines for Leader pilot launch, 673; agreement with International Harvester Co. of Canada, 822
Rolt, Dr. F. H., on length-measuring machines, 615
Rdntgen rays. See X-ray
Roofs, concerete barrel valult, for new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon (John Laing and Son, Ltd.), 682
— Construction, concrete shell, proceedings
of second symposium on, by A. Aas- \ Jakobsen, S. Brus-Letto, I. Holand, and G. Oxaal (review), 91
— Flat, wind loadings on, by C. Salter, 508
— Frames, house, loading tests on, 189
— Hyperbolic shell, ATA, 587
— Silberkuhl, note on, 219
System of steel and concrete, 586
— Supports, Roofmaster, for coal mines, dis
cussion in Parliament on, 75
— Tanks, gauge for average temperature
measurement in, 3® ^
Roofing materials, bitumen (Trade Publication), 153
— Ventilated, corrugated, Ventrex (Ventrex
Roofing, Ltd.), 491
Roofmaster roof supports for coal mines, discussion in Parliament on, 75
Rope, hemp. See Hemp
— Wire. See Wire
Roper, Dr. R. A., on aircraft electrical heater mats, 61
Rose, W. N., mathematics for engineers. Part 2 (book), 712
Rosenblatt, Dr. F., on brain model, 729 Roskill, O. W., and Co. (Reports), Ltd., Who Owns Whom directory of ownership of companies, 171
Rostoker, W., on metallurgy of vanadium (book), 483
Rotation indicator, sensing device as (Londex, Ltd.), 11
— and overspeed indicator for Conway aero
engine (Pye), 297
Rotavator powered cultivator with attachments (Howard)}, 790
Rothes Colliery, new sinking at, 34
Roto-Fnish, Ltd., radioisotopes in metal finishing tests, 170
Roto-iron (Revo Electric, Ltd.), 32
Rotodyne VTOL airliner (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 266; discussion in Parliament on progress of, 48, 767
Rotor blade test tower (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 217
Compressor, profile for Lysholm-type rotary-screw, 490
Oxygen converter steelmaking process, 145 Rotorace bearing technique for reducing random drift in gyroscopes (Sperry Gyroscope Co.), 671
Rotovalve, Harland, combined cut-off and pressure-reducing valve for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
Rotterdam-Hull service of British Transport Commission “ Bolton Abbey ” passenger! cargo motorship for (Brooke Marine, Ltd;), 122
Roughing mill in beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406 Rouse, H., History of Hydraulics (book), 57 Router, radial, heavy duty (Wadkin, Ltd.) 788 Rover atomic rocket project, 74, 603 Rover Co., Ltd.,, 3-litre fast touring car, 469;
position and prospects of, 791
Rover Gas Turbines, Ltd., aircraft auxiliary power and engine starting unit, 342
Rowe, W. H., and Son, Ltd., rubber-sleeved valve, 529
Rowse Muir Publications, Control, new publication, 277; nuclear power year book 403
Royal Aeronautical Society, British Common- wealty Lecture on Canadian all-weather interceptor development, by J. C. Floyd, 542; data sheets, 681; repair and maintenance of Nash Collection of historic aircraft, 723
— Air Force, work study in. 139 1918 1958,
aircratf of the, by O. Thetford (review),
551; exhibits at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
Royal Air Force Institute of. viation Medicine, conference on space medicine, 527
Force Training College, officer trainees’ membership ineligibility for Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 526
— Force Transport Command, Abingdon, new hangar for Beverley aircraft (John Laing and Son, Ltd.), 682
— Canadian Air Force, Avro CF 105 Arrow
all-weather interceptor for, 542
Royal Dutch Shell, in Marseilles/Strasbourg pipe-line project, 258; interest in CREPS (Compagnie de Recherche s et d’Exploitation de Petrole), 558
— Engineers, history of,- exhibits on 687
— Mint, coins and medals produced during
1957, 791
-— National Lifeboat Institution, J. G. Graves of Sheffield Oakley self-righting lifeboat, 742
— Naval Researce, transmitting and reciving
equipment at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
— Radar Establishment, liquid-cooling systems
for airborne radar at Farnborough Show, 296
— Society of Arts, conference on apprentice
ship of, 137, 681; Cadman Memorial Lecture on efficiency of mining industry, by H. A. Longden, 687
of Health, diploma in health engineering, 472
Royce Electric Furnaces, Ltd., electric furnaces (trade publication), 27
Royles, Ltd., twin strainers for pipe systems, 398
RP-1 hydrocarbon fuel for Atlas ICBM, 295 RPT atomic reactor, power doubled in, 665 Reactor in Russia, 263
Rubber characteristics to minimise skidding, 838
— Development Board, Natural. See Natural
Rubber
— Doors, flexible (Superbuilt Products, Ltd.),-
562
— Dynamic design with, symposium on, pre
liminary notice, 224
— Flexible sheath, corrugated, for tractor
p.t.o. shafts (Atkinson’s Agricultural Appliances), 790
— Fluorinated silicone, Silastic LS-53, price
reduction for (Midland Silicones, Ltd.), 847
— Hysteresis and skidding resistance, by C. G.
Giles and B. E. Sabey, 840
— Lined guides, hoppers with, for mechanised
coal depot, 126
— Lining for uranium production (Dunlop
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 170
— Lubricated, hysteresis loss in friction of, 838
— Manufacturers, Research Association of
British, symposium on dynamic design with rubber, preliminary notice, 224
— Natural and synthetic, by E. R. Yescombe,
577
— Rail pads in permanent-way tracks, 144
— for road surfacing materials, 144
— Sheathing of cables, continuous, vertical
vulcanisation in, 183
— Sleeved valve (W. H. Rowe and Sons, Ltd.),
529
— Synthetic, consumption in United Kingdom,
15
and natural, by E. R. Yescombe, 577 pew plant at Hythe of International
Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd., 499
— Use in building operations, 144
Ruberoid Co., Ltd., bitumen roofing materials (trade publication), 153
— roofings (trade publication), 153
Rubin, E., on nationalisation (book), 712
Rudder, active, Pleuger Aktiv, for pulp-carrying vessels Elizabeth Bowater and Constance Bowater, 450
Rudner, M. A., on fluorocarbons (review), 746 Ruhrdynamo (Duisberg), welding locomotive for coal mines, 658
Russell, A. J. Taylor, on aerodynamics of wakes, 701
Russell, Maj-Gen. G. N., on management for transport, 573
Russia, Academy of Sciences, by A. Vucinich, note on book on, 713; international library loans problems, 713
— Aluminium imports from, 559
— Atomic energy in, 263
Power stations in, 264
Power station of 600 MW in operation, 505
— Propulsion in, 264
— Reactors in, 665
Reactor projects, 263
— Research in, 264
Ship propulsion developments, 600
— Coal industry, special mining techniques
(book), 357
— Educational system, comment on recent
pronouncements on, 425
Future relationship with U.S., 42
— Inflation in, 67 information centre, 692
— Radioisotopes applications in, 263
— Rain-making experiments in, 577
— Research expenditure, 495
— Rolling development in, 521
— Safety in, 691
— “ Screw ” rolling process development in,
522
— Seven Year Plan, programme of, 722
— Thermonuclear research in, by L. A.’
Artsimovich, 401
— Transmission line, 500 kV, at Kuibishev, 83
— Tyre test plants for (Heenan and Froude), 693
— University education in, 425
— United States challenge by, 40, 42
— Uranium resources in, 263
— See also Moscow
Russian-English English-Russian electronics dictionary (book), 390, 747
— Journals, translations of, 152
— Language as one of main scientific lang
uages, 692
— Markets of Plannair, Ltd., interest in, 81
Russian papers on structure of glass, translation of, 613
— Philosophical system, comparison with
American, 43
— Scientific and technical information, making
use of, by E. Gros, 445
— Translations, D.I.S.R. translated contents
lists of, comment on, 247
Grant-in-aid for, 11®
Problem, 649
— See also Soviet
Rust preventive, oil-type (trade publication), 90 Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., diesel auxiliary sets on pusher tug Gongola, 69; YD A and YWA air-cooled diesel engines, 71;- 8VOXM oil engines for Bolton Abbey motorship, 122; air-cooled diesel engines at Public Works Exhibition, 595; NFB gas bearing circulator, 604
Rustyfa consortium, tyre test plants for Russia, 693
Rutherford Laboratory. See National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science
— Lecture on atomic nucleus, by Prof. N. Bohr, 793
RWP Co., “ Striplac ” non-stick backing paper, 118

SABEY, B. E., on rubber hysteresis and skidding resistance, 840
Sack 4-high roiling mill for plate at I.C.I. Ltd. titanium plant, 29
— Paper, for coal delivery, 791
Saddle-point, oscillations about a central, 214 Safe handling of bodies containing radioisotopes (booklet), 199
Safety aspects of underground transport in coal mines, by A. E. Crook, 90
— Atomic, advisory committee to be set up, 693
Reactors, 305, 375, 762, 764
— Reactor, equipment (Mullard Equipment, Ltd.), 274
Reactor, ISO work on, 158
Reactors, TREAT study project, 664
— Belts in motor cars, 469
— on civil-engineering site, British Safety Council’s intervention, 176
— Council, British. See British
— of cranes in iron and steel industry (pamphlet), 553
— Glass, curved laminated (Triplex Safety
Glass Co., Ltd.), 58
— Gramophone record of British Safety Council, 143
— Heavy goods vehicles, discussion in Parliament on, 735
— Posters of British Safety Council, 143
— Publicity stunts, comment on, 599
— for radiation from beta-rays (booklet), 170
— Radiation. See also Radiation monitors
— in Russia, 69®
— at Sea, revision of international regulations,
call for, 271
— Training centre for building industry in
London, 691
Saginaw servo motor-car steering unit, 567 Sahara oil deposits, French searches for, 558 — Deposits, future possibilities of 558 Sahlin Engineering Co., Inc., formation of
British company to manufacture Iron Hand machine for handling pressed metal stampings, 661
Saint. See St.
Sala regulating valve (Neldco Processes, Ltd.), 7 Salary of Civil Service of Iraq, 173
— Clerical, analysis, 1958, report on, by Dr.
O. G. Pickard, 112
— of engineers in U.S., rising trends of, 80
— See also Income; Wages
Sales, decentralization policy of Alco Products, Inc., 81
— Managers Association, Incorporated. See
Incorporated
— Organisation, by S. Roberts, 611
— Policy, influence on production efficiency,
by R. S. Liddle, 837
— and production balance, A. C. Hazel on, 415
— Techniques for Blake’s Hydrams, 415 Salesmanship and hospitality, comment on, 415
— Need for improved, 716
— Poor, by British exporters, by B. H. Dyson,
837
Salford Royal Technical College, survey of, 430 Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd., model
VIII Sherpa telescopic stacker, 229; Sherpa hydraulic transportable lifting table, 398
“ Salmon ” bolster wagons for laying long welded rails in North Eastern Region of British Railways, 783
Salt production in Switzerland, note on, 357 Salter, C., on wind loadings on flat-roofed buildings, 508
Salter, G., and Co., Ltd., crane weigher to determine pulling power of tugs, 7 ; packaging test service at Salterpak Division, 423 Saltrem Cement Works, storage shed of “ in situ ” concrete above scaffold supported shuttering, 191
Samawa suspension bridge, 24
Sampling, dust, “Lisa” isokinetic apparatus for (Longworth Instrument Co., Ltd.), 230
— Industrial dusts, Watson British type Koni
meter for (W. Watson and Sons, Ltd.), 647 Samuelson, P. A., on linear programming and economic analysis (review), 612
San Juan/Miami deep-sea telephone cable project, 450
Sand, core, automatic weighing plant (trade publication), 90
— Filter beds, slow, at Ashford Common
filtration works, 25'5
— Moulding. See Moulding sand
— and shot blasting equipment for tube and
pipe cleaning (Vacu-Blast, Ltd.), 398
— Washers at Ashford Common filtration
works, 255
Sander, Festo straight line (Guillet), 593 Sanderson Brothers and Newbould, Ltd., steels
(trade publication), 845
Sandia Corp. (U.S.A.), experimental facility for design of components subjected to noise, 349
Sandwich courses, comment on, 46
in Faraday House courses, 660
— — in instruments and control industry, 176 — Ministry of Education list of, 46
— Remarks on, by Prof. J. Small, 472 Sangster, J. Y., on position and prospects of BSA Co., 727
Sankey-Telcon, Ltd., Mercast process of investment casting with frozen mercury, 177
Santa Fe cylindrical timber scrubbers (Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd.), 127
Timber pipelines (Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd.), 127
Santon, Ltd., rectangular wall mounting cistern heater, 32 x
“ Sapper Powerdozer ” single ram bulldozer blade for tractors (Bomford and Evershed,. Ltd.), 529
Sapphire styli, shaping of (Philips), 96
Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., high-current silicon rectifiers, 196
Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd., cinema film on “ Saroy ” toughened plastics sheet, 38
“ Saroy ” toughened plastics sheet, cinema film on (Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), 38
Satellites, aerodynamic aspects of, by L. F. Nicholson, 279
— Analysing terrestrial radio and optical
observations of, by R. H. Merson, 371
— Artificial—bibliography of recent literature,
Part One—1956, 57
— Astronomical measurements with, by Dr.
A. P. Willmore, 623
— Earth, scientific uses of, by J. A. Van Allen
(review), 681
— Explorer, 287
1, by Dr. W. von Braun, 370; scientific results from, by A. R. Hibbs, 371
Ill, scientific results from, by A. R. Hibbs, 371
IV, radiation measurements by, by J. V. Allen, C. McIlwain, and G. Ludwig, 371; scientific results from, by A. R. Hibbs, 371; in cosmic-ray research, 537
— Firing procedure, by Dr. W. von Braun
370
— Introductory talk, by Prof. W. J. Duncan
278
—. Long-range, control systems, 287
Range, guidance methods, 285, 28
Range, performance, guidance and control of, by E. C. Cornford, 282
?— Moon. See Lunar probe
— Sputnik II, in cosmic-ray research, 537
Ill, geophysical data given by, by V. I. Krassovsky, 370
— Vanguard, 285, 287
Saturday work. See Hours of labour
Saunders, Prof. O. A., on heat and the engineer, 383, 419. See also 290. See LETTERS, 364, 428, 496, 528, 819
Saunders-Roe/Denny-Brown stabilisers for minesweeper Reedham, 450
Saunders-Roe, Ltd., P531 helicopter, 268; model tests on Oakley self-righting lifeboats, 743
Savage and Parsons, Ltd., joint ownership of radioactive materials handling equipment company, 203; manipulator for spent atomic fuel elements, 273; multi-point thermocouple temperature recorder, 275; multi-point recorder for variable inputs, 725
Savannah atomic-powered merchant ship, 311, 600
— States Marine Lines as operating agent for,
203
Saving, Viscount Esher on, 175
Saw, band, horizontal, Meba, distribution in U.K. by Startrite Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 452
— Chain (trade publication), 153
— Cold, in beam mill at Lackenby works of
Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Hot, in beam mill at Lackenby works of
Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Wood, research on, by Forest Products
Research Laboratory, 392
Sawing, cutting forces in, by Dr. E. Kivimaa, 615
— Machines, automatic, for boards and plas
tics (Wadkin, Ltd.), 211
Saxton, T. and G., painting work for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 821
Say, M. G., electrical engineer’s reference book (book), 218; on performance and design of a.c. machines (book), 648
Sayers, D. P., on art, craft and rampart, 654
Sayers, J. E., on regenerators, 496
SCI VTOL research aircraft (Short Bros. and Harland), 341, 474
Research aircraft, dynamic rig for, 86 Research aircraft, first free flight, 638 Research aircraft, Government financing of, 767
Scaffolding for domestic use (Mills Scaffold Co., Ltd.), 524
Scales, bathroom, tests on, 684
Scaling, oxide, of superheater tubes, study at National Chemical Laboratory, 178
Scandinavian Airlines System, maintenance agreement with Swissair, 499
SCAR system for submarine navigation, 238 Scavenging pumps. See Pumps, air
SCBrR atomic reactor in US, 263
SCEPTRE nuclear fusion device, work on, at A.E.I. Research Laboratory, 262; plasma confining in, 400
SCEPTRE III nuclear fusion device, model of, at Science Museum exhibition, 830
Schaub, C., on brittle-fracture investigations in Sweden, 117
Schiess, AG., George Cohen agency for gear machines of, 773
Schlegel filters for continuous ultra-fine filtration (Liquid Systems, Ltd.), 70
Scholarship, ICI Transfer Scheme, 691
— Proposals at Commonwealth Conference
(Montreal, 1958), 405
— University, of Birfield, Ltd., 691
Scholarship. See also Fellowship; Grants School building programme, White Paper on, 760
— of Economics, London. See London
— of Gas Turbine Technology, Farnborough,
closure of, 228
— Grammar, science teaching in, question
naire on, 143
— and industry, conference on link between
(Cheltenham), preliminary notice, 428
— Leavers, attitude of parents on choice of
career, 376
Directory Of opportunities for, by C. Labovitch (review), 516
— — in Worcestershire, summer holiday em
ployment scheme, 176
— Leaving age, open letter on, by The Editor,
459. See LETTERS, 495, 687
— for mining engineers at Camborne (Hol
man), 611
— Mullard, Ltd., educational service to, 46
— Science laboratories, grants for, discussion
in Parliament on, 175
— Secondary modern, building programme for,
White Paper on, 760
— See also Training
Schraidt, H., on pyrometallurgical reprocessing,
465
Schweitzer, P. H., on fuel introduction into intake air of diesel engines (book), 811 Science and business: a balanced partnership, by Sir A. Fleck, 257
— Engineering, recent advances: their impact
on engineering education (book), 844
— and engineering, symbiotic interaction
between, by G. Groetzinger, 445
Science Foundation, National (US). See United States
— and Industry Committee, investment in
innovation, by C. F. Carter and B. R. Williams (review), 747
— Laboratories, school, grants for, discussion
in Parliament on, 175
— Masters’ Association, questionnaire on
science teaching in grammar schools, 143
— Museum, history and development of light
cars, by C. F. Caunter (book), 247; exhibition on controlled fusion of heavy hydrogen, 830
— Teachers. See Teachers
— — Women, Association of. See Associa
tion
— Teaching in grammar schools, question
naire on, 143
— and technology, post-graduate grants in,
D.S.I.R., increase in, 80
— — Soviet education for, by A. G. Korol
(Review), 119
— US National Academy of. See United
States
Scientific American cumulative index, 152
— Attaches at British embassies, discussion in
Parliament on appointments of, 795
— — at Moscow, comment on, 376
—- — to Moscow, discussion in Parliament on, 48
— Encyclopedia, Van Nostrand’s (review), 483
— Film Association, annual review, 98; growth
and development of, 364; change of address, 613
Scientific Film Review, note on, 99
— and industrial research, department of.
See Department
— Information. See Information
— Instrument Manufacturers’ Association of
Great Britain, annual convention to be held at Harrogate, 559
Research Association, British. See British
— Policy, Advisory Council on. See Advisory
Council
— Progress, Plain Words on, 258
— Research. See Research
— and technical papers, how to write, by S. F.
