The Engineer 1899 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

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A

• ABERNANT Collieries, The, 255, 234, 360
• Abt, Herr A., On Steels suitable for Magnets, 39
• Accident in the Barton Docks of the Manchester Cana), 546
• Boiler Explosion, Pymc re Wine Factory, 495
• Boiler Explosion in Sheffield, 460
• Bridge, Chicago, 243
• Bridge, Chile, 297
• Coal and Sewer Gas Explosion at Burton- on-Trent, 656
• Explosion at the Rochdale Gasworks, 447
• Explosion at St. Helen’s, 501
• Fall of Chalk at Dover, 373
• Fly-wheel at the Stockton Malleable Ironworks, 65, 77
• Landslip at Darjeeling, 544, 545
• Manchester Corporation Electricity Works, 329
• in Mines, 165, 285, 297
• Motor Car, 297
• National Harbour Works, Dover, 546
• Overhead Electric Wires and their Danger, 36
• Traction Engine, 39, 297
• Accumulator, A New, 518
• Acetylene Congress at Nürnberg, 488
• Deterioration of, when kept in its Holder, 271
• Exhibition and Congress at Budapest, 141
• Explosive Properties of, M. Bertbelot, 141
• Gas, 199
• Generator, Messrs. W. Bailey and Co., 226
• for Military Purposes, New use for, 92
• Purification of, Professor F. Ahrens cn, 141
• Purification of, Dr. Ullman’s Process, 65
• Purification of, by Means of Chloride of Lime, 437, 443
• Works, Hawes, 368, 369
• for Railway Carriage Lighting, 452, 645
• Lampblack, Dr. A. Ludwig on, 141
• Adams, Alton D., On Electric Auxiliary Ma¬chinery in the United States Navy, 233
• Prof. H., Presidential Address at the :
• City of London College, 354
• Africa, South, Engineering Notes from, 25, 79,
• 103, 155, 181, 361, 385, 411, 435, 458, 530
• Agnew, Mr. George, 150
• Agricultuial Implements, Abolition of Duty on, by Russia, 546
• in Angora, Turkey, J Stumbling Block to their introduction, 355
• in Turkey, Demand for, 5
• Air Compressor, A Four-stage, 98
• Portable, 98
• Plant, G.P.O. Liverpool, 164
• Air Propellers, Experiments on the Thrust or Lifting Power of, 329
• Air in Pipes, Friction of Compressed, 429, 472
• Air, Raising Water by, 594
• Alabama, New Vein of Coal Discovered, 194
• Allen, Mr. Grant, 434
• Mr. John Prosser, 546
• Alloys and Metals, Tests to Determine Corrosion of Certain, 117
• Allport, Mr. 8. B., 428
• Allsopp and Co., Brewing of Lager Beer by, 473
• Alluvial Deposits in Tasmania, 569
• Almanacs and Diaries, 618, 657
• Aluminium Alloyed with Magnesium, 519
• as a Bearing Metal for Shafting, 569
• Cables, 613
• Cables in the United States, Use of, and Saving in Cost, 323
• Electrical Conductors at Northaller¬ton, 373
• in Incia, 270
• in India, Domestic Utensils of, 5C9
• Romance of, 252
• Tensile Strength of, 213
• Alves, Mr. D. E., Smoke-preventing Furnace, 590
• America, Engineering News from, 50. 76, P8, 152. 202, 226, 251, 331, 357, 132, 158, 530, 606, 651
• America, Notes from, 24, 53, 78, 102, 154, 181, 205, 229, 256, 285, 311, 361, 384, 411, 431, 460, 485, 506, 533, 556, 608, 637, 657
• American Agricultural Machinery and Imple¬ments for France, 623
• Coal Exported to Great Britain, 297
• Commercial Expansion, 601
• Competition, 356, 527, 551
• Competition for a Name for an Elec¬trically-propelled Carriage, 117
• Engineering Exports, Examples of,
• 75
• Enterprise for Brazil, 419
• Iron Developments, 213
• Iron Trade Conditions, 649
• Locomotives—see under Railway Locomotives and Paddle-wheel Steamers, 591
• Machine Tools—set Machine Tools, American and British ; Machine Tools, British and American
• Machine Tools for England, 593, 5f 6
• Machinery Exports, 251
• Minos, Electricity in, 304
• Navy, The Marconi System not adopted by, 645
• Steel Trade, The, 401
• Trade in South Africa, 627
• Ammunition at Bisley, 42, 74
• The Mark IV., 57
• Anaesthetic Effects of the Electric Current. 417
• Anchor Bolts, Holding Power of, Mr. M. M. Wilcox’s Tests, 144
• Anchors and Chains, Testing, 327
• Anderson, Mr. James, 484
• Andros, Greece, Company Formed to Work the Iron and Copper Ore Deposits, 144 Anglesea, Water Scheme for, 154
• Anthracite Coal Trade of Philadelphia, 297
• Anthracite Mines in Ireland, The, 271
• Antwerp Docks, 615
• Appointments and Retirements:
• Allison, Mr. H. T., Retirement and Appoint¬ment, 130
• Birt, Sir Wm., Retirement, 65, 218, 355
• Blackler, Mr. F. W., Appointment, 582
• Brancker, Mr. John, 623
• Button, Mr. P. M., Appointment, 102
• Cleveland, Admiral, bis Retirement and Successors, 284
• Copperthwaite, Mr. H., Retirement, 581
• Cornish, Mr. H. J., 623
• Crawford, Mr. Jas., Appointment, 130
• Cummings, Mr., Appointment, 473
• Gooday, Mr. J. F. S., Appointment, 355
• Hadfield, Mr. R. A., Appointment and Installa¬tion, 153, 255
• Harper, Mr. G. T., Appointment, 546
• Hobson, Mr. Mcses, Appointment, 410
• Hood, Mr. Archibald, Appointment, 24
• Hunter, Mr. Summers, Appointment, 77
• Jones, Mr. J. Cecil, Appointment, 410
• Kirkup, Mr. Philip, Appointment, 102

