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INDEX.

Illustrations.

Burton-on-Trent Sewage Works, Pumping Engines, Messrs. Gimson and Co., 146

ADAMSON’S Spring Bollards, 165 Algoa Bay, Cape Colony, Harbour Works in, 338 Allen’s Portable Pneumatic Rivetting Machine, 35 CAIL, Messrs., Water-raising Machines, 227 American Ammonia Refrigerating Machine, Cameron, Mr., Piston-packing, Newcastle Exhi-Messrs. Wood and Shipley, 89, 90, 91    bition, 453

American Anthropological Society of Washington, Campbell, Mr. J. Jennings, on Compound Engines Archseological Threshing Implement from for Atlantic Steamers—Combined Diagrams Tunis, 436    from Compound Engines, 448

American Engineering JYetr.i, Centre-bearing Rail, Can e s Boiling-water Pump, 417

Fig. A, Side-bearing Rail, Fig. B, 472    “Celtic” and the “Britannic,” The Collision

American Feed-water Regulator, 482    between the, 482

Appleby Bros., Messrs., Twenty Ton Floating “ Chemcheck, ’ The Steam Yacht, Messrs. Miller.

Crane, 327    Tupp, and Rowse, 214

Applegarth’s, Mr. R., Electric Lamp for Divers, Cochran and Co., Messrs., Water-tight Bunker-Newcastle Exhibition, 453    doors, 35

Appold Pump, Curved Arms of the, Fig. 5, 286 Comet, The, 1835, Newcastle and Carlisle Rail-Armstrong 1104-Ton Gun, as Mounted in the way, 154 Turret of the Victoria, Figs. 1 and 2, Newcastle Cook and Sons, Messrs. Joseph, Four-deck Steel Exhibition, 368    Cage, Newcastle Exhibition, 454

Armstrong and Co, Messrs. Sir W., 6in. Breech- Cooper’s Turret Lathe for Brass-finishing, Manloading Gun, on Disappearing Carriage, New- Chester Exhibition, 347

castle Exhibition, Figs. 3 and 4, 372    Cowling, Welch, and Parker-Smith, Messrs.,

Athus Iron and Steel Works, Belgium, Centrifugal    Interchangeable Automatic Continuous Brake,

Machine for Reducing Dolomite, Mr. J. L.

Marie, 503

Athus Iron and Steel Works, Locomotive, 503 Athus Iron and Steel Works, Plan of Lining Repair Department, 503

Athus Iron and Steel Works, Method for Temporarily Supporting Converter Lining, 504 Atkinson, Mr. James, Gas Engine, 361, 380 Atkinson, Mr. James, Gas Engine, Diagram Showing Action of, 361

Atlantic Steamers, Compound Engines for, 471

Grange Iron Co., The, Overwinding Gear for Mines, Newcastle Exhibition, 455

Grange Iron Co., The, Self-contained Underground Hauling Engine, Newcastle Exhibition, Figs. 1 and 2, 461

Grantham Crank and Iron Co., Combustion Chamber, Vertical Multitubular Boiler, 198

Grimshaw, Mr. J., Stamped Goods, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 7, 395

Gunther, Mr. W., Turbines, Manchester Exhibition, 486

Gwynne, Messrs. J. and II., Centrifugal Pump, 433

Gwynne, Messrs. J. and II., Centrifugal Pump, Figs. 3 and 4, 285

“MANAUENSE,” S.S., Compound Engines, Details, Messrs. Rolls and Sons (Supplement. May 20th, 1887), 397

“Manauense,” s.s., Indicator Diagrams, 394 Manchester Exhibition Buildings, Messrs. Maxwell and Tuke, 351

Manchester Exhibition Buildings, Details of Dome, Messrs. Maxwell and Tuke, 346 Marks’ Patent Self-sustaining Hoist and Crab, The, Exhibited by Messrs. Tangye, The Manchester Exhibition, 442

Masnedsund, Swing Bridge over, between Falster and Seeland, Denmark, 171, 172 Mather and Platt, Messrs., Electric Light Engines, Manchester Exhibition, 389, 438 Mechernich Mines, Hydraulic Separators at the, 238

Miller’s Patent Strainer, Newcastle Exhibition, 410

Morison, Mr., on Mr. WylUe’s Paper on Triple Expansion Engines, Diagrams, 110, 111, 145 Mougin. Disappearing Turret, The, 109 Mumford and Moodie, Messrs., Blast and Exhaust Separator, 310

Murphy, Mr. T., Check Valve and Plug Cock, 46

134

B.B. and C.I. Railway, Drilling Machine, Messrs. G. Booth and Co., 312

Bailey’s “Deadlock” Fastening for Wheels and Axles, Newcastle Exhibition, 454 Ball, Mr. Joseph, Laddering a Tall Chimney, 435 Barker’s Tramway Rail, 218 Barr and Langley, Messrs., Railway Points, 164 Barry Dock and Railways, near Cardiff, The, Mr.

J. W. Barry, Mr. T. Forster Brown, Mr. H. M. Brunei, 165

Baume and Co., Messrs., Stop Watches and Chronographs, Fig. 5, 267 Belgian State Railways, Locomotives on the, 278, 294, 313

Bell Bros., Messrs., Coal Wedge, Newcastle Exhibition, 383

Beloe, Mr. C. H., Steam Tubular Lifeboat, 69 “Bentinck,” s.s., General Arrangement of Engines and Boilers, 288 “Bentinck,” s.s., Indicator Diagrams, 287 Bentley-Knight Electric Railway System, 68 Berrier-Fontaine, M. Marc, Hydraulic Drilling Machinery, 360

Berry and Sons, Messrs., Large Horizontal Plate Bending Machine, 401 Berthon Pontoon Bridge, The, 259 Bertram and Sons, Messrs. John, Upright Turret Pulley and Wheel-boring Machine, 502 Berlin, Metropolitan Railway of, 250, 254 Berlin, Metropolitan Railway of, Alexander Platz Station, 254

Biles, Mr. J. H., on Belted and Internally Protected Cruisers, 268

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Locomotive Engine, Messrs. J. P. Mather, Dixon, and Co., 6

Birmingham Steam Tramways, General Plan, 218 Black Rock Colliery, Ynysbwl, Winding Drum,

Black Rock Colliery, Ynysbwl, Lady Windsor Pit, Winding Engines and Steel Drum, Messrs. Daglish and Co., 190

Bombay, Great Indian Peninsular Railway Workshops, Plan of, 404

Booth and Co., Messrs., Large Boiler Shell Drilling Machine, 502

Booth and Co., Messrs. G., Radial Drilling Machine, 176

Boston, Breakage of the 16in. Steel Shaft of the,

Boston and Providence Railway', Bridge on the,

Bradford Waterworks, Large Sluice Valves, Messrs. Blakeborough and Sons, 95 Bristol Corporation and the West Indies, Dredgers for, Messrs. W. Simons and Co. (Supplement, January 7th, 1887), 23, 24, 55 Brown, Mr. C., Centrifugal Pump Blade, Fig. 6,

Brown, Marshalls, and Co., Messrs., Hotel Saloon Carriages, 143

Buckton and Co., Messrs., Double Cutter Planing Machine, 271

Burma State Railways, Bridge Pier Work, Mandalay Extension, 435

Burrell and Co., Messrs. C., Traction Engine and Crane Combined, 483

DE LAVAL’S Cream Separator, The Dairy Supply Company, Agents of the Laval Co., 306 Dennis Fullway Valve, The, Mr. A. G-. Mumford, 238

“Dolphin,” Compound Engines of the Dredger, Messrs. Simons and Co., 23, 24, 55 “Dolphin” Donkey Pump, The, Messrs. Miller, Tupp, and Rowse, 230

Douglas, Mr. G. C., Explosion of Heterogeneous Mixtures of Coal, Gas, and Air. Diagrams, 308 Dutch Screw Pump for Drainage Work, Fig. 3a,

2S5

EDDINGTON and Stevenson, Messrs., Traction Engine, 47

Eddington and Stevenson, Messrs., Water Gauge,

176

Edge, Mr. C. A., Tramway Point, 218 Egypt, Cotton Pressing in, Bale Ties, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 ; 511

Egypt, Cotton Pressing in, Compound Steam and Hydraulic Presses, Messrs. Turner and Lewis, 491, 511

Egypt,Cotton Pressing in, Horizontal Direct-acting Hydraulic-power Pumps, Mr. B. Stock, 510 Egypt, Cotton Pressing in, Improved Baling Hoop Punching Machine, Fig. 7 ; 511 Egypt, Irrigation in, Works at Afteh, 57 “El Destructor,”Torpedo Cruiser, Messrs. J. and G. Thomson, 26, 27

Elephant Sectional Gun, Fig. 7, Newcastle Exhibition, 369

Elswick Guns for H.M.S. “Benbow,” The New llO^-ton, 106

Entwistle and Kenyon, Messrs., Rapid Action Screw Vice, 470 Ewbank Vice, The, 470

FARNLEY Flue, The, Newcastle Exhibition, 411 Fenland, Scoop-wheels in the, 225 Fielding and Platt, Messrs., Duplex Pumping Engine, Newcastle Exhibition, 454 Folkestone: New Promenade Pier, Folkestone, Mr. M. N. Ridley, 416, 418, 420 Fontaine’s Hydraulic Drilling Machinery, 360 Forth Bridge, Elevation of, New Queensferry Pier, 112

Forth Bridge, The New Queensferry Cantilever Pier in course of Construction, Sir John Fowler and Mr. Benjamin Baker (Supplement, Feb. 4tli,

1887)

Forth Bridge, Pier Tube Rivetting Cage, Sir John Fowler and Mr. E. Baker, 194 Forth Bridge, Pivotted Girder and Cage, 192 Fothergill’s Valve, Newcastle Exhibition, Figs. 1, 2, 410

Fox, Mr. W., Wave Line Steel Tire Bars, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 4, 395 Fox’s Patent Corrugated Tire, Newcastle Exhibition, 453

HADFIELD Mills, Electric Light Engines,

Messrs. Mather and Platt, 147 Hamilton, Mr. Tighe, Bevel-wheel Cutting Machine, Messrs. Smith and Coventry, Manchester Exhibition, 345

Hammersmith Bridge, The New, Sir J. Bazal-gette and Mr. Edw. Bazalgette (Supplement,

April 22nd, 1887), 309

Hammersmith Bridge, Details of Pier Foundations, Chains, and Anchorage, Sir Joseph Bazalgette and Mr. Edw. Bazalgette, 392    NEW and Co., Messrs. D., Beam-bending and

Hammersmith Bridge, Chain Saddles and An- Punching Machine, 231 chorage, 331    Newcastle Exhibition, 30-pounder Rapid-fire

Hammersmith Bridge, Detail Construction of Breech-loading Gun, Fig s. 5, 6, 369

Towers and Roadway Suspension Connectors, Newport Mills, Middlesbrough, Rolling Mil! 393    Engine, Mr. J. Head, Manchester Exhibition,

Hammersmith Bridge, Details of Towers, 330    ^49, 352

Hanover Railway, Germany, Compound Engine, Newcastle Exhibition, New 30-pounder Quick-Mr. Von Borries, 210, 211    firing Gun, Fig. 9, 36S

Haswell’s Patent Mechanical Coal Getter, New- Nicaragua, Light Draught Twin-screw \ essel for, castle Exhibition, 456    Messrs. Edwards and Symes, 27

Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., Messrs. R. and W., Nicholson, Mr. C. J., Buffer Coupling, 219 Six-coupled Locomotive for 3ft. 6in. Gauge, Nicholson, Mr. C. J., Movable Points, 219 Newcastle Exhibition, 464    , Noble, Captain Andrew, Illustration of the Pro-

Hendon Sewerage and Sewage Works, Messrs. gress in Gun Construction, 367 Edward Cousins and Son, 353. 354    Nordenfelt, The Submarine Boat, 499

Nordenfelt Submarine Boat for Turkey, 105 Normandy and Brittany, s.s., Feathering Paddle ., Exhausting and Blowing Wheels, Mr. W. Stroudley, 427

North-Eastern Railway, Compound Express Engine, Mr. T. W. Worsdell, 87 North-Eastern Railway, Compound Goods Engine, Mr. T. W. Worsdell (Supplement, February ISt/t), 155

North-Eastern Railway. Compound Goods Engine Tender, Mr. T. W. Worsdell, 128 North-Eastern Railway, Compound Goods Locomotive, Mr. T. W. Worsdell, 30 North-Eastern Railway, Compound Passenger Engine, Mr. T. W. Worsdell (Supplement June 3rd, 1887)

North Sea and Baltic Canal, The, 479

Hering, Mr. Rudolph, Adaptation of Field’s Annular Syphon, 509 Hodge and Co., Messrs Fans, 279

Houses of Parliament, Main Drain of the, 86 Howard’s New Sleepers, Saltaire Exhibition, Figs. 2 and 3, 395

Howard and Bullough Bend, Cotton Machinery at the Manchester Exhibition, 489 Hunt’s Duplex Stone Moulding and Dressing Machine, 340

Hyde Park Foundry Company, A Large Casting,

279

INDIAN State Railways, Permanent Way for, 157 Indian State Railways, Six-horse Engines and Pumps for, 168, 169

Indian State Railways, Workshop Roofs for, 413 Italian Cruiser “ Dogali,” The, 460

JAMESON Coking Oven, Improved, Newcastle Exhibition, 383, 453

Jameson’s Gauge for Measuring Gases, Newcastle Exhibition, 383, 453

Java, River Steamer for, Messrs. J. Birch and Co., 177

“ Jubilee,” The Steel Tug, Messrs. Steward and Latham, 457, 460

Johnson, Mr. S. W., Midland Passenger Engine-crank, Fig. 1, Saltaire Exhibition, 395

OLIVER, Thos. W., Painted and Tarred Ropes Tested for, by Lloyd’s Proving House, 319 “ Oroya,”s.s., Boilers of the, The BarrowShipbuild-ing Company', 290

“Oroy'a,” s.s., Cross Sections through Boiler and Engine Rooms, The Barrow Shipbuilding Company, 234