Trelease (book), 218
Periodicals list (Wm. Dawson and Sons, Ltd.), Til
— Uses of earth satellites, by J. A. Van Allen
(review), 681
Scientists and engineers, qualified, in British industry, where are they?, ENGINEERING chart on, 649
— Future needs for, 589
— as manager, by Sir A. Fleck, 302
— Nuclear, Commonwealth, informal meeting
of, 45
Commonwealth Conference of, preliminary notice, 236
— Research, recruitment of, discussion in
Parliament on, 629
— Supply position improved, 755 Scorpion rocket engines, fuels for (D. Napier
and Son), 343
Scotch yoke mechanism in governor test rig (Ardleigh Engineering, Ltd.), 514
— — System, oscillations in, 214 Scotland, American firms in, 633
— Cincinnati Shaper Co., subsidiary formation
in, 633
— Engineering industry in, Board of Trade
assistance for, 735
— Pumped-storage hydro-electric projects in,
discussion in Parliament on, 75
— South of, Electricity Board. See South
— Steel handmills in, declining output of, 767
— See also Institution of Engineers and Ship
builders in Scotland
Scott Corp., of America, emergency oxygen system for airliner passengers, 581
Scott, J. S., dictionary of civil engineering (Penguin), 845
Scott-Smith molecular still (Henry Balfour, Ltd.), 71
Scrap cable, inquiry into methods of London Electricity Board, 175
— Steel, new policy of European Coal and
Steel Community on, 290
Screens, cathode-ray-tube, “ Y ” phosphor for (Ferranti), 802
— Cooling-water, for atomic power stations
(F. W. Brackett and Co., Ltd.), 170 Curved laminated safety glass (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 58
Screens, electromagnetic, clogging prevention by electric heating equipment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 133
— Vibrating, Gyrex, clogging prevention by
electric heating equipment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 133
Screening unit, Niagara, for mechanised coal depot, 126
Screw-cutting lathe. See Lathe
— Plug gauges, “ Not Go,” by G. Lorenz, 615
— Propeller. See Propeller
“ Screw rolling, Russian development of, 522
— Threads, ISO work on, 157
• Unified, “ Not Go ” plug gauges for,
by G. Lorenz, 615
Screwdriver, pneumatic (Desoutter Bros., Ltd.), 429
— tests on, 684
Screwdriving machine, power, magazine-fed, model U (Detroit Power Screwdriver Co.), 211
Screwing machine, Duplex, for right and left-hand threads (Joshua Heap), 198
Scrubbers, timber, cylindrical, Santa Fe (Head
Wrightson Processes, Ltd.), 127
Scylla thermonuclear device at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 796
SDR atomic reactor in US, 263
Sea, disposal of radioactive materials in, 109 Sea Highway, heat-exchanger transport (booklet), 202
— Power from, use of temperature differences
at Abidjan project, 104
— Rescue aids, manufacture in US by British
company, 208
— Safety at, call for revision of international
regulations, 271
Sea Vixen naval fighter aircraft (de Havilland), 340
— Water, Alkacide plant and evaporator for
purifying, for atomic power stations (Aiton and Co., Ltd.), 274
— — Desalting, for industrial use, in Israel, 259 Extraction of magnesia from (Steetley
Magnesite Co.), 523
Seaborne, R. F., on apparatus for measurement of velocities of sonic pulses in flawed materials, 179
Seal, mechanical, type RRH, for high temperatures and pressures (Flexibox), 196
Seat suspension in motor vehicles, Leveroil “ Level-Ride ” system (A. W. Chapman, Ltd.), 657
Seaway, St. Lawrence, authorities annual report on pgogress of new locks, 171
Sebisty, J. J., on influence of aluminium, lead and iron on structure and properties of galvanized coatings (book), 712; study of surface carbides, differential steel attack and pore formation in (book), 712
Sections, rolling, at Lackenby works of
Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Slotted angle, for small loadings (Erecto
Slotted Angle Co.), 752
“ Selector ” d.c. cargo winch (Laurence, Scott
and Electromotors), 726
Self-Changing Gears, Ltd., Wilson gearbox (trade publication), 188; house journal Transmission Times, note on, 445; epicyclic gearbox for diesel shunting locomotive, 528; Transmission Times (house journal), 681; torque converter (trade publication), 845
Selfridge, Dr., on decoding morse code, 729 Selfridge’s, loading and unloading facilities, 741 Selling, art of, by R. F. Collinshon, 716 Semiconducting materials production at
Newmarket Transistor Co., Ltd., 845 Semiconductors, Ltd., transistor factory at
Swindon, 645
— Low-temperature research on, 680
Senior, D. A., on high-speed photoelasticity, 248
Sensing device as rotation indicator (Londex, Ltd.), 11
Separation, solids-liquid, in biological treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
Separator, electromagnetic, Overband (Industrial Magnets, Ltd.), 166
— for pulverised fuel, Double Whizzer, 711 Sequence control system, Nickols, 591-592 Serck Radiators, Ltd., radiator system for
“ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123; position and prospects of, 715
Series interferometer of D. Post, 249
Service engineers abroad, comment on, 479
— Meter, house, with repeater dial (Ferranti,
Ltd.,), 96
— Organisation conference, Massey-Ferguson,
479
Services Electronics Research Laboratory, low-temperature research with helium, 680
Servo Tec, Ltd., governor test rig, 515 Servomex Controls, Ltd., “ just price ” costing formula, 785
Set-square, adjustable, Andy-Square (trade publication), 218
Settling basins, sludge level control, radioactive device for, 658
Sewage, concrete deterioration in ,179
— and industrial wastes, biological treatment
of. Vol. 2: by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
— Sulphur and sulphuric acid from sludge, 179
— Treatment, by K. Imhoff and G. Maskew
Fair (review), 246
Plant, maintenance of (book), 445
— and water, microbiology of, by P. L.
Gainey and T. H. Lord (review), 246
— Works, Cadishead, spray head for dispersing
detergent foam at, 96
— See also Sludge
Sewers, concrete, deterioration of, 179
Sextet variable-speed pulley (Industrial Drives,
Ltd.), 165
SGR atomic reactor in Russia, 263
Reactor in US, 263
Shafts, rocker, in car engines, straightening machine for (Bronx Engineering Co.), 365
— of traction motor reverser switch, glass
cloth insulation for, 347
Shafts, tractor, p.t.o., corrugated rubber flexible sheath for (Atkinsons’ Agricultural Appliances), 790
Shaping machines for gears, Fellows-England, in “ Link-Line ” automatic gear production (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 646
Shardlow, A., and Co., Ltd., expansion and modernisation programme, 103
Shares for small savers, 660
Sharp, J. A., on electrical installations in small industrial premises, 848
Shaver, electric, accumulator powered (AEG), 524
Shaw, G. B., proposed new alphabet, Plain Words on, 330. See LETTERS, 396, 427, 496, 559, 591
Shaw Moisture Meters, insulation meter for surface resistances, 229
Shaw, W. F. B., on designs for smokereducing open fires, 500
Shear for blooms at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
— Forces in pressure vessels, 204
— Load, fatigue strength of embedded point
carrying, by D. A. Harding and N. B. Owen, 618
— Soil behaviour during, by C. P. Wroth, 409
— Tests on soils, 412
Shearer-loader for coal mines (Eickhoff (Bochum)), 658
Shearing, high-speed guillotine for accurate (Keeton, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 69
Sheath, corrugated rubber flexible, for tractor p.t.o. shafts (Atkinson’s Agricultural Appliances), 790
Sheathing of electric cables at Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 774
Shed, storage, of “ in-situ ” concrete above scaffold supported shuttering, 191
Sheep, mineral “ licks ” for, powder compacting press for (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 789
Sheet-forming, plastic, by R. L. Butzko (book), 218
— Galvanised steel, Galvatite, for Ventrex
roofing (John Summers), 491
Steel, new British Standard for, 38
— Gauge thicknesses for, Preferred numbers
system, 676
— Metal working machines, “ Besco ” (trade
publication), 327
— Mill. See Rolling mill
— Plastics, toughened, “ Saroy,” cinema film
on (Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), 38
— Polyethylene', Rigidex, for “ Permet ”
unbreakable stencils (British Resin Products, Ltd.), 748
— Polyvinyl chloride, up to 50 in long, mach
ine for welding (H.F. Industrial Services, Ltd.), 102
— Steel production by Scottish handmills,
decline in, 767
— Titanium, production of (ICI, Ltd.), 30 Production at ICI, Ltd., titanium plant
in Wales, 29
, — Vinyl plastics, for Lumenated Pyramid ceilings, 816
Sheffield Central Library, bibliography on comparisons of plastics with steel, 613
— Interchange Organisation, note on, 119
— Leeds motorway, discussion in Parliament
on, 175
Shell Co., DeLong mobile oil drilling platform for (Steel Structures, Ltd.), 95
Shell Film Unit, “ An Intruduction to Modem Gears,” 543; cinema films on high-speed flight, 573; cinema film on forming of metals, 573
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd.,scheme for financing of oil tankers by, 66; automatic fuel contamination monitor, 231; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346; compressor lubrication (trade publication), 776 Shell Refining Co., floating stages for tankers at Tranmere, 94; project for berthing supertankers at Tranmere, 94; storage tanks for liquid bitumen at Shell Haven, 191
Shell Roof Construction, concrete, proceedings of second symposium on, by A. Aas-Jakobsen, S. Brus-Letto, I. Holand and G. Oxaal (review), 91
Shepherd, J., basic electrical engineering (book), 712, 8'44
Shepherd, L. R., on high temperatures in gas- cooled reactor, 336
Sheppard, L. M., methods for determining wave drag of non-lifting wing-body combinations (book), 247
Sherlaw, W., aircraft engine icing, 61
Sherpa telescopic stacker, model VIII (Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 229
— Transportable hydraulic lifting table (Salis
bury Engineering, Ltd.), 398
Sherwood project. See Project Sherwood Shielding, atomic-reactor, consolidated report on, by J. D. Jones, 568
— Radiation, concrete for, publication on, 110 Consolidated report on, by J. D. Jones',
568
of reactor primary coolant, 140
Studies in US, 571
Shigemitsu, on atomic submarine cargo ship, 602
Ships, atomic-powered. See Atomic propulsion
— Auxiliary alternators, “ Accurex ” static ex
citation System for (G.E.C.), 5
machinery, a.c. (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
— Board-, asbestos, Turnall (Turners Asbestos
Cement Co., Ltd.), 392
— Construction, structural strength in, by
J. F. C. Conn, 386
— Design, review of, by J. F. C. Conn, 388
— Flags of convenience. See Flags
— Launching. See Launching
— Masts, calculating stresses in, by F. J.
Halligey, 153
— Merchant, gas-turbine propulsion of,
discussion in Parliament on, 795
Nuclear propulsion of, MGCR reactor for, 74
— Model experiments. See Model; Tank
tests and Ship resistance
Ship motions, review of, by J. F. C. Conn, 386 —- Motorship, passenger-cargo, Bolto n
Abbey, for British Transport Commission’s Hull-Rotterdam service (Brooke Marine, Ltd.), 122
— Naval, design and construction, reorgan
isation of departments for, 458
— Nuclear-powered. See Atomic propulsion
— Passenger-cargo, Savannah, N.S., 203, 311,
600
for immigrants, atomic-powered, Japanese, 602
— Performance, review of, by J. F. C. Conn,
386
Review of principles of, by Dr. J. F. C. Conn, 351
— Power prediction, 353
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion, power required for, 353 Screw propeller theory, 352
See also Atomic propulsion; Marine propulsion; Turbines; Propellers
— Register of, Lloyds Register of Shipping
(book), 218
— Research, Unesco proposal, 800
— Resistance, review of, by J. F. C. Conn, 388
— Review of principles of, by Dr. J. F. C.
Conn,351
— River craft, salt-carrying, Decempedes,
conversion from steam to diesel drive, 189
— Strength, review of principles of, by Dr.
J. F. C. Conn, 351, 386
— Vibration, review of principles of, by
Dr. J. F. C. Conn, 351, 388
— See also under specific types of ship Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of. See
Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
Shipbuilding apprentices, selection of, 344
— Compendium, British, 1958 (book), 218
— Conference, order and cancellation figures,
131; on state of industry, 558
— Costs in US, 622
— and Engineering Draughtsmen, Association
of. See Association
— Industry, discussion in Parliament on order
decline, 629
Human relations in, 735
Japan, position and prospects of, 131 Labour disputes in, 760
Order position of, 558, 629, 735, 760 Overseas complaints of, 735
Position and prospects of, 131, 558, 735 Strikes in, Sir M. Stephen on effects of, 472
See also National Shipbuilders Security, Ltd.
— Orders. See Shipbuilding Industry
— Unions. See Confederation of Shipbuilding
and Engineering Unions
— Value engineering in, in US, 622 Shipowners, register of, Lloyds Register of
Shipping (book), 218
Shipping, flags of convenience. See Flags
— Industry, depression in, 735
Effect of relaxation of credit restrictions, 66
— — Position and prospects of, 558 Shippingport atomic power station, comparison with Yankee, 204
Shipwright dilutees at dockyards, discussion in Parliament on, 832
Shock, electric. See Accidents
— Tests. See Impact tests
— Waves for preheating deuterium, 402-3
— — in supersonic and hypersonic flight, 278 Shonfield, A., on cuts in nationalised industries,
426
Shopper's Guide 5, of Consumer Advisory Council, 192
Shorland, E. H., Manchester grate, 501; grate with accommodation for feeder shovel, 502 Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., dynamic rig for SCI VTOL research aircraft, 86; SCI vertical take-off research aircraft; 341, 474; Canberra U Mark 10 pilotless target aircraft, 342; SCI VTOL research aircraft, first free flight, 638
— Circuit testing station for miniature circuit
breakers at J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd.., 675
— Time working. See Hours of labour Shot blasting machines (Baker Perkins), 789 Machine, Wheelabrator, for forming
Vanguard airliner wing panels (Tilghman’s, Ltd.), 379
— Firing, electric (trade publication), 713
— and sand blasting equipment for tube and
pipe cleaning (Vacu-Blast, Ltd.), 398
Shotton Brothers., Ltd., blackheart malleable iron foundry, 156
Shoults, D. R., on nuclear turbojet system, 603 Shovels, mechanical, for domestic grates, 502
— Tractor, crawler-mounted, Allis-Chalmers
HD6G (Mackay Industrial Equipment)]
596 Loadmaster 3000 (Chaseside Engineering), 596
Michigan, 275A, 596
at Public Works Exhibition; 596 Track-mounted, Fiat FL4 (Mackay
Industrial Equipment), 596
Show. See Exhibition Sidewinder guided missile, comparison with
Firestreak missile, 590
Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd., double-filament automobile headlamp bulb, 32; Al/176 500 watt miniature projector lamp, 32; management activities in AEI Group, 72; dispersion coatings of PTFE, applications, 118; electrostatically focussed cathode-ray tube, 328; production of Ediswan Mazda cathode-ray tubes, 554; miniature uniselector, 690
Siemens Edison Swan (Export), Ltd., activities in Middle East, 208. See LETTER, 332
Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal
Co., Ltd., electronic system for restricting variations in battery voltages, 563 Siemens pressurised-water nuclear reactor and panel, model of, 14
Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., acquisition of, by Booker Group, 598; marine pumps (trade publication), 845
Signal generator, amplitude-moderated,
TF801C (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 102
Signal generator, attenuators, voltmeters and ammeters at radio frequencies (book), 747
— Traffic, vehicle delays at, 480
— Visual, automatic control by, by Dr.
W. Taylor, 729
Signalling Lamp, lightweight (General Electric), 197
— Railway, battery voltages, electronic system
for restricting variations in (Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd.), 563
Programme-controlled, at Watford, for Metropolitan Line, 639
Silastic LS-53 fluorinated silicone rubber, price reduction for (Midland Silicones, Ltd.), 847
Silberkuhl steel and concrete roof system, 219, 586
Silicon-based mould-release agent “Bomb- Lube ” (trade publication), 327
— Diodes, diffused, for parametric amplifier
(Bell Telephone Laboratories), 86
— Rectifiers, high-current (Sarkes Tarzian,
Inc.), 196
— Switching diode for high-speed computers,
by J. H. Forster and P. Zuk, 382
Silicone-grease-filled polyethylene sleeve, “ Polytel,” for cable joints (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 770
— Rubber, fluorinated, Silastic LS-53, price
reduction for (Midland Silicones, Ltd.), 847
— Treatment for glass bottles, 719
“ Sill-Line ” space-heating equipment for beneath window sills (Copperad, Ltd.), 605 Silos, level indicator for (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 384 Silver City Airways, air-ferrying of submarine, 499; growth of air car-ferry activities, 499
— Electroplating process, bright (Engelhard
Industries, Ltd.), 38
Simca Societe Industrielle de Mecanique et Carrosserie, Chrysler’s purchase of Ford Motor Co. (US) interest in, 201
Simms, F. R., proposed museum to commemorate, 820
Simms Motor and Electronics Corp., position and prospects of, 103; request for Simms- Welbeck car, by A. Hess, 820
Simms-Welbeck motor car, request for, by A. Hess, 820
Simon, Dr. A., on Luce ignition scheme for thermonuclear devices, 168
Simon, Henry, Ltd., proportioning system (trade publication), 218
Simon, J. E. S. on Government use of computers, 12; on metric system, 12
Simon-Carves, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
Simulator, atomic power station, for training operators, 666
reactor, 324
Sinclair, J., on water in mines and mine pumps (book), 483
Sinclair Oil Corp., agreement with British Petroleum Co. for joint action on American continent, 598
Sinex Engineering Co., Ltd., core-sand automatic weighing plant (trade publication), 90
Singer, C., History of Technology. Vol. IV: Industrial Revolution (review), 246
Singer, T. E. R., on information and communication practice in industry (review), 811
SINS navigation system in USS Nautilus, 238 Sintered brake linings, research at Ferodo
Centre, 780
— Friction material, “ Sinterlink ” (trade
publication), 90
Sintering behaviour of uranium dioxide, effects of furnace atmospheres on, by A. H. Webster, and N. F. H. Bright (review), 613
“ Sinterlink ” sintered friction material (trade publication), 90
SINTO. See Sheffield Interchange Organisation
“ Sir Brian Robertson,” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
Siripongse, C., on thin film lubrication: discharge through thin oil films, 146
Sizewell atomic power station, development consent for, 438; output capacity of, 438 Skate, nuclear submarine, polar transit of, 237 Skeet, T. H. H., on territorial claims to Nile and Indus, 750. See LETTER, 787
Skid-Prevention Conference, First International (Virginia, USA), friction between tyre and road, by Dr. D. Tabor, 838; rubber hysteresis and skidding resistance, by C. G. Giles and B. E. Sabey, 840
Device for motor cars, Maxaret (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 9, 566
— Resistance, rubber hysteresis and, by
C. G. Giles and B. E. Sabey, 840
—• — Tester of Road Research Laboratory, 841
— Rubber characteristics to minimise, 838
— Tyre, studies on, 838, 840
Skilled trades, recruitment to, by G. Williams (review), 516
Skin friction. See Air resistance; Aeronautics; Friction; Hydrodynamics; Ship resistance
— Milling machine with EMI electronic
control system (Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.), 36
Skinner tapping heads (Stanley Howard, Ltd.), 789
Skip, detachable, dumper truck with (Thwaites Engineering Co., Ltd.), 230
— Interchangeable, for motor lorries, Bennes-
Marrel, 529
— Mill. See Rolling mill
Skirting wiring duct (Key Engineering Co., Ltd.), 784
Skorzeny, O., Plain Words on Skorzeny's Special Missions, 494
Slabbing mill planned changeover at Abbey works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 846
Sleeve, polyethylene, silicone-grease-filled, “ Polytel,” for cable joints (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 770 Sliding-folding doors for new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
Slotted angle sections for small loadings (Erecto Slotted Angle Co.), 752
Sludge level in settling basins, radioactive device for controlling, 658
— See also Sewage
Slums, engineering, comment on, 161 Small, Prof. J., on sandwich courses, 472 Smallbone and Son, Porta-Unit portable storage cabinet, 524
Smeaton and Sons, Ltd., note on history of, by T. S. Masters, 820
Smelting furnaces. See Furnace
Smit, L., and Co., delivery of Gongola pusher tug and barge train to Nigeria, 69
Smith, D. N., on longitudinal permeability of hardwoods and softwoods (book), 747
Smith, Dorothy, elected M.I.E.E., 199
Smith, F. H., on definition of an engineer, 460. See LETTER, 723; see also On The Shelf articles
Smith, S., and Sons (England), Ltd., position and prospects of, 822
Smith, S. L., on power requirements for large tankers, 603
Smith, Dr. S. Livingston, the late, 591 Smith-Rose, R. L., on position finding by radio, 313
Smithfield Club, Smithfield Show (London), 790
— Show (London), exhibits at, 790 Smoke abatement movements, 500
— Density measurement, work on, at Fuel
Research Station, 748
Measuring instrument, “ Smokescope ” (Mine Safety Appliances Co., Ltd.), 397
“ Telesmoke ” telescope for estimating, 717
— from open grates, nature and production
of, 500
— Reducing domestic fires, designs for, by W. F. B. Shaw, 500
Smokeless fuel, discussion in Parliament on, 832
“ Smokescope,” smoke density measuring instrument (Mine Safety Appliances Co., Ltd.), 397
Smout, Sir A., on position and prospects of Murex, Ltd., 369
S-N curves. See Fatigue
“ SN ” dumper truck (Aveling-Barford), 596 S-N test. See Fatigue tests
SNECMA C.450 coleopter, 474 Sno-Cat vehicles of Commonwealth TransAntarctic Expedition, examination of failure of welded tubular track links of, 49
Snow, F. S., and Partners, consultants for Kuwait airport, 103
SNREPAL (Societe Nationale de Recherches et d’Exploitation des Petroles en Algerie), discovery of crude oil in Sahara, 558