• Knight, Mr. Robt., Retirement, Candidates for Post, 77
• Loverick, Mr. J., Appointment, 410
• Lewis, Sir W. T., Resignation, 14, 24, 52, 78
• McKechnie, Mr. James, Appointment, 117
• Massa, Signor, Retirement, 243
• Morgan, Mr. A. L , Appointment, 595
• North-Eastern Railway Company’s Appoint¬ments, 284
• Perrin, Mr. Chas., Appointment, 595
• Reynolds, Mr. C. H., Appointment, 51
• Reynolds, Mr., Retirement, Tredegar Collieries, Rontledge, Mr. W. II., Reported Retirement, 102
• Scott, Mr. E. Kilburn, Appointment, 568
• Smith, Mr. J. J., Appointment, 581
• Smith, Mr. J. Law, Appointment, 255
• Spence, Mr. W. L , Appointment, 432
• Swan, Mr. J. G., Appointment, 383
• Turner, Mr. Geo. Hy., Appointment, 473
• Welsh, Mr. John, Retirement, 546
• Appreciation, An, 632
• Arch Principle, Development of the, 341
• Arch, Three-hinged, 536
• Archdale and Co., Messrs. Jas., Electrically- driven Lathe, 224
• Ardsley, Hoyle Mill and Measbrongh Dyke Sewage Disposal, 654
• Ardwick Engineering Company’s Special Engines for Motor Car, Launch, and Yacht Require¬ments, 635
• Ardwick Engineering Company, Vertical Oil Engine, 77
• Area of the Circle, 166, 200, 215
• Armatures, How best to Test the Balance of, 323
• Armour for Battleships and Cruisers, Orders
• Placed by the Government for, 635
• for Russian Ships, Krupp Process, 468
• High Explosive Shell against, 220
• for Japan, 238, 575
• Krupp and Harvey ised, Relative Merits of, Tested by the United States Navy Department, 473
• Sheffield, Firms, 645
• Schneider Hard-faced, 544
• Test at the Indian Head Proving Grounds, 218
• Vaults, Steel, 39
• Armoured Trains, 518
• Armour-protected Troops, 446
• Armoured Treasure Vault, 652
• Army Service Corps, Road Locomotive and Train, 291
• d’Arsonval, M., on the Action of Gases on Rubber Tires, 92
• Artificial Flight, Mr. A. A. Merrill’s Experiments on the best Forms of Curves for Use with Soaring Machines, 65
• Asbestos in Ceylon, 271, 631
• Asbestos and Lignite in Nishni-Novgorod, 271
• Ashbury, Mr. Tnos., Presentation to, 650
• Asphalt Pavements in America, Constituents employed in the Manufacture of, 218
• Aspinall, Mr. T., Oxidation of Organic Matter by Chlorine, 595
• Assiout Barrage, The, 441

Association of America, The Road- masters’ :

• Permanent Way, Long Rails and Mitre-cnt Rail Eads, Committee Re¬port oo, 557
• Work, Modern Develop¬ment of, E. E. Russell Tratman, 491, 529

Association, American Iron and Steel:

• Half-yearly Report, 137

Association, American Railway Master Mechanics’:

• Annual Meeting and Principal Subjects reported on, 65
• Association of Borough and County Engineers:
• Presidential Address, Mr. Wm. Harpur’s, 6
• Borough Sanatorium, Visit to the, 7
• Cardiff-Dowlais Works, Visit to the, 7
• Cardiff, Summer Session, Papers read at, 6
• Electric Tramway Traction, Mr. A. D. Greatorex, 6
• Roath Dock, Visit to the, 7
• Taff Valley Viaduct, Mr. Alf. Pearce on the, 7

Association, British—«« British Association:

Association, British Dairy Farmers’:

• Dairy Show, 1899, 405

Association of Draughtsmen, British:

• Meeting, November 2nd, 430
• Newcastle, Proposal to form a Branch in, 108

Association of Engineers, The Leeds:

• Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Joe A. Tempest, 361
• Visit to the Cleveland Iron and Steel Works 5 of
• Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., 163

Association of Engineers, Manchester:

• Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Hy. Webb, 409
• Election of President and Officers for 1900, 607
• Engineers’ Machine Tools, Mr. A. R. Bellamy,
• Generation and Electrical Distribution of Motive Power, Mr. J. S. ltiwortb, 446, 482
• Programme of Papers to be Read daring the Session, 335
• Steel Castings, Mr. J. E. Fletcher on the Manufacture of, 491
• Wire Ropes and Chains for Lifting and Traction, Relative Merits of, Discussed, 637
• Association of the Institution of Me¬chanical Engineers, Graduates:
• Visit to the Westminster Pumping Station of the London Hydraulic Power Company, 554

Association, Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic:

• Annual Meeting and Dinner and Third Report, 373,393
• No Report to Appear in November, 144
• Report on the Trials with Heavy Vehicles, 618,