“ Oroya,”s.s., PacificSteam Navigation Company’s Royal Mail Steamer, The Barrow Shipbuilding Company (Supplement, March 25th), 251, 290 “Oroya,” s.s., Triple Expansion Engines of the, The Barrow Shipbuilding Company (Supplement, May 6th, 1887), 357, 358 Osgood Excavators, The, 3

Otto Gas Engine, Dymamo mounted on 4-liorse, Newcastle Exhibition, 409 Oury, M., Steel Chains without Welding, 179

KING, Mr. J. H., Compound Engine, 468 King and Humble, Messrs., Safety Colliery Hook,

55

Kurrachee Harbour Works, Wharf Extension, PANAMA and Panama Canal Route, Map of the

Isthmus of, 318

i Paris Exhibition, 1889, Roof of the Great Ma-I chinery Hall, 375ft. Span, 469, 506 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway Works, Oullins, Travelling Crane, 334 Partington and Co., Messrs., Step Cone Fire-box, Lee, Mr. J., “Clip Draught” Furnace, 55    j 210

Lee and Hunt, Messrs., Sawing Machine, Man- ¹ Pasquier’s Safety Stop Valve, 46 Chester Exhibition, 345    Peckett and Sons, Messrs., Contractors’ Locomo-

Lees, Mr. Wm. T., Repairing Tanks and Reser- tive, 191 voirs, 417    ! Pedrick and Ayer, Messrs., Lathe Boring Bar,

Linnington, Mr. E. A., on High-speed Twin- 210

screws, Diagrams, 292    Podeliole, Deeping Fen, Scoop Wheels, 225, 478

Little, Mr. J., Anti-friction Convey'or, 116    “Poplar,” Compound Engines of the s.s. (,Supple-

Liverpool Water Supply, Map of Intended Lake i meut, February Ath, 1887)

Vyrnwy, Mr. Thos/ Hawkesley and Mr. G. F. Powis, Bale, and Co., Messrs., Four-cutter Wood Deacon, 34, 65, 66    *    Planing, Thicknessing, and Moulding Machine,

Liverpool Water Supply and the Vyrnwy Lake

Masonry Dam, Bridge over the River Eunant, 66 Preston and the Ribble Navigation Works, 374 London and Brighton Railway, Crank Axles, Mr. ! Proctor’s Agricultural Steam Diggers, 28

Pulsometer Engineering (Company, The, Portal le Pulsometer and Boiler, 468

43, 299

Kurrachee, Screw Pile Wharf at, 43

LANGDON and Wade, Messrs., Excentric Grip Lever, 290

GANGES, Railway Ferry over the, 198, 199 Garrett and Sons, Messrs. Richard, Feed-heater,

Newcastle Exhibition, 411 German Army Magazine Rifle, The, 251 Golay, Mr. C. H., Chronograph, Fig. 4, 267 Goodwin and How, Messrs., Clip for Railway Chairs, Newcastle Exhibition, 455 Gowan’s Tramway Rail, 218

Grxrge rf°n C°4t’ The’ Double-acting Horizontal W. Stroudley, 176

me Pump, Newcastle Exhibition, 456    London Sewerage, New Precipitation Works at

Arrange iron Co., The, High-speed Horizontal Barking, Sir Joseph W. Bazalgette, 84, 85, 108 upiine, figs, o and 4, Newcastle Exhibition, Lowmoor Company, The, Wrought Iron Dome, *Di    Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 5, 395

259

QUERUEL Engine, Compound, M. Crespin, 72

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490

Gas-pipe Piercing Machine, Messrs. Winn and Co, 440

Gas Producer, The Thwaite Twin, 77 Gaseous Mixtures, Explosion of, 208 Gauge for Measuring Gases, Jameson’s, Newcastle Exhibition, 383, 453

Girder of the Riachuelo Bridge, Mr. W. C. Ker-not, 228

Gun, Armstrong 1101,-ton, as Mounted in the Turret of the “Victoria,” Figs. 1 and 2, New

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238

REINHOLD, Mr. H., Cork Core Packing, 107 Riachuelo Bridge, The, Diagrams, E. Beyerhaus,

Riachuelo Bridge, The, Diagrams, T. G. Gribble, 9

Riachuelo Bridge, Girder, Mr. W. C. Kernot on, 228 # •

Rider Hot-air Engine, Mr. Okes, 55 Rio Accident, The, Diagram of Position of tractors’ Points, 290 Robinson and Son, Messrs. Thomas, A New Purifier, 460

Robson's Gas Hammer, Manchester Exhibition, 439

Rocket, The, at the Liverpool Exhibition, 150 Romilly, Mr. F. de, Water-raising Machine, 227 Rosario de Santa F<>, Port of, Plan, 228 Rowan, Mr. F. G., Electro-magnetic Tools for Shipbuilding, 446, 447

Rowan, Mr. W. R., Steam Cars for Steep Gradients, 116

Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Messrs., Compound Engine, Manchester Exhibition, 348

SALTO, on the River Uruguay, Pier at, Mr. Allan Wilson, 291

Sanspareil, H.M.S., The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, 382 Scarborough New Sea Wall and Promenade, 28 Sellar’s Automatic Oiling Apparatus, Newcastle Exhibition, 409

Shand, Mason, and Co., Messrs., Combined Irrigating and Steam Fire Engine, 128 Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Messrs., Consolidation Narrow Gauge Locomotive, Manchester Exhibition, 396

Shippon, The Exploded Ploughing Engine Boiler, Messrs. John Fowler and Co., 6 Simon and Tullige, Messrs., Carpet Beating Machine, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 6, 395 Smith and Co., Messrs., A. and W., Vacuum Sugar Evaporating Plant, 68, 77 Smith and Coventry, Messrs., Open Spindle Capstan Rest Chasing Lathe, Manchester Exhi-bition, 347, 348

Smith, Mr. H. J., Dynamo Electric Igniting Machine, 77

Soci^tJ des Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Triple Expansion High-speed Launch Engines, 7 South-Western Railway, Locomotive Engines of the, from 1851 to 1886 (Supplement, March llf/t) Spiel’s Petroleum Engine, Messrs. A. Shirlaw and Co., 50, 54

Steavenson, Mr. A. R., Hydraulic Drill, Newcastle Exhibition, 383

Stoney’s Sluices, Ballyteigue and Kilmore Reclamation Works, 339

Stroudley Tin Company, The, Pin-making Machine, Saltaire Exhibition, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, p. 434

TANGYE, Messrs., Horizontal Engine with Automatic Cut-off Gear, Manchester Exhibition, 439

Tangye, Messrs., High Lift Colonial Pump and Circulating Pump Machinery at Manchester Exhibition, 442

Tangye’s, Messrs., High-speed Engine, Manchester Exhibition, 439

Tangye’s, Messrs., Hydraulic Pulley Jack, Manchester Exhibition, 440

Tay Bridge, The New, Mr. W. H. Barlow, 373,

Taylor, Mr. E. L., Railroad Sleeper, 158 Teudloff and Corthyn, MM., Pressure Gauge, 468 Thornycroft Boiler, The, 424 Thornycroft Fire-boxes, 485

Thurston, Professor R. H., Autographic Diagram Testing Machine, 428

Thurston, Professor R. H., on the Friction of Non-condensing Engines, Diagrams, 96 Thwaite-Neville Warehouse Crane, Mr. B. H. Thwaite, 97

Thwaite and Stewart, Messrs., Open-hearth Steel Plant, 470

Thwaite Twin Gas Producer, The, 77 Todd, Mr. Herman A., Improved Oil Cup, 146 “Toussaint L’Ouverture,” Canet Protected Guns for the Mediterranean Company, Forges and Chantiers, 270, 274

Tozer and Sons, Messrs. James H., Steel Chair, Newcastle Exhibition, 453 Trelat, M. Emile, Stability of Walls at Openings, Diagrams, 312

Trinity House Spherical and Conical Buoys, 230 Trinity House, Steel Masts for Floating Lights, 359

Turner, Mr., Cotton Presses in Egypt, Figs. 1, 8, 9, pp. 491, 511, 512

UNIVERSAL Drill Companv, The, Heavy Radial Drill, 258

Universal Drill Company, The, Universal Drilling Machine, 490

Unwin, Professor W. C., Measuring Instruments used in Mechanical Testing, 405

“VICTORIA,” H.M.S., Messrs. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., 381 Victor Turbine, The 500-H.P., 46 V yrnwy Masonry Dam in Course of Construction for the Liverpool Water Supply, Mr. Thomas Hawksley and Mr. G. F. Deacon, 10, 35, 65, 66

WATSON and Sons, Messrs., Automatic Air Valve, Newcastle Exhibition, 411 Watson and Sons, Messrs., Oriental Steam Pumps, Newcastle Exhibition, 410 Weeks and Co., Messrs. J., Annular Pipe Heating Apparatus, 76

Wheeler, Mr. W. H., Drainage of Fens and Low Lands, Messrs. J. and H. Gwynne’s Centrifugal Pump, Fig. 7, p. 433

Whiteley’s, Electric Light Plant at, Messrs. J.

Richmond and Co., 125, 126, 129 Wild and Co., Messrs., Power Hammers, 417 Wilkinson and Lister, Messrs., Drilling Machine, 238

Williams, Messrs. A. and H., Ferule Extractor, 411 Williams’ Steam Stamp, Ore Crusher, and Amalgamator, the Reading Ironworks Company, 231 Willis, Mr. J. C., Valve with Removable Seat, Saltaire Exhibition, Figs. 8 and 9, p. 395 Wilson and Co., Messrs., Pencil-making Machinery, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 5, p. 434

Winn and Co., Messrs., Gas Pipe Piercing Machine, 440

Winnerl, M., Chronographs, Figs. 1 and 6, p. 267 Worcester, Birmingham and Droitwich Canals, Diagram and Maps, 500 Wotapek’s Exhaust Nozzle, 470

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ALUMINIUM Bronze Test, Autographic Diagram of, 28

Ammonia Refrigerating Machine, American, Messrs. Wood and Shipley, 89, 90, 91 Annular Syphon, Adaptation of Field’s, Mr. Rudolph Hering, 509

Arches, Equipollent, “ J. M. D.” to the Editor on, with Diagrams, 144

BALE Ties, Cotton Pressing in Egypt, Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, p. 511

Baling Hoop Punching Machine, Improved, Cotton Pressing in Egypt, Fig. 7, p. 511 Beam Bending and Punching Machine, Messrs.

D.    New and Co., 231

Belted and Internally Protected Cruisers, Mr. J. H. Biles on, 268

Bevel Wheel Cutting Machine, Mr. Tighe Hamilton, Exhibited by Messrs. Smith and Coventry, Manchester Exhibition, 345 Blast and Exhaust Separator, Messrs. Mumford and Moodie, 310

Boiler, Combustion Chamber Vertical Multitubular, Grantham Crank and Iron Company, 198 Boiler and Engine-rooms of the s.s. “Oroya,” Cross Sections through, the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, 234

Boiler Shell Drilling Machine, Messrs. Booth and Co., 502

Boiler, The Thorneycroft, 424 Boilers of the s.s. “Oroya,” the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, 290 Bollards, Spring, Adamson’s, 165 Brake, Interchangeable Automatic Continuous, Messrs. Cowling Welch and Parker-Smith, 134 Breakage of the 16in. Steel Shaft of the “Boston,” 200

Bridge, Berthon Pontoon, 259 Bridge on the Boston and Providence Railway, 247

Bridge, The Forth—Elevation of North Queens-ferry Pier, 112

Bridge, Forth—The North Queensferry Cantilever Pier in Course of Construction, Sir John Fowler and Mr. Benjamin Baker (Siqiplement, February 4th, 1887)

Bridge, The New Hammersmith, Sir J. Bazal-gette and Mr. Edw. Bazalgette (Supplement., April 22nd, 1887), 309

Bridge, Hammersmith — Chain Saddles and Anchorage, 331

Bridge, Hammersmith—Detail Construction of Towers and Roadway Suspension Connectors, 393

Bridge, Hammersmith—Details of Pier, Foundations, Chains, and Anchorage, Sir J. and Mr.

E.    Bazalgette, 392

Bridge, Hammersmith—Details of Towers, 330 Bridge Pier Work, Mandalay Extension, Burmah State Railways, 435

Bridge, Swing, Manedsund, between Falster and Seeland, Denmark, 171, 172 Buffer Coupling, Mr. C. J. Nicholson, 219 Bunker Doors, 35

Buoys, Spherical and Conical, Trinity House, 230

CANAL, The North Sea and Baltic, 479 Canals, Worcester, Birmingham, and Droitwich— Diagrams and Maps, 500

Carpet-beating Machine, Messrs. Simon and Tullige, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 6, 395 Carriages, Hotel Saloon, 143 Casting, A Large, the Hyde Park Foundry Company, 279

Centrifugal Machine for Reducing Dolomite, M.