Soaking pits at beam mill at Lackenby works of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 406
Social and Economic Research, National Institute of. See National
— Leadership in US, corporation as instrument of, 40
— Organisation and productivity: Ahmedabad experiment, by A. K. Rice (review), 445
— Policies in European Common Market, 67
— Services expenditure, 195
— Value of man’s job, talk by J. Marsh, 240
Societe Anonyme Des Automobiles Peugeot, annual report, 103
— Anonyme Cockerill-Ougree, low shaft furnace, 145
— Applevage, Goliath crane for Hunterston Nuclear Power Station, 45
— Hispano Suiza, atomic fuel element charge
discharge machine, 273; type 552144 piston pump for heavy water, 274; butterfly valve for gas circuits, 274; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 324
— Metallurgique de Normandie, annual report, 171
— du Pipe-line Sud Europeen, Marseilles/ Strasbourg oil pipeline, 258
— de Recherches et Techniques Industrielles,
uranium-isotope separation process, 792
Society, the affluent, by Prof. J. K. Galbraith, comment on book, 525
— of British Aircraft Constructors, aircraft exports statistics, 208; Farnborough Show. See Farnborough
— of Chemical Industry, Corrosion Group essay competition on corrosion of metals, 644
— Engineering, of Western Europe and United States, conference of, 493
— of Glass Technology, silicone treatment for glass bottles, 719
-— of Licensed Aircraft Engineers, repair and maintenance of Nash Collection of historic aircraft, 723
— of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, commercial-vehicle statistics, 494; Smithfield Show (London), 790
— of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, symposium on shipbuilding costs, 622
— for Protection of Ancient Buildings, Cranbrook windmill restoration, 139
Sodium 24 for blood flow and volume test, 108
— Lamp, 280 W Osram integral (GEC), 461
— Reactor coolant as radiation source, study on, 170
Sofer, C., New Ways in Management Training (book), 91
Softwoods, longitudinal permeability of, by D. N. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
Soil behaviour during shear, by C. P. Wroth, 409
— Humidity, radioisotopes for measurement of, 635
— Moisture movement, field studies of, by W. P. M. Black, D. Croney and J. C. Jacobs (book), 777
— Pipe, “ Everite ” connector for (trade publication), 27
— Shear tests on, 412
Soiltest, Inc., formation of European sales company, 547
Solar activated cells (Chlorine Batteries, Ltd.), 297
Solar Aircraft Co., Microjet pressure-ratio detector, 124
Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd., development and expansion, 171; Minispace analogue computer, 297; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 324; instruments (trade publication), 713
Solartron Electronic Reading Automation for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., 668
Soldering iron, miniature (Wassco Products Corp.), 784
Solid circuits for control systems, study by Radio Corp, of America, 287
— Liquid separation in biological treatment of
sewage and industrial wastes, by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
— State theory in fatigue, 782
— Surface energy of, by V. D. Kuznetsov
(book), 218
Solow, R. Mi.,, on linear programming and economic analysis (review), 612
Solvent extraction processing for chemical reprocessing of nuclear fuel! by F. L. Ctlller, 142
Somers, Walter (Materials Handling), Ltd., tongs and pallets (trade publication), 218; description of new light forging plant, 578 Sonar survey of English Channel bed, 655 Sondes Place Research Institute, 10th anniversary open day, 150; research projects, 150
Sonic pulses in flawed materials, velocities of, apparatus for measurement of, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
Sorting, letter, electronic machines for, for Post Office (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 243
— Machine, letter, automatic, prototype, 149 Sound barrier, vibration damage to buildings
by, 795
— insulation, Daltolac 24 polyurethane foam
for (ICI), 847
of doors, 588
— Pulses, by F. G. Friedlander (book), 118
— Stereophonic. See Stereophonic
-— See also Noise
Souter, L., on training and opportunities for women in engineering (booklet), 551
South Africa, atomic energy in, 265
— — Balfour Group sales campaign in, 479
— — Battery production, 799
— — British export trends to, 208 Financial crisis in, 208 Gold price increase plea, 495
Uranium resources in, 265. See LETTER, 395
— — Uranium sales permits in, 109
South African National Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, development of methods for humidity measurement, 620
— Alligator Uranium NL, uranium supply
contract with UKAEA, 792
— of Scotland Electricity Board. See Hunterston
— Wales Institute of Engineers, William
Menelaus Memorial Lecture, by Sir C. Goodeve, 361
New strip-mill project, 686
— Western Gas Board, gas grid for gas works between Evesham and Penzance, 675
Southampton, BBC television interview studio at, 224
— Water radar navigation installation, 318 Southern Rhodesia, new battery factory of
Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., in, 369
Southern Television, Ltd., outside broadcast unit for (EMI Electronics, Ltd.), 385
Soviet Academy of Sciences, by A. Vucinich, note on book on, 713
— Bloc, trade with, suggestions for improving, 227
— Education for science and technology, by A. G. Korol (review), 119
— Historical encyclopaedia, note on, 277
— See also Russia; Russian
Sowerby, Dr. M., on nuclear physics, 536
Space-heating equipment, “ Sill-Line,” for beneath window sills (Copperad, Ltd.), 605
— Medicine, conference on, 527 ?— Research in U.S., 22
Spadeadam rocket-site project, Amplivox Group Communication System for, 707
Spal, J., on regenerator efficiency, 819-820
Spalding, Dr. D. B., on heat transfer for water processes, 45
Spanish and English technical dictionary, Castilla’s (book), 152
Spanners, Kipp, for machine tools (trade publication), 357
— Non-burring, “ Surpans ” (Brades Nash Tyzack), 640
— Self-gripping ratchet (trade publication), 218
Spannring, H., storage shed of “ in situ ” concrete above scaffold supported shuttering, 191
Spare capacity in industry, 2 Spark erosion. See Machining — Frictional and stationary metal particles, ignition of firedamp by, by F. P. Bowden and Dr. R. D. Lewis, 241
— Machining. See Machining
— Tester for cable insulation (Addison Electric Co., Ltd.), 562
“ Speak for Britain ” campaign, Plain Words on, 394. See LETTER, 495. See also 558 Speaking on technical information (book), 445
Special Libraries Association (New York), translation centre, note on, 91
Specification^ defence, DEF-33—preparation of drawings for service requirements^ 638
— Polythene cold-water tubing, 64
— Standard. See also British Standards Institution; Standards; Standardisation
Spectre rocket engine, aircraft uses of (de Havilland), 343
Spectrometer for fast-neutron spectra, 571
Spectroscopy in thermonuclear research, 765 Speech recognition in machines, 729
— Transmission, “ Extremal,” simulation
study by digital computers (Bell Telephone), 550
Speed measuring device for vehicles, Enoscope, 480
— Meter, Electromatic, for vehicles, 480
— Motor-vehicle, and delays, by Dr. T. E. H.
Williams, 480
Speed records, water, by P. R. Masson, 723-4
— Recorder, control-rod (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 275
“ Speedmaster ” single-unit a.c. converter (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
Speedometer, effect in railway accidents, by J. F. Perrin, 195
Spembly, Ltd., pressure-ventilated protective suit of Geon pvc sheeting, 656
Spence, L. F., basic electrical engineering (book), 712, 844
Spencer, Jeremiah, Fire-Cage underfed grate, 501
Spending, personal, in U.K., statistics for 1950-57, 428
Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., navigational equipment in U.S.S. Nautilus, 238; atomic reactor control-rod winding mechanism, 273; Rotorace bearing technique for reducing random drift in gyroscopes, 671; magnetic storage drum, 688
Sphere, containment, for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 734
— Welded, for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
Spielman, C. M., on position and prospects of Whessoe, Ltd., 136
Spillingwerk-Hamburg, steam-motor construction, 768
Spindle moulder, variable angle (Wadkin, Ltd.), 788
Spinfire rotary cup oil burner (White’s of Hebburn), 498
Spitzer, Prof., Stellarator fusion device, 824 Splines instead of keys for Sextet variable speed pulley (Industrial Drives, Ltd.), 165
“Spotter” slave tractor for handling semitrailers (British Road Services-Douglas) 222
Spratt, H. G. M., on magnetic tape recording (book), 327
Spray evaporation steam generation, by H. R. C. Pratt and J. D. Thornton, 504
— Head for dispersing detergent foam at
Cadishead Sewage Works, 96
Spreadbury, F. G., on electricity in aircraft (book), 747
Spreader, manure, life and use of, by A. H. Gill, 623
SPRI. See Sondes Place Research Institute Springs, coil. See Coil springs
Springfields factory of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, opening of extensions at, 110
Spur gear. See Gears; Gearing
Sputnik II satellite in cosmic-ray research, 537
— Ill satellite, geophysical data given by, by
V. I. Krassovsky, 370
S.R.C. See Clutch, single revolution
SRE atomic reactor, 696
— — Reactor at design power level, 74 Reactor in U.S., 263
St. Clement Danes clock mechanism (Thwaites and Reed, Ltd.), 494
St. Erik’s Fair, atomic energy industry’s display at, 301
St. Lawrence Seaway authorities, annual report on progress of new locks, 171
Stabilisers, Denny-Brown/Saunders-Roe, for minespeeper Reedham, 450
— Fin, Vosper, in minesweeper Coniston, 833
Stacker, telescopic, Sherpa model VIII (Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 229
Staff college for higher management (BTC), 655
— Hiring and firing of, 691
Stages, floating, for tankers, at Tranmere, 94
Staging, mobile, Zip-Up (Access Equipment, Ltd.), 367
Stainless alloy, V2B, data on, 616
— Steel, beryllium-hardened, V2B, 616
— — Ducting for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 820
Strip, price reductions (Firth-Vickers), 479
Welded tube, British Standard, 719
Stainsby, W,, on training of apprentices in instrument and control industry, 176
Staircases in underground railway stations, passenger flow on, 245. See LETTER, 396
Stampings, pressed metal, Iron Hand machine for handling, formation of British company for manufacture of, by Sahlin Engineering Co., Ltd., 661
Stanat Mann remotely-controlled roll changing mill for toxic materials (Albert Mann’s Engineering Co., Ltd.), 656
Stanchions, aluminium, forged, for hand rails (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 191
— See also Beams; Columns
Standards, atomic time, comparison of British and American, 85
-— British. See British standards
— Committee German, translations of German standards, 777
— Engineers, conference of (London): Their education, training and work, 9
— German, translations of, TH
— Institution, British. See British Standard Motor Co., Ltd., motor-car purchase scheme for employees of, 46; difficulties due to strike of vehicle body workers, 240
— National Bureau of. See United States
Standard Oil Co., in Marseilles/Strasbourg pipeline project, 258
— Organisation, International. See International
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 75th anniversary, 72; exhibition at Waldorf Hotel, 72; rectifier plant for ZETA, 74; transistorised airborne radio equipment, 297; deep-sea cable for Miami/San Juan telephone, 450; equipment for UK/ Sweden submarine cable, 450; award at Brussels Exhibition, 526; Austrian coaxial cable (trade publication), 550; feed controller (trade publication), 713
— U.S. National Bureau of. See United States
— Worldk See International Organisation for Standardisation
Standardisation in design and production, 9
— End-product, cinema film, “ Variety Reduction,” on, 9
— in marketing, 9
— of raw materials, 9
Stanford University, linear accelerator at, 539
Stanley, Dr., on future of plastics industry, 532
Stanley, J. M., hopper-fed grate, 502
Stansfield, C. H., on prepacking of fresh fruit and vegetables, 652
Star Splitter, The, poem by R. Frost, 43
Starks, Dr. H. J. H., investigations into road accidents, 466
Starr, C., on atomic fuel enrichment and reactor performance, 464
Starters, air-turbine. See Air-turbine
— Dynostarter, for “ Sir Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
Startrite Machine Tool Co., Ltd., distributors of Meba horizontal bandsaw, 452
State-owned industry in Germany, liquidation of, 819
Industry! See also Nationalisation; Nationalised
States Marine Lines, operating agent for NS Savannah, 203
Stationery, continuous, Mathieu guillotine for separating (Rank Precision Industries, Ltd.), 690
Statistical monographs and courses, by M. G. Kendall, 445
-— Study of motor vehicle speeds and delays, 480
Statistics, Plain Words on, 290. See LETTER, 264
Stauffer Chemical Co., electron beam vacuum melting and purification of chemically- active materials with high melting points, 117
Steam condensation and heat transfer research at Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, discussion in Parliament on, 48
— Cycles in atomic reactors, 336
for gas-cooled reactors, by W. R. Wootton, 438
in reactor development, 730
— Engine. See Engine, steam and Steam motor
— Generating plant test code, ISO work on, 158
— Generation by spray evaporation, by H. R. C. Pratt and J. D. Thornton, 504
— Motor, description of, by R. A. S. Abbot, 768
— Properties of, studies on, 87
— Raising unit for Hunterston nuclear power station, model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— -— Unit, model at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 233
— and steam generation, cinema film on (International Combustion, Ltd.),18 ?
— System in nuclear submarine Nautilus, 237
— Temperature control, corner burners for, 711
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamships. See Liners; Ships, etc.
Stedeford, Sir I., on position and prospects of Tube Investments, Ltd., 693; on Tube Investment’s offer to British Aluminium Co.’s ordinary stockholders, 822
Steel angle sections, slotted, for small loadings (Erecto Slotted Angle Co.), 752
— Bessemer, in Sweden, centenary of, 17
— in bridge design, competition on, 687
— Bridges, by A. Hawranek and O. Steinhardt (book), 844
— Castings, BSCRA research on, 144
— ?— Practical guide to design of (book), 445 Research Association, British. See British
— Chromium-molybdenum-nickel, embedded
point, fatigue tests on, 618
Steel and Co., Ltd., position and prospects of, 72
Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., slabbing mill planned changeover at Abbey Works, 846
— Comparisons with plastics, bibliography
on, 613
—? Differential, attack in galvanising process, by J. J. Sebisty (book), 712
— Exports, position and prospects of, 66
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue
?— Framed buildings, automatic design of, by J. Heyman, 834
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Handmills in Scotland, declining output of, 767
— Heat treatment of. See Heat treatment
— Industry, cautious progress in, 112
Development plan, position and prospects of, 819
— ?— Development programme prospects, 363’ European, inquiry on, by Economic
Commission for Europe, 67
European, revision of reports on, by Economic Commission for Europe, 67
— — Expansion of, doubts on forecasts of, 163 Expansion programme, slow-down in
194
— — Future prospects of, 495
— — in Germany, growth and ownership of
427
— — in Germany, labour dismissals in, 112
— — Indian, cinema film on, 573
Labour record (booklet), 357
—- — Management-labour relations in, 271
— — Nationalisation in, world survey on, 427
Ownership of, world survey on, 427 Position and prospects of, 66
Recession in, 363, 495
Short-time working in, 271, 363
4 in W. Europe, position and prospects of,
655
Steel, J., on position and prospects of Steel and Co., 72
— Mild, all-steel guillotine for (F. J. Edwards,
Ltd.); 562
Beams, flexural behaviour of, by K. Farnell, 674
Cathodic protection experiments on, 178 Corrosion by sulphur, 178
Embedded point, fatigue tests on, 618
— Molten, in ladle, gas-flushing agents for
removing hydrogen from, 144
— Production, decline in, 66
Research at Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.,- Corby, 802
Statistics, 75
Steel production, in W. Europe, position and prospects of, 655
Steel, R., on position and prospects of Daniel Doncaster and Sons, 103
® Rails. See Railway Rails
Steel, R. C., views on company profits policy, 785
— Rex 539 (Thos. Firth and John Brown, Ltd.),
446
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Scrap, new policy of European Coal and
Steel Community on; 290
— Sheet, galvanised, Galvatite, for Ventrex
roofing (John Summers), 491
Galvanised, new British Standard for, 38
I Production by Scottish handmills,
deline in, 767
— in Silberkuhl roof system, 586
— Special, uncertainties in manufacture of,
72
— Stainless, beryllium-hardened, V2B, 616
Ducting for Rolls-Royce gas-turbine test house, 820
— — Strip, price reductions (Firth-Vickers),
479
Welded tube, British Standard, 719
— Stelvitite plastics coating of (B.X. Plastics,
Ltd.), 70
— Stocks position, 66
— Strengths in ductile brittle range, measure
ment of, by A. W. Johnston, 107
— Structural, in buildings and bridges. Vol. I,
by F. Stussi (review), 845
— Structures, elastic design of, 834
Steel Structures, Ltd., DeLong mobile oil drilling platform for Shell Co., 95
— — Plastic design of, 834
Research Committee, activities of, 834
— Supply and demand position, 66
— Testing, ISO work on, 158
— Ultra-high-tensile, properties and applica
tions of, by L. Marshall and H. Beresford, 446
— See also European Coal and Steel Commu
nity; Iron and steel
Steelmaking furnaces. See Furnaces; Converter
— New methods of, 145
— Open-hearth, capital costs, 145
Hearth, oxygen in, 145
— Oxygen in, research at BSCRA, 144
— Process, oxygen converter, Kaldo, 145
— — Oxygen converter, Linzer Diisenver-
fahren, 145
— ?— Oxygen converter, Rotor, 145
Steels Engineering Products Ltd., mobile cranes (trade publications), 218
Steelworks construction in India, 206
— Durgapur, construction progress, 206;
model at Brussels Exhibition, 207
— Indian, oxygen in, increased use of, 391
— New, for Richard Thomas and Baldwins,
Ltd., discussion in Parliament on siting of, 75
Steering, motor-car, power-assisted, Burman,
567
-— — Car, Saginaw unit, 567
— Wheels and steering columns, behaviour in
road accidents, 468
Steetley Magnesite Co., extraction of magnesia from sea water, 523
Steinhardt, C., on steel bridges (book), 844 Stellarator B-3 fusion device, 824
— Experimental thermonuclear device, 335
— Fusion devices, 824
— for thermonuclear research, 402 Stellite tool metal, fatigue tests on, 618 Stelvitite plastics coating of steel (B.X. Plastics,
Ltd.), 70
Stencils, unbreakable polythene, “ Permet ”
(Heller and Sons (Engineers), Ltd.), 748 Stephen, Sir M., on strikes in shipbuilding industry, 472
Stephens, R. B., on instrumentation and control at Geneva Conference, 762 Stephenson, George, maker of “ The Eagle,” first locomotive for German railways, 331 “Stereogram” SG188 stereophonic record player (Decca Radio and Television), 360 Stereophonic pick-up (Decca Radio and Television), 328
— Radio, compatible single-channel, Percival
system (EMI Electronics, Ltd.), 620
— Radiogram (Hobday Bros.), 328 at Radio Show (Earls Court), 328
— Record player (Radio Gramophone De
velopment Co.), 328
— — Player, “ Stereogram ” SGI 88 (Decca
Radio and Television), 360
— Recording, “ Acostereo ” crystal pick-up’
cartridge for (Cosmocord, Ltd.), 328' -— Reproducers at Radio Show (Earls Court), 328
— Sound, developments, 328
— — Transmissions, BBC experiments, 360
— Transmission, Percival system (EMI), 360 Stereoscopic microscope, industrial (W. Watson
and Sons, Ltd.), 522
Sterling Cable Co., annual report, 404
Sterry, F., on high temperatures in gas-cooled reactor, 336
Stevens, John. Lee, updraught grate, 501 Stewait, R., on “ The Boss,” comment on book, 685
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., new research and technical development research department at Corby, 802
Still, molecular, Scott-Smith (Henry Balfour, Ltd.), 71
Stock, A. L., on Lodge Plugs trading position,’ 471
— Control by computer at British Tabulating
Machine Co., Ltd., 669
— Exchange in financing industry, remarks on,
by J. B. Kinross., 791
— Levels fluctuations, effects of, by A. M.
Alfred, §37
Stockholm, atomic energy industry’s display at St. Erik’s Fair, 301
Stoke-on-Trent, industrial health survey, 599 Stone, J., and Co., proposed merger with Platt
Bros.. and Co., 471
Stone, J., and Co. (Charlton), Ltd., superston alloys (trade publication), 776
Stone Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., KaMeWa controllable-pitch propellers for diesel frigates, 815
Stonebridge Electrical Co., Ltd., control unit for oil-fired boilers, 397
Stop valves. See Valves
Storage battery. See Accumulator; Battery; Cell
— Bins for “ Tote ” system of bulk materials
handling (Pressoturn, Ltd.), 489
— Cabinet, portable, Porta-Unit (Smallbone
and Son), 524
— Drum, magnetic, for computers (Sperry
Gyroscope), 688
— of energy, by R. G. Voysey, 380
— Pumped. See Pumped
— Shed of “ in situ ” concrete above scaffold
? supported shuttering, 191
— Tanks. See Tanks
— of welding rods by British Oxygen Gases,
Ltd., 452
Storey, Thos. (Engineers), Ltd., “ Uniflote ” multi-purpose flotation units, 368
Stork margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., hydrogenation plant at, 133. See LETTER, 331
Stoving enamel, one-coat, acrylic, F664-line, Dulux (I.C.I.), 144
Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd., atomic fuelelement handling gear, 273
Straddle carrier for road work (British Straddle Carrier Co., Ltd.), 230
Valmet (Materials Handling Equipment (Great Britain), Ltd.), 165. See Correction, 292
Straightening machine, bar and tube (Joshua Bigwood and Son, Ltd.), 429
— Machinery for bar and tube, review, by
E. L. Tinley, 625
Strain gauge, Tuckerman optical, 181 Vibration, ceramic (Technical Ceramics!