Association of Mechanical Engineers;

• Opening Meeting and Financial R9port, 385

Association of Mechanical Engineers Birmingham:

• Combustion and Forced Draught, Mr. R. B, _ Hodgson, 478
• Power Distribution in Mills and Factories, Mr, W, H. Thornbery, 622

Association, National Free Labour;

• Seventh Annual Report, 269

Association, Railway Master Mechanics :

• IS Flanged Tires for Locomotives, Report respit¬ing, 78
• Association of Waterworks Engi¬neers, The British:
• Secretaryship, Mr. P. Griffiths Succeeds Mr. W. H. Brothers, 604
• Assouan Dam, The (Supplement, August lltlt, 1899), 1 10, 440, 444
• Assouan Dam, Hospital at the, 266
• Atbara Bridge, The, 140, 143, 194, 218
• Atlas Engineering Company, Double-geared Ver¬tical Miller, 329
• Atlas, New Physical, 318
• Austin, Mr. H., Vertical CrossTarret Lathe, 348, 319, 350
• Australia, West, Coal Prospects, 202
• Gold Export from, 447 Revenue Roturns for, 197
• Australian Copper, 472
• Notes, 22, 76, 308, 358, 431, 530, 606, 654
• Quicksilver, 461
• Austrian Export in Scythes and Sickles, 102
• Automatic Couplers on American Freight Cars,
• 1, 27, 55, 105, 133, 185, 207, 203, 209
• Coup’ings, Royal Commission on, 9, 34,61, 90, 124, 129, 148, 167
• Lock for Luggage Trolleys, 5
• Machine Tools (Supplement, November 17M, 1899, i. xvi.), 516
• Automobile Club, Branch at Manchester, 546
• Competitions. 47
• Meeting at, 95
• Auxiliary Machinery in Snips of War, 522
• Avery, Messrs. W. and T., Fire at their Works, 397
• Avon, Dockisation of the, 85

B

• BACTERIOLOGICAL Sewage Works at Hampton-on-Tbames, 404
• Bacteriological Treatment of Sewage at Birming¬ham, 297
• Bacterial Treatment of Sewage at Crossness, 389
• Bahamas, New Providence, Premiums offered for Designs for Public Market, 297
• Baku Naphtha Company, Central Electric Station for, 144
• Baldwin Locomotives on the Midland—see Rail¬way
• Ball Mill, 281
• Balloons in South Africa, 549
• Baltic and Finnish Ports, The Siberian Railway and the, 268
• Barometer in the British Isles, Diurnal Variations of the, Mr. R. II. Cur . s, 491
• Barr, Professor Archibald, Presidential Address, 580
• Barrhead, Septic Sewage Pari&cation Works at, 30
• Barrow Docks, 404
• Griffin and Iron and Steel Company, Formation of, 655
• Steel Casting Company’s Works, Pur¬chase and Re-opening of, 227
• Water Consumption at, and further Schemes, 373
• B irry to Ilfracombe, Steam Service from, 92
• Barry, Sir J. Wolfe, On the Overcrowding of London Streets, 529
• Bascule Drawbridges, 312
• Basic Slag, Use and Market Price of, 495
• Basset High-pressure Cornish Engine, 18, 47, 74, 93, 201
• Bauxite Ores in New South Wales, Discovery of, 92
• Beams, Problem in the Theory of, 18
• Bedstead Trade and the War, 519
• Beech or “ Myrtle,” Tasmanian, 297
• Belgian Miners' Strike and Foreign Competition resulting from it, 424
• Belgian Tax on Automobiles, 473
• Belgium, Blast Furnaces in Operation, 595
• Belleville Boilers—see Boilers, Water-tube Bells, Mechanism for Ringing the Chime of, 243
• Bell Telephone Company, Now Plant in Ottawa, 92
• Bellamy, Mr. A. R., On Engineers Machine Tools, 577
• Belmont Iron Mines, 271
• Belmont Iron Mines, Ore shipped to Glasgow from, 323
• Bells, Metal Used in Casting of, 546
• Belts, Construction of Woven Leather, 122
• Belt Conveyors, American, 654
• Belt Shifter, Lightning, Burton, Griffiths, and Co. (Supplement, November 17th, 1899, x.)
• Bennio and Sons, Messrs. Jas., New Works, 161
• Beresford, Lord Charles, On the Opening for Mechanical Engineers in China, 542, 547, 553
• Berlin Academy of Sciences, Second Centenary, 645
• Bessemer Converter, Treatment of Copper Mattes in the, 467
• Bessemer Rails, The First Rolled, 424
• Beyer, Peacock, and Co., A Big Shaft Lathe, 303
• Bicycles for Bombay, German, British, and Ameri¬can, 271
• Eight-guinea, 377
• German, Import Duty on, Increased, 243
• Highest-geared, ever constructed, 271
• Postal Service round Grantham, 323

Bills:

• Crystal Palace, 656
• East London Waterworks Company’s Bill Re¬jected, and their Consequent Statement, 65
• Harbour and Dock, 615
• Harrow and Uxbridge Railway, 92
• Irish Railways, Bill thrown out for Amalgama¬tion of Two, 92
• Rating of Machinery, 62
• Birmingham, Scarcity of Water and Restrictions, 65
• Sewage of, Bacteriological Treat¬ment to be tried, 297
• University Scheme, The, 424
• Births and Deaths Registered in England and Wales for the Third Quarter of the Year ending September 30ib, 1899, 473
• Bisley, Ammunition at, 42, 74
• Bituminous Coal and Anthracite Mined in the United States, 271
• Blackpool Gasworks, The, 233
• Promenade, Extension of the, 417
• Black Sea Ports, A Dry Dock to be Constructed in one of the, 595
• Blake, Mr. Henry Wollaston, 5
• Blakeslcy, Mr. J. H., Fireproofing of Floors, 583
• Blast Furnace Gas, Calorific Value of, 323
• Blasting Gelatine in Burma, Regulations Regard¬ing, 473
• Blast Furnaces, Largest Single Owner in the World of, 218
• Monster in Argyllshire Quarries, 144, 519
• Blomfield, Sir Arthur, 447
• Blondlot, M. R., On the Electromotive Force Produced in a Flame by Magnetic Action, 11
• Blue “ Ironware” Pipes, 267
• Board of Conciliation and Arbitraticn for the Manufactured Trade of the North of England, New Works admitted into Membership; Election of Officers, 130
• Brer Warfare, Elements of, 375
• Bolder, Mr. Alfred, 433
• Brilersof the Austro-Hnngarian Cruiser Zenta, 225
• Belleville, for the New Royal Yacht, Messrs. Humphrys, Tennant, and Co.’s Action in Connection with, 297
• Belleville—see Boilers, Water-tube in Calcutta at the Close of 1898, 473 of Certain Recent Cruisers, 71, 73, 83, 99
• Covering, Lawson's Patent, 382
• for the Dowlais Furnace, American, 256
• and Engines in the Transvaal, Increasing Use of, 323
• Explosions, 11, 460, 495, 568, 572, 600
• Explosions, Mr. Henning on, 11
• Explosions and Inspection, 572
• feeding Purposes, Water for, Procured from the Chalk, 11
• Fire-box, Marine, 254
• Flue-turning and Drilling Machine, 91
• Galloway, 555
• Marine, of the Haystack Type, 582
• Morrin, 332
• Niclausse, 292, 307, 357, 546
• Mr. Mark Robinson on, 292, 307
• for U.S. Warships, 546
• Shell Drilling Machine, 137 Testing. The American Code Revised, 11 Tubes, Electro-galvanising, 379 Tube, New, 253
• in Use in Electric Supply Stations of the County of London, 473
• A Warning, 472
• Water-tube, 11, 70, 72, 73, 83, 92, 93, 175, 625
• Mr. W. Allan on the Failure of, 92
• Commodore Melville on, 625 Mr. Goschen on, 92
• in the Navy, 93 J. K. Robinson on, 11
• Mr. A. F. Yarrow on their
• Durability, 70, 72, 73, 83
• Boilermakers’ Union, 472
• Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co.’s Works at Middles¬brough, Chinese Ambassador’s Visit to, 555
• Bombay, Electric Lighting, 373, 623
• Renovation of, 183, 368

Books Received :