J. L. Marie, Athus Iron and Steel Works, 503 Check Valve and Plug Cock, Mr. T. Murphy, 46 Chimney, Laddering a, 435 Chronograph, Mr. C. H. Golay, Fig. 4, 267 Chronograph, Ordinarv Seconds, Figs. 2 and 3, 267

Chronographs, Messrs. Baume and Co., Fig. 5, 267 Chronographs, M. Winnerl, Figs. 1 and 6, 267 Clip for Railway Chairs, Messrs. Goodwin and How, Newcastle Exhibition, 455 Coal-getter, Haswell’s Patent Mechanical, 456 Coal Wedge, Messrs. Bell Bros., Newcastle Exhibition, 383

Coking Oven, Improved Jameson, Newcastle Ex-bition, 383, 453

Colliery Hook, Safety, Messrs. King and Humble,

Collision between the “Celtic” and “Britannic,” The, 482

Compound Engines, Atlantic, 448 Converter Lining, Method for Temporarily Supporting, Athus Iron and Steel Works, 504 Conveyor, The Anti-friction, Mr. J. Little, 116 Cork Core Packing, Mr. H. Reinhold, 107 Cotton Machinery at the Manchester Exhibition, the Howard and Bullough Bend, 489 Cotton Presses in Egypt, Mr. W. Turner, Figs. 1, 8, and 9, pp. 491, 511, 512 Crane, The Thwaite-Neville Traversing Warehouse, Mr. R. B. Thwaite, 97 Crane, Travelling, Paris, Lyons, and Mediter-Works, Oullins, 334 Crane, Twenty-ton Floating, Messrs. Appleby Bros., 327

Crank Axles, London and Brighton Railway, Mr. W. Stroudley, 176

Crane and Traction Engine, Combined, 483 Cream Separators, Steam and Hand Power, the Laval Company, 306 Cruiser, “Dogali,” The Italian, 460

DAM, Vyrnwy—see Vyrnwy Dams of the World, Typical Masonry and Earthwork, 187, 207

“Deadlock” Fastening for Wheels and Axles, Bailey’s, Newcastle Exhibition, 454 Diagram of Position of Contractors’ Points at the Rio Accident, 290

Diagram Testing Machine, Autographic, Professor Thurston, 428

Direct-acting Hydraulic Power Pumps, Cottonpressing in Egypt, Mr. B. Stork, 510 Dock and Railway, The Barry, near Cardiff, Mr. J. W. Barry, Mr. T. Forster Brown, and Mr. H. M. Brunei, 165

Dome, Wrought Iron, the Lowmoor Company, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 5, p. 395 Donkey Pump, The Dolphin, Messrs. Miller, Tupp, and Rouse, 230 Drainage of the Houses of Parliament, 86 Dredger, The Dolphin, 23, 24, 25 Dredgers for the Bristol Corporation and the West Indies, Messrs. W. Simons and Co. (Supplement, January 7th, 1887), 23, 24, 55 Drill, Heavy Radial, the Universal Drill Company, 258

Drilling Machine, B. B. and C. I. Railway, Messrs. G. Booth and Co., 312

Drilling Machine, Universal Radial Drilling Company,

Drilling Machine, Messrs. Wilkinson and Lister, 238

Drilling Machinery, Hydraulic, 360 Dynamo Electric Igniting Machine, M. H. J. Smith, 77

Dynamo Mounted on Four-Horse Otto Gas Engine, Newcastle Exhibition, 409

ELECTRIC Lamp for Divers, Mr. R. Applegarth, ⁴⁵³ .

Electric Light Engines, Hadfield Mills, Messrs. Mather and Platt, 147

Electric Light Engines, Messrs. Mather and Platt, Manchester Exhibition, 389, 438 Electric Light Engines at Whiteley’s, Details of Richmond’s Valve Gear, 126 Electric Light Plant at Whiteley’s, Messrs. J.

Richmond and Co., 125, 126, 129 Electric Railway System, The Bentley-Knight, 68 Electro-magnetic Tools for Shipbuilding, Mr. F. G. Rowan, 446, 447

Engine Boiler, The Exploded Ploughing, at Shippon, 6

Engine, Compound, Hanover Railway, Germany, Mr. Von Borries, 210, 211 Engine, Compound, Mr. J. H. King, 468 Engine, Compound, Messrs. Ruston, Proctor, and Co., Manchester Exhibition, 348 Engine, Compound Express, North Eastern Railway, Mr. T. W. Worsdell, 87 Engine, Compound Goods, North-Eastern Railway, Mr. T. W. Worsdell, (Supplement, February

im)

Engine, Compound Passenger, North-Eastern Railway (Supplement, June 3rd, 1887)

Engine, Compound Queruel, M. Crespin, 72 Engine, Compound, of the s.s. “Poplar” (Supplement, February ith, 1887)

Engine, Compound, Who Invented the Diagrams, Robt. Gill, 70

Engine, Crank, Midland Passenger, Mr. S. W.

Johnson, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 1, 395 Engine, Duplex Pumping, Messrs. Fielding and Platt, Newcastle Exhibition, 454 Engine, Gas, Diagram Showing Action of, Mr. James Atkinson, 361

Engine, New Gas, Mr. Jas, Atkinson, 361, 380 Engine, High-speed, Messrs. Tangye, Manchester Exhibition, 439

Engine, High-speed Horizontal, The Grange Iron Company, Newcastle Exhibition, Figs. 3, 4, 461 Engine, Horizontal, with Automatic Cut-off Gear, Messrs. Tangye, Manchester Exhibition, 439 Engine, Rolling Mill, Newport Mills, Middlesbrough, Mr. J. Head, Manchester Exhibition, 349

Engine, Self-contained Underground Hauling, The Grange Iron Company, Newcastle Exhibition, Figs. 1 and 2, 461

Engine, Spiel’s Petroleum, Messrs. A. Shirlaw and Co., 50, 54

Engine, Traction, Messrs. Eddington and Stevenson, 47

Engines and Boilers of the s.s. “ Bentinck,” 288 Engines, Compound, for Atlantic Steamers, 471 Engines, Compound, for Atlantic Steamers, Combined Diagrams from Compound Engines, Mr. J. Jennings Campbell, 448 Engines ,Compound, of the Dredger “Dolphin,” Messrs. Simons and Co., 23, 24, 55 Engines and Pumps, Six-horse, Indian State Railways, 168, 169

Engines, Rider Hot-air, Mr. Okes, 55 Engines, Triple Expansion, Mr. Morison on, Mr.

Wyllie’s Paper on Diagrams, 110, 111, 145 Engines, Triple Expansion High Speed Launch, Societe des Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, 7 Engines, Triple Expansion, s.s. “ Oroya,” the Barrow Shipbuilding Company (Supplement, May 6th, 1887), 357, 358 Excavator, The Osgood, 3

Excentric Grip Lever, Messrs. Langdon and Wade, 290

Exhaust Nozzle, Wotapek’s, 470 Exhibition Buildings, Manchester, Messrs. Maxwell and Tuke, 351

Exhibition Buildings, Manchester, Details of Dome, Messrs. Maxwell and Tuke, 346 Explosion of Heterogeneous Mixtures of Coal Gas and Air Diagrams, Mr. Geo. C. Douglas.

FANS, Exhausting and Blowing, 279 Feathering Paddle Wheels, s.s. “Normandy”and “Brittany,” Mr. W. Stroudley, 427 Feed Heater, Messrs. Richard Garrett and Sons, Newcastle Exhibition, 411 Feed-water Regulator, An American, 482 Ferry, Ganges, 198

Ferule Extractor, Messrs. A. and H. Williams, 411

Fire-boxes, Thornycroft, 485 Flue, The Farnley, Newcastle Exhibition, 411 Four-cutter Wood-planing, Thicknessing, and Moulding Machine, Messrs. Powis, Bale, and Co., 259

Four-deck Steel Cage, Messrs. Joseph Cook and Son, Newcastle Exhibition, 454 Fullway Valve, The Dennis, Mr. A. G. Mumford, 238

Furnace, “ Clip Draught,” Mr. J. Lee, 55 Furnace Flue, Farnley, 411

GAS Engine, Atkinson’s, 361, 380

Gas Hammer, Robson’s, Manchester Exhibition,

439

castle Exhibition, 368

Gun Construction, Illustration of the Progress in, Ca.pt. Andrew Noble, 367

Gun, Elephant Sectional, Fig. 7, Newcastle Exhibition, 369

Gun, New 30-Pounder Quick Firing, Fig. 9, Newcastle Exhibition, 368

Gun, 6in. Breech-loading, on Disappearing Carriage, Messrs. Sir W. Armstrong and Co., Newcastle Exhibition, Figs. 3 and 4, 372 un, 30-Pounder Rapid-fire Breech-loading, Figs. 5 and 6, Newcastle Exhibition, 369 uns, Canet Protected, for the Toussaintl’Ouver-ture Mediterranean Co., Forges and Chan tiers, 270, 274

Guns, The New llOJ-ton Elswick, for H.M.S. “ Benbow,” 106

HAMMERS, Power, Messrs. Wild and Co., 417 Harbour Works in Algoa Bay, Cape Colony, 338 Harbour Works, Kurrachee, 43, 299 H.M.S. “Sanspareil,” The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co., 382

H.M.S. “Victoria,” Messrs. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., 381

Hoist and Crab, The Marks Patent Self-sustaining, Manchester Exhibition, 442 Hotel Saloon Carriages, Messrs. Brow'n, Marshalls and Co. 143

Hydraulic Drill, Mr. A. R. Steavenson, Newcastle Exhibition, 383

Hydraulic Drilling Machinery, Mr. Marc Berrier-Fontaine, 360

Hydraulic Pulley Jack, Messrs. Tangye,

Chester Exhibition, 440 Hydraulic Separators at the Mechernich Mines,

INDICATOR Diagrams, s.s. “ Bentinck,” 287 Irrigation in Egypt, Works at Afteh, 57

LADDERING a Tall Chimney, Mr. Joseph Ball,

435

Lathe Boring Bar, Messrs. Patrick and Ayer, 210 Lifeboat, Cross Section of Steam Tubular, 69 Lifeboat, Steam Tubular, 69 Lifeboat, Curve of Stability, Ludwig Benjamin, 9 Light Draught Twin Screw River Steamer, Messrs. Edwards and Symes, 27

Lining Repair Department, Plan of, Iron and Steel Works, Athus, Belgium, 503 Locomotive, Athus Iron and Steel Works^OS Locomotive, The Comet, 1835, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 154

Locomotive, .Compound Goods, North-Eastern Railway, 30

Locomotive, Consolidation Narrow Gauge, Manchester Exhibition, Messrs. Sharp, Stewart and Co., 396

Locomotive, Contractor’s, Messrs. Peckettand Sons, 191

Locomotive Engine, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Messrs. J. P. Mather Dixon and Co., 6

Locomotive Engines of the South-Western Railway from 1851 to 1886 (Supplement, March 11th) Locomotive for -3ft. 6in. Gauge, Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., Newcastle Exhibition, 464

Locomotive, The Rocket, at the Liverpool Exhibition, 150

Locomotives on the Belgian State Railway, 278, 294, 313

MEASURING Instruments used in Mechanical Testing, Professor W. C. Unwin, 405 Magazine Rifle, German, 251 Map of Intended Lake Vyrnwy—Liverpool Water Supply, Mr. Thos. Hawksley and Mr. G. F. Deacon, 34

Map of the Isthmus of Panama and Panama Canal Route, 318

Masonry Dam, The Vyrnwy, 10, 34, 35, 65, 66

NAVIGATION Works, Preston and the Ribble,

374

OIL Cup, Improved, Mr. Herman A. Todd, 146 Oiling Apparatus, Sellar’s Automatic, Newcastle Exhibition, 409

Open Hearth Steel Plant, Messrs. Thwaite and Stewart, 470

Ore Crusher and Amalgamator, Williams’ Steam Stamp, The Reading Ironworks, 231 Overwinding Gear for Mines, The Grange Iron-Co.’s, Newcastle Exhibition, 455

PENCIL Making Machinerv, Messrs. Wilson and; Co., Fig. 5,434

Permanent Way for Indian State Railways, 157 Pier, Folkestone New Promenade, Mr. M. N.. Ridley, 416, 418, 420

Pier at Salto on the Uruguay River, Mr. Allan Wilson, 291

Pier Tube Rivetting Cage—Forth Bridge, Sir John Fowler and Mr. E. Baker, 194 Pin-making Machine, The Stroud Water Pin Co.,.

Saltaire Exhibition, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 434 Pipe Heating Apparatus, Annular, Messrs. J. Weeks and Co., 76

Piston Packing, Mr. Cameron, Newcastle Exhibition, 453

Pivotted Girder and Cage, Forth Bridge, 192 Planing Machine, Double Cutter, Messrs. Buckton and Co., 271

Plate Bending Machine, Large Horizontal, Messrs. Berry and Sons, 401

Ploughing Engine Boiler, The Exploded, at Ship-pon, Messrs. John Fowler and Co., 6 Pneumatic Rivetting Machine, Allen’s Portable, 35 Point, Tramway, Edge’s, 218 Points, Movable, 219

460

116

Points, Railway, 164 Pontoon Bridge, The Berthon, 259 Port of Rosario de Santa Pd, Plan of, 228 Presses, Compound, Steam and Hydraulic, Cotton Pressing in Egypt, Mr. W. Turner, 491, 511 Pressure Gauge, MM. Teudloff and Corthyn, 468 Pulsometer and Boiler, Portable, The Pulsometer Engineering Co., 468 Pulverising Machine, 503

Pump Blade, Centrifugal, Mr. C. Brown, Fig. 6, 286, 433

Pump, Carre’s Boiling Water, 417 Pump, Centrifugal, Messrs. J. and H. Gwynne, 433 Pump, Curved Arms of the Appold, Fig. 5, 286 Pump, for Drainage Work, Centrifugal, Messrs.

J. and H. Gwynne, Figs. 3, 4, 285 Pump for Drainage Work, Dutch Screw, Fig. 3a, 285

Pump, The Grange Iron Co.’s Double-acting Horizontal Mine, Newcastle Exhibition, 456 Pumping Engines, 146 Pumps, Indian State Railways, 168 Pumps, Oriental Steam, Messrs. Watson and Sons, Newcastle Exhibition, 410 Pumps, Messrs. Tangye’s High Lift Colonial and Circulating, Manchester Exhibition, 442 Purifier, a New, Messrs. Thos. Robinson and Son,

RADIAL Drilling Machine, Messrs. G. Booth and Co., 176

Railroad Sleeper, Mr. E. L. Taylor, 158 Rail, Tramway, 218

Rails, “Centre-bearing” and “Side-bearing” 472 Railway, Berlin Metropolitan, 250, 254 Railway, Electric, 68 Railway Ferry over the Ganges, 198, 199 Railway Points, Messrs. Barr and Langley, 164 Repairing Tanks and Reservoirs, Mr. W. T. Lees 417

Reservoirs, Repairing, 417 Resistance of Slide Valves, 78 Rifle, The German Army Magazine, 251

Rivetting Machine, Pneumatic, 35 Roof of the Great Machinery Hall, Paris Exhibition, 1889, 375ft. Span, 469, 506 Rolling Mill Engine, 349

Ropes, Painted and Tarred, as Tested by Lloyd’s Proving House, for Thos. W. Oliver, 319 Rudder of “El Destructor,” 27

SAFETY Stop Valve, Pasquier’s, 46 Sawing Machine, Messrs. Lee and Hunt, Manchester Exhibition, 345

Scoop Wheels in the Fenland, 225, 478 Screw Pile Wharf at Kurrachee, 43 Screw Vice, Rapid Action, Messrs. Entwistle and Co., 470

Screws, Twin, High-speed, 292 Sea Wall and Promenade, Scarborough, 28 Sewerage, London, New Precipitation Works at Barking, 84, 85, 108

Sewerage and Sewage Works, Hendon, Messrs. E.