Ltd.), 800
— Hardening of cylinders, by Dr. E. Voce, 131,
460. See LETTERS, 68, 292, 428. See also Vol. 185
— See also Stress
Strainers, twin, for pipe systems (Royles, Ltd.), 398
Straining unit, single-cylinder, 500 tons capacity, on horizontal testing machine for National Coal Board (W. and T. Avery; Ltd.), 6
Strange, P., on electrical vector-loci display apparatus, 354
Straps, pipe, Terylene webbing, for Bowaters Paper Corp. (.“ W ” Ribbons, Ltd.), 118
Strapping, box, electro-galvanised metal strip for (Package Sealing Co. (Export), Ltd.), 144
Stratford Public Utility Commission (Canada), installation of 100 A services in new houses, 52$
Strathfarrar hydro-electric project, 75 Stratoscope project, balloon-carried telescope, 623
Stream-Line Filters, Ltd., valves for automatic fuel contamination monitor, 231
Street lighting (trade publication), 153 Strength of materials applied to plates, by
C. F. Kollbrunner and M. Meister (book), 712
See also Stress
— Properties of plywood. Part 4: working
stresses (book), 218
Stress, alternating. See Fatigue
— Analysis, photoelastic, high-speed, by D. A.
Senior, 248
— of pressure vessels, work on, at BWRA,
49
of spherical pressure vessels, by Dr. R. Hicks, 203
— Bending, in spur gear teeth, photo-elastic
experiments on, by M. A. I. Jacobson, 543
— Calculations for ship structures, 386
— Corrosion cracking, research on, 41
— Distribution in pressurised cylinders,
influence of frame pitch and stiffness on, by D. S. Houghton (book), 747
— Relieving furnace. See Furnace
— in ships’ masts, calculating, by F. J. Halligey,
153
— Waves, effect in photoelastic stress analysis.
253
— — on impact of pellet in sheet of xylonite,
248
Theory and properties of, 251
— — in wide plate struck by pellet, 250
— Working, of plywood (book), 218 Strikes in American airlines, pact against, 736
— on civil engineering site, intervention of
British Safety Council in, 176
— Civil Servants proposal of, comment on, 760
— Comment on, 143
— Conciliation by Ministry of Labour in, 176
— Copper mine workers, threat of, 376
— Effect on Indian industrial development
programme, 661
— London Airport, Comment on, 533
Airport, committee leader to be sued, 572 Airport, engineering maintenance workers, 794
— in shipbuilding industry, remarks by Sir M.
Stephen on, 472
— Unofficial, remarks by Sir G. Cunningham
on, 439
— of vehicle body workers at Mulliners, 240 -— Working days lost due to, 143
Strip-chart recorder, Multelec Mark 3 (George
Kent, Ltd.), 275
-— Metal, electro-galvanised, for box-strapping (Package Sealing Co. (Export), Ltd.), 144
— Stainless steel, price reductions (Firth-
Vickers), 479
“ Striplac ” non-stick backing paper (RWP Co.), 118
Strong, J., on history and future prospects of welding, 745
Strontium, extraction from fission-product solutions, 109
Structural design, influence of welding on, by
Sir A. Pugsley, 327
— Engineers,; Institution of. See Institution Structural Engineer, special issue commemorating 50th anniversary of Institution of Structural Engineers, 192
Structural steel in buildings and bridges. Vol. I, by F. Stussi (review), 845
Structures, Buried, Cathodic Protection of, Joint Committee for Co-ordination of, progress in work of (pamphlet), 95
— Foundations, for, by M. Suberkrub (book),
777
— of glass, translation from Russian of
papers on, 613
— Steel, elastic design of, 834
Plastic design of, 834
See also Steel Structures Research Committee
— Welded steel frame, plastic method of
design for, tests of, at BWRA, 49
Stubelius, S., “Airship, Aeroplane, Aircraft” (thesis), 649
Studs, fixing, to. brickwork and concrete structures, Hilti system for (Ucan Development, Ltd.), 8
Student apprentices in electrical engineering, training and education of (booklet), comment on, 97
— Availability of British standards for, 9
— Grants to, committee on, 15
— International exchange of. See International
Association for Exchange of Students
— National Union of. See National
Studio, television interview, at Southampton, of BBC, 224
Sturmey Archer engine for Raleigh moped, 580 Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., Preciptron electrostatic filters for Rolls-Royce gasturbine test house, 820
Stussi, F., on structural steel as used for buildings and bridges (review), 845
Styli, diamond and sapphire, shaping of (Philips), 96
Subception, theory of, and experiments on, by J. C. Naylor and C. H. Lawshe, 691
Suberkrub, M., on foundations for structures (book), 777
Subliminal perception, comment on, 691 Submarine, air-ferrying by Silver City Airways, 499
— Atomic, Dreadnought, 307
Dreadnought, discussion in Parliament on, 629, 832
— — Dreadnought, reactor for (Vickers Nuc
lear Engineering, Ltd.), 235
Nautilus, 307
Nautilus, Arctic voyage of, 193, 205
— — Nautilus, power plant for, 204, 237
— — Nautilus, Sperry navigational equipment
in, 238
NEPTUNE reactor for research on, 262
— — Polaris, discussion in Parliament on, 832
— — Propulsion of, 307, 308
— — Q244 (France), 14
-— — Q244, work suspended on, 665
— — Reactor plant for Britain (Westinghouse
Electric Corp.), 14
— — Skate, polar transit of, 237
Skipjack, USS, 14
Triton, launch of (General Dynamics Corp.), 403
— Cable. See Cable
-— Navigation methods, 238
— Submerged, navigation methods for, 238 Subways in underground railway stations,
passenger flow in, 245. See LETTER, 396
Sudan, Nile river territorial claims of, 750 Suggestion schemes, Industrial Welfare Society posters, 376
Successful (booklet), 823
Suit, protective, pressure-ventilated, of Geon pvc sheeting (Plysu Products, Ltd., and Spembly, Ltd.), 656
Sullivan, W. T., in E.T.U. delegation to Trades Union Congress, 112
Sulphide production from raw sewage sludge, 179
Sulphur,' corrosion of mild steel by; 178
— Production from raw sewage sludge, 179 Sulphuric acid and desulphurising plant,
combined (Appleby-Frodingham), 223
Production from raw sewage sludge, 179 Sulzer diesel engine type 6LDA28 for D5000- D5029 locomotives, 221
Sulzer 6LDA28 engine for diesel-electric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region (Vickers-Armstrongs), 757
Summers, John, and Sons, Ltd., Stelvetite plastics coating of steel, 70; Galvatite galvanised steel sheet for Ventrex roofing, 491; position and prospects of, 819
Sun. See Solar
Sunvic Controls, nuclear instrumentation exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 274 “ Supa-Stor ” thermal storage heaters (Dulrae, Ltd.), 524
Super Snipe motor car (Humber), 470
Motor-car, new engine for (Humber); 567 Superbuilt Products, Ltd., flexible rubber doors, 562
Superconductivity, low-temperature research on, 680
Superheaters for boiler for Thorpe Marsh power staiion (Superheater Co., Ltd.), 710 Superheater Co., Ltd., superheater for boiler for Thorpe Marsh power station, 710
— Tubes, oxide scaling, study at National
Chemical Laboratory, 178
Supermarine. See Vickers-Armstrongs (.Aircraft), Ltd.
Supersonic diffuser for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 83
— Flight tests of Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine,
511
Supertankers. See Tankers
Supervisors, Industrial, Regional Conferences of. See Regional
— and modern management, by Lt.-Gen. Sir
J. Evetts, 46
Supervision—Management’s Vital Link, report of Regional Conferences of Industrial Supervisors, 46
Supply, Ministry of, activities in aircraft industry policy, 269; Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, 641; phenolic resin bonded paper tube in tropics (book), 648 Suppressors, noise, for American airliners (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 62
Surface condenser. See Condenser
Surface conversion treatment, electro-chemical “ Anti-flux,” for Sextet variable-speed pulley (Industrial Drives, Ltd.), 165
— Dressings, tar, recommendations for (book),
844
-— Energy of solids, by V. D. Kuzhetsov (book), 218
— Finish, effect on -gearing lubrication,
A.E.I. Laboratories work on, 543
— Finishing machines (trade publication), 421
— Glazed, Swan “ All-Stabilo ” black-lead
pencil for marking on (Gordon and Gotch, Ltd.), 165
— Grinding machine. See Grinding
— Hand file, colloidal molybdenum disulphide
for treatment of (Acheson Colloids, Ltd.), 145
— Resistances, insulation meter for (Shaw
Moisture Meters), 229
— Texture of bored cylinders, measurement,
by M. Ehrenreich, 615
Surfacing materials, road, rubber for, 144 “ Surpans ” non-burring spanner (Brades
Nash Tyzack), 640
Survey, airborne radiometric, for uranium, in Cornwall, 109
— of manufacturing activity in Australia,
comment on, 330
Survival Equipment Corp., formation in U.S. by British firms, 208
Suspension, air, for motor vehicles at International Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 462, 463
— Bridge. See Bridge
Susskind, A. K., notes on analog-digital conversion techniques (review), 844
Sutcliffe, H., on illuminating manuscripts, 820 Suyya, historical note on work in Kashmir valley, 572
Svenska Aktiebolaget Bromsregulator, resilient- type wheels for British Railways diesel railbuses, 350
Svenska Rotormaskina AB, Lysholm-type rotary-screw compressor, 490
Swallow aircraft, discussion in Parliament on, 48
Swan “ All-Stabilo ” black-lead pencil for marking on glazed surfaces (Gordon and Gotch, Ltd.), 165
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., model of nuclear propelled ship, 233
Sweatt, H., on Honeywell Controls, Ltd., 335
Sweden, brittle-fracture investigations in, by
C. Schaub, 117
— Engineering industries of, 77
— Submarine telephone cable to, 450
— Uranium ore extraction plant, 465 Swedish State Railways, use of railcars, 519 Sweepers, mechanical (Matling, Ltd.), 498 Swindon College, survey of, 430
Swindon Tool Co., Ltd., automatic sliding boring head, 135
Swiss engineering industry, position and prospects of, 615
— Society of Machine Manufacturers, 75th
anniversary, 615
Swissair, maintenance agreement with Scandinavian Airlines System, 499
Switches. See Switchgear
Switchboard, telephone, cordless, for Canadian Pacific Railway Co. (Automatic Telephone and Electric Co.), 770
— for variable voltage power supply at
Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 549
Switchgear, air-blast, 1(32 kV, for Hunterston nuclear power Station (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 14
— Circuit breakers, miniature, short-circuit
testing station for, at J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd., 675
breakers, for variable voltage power supply at Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 549
— Mobile demonstration of (Brush Electrical
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 547
Exhibition of (J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd.), 547
— Outdoor, tropical tests on (Brush Electrical
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 491
— Switch, reverser, traction motor, shaft
insulation with glass cloth, 347
Time, for electric oil-filled radiators (Hurseal, Ltd.), 360
Switzerland, salt production in, note on, 357 Sykes Machine Tool Co., Ltd., agency for
Schiess gear machines, 773
Sykes, W. E., Ltd., tangential feed head for hobbing machine, 562
Symbiotic interaction between science and engineering, by G. Groetzinger, 445
Symbols for proof correction, B.S.l. table of, 681
Symonds, P. S., work pg plastic theory, 835
Synchro-cyclotron of CERN, 265
600 MeV (CERN), properties of cosmic particles, 403
Joint Nuclear Research Institute (Dubna), 265
Synchrophasatron for nuclear structure research, 537; properties of, 539
Synchrotron proton, of CERN, 265 electrical equipment contracts for (NIRNS), 734
25 GeV, Eurotron, at Meyrin, 236 Joint Nuclear Research Institute (Dubna), 265
7 GeV, for National Institute for Nuclear Research, 262
for Rutherford Laboratory, components design for, 793
Sytron 475 Polystyrene raw material for “ Saroy ” sheet (Distrene, Ltd.), 38

TABLES of exponential integral for complex arguments (book), 844
— Lifting, hydraulically-operated, “ Bicep ”
(Access Equipment), 756
Transportable hydraulic, Sherpa (Salisbury Engineering), 398
Tables of natural logarithms for arguments between five and six decimal places, (book) 712
— of transport integrals, by W. M. Rogers and R. L. Powell (book), 844
— Work, unit (Farrow and Jackson), 657
Tablet making and coating machine, “ Dry-Cota ” (Manesty Machines, Ltd.), 332
Tabor, Dr. D., on friction between tyre and road, 838
Tacan navigation system, 321
Taccone “ Diaform ” moulding machine (Baker Perkins, Ltd.), 30
— Diaphragm moulding machine (Baker Perkins), 789
Tachometer, frequency meter (Racal Engineering, Ltd.), 8
Takeuchi, §., on atomic immigrant ship, 602
Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd., Cupford three-way diaphragm valve, 10; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346
Talking to Americans, by E. P. Ward. See Americans
Tamm, Academician I. Y., Nobel Prize award, 604
Tandem downdraught stove, George Wright’s, 503
Tanks, contact, at Ashford Common filtration works, 255
.— Experimental. See also Ship resistance
— Freezing, for investment casting with
frozen mercury, 177
— Level gauge, electronic, Gilbarco (Firth
Cleveland Instruments, Ltd.), 166
— Roof, gauge for average temperature
measurement in, 816
— Storage, for liquid bitumen at Shell Haven
(Shell Refining Co.), 191
Manholes in, reinforcements for, work on, at BWRA, 49
— Tests on Oakley self-righting lifeboats, 743 Tanker, atomic-powered, economic study, 602 Powered, French, 602
Powered, power requirements, 603
Propulsion of, 308
— Berthing project at Tranmere, 94
— Block coefficient in relation to freight rate,
94
— Design and freight rates, optimum relation
ship between, 94
— Filling control, centralised (Gilbarco, Ltd.),
11
— Gas-turbine propulsion of, discussion in
Parliament on, 795
— Generators with main-engine drive for
(W. H. Allen and Co., Ltd.); 744
— Large, orders for new, 786
— New large dry dock for, to be built on Tyne
(Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 94
— Scheme for financing of, by Shell Petroleum
Co., Ltd., 66
— Submarine, atomic-powered, 310 Atomic-powered, Japanese, 602
— Super, trend to, 94
— Tonnage position and prospects of, 66
— Universe Apollo, launching of, 786
Tannenbaum, Prof. R., on leadership and management, 393
Tape punch, automatic, Audit 322 accounting machine with (British Olivetti), 690
:— — Automatic, Audit 330, billing typewriter with (British Olivetti), 690
for direct recording of computer output data (Creed and Co.), 688
— Reader, transistorised (Elliott Bros. (Lon
don), Ltd.), 689
— Recorder, battery-operated, lightweight,
Phonotrix (Fonadek (Branson), Ltd.), 7
— Recording, magnetic, by H. G. M. Spratt
(book), 327
Tapping heads, Skinner range (Stanley Howard, Ltd.), 789
Tar polymerisation, increase with irradaition, 141
— for road surfacing and maintenance (book),
712
— Surface dressings, recommendations for
(book), 844
Tariffs, cut of 10 per cent likely for E.E.C. members, 131
— on plastics imports, failure of plea for
increase in, 773
Tarkowski, Z. M. T., on training to understand people, 377
Tata Iron and Steel Co., progress of Durgapur works, 206; increased use of oxygen at Tisco works, 391
Tax, income. See Income tax
Taxation, Labour Party policy on, 130
Taxi, metropolitan, Austin FX4, with Borg Warner fully automatic transmission, 463
Tay, Firth of, atomic power station for, discussion in Parliament on, 793
Tayler, R. F., on aluminium derrick, 100
Taylor, J., on British coal mining explosives (book), 277
Taylor, R. J., on linear function, 364
Taylor, Dr. W., on automatic control by visual signals, 729
Taylor Woodrow. See English Electric-Bab- cock and Wilcox-Taylor Woodrow Atomic Power Group
Tea pots, immersion heater for (Eltron (London), Ltd.), 524
Teachers of mathematics, shortage of, discussion in Parliament on, 111
Supply position of, 735
— National Union of. See National
— Science, supply position of, 735
Women, Association of. See Association
— Shortage of, 755
— at technical colleges, 433
— Technical, in industry, by N. H. Mann, 16
— Training colleges, expansion of, 439 Teaching Engineering design, by H. Clausen,
723. See also LETTER, 787
— Science, in grammar schools, questionnaire
143
— See also Education
Teamwork, the pattern of modern industry, by Dr. W. G. Hiscock, 46
Tecalemit, Ltd., nylon tubing (trade publication), 153; 28-way lubricating oil distributor pump, 231
Technical books, income tax allowance on, discussion in Parliament on, 175
Technical Ceramics, Ltd., ceramic vibration strain gauges, 800
— Colleges, Mullard, Ltd., educational service
to, 46
Norwood, remarks by Principal of, 496 Survey of Norwood, Reading, Salford and Swindon, 430
Talk of the town’s, 430. See LETTER, 496 See also Apprenticeship; Courses;
Education
— Education. See Education
— Information. See Information
7 Services. See Information services, tech
nical
Technical and Scientific Films, Ltd., cinema film on conveyor maintenance in coal mines, 846
Papers, how to write, by S. F. Trelease (book), 218
Periodicals list (Wm. Dawson and Sons, Ltd.), TT1
— Teachers. See Teachers
Technological advancement, effect on unemployment, 112
— Progress, effect on education, bibliography
on, by Mrs. B. Board, 613
— University of Delft, hydraulic engineering
course at, 94
Technologists, College, of, member of, new award, 660
— Future needs for, 589 Technology, Diploma in. See Diploma
— History of. Vol. IV: Industrial revolution,
by C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, and T. I. Williams (review), 246
— History of: Vol. V (book), 681
-— and science, Soviet education for, by A. G.
Korol (review), 119
— See also Science and technology Teddington Aircraft Controls, Ltd., atomic
energy division, 830
Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd., pneu- matic/electric air gauge, 460; automatic air gauging machine for tapered roller bearing races, 759
Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp., automatic high-power voltage regulator, 529
Telecine installation for television advertisement auditions (L.P.E. Television, Ltd.), 81 Telecommunication Engineering and Manufacturing Association, annual report, 39; review of progress of telephonic communication, 39
Teledictation system for Agavox dictating machines (Aga Dictating Co.), 429
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., land cable for U.K./Sweden submarine cable system, 450; audio-frequency cables (trade publication), 648
?— Data transmission by, GPO booklet on, 786 Telephone cable, submarine, Miami/San Juan project, 450
Submarine, to Sweden, 450
— — Transatlantic, centenary, 201
— Call charge indicator for subscribers
(Ferranti), 759
— Data transmission by, GPO booklet on, 786
— Increased demand for, 39
— Link, radio, in Jamaica, stand-by generator.
plant for (Austinlite, Ltd.), 135
— Switchboard, cordless, for Canadian Pacific
Railway Co. (Automatic Telephone and Electric Co.), 770
— Systems for collieries, 90
Desk, Multi-Link (Fonadek (Branson),
Ltd.), 229
Loudspeaker, Ringmaster (EMI Sales
and Service, Ltd.), 333
Telephonic communication, review of progress of, 39
Telescope, balloon-carried, “ Project Stratoscope,” 623
— Radio, at Jodrell Bank, comment on cost
of, 557
Jodrell Bank, questionnaire on tracking lunar probes by, 624
-— — Jodrell Bank, report on action of consulting engineer at, 240
Jodrell Bank, used to track lunar probes,
295
at Maryland Point, 22
— “ Telesmoke,” for estimating smoke density,
717
“ Telesmoke ” telescope for estimating smoke density, 717
Teletherapy, radioisotopes for, 636
Television advertisement auditions, closed circuit television and telecine installation for (L.P.E. Television, Ltd.), 81
— Apparatus in handling apparatus for radio
active fuel cartridges (Marconi), 109-110
— in Australia, contracts awarded to Marconi’s
Wireless Telegraph Co., 389
— Authority, Independent. See Independent
— BBC: a British engineering achievement
(book), 577
— Camera for carbon-dioxide-cooled reactor
(Pye, Ltd.), 273
in radioactive fuel Cartridge handling apparatus (Marconi), 109-110
— Cathode-ray tubes, production of Ediswan
Mazda (Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 554
— Circuit, general techniques, by S. W. Amos
and D. C. Birkinshaw (review), 777
— Closed circuit, installation for television
advertisment auditions (L.P.E. Television, Ltd.), 81
— Colour, experiments at Radio Hobbies
Exhibition, 752
Tests by BBC, 629
— Engineering: principles and practice. Vol.