• American Institute of Electrical Engineers, “Transactions” cf, Vol. xv., 136
• American Shipping, Blue-book of, Established 1S96, 121
• Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical, by J. S. Mackay, 377
• Advance of Knowledge, by W. Sedgwick, 613
• Ajax Loquitur, or the Biography of an Old Locomotive Engine, by R. Weatherburn, 121
• Automobile Club Show, Richmond, Judges
• Reports, Awards, and Results of Official Trials, 523
• Bandages Pneumatiques et la Resistance au Roulement, par Bon do Maurri, 121
• Bicycle, Modern Safety, H. A. Garratt, 613
• Board of Trade Labour Department, Report on Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in the United Kingdom in 1898, with Statistical Tables, 301
• Brunnen-Ergiebigkeit, Ac., Anleitung zurBeur- theilung und Bestimmung der, von A. Perenyi, 377
• Canada, Statistical Year-book of, for 1898, 538
• Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc, Guide by E. Whymper, 171
• Chemical Trade Journal of Chemical Manufacturers, Merchants, Agents, Ac., in Great Britain and Ireland, 418
• Chimique Qualitative, Analyse, par M. E Pozzi-Escot, 418
• Chimney Design and Theory: Book for Engi¬neers and Architects, by William Wallace Christie, 523
• Civil and Mechanical Engineers, Pocket-book of Useful Formula) and Memoranda for, by Sir G. L. Molesworth and H. B. Molesworth, 171
• Contents, Subject Index in General and Periodi¬cal Literature, Compiled by A. Colgroave,
• Dams, Design and Construction of, by Edward Wegmann, 347
• Doutscher Ingénieurs in Nürnberg, Festschrift zur Hauptversammlung des Vereines, 40, 187
• Directory (Revised in July, 1899), with Regu¬lations for Establishing and Conducting Science and Art Schools and Classes, 247
• Distances from Port to Port, Tables of, C. H. Bailey’s, 587
• Dyes, Stains, Inks, Varnishes, Polishes, Ac., How to Make and Use them, by T. Bolas, 613
• Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Calendar, 301
• Egyptian Irrigation, by W. Willcocks, 136
• Electric Lamps and Electric Lighting, Four Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institute, by J. A. Fleming, 613
• Electric Motive Power, Transmission and Dis¬tribution of, by Continuous and Alternate Currents, with a Section on the Applications of Electricity to Mining Work, by A. T. Snell, 171
• Electric Wiring, Fittings, Switches, and Lamps, by W. Perren-Maycock, 377
• Electricitüts, Werk der Stadt Warschau, Pro¬ject für das, von W. II. Lindley, 247
• l’Electricité Levins sur, Professtbi h l'Université de Lifcge, par Eric Gérard, 538
• Electricity Supply, Introduction to the Study of Central Stations, by Albert Gay and C. H. Yeaman, 587
• EicyclopéJie dos Aides-Mémoires: Analyse Microchimique et Spectroscopiqne, par M. E. Pozzi-Escot, 587
• Eacyclopédie Scientifiquo des Aides Mi-moire : Analyses Electroliques, Par Ad. Minet, 171
• Engineering and Electric Traction Pocket-book, by Philip Dawson, 247
• “ Express ” Hundredweights and Pounds Rec¬koner, by J. G. Inglis, 136
• Eye Accidents occurring in Trades, On the Pre¬vention of, Dr. Simeon Snell, 613
• Fireproofing of Steel Buildings, by J, K. Freitog, 523
• Flussbefestigungon, Projeotirung nnd Veraus-sehlagnng von, von R. Williams, 187
• Geometry, Practical Plane and Solid, for Ad¬vanced Students, by J. Garrison and G. A. Baxendall, 418
• Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical Calen¬dar for 1899-90, 171
• Gold-milling, Hand-book of, Hy. Louis, 121 ,
• Graphic Statics, Exercises in, with Examples of its Application to Practical Designing of Constructional Ironwork, by G. F. Charnock, 523
• Great Eastern Railway Company’s Tourist Guide to the Continent, Ed. Percy Lindley, 121
• Heat for Advanced Students, by Edwin Edser, 418
• Heat and Heat Engines : Study of the Princi¬ples underlying the Mechanical Engineering of a Power Plant, by F. R. Hutton, 347
• Highway Cases, Handbook of, Noted in the “ Surveyor and Municipal and County Engi¬neer,” by J. B. Reignier Condor, 613
• Huiles Essentielles, Essais des, par H. Labbé, 347
• Institution of Civil Engineers, Excerpt Minutes of Proceedings of the, Vol. cxxxvii., Session 1898-99, Part III., 301
• Institution of Naval Architects, "Transactions” of the, Vol. xlL, Edited by G. Holmes, 418
• Kelvin, Lord, Professor of Natural Philosophy 1 in the University of Glasgow, 1846—1899, by Geo. F. Fitzgerald, 613
• Kinetic Theory of Gases, Elementary Treatise with Mathematical Appendices, by Dr. O. M. Meye-, 538
• Latimer Collection of Antiquities from Porto , Rico in the National Museum and the Guesde Collection of Antiquities in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, West Indies, by Otis T. Mason, 377
• Lawyer, Every Man's Own, Handy Book of the Principles of Law and E juity, by A Barrister, 613
• Lean’s Royal Navy List, No. 87, July, 1899, 32
• Liqueurs, Traité de la Fabrication des, par P. Duplais ainé, 538
• Literature, Contents, Subject Index to General and Periodical, A. Cotgreave, 121, 347
• L'verpool Engineering Society, "Transactions” cf the, Vol. xx., 347
• Locomotive, La Machine, par Edouard Sauvage, 32
• " London Letter ” War Directory, The, 538
• London University, Guide for the Year 1899-1900, 377
• Maas Systems, Die Unitat des Absoluten, in Bezug auf Magnetische und Elektrische Grossen, von Franz Kerntler, 301
• Machine Design, Problems in, by Chas. H. Innes, 377
• Magnetism and Electricity for Beginners, by H. E. Hadley, 347
• Manchester, City of, Rivers’Dopertment Experts Report on Treatment of Manchester Sewage, 538
• Masonry Construction, Treatise on, by Ira O. Baker, 523
• Mathematics, Elementary Practical, by Frank Castle, 817
• Mathematics, Elementary Treatise on Practical, by J. Graham, 187
• Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices, &c., Used in Constructive and Operative Machinery, and the Mechanical Arts, by G. D. Hiscox, 136
• "Mechanical World,” Pocket Diary and Year¬book for 1900, 538
• Metallurgy of Lead and Silver, by H. F. Collins, Part I., Lead, 538
• Mine Drainage, by Stephen Michell, 247
• Motenrs A Explosion, Etude h l’Usage des Constructeurs et Conducteurs d’Automobiles, George Moreau, 613
• Northampton Institute, City Polytechnic, Announcements for the Sossion 1899-1900, 347
• Optics, Hand-book of, for Students of Ophthal¬mology, by Wm. Norwood Suter, 418
• Over Pressure, by S. de Brath and F. Beatty, 347
• Patent Acts, Compulsory Licences under the, J. W. Gordon, 121
• Physics, Elements of, for Use in High Schools. Hy. Crew, 418
• Physics, Text-book of, by W. Watson, 418
• Picture Frames by Novel Methods, by C. G. Leland and T. Bolas, 613
• Portuguese Nyansaland: Account of the Discovery of Native Population, Agricultural and Mineral Resources, &c., W. Basil Wors¬fold, 523
• Professions for Boys, and How to Enter Them, by M. L. Perchell and J. J. Nolan, 171
• Railway Almanac, 1900, 613
• Railway Diary and Officials’ Directory, 1900, 613
• Railway Officials, Universal Directory of, S. Richardson Blundstone, 121
• Roads and Streets, Construction of, with Historical Sketch of the Development of the Art of Road-making, by W. H. Maxwell, 418
• Royal Agricultural Society of England, “ Journal ” of the, Vol, x., Part II., 32
• Royal Agricultural Society of England, “Journal ” of the, Vol. x., Part III , No. 39, 347
• Royal Navy List Diary and Naval Hand-book for 1900, 633
• Royal Navy List, Lein’s, No. 83, 377
• Royal United Service Institution, “Journal ” of the, Vol. xliii., No. 261, 687
• Surveying and Geodesy, Elements of Precise, by Mansfield Merriman, 347
• Surveying, Treatise on, Compiled by R. E. Middleton and Ombert Chadwick, 623
• Technological Examinations, Programme of, Examinations Department, Exhibition-read, London, 247
• Telegraphie sans Fils, par André Broca, 418
• Thallium, Index to the Literatare of, 1861-1826, by Martha Doan, 377
• Timber Measuring and Valuing, Principles and Practice of, by Tom Bright, 301
• “Timber Trades Journal,” List of Shipping Markson Deals, Battens, Boards, Timbers, &c., Exported from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Germany, Canada, United States, with English and French Classifications, 347
• Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn, Guide by Edward Whymper, 136
• Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia, Report to the Hon. S. H. Ashridge, Mayor of Philadelphia, on the Extension and Im¬provement of the, by R. Hering, 418
• Wolverhampton Sewage Works, by E. Barring¬ton, 171
• Wood Carving for Beginners, the Useful Arts and Handcrafts Series, No. 2, 638
• Woodwork Decorated, by Carving, Colouring, and Wire Inlaying, Chas. G. Leland, 613
• Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, Case Law ef the, to Supplement Part III. of Accidents to Workmen, R. M. Minton-Denhouse, 623
• Boring Machine, American Vertical Turret, 593
• Boring Machine, Craven Bros., Limited, 651
• Boring Machine, Horizontal, American, 593. 596
• Boring and Milling Machine, Niles Tool Works November 17th, 1899, viii.
• Boring and Turning Mill, American, 593, 596
• Borough and County Engineers at Cardiff, 6
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mineral Statistics of 355
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trade of, 373
• Boston Harbour, 372
• Bonld, Mr. W. S., Railway Signalling System Specially Suitable for Fog Signalling, 319
• Bowser, Mr. Howard, 275
• Boys, Mr. Chas. V., On Fluids in Motion and at Rest, 492
• Bradford Water Supply and the Drought, 167, 194, 218
• Bradley Hammer, Improved, 629
• Bradley Iron, Steel, and Tin-plate Works, Sale of the, 23
• Brakes, Air, for Tramcars, 305
• Brake Horse-power of Motor Cars, 357
• Brake for Luggage Trolleys, Automatic, 5
• Brakes, Railway—see Railway
• Bramwell, Sir F., On the Pneumatic Transmission of Energy, 176, 177
• Brand, M., 546
• Brass Trades of Birmingham, Demands of Opera¬tives in the, 569
• Brazil, Proposed Water-driven Electric Plant, 355
• Brewing of Lager Beer by Allsopp and Co., 473
• Breezs, Utilisation of, in the Cologne Gas¬works, 65
• Briansk Company, The Thomas-Gilchrist Basic Process adopted by, 194