Cousins, 353, 354 Shaft Steel, Breakage of, 200 Sleepers, Howard’s New, Saltaire Exhibition, Figs. 2 and 3, 395

Sluices, Stoney’s, BallyteigueandKilmore Reclamation Works, 339 Sluice Valves, Large, 95

Spindle Capstan Rest Chasing Lathe, Messrs. Smith and Coventry, Manchester Exhibition, 347, 348

Stability of Walls at Openings, M. Emile Trelat, Diagrams, 312

Stamped Goods, Mr. J. Grimshaw, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 7, 395

Steam Cars for Steep Gradients, Mr. W. R. Rowan,

S.S. “Manauense,” Compound Engines, Details, Messrs. Rollo and Sons (Supplement, May 20th, 1887), 397

S.S. “Manauense,” Indicator Diagrams, 394 Steam Tramways, Birmingham, General Plan, 218

Steam Yacht “Chemcheck,” The, Messrs. Miller, Tupp, and Rouse, 214

Steamer “Oroya,” the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. ’s Royal Mail, The Barrow Shipbuilding Co. (Supplement, March 2hth, 1887), 251 Steamer, River, for Java, Messrs. J. Birch and Co., 177

Steel Chains without Welding, M. Oury, 179 Steel Chair, Messrs. James H. Tozer and Sons, Newcastle Exhibition, 453 Steel Masts for Floating Lights, Trinity House, 359 Steel Fire Bars, Wave Line, Mr. W. Fox, Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 4, 395

Steel Tug, “Jubilee,” The, Messrs. Steward and Latham, 457, 460

Step Cone Fire-box, Messrs. Partington and Co., 210

Stone Moulding and Dressing Machine, Hunt’s Duplex, 340

Stop Watches and Chronographs, 267 Strainer, Miller’s Patent, Newcastle Exhibition,

Submarine Boat “ Nordenfelt,” The, 499 Submarine Boat for Turkey, the Nordenfelt, 105 Sueur Evaporating Plant, Vacuum, Messrs. A.

and W. Smith and Co., 68, 77 Syphon, Annular, 509

TENDER, Compound Goods Engine, N.E. Railway, .Mr. T. W. Worsdell, 128 Threshing Implement from Tunis, Arch Ecological,

Tire, Corrugated, Mr. Fox, Newcastle Exhibition, 453

Torpedo Cruiser, “El Destructor,” Messrs. J. and G. Thqmson, 26, 27

Traction Engine and Crane Combined, Messrs. C. Burrell and Co., 483

Tramway Points, Movable, Mr. C. I. Nicholson, 219

Tramway Point, Mr. C. A. Edge, 218 Tramway Rail, Barker’s, 218 Tramway Rail, Gowan’s, 218 Tramways, Birmingham Steam, 218 Tug “ Jubilee,” 457

Turbine, the 500-H.P. Victor, 46 Turbines at the Manchester Exhibition Mr W Gunther, 486

Turret Lathe for Brass Finishing, Cooper’s Manchester Exhibition, 347 Turret, the Mougin Disappearing, 109 Twin Screws, High Speed, Mr. E. A. Linnington, 292

UPRIGHT Turret Pullev and Wheel-boring Machinery, Messrs. John Bertram and Sons, 502

\ ALVE, Automatic Air, Messrs. Watson and Sons, Newcastle Exhibition, 411 Valve, Dennis’s Full-way, 238 Valve, Fothergill’s, Figs. 1 and 2, Newcastle Exhibition, 410

Valve with Removable Seat, Mr. J. C. Willis, Figs. 8 and 9, Saltaire Exhibition, 395 Vice, the Ewbank, 470

WATCHES, Stop, 267

Water Gauge, Messrs. Eddington and Stevenson, 176

Water-raising Machines, Messrs. Cail, 227 Water-raising Machine, Mr. F. de Romilly, 227 Water-tight Bunker Doors, Messrs. Cochran and Co., 35

Waterworks, Bradford, Large Sluice Valves, Messrs. Blakeborough aud Sons, 95 Wheel and Axle Fastening, 454 Wheel Boring Machine, 502 Winding Drum, Black Rock Colliery, 190 Winding Engines and Steel Drum, Lady Windsor Pit, Black Rock Colliery, Ynysbwl, Messrs. Daglish and Co., 190

Workshop Roofs for Indian State Railways, 413 Workshops, Plan of Great Indian Peninsular Railway, Bombay, 404

YACHT, Steam, 214

iKisallantflits.

509

247

1887,11

Abstracts of Consular and Diplomatic Reports 391, 434, 478

Accidents in Mines, Sir Fred. Abel, 440

Accuracy of Artillery Fire, 354

Adit, An Old and Long, 68

Admiralty Contracts, 215

Aeronauts, Military, 171

Afteh, Irrigation Works at, 57

“All Rights Reserved,” 115

Aluminium Alloys, 28, 57

Ambleside Railway Bill, The, 152

Amendment of Specifications, 29

American Ammonia Refrigerating Machine, 89

American Armour-plates, 509

American Drills, 480

American Engineering News, 97, 111, 136, 158, 180, 201, 240, 269, 320, 384, 431, 472, 512 American Notes, 19, 37, 60, 81, 101, 120, 139, 161, 183, 203, 223, 243, 263, 283, 303, 323, 365, 407, 451, 495

American Railway Accidents, 9 American Railway Guides, 276 American Trade, 64

Ammonia Refrigerating Machine, American, 89, 90, 91

Andrew, Sir W. P., 218

Annular Pipe-heating Apparatus, Weeks’, 77

Annular Syphon, Novel Method of Utilising the,

Anti-friction Metal for Heavy Machinery, 31 Aquarium of the Fisheries Exhibition, Sale of, 86 Aqueduct in Holiday-street, Birmingham, Description of, 209 Arch Problem, The, 180 Armed Cruisers for the Mercantile Fleet, 235 Armour-plates, 374

Armour-plates, Schneider v. Sheffield, 332 Association op Birmingham, Students op the Institution op Civil Engineers : Sewerage of Towns, Mr. Joseph Pickering on the, 154

Association, Engineer Students’, 175 Association, Finsbury Technical College Old Student:

Rain as a Geologic Agent, Mr. G. T. Moody,

Association of Foremen Engineers, 136 Association, Agricultural Engineers’ 364 Association op Foremen Engineers and Draughtsmen, The London, 96,136,277,364 Notes on Gas Manufacture, Mr. F. Darlington,

402

Association, The Geologists’—Excursion, 350 Association of Municipal Engineers, 375 Association of Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Manchester :

Road-making, Mr. Bracegirdle, 49 Athus Iron and Steel Works, Belgium—Basic Lining Department, 503 Atkinson’s New Gas Engine, 361, 379 Atlantic Telegraph Working, 114 Automatic Calls to Distant Signals, 374

BALE Ties, 511

Baling Hoop Punching Machine, Improved, 511 Ballyteigue and Kilmore Reclamation Drainage Works, County Wexford, Ireland, 339 Barking Sewage Outfall, Precipitation Works at the, 83, 84, 85, 108, 109 Barr and Langley’s Railway Points, 164 Barry Dock and Railways near Cardiff, The, 165 Basic Slag as a Manure, Dr. Grupe’s Lectures on, and Reference to Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, 238

Bath and West of England’s Society’s Show, 404 Bazalgette, Sir J., and Mr. Bailey-Denton, 316

B. B. and C. I. Railway, Booth’s Drilling Machine, 312

Beam - bending and Punching Machine, New’s, 231, 237

Beams with Fixed Ends, 509 Belgian Competition, 75

Belgian State Railway Locomotives, 278, 279, 290, 294, 313, 314

Bengal and North-Western Railway, Railway Ferry over the Ganges, 198, 199 Bentley-Knight Electric Railway System, The, 68 Berlin, The Metropolitan Railway of, 250, 251, 254

Berthon Boats, The Late Gen. Gordon and, 359 Berthon Pontoon Bridge, The, 259 Bevel Wheel Cutting Machine, Mr. Tighe Hamilton, 345

Binns, Mr. Charles, 67 Birmingham and Bristol Canal, The, 499 Birmingham Steam Tramways, 218 Black Process, The, 36

Black Rock Colliery, Winding Engines and Winding Drum, 190, 191

Blast Furnaces in the Cleveland District, Sir B. Samuelson, 445

Blast Furnaces in the Cleveland District in 1887, Cost of, Sir B. Samuelson, 428 Board of Trade and Boiler Insurance, The, 51 Boiler, Combustion Chamber Vertical Multitubular, 198 Boiler Construction, 288

Boiler Shell Drilling Machine, Large, Messrs.

George Booth and Co., 502 Boiler, The Thornycroft, 424 Boilers, Donkey, 145 Boilers and Engines, New, 139 Boilers, High-pressure Marine, 488 Boilers of the s.s. “ Oroya,” 290 Boilers, Torpedo Boats’, 437 Bollards, Adamson’s Spring, 165 Bolton, Sir Francis, 36

Bombay, Plan of Great Indian Peninsular Railway Workshops, 404

Books Received, 53, 75, 115, 197, 277, 356, 400, 467

Borehole in Leicestershire, On a, Mr. Stooke, 403 Boring Bar Lathe, 210

Borings in the Chalk at Bushey, Herts, Mr. W. Fox, 403

Bradford Waterworks, Large Sluice Valves, 95 Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic Continuous, 134

Brake, The Westinghouse, 220 Brakes, Mr. Moon on Continuous, 127 Brakes, Railway, 220 Brasses, Old, 195, 280

Bridge on the Boston and Providence Railway,

Bridge, Hammersmith, 52

Bridge, The New Hammersmith (Supplement, April 22nd, 1887), 52, 309, 331, 392,

Bridge Pier Work, Mandalay Extension, 435 Bridge Railway, Swing, over the Masnedsund, Denmark, 171, 172

Bridge over the River Eunant, Liverpool Water Supply, 65

Brighton Electric Railway, The, 94

Bristol Docks, 107

British Association, The, 220

British Iron Trade, 154

Buenos Ayres Port and Harbour, 117

Buffalo Electric Light Company, The, 411

Buoys, Spherical and Conical, 230

Burmah State Railways, Bridge Pier Work, 435

Burton-on-Trent Sewage Engines, 180, 200, 220,

Burton-on-Trent Sewage Works, Pumping Engines, 146

CALAIS, Modern, 356

Calorimetrical Thermometers, Professor Pickering-on, 407

Canadian Iron Trade, The, 39 Canal between India and Ceylon, Proposed, 131 Canal, The Birmingham and Bristol, 499 Canal, The Panama, 499 Canal, The Resecop, 61

Canals, The North Sea, Baltic, and Westphalian, 479 Canet Protected Guns for the Toussaint l’Ouver-ture, 270, 274 Capell’s Fan, 370

Carpet - beating Machine, Messrs. Simon and Tullige, Fig. 6, 395 Carron Co., The, A Heavy Roll, 370 Casting, A Large, 279 Caution against Philip Barry, 277 Cement, Sugar in, 28, 56, 117, 220 Centrifugal Machine for Reducing Dolomite, Athus Iron and Steel Works, 503 Chalk Springs in the London Basin, Mr. J. W. Grover, 403

Changes of Level in the Surface of Water Surrounding a Vessel, &c., Professor J. H. Cot-terill on, 252

Check Valve and Plug Cock, Combined, 46 “ Chemcheck,” The Steam Yacht, 210, 214 Chemistry to Engineering, Relation of, Professor H. E. Armstrong, 110 Chenille Cutting, 399 Chilled Cast Iron, Mr. Morgans on, 156 Chilled Iron and Steel Projectiles, 74 Chinese Railways, Inauguration of, 465 Chinese Trade, 56

Chronographs, Stop Watches and, 267 Cillies, Drainage of the River, 418 “Clip Draught” Furnace, Mr. J. Lee, 54 Clip for Railway Chairs, Messrs. Goodwin and How, 455

Clyde Shipbuilding Trade, 192, 462 Coal Export, Our, 236

Coal Gas and Air, Explosion of Heterogeneous Mixtures of, 308

Coal Getter, Haswell’s Patent Mechanical, 456 Coal Trade Strike and London Coal, 378 Coal Wedge, Messrs. Bell Bros., 383 Coking Oven, Improved Jameson, 383, 453 Collapsible Berths for Emigrant Ships, 400 College for the Colonies, 113 Colliery Hook, Safety Detaching, Messrs. King and Humble, 55

Collision between the “ Celtic ” and the “Britannic,” 482

Colonial Conference, The, 256 Colonies, College for the, 113 Colour-blindness and Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, 359 Comet, 1885, The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 154

Complaint, A New, 414 Compound Locomotives, 57, 70, 136, 215 Compound v. Triple Expansion Marine Engines, 286

Concrete Dock Works: Alarming Discovery at

Condensation in Steam Cylinders, 98, 107, 136, 179, 200, 220

Consular and Diplomatic Reports, Abstracts of, 3, 22, 67, 89, 104, 123, 142, 170, 186, 212, 227, 248, 272, 309, 340

Continuous Brakes on Goods Trains, 465 Contractors’ Locomotive, 191 Contracts Open:

Indian State Railways, N.W. Railway, 5ft. 6in. Gauge, 157

Kurrachee Harbour Board, Ship Wharf Extension, Girders and Joists, 298, 299 Screw Pile Wharf at Kurrachee, 43, 49 Steel Masts for Floating Lights, 359