IV: general circuit techniques, by S. W. Amos and D. C. Birkinshaw (review), 777
— Equipment contract for Latina atomic
power station (Pye, Ltd.), 793
— Interview studio at Southampton, of BBC!
224
— Open-circuit, for motor vehicle track tests
at Chaul End test centre of Vauxhall Motors, 702
— Outside broadcast unit for Southern Tele
vision, Ltd. (EMI), 385
Television receiver, Alba, with new chassis layout (A. J. Balcome, Ltd.), 328
New chassis layout (Radio and Allied Industries, Ltd.), 328"
at Radio Show (Earls Court), 328
— Relation between picture size, viewing dist
ance and picture quality in television, by L. C. Jesty, 64
— Research, digital computers for simulation
of coding systems in, 550
— Sets, questionnaire on, by Consumer
Advisory Council, 192
— Station for Independent Television Autho
rity at Black Mountain, Belfast, 588
— — for Irish Government, offer by Pye
(Ireland), 192
Projected, of ITA, 727
— Transmitting station at Chillerton Down
(ITA), 224, 385
7— in Western Germany, 3
Teller, E., on peaceful uses of fusion, 402
Temescal Metallurgical Corp., electron beam vacuum melting and purification of chemi- cally-active materials with high melting points, 117
Temperature differences, use of, for power from the sea, at Abidjan project, 104
;— Distribution, multicell box subjected to, optimum design of, by D. J. Johns (book), 747
Temperature, Ltd., tropical room air conditioner, 456
— Measurement in roof tanks, gauge for
(Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 816
•— — See also Pyrometer; Thermocouples
— Probe, furnace (Blaw-Knox Co.), 166
— Recorder, thermocouple, multi-point
(Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 275
Temple, G., on fluid dynamics (book), 777
Tensile properties of ultra-high-strength steels, 446
— Stress for brittle-fracture, determination of,
117
— Tests on glass fabrics, by AID, 641
Rig for brittle fracture investigations (BWRA), 50
— — on threaded assemblies (PERA), 89 Tension, rolling of billets under, 522
— Surface. See Surface tension
Terminology of industrial trucks, illustrated. 247
Teron, trade name for marketing Terylene in the U.S., 435
Terphenyl as reactor coolant, 140, 141 Terrestrial magnetism. See Magnetism Territorial Army, communications equipment at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
Terry, N. B., on apparatus for measurement of velocities of sonic pulses in flawed materials, 179
Terylene conveyor belts (Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Ltd.), 672
— — Belts, rubber-covered, for ICI fertiliser
plant, 424
— Production in U.S., 435
— Webbing pipe straps for Bowaters Paper Corp. (“ W ” Ribbons, Ltd.), 118
Tests. See under specific types of test and materials and items tested
— Bed for Dart propeller-turbine aero engine
at London Airport (BEA), 553
— House for gas turbines at Rolls-Royce,
Ltd., 443, 476,820. See LETTER, 496
Testing machine, horizontal, 500 ton, for National Coal Board (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
— — See also under specific types of testing
machine
— Materials, American Society for. See
American
— Steel, ISO work on, 158
Texas Co., radiation laboratory, 427
Textiles for airborne use, inspection methods of AID, 641
— Factory Workers Association. See United
— Industry, decline in, 261
— Machinery and accessories, international
exhibition of (Manchester), exhibits at, 547
Thames Board Mills, Silberkuhl roof construction, 219
— Navigation Service, radar station for, 353
— River, South Bank, heliport for (Westland
Aircraft), 63
— Water, Ashford Common filtration works
for treatment of, 255
“ Thank-you’s,” Plain Words on, 622
Theft of metal track rod ends, case of, 405 Theobalds, R. O. P., updraught grate, 501 Therapy, group, irradiation cabinets for (“ V ” Development, Ltd.), 593
Thermal conductivity of exfoliated vermiculite, 616
— Expansion of ducts, kinematic design for,
704
— Ice protection, electric or hot gas, by
J. A. Hay, 61
— Storage block heaters, trials on, 32
Thermal Syndicate, Ltd., fused quartz (trade publication), 811
— Treatment of metals. See Heat treatment
Thermax heating chamber in injection moulding machine, 449
Thermionic converter (General Electric Co.), 20
— Valve. See Telegraphy; Telephony; Radar;
Radio
Thermocouple temperature recorder, multipoint (Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 275
— See also Pyrometer
Thermodynamics of heat-power systems, by
F. W. Hutchinson (review), 776
Thermoelectric heating and cooling combined (Westinghouse Electric International Co.), 160
Thermometer. See Pyrometer
Thermonuclear reactions. See Nuclear fusion; ZETA, etc.
Thermotank, Ltd., Series P self-contained air Conditioning units;, 135
Thetford, O., on aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-58 (review), 551
Thickness gauges, radioisotopes in, 634
— for Sheet and wire, Preferred numbers
system, 676
— Wall, of long tube, AID apparatus.; 641
Thilliamuthu, J., on electromagnetic computers for continuously indicating horsepower, 527
Thin film lubrication. See Lubrication
Thinking machines, construction of, by Dr. A. M. Uttley, 728
Thiokol rocket engine for X-15 manned, research aircraft, 638
Thomas, A. K., on design of spiral bevel gears, 416
Thomas, Richard, and Baldwins, Ltd., discussion in Parliament on siting of new steelworks for, 75; Armco-Sendzimir continuous galvanising plant at Ebbw Vale Works, 78; nylon disc filters for blast-furnace cooling water, 673; new strip-mill project, 686
Thompson, G. V. E., on lunar probe paths for approaching the moon, 294
Thompson-Henn-Collins, transistorised crystal clock, 588
Thompson, J., Beacon Windows, Ltd., oil- fired air heater, 461
Thompson, Dr. J. F., on position and prospects of International Nickel Go. of Canada, 201; on strike at International Nickel Co. of Canada, 565
Thompson, J. G., on nickel and its alloys (book), 218
Thompson, J. Langham, Ltd., Thompson- Henn-Collins crystal clock, 588
Thompson, John, Group, welding courses for atomic work, 170
Thompson, John, Ltd. See also AEI—John Thompson
Thonemann, P. C., on thermonuclear research, 400
Thor intermediate range ballistic missile (Douglas Aircraft Co.), 20; used in lunar probe, 294
Thorium as organic reactor fuel, dibenzoylmethane complexes of, 110
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures,
241
— Recovery plant for Rio Tinto-Dow, Ltd.
(Humphreys and Glasgow (Canada), Ltd.), 109
— Supplies of, by J. Johnson, 374
— and uranium, by L. Grainger (review), 613 Thom Electrical Industries, annual report, 293 Thom, J., on Thom Electrical Industries, 293 Thornton, J. D., on steam-water cooled
reactors, 504
Thornton, William, and Sons, Ltd., new Knapton malting plant of Associated British Maltsters, Ltd., 186
Thornycroft, John I., and Co., Ltd., Leader pilot launch, 673
Thornycroft, Ltd., “ Big Ben ” dumper truck, 596
Thorpe Marsh power station, boiler of 550 MW capacity for (International Combustion, Ltd.), 710
Thought processes, mechanisation of, symposium on, 728
Thread milling machine. See Milling machines
— Rolling research (PERA), 89
— Screw. See Screw
Threaded assemblies, tensile tests on (PERA), 89
Torsion tests on (PERA), 89
Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd., electronic letter-sorting machines for Post Office, 243
Thulium 170 for radiography in dentistry, 108 Thwaites Engineering Co., Ltd., dumper truck with detachable skip, 230
Thwaites and Reed, Ltd., clock mechanism for St. Clement Danes, 494
TI Nuclear Engineering, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346; elliptical heat-exchanger tubes, 403
Tidal model of Eyemouth Harbour, by W. J. Reid, 808
— Power, difficulties of, 104
Tigris and Euphrates—human and machine translation, by Dr. R. H. Richens, 728
Tiles, vinyl, Nyletter, trapezium-shaped, for flooring (Holmsund Flooring, Ltd.), 192 Tilghman’s, Ltd., Wheelabrator shot-blasting machine for forming Vanguard airliner wing panels, 379
Tiltman Langley, Ltd., roller clutch for smaller mechanisms, 62; three-phase supply line test equipment, 498
Timber, European market, falling demand in, 654
— Pipelines, Santa Fe (Head Wrightson
Processes, Ltd.), 127
— Scrubbers, cylindrical, Santa Fe (Head
Wrightson Processes, Ltd.), 127
— See also Wood
Time standards, atomic, comparison of British and American, 85
— Study in hospital administration, 472
— Switch for electric oil-filled radiators
(Hurseal, Ltd.), 360
— Wastage on trivial matters by senior
officials, techniques for dealing with, Plain Words on, 526
Timetables, railway train, analogue computer for, 87
Tinley, E. L., review of bar and tube straightening machinery, 625
Titanium alloys, mechanical properties of, 28
?— Applications of, 30
— Bar production (ICI, Ltd.), 30
— Electrodes, consumable, use of, at titanium
melting plant of ICI, Ltd., at Wilton, 28
— Industry, over-production in, 722
— Mechanical properties of, 28
— Oxygen flame cutting with preheat flame, 50
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures
241
— Physical properties of, 28
?— Plant of ICI, Ltd., in Wales, 28
— Price of, 30
— Replacement of lead in heating coils of
chromium plating baths, 847
•— Rod production (ICI, Ltd.), 28
— Sheet production (ICI, Ltd.), 28
?— Welding of, effect of small quantities of air, 50
Tobias, Dr J S. A.,, on non-linear forced vibrations of circular discs, 51
Tokyo Electric Express Railway, nuclear group project, 734
Tomlinson (Electric Vehicles), Ltd., midget battery-operated locomotive for inside Rock of Gibraltar, 657
Tools, ceramic, for cast iron machining, by J. L. Remmerswaal, 614
Research, by E. J. Krabacher, 614
— Fixing to brickwork and concrete structures,
Hilti system for (Ucan Development, Ltd.), 8
— Metal-cutting, performance, by R. Tourret
(review), 277
Deloro Stellite, fatigue tests on, 618
Top executive. See Executive
Torch, gas-air, BB (BBS [Development and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 528
Tornado Cars, Ltd., Typhoon “ build-it- yourself ” motor car, 360
Torpedo boats-, motor. See Motor
Torque and load calculation in hot flat rolling, by P. M. Cook and A. W. McCrum (book), 445
— Meters See Dynamometers
Torsion prop for coal mines (Giitthoffnungs- hiitte (Sterkrade)), 658
— Tests on threaded assemblies (PERA), 89 Torsional wave magnetostrictive wire delay
line (Mullard Equipment, Ltd.), 689
Torsionmeters. See Dynamometers
“ Tote ” system of bulk materials handling (Pressotum, Ltd.), 489
Tours, overseas, bysenior executives, 611
Tourret, R., on performance of metal-cutting tools (review), 277
Tower, cooling. See Cooling tower
— Crane. See Crane
— Shielding facility, Oak Ridge, 571
Towler Bros. (Patents), Ltd., hydraulic pumps and auxiliaries for hydraulic presses, 102; acquisition by Metal Industries, Ltd., 565; hydraulic equipment for Walter Somers, Ltd., 578
Town and Country Planning Bill, removal of dual valuation of land under, 591
— — Planning, development opinions, 691
— Developing, for industrial firms leaving
London,137
— Development Act (1952), objects of, 137
— Gas in BB gas-air torch (BBS Development
and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 528
— — Consumption in 1957, 330
Refinery gas used as, in Holland, 259
— New, development of, 137
Toxic materials, Stanat Mann remotely- controlled roll changing mill for (Albert Mann’s Engineering Co., Ltd.), 656
TR atomic reactor, rebuilt, 665
Track links, welded tubular, of Sno-Cat vehicles for Commonwealth TransAntarctic Expedition, examination of failure of, 49
Track-Marshall JCB tractor-mounted trencher and excavator (Thos. W. Ward, Ltd.), 597
— Rod ends, theft of, case of, 405
— Tests of motor vehicles, open-circuit
television for, at Vauxhall Motors Chaul End test centre, 702
Traction, electric. See Railways
— Engine, steam, memorial to first (Charles
Burrell and Sons, Ltd.), 100
Tractor, Caterpillar D8 (Fred Myers, Ltd.), 158
Tractor, Caterpillar, series HD8, 725
— Crawler, Bagnall-Burns BB90 (W. G.
Bagnall), 596-7
— — Challenger 33. (John Fowler and Co.), 597 at Public Works Exhibition, 596 U-blade attachment for (David Brown
Construction Equipment, Ltd.), 132
— — Vickers Vigor (Vickers-Armstrongs), 596
— Exports to China, 547
— Hire purchase rates reduced for, 479
— Hydrostatic transmission units for (Joseph
Lucas, Ltd.), 790
?— Industrial, dual pivot loader for use with (David Brown), 196
— Life and use of, by A. H. Gill, 623
— p.t.o. shafts, corrugated rubber flexible
sheath for (Atkinson’s Agricultural Appliances), 790
— at Public Works Exhibition, 594
— “ Sapper Powerdozer ” single ram bulldozer
blade for (Bomford and Evershed, Ltd.), 529
— Shovel, crawler-mounted, Allis-Chalmers
HD.6G (Mackay Industrial Equipment), 596
— — Loadmaster 3000 (Chaseside Engineer
ing), 596
Michigan 275A, 596
at Public Works Exhibition, 596
Track-mounted, Fiat FL4 (Mackay Industrial Equipment), 596
— Slave, “ Spotter,” for handling semi
trailers (British Road Services-Douglas), 222
— at Smithfield Show (London), 790
Trade, Board of. See Board of Trade; see also
Export Credit Guarantee Department
— East-West, statistical review of, 819 West, suggestions for improving, 227
— and Economic Conference, Commonwealth.
See Commonwealth
— Effect of European Common Market on
United States industry, comment on, 415
— Embargo. See Embargo
— European, crisis in, 654
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
?— Export. See Export
— Free, in Latin America, 559
See also European Common Market;
Free Trade Area
— Import. See Import
— International, comment on effect of
shortage of liquid funds, 362
— Practices threatening the engineering indus
try, by T. H. Burleigh, 479
— Skilled, recruitment to, by G. Williams
(review), 516
•— Statistics and trends, 526
— Terms of, by A. C. L. Day, 259
— Union Congress, report on economic
policy, 271; attitude to nationalisation, 302; annual report, 344; comment on annual meeting (Bournemouth), 344; reaction on abolition of compulsory arbitration, 572
German; attitude to monopolies. 599
Trade unions and the law, by Lord Denning, 16 Membership of, comment on, 344
— — Schisms in, 572
Troublemakers in, attitude towards, 599 See also Labour and under names of individual unions
— See also Export; Import
Trading profits. See Profits
Traffic, London, plea for single regulating authority, 832
— Regulations, motorways, 139
for Preston by-pass, 162
— Road, speeds and delays of vehicles on, 480
— Signals, vehicle delays at, 480
— Study for Channel Tunnel, 655
Trailers, semi, handling, “ Spotter ” slave tractor for (British Road Services- Douglas), 222
Train, barge, and pusher tug, Gongola, trials in Firth of Clyde, 69
— Railway. See Railway train
Training and adaptation for modern techniques, EPA publication, 632
— Apprentice, at Davy and United Engineering
Co., Ltd. (booklet), 572
— — in instrument and control industry, by
W. Stainsby, 176
— Centre of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., at
Renfrew, 46
at London Transport Acton works1, 199 of Nestle Co., Ltd., Lausanne, by C. Myers and F. A. Kirby, 794
— Colleges, teacher, expansion of, 439
— Council. See Industrial Training Council
— of craftsmen, comment by Sir Willis
Jackson, 302
— the customer, note on, 611
— and education of student apprentices in
electrical engineering (booklet), comment on, 97
— of Indian steelworks personnel in U.K., 206
— Industrial, for professional engineers,
conference on, 660
•— of operatives, report by Joint Committee on Individual Efficiency in Industry, 533
— and opportunities for women in engineering,
by V. Holmes and L. Souter (booklet), 551
— Practical, I.Meeh.E. report on, by D. B.
Welbourn, 163
— Problem of population “ bulge,” 344
— School for apprentices at Vickers-Arm
strongs (Aircraft), Ltd., Swindon, 760
— —- in instrumentation at Foxboro-Yoxall,
611
— of standards engineers, 9
— to understand people, by Z. M. T.
Tarkowski, 377
— See also Education; Courses; Industrial
Training Council; School; Technical College, etc.
Tranmere, berthing project for supertankers at, 94
Transatlantic aircraft service of Pan American World Airways., 394
— Communication link centenary, 201 Transceiver, data, for computers (IBM United
Kingdom, Ltd.), 690
Transfer equipment, pneumatic, electrically sequenced (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.); 254
— Ladle, tilting-truck, hydraulic (trade pub
lication), 118
— Machine, automatic, for transistor pro
duction at Semiconductors, Ltd., 645 In-line, with 51 stations for CVA Group (Kearney and Trecker), 102
Kenhos automatic, 185
Transformer analogues, full-scale network analyser using (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 93
— Auxiliary, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. loco
motive for Midland Region, 759
— Cooler for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive
for Midland Region, 759
— Main, for 25 kV 50 cycle a.c. locomotive
for Midland Region, 758
— Mining, class H insulated, 300-kVA
nitrogen-filled (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical), 756
— Step-down, to reduce risk of accidental
electric shock (Parmeko, Ltd.), 456
— Variac auto, in analogue computer for
British Railways timetables, 87
Transistors, alloy junction, OC23 and OC24, for digital computers (Mullard, Ltd.), 690
•— Amplifier, portable (Pye Telecommunications, Ltd.), 37
— in crystal clocks, 588
— Factory of Semiconductors, Ltd., at
Swindon, 645
— in health monitors,; 765
— Inverter fluorescent lighting system in
“ Caledonian ” London-Glasgow express (GEC), 222
New range of (E. K. Cole, Ltd.), 297
— Oscillator inverter fluorescent lighting
System for Vickers Vanguard airliner (GEC), 222
— Production at Newmarket Transistor Co.,
Ltd., 845
— Six all-transistor motor-car radio (Cossor
Radio), 328
— in solid circuits, 287
Transistorised data processing system, IBM 7070; 801
•— Equipment for aircraft at Farnborough Show, 297
— Pocket radiation monitor (Philips Electrical,
Ltd.), 204
?— Tape reader (Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd.), 689
Translation centre of Special Libraries Association, note on, 91
— of German standards, Til
— Human and machine compared, by Dr.
R. H. Richens, 728
— Machine, compared with human, by Dr.
R. H. Richens, 728
— of non-English articles in Czechoslovak
Journal of Physics, 141
— Russian, DSIR translated contents lists of,
comment on, 247
— — Grant-in-aid for, 119
Journals, 152
— — of papers on structure of glass, 613
Translation, Russian, Problem of, 649
Translucent ceilings, Pyramid (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 816
Transmission, automatic, Borg Warner, for Austin FX4 Metropolitan taxi, 463
— — Borg Warner, Jaguar development of,
566
Borg-Warner, modifications to, 566, 567
— Hydraulic, Maybach Mekydro, for “ Sir
Brian Robertson ” diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 123
— Line, experimental, 750 kV (Pittsfield,
Mass.), 83
— — at Kuibishev, Russia, 500 kV, 83
— — Overhead. See also Grid
— Mecha-matic, for motor vehicles (Hobbs),
463
— Systems for motor vehicles at International
Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 463
Transmission Times, house journal of SelfChanging Gears, Ltd., note on, 445, 681
— Units, hydrostatic, for tractors (Joseph
Lucas, Ltd.), 790
— See also Drives; Power
Transmitting and receiving equipment of Royal Naval Reserve, at Radio Hobbies Exhibition, 752
— Station, radio, very-high-frequency, at
Llanddona (BBC), 456
— — Television. See Television
Transonic flow. See Flow
Transport (trade publications), 188
— Air. See p if
— Aircraft. See Aircraft
— (Borrowing Powers) Bill, second reading
of, 832
— and Civil Aviation, Ministry of, new
proposals for traffic on motorways, 162; closure of Croydon airport. See Croydon airport
— Commercial motor, international exhibition.
See International
— Commission, British. See British
— and communications in mining, 90
— Consultative Committee, Central. See
Central
Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., equipment for diesel drive conversion of salt-carrying river craft, Decempedes, 189 of heat exchangers by sea (booklet), 202
— Institute of. See Institute
— Integrals, tables of, by W. M. Rogers and
R. L. Powell (book), 844
— Management for, by Maj. Gen. G. N.