Bridges:

• Atbara, 140, 143, 194, 218
• Braunstone Gate, Great Central Railway, 211
• Burma, Gokteik Gorge, 495
• Ceylon, Mahaveill River, Renewal of (Supple¬ment September lsf, 1899), 220
• Chicago River, Shifting of, 447
• Chicago, Scherzer Bascule, 519
• Chinese Railway, Eighteen Steel, Pctenixville Works, 144
• Connecticut, Cantilever, 357
• Diina, Pontoon carried away by Ice, 243
• Diina, Projected, a Permanent, 243
• Grenier, Dimensions of, 424
• Indian Foot, 578
• New Brunswick, St. John River, 276, 277
• New York Suspension, Wire and Cables for 627
• Niagara Suspension, 144
• Northwich, Operated Electrically, 519
• Pennsylvanian Railway, Renewal, 167
• South Indian Railway Extension, 167
• South Wales Saspension Foot, 546
• Sunderland, 495
• Thames, the New, 221
• Transvaal, Prompt Despatch of, by John Lysaght and Co., 473
• Tyne, Proposed, 280
• Walney Railway, 355
• Wear, Proposed, 243
• Zambesi, Proposed, 355
• Accident at Chicago, 243
• Bascule Draw, 342
• Building Interests in America, Consolidation of, 432
• Erection, American, 276, 277
• Iron Railway, Protection of, in France and Austria, from Fames of Locomotives, 323
• for Light Railways, Mr. L. H. Rugg on, 568
• Long Plate Girder, 494
• Removals, American, 334
• Testing Iron and Steel, 67
• Bright’s Quicksilver Fountain, 79
• Brighton, Sea Defence Works, 297
• Brightside Foundry and Engineering Company, Limited, Formation of the, 283
• Brindley’s Hydraulic Working Valve, 281
• Bristol Doeks Development, 360, 379, 400
• British and American Machine Tools. 414. 438 537, 559, 639

British Association:

• Presidential Address, Sir Michael Foster, £66
• Programme of Papers to be Read at Dover, 242
• Air Propellers, Experiments on the Thrust or Lifting Power of, Mr. W. G. Walker, 329
• Alloys of Iron, Electric Conductivity and Magnetic Properties of Various, Prof. W. F. Barrett and Mr. W. Brown, 319
• Alloys, Thermo-electric Properties of Some Iron, Prof. W. F. Barrett, 316
• Atomic Weights, Proposed International Com¬mittee on, 346
• Atoms, Existence of Masses Smaller than, Prof. J. J. Thomson's Research on, 346
• Chemistry, Section B, Communications in, Pre¬dent, Dr. H. T. Brown, 346
• Coast Erosion, Mr. G. Dowker and Mr. W. Whitaker on, 346
• Coal in Kent, Mr. R. Etheridge and Prof. B. Dawkins on, 346
• Coal in the Midland Counties under the Red Rocks. Mr. W. Gibson, 346
• Dover Harbour Works, Messrs. Matthews and Coode, 292
• Dymchurch Wall and Reclamation of Romney Marsh, Mr. Edw. Caso (Referred to p. 594), 407 ,
• Electric Current, Centenary of the, Prof. Fleming, 299
• Electrical Machinery on Board Ship, Mr. A. Siemens, 299, 305, 319
• Electro-Metallurgy to Mechanical Engineering, Applications of, Mr. S. Cowper-Coles, 319
• Geology, Section C, Communications in, Presi¬dent, Sir A. Geikie, 346
• Gravity Balance, Prof. Threlfall describes a, 346
• Lighthouses of the English Channel, Our, Mr. Jas. Kenwards, 319
• Mathematical and Physical Science, Section A, Communications io, President, Prof. J. H. Poynton, 346
• Mechanical Section, Address by Sir Wm. White, President of the, 277, 301
• Meteorites, Chondritic, Prof. A. Renard on the Origin of, 346
• Niclausse Steam Boiler, Mr. Mark Robinson, 292, 307
• Non-intlammable Wood and its Use in War¬ships, Mr. E. Marshall, 292
• Pliocene Deposits of the East of England, Mr. F. W. Harmer on, 347
• Power Generation, Comparative Cost by Steam Engine, Water Turbine, and Gas Engine, Mr. J. B. C. Kearshaw, 322
• Poynting, Prof. J. H., Address by, 325, 332
• Railway Signalling System specially suitable for Fog Signalling, Mr. W. S. Bould, 319
• Screw Gauges, The Association’s, 300, 305, 357, 372, 429
• Sigmoidal Curves, Mrs. Gordon on, 347
• Steam Navigation, Sir Wm. White on the Pro¬gress of, 277, 301
• Steamers, Fast Cross-Channel, The Hon. C. A. Parsons, 292
• Suez Canal to the Present Time, Engineering Works of the, Sir Chas. Hartley, 292
• Thermometers, Discussion, 346
• Torpedoes below Water, Discharge of, Captain Lloyd, 292
• Tunnel under tbo Straits of Dover, Prof. B. Dawkins on the Geological Conditions of a, 346
• Water and Sewage Examination Results, Re¬port by Committee of Section B, 319
• Water, Specific Heat of, Prof. II. F. Callender Mr. H. T. Barnes, 346
• Yermak, Trial Trip of the Ice-breaker, Admiral Makarolf on, 347
• British Association of Draughtsmen:
• Rapid Progress made by, 355
• British Fire Prevention Committee withdraw from participation in the Paris Exhibition, 569
• Guns for Turkey, 47
• Patents, 449
• Workmen and the Paris Exhibition, 424
• Bromilow, Mr. John, Electro-magnetic Separator, 550
• Brush, Deacon’s Pipe, 551
• Buckton and Co , Limited, Joshna, Electrically- driven Planing Machine, 391, 392
• Building Materials, Testing, International Con¬gress, 569, 623
• Bunsen Flame, Temperature of the, 144
• Bunsen, Professor, 165
• Buoys, Illuminated, Mr. J. R Wigham on, 38
• Buoy, The Wigham’s, in Portsmouth Harbour, 355
• Burges-Short, Major Geo., 447
• Burrator Reservoir, Outlet Valves at, 112
• Burton, Mr. Wm. Kinninmond, 634
• Buttons from Milk, Manufacture of, 546
• C
• CABLES, Aluminium, 613
• French, Projected, 627
• Rope, D. H. and G. Haggie, 424
• St. Helena and Cape Town, 569
• Survey, Trans-Pacific, 546
• Testing, 538
• Wire and, for New York Suspension Bridge, 627
• Caird, Mr. John, on the Educational Needs of Engineering, 457
• Caisson, Launch of a, 223
• Caisson, New Form of, L. Astarchoff’s, 144
• Calcium Carbide, Cost of, 611
• Carbide, Electrical Energy Required to Produce a Ton of, 243
• Carbide Factory, Norway, 63
• Calcutta Filtered Water Supply, 645
• Calcutta, New Streets to be Constructed, 271
• Caledonian and Crinan Canals, 235
• Calendar, A Perpetual, 495
• California, Coke Imported into, 271
• California, Water-power and Electric Trans¬mission Plants in, 290
• Camborne Mining School, Cornwall, 114
• Canada, Canal System of, 437
• Coal Areas of, 569
• 1898, Coal Produced in, 218
• Engineers and, 550
• Hardware Trade in, 595
• Canadian Government, Telegraph Lino to tLe Yukon Goldfields, 167
• Canadian Iron and Steel Developments, 375

Canals:

• Canals, American, 254
• Automatic Guard Gate for, 39
• Bank, Fai'ure of, 294, 295
• Caledonian and Crinan, 235
• Canada, 437
• The Dortmund-Ems, 342, 343, 492
• Florida, Scheme for, 447
• Footbridge, 578
• German, 235
• Haulage, The Thwaite-Cawley System of Electric, 243
• Manchester Ship, 51,144, 235, 559
• Market Weighton, 235
• Marssilles to the Rhone, 232
• Mechanical Traction on, 316
• North Sea and Baltic, Vessels that Used it in One Month, and Dues Collected, 595
• Panama, Suggested Tidal, 495, 576
• Soulanges, 473
• of the Two Seas Scheme, 623
• Yorkshire J auction, 404
• Cane Sugar Industry, New Plant for tho, 620
• Cape Colony, Employment in, 11
• Cape Colony, Railway Extension Schemes, 361
• Capa of Good Hope, Penny Postage for the. 218
• Carbide, Cost of Production by Steam and Water Power Compared, 373
• Carbide Manufactories in France, 421
• Cardiff Docks, 404
• Cardiff, Municipalisation of the Gasworks, 421
• Cardiff Water Supply, Mr. Priestley on the, 6
• Carlsborg Viaduct, Denmark, 31, 44
• Carnegie, Mr. A., Christmas Gift to Dunfermline, 645
• Carnegie, Mr., Presentsd with the Freedom of Dumfries, 397
• Carnegie Company, Mr. Frick Resigns Official Connection with, 595
• Carnegie Steel Works, 226
• Carnegie Thin Krupp Armour for Russia, 395, 396
• Carpenter, Prof. R. C., On Fuel Economy of Engines in Electric Power Stations, 435 Carrier Pigeons Employed by the Hamburg-American Line, 144
• Carthagena, Iron Export from, 11
• Case, Mr. Edward, 319
• Case, Mr. E., Dymchurch Wall and Reclamation of Romney Marsh, 407, 594
• Caspian Sea, Taking Steamers by Inland Route to the, 302
• Cast Iron, Standard Tests of, 202
• Casting of Iron Pipes and Columns, Vertical,
• Direktor Pusch on, 397 Castings, Large and Difficult, 57
• Casting, A Record, Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, Sydney, 308
• Castner, Mr. H. Y., 407

Catalogues:

• Alldays and Onions, Improved Fans, 380
• Alley and McLellan, Description of their Esta¬blishment on the Clyde, 396
• American Pipe and Foundry Company, Cast Iron Plates, 100
• Andrews and Co., Limited, J. D. F., Concen- I trie Wiring, 257
• Atkinson, LI. B. and C. W., Commercial Laboratories, 25
• Baldwin Locomotive Works, Record of Recent Construction, No. 15, The Wootten Boiler, and Mr. S. M. Vauclain’s Paper, 396
• Bayley’s Limited, Steam Motor Vans, 613
• Beardshaw and Son, Limited, Steel Tools, 257
• Belfast Ropework Company, Limited, their Works, 257
• Belcher Smoke Preventer Company, 257
• Blackstone and Co., Oil and Gas Engines, 100
• Boby, Robert, Limited, Grain, Malt, and Seed¬ cleaning Machinery, 25, 532
• British Electric Transformer Manufacturing Company, Limited, Electric Transformers, 532
• British Thomson-Houston Company, The O. K. Ampère Hour Meter, 613
• British Thomson-Houston Company, Limited, Enclosed Arc Lamp, 380
• British Th-.mson-Houston Company, Generators, 311
• British Thamson-Houston Company, Limited, Motors, Type M.P., 428
• British Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur¬ing Company, Limited, Circular Motors, Generators, &c. &o., 613
• Buck and Hickman, The, 1900 Tools and Machinery Catalogue, 613
• Bullivant and Co., Wire Ropeways, 25
• Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, Direct Current Multi-polar Motors, 428
• Bullo:k Electric Manufacturing Company, Electric Driving, 131
• Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, Electric Power System for Newspaper Presses, with the “ Teaser ” Method of Control, 396
• Callender and Co., G. M., Pure Bitumen Sheet¬ing, 613
• Clonbrock Steam Boiler Company, Morrin Climax Vertical Water-tube Boiler, 100
• Deighton’s Patent Flue and Tube Company, The Deighton Furnace, 504
• Denison and Son, Samuel, Weighing Machines and Weighbridges, 396
• Eigenwerk Wiilfel, Wiilfel Hannover, Friction Couplings, Hill’s Patent, 504
• Emerson Manufacturing Company, F. W., “Drafting Room ” Furniture, 257
• Estler Brothers, Mirrors, Lenses, Ships’ Lan¬terns, &c., 532
• Explosives Company, Limited, The New, Moulding Gun Cotton, 131
• Feiten and Guilleaume, Wire Cables, 50
• Grice and Sons, Limited, William, Birmingham Gas Engine, 380
• Griffin and Sons, Limited, John J., Pure Cbemica's, Reagents, Minerals, &c., 331
• Harper, Louis, Steel Ropes Suspension Bridges, 613
• Harvey and Co , Julius, Motor Vehicles, 331
• Henderson, John M., Cableways, Htisting and Conveying Devices, 100
• Holmes and Co., J. IL, Lundell Motors, 608
• Hudswell, Clarke, and Co., Pulleys, Shafting, Hangers, &c., 532
• Hunt and Co., Limited, R., Shafting, Cast Iron Pulleys, &c., 504
• Jenkins and Co., Limited, W. J., Fans, 228
• Jessop and Appleby Bros., Cranes and Hoist¬ing Machinery, 380
• Kerr and Co., Limited, Dick, Solenoid Blow-out Controllers for Electric Tramway Traction. 228