Contracts Open (continued):—

Spherical and Conical Buoys, Trinity House. 230

Workshop Roofs for Indian State Railways, 413 415

Control of the London Water Supply, 422 Conversion of Compound Engines to Tri-compound, 35

Conversion of Timber in the Pine-growing Districts of the U.S.A., by Circular and Band Saws, Mr. Ransome, 428

Converter Lining, Method for Temporarily Supporting, 504

Conveyor, The Anti-friction, 116 Cotton Machinery at the Manchester Exhibition, 390, 489

Cotton Presses for Egypt, Mr. W. Turner, 511 Cotton Pressing in Egypt, 491, 510 Crane, The Thwaite-Neville Warehouse, 97 Crane, Travelling, Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Railway Works, 334, 337 Crane, Twenty-Ton Floating, 327 Crank Axles, London and Brighton Railway, 176 Cream Separator, Mechanical, 305, 306 Cruiser “Dogali,” The Italian, 460 Cruisers, Types of some New, 185 Current Half-year on Railways, The, 152 Cycles, The Stanley Exhibition of, 134 Cylinder Condensation, 93, 98, 107, 136, 179, 200, 220

DAMS of the World, Typical Masonry and Earthwork, 187, 189, 207, 208 Dangerous Paints and Compositions, 116 “Deadlock” Fastening for Wheels and Axles, Bailey’s, 454

Defective Weapons, 384, 421 Defence of our Coaling Stations, 75 Delta Metal Valves, 217 Dennis Full way Valve, The, 238 Denny, Mr. William, 237

Diagram Testing Machine, Autographic, Professor Thurston, 428

Disappearing Turret, The Mougin, 109 “Dogali,” The Italian Cruiser, 460, 485 “Dolphin” Donkey Pump, The, 230 “Dolphin,” The Dredger (Supplement, January 7th, 1887), 4, 23, 24, 55

Dome, Wrought Iron, The Lowmoor Company, Fig. 5, 395

Domestic Drainage, 296, 319, 414, 437, 501 Donkey Boilers, 99, 145 Double-cutter Planing Machine, 271 Drainage of Fens and Low Lands by Steam Power Mr. W. H. Wheeler, 83, 103, 123, 163, 225 265, 285, 433

Drainage of Fens and Low Lands by Steam Power, Pumping Stations, 477 Drainage of the Houses of Parliament 86 Drains, Engine, 164

Dredgers for Bristol and for the West Indies (Supplement, January 7th, 1887), 4, 23, 24, 55 Drill, Hydraulic, Mr. A. R. Steavenson, 383 Drilling Machine, Automatic, Messrs. Wilkinson and Lister, 238 Drilling Machine, Booth’s, 312 Drilling Machine, Universal, 480, 490 Drilling Machinery, Hydraulic, M. Marc Berrier-Fontaine, 360 Drills, American, 480

Duplex Stone Dressing Machine, Hunt’s, 340 Dutch Screw Pump for Drainage Work, 285 Dynamos, Characteristics of, Mr. G. L. Hodgson on, 99

Dynamo Electric Igniting Machine, 77 Dynamo Mounted on Four-horse Otto Gas Engine,

Traction

397

266

on.

mmersmith Bridge, The New {Supplement, April 22nd, 1887), 52, 309, 331, 392. 393 Hammersmith Bridge, Opening of the New, 504 rmany, Compound Loco-

The Merchant Service and the Royal Navy, Sir N. Barnaby, 257, 260

Practical Application of Stability Calculations, Mr. A. Denny on, 286

Results of a Series of Progressive Speed Trials Carried out at Cherbourg on a Torpedo Boat, Mons. L. de Bussy, 257 -Shifting Cargoes, Professor Jenkins on, 286 Some Recent High-speed Twin-screws, Mr.

and

over

EADS, Captain James Buchanan, 220 Eddington and Steevenson, Messrs.

Engine, 46, 47 Eddington and Steevenson’s Water Gauge, 176 Education of Engineers, The, 336, 374, 501 Education, Too Much, 394 Education and Patents, 295 Egypt, Irrigation in, 57, 133 Egypt, Twenty Years’ Cotton Pressing in, 491, 510 Eiffel and Jubilee Towers, 196 “El Destructor,” Torpedo Cruiser, 26 Electric Lamp for Divers, Mr. II. Applegarth, 453 Electric Light Engines at the Had field Mills, 147 Electric Light Engines, Messrs. Mather and Platt, 438

Electric Light Illuminations, 501 Electric Light Installation, Large Cotton Mill, 78 Electric Light at Whiteley’s, 124,129,145,180, 220 Electric Lighting, 139

Electric Lighting at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 73

Electric Lighting Plant of the Colonial Exhibition, Sale of, 55

Electric Railway System, The Bentley-Knight, 68 Electric Safety Lamp, with Schanschieff’s Primary Liquid Single Battery, Mr. S. B. Coxon upon, 333

Electric Search Lights, 63 Electrical Progress in 1886, 44 Electro-magnetic Tools for Shipbuilding, Mr.

F. G. Rowan, 446, 447

Elswick Exhibits at the Newcastle Exhibition, 367 Elswick Guns, The New 1101-ton, 106, 127 Employers’ Liability, 300 Engine Boiler, An Exploded Ploughing, 6, 9 Engine, Combined Irrigating and Steam Fire, 128 Engine, Compound, Mr. J. H. King, 468 Engine, Compound, Messrs. Ruston, Proctor and Co., 348

Engine, Compound Express, N.E. Railway, 87, 97 Engine, Compound Goods, N.E. Railway, (Supplement, February 18th, 1887), 24, 30, 128, 155 Engine, Compound Passenger, N.E. Railway, (Supplement, June 3rd, 1887), 436 Engine, Compound Queruel, 72 Engine Crank, Midland Passenger Engine, Mr.

S. W. Johnson, Fig. 1, 395 Engine Drains, 164

Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, 229, 280, 300 Engine-drivers’ Eyesight and Colour-blindness, 319, 332

Engine, Duplex Pumping, Messrs. Fielding and Platt, 454

Engine, French Triple Expansion, 9 Engine, Gas, Diagram showing Action of, Mr. James Atkinson, 361

Engine, High-speed, Messrs. Tangye, 439 Engine, High-speed, Horizontal, The Grange Iron Co., Figs. 3, 4, 461

Engine, Horizontal, with Automatic Cut-off Gear, Messrs. Tangye, 439

Engine, The Life History of an, by Prof. Ryan, 126 Engine, Locomotive, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, 1838, 6, 9 Engine, New Gas, Mr. James Atkinson, 361, 380 Engine, Rolling Mill, Newport Mills, Middlesbrough, Mr. J. Head, 349, 360 Engine, Self-contained, Underground Hauling, Figs. 1, 2, The Grange Iron Co., 461 Engine, Spiel’s Vertical Petroleum, 54 Engine Tender, Compound Goods, 128 Engine, Traction, Messrs. Eddington and Steevenson, 46, 47

Engine Trial, Extraordinary, 200, 228 Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society’s, 492

Engineer, The, on the Dimensions of Physical Quantities, 243

Engineering and Allied Trades, Section in Connection with the London Chamber of Commerce, 229, 240 Engineering in Canton, 279 Engineering Literature, A Professor on, 173 Engineering Trades in 1886, 58 Engineering Trades and the London Chamber of Commerce, 229, 240

Engineers and the London Chamber of Commerce,

Engines and Boilers, General Arrangement of, s.s. “Bentinck,” 288 Engines, Compound, 67

Engines, Compound, for Atlantic Steamers, 448 Engines, Compound, for Atlantic Steamers, Mr. J. Campbell, 447, 471

Engines, Compound, of the Dredger “Dolphin,” 23, 24

Engines, Compound, s.s. “Manauense,” Messrs.

Rolls and Sons (Supplement, May 20th), Engines, Compound, of the s.s. “Poplar” {Supplement, February 4th, 1887), 95 Engines, Electric Light, Messrs. Mather and Platt, 389

Engines, On the Friction of Non-Condensing, 96,

Engines, Gas, 374, 402 Engines, High-speed, in Cargo Boats, 236 Engines, Management of Drainage, 123 Engines, Marine Compound, v. Triple Expansion,

Engines, Oke’s Improved Rider Hot-air, 55 Engines and Pumps, 6-Horse, for the Indian State Railways, 168, 169, 170, 215 Engines, Traction, Inspecting, 320 Engines, Triple Expansion, s.s. “Oroya” {Supplement, May 6th, 1887), 357, 358 Engines, Triple Expansion Marine, The late Mr.

Wyllie’s Papers on, 110, 135, 145 Engines Used for Driving Wheels and Pumps, 123 English Girder Manufacture, 276 Equipollent Arches, 144 Excavator, New, Osgood Dredge Co., 3, 4 Exhaust Nozzle, Bertha Wotapek’s, 470 Exhibition, The Adelaide, 70 Exhibition, The American, 120, 303, 358 Exhibition, The American, Indian Corn at, 120 Exhibition, Brussels, 1888, 88 Exhibition Buildings, 402

Exhibition of Cadiz, National Maritime, August to October, 1887, 484

Exhibition, The Colonial, Sale of Electric Lighting Plant, 55

Exhibition of Cycles, The Stanley, 134 Exhibition, The Glasgow International, 277, 354, 460

Exhibition at Havre, International Maritime, 164, 38o

Exhibition, Indian and Colonial, Electric Lighting Exhibition, The Indian and Colonial Reports, 298

Exhibition, Limited, The American, 217, 259 Exhibition, The Liverpool, The “Rocket” at, 150, 153

Exhibition of Machinery at Milan, International, 128

Exhibition, The Manchester — see Manchester Exhibition

Exhibition, 1888, The Melbourne Centennial, 488 Exhibition, The Newcastle—see Newcastle Exhibition

Exhibition of 18S9, The Paris, 468, 469, 502 Exhibition, The Paris Railway, 36, 51 Exhibition, The Saltaire—see Saltaire Exhibition Exhibition, the Sportsman’s, 364 Exhibitors’ Club, An, 170

Explosions of Heterogeneous Mixtures of Coal Gas and Air, 308

Explosives Act, The Working of the, 336 External and Internal Armour, 275

FALLACIES of Perpetual Motion, On the, 192 Fans for Forced Blast, 402

Fans, Hodge’s Exhausting and Blowing, 279, 293 Fastest Boat in the World, The, 237 Fastest Vessel Afloat, The, 415, 437 Feed-heater, Messrs. Richard Garrett and Sons, 411

Feed-water Regulator, 482

Ferule Extractor, Messrs. A. and H. Williams, 411

Fibres, The Finest, Mr. C. V. Boys on the, 283 Filter Presses for the Treatment of Sewage Sludge,

158

Finsbury Technical College, 88, 260

Fire-arms, Magazine and Repeating, 188

Fire Engines, Mr. V. J. Bonton, 440

Fire-escapes, 152

Fires in London, 113

Firewood-cutting Machines, 131

Fitter ? What is a, 319

Flight of the Pelican, The, 414, 437

Floating Steam Cranes, 327

Flood Works, Corporation of Leicester, 253

Flour Mill Machinery, Modern, 317

Flow of Metals, The, 131

Flue, The Farnley, 411

Fly-wheel in a Rolling Mill at Marchiennes, Breakage of, 176

Folkestone New Promenade Pier, 416, 418, 420 Fontaine’s Hydraulic Drilling Machinery, 360 Force of Water, The, 61 Forth Bridge, The, 310, 312

Forth Bridge, Elevation of North Queensferry Pier, 112, 115

Forth Bridge, Erection of the {Supplement, February 4d.li, 1887), 95 Forth Bridge, The, Pivotted Girder and Cage, 192, 194

Foundations in America, Failure of, 387 Four-cutter Wood-planing, Thicknessing, and Moulding Machine, 259 Fox, Mr. Sam, 171

Free Trade, Fair-Trade, and no Trade, 484 French Telegraph Cables, 174 Friction of Engines, 136

Friction of Non-condensing Engines, Professor R.

H. Thurston on the, 96, 148 Fuel, Mr. A. Forbes on, 445 Fuel, New Patent, 378

Fuel Supply in Ships of War, Sir N. Barnaby,

Furnace, “ Clip Draught,” 54

GANGES Ferry, Bengal and North-Western Railway, 198, 199 Gas Engine Progress, 117 Gas Engines, 374, 402

Gas Explosion on Board the “ J. H. Nieman,” 418 Gas Explosion, Natural, Youngstown, Ohio, 470 Gas Hammer, Robson’s, 439 Gas Manufacture, Mr. F. Darlington’s Notes 402

Gas-pipe Piercing Machine, Messrs. Winn and Co. 440

Gas Producer, Twin, 77

Gas Production and Distribution, 175

Gauge for Measuring Gases, Jameson’s, 383, 453

Geographical Instruction, 220

German Army Magazine Rifle, The, 251

German Shipbuilding, 320

Gold Mining Machinery for the Transvaal, by Henry Louis, 477

Gordon, The Late General, and Berthon Boats, 359

Government Contracts, Waste of Bolts and Rivets, 415

Grain Dryers, 220

Great Eastern Steamship, The, 153, 275

Green, Mr. Sam, 415

Grinding Wood, 51

Gruel Mortar, 200

Gruson Turrets, 421

Gun, Armstrong, 1101-Ton, Figs. 1 and 2, 368 Gun Construction, Illustration of the Progress in, Captain Andrew Noble, 367 Gun, Elephant Sectional, Newcastle Exhibition, Fig. 7, 369

Gun, Firing Trial of the 1101-ton B.L. Elswick, 106, 127

Gun, The 110-ton Iron, 196 Gun, New 30-pounder Quick Firing, Fig. 9, 368 Gun, 6in. Breech-loading, on Disappearing Carriage, Figs. 3 and 4, 472 Gun Steel, Treatment of, 255 Gun Steel, Treatment of, Col. Eardley Maitland on, 209

Gun, 30-pounder, Rapid-fire Breech-loading, Figs.