Russell, 573
— Motor. See Road; Motor
— Rail. See Rail; Railways; and British
Railways
— Road. See Road transport
— Underground. See Underground
— Workers’ Federation, International. See
International
Travelling-wave tube with continuous wave output of 100 mW (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 800
Tube for small-frequency shifts at microwave intervals (Mullard, Ltd.), 642
Travolator, twin-track, for Bank platforms of Waterloo and City line, 784
Trawlers Grimsby, Ltd., transom stem trawler
S. T. Kelvin, 771
— Transom stem, S.T. Kelvin (Cochrane &
Sons), 771
Trawsfynydd atomic power station, permission granted for, 170
TREAT atomic reactor project, 664
Treble One (H.P.lll) military transport aircraft project (Handley Page), 296
Trelease, S. F., on how to write scientific and technical papers (book), 218
Trenaman, Dr. J., on attitudes to education, 439
Trencher and excavator, tractor-mounted, Track-Marshall J. C. B. (Thos. W. Ward, Ltd.), 597
Trenthan, G. Percy, Ltd., hydrogenation plant at Stork margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
Trew, Driver W. J., in Lewisham railway accident, 129. See LETTERS, 195-6, 259, 395
Trials on Gongola pusher tug and barge train in Firth of Clyde, 69
Triangle, oscillations in, 213
Triax straight dynamic pinch experiment, 797 Tribunal, industrial disputes. See Industrial TRIGA nuclear reactor for training, research and isotope production, 109
Tringham, T. C. E.I causes and prevention Of corrosion in aircraft (book), 119
Tripad demountable body for materials handling (British Road Services), 222
Triplett, J. R., burning of plutonium-based nuclear fuels, 141
Triplex Group, unofficial strikes at, 439
Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., new department for production of curved laminated safety glass, 58; anti-mist glazing (trade publication), 776
“ Trislot ” high-torque a.c. motor (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726
Tritium-deuterium mixture, energy yield, 401 TRITON atomic reactor in France, 264
Triton, atomic submarine, launch Of, 403 Trojan 12-seater public service vehicle, 463
Trolley, hostess, mobile, with thermoelectric heating and cooling (Westinghouse Electric International Co.), 160
Tropical room air conditioner (Temperature, Ltd.), 456
— Tests on electrical switchgear (Brush Elec
trical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 491
Tropospheric scatter, work at Radio Research Station, 217
Truck Act on wage payment, 362. See LETTER, 396
— Dumper, “ Big Ben ” (Thornycroft), 596 with detachable skip (Thwaites Engineering Co., Ltd.), 230
— — “ Dumptruk ” (ACV Sales), 596
High-speed, D5 (Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd.), 563
Muir-Hill 3S 1 yd., redesigned (E. Boydell and Co., Ltd.), 366
Truck, dumper, at Public Works Exhibition, 594-5
“ SN ” (Aveling-Barford), 596
with turbo-blown diesel engine (Fodens, Ltd.), 595
— Ford F600, with Perkins F340 110 h.p.
diesel engine, 134
— Fork-lift, for Brazil (Yale and Towne Manu
facturing Co.), 208
Reach (Wessex Industries (Poole), Ltd.), 656
— Industrial, illustrated terminology of, 247
— Motor, Leyland, conversion for Dutch and
German regulations, 359
See also Motor vehicle
— Pallet, electric, battery-driven (Wessex
Industries (Poole), Ltd.), 561
— Platform, aluminium, “ Aerolumin ” (In
dustrial Trucks), 197
— Railway. See Wagons
—• Works, electric, 30 cwt. (Wessex Industries (Poole), Ltd.), 231
Truing machine for bicycle wheels (Phillips Cycles, Ltd.), 788
Trukair air freight service, formation and function of, 761
Trunnion bearings for dynamometer driving unit, 582
Tselikov, Prof. A. I., on rolling-mill design, 521 TU 104 jet airliner, reduction of noise of, 290 Tubes, beryllium (Tube Investments), 748 Bending of, 766
— Bursting pressure tests on, at Venesta, Ltd.,
414
— Butt welding, rig for preparation of (John
Brown (Land Boilers), Ltd.), 806
— Cathode-ray. See Cathode-ray tube
— Cleaning, shot and sandblasting equipment
for (Vacu-Blast, Ltd.), 398
— Coating weight, checks at Venesta, Ltd., 414
— Coiled, “ Helitube ” heat exchanger with
(T. H. and J. Daniels, Ltd.), 167
— Copper, for small bore heating (booklet),
524
— Electron, miniature, for high temperature
operation (General Electric Co. (U.S.A.), 38
— Flash-discharge, as polarised-light source,
250
— Gas flow across banks of plain and finned,
by J. M. Miller and G. F. S. Reising, 737
— Heat-exchanger, elliptical (T1 Nuclear
Engineering, Ltd.), 403
— Image-converter, for photoelastic stress
analysis, 250
Tube Investments, Ltd., position and prospects of, 693; offer to purchase entire ordinary capital of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 727, 756; beryllium fabrication for nuclear engineering, 748; offer to British Aluminium Co.’s ordinary stockholders, 822
Tube Investments Technological Centre, bending of beryllium tubes, 766
Tubes, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 346
— Manufacture, quality control in, at Venesta,
Ltd., 414
— Monitor, plastics (Haynes and Haynes, Ltd.),
132
— Paper, phenolic resin bonded (book), 648
— Production, ultrasonic tests in, research on,
802
Tube Products, Ltd., finned heat exchanger tubing, 366; electric resistance welded tubes, 647
— Quality-control tests on, at Venesta, Ltd.,
414
— Railways. See Underground railways;
London Transport Executive
— Rex 539 steel, 448
— Rolling of, cold-rolled thin-walled planetary
mill for, 521
— Straightening machine. See Straightening
— Superheater, oxide scaling, study at National
Chemical Laboratory, 178
— Travelling-wave, with continuous wave out
put of 100 mW (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 800
wave, for small-frequency shifts at microwave intervals (Mullard, Ltd.), 642
-— Vacuum. See Vacuum
— Vortex, Hilsch, production of cold air by,
by Lt. Cmdr. E. H. Otten, 154
— Wall-thickness apparatus for (AID), 641 Thickness, quality control of, at Venesta,
Ltd., 414
— Welded, electric-resistance (Tube Products,
Ltd.), 647
— — Stainless steel, British Standard, 719
Tubing, cold-water, polythene, specification for, 64
— Finned heat exchanger (Tube Products,
Ltd.), 366
— Nylon (trade publication), 153
— See also Pipe; Piping
Tuckerman optical strain gauge, 181
Tufnell, R. M., waste heat recovery from diesel engines, 610
Tufnol clutch in fatigue-testing machine, 85
Tug, Martello, crane weigher for measuring pulling power of (Geo. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 7
— Pusher, and barge train, Gongola, trials in Firth of Clyde, 69
Tunnel, Channel. See Channel
— Dartford-Purfleet, discussion in Parliament on progress of, 175
— Deep underground, heat transfer in, by A. W. Pratt and L. F. Daws, 605
Underground, heating and ventilating in, 605
Tunnelling machine in European Coal and Steel Community research programme, 260 Mine, epicyclic gearbox for, 714
Tuplin, Prof. W. A., on calculation of gear tooth maximum load, 543
Turbine, air, starters, manufacture by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., under licence, 342
— Blading for. See Blades; Blading
— Gas, aircraft auxiliary power and engine starting unit, 342
— — Blade cooling by deep-drilling by spark
machining, 442
Turbine, gas. Eland, rear-drive, for Westminster “ flying crane ” helicopter (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 94
Flight testing on the ground (Rolls- Royce, Ltd.), 443, 476, 820. See LETTER, 496
Free, Gnome power plant for helicopters (de Havilland), 342
Manufacture by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., under licence, 342
Marine, 3,000 s.h.p. PAMETRADA, progress report on, 442
Marine Proteus 1260 (Bristol AeroEngines, Ltd.), 5
P181 and P182 aircraft auxiliary power units (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 343
in reactor plant, 336
for road vehicles (Ford Motor Co.), 593 for ship propulsion, discussion in Parliament on, 795
Technology, School of, closure of, 228 See also Aircraft engines
— gears, tooth form and pitches, British
Standard on, 364
— Hydraulic. See Hydro-electric
— Impulse reaction, for AGR atomic reactor
(English Electric Co., Ltd.), 375
— Pass-out for hydrogenation plant at Stork
margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133. See LETTER, 331
— Pinion hobbing machine (Craven Bros.
(Manchester), Ltd.), 333
— Pump. See Pump, centrifugal
— Steam, marine, agreement between Parsons
Marine Turbine Co., Ltd., and Brown Boveri and Co., Ltd., on technical collaboration on design and manufacture of, 239
See also Turbo
Turbo-alternator, for Arkansas Power and Light Co. (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 461
Cooling, heat transfer in, 420
for nuclear power stations, model of (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 274
— — Set for AGR atomic reactor (English
Electric Co., Ltd.), 375
at Stork Margarine Works, Purfleet (Brush), 133. See LETTER, 331
Turbojet, Olympus Mark 201, type test on (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 62
— Prop aircraft engines. See Aircraft engines Turbulence in gas clouds, 414
Turkey, financial position of, 195
Turmo 600 free-turbine engine for P531 helicopter (Blackbum and General Aircraft), 268
Turnall lightweight ships’ board (Turners Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd.), 392
Turners Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd., “ Everite ” connector for soil pipe (trade publication), 27; fire tests on “Turnall” lightweight ships’ board, 392
Turner, C. J., on organisation of chemical engineering projects, 121
Turner, E., on new Daimler motor car with 2|-litre V8 engine, 47; remarks on readjustment in aircraft industry, 239
Turning and fine boring, by W. Boneham (book), 811
Turret reactor. See Atomic reactor, gas-cooled, turret
Tuttle, D. F., jun., reference book of the century, 357
Twist drill. See Drill
Two-Tone resilient table fan (G.E.C.), 224
Tyne, dry dock, for tankers (Vickers-Arm- strongs (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 94
— Turbo-prop engine, rating of (Rolls-Royce),
343
Tyneside, unemployment on, discussion in Parliament on, 767
Type test on Olympus Mark 201 turbojet (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 62
Typewriter, billing, Audit 330, with automatic tape punch (British Olivetti), 690
Typhoon “ build-it-yourself ” motor car (Tornado Cars, Ltd.), 360
Tyres for Bluebird car, research and tests on, by Dunlop Rubber Co., 200
— and road, friction between, by Dr. D. Tabor,
838
— Skidding, studies on, 838, 840
— Test plants for Russia (Heenan and Froude), 693
Tysoe, J. C., on world standards, 259

U-BLADE attachment for crawler tractor (David Brown Construction Equipment, Ltd.), 132
Ucan Development, Ltd., Hilti fixing tools and studs for brickwork and concrete structures, 8
Ugine, annual report, 171
UIC. See International Union of Railways UKAEA. See United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Ultra-high-tensile steels, properties and applications of, by L. Marshall and H. Beresford (book), 446
Ultra Light military jet helicopter, prospects in Canada (Fairey), 633
Ultrasonic tests in tube production, research on, 802
— Testing, AID work on, 641 Underdeveloped countries, cereals nutritional value for, 823
European exports to, 77
Ricardo steam engine and boiler for, development at Sondes Place, 150
See also Iraq
Underfloor heating, electrical, aluminium in (Heating Investments, Ltd.), 784
Underground haulage equipment (Becker- Prunte (Datteln)), 658
— Railway stations, passenger flow in subways
and on staircases in, 245. See LETTER, 396 See also London Transport Executive
— Transport in coal mines, s fety aspects of,
by A. E. Crook, 90
Understanding, interpretations of meaning of, by Z. M. T. Tarkowski, 377
Unemployment areas, effect of Distribution of Industry Act on, 832
Government assistance for factories, 795 Industrial development in, 162
— in Canada, prospects of, 773
— and deflation, 112
— Discussions on, at annual conference of
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 240
— Effect of technological advancement on, 112
— “ Healthy degree ” of, by Lord Cohen, 632
— Statistics, effect of industrial production
trends on, 632
and trends, 507, 823
— on Tyneside, discussion in Parliament on,
767
— in United Kingdom, position and prospects
of, 194
— Utilizing the unemployed, 289
UNESCO. See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Unesco Monthly Bulletin on Scientific Documentation, retirement of Dr. J. Edwin as editor of, 713
UNICEF. See United Nations International Children's Fund
Unicontrol electro-hydraulic system for singlelever control of motor cars (General Motors Corp.), 21
Unified Screw Thread's, “ Not Go ” plug gauges for, by G. Lorenz, 615
“ Uniflote ” multi-purpose flotation units (Thos. Storey (Engineer), Ltd.), 368
Unilever, Ltd., process plants for hydrogenation plant at Stork margarine works of Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., 133
Unilite Corp., Zero-mist fluorinated hydrocarbon additive for chromium plating baths, 676
Union Carbide Corp., Project Sherwood exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 326; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345; iron and alloys (trade publication), 811
Union-Melt electronically-controlled welding plant at Thorncliffe works of Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., 254
Union Steel and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., chairman’s statement, 293
— Trade. See Trade Unions and under indivi
dual name of union
Uniselector, miniature, for computers (Siemens Edison Swan), 690
United Africa Co., Ltd., Gongola pusher tug and barge train, 69
United Dominions Trust, Ltd., growth and development of, 239
United Engineering Trustees, Inc., grant for study of properties of steam, 87
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, radioactive isotope techniques, 14; apparatus for removal of nuclear fuel cartridges (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 109-110; opening of extensions at Springfields factory, 110; centralisation of executive authority in project engineer, 121; Dr. N. Levin appointed deputy director of Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 170; steel fans for (Airscrew Co. and Jicwood, Ltd.), 203; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 232, 236; agreement with Power Reactor Development Co., for exchange of information on fast reactors, 237; gas-cooled reactor programme, 298; AGR reactor, 299; board of enquiry into Calder Hall turbine accident, 301; turbine plant for advanced gas-cooled reactor, 375; wrought beryllium for, 375; transfer of thermonuclear project from Harwell to Winfrith Heath, 403; award at Brussels Exhibition, 526; list of films on atomic energy, 540; J. A. Gay appointed patents exploitation officer, 604; boiling-water reactor project, 636; Windscale advanced gas-cooled reactor contracts, 636; Australian uranium supply contracts, 792; conversion of radioactive liquid wastes to glass-like lumps, 792; list of recently declassified reports—No. 2, 830; staff appointments, 830; see also under specific establishments and projects
Engineering industries of, 77
Factories of foreign firms in, discussion in Parliament on, 111
Natural resources of, by Sir C. Goodeve 361
Petroleum industry statistics relating to consumption and refinery production 1956 and 1957 (booklet), 91
and U.S., atomic-energy information exchange between, 236
— Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of
Atomic Energy. See Atomic Energy Economic Survey on Inflation, 67 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, retirement of Dr. J. Edwin as editor of monthly bulletin on scientific documentation, 713; international research ship proposal, 800 ; see also International Conference on Information Processing
International Children’s Fund, activities of, 823
Organisation, Economic Development in Mid® last 1956-575 34
Report on radioactive contamination from nuclear weapon tests, 240
World Economic Survey on inflation, comment on, 3
See also Economic Commission for Europe
— States, accelerator developments, 539
Air bases in Britain, aircraft noise from, 795
Air Force, launching of first lunar probe, 294; failure of Pioneer lunar probe, 624
Army, preparation of lunar probe, 295; lunar probe, Jupiter rocket for, 624
Atomic Energy Commission, appointment of Maj.-Gen. A. R. Luedecke as general manager of, 45; demonstration nuclear power plant at Elk River, 45; programme and projects of, 74; study on use of sodium reactor coolant, 170; construction permit for NACA reactor project at Plum Brook, 203; exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 232; projects and activities of, 263;- heavy-water power reactor, 299; proposals invited for development of gas- cooled graphite-moderated reactor, 465; proposals invited for gas-cooled reactor, 504; conference on gas-cooled reactor programme, 504; plutonium oxideuranium oxide fuel fast reactor proposal, 571; large-scale reactor project at Hanford Works, Richland, 571; Chairman’s visit to British atomic energy establishments, 604; uranium 235 offered for sale, 793; helium-cooled graphite-moderated atomic power plant proposal to, 829; high-temperature atomic fuels study, 829; Maj.-Gen. A. R. Luedecke appointed general manager, 830; see also United States National Reactor Testing Station; see also under specific establishments and projects
United States, atomic energy international co-operation, 263
— — Atomic energy participation, census on,
665
Atomic energy projects in, 263 Atomic power projects of, 74 Atomic-powered aircraft developments,
603
Atomic reactor projects, 263
Atomic ship propulsion developments, 600
— — Basic physical sciences research in, 263 Brookhaven National Laboratory, radioactive waste disposal in spaghetti-like clay, 792
Bureau of Mines, bibliography on zirconium, 747
— — Central dilemma of, by E. P. Ward, 40 Corporation as instrument of social
leadership in, 40
Education in, 42
Employment in engineering industries of, 76
Engineers in, rising trends in salary of, 80 — and Euratom, relationship between, by B. T. Moore (pamphlet), 13
Evolution in, effect of variety in way of life, 42
Factoring in, 773
Future of atomic energy in, by Dr. P.