5, 6, Newcastle Exhibition, 369 Guns, The Greatest, in the World, 17

HADFIELD Mills, Electric Light Engines at the, 147

Hammer, Gas, 439 Hammers, Power, 417 Hammersmith Bridge, The New

Hanover Railroad, Germany,

motive, Von Borrie’s System, 210, 211 Harbour Works in Aliroa Bay, Cape Colony, Mr.

Wm. Shield on, 333, 338 Harbours of Refuge, 315 Hawkesbury Bridge, The New, 160 Hayti, Despatch Boat for, 270, 274 Heberlein Brake, The, 437 Hematite Iron Production in the North, 466

Hendon Sewage Works, 353, 354

H.M.S. “Benbow,” Elswick Guns for, 106, 127

H.M.S. “ Sanspareil,” 382

H.M.S. “Victoria,” 381

High-speed Engines in Cargo Boats, 236

High-pressure at Sea, 443

Hodges’ Exhausting and Blowing Fans, 279, 293 Hoist and Crab, The Marks Patent Self-sustaining, 442

Hook, Colliery. Messrs. King and Humble’s, 55 Horse-power of Steam, The, 300 Hotel Saloon Carriages, Messrs. Brown, Marshall and Co., 142, 143

Howard and Bullough Bend, The, 489 Humber Guardship, Accident on board the, 449 Husband, Mr. Wm., 361

Hydraulic Cement from Blast-furnace Slag, On the Manufacture of, Mr. R. J. Friswell, 459 Hydraulic Mining and the Californian River Beds, 317

Hydraulic Separators at the Mechernich Mines,

238

IMPORTATION of British Marked Goods, 237 Indian State Railways, N.W. Railway, 5ft. 6in. Gauge, 157

Indian State Railways, 6-horse Engines and Pumps for, 168, 169, 170 Inspecting Traction Engines, 320 Institute, The Iron and Steel, 317 Inaugural Address of the President, Mr. Adamson, 428

Cost of Blast-furnaces in the Cleveland District in 1887, Sir B. Samuelson, 428, 445 Notes on the Terni Steel Works, Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 428

Patent Composite Steel and Iron, Mr. G. Allan, 428

Some Investigations as to the Effects of Different Methods of Treatment of Mild Steel in the Manufacture of Plates, Mr. James Riley, 445

South Chicago Works of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Co., Mr. E. C. Potter, 445 Institute op Mining and Mechanical Engineers, The North of England : Improved Electric Safety Lamp, with Schan-schieff’s Liquid Single Battery, Mr. S. B. Coxon, 333

Institute, Weighley New Technical, 402 Italian Government and the Simplon Tunnel, The, 417

Jamaica, Temperature and Pressure in, 384 Jacomb, Mr. Wm., 437 Jubilee Banquet at Colchester, 484 Jubilee, 507

Irish Metal Mines, Mr. G. H. Kinehan, 456 Institution of Civil Engineers, The, 64, 262, 328, 375, 415, 491

Accidents in Mines, Sir Fred. Abel, 440 Borehole in Leicestershire, Mr. Stooke on a, 403 Borings in Chalk at Bushey, Herts, Mr. W. Fox, 403

Chalk Springs in the London Basin, Mr. J. W. Grover, 403

Conversion of Timber in the Pine-growing Districts of the United States of America, by Circular-saws and Band-saws, Mr. L. H. Ransom e, 428

Electric Illumination at, 508 Filter Presses for the Treatment of Sewage Sludge, Mr. Wm. Santo Crimp, 158 List of Premiums Awarded, 470 Manufacture of Salt near Middlesbrough, On the, Sir Lowthian Bell, 428 Past and Present Telegraphy, Mr. E. Dodd, 277 Printing Machinery, Mr. E. A. Clowes on, 300 The Queen and the, 412

Sewage Sludge and its Disposal, Mr. Wm. Joseph Dibdin, 157

Treatment of Gun Steel, Col. Eardley Maitland, 209

Water Supply from Wells, 403 Wells and Borings of the Southampton Waterworks, Mr. W. Matthews, 403 Institution of Civil Engineers’ Students : Description of the Aqueduct in Holiday-street, Birmingham, Mr. F. D. Sharp, 209 Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :

Education of Engineers, Mr. H. Dyer, 336 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The, 76, 229, 403

Inaugural Address by the President, Mr. E. H. Carbutt, 403

Triple Expansion Marine Engines, The late Mr.

Wyllie’s Paper on, 110, 135, 145 Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Patent Office, 229

Institution of Naval Architects, The : Inaugural Address of the President, the Earl of Ravensworth, 257

Changes of Level in the Surface of Water Surrounding a Vessel, produced by the Action of a Propeller and by Skin Friction, by Professor J. H. Cotterill, 252, 267 Comparative Effects of Belted and Internal Protection upon the other Elements of a Design of a Cruiser, Mr. J. H. Biles, 268 Fifty Years of Yacht-building, Mr. Dixon Kemp, 265

Forces Acting on the Blade of a Screw Propeller, The, Mr. G. A. Calvert, 267 Fuel Supply in Ships of War, Sir N. Barnaby,

•v„;

E. A. Linnington, 292    g. .. ,

Twin-screw Torpedo Boats, • Wiborg ”

“ Destructor,” Mr. Biles on the, '257 Institution, The United Service : -

Magazine and Repeating Arms, Capt. W. H. James, 188

Iron, Chilled, Mr. Morgans on, 156 Iron, Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and other Districts, 17, 37, 58, 79, 99, 119, 137, 159, 181, 201, 221, 241, 261, 280, 301, 321, 341, 363, 385, 405, 429, 449, 472, 492, 513

Iron and Steel, Notes on the Working Stress of, 48 i Iron and Steel Shipbuilding of 1886, 175

Iron Trade, Economy in the, 32 Iron Trade, Frauds in the, 196 Iron Trades in 1886, The, 147 Irrigation in Egypt, Works at Afteh, 57

JACK, Hydraulic Pulley, Messrs. Tangye, 440

Japan, Industrial Exhibition in, 443

Java, Light Draught River Steamer for, 177

KAPUNDA and Ada Melmore, The, 300 King and Humble, Messrs., Safety Detaching, 55 King’s College, Annual Dinner of the Old Students of, 115

King’s Cross Terminus, Renewal of Roof Departure Platform, Mr. R. M. Bancroft, 474 Knowle’s Air Pumps ? 255

Kurrachee Harbour Board, Ship Wharf Extension, 298, 299

Kurrachee, Screw Pile Wharf at, 43, 49

LABOUR Statistics, Collection and Publication of, by the Government, 132 Laddering a Tall Chimney, Mr. Joseph Ball, 435 Langdon and Wade’s Excentric Grip Lever, 290 Larssen’s Slag Cement, 299 Lathe Boring Bar, 210

Lathe for Brass Finishing, Cooper’s. Turret, 347 Lathe, Spindle Capstan Rest Chasing, Messrs, Smith and Coventry, 347, 348 Launch Engines, Triple Expansion High-speed 1, 9

Launch at Pola, 491 Launch of a Steamship at Goole, 322 Launches and Trial Trips, 78, 110, 158, 220, 240 260, 300, 343, 385, 429, 472, 494, 514 Lay Torpedo, The, 191 Lazy-tongs in Structural Work, 339 Leaders:

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Admiralty Contracts, 215 “All Rights Reserved,” 115 Ambleside Railway Bill, The, 152 American Railway Guides, 276 Armed Cruisers for the Mercantile Fleet, 235 Atlantic Telegraph Working, 114 Australian Mails, The, 74 Belgian Competition, 75 Board of Trade and Boiler Insurance, The, 51 Bridge Failures in the United States, 355 Brighton Electric Railway, The, 94 Chilled Iron and Steel Projectiles, 74 Coal Trade Strike and London Coal, 378 Collection and Publication of Labour Statistics by the Government, 132 College for Colonists, A, 113 Colonial Conference, The, 256 Continuous Brakes on Goods Trains, 465 Control of the London Water Supply, 422 Cost of Treating London Sewage, The, 32 Critical Points in Mechanical Engineering 31 Current Half-year on Railways, The, 152 Cylinder Condensation, 93 Defective Weapons, 421 Defence of our Coaling Stations, The, 75 Depression in the Milling Trade, 508 Drainage of Richmond, The, 52 Economy in the Iron Trade, 32 Education of Engineers, The, 336 Education and Patents, 295 Effects of Mining Rents and Royalties upon the Iron Trade, 423

Eiffel and Jubilee Towers, The, 196 Electric Lighting at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 73

Engineers and the London Chamber of Commerce, 236

English Girder Manufacture, 276 Explosives Act, The Working of the, 336 External and Internal Armour, 275 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Railways of France The, 75

Fire-escapes, 152 Fires in London, 113 Flow of Metals, The, 131 Frauds in the Iron Trade, 196 French Telegraph Cables, 174 Gas Production and Distribution 175 Great Eastern Steamship, The, 153, 275 Hammersmith Bridge, 52 Harbours of Refuge, 315 Hematite Iron Production in the North 466 High-pressure Marine Boilers, 488 High-pressure at Sea, 443 High-speed Engines in Cargo Boats, 236 Hundred-and-Ten Ton Gun, The, 196 Hydraulic Mining and the Californian River Beds, 317

Importation of British Marked Goods, 237 Inauguration of Chinese Railways, 465 Industrial Exhibition in Japan, 443 Jubilee, 507

Locomotive Boiler Explosions in the United States, 276

Locomotives for Australia, 337 London Coal Duty, The, 377 London Plumbers and the Plumbers’ Company, 52

Maligakanda Reservoir, The, 115 Mechanism in the Battle-field, 152 Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, The, 488 Metalliferous Mines and Life, 356,

Methods of Paying Workers in Machine Shops, 217

Metropolitan Sewage Disposal, 295 Mining Machinery and Loss of Life, 444 Naval Dock at Bombay, The, 377 Naval Reform in France, 399 New Northumbrian Railway, The, 296 New Patent Fuel, A, 378

New Russian Iron and Steel Import Tariff of the 7th of May, 1887, 378 New South Wales Railway, The, 33 New South Wales Railways, Proposal to Sell, 52 New Submarine Boat, “ Nordenfelt,” 400 North Eastern Railway Works, 94 Ocean Penny Postage, 355 Open-hearth Steel in the North-east, 217 Our Export of Coal, 236 Our Steamships, 423 Overwinding at Collieries, 31 Paris Railway Exhibition, The, 51 Petroleum Trade of the Black Sea, 487 Professor on Engineering Literature, A, 173 Professors and Text Books, 256 Proposed Canal between India and Ceylon, The,

Extraordinary Engine .Trial, An, JaS. B. Lewis, 228

Fans for Forced Blast, Fan, 402 Fastest Vessel Afloat, The, Fair Play, 415 Fastest Vessel Afloat, The, Fair Play, 437 Fire-wood Cutting Machines ? Firewood, 131 Flight of the Pelican, The, I. Lancaster, 414 Flight of the Pelican, The, Vital Spark, 437 Free Trade, Fair Trade, and No Trade, A Trader, 484

Friction of Engines, W. S., 136 Gas Engine Progress, Tynesider, 117 Gas Engines, James Atkinson, 402 Gas Engines, W. C. Unwin, 402 Galvanising Iron? Ferum, 151 Government Contracts—Waste of Bolts and Rivets, Wybrow, 415 Grain Dryers, John Whitmore, 220 Grinding Wood ? W. B., 51 Gruel Mortar, W. Mesing, 200 Gruson Turrets, G. C. Warden and Co., 421 Gunstock Machinery ? B. F.. 151 Heating Cockles ? Constant Reader, 443 Hoffmann Kilns ? Calcium, 421 Horse-power of Steam, The, R. Sheward, 300 Inspecting Traction Engines, George Croll, 320 Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Patent Office, M. Inst. M.E., 229 Iron Band Stands? W. S. C., 421 “Kapunda” and “AdaMelmore,” The, Stephen H. Terry, 300

Knitting Machines? J. C., 151 Knowles’ Air Pumps ? L. B. R., 255 Larssen’s Slag Cement, John Thomas, 299 Law of Storms ? Is there a, Arthur Wilson, 136

LetterPresses? T. A., 151 Lifeboats, Ludwig Benjamin, 8 Lifeboats, J. H. Greenhill, 8 Lifeboats, J. W., 8, 56 Lighting of Lisbon, R. Giffen, 402

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Railway Bill as Amended, The, 276 Railway Charges on Rails, 13*2 Railway Half-year, The, 508 Railway Legislation in America, 151 Rating of Machinery, The, 173 Rating of Machinery, The, 217 Recent Advances in Domestic Drainage, 296 Remarkable Patent, A, 33 Report on the Patent Office, The, 195 Royal Agricultural Society, The, 196 Royal Agricultural Society’s Trials, 467 Sanitary Registration of Buildings, The, 316 Sanitation of Indian Cities, The, 74 Second Thames Bridge below the Tower, A, 487 Severn Tunnel, The, 488 Sewage Plans of the Metropolitan Board, 508 Shipbuilding on the East Coast, 52 Shipowners and the Port of London, 93 Shipowners and the Triple-expansion Marine Engine, 174

Sir J. Bazalgette and Mr. Bailey Denton, 316

Sizes of Steamers, The, 276

Slag as Manure, 378

Smoke Prevention, 151

Solingen as a Competitor, 400

Spanish Iron Exports, 196

Speed Experiments with Ships' Models, 316

Steady Trains, 466

Steamer Subsidies of the German Government, 399

Steamships and their Loss, 508 Steamships Lost and Sold, 74 Steamships, Our, 337 Strike in the Steel Trade, 94 String Railway Brakes, 296 Tap Cinder, 75

Traffic of the Suez Canal, The, 422 Treatment of Gun Steel, The, 255 United States Railway Catastrophes, 216 Valetta Dispute, The, 114 Victoria University, 52 Water Supply in the City, 337 Webb, Mr. F. W., on Railway Brakes, 385 Whitworth’s Work, 73