Genachte, 74
Future relationship with Russia, 42 Gas-cooled atomic-reactor designs, 504 Golf Association, rules for golf balls, 256 Government relations with business in, 41
Government research in, 21
Hydraulic research in 1958, by H. K. Middleton, 747
Industry, effect of European Common Market on, comment on, 415
Interest in Canadian industry, 66 Investment of private capital in, 41 Joint nuclear power and research programme with Euratom, 13
Machinery imports to Britain, position and prospects of, 723
Minerals Bill, provision for stockpiling of copper, 239
Motor-car industry, position and prospects of, 201
Motor-car industry, small-car production risks in, 687
Motor-car industry, wage awards in, 439 National Academy of Sciences, report on effects of atomic radiation on oceanography and fisheries, 109
— — National Amateur Golf Championship,
measurements made on golf balls during, 256
National Bureau of Standards, activities of, 21; automatic letter sorting machine prototype, 149; safe design and use of industrial beta-ray sources (booklet), 170; safe handling of bodies containing radioisotopes (booklet), 199; nickel and its alloys, by J. G. Thompson (book), 218; table of natural logarithms for arguments between five and six decimal places (book), 712; hydraulic research in U.S., 1958, by H. K. Middleton, 747; tables of transport integrals, by W. M. Rogers and R. L. Powell (book), 844; tables of exponential integral for complex arguments (book), 844
National Congress of Applied Mechanics, proceedings of, 219
National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho), calcining of radioactive liquid wastes, 792
National Research Council, report on effects of atomic radiation on oceanography and fisheries, 109
National Science Foundation, grant-in- aid for translations from Russian, 119; bibliography on research and development, 277; funds for conference on architectural research, 260; research and development conference, 288; cost analysis of U.S. research and development^ 787
Naval Research Laboratory research organisation and activities, 18, 21, 22; radio-telescope at Maryland Point, 22
Navy, HICAL high-energy liquid fuel plant for, 661
Post Office Department, automatic letter sorting machine prototype, 149
Progress of Megator Pumps and Compressor^ Ltd., in, 693
Radioisotope applications, 263
Recession, effect on Britain’s exports, 208 Recession, impact on Britain’s economic prospects, 35
Relationship between corporation and employees in, 41
— ?— Research in, 42
Research and development in, cost analysis of, 787
United States, research expenditure, 495 Research pattern in, 18 Residential developments in, 691
— — Road accidents investigations, 466
— Russian challenge to, 40, 42
— — Selling of manufacturing licences for new
products in, 151
State Department, statistical review of East-West trade, 819
United States Steel Corp., competition to stiumulate best use of steel in bridge design, 687
— — Thermonuclear reactions research in,
263, 402
— — and U.K., atomic-energy information
exchange between, 236
Uranium reserves, 262. See LETTER, 395
— — Uranium sales permits in, 109 Uranium 235 sale to Australia, 793 E. P. Ward’s visit to, 18, 40. See also
Vol. 185
See also America
— Textile Factory Workers Association, steps
against cotton imports, 199
United Uranium NL, uranium supply contract with UKAEA, 792
Univac automatic programmes, by Dr. G. Hopper, 728
Universal Decimal Classification: B.S. 1000B:
1958 (book), 247
— Mills. See Rolling mills
Universe Apollo tanker, launching of, 786 University College, description of microtron,
204
— Conference of rectors and vice-chancellors
(Dijon, 1959), 405
University Development 1952-1957, comment on report, 507
— Education in Russia, 425
— Graduates. See Graduates
— See also under specific universities U-notch test. See Charpy
Upper atmosphere, exploration with Sputnik
III, by V. I. Krassovsky, 370
Radio waves and physical conditions of, new study by Radio Research Station, 87 Uppsala University, ASEA experimental nuclear fusion apparatus at, 74
Uranium as atomic fuel, 733
?— Bids invited by IAEA, 793
— in Britain, search for, 793
— Carbide as dispersed atomic fuel, 830
— Concentrate exhibits at Atoms for Peace
Exhibition, 345
— Depleted, available for sale, 110
— — Definition of, 110
— Deposit at Lake Boga (Australia), 792
— Dioxide, sintering behaviour of, effects of
furnace atmospheres on, by A. H. Webster and N. F. H. Bright (review), 613
— Economics of use of, by N. L. Franklin
et al., 464
— Enriched, for heavy-water reactors, 44
— Hexafluoride as gaseous atomic fuel, 829
— Impregnation by graphite, 830
— Isotope separation plant in France, 792
— Mills, aerostatic dust collector for (Hagan
Chemicals and Controls, Inc.), 497
— Mining and milling by Phillips Petroleum
427
— Monocarbide as atomic fuel element, 830
— Natural, for heavy-water reactors, 44
— for non-nuclear uses, prohibitions removed
on, 110
— Ore, Australian extraction process, 465 —Mill, Grants (U.S.), 793
Refining by fluidised bed process, 465
— — Simplified refining process, 465
— — Swedish extraction plant, 465
— as organic reactor fuel, dibenzoylmethane
complexes of, 110
— Output available to Euratom, 235
— Oxide as atomic fuel, 733
— as dispersed atomic fuel, 830
— — as fuel in carbon dioxide cooled reactor,
169
— Production, rubber lining for (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 170
— Resonance parameters for, 539
— Resources in Australia, 265
— — in Canada, 264. See LETTER, 395
— — in France, 264
— — in India, 264
— — in Russia, 263
in South Africa, 265. See LETTER, 395
— Sales permits in Canada, South Africa and U.S., 109
— Search for, in India, cinema film on, 573
— Slightly enriched, blending versus re
enrichment for, by D. Kailman and J. E. Brennan, 142
— Supplies of, by J. Johnson, 374
— Survey in Cornwall, 109
— Tenders received for, by International
Atomic Energy Agency, 830
— Thermal-fission cross-sections for, 538
— and thorium, by L. Grainger (review), 613
— World reserves of, 262-5, 464. See LETTER,
395
— 233, use of, in thermal reactors, 464
— 235, sale of, to Australia, by U.S., 793
— 235 for sale by U.S., 793
Urwick, Col. L., Is Management a Profession? (new edition of book), 655
Urwick, Orr and Partners, Is Management a Profession? by Col. L. Urwick (new edition of book), 655
Utilabus 12-seater public service vehicle (Bedford), 463
Uttley, Dr. A.M., on construction of thinking machines, 728

'V' Development, Ltd., irradiation cabinets for group therapy, 593
Vacation work, scarcity of, and wage rates for, 143
Vacu-Blast, Ltd., sand and shot blasting equipment for tube and pipe cleaning, 398
Vacuum, abstract publication of Edwards High Vacuum, 577
— Brake. See Brake
Vacuum Forming machine, “ Formvac,” using “ Saroy ” plastics sheet (Hydro-Chemie, Ltd.), 38
— Melting, electron beam, and purification of chemically-active materials with high melting points (Temescal Metallurgical Corp.), 117
— — Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Pump. See Pump
— Tube voltmeter, type TF 1300 (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 4
— Welding chamber for reactive metals, 50
Valentin Haiiy Association’s Braille Library, comment on, 27
Valentine, A. B. B., on revolution on railways in freight field, 655
Valmet straddle carriers (Materials Handling Equipment (Great Britain), Ltd.), 165. See Correction, 292
Value engineering in shipbuilding in U.S., 622
Valves for atomic energy applications (Newman, Hender and Co., Ltd.), 274
— — Reactors, 273
— for automatic fuel contamination monitor (Stream-Line Filters, Ltd.), 231
— Butterfly, for gas circuits (Societe Hispano Suiza), 274
— Control, for hydraulically operated mine car handling plant at Glyncorrwg (Keelavite), 650
— — in linear motion actuators (Numation, Ltd.), 512
for pneumatic cylinders, types of, 544
— — Sala (Neldco Processes, Ltd.), 7
— Cupford three-way diaphragm (Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.), 10
— Diagrams in refrigerator compressor operating efficiency study, 486
— Gate, alloy, “ Multi-seal ” (Langley Alloys,
Ltd.), 384
— Glandless diaphragm (Merrill Pumps, Ltd.), 10
— Harland Rotovalve, combined cut-off and
pressure-reducing, for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
—- Lock-up, Mason Neilan type 76 (Crosby Valve and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 134
— Making machinery at Mullard Radio
Valve Co., 783
— “ Matrix,” in Post Office letter-sorting
machine, 243
‘ — Mechanisms, hydraulic, in linear motion actuators (Numation, Ltd.), 512
— Microwave, convention on, 87
— Non-corroding, Fluon (Chemical Pipe & Vessel Co., Ltd.), 789
— Refrigerator compressor, operating efficiency study, 486
— Regulating, Sala (Neldco Processes, Ltd.), 7
— Relay pilot, high-capacity (Hagan Corp. (Canada), Ltd.), 365
— Rod for controllable-pitch propellers in frigates, 815
— Rubber-sleeved (W. H. Rowe and Son, Ltd.), 529
— Selector, for controllable-pitch propellers in frigates, 815
— Solenoid-operated, over-riding manual con
trol for (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 4
— Stop, electro-pneumatic, for aircraft (Hy-
matic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397
— and valving control in gas-turbine test plant
of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 477
Van Allen, J. A., on scientific uses of earth satellites (review), 681
Van de Graaff accelerator (High Voltage Engineering Corp.), 326
Van Den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd., hydrogenation plant at Stork margarine works of, 133. See LETTER, 331
Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia (review), 483
Vanadium Corp, of America, aerostatic dust collector for uranium mills (Hagan Chemicals and Controls, Inc.), 497
— Metallurgy of, by W. Rostoker (book), 483 Vanguard airliner, description of (Vickers
Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 266
Transistor-oscillator inverter fluorescent lighting system for (G.E.C.), 222
Wing panels, forming with Wheelabrator shot-blasting machine (Tilghman’s, Ltd.), 379
— Satellite, 285, 287
Vapour-diffusion processes, research at Sondes Place, 150
Variables, complex, functions of, by W. Fogg Osgood (book), 712
— Real, functions of, by W. Fogg Osgood
(book), 712
Variac auto transformer in analogue computer for British Railways timetables, 87
Variety in American way of life, 42
“ Variety Reduction,” cinema film on endproduct standardisation, 9
— — Essay competition on, 7117
Varimag variable speed drives (Lancashire Dynamo Nevelin), 656
Varshney, Ing. Dr. M. P., on counting with fingers, 68. See LETTER, 67. See also Vol. 185
Vaughan, R. D., appointed director, Nuclear Power Plant Co., Ltd., 403; on charging and discharging fuel at Bradwell atomic power station, 505
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., dismissal of 600 men by, 240; open-circuit television for motor vehicle track tests at Chaul End, 702
Vavilov-Cerenkov effect, note on, 604
V2B stainless alloy, data on, 616
Veale, J. C., on planned maintenance and fuel economy, 426
Vector-loci method of studying behaviour of electrical machines, by P. Strange, 354
“ Vee-line ” electric hot plates (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 3'2
Vegetables, fresh, pre-packing of, by C. H. Stansfield, 652
— Research Station, National. See National Vehicle, motor. See Motor vehicle Velbex-Cobex laminate plastics coating, 70
— Plastics coating, 70
Velocity analyser, electronic, EVA (Marconi), 297
Velocity of sonic pulses in flawed materials, apparatus for measurement of, by R. F. Seaborne and N. B. Terry, 179
— Wave, elastic, of low-carbon bituminous
coal, 179
Velodyne, use in submarine navigation, 238 Vencedor downdraught grate, T. E. Parker’s, 503
Venesta, Ltd., quality control at new tube factory, 414
Venezuela, mobile diesel generator sets for townships and works in (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 229
Venners’ Electronics, Ltd., parking meter exports, 389; transistorised crystal clock, 588
Ventilating and heating in deep underground tunnels, 605
Engineers., Institution of. See Institution Ventilation, force, for main-drive tanker generators (W. H. Allen and Co., Ltd.), 744
— for laboratories of Stewarts and Lloyds,
Ltd., Corby, 802
— Testing machine (Robertson Thain, Ltd.),
672
Ventrex Roofing! Ltd., ventilated corrugated roofing sheets, 491
— Ventilated corrugated roofing sheets (Ven
trex Roofing, Ltd.), 491
Venturi suction, low-draught dredger with (Acrow (Engineers), Ltd.), .659
Vermiculite, exfoliated, thermal conductivity of, 616
Vertical co-operation for better forecasting and planning, by A. M. Alfred, 837
Verulam, Lord, remarks at Brighton conference of BIM, 754
V.H.F. Omnidirectional Range navigation system, 322
Vibrating rollers, twin, ACE-Bomag road compacting machines with (A.C.E. Machinery, Ltd.), 192
— Screens, Gyrex, clogging prevention by
electric heating equipment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 133
Vibration absorbers for machine tools (PERA), 89
— due to aircraft, damage risk of, 795
— Engineering, by L. S. Jacobsen and R. S.
Ayre (review), 810
Three hundred years of, by Dr. S. J. Zand,577
— Mechanical, by A. H. Church (review), 810 by B. Morrill (review), 810
— Non-linear, forced, of circular discs, by
Dr. S. A. Tobias, 51
Lineaf free, by S. Ziemba, 347
Linear, in mechanical systems, by Dr. F. R. Erskine Crossley, 212
— Ship, review of principles of, by Dr. J. F. C.
Conn, 351, 388
— Strain gauges, ceramic (Technical Ceramics Ltd.), 800
Vice, air-operated (Air Automation), 528 operated, “ Pneugrip ” (Air Automation) 196
— Machine, tilting and swivelling (A. A. Jones
and Shipman), 197
Vickers, Ltd., annual review, 15; fiftieth anniversary of aviation interests, 39;- new large dry dock for tankers to be built on Tyne, 94; position and prospects of, 499 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., 6LDA28 Sulzer engine for diesel-electric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region, 757
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd., transistoroscillator inverter fluorescent lighting system for Vanguard airliner, 222; Vanguard airliner, 266; Viscount airliner at Farnborough Show, 267; forming of Vanguard airliner wing panels with Wheelabrator shot blasting machine (Tilghman’s, Ltd.), 379; nuclear section at South Marston, 571; apprentice training school at Swindon, 760; aircraft work discontinued at Supermarine Works (South Marston), 761; Supermarine nuclear division, 766; reactors for training and research, 766; components design for proton synchrotron for Rutherford Laboratory, 793
Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders), Ltd., new large dry dock for tankers to be built on Tyne, 94; transverse propulsion for liner Oriana, 222; labour dispute at, 760
Vickers-Armstrongs (Tractors), Ltd., Vigor crawler tractor, 596
Vickers Nuclear Engineering, Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition (Geneva), 235; nuclear propulsion, projects of, 235; nuclear reactor for submarine Dreadnought, 235
Victor bomber aircraft, wing construction (Handley Page, Ltd.)-, 340
Victor Products (Wallsend), Ltd.., water extraction (trade publication), 776
Vigor crawler tractor (Vickers-Armstrongs), 596
Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., small-capacity four-stroke petrol engine, 595
Vinal interlayer for laminated glass (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 58
Vinyl plastics sheet for Lumenated Pyramid ceilings, 816
— Tiles, Nyletter, trapezium-shaped, for
flooring (Holmsund Flooring, Ltd.), 1192 Viodox for treatment of rheumatism (Ashe Laboratories), 16
Visco Engineering Co., Ltd., air filter (trade publication), 188
Viscount airliner at Farnborough Show (Vickers-Armstrongs), 267
Viscous drag in internal-combustion engines! 116
Visitors in canteens and dining-rooms, Plain Words on, 2
— to London, Hotels Information Service for,
573
— Overseas, hospitality to, comment on, 415 —- Reception of, booklet on, 376
Visual glide path indicator at Blackbushe Airport, 449
V-notch test. See Charpy: Izod
Voce, Dr. E., on strain hardening of cylinders, 131, 363, 460. See LETTERS, 68, 292, 428. See also Vol. 185
Vokes, Ltd., air filters (trade publication), 188. See Correction, 421
Volkswagen, position and prospects of, 101,164 Volta River project, review of, 227
Voltages, battery, electronic system for restricting variations in (Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd.), 563
— Current characteristics of thin oil films, 146
— Line tester, fixed-prod (Martindale Electric
Co., Ltd.), 657
— Measurement, capacitance divider for, at
Enfield Cables high-voltage laboratory, 348
— Regulators, automatic, high-power (Tel-
Instrument Electronics Corp.), 529
— Variation equipment at Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 549
— See also High voltage
Voltmeters at radio frequencies (book), 747
— Vacuum tube, type TF 1300 (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.), 4
von Braun, Dr. W., on firing procedure of Jupiter C missile, 370
von Karman, Dr. T., on aerodynamic advances since 1946, 413
Voodoo jet aircraft, noise problem of, 795 V.O.R. navigation system, 322
Vortex tube, Hilsch, production of cold air by, by Lt.-Comdr. E. H. Otten, 154
Vosper, Ltd., PL 4 Maracaibo passenger launch for Compania Shell de Venezuela, 120; roll stabilisation fins on minesweeper Coniston, 833
Voysey, R. C., on storage of energy, 380
V.S.G. hydraulic pump in governor test rig (Ardleigh Engineering, Ltd.), 514
VTOL aircraft. See Aircraft
Vucinich, A., Soviet Academy of Sciences, note on book on, 713
Vulcan bomber aircraft (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 340
Vulcanisation, vertical, in continuous rubber sheathing of cables, 183

'W' RIBBONS, LTD., Terylene webbing pipe straps for Bowaters Paper Corp. ,118
WAAC (Nigeria), Ltd., agreement with BOAC, 499
Wadkin, Ltd., annual report, 15; automatic sawing machines for boards and plastics, 211; heavy-duty radial router, 788; variable-angle spindle moulder, 788
Wage claim agreement in engineering industry, 472
of Amalgamated Engineering Union, 376
— — of Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 376
National Federation of Building Trade Operatives, 572
— Demand, dockers, enquiry into, 271
— Dispute, dock, Court of Inquiry into, 240 in nationalised industry, policy in, comment on, 176
— Earnings and, Ministry of Labour statistics, 271
— Engineers’ claim, comment on, 344
— Equal pay for women, demand made by A. E.U., 271
— Increase, “ automatic,” trade unions’ views on, 736
— — to railway shopmen, acceptance of
British Transport Commission offer by National Union of Railwaymen 80
to railway shopmen, rejection of British Transport Commission offer, by Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 80
Supposed standstill in, 572
in U.S. motor car industry, 439
—• Labour Party policy on, 130
— Militant policy for, agreement by trade
unions, 240
— Mineworkers, acceptance of increase by, 405 -— Payment by cheque, Plain Words on, 362.
See LETTER, 396
Monthly, Plain Words on, 362. See LETTER, 496
— Policies, national, in war and peace, by
B. C. Roberts, comment on, 143
— See also Income; Salary
Wagons, bolster, “ Salmon,?’ for laying long welded rails in North Eastern Region of British Railways, 783
— Hopper, for mechanised coal depot, 126
Wailes Dove Bitumastic, Ltd., epimastic bituminous-epoxy coating (trade publication), 27
Wailes, George, and Co., Ltd., replica of Maudslay’s screw cutting lathe for Wilkie Foundation, 198. See LETTER, 331
Wailes, R., on history of windmills, 138 Wakes, aerodynamics of, by A. J. Taylor Russell, 701
Walden, Dr. B. V. de G., metal sprayed bearings, 644
Wales, South. See South Wales
West, economic development of, 15 Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd., “ Arkon ” gas flow recorder, 366
Walker-Smith, D., oil 10th anniversary of National Health service, 80
Walkerdine, R. H., on guide to coalfields, 1958 (book), 152
Wall chart of welding symbols, 190
— Formwork, plywood panels for (Kwikform,
Ltd.), 160
Wall, T., and Sons (Ice Cream), Ltd., collaboration in management course, 459
— Thickness of long tube, AID apparatus, 641 Walter, L., planning automatic assembly, 184 Ward, E. P., on talking to Americans, 18, 40.
See LETTERS, 35, 99, 332. See also Vol. 185; note on booklet, 483
Ward Leonard “ packaged ” control gear set (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors), 726 Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., conveyors and feeders (trade publication), 218; Track-Marshall, J.C.B. tractor-mounted trencher and excavator, 597
Ware, Dr. A. A., on controlled thermonuclear reactions, 796
Waring, A. B., on need for diversification at Joseph Lucas, 761
Warming systems, radiant, low-temperature (Panelec (Great Britain), Ltd.), 32
Warning lamp, press-to-test, for industrial or aircraft use (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 6 Warr, J., coking grate, 502
Warr, W., and J. A. Holland, coking grate, 502
Warren, H. A., on apprenticeship in France, Germany and Holland, 137
Warren Spring Laboratory, new steering committee for, 195
Warships, atomic-propelled, discussion in Parliament on, 832
— See also under specific type of warship
Warwood, H. E., coking grate, 502
Washers, sand, at Ashford Common filtration works, 255
Washing machines, tests on, by Association for Consumer Research, Ltd., 256
Wassco Products Corp., miniature soldering iron, 784
Wastes, active, storage and disposal of, 109
— Heat recovery from diesel engines, by R. M.
Tufnell, 610
— Industrial, and sewage, biological treatment
of. Vol. 2: by J. McCabe and W. W. Eckenfelder, Jr. (book), 577
— Radioactive, disposal and accidents, radiation from, 240
— — disposal in spaghetti-like clay, 792
Liquid, calcining at National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho), 792
Liquid, conversion to glass-like lumps for disposal (UKAEA), 792
Storage and disposal of, 109
— Water. See Water
Water Board, Metropolitan. See Metropolitan
— Cold, polythene tubing for, specification for, 64
— Distillation plant for Guernsey (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 255
— for domestic and industrial use, shortage of,
255
— Drinking, tracer test on, radioactive iodine
for, 108
— Engineer, career of (brochure), 736
Institution of. See Institution
— Estuary. See Estuary water
— Flowing, corrosion of metals in, 178
— Friction. See Friction; Hydrodynamics;
Ship resistance
— Heavy. See Heavy-water
— Industrial, and industrial waste water,
symposium on (review), 246
— Infusors, automatic high-pressure, for coal
mines (Hausherr (Sprockoevel)), 658
— Mills, early construction of, 138
— in mines and mine pumps, by J. Sinclair
(book), 483
-- as nuclear-reactor moderator, 44
— Pollution Research Laboratory, Notes on
Water Pollution, 27
— Power. See also Hydraulic; Power Plant;
Power, water; Turbine, hydraulic
— Processes, heat transfer for, by Dr. D. B.
Spalding, 45
— and reactor systems, by Admiral H. G.
Rickover, 44
— Research Association, electronic detection
of leaks, 288
— Reservoir as means of storing energy, 382
— Sea. See Sea
— and sewage, microbiology of, by P. L.
Gainey and T. H. Lord (review), 246
— Speed records, by P. R. Masson, 723-4.