Leamington Waterworks, Mr. W. B. Purser, 375 Leather, Mr. John Wignall, 107 Legal Intelligence :

Deacon’s Patents, 88

The Edison and Swan Electric Lighting Company v. Woodhouse and Rawson, 127 Harris v. Rothwell, 293,

In re the Trade Mark “Normal,” 180 Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co. v. Bell-Coleman Refrigerating Co., 375

Leinster Coalfield, Development of, by Railway Communication, 370, 437 Letters to the Editor :

A New Complaint, U., 414 Aluminium Alloys, Eugene H. Cowles, 57 Amendment of Specifications, Wm. Spence, 29 Anti - friction Metal for Heavy Machinery, W. D., 31

Arch Problem, The, II. M. Martin, 180 Armour-plates, W. B. G., 374 Armour Plates, Schneider v. Sheffield, Shef-fieldiensis, 332

Association of Foremen Engineers, Wm. Powria 136

Automatic Calls to Distant Signals, Harold D. Smith, 374

Behaviour of Steam in the Cylinder, D. K. Clark, 29

Buenos Ayres Port and Harbour, Jas. Haddock, 117

Burton-on-Trent Sewage Engines, Gimson and Co., 200

Burton-on-Trent Sewage Engines, Gimson and Co., 229

Burton-on-Trent Sewage Engines, W. Walker 180, 220

Castor Oil Presses? H. Orchard, 173 Cement not Setting? Petros, 421 Chenille-cutting Machines, Old Subscriber, 399 Chilled Castings? F. F., 507 Chinese Trade, W. Mesing, 56 Coir Fibre Machinery? H. S. V., 215 Colour-blindness and Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, John Place, 359

Colour-blindness and Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, Clement E. Stretton, 359 Compound Engine, Who Invented the, Robt. Gill, 70

Compound Engines? A Southern Engineer, 215 Compound Locomotives, H. C., 57 Compound Locomotives, A. Mallet, 136 Compound Locomotives, A Roundhouse Foreman in Denmark, 136

Condensation in Steam Cylinders, Robt. Gill, ¹⁰⁷

Condensation in Steam Cylinders, X., 200 Cost of Steam, Clyde, 421 Cylinder Condensation, G. R. Bodmer, 98, 179,

Cylinder Condensation, George Harrison, 136 Development of the Leinster Coalfield by Railway Communication, Lucius J. Boyd, 437 Differential Self-feeding Ratchet Braces? Ratchet, 399

Dogali, The, B. Waymouth, 485 Domestic Drainage, J. Botting, 319 Domestic Drainage, F. Botting, 437 Domestic Drainage, Wm. Dodds, 501 Domestic Drainage, W. Silver Hall, 414 Donkey Boilers, Jas. W. Beck, 99 Donkey Boilers, Andrew Young, 145 Drug Mills? Colonial, 215 Early Standard Gas Threads? J. W., 295 Education of Engineers, J. W. Davis, 501 Education of Engineers, The, Edw. Gobert, 374 Electric Light Illuminations, Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation, 501 Electric Light at Whiteley’s, The, “Palmam qui meruit ferat,” 145

Electric Light at Whiteley’s, Joseph Richmond and Co., 220

Electric Light at Whiteley’s, Woolstenhulmes, Rye, and Co., 180

Electro-magnets? Electro-motor, 507 Employers’ Liability, Harland and Wolff, 3C0 Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, Clement E. Stretton, 229, 300

Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, Clement E. Stretton, 332

Engine-drivers’ Eyesight, M. Inst. M.E., 280 Engine-drivers’ Eyesight and Colour-blindness, H. C., 319

Engine-drivers’ Eyesight and Colour-blindness, John Place, 319

Letters to the Editor {continued):— Engineering in Canton, W. Mesny, 279 Engines of the Schull and Skibbereen Tramway ? W. P. S., 487

Equipollent Arches, I. M. D., 144 Exhibition Buildings, H. Conradi, 402 Extraordinary Engine Trial, An, W. C. Kernot,

Lighting of Lisbon, The, Teneriffe, 414 Lining Cisterns ? J. D., 11 Liquid Fuel, Geo. N. Arnison, 8 Liquid Fuel, John Duckitt, 8 Local Government Board, The, C., 70, 107 Local Government Board, The, J. A., 98 Local Government Board, Saline, 28 Local Government Board, A Voice from the Black Rod, 28

McDonald’s Hydraulic Pressure Regulator ? H. H. and Co., 31

Machinery for Galvanising Sheets? X., 195 Machine for Drilling Bicycle Hubs and. Trueing Wheels? A. S., 315 Magnesia Bric-ks ? C. H., 421 Manchester Exhibition, The, John Lysaglit, Limited, 377

Manganese and Manganese Ores, Manganese, 335

Manufacture of Pill-boxes ? Pill-box, 399 Metropolitan Sewage Disposal, Alfred S. J ones, 319

Modern Flour Mill Machinerv, Barlow and Sons, 335

Modern Milling Machinery, J. H. Carter, 484 Moduli of Extension and Compression, 314 National Maritime Exhibition of Cadiz—August to October, 1887, 484

Neutral Surface in Solid Beams, Wm. Donaldson, 29

Newton’s Third Law, Stephen Eddy, 374 Newton’s Third Law, I. Lancaster, 332 Normal School of Science and Royal School of Mines, J. F. D. Donnelly, 56 Northern Engineering Company, The, Schisch-kar and Harrison, 107 Oatmeal Milling ? Engineer, 195 Ocean Penny Postage, J. Ilenniker Heaton, 437 Old Brasses, W. A., 195 Old Brasses, Foundryman, 280 Otto and Atkinson Gas Engines, The, Crossley Bros., Limited, 374

Overwinding in Collieries, A Colliery Man, 56 Overwinding Gear, The Grange Iron Co., 485 Painted and Tarred Ropes, Thos. W. Oliver, 319 Paraffine Stoves, I. H. K., 235 Patent, A Curious, N. N. N., 70 Patent Fuel Machinery? J. R. B., 151 Patent Office Amenities, Volvox, 8 Patents, The Dates of, P. J. L., 280 Petroleum Boilers ? R. P., 421 Port of Rosario de Santa Fe, Jas. Haddock, 228 Preston and the River Ribble Navigation, Viator, 98

Preston and the Ribble Navigation Scheme J. B., 57, 117

Preston and the Ribble Navigation Scheme,

G. Henry Roberts, 29

Preston and the Ribble Navigation Works, G. Henry Roberts, 98, 145, 374 Problem of Flight, The, A. J. Crichton, 484 Problem of Flight, I. Lancaster, 29 Problem in Practical Mechanics, James D. MacKinnon, 145

Proctor’s Agricultural Steam Diggers, Frank Proctor, 28

Professors and Engineers, J., 319, 402 Professors and Engineers, W. Shairp, 402 Professors and Students, J., 280, 358 Professors and Students, J. T. N., 300, 332, 375 Professors and Students, W. Shairp, 359 Progress in Machinery, J. V. H., 280 Pumps for Indian State Railways, Glenfield Co., (Limited), 195

Quartz-crushing Machines ? V. E. F., 215 Rail Tops or Spear Heads, M. I. S. C., 315 Railway Brakes, Clement E. Stretton, 220 Railway Bridge over the Riachuelo, E. Beyer-haus, 56

Railway Bridge over the Riachuelo, Maurice F. Fitz-Gerald, 8

Railway Bridge over the Riachuelo, T. G. Gribble, 8, 98

Railway Rolling Stock, Fabian, 229, 320 Railway Rolling Stock, General Expenses and Profit, 200, 299

Refrigerating Machinery, R. Banfield, 107 Riachuelo Bridge, The, W. C. Kernot, 228 Riachuelo Bridge, The, W. Hugh Woodcock,

Letters to the Editor {continued):—

Ribble Navigation, The, David Alan Stevenson,

Rolling Mill Engine, Jeremiah Head, 377 Rowing Clubs, Evan Colville Nepean, 215 R.A.S.E. “Competitive Trials,” The, Edwin Foden, 358

R. A.S.E. “Competitive Trials,” The, Richard Garrett and Sons, 358

Royal Agricultural Society’s Engine Trials, Compound Engines, 332 Royal Agricultural Society’s Engine Trials, Old Portable, 332

Royal Agricultural Society’s Engine Trials, Henry D. Marshall, 314 Six-horse Power Engines and Pumps

Indian State Railways, Glenfield Co., Kilmarnock, 215

Slag Cement, J. E. Stead, 485 Slide Valve Friction, Stephen H. Terry, 179 Slide Valve Friction, W. Walker, 200 Smoke Conduits, James Price, 144 Steady Trains, Wm. James Martin, 501

S. S. “Bentinck,” John F. Elsworth, 314

S.S. “Bentinck,” H. C. P. 314

S.S. “Bentinck,” Geo. Rodger, 314 Steel Cylinder Liners, H. S. Carington, 484 Steel Rust? Anti-corrosion, 295 Steel Rust, R. Hartland, 315 Stowing Anchors? MacNicoll and Co., 355 Street-paving, H. S., 375 Struts, Joseph Bernays, 56, 107 Struts, The Strength of, W. E. Ayrton and John Perry, 98

Struts, The Strength of, J. Walker, 99 Struts, Testing, Robt. H. Smith, 70 Sugar in Mortar, D. Marr Henderson, 220 Sugar in Mortar, S. M., 332 Sugar in Cement, A. Nelson Barnes, 28, 117 Sugar in Cement, Reginald E. Middleton, 56 Sulphur Refining Plant ? C. and B., 443 Testing Columns and Struts, Joseph Bernays,

107

Theoretic Diagrams, J. Jennings Campbell, 501 Theoretic Diagrams, Thos. Mudd, 485 Theory and Practice, J. H. Williams, 180 Tilbury Docks, C. E., 29 Toothed v. Rope Gearing, Mancuniensis, 375 Torpedo Boat Casualties, John Donaldson, 484 Torpedo Boat Casualties, P. W. D., 501 Torpedo Boat Casualties, Ernest Smythe, 501 Torpedo Boat Casualties, One of a Torpedo Crew, 501

Torpedo Boats’ Boilers, P. H. Sadler, 437 Torpedo Boats’ Boilers, Yarrow and Co., 437 Trent Canal, The, W. M. C., 136 Twin Screws, Sydney W. Barnaby, 314 Use of the Westinghouse Automatic Brake Inclines, The Westinghouse Brake Company, 414

Value of Science to the Engineer, Stephen Eddy, 229

Ventilation of Sewers, The, N. E. S., 484 Vyrnwy Liverpool Waterworks, The, Civil Engineer, 70, 117, 144

Vyrnwy Waterworks, The, T. Hawksley, 56, 98, 136

Vyrnwy Waterworks, J. H. L., 136 Vyrnwy Waterworks, The, A Member, 117 Wages in the Royal Dockyards, C., 501 Wages at Swindon, Swindonians, 98 Water Supply in Canton, W. Mesny, 228 Westinghouse Brake, The, John Place, 229 What is a Fitter? S. H. T., 319 Whitworth’s Inventions, Suum Cuique, 98 Lever, Excentric Grip, Messrs. Langdon and Wade, 290

Liege, Technical Bureau of the Semaine Indus-trie

Liege, Technical Bureau of the Semaine Indus-trielle, 504

Lifeboat, Steam Tubular, Mr. C. Beloe, 69 Lifeboats, 8

“Lightfoot ” Dry Air Refrigerator and Otto Gas Engine, Combined, 154 Lining Cisterns, 11 Liquid Fuel, 8

Lisbon, Lighting of, 402, 414 Literature:

Abridgment of the Specifications relating to Velocipedes, by R. E. Phillips, 33 A Glance at our Naval Future, 1887, A. Albini, 444

Algebra for the Use of Schools and Colleges, by Wm. Thomson, 277

Almanach fur die K. K. Kriegs Marine, 1887,175 Causeries Scientifiques, Decouvertes and In tions, by Henri de Parville, 132 Construction and Equipment of Grain Magazines, by G. Luther, 489 Conversion of Heat into Work: Practical Handbook on Heat Engines, by Wm. Anderson, 175 Cours de Construction Navale professe a l’Ecole d’Application du Genie Maritime, par A. Hauser, 226

Die Galvanostegie, by Jos. Schaschi, 356 Dynamics for Beginners, Rev. J. B. Lock, 423 Elements of Geology, by T. Howard Gore, 337 Engineer Studies, by Major E. M. Lloyd, 197 Explosions in Coal Mines, by W. N. and J. B. Atkinson, 356

Exterior Ballistics, by James M. Ingalls, 226 Fortunes Made in Business: A Series of Original Sketches, Biographical and Anecdotic, from the Recent History of Industry and Commerce, by Various Writers, 488 Gas Engine, The, by Dugald Clerk, 52 Handbook of Brewing Calculations, by O. W. Villiers, 489

History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials, from Galileo to the Present Time, by the late Isaac Todhunter, 276

Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery, by Professor Robinson, 115 Hydraulics: The Flow of Water through Orifices, over Weirs, and through open Conduits and Pipes, by Hamilton Smith, jun., 75 Illustrated Nautical Polyglot, by J. C. Coxe, 115 Laxton’s Builder’s Price Book for 1887, originally compiled by Wm. Laxton, 337 Les Machines Marines: Cours Professd h l’Ecole, d’Application du Genie Maritime, par A. Bienayme, 509

Manual of Lithology, by E. H. Williams, 297 Mechanics of the Girder, by J. D. Crehore, 297 Mechanics of Machinery, The, by Alex. B. W. Kennedy, 378

Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, with other Selected and Abstracted Papers, 153

Literature (continued):—

Modern Practice of Shipbuilding in Iron and’ Steel, by Sam. J. P. Thearle, 4t»7

Origin of Mountain Ranges, Considered Experimentally, Structurally, Dynamically, and in Relation to their Geological History, by T. Mellard Reade, 400

Practical Electric Lighting, by A. Bromley Holmes, 509

Recent Locomotives, Enlarged Edition, Including a Chapter on Compound Locomotives, 256

Storage of Electrical Energy, and Researches in the Effects Created by Currents Combining Quantity with High Tension, by Gaston Plante, 489

Street’s Indian and Colonial Mercantile Directory for 1886-7, 75

Text-book of Gunnery, 1887, by Major G. MacKinlay, 489

The A. B. C. of Modern Photography, 277

The Portable Engine : Its Construction and Management, by Wm. Dyson Wansborough,

The Steam Engine, by George C. V. Holmes, 196

Topographical Drawing and Sketching, by-Lieut. Henry A. Reed, 317

The Watch and the Clockmaker’s Handbook, Dictionary, and Guide, by F. J. Britten, 33-

Treatise on Belts and Pulleys, J. Howard Cromwell, 467

Triangulation and Measurements of the Forth Bridge, by Reginald E. Middleton, 277 Liverpool Water Supply, 9, 10, 34, 35, 65 Local Government Board, 28, 70, 98, 107 Locomotive Boiler Explosions in the United States, 276

Locomotive by the Cockerill Co., A thus Iron and Steel Works, 503

Locomotive, Compound Goods, the N.E. Railway {Supplement, February 18t/i, 1887), 24, 30, 128, 155

Locomotive, Consolidation Narrow Gauge, Messrs.