— Supply and waste-water disposal, elements
of, by G. Maskew Fair and J. C. Geyer (review), 246
— Supply. See also Irrigation
— Tank. See Tank
— Thames, Ashford Common filtration works
for treatment of, 255
— Treatment plant, maintenance of (book), 445
— Turbine. See Turbine, hydraulic; Hydro
electric power plant
— Waste, disposal, and water supply, elements
of, by G. Maskew Fair and J. C. Geyer (review), 246
— Waste, industrial, and industrial water,
symposium on (review), 246
— Waste, trade, treatment of, and prevention
of river pollution, by P. C. G. Isaacs (review), 246
— Wheel. See Turbine, hydraulic; Hydro
electric power plant
Waterloo and City Lines twin-track travolator for Bank platforms of, 784
Waterways, British. See British Waterways
— Inland, canals and, report, discussion in
Parliament on, 139
Financial position of British Transport Commission, 2
Report on, 162
— See also River; Canal; Navigation, inland Waterworth, N., on deflection of gears, 543 Wates, Ltd., completion of multi-storey housing contract for LCC, 492
Watkinson, Rt. Hon. H., remarks at opening of International Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 462; on possible changes in air transport policy, 654; on revision of British Railways modernisation plan, 818
Watson British type Konimeter for sampling industrial dusts (W. Watson and Sons, Ltd.), 647
Watson, P. R., on British prospects in Arab world, 208. See LETTER, 332
Watson, W., and Sons, Ltd., industrial stereoscopic microscope, 522; Watson British type Konimeter for sampling industrial dusts, 647
Waves, acoustic, in coal, 179
— Dilation, in photoelastic stress analysis, 252
— Drag of non-lifting wing-body combinations,
methods of determining, by L. M. Sheppard (book), 247
— Effect, non-linear travelling, in circular
discs, 53
— Electromagnetic. See also Telegraph; Tele
phone
— Micro. See Microwaves
Waves, propagation, wireless,long and medium, by H. E. Farrow (book), 277
— Radio, and physical conditions of upper
atmosphere, new study of,, by Radio Research Station, 87
— Sea, and ship movements, by J. F. C. Conn,
386
and structural strength of ships, by J. F. C. Conn, 386
— Stress, effect in photoelastic stress analysis,
253
— Travelling, tube for, with continuous wave
output of 100 mW (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 800
— Velocities, elastic, of low-carbon bituminous
coal, 179
Wavish, J., economiser for updraught grate, 501
Way of life, American, variety in, 42
Weapons developments, Westinghouse Electric Corp’s project for, 532
— Guided, inspection methods of AID, 641 Wear and corrosion handbook for water
cooled reactors, 44
— Friction and Lubrication, international
journal on, Wear, 152
Wear, international journal on friction, lubrication and wear, 152
— Measurement, radioisotopes for, 635
— Radioactive tests (PERA), 89
— of rails, International Railway Congress on,
552
Weatherill, Ltd., tractor shovels at Public Works Exhibition, 596
Webb, W. H. A., on function of contractor in chemical engineering projects, 121
Webster, A. H., on effects of furnace atmospheres on sintering behaviour of uranium dioxide (review), 613
Wedge grip anchor for use with Lee-McCall prestressing system (Macalloy), 605
Week-end, contemplation and meditation at, 225
Weeks, Lord, on losses of Finance Corp, for Industry, 39
Wegelius, Prof. E. A., elected President of ISO, 158
Weigand, K., On ball and roller bearings (review), 712
Weighbeam, precision, for dynamometer, 582, 583
Weighing of coal at mechanised coal depot, 126
— Plant, automatic, core-sand (trade publi
cation), 90
Weights and measures legislation, Hodgson Committee on, discussion in Parliament on, 667; plea for implementation of, 767
Weir, Sir C., on training in manufacture of automatic calculating machines, 47; on European Common Market, the Free Trade Area and the production engineer, 818
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Electrofeeder feed pumps for Hinkley Point nuclear power station, 14; water distillation plant for Guernsey, 255
Welbourn, D. B., on practical training, 163-4 Welds, aluminium, defects in, classified radiographs for (booklet), 847
— Discontinuous, fatigue strength of details
with, 50
— Insert, E.B., for pipe welding (trade publi
cation), 27
Welded construction in diesel-hydraulic locomotive “ Sir Brian Robertson,” 123
— Pipe joints, worm hole reduction (Quasi
Arc), 223
— Rails. See Railway rails
— Sphere for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82
— Steel frame structures, plastic method of
design for, tests of, at BWRA, 49
— Structures for fatigue loading, work on
design of, at BWRA, 49
— Tubes, electric resistance (Tube Products,
Ltd.), 647
Stainless steel, British Standard, 719
— Tubular track links of Sno-Cat vehicles for
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, examination of failure of, 49
Welding aluminium alloys, by J. H. Green (book), 91
Alloys, nozzle for (BWRA,) 50
— Arc, auxiliary set, “ Balarc B.I. 150 ” (Ash
ton-Young Engineering), 460
Self-adjusting, aluminium, cinema film on, 573
— Butt, of tube, rig for preparation of (John
Brown (Land Boilers), Ltd.), 806
— Cables (trade publication), 118
— Chamber, vacuum, for reactive metals, 50
— Conference, British Commonwealth. See
Commonwealth
— Courses for atomic work, 170
— Data on (trade publication), 90
— Electric, automatic, of cathode-ray tubes
(Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 554
— History and future prospects of, by J.
Strong, 745
— Influence on structural design, by Sir A.
Pugsley, 327
— Inspection service (trade publication), 90
— Institute of. See Institute
— Locomotive for coal mines (Ruhrdynamo
(Duisberg)), 658
— Machine, butt, for pipe (Quasi-Arc, Ltd.),
166
— Metal-arc, CO2-shielded, for ferrous metals
(BWRA), 50
— Oxy-acetylene, questions and answers on,
by E. Molloy (book), 747
— Pipe, E. B. weld insert for (trade publica
tion), 27
— Plant, electronically-controlled, Union-
Melt, at Thorncliffe Works of Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd.), 254
— Polyvinyl chloride sheets up to 50 in long,
machine for (H.F. Industrial Services, Ltd.), 102
— Reactive metals, BWRA research on, 50
— Research Association, British. See British
— Rods, storage of, by British Oxygen Gases,
Ltd., 452
— Spot, fundamentals of (BWRA), 50 of Nimonic alloys (BWRA), 50
Welding, submerged arc, Muraflux fluxes for (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 392
— Symbols, wall chart of, 190
— Titanium, effect of small quantities of air, 50
— Zircaloy 2, effect of nitrogen pick-up, 50 Welfare, expenditure on, in engineering industry, 507
— in industry, £ s d of', by W. Durham, com
ment on, 507
— Society, Industrial. See Industrial
— State, Plain Words on attitude towards, 226 Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp., Ltd.,
forging manipulator for Walter Somers, Ltd., 579
Wells, J. D., on 3-dimensional duct system, 704 Wessex Industries (Poole), Ltd., 30 cwt. electric works truck, 231; battery-driven electric pallet truck, 561; reach forklift truck, 656
West, Allen, and Co., Ltd., built-in starters (trade publication). 550; control gear for diesel-electric locomotives for Great Northern division of Eastern Region, 758 West Instrument, Ltd., plastics tube monitor, 1132
West’s Piling and Construction Co., Ltd., piling for super grid extensions between Tilbury and Rayleigh, 128
Western Electronic Show and Convention, silicon switching diode for high-speed computers, by J. H. Forster and P. Zuk, 382
— Influence in Iraq, by M. G. Ionides, 173.
See LETTER, 227
Western Massachusetts Electric Co., 750 kV experimental transmission line (Pittsfield, Mass.), 83
Westfalia Luenen, Peissenberg-type ram plough for coal mines, 658
Westinghouse Advance Systems Planning (WASP) Group, formation of and terms of reference of, 532
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.,equipment for submarine telephone cable to Sweden, 450; valves and fittings (trade publication), 776
Westinghouse Electric Corp, submarine nuclear reactor plant for Britain, 14; 384 kVA turbo-alternator tfor Arkansas Power and Light Co., 461; formation of Westinghouse Advance Systems Planning (WASP) Group, 532; prototype atomic power plant for naval surface vessels, 665
Westinghouse Electric International Co., thermoelectric heating and cooling combined, 160 ; agreement with Creusot in Fromatome consortium, 693
Westinghouse Laboratories, levitation melting of high-purity metals, 20
Westlake, Sir C., on position and prospects of Metal Industries, Ltd., 72; on acquisition of Towler Bros., by Metal Industries, Ltd., 565
Westland Aircraft, Ltd., temporary heliport for South Bank of River Thames, 63; Westminster “ flying crane ’* helicopter, first flight, 94; Westminster helicopter, 268; position and prospects of, 633
Westminster “ flying crane ” helicopter, first flight (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 94
— Helicopter (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 268
— Public Libraries, annual report, 517
Weston, G., on British standards, availability for students, 9
Whale factory ships, construction for Soviet Union, embargo on, 12
Wharton elevating conveyor for mechanised coal depot, 126
Wharton Engineers (Elstree) Ltd., pan conveyor (trade publications), 218
Wharton, J., on “Wharton” universal jig and fixture system, 68
“ Wharton ” universal jig and fixture system, by J. Wharton, 68
Wharton and Wilcocks, Ltd., “ Wharton ” universal jig and fixing system, by J. Wharton' 68
Whatlings, Ltd., contract, for AGR at Wind- scale, 505, 636
Wheels, cycle, truing machine for (Phillips Cycles, Ltd.), 788
— Forming equipment, Diaform, for surface
grinding machines (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 498
— Gear. See Gears; Gearing
— Grinding. See Grinding
— Resilient-type, for diesel railbuses (Svenska
Aktibolaget Bromsregulator), 350
Wheelabrator shot blasting machine for forming wing panels for Vanguard airliner (Tilghman’s, Ltd.), 379
Whessoe, Ltd., pressure vessel for Avro supersonic wind tunnel, 82; position and prospects of, 136; equipment for AGR reactor, 403; broad flange beams for extensions at (Dorman Long), 683
Which, magazine of Association for Consumer Research, Ltd., 256
Whirlwind Uniflow oil-flooded compressors, cinema film on (Broom and Wade), 647
White’s of Hebbum (Engineers), Ltd., Spinfire rotary cup oil burner, 498; hire purchase for oil burners, 716
— Paper on defence organisation, 98
on home ownership, 632
on national pension scheme, 533
on school building, 760
on staffing and organisation of the factory inspectorate, 75
Whitelaw, M., on lunacy of railway,s, 445
Whitworth, Dr. C., principal, Salford Royal Technical College, 430-4
Who Owns Whom directory of ownership of companies (O. W. Roskill and Co. (Reports), Ltd.), 152, 171
Who’s Who, electrical, 1958-59 (book), 712 Reference book and guide for communications and electronics buyers, 27
Wiblin, E. R., on radioactive isotopes, 634
Wickman, Ltd., Moulton universal thread milling machine (trade publication), 90; attachment for small radii for optical grinding machine, 198; appointment of J. Hodkinson as director, 471
Wiggin, Henry, and Co., Ltd., exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition, 345; “Nimonic 105” nickel-chromium alloy, 471; production at Hereford Works, 471; “ Nimonic 105 ” heat and creep-resisting alloy, 546
Wiggins Teape Ltd., mobile publicity films, 547 Wigner energy, use of, at Hunterston atomic power station, 437
Wilkie Foundation, replica of Maudslay’s screw cutting lathe for (George Wailes and Co.), 198. See LETTER, 331
Wilkins, G., on Rover 3-litre, Humber Super Snipe, and Austin A.40 motor cars, 469; on trends in motor-car design, 530, 556
Wilks, S. B., on position and prospects of Rover Co., Ltd., 791
William Menelaus Memorial Lecture, by Sir C. Goodeve, 361
Williams, B. R., investment in innovation (review), 747
Williams, C., on radio aids and aeronautical navigation, 318
Williams, G., on recruitment to skilled trades (review), 516
Williams, John, and Sons (Cardiff), Ltd., Lita daylight partitioning (trade publication), 327
Williams, Sir O., on London-Birmingham Motorway, 26
Williams, Dr. T. E. H., on motor vehicle speeds and delays, 480
Williams, T. I., History of Technology. Vol. IV: industrial revolution (review), 246
Williamson, Alexander, downdraught grate, 502
Willmore, Dr. A. P., on astronomical measurements with rockets, satellites and balloons, 623
Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings), Ltd., position and prospects of, 15; award at Brussels Exhibition, 526
Wilson, C., on men and machines: history of D. Napier and Son, Engineers, Ltd., 1808- 1958 (review), 649
Wilson, D. G., on liking Americans, 99
Wilson, G., on position and prospects of Raleigh Industries, Ltd., 822
Wilson, Henry, and Co., Ltd., Oilheat oil-fired boiler with twin burners, 160
Wilson-Jones, R. A., on Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd., 565
Winch, automatic tension, Pitt Scott (Laurence, Sxott and Electromotors), 726
— Cargo, d.c., “ Selector ” (Laurence, Scott &
Electromotors), 726
— Haulage, “ Puller ” (ACE Machinery), 597
— Powered, for mechanised coal depot (A.C.E.
Machinery, Ltd.), 124
Wind loadings on flat-roofed buildings, by C. Salter, 508
— Power, electricity generation by, 138
History of, by R. Wailes, 138
— Tunnel experiments on wind loadings on
flat roofs, by C. Salter, 508
— — Hotshop electric-arc-driven, for hyper
sonic flight investigations, 441
— — Intermittent supersonic, at Woodford Works of A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., 82
Tests on Bluebird car, 200
Winder, drum, with Allen-Stoeckicht doublehelical epicyclic gear unit, 714
— Frame grid, automatic, variable-pitch, in engineering department of Mullard Radio Valve Co., 783
Windmill, Cranbrook, restoration of, 139
— De Kraai, for electricity generation, 138
— History of, by R. Wailes, 138
Windows, aircraft, toughened and laminated (Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd.), 59
— Aluminium (brochure), 720
— Sills, “ Sill-Line ” space heating equipment
for beneath (Copperad, Ltd.), 605
Windscale. See Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Windscale)
Windscreen, laminated-glass, effect in road accidents, 468
— Toughened glass, effect in road accidents, 468
Winfrith Heath. See Atomic Energy Research Establishment {Winfrith Heath)
Wing-body combinations, non-lifting, methods for determining wave drag of, by L. M. Sheppard (book), 247
— Construction of Victor bomber aircraft (Handley Page, Ltd.), 340
— Linearised theory for, 413
— Nuts. See Nuts
— Slender, for high-speed flight, 280
— Supersonic, minimum drag of, 413
Wingate, H. I., on position and prospects of International Nickel Co. of Canada, 201
Wire drawing for electric cable manufacture at Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 774
— Gauge thicknesses for, Preferred numbers
system, 676
— Ropes, horizontal testing machine for, at
National Coal Board’s Central Engineering Establishment (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 6
Parting machin (Metropolitan-Vickers- Electrical), 756
Wireless masts, foundations for, by M. Suberkrub (book), 777
— Telegraphy. See Radar; Radio; Telegraph; Television
— Telephony. See Radar; Radio; Telephone; Television
— Wave propagation, long and medium, by
H. E. Farrow (book).; 277
— See also Radio
Wiring accessories, quality control and development, at J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd., 675
— Duct, skirting (Key Engineering Co., Ltd.), 784
— See also Electrical installations
Wisdom and experience in old age, Plain Words on,754
Witting, C. J., on combined thermoelectric heating and cooling, 160
Wobblers for mill drives, machining at Johnsons Rolls, Ltd., 521
Woden Transformer Co., Ltd., electric heating equipment for prevention of clogging in vibrating screens, 133
Wohler, A., work On fatigue; 781
Wohler’s tests. See Fatigue tests
Wolff, P. on Hinkley Point power station costs, 14
Wolseley Engineering Ltd., electric fencing (trade publication), 482
Wolverine Electric Co-operative, nuclear power plant project dropped, 170
Women, careers for, by Miss L. E. Charlesworth, 754
— Engineering Society, training and opportunities for women in engineering, by V. Holmes and L. Souter (booklet), 551
— in engineering, training and opportunities
for, by V. Holmes and L. Souter (booklet), 551
— Equal pay for, AEU demand, 271
— Science Teachers, Association OK See Association
Wood fencing posts, CSIRO tests on, 620
— Hardwood, longitudinal permeability of,
by D. N. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
Wood, Hugh, and Co., Ltd., trip wire system (trade publication), 188
Wood, K. M., on economics of pre-cast prestressed bridge construction, 127
— Pulp industry for Norway, nuclear reactor for, 14
— Pulping delegation to U.K. by European Productivity Agency, 175
Wood, Hon. R., remarks at Personnel Management Conference (Cambridge), 46
— Research on, by Forest Products Research Laboratory, 392
— Saw, research on, by Forest Products Research Laboratory, 392
— Sawing, cutting forces in, by Dr. E. Kivimaa, 615
— Softwood, lontitudinal permeability of, by
N. D. Smith and E. Lee (book), 747
— See also Plywood; Timber
Woodall-Duckham, Ltd., position and prospects of, 136
Woodley, D. S., on Keith Blackman, Ltd., 293
Woodward, Miss J., on management and technology (booklet), 457
Woodworkers. See Amalgamated Society of Woodworking machinery (trade publication), 357
Wootton, W. R., on steam cycles for gas- cooled reactors, 438
Worcestershire school-leavers summer holiday employment scheme, 176
Wordsworth D. V., on high temperatures in gas-cooled reactor, 336
Worf, D. L., on atomic ship Savannah, 601
Work-hardening material, orthogonal cutting of, by Dr. D. G. Christopherson, P. L. B. Oxley and Dr. W. B. Palmer, 113
Material, plastic equations for, 114
— Study in British Railways (booklet), 439
in hospitals, 823
in Royal Air Force, 139
Work Study and You, booklet on British Railways, comment on, 439
Working conditions, survey of requirements, 691
— Population, decline in, 143
Workpeople, older, employment of, discussion in Parliament on, 48
Workshops, old craft, exhibits on; at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, 453
World Bank. See International Bank
— Health Organisation, travelling seminar on
safeguarding health of industrial workers, 46
— Power Conference, International Executive
Council sessions (Montreal), 558; new members of, 558
Worm gear. See Gear; Gearing
— Holes reduction in welded pipe joints (Quasi-Arc), 223
Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., flame-proof Monobloc pump for gases in groups I and II, 10
Wren, W. T., remarks on importance of good design, 479
Wright, George, Tandem downdraught stove, 503
Wright Rain, Ltd., device for measuring crop respiration rate, 790
Writing scientific and technical papers, by S. F. Trelease (book), 218
Wroth, C. P., on soil behaviour during shear, 409
WWR-M atomic reactor project for production of transuranic elements, 665
WWR-Z atomic reactor project for radiochemical research, 665

X-15 manned research aircraft, flight-test programme (North American Aviation), 638
X-ray illuminator for copying radiographs for reproduction, 643
- Testing, radioisotopes for, 635
Xerographic output printing machine (Rank Precision Industries, Ltd.), 690
“XT” Coventry self-opening diehead for automatic lathes (Alfred Herbert), 461
Xylonite, sheet, stress wave on impact of pellet in, 248

“Y” phosphor for cathode-ray-tube screens (Ferranti), 802
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., fork-lift trucks for Brazil, 208
Yallourn power station, development of, 261
Yankee Atomic Electric power station, comparison with Shippingport, 204
Yarrow and Co., Ltd., Gongola pusher tug and barge train, 69; retirements and appointments,^ 471
Yarwood, W. J., and Sons, Ltd., crane weigher to determine pulling power of tugs (Geo. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 7
YDA air-cooled diesel engines (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 71
Yearbook, British plastics, 1958 (book), 152
— Colliery, and coal trades directory 1958 (book), 844
— Comment on, 219
— of technical education and careers in industry, 1958, by H. C. Dent (review), 516
Yescombe, E. R., on rubber: natural and synthetic, 577
York Noble Industries, Ltd., Fuldamobil three-wheeler economy motor car, 47
Yorkshire Switchgear and Engineering Co., tropical tests on outdoor switchgear, 491
Young, A., on adjustable foundation pads, application of flow in plastics, 26
Young, A. P., on automobile electrical equipment (book), 483
Young, Dr. M., The Rise of the Meritocracy, comment on, 817
Young, William, underfed grate, 502
Youngs (Lifting Appliances), Ltd., 200-ton hydraulic jacks for roof raising in construction of new Beverley aircraft hangar at Abingdon, 682
YWA air-cooled diesel engines (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 71

ZAND, Dr. S. J., on three hundred years of vibration engineering, 577
ZEEP atomic reactor in Canada, 265
ZEEP-2 atomic reactor in Canada, 265
Zenith atomic reactor (Winfrith Heath), 766
ZERLINA atomic reactor in India, 265
Zero, absolute, research near, 678
Zero-mist, fluorinated hydrocarbon additive for chromium plating baths (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 676
ZETA exhibits at Atoms for Peace Exhibition,' 326
— Larger version of, 262
— Model of, at Science Museum exhibition, 830
— Modification of, 571
— Papers on, at Atomic Energy Conference (Geneva), 237
— Plasma confining in, 400
— Position and progress of work on, 262
— Rectifier plant for (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 74
— Russian copy of (Alpha), 797
— Type discharge, principle of, 824
— See also Nuclear fusion
ZETA la, description of, 168
ZETA 2, plans for, 168; design and construction of, 571
ZETR atomic reactor, end of useful life, 262
ZEUS atomic reactor, end of useful life, 262
Ziemba, S., fen free vibration of systems of one degree of freedom with non-linear elsatic characteristic and non-linear viscous-type damping, 347
Zimm, W. H., on atomic ship Savannah, 600
Zinc Alloy Die Casters Association, D/e Casting News, note on, 845
Zip-Up mobile staging (Access Equipment, Ltd.), 367
Zircaloy 2, welding of, effect of nitrogen pick-up, 50
Zirconium, bibliography on, 747
— Particles, ignition in methane-air mixtures, 241
Zisler, Dr. A., fen market research on the Common Market, 226
Zone melting, by W. G. Pfann (review), 613
Zuk, P., on silicon switching diode for highspeed computers, 382

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