Sharp, Stewart, and Co., 396 Locomotive, Contractor’s, 191 Locomotive Engine, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, 1838, 6, 9 Locomotive Engine, Compound Passenger, Von Borrie’s System, Hanover Railway, 210, 211 Locomotive History on the S.W. Railway {Sup-plement, March 11th, 1887), 198, 218 Locomotive, Six-Coupled, for -3ft. 6in. Gauge, 464 Locomotives, Mr. R. S. Mytton, 440 Locomotives for Australia, 337 Locomotives on the Belgian State Railway, 278, 279, 290, 294, 313, 314 Locomotives, Compound, 57, 70, 136, 215 London and Brighton Railway, Crank Axles, 176 London Coal Duty, The, 377 London, Fires in, 113 London, Health of, 8

London Plumbers and the Plumbers’ Company, 52 London Sewage, The Cost of Treating, 32, 295 London Sewerage, New Precipitation Works at Barking, 83, 84, 85, 108, 109 Lubricants and Lubricating Apparatus, Mr. P. T.

Gask on, 189

Luton, New Sewage Pumping Engines, 467

MCDONALD’S Hydraulic Pressure Regulator, 31 Machine Shops, Methods of Paying Workers in, 217

Magazine and Repeating Arms, 188 Magnesia in Portland Cement, 219 Maligakanda Reservoir, The, 115, 205 Manchester Exhibition, 325, 345, 377, 438 Bevel Wheel Cutting Machine, Messrs. Smith and Coventry, 345

Compound Engine, Messrs. Ruston, Proctor, and Co., 348

Cotton Machinery at, 390, 489 Details of Dome, Messrs. Maxwell and Tuke, 346

Electric Light Engines, Messrs. Mather and Platt, 389, 438

Engine, Horizontal, with Automatic Cut-off Gear, Messrs. Tangye, 439 Exhibition Buildings, The, Messrs. Maxwell anal Tuke, 346, 351 Gas Hammer, Robson’s, 439 High-speed Engine, Messrs. Tangye, 439 Hoist and Crab, Mark’s Patent Self-sustaining, Messrs. Dingye, 442

Hydraulic Pulley Jack, Messrs. Tangye, 440 Pumps, High Lift Colonial and Circulating, Messrs. Tangye, 442

Rolling Mill Engine, Newport Mills, Middlesbrough, Mr. J. Head, 349 Sawing Machine, Messrs. Lee and Hunt, 345 Spindle Capstan Rest Chasing Lathe, Messrs.

Smith and Coventry, 347, 348 Turbines at the, 484

Turret Lathe for Brass Finishing, Cooper’s, 347 Manchester Ship Canal, The, 403 Manganese Steel, Pfeil’s “Retort,” 230 Measuring Instruments for Mechanical Testing, 405

Mechanical Cream Separation, 305, 306 Mechanical Engineering, Critical Points in, 31 Mechanical Engineers, Early Training of, 462 Mechanism in the Battle-field, 152 Mechernich Mines, Hydraulic Separators at the, 238

Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, The, 1888, 488 Merchant Service and the Royal Navy, Sir N.

Barnaby on the, 257, 260 Metal Trades Displays at Birmingham, The, 239 Metalliferous Mines and Life, 356 Metropolitan Railway of Berlin, The, 250, 251, 254

Metropolitan Sewage Disposal, 32, 295, 319 Metropolitan Sewage Disposal, Sir J. Bazalgette and, 316

Mild Steel in the Manufacture of Pates, Treatment of, 445 Military Aeronauts, 171 Milling Machinery, Modern, 484 Milling Trade, Depression in the, 492, 508 Mining Machinery and Loss of Life, 444 Mining Rents and Royalties upon the Iron Trade Effect of, 423 Mint, The, 451

Miscellanea, 5, 25, 45, 71, 92, 118, 130, 149, 167, 193, 213, 233, 249, 273, 289, 311, 329, 362, 371, 398, 419, 441, 463, 481, 505 Mississippi Levees, 229 Moduli of Extension and Compression, 314 Moon, Mr., on Continuous Brakes 127

Morbid Anatomy of Ships, 163 Mortar, Gruel, 200

Mougin Disappearing Turret, The, 109 Mumford and Moodie’s Blast and Exhaust Separator, 310

and

PACIFIC Steam Navigation Company’s Royal Mail Steamer “Oroya ” (Supplement, March 25th, 1887); 234, 237, 251, 290 Packing, Reinhold’s Cork Core, 107 Paddle Wheels, Feathering, s.s. “Normandy” and “Brittany,” Mr. W. Stroudley, 427 Paints and Compositions, Dangerous, 116 Panama Canal, The, 121, 498 Panama Canal, Notes on the, Mr. R. Nelson Boyd, 293, 318 Paraffine Stoves, 235

Paris Exhibition, 1889, Roof of Machinery Hall, Breech-loading (6in.) Gun on Disappearing 502, 506 Carriage, Messrs. Sir W. Armstrong and Co., Paris Railway Exhibition, The, 51 Figs. 3 and 4, 372    Pasquier’s Safety Stop Valve, 46

'Clip for Railway Chairs, Messrs. Goodwin and Patent, A Curious, 70 How, 455    Patent, A Remarkable, 33

■Coal Getter, Haswell’s Mechanical, 456    Patent Office Amenities, 8

Coal Wedge, Messrs. Bell Brothers, 383    Patent Office, Report on the, 195

Coking Oven, Improved, Jameson’s, 383, 453 Patents, Education and, 295 Corrugated Tire, Fox’s Patent, 453    | Patents, The Dates of, 280

“Deadlock” Fastening for Wheels and Axles, | Paying Workers in Machine Shops, Methods of, Bailey’s, 454    217

Double-acting Horizontal Mine Pump, The ; Pencil-making Machinery, Messrs. Wilson and Grange Iron Co., 456    j Co., Saltaire Exhibition, Fig. 4, 434

Dynamo Mounted on Four-horse Otto Gas Permanent Way—“Centre-bearing” and “■Side-Engine, 409    bearing” Rails,    472

Electric Lamp for Divers, Mr. R. Applegarth, Permanent Way, Howard’s New Sleepers, Figs. 2 453    and 3, 395

Elephant Sectional Gun, Fig. 7, 369    Permanent Way for Indian State Railways, 157

Elswick, Exhibits at, 367    Permanent Way Steel Chair, Messrs. James H.

Feed Heater, Messrs. Richard Garrett and Sons, Tozer and Sons, 453

Petroleum Engine, Spiel’s, 50, 54 Petroleum Trade of the Black Sea, The, 487 Pfeil’s “Retort” Manganese Steel, 230 Pier at Salto, on the River Uruguay, 291 Pier Tube Rivetting Cage, Forth Bridge, 192, 194 Pin-making Machine, the Stroudwater Pin Company, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 434 Piston Packing, Mr. Cameron, 453 Planing Machine, Double-acting, 271

Flue, The Farnley, 411

Four-deck Steel Cage, Messrs. Joseph Cook and Son,454

■Gauge for Measuring Gases, Jameson’s, 383, 453 Hauling Engine, Self-contained Underground,

The Grange Iron Co., Figs. 1 and 2, 461 High-speed Horizontal Engine, The Grange Iron Co., Figs. 3 and 4, 461 Hydraulic Drill, Mr. A. R. Steavenson, 383 Locomotive, Six-coupled, for 3ft. 6in. Gauge,

Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co.,

464

Machinery at, The Grange Iron Company, 461 New 30-pounder Quick Firing Gun, Fig. 9, 368 Oiling Apparatus, Sellar’s Automatic, 409 'Oriental Steam Pumps, Messrs. Watson and Sons, 410    ,

Overwinding Gear for Mines, The Grange Iron Company, 455 Piston Packing, Mr. Cameron, 453 30-pounder Rapid Fire Breech-loading, Figs. 5 and 6, 369

Pumping Engine, Duplex, Messrs. Fielding and Platt, 454

Steel Chair, Messrs. Jas. H. Tozer and Sons,

453

Strainer, Miller’s Patent, 410 Valve, Fothergill’s, Figs. 1 and 2, 410 Newhaven Sewerage, 46 New South Wales Railway, The, 33 New South Wales Railway, Proposal to Sell, 52 New’s Beam Bending and Punching Machine, 231,

237

Newton’s Third Law, 332, 374 Nicaragua Canal, Ratification of the Menscal Contract for the, 359

Nordenfelt New Submarine Boat, 400 Nordenfelt Submarine Boat at Constantinople,

The,499

Nordenfelt, The Submarine Torpedo Boat, 444 Nordenfelt Submarine Boats for Turkey, 103, 105 Normal School of Science and Royal School of Mines, 56

North-Eastern Railway Compound Express Engine,

87, 97

North-Eastern Railway Compound Goods Engine,

(Sappie went, Febmary 18th, 1887) 24, 30,128 Pump, Carry’s Boiling Water, 417    •

North-Eastern Railway Works, 94    Pump, Centrifugal, Messrs. J. and H. Gwynne,

North of England, The, 18, 38, 59, 80, 100, 120    433

138, 160, 182, 222, 242, 262, 282, 302, 322, 342 Pump, Double-acting 363 386, 406, 430, 450, 473, 494, 513    Grange Iron Company, 456

N orth Sea and Baltic Canal, The, 479    Pumping Engines, Burton - on - Trent Sewage

Northern Engineering Company, The, 107    Works, 146'

Northumbrian Railway, The New, 296    Pumping Stations, Cost of, 163

.\ otes from Scotland, IS, 38, 60, 80, 100, 120, 138, Pumps, Horizontal Direct - acting 160, 182, 202, 222, 242, 282, 302, 322, 342, 364, Power, 510 ,T 386, 406, 430, 450, 474, 494, 514    Pumps for Indian State Railways, 195

A otes from Germany, 17,38, 60, 80, 100, 138, 160, Pumps for Italy, Another Set of Large, 53

oel’mMf2, 242, 262, 28'2, 30¹, 322, 342, 364, Pumps, Oriental Steam, Messrs. Watson and 386, 406, 430, 450, 474, 494, 514    Sons, 410

Notes from Washire lS, 37, 59, 79, 9P, 119, 137, Pumps, Messrs. Tangye’s High-lift Colonial and 3 lol’ 221, 241, 261, 281, 301, 321, 341, Circulating, 442

363, 385, 40o, 429, 449, 473, 493, 513    Purifier, A New, Messrs. Thos. Robinson and Son,

Notes and Memoranda, 5, 25, 45, 71, 92, 118, 130,    460

149, 167, 193, 213, 233, 249, 273, 289, 311, 329,

362, 371, 398, 419, 441, 463, 481, 505 Notices to Correspondents, 11, 31, 51, 73, 93, 113,

131, 151, 173, 195, 215, 235, 255, 275, 295, 315 335, 355, 377, 399, 421, 443, 465, 487, 507

145

cs,

433

145

Notes on the Panama Canal, Mr. R. Nelson Boyd, 293

Reservoir Dams, Mr. David Gravell, 189 Society, Leeds Engineering, 68 Society, The Liverpool Engineering, 178, 415 Compound Engines for Atlantic Steamers, Mr.

J. Jennings Campbell, 447 Force of Water, The, Mr. A. W. Brightmore, 61 Paper by Professor Hele Shaw upon the Steam Engine, 178-

Submarine Vessels, Mr. J. F. Waddington, 451 Society, The Mason College Engineering : Inaugural Address of the President, Professor R. H. Smith, 209

Society of Mechanical Engineers, The American, 385 Fricti

NAVAL Dock at Bombay, The, 377 Naval Engineer Appointments, 18, 54, 78, 96, 111, 153, 197, 212, 243, 290, 354, 403, 445, 476, 509

Naval Reform in France, 399 Navigation in Central Asia, 19 Navigation Works, Preston and the Ribble, 374 Neutral Surface in Solid Beams, 29 New Companies, 19, 39, 61, 81, 101, 120, 139, 161, 183, 203, 223, 243, 263, 283, 303, 323, 343, 365, 387, 407, 431, 451, 475, 495, 515 Newcastle Boiler Insurance Company, The, 189 Newcastle Exhibition, 245, 453 Armstrong’s 1104-ton Gun, Figs. 1 and 2, 368 Automatic Air Valve, Messrs. Watson and Sons,

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•OBITUARY:

Andrew, Sir W. P., 218 Binns, Mr. Charles, 67 Bolton, Sir Fred., 36 Denny, Mr. William, 237 Eads, Capt. James Buchanan, 210 Fox, Mr. Sam., 171 Green, Mr. Sam., 415 Husband, Mr. Wm., 361 Jacomb, Mr. Wm., 437 Leather, Mr. John Wing all, 107 Ordish, Mr. R. M., 220 Rich, Mr. W. E., 9 Roach, Mr. John, 49 Stevenson, Mr. Thos., 385 Tarbotton, Mr. Marriott Ogle, 218 Whitworth, Mr. Joseph, 75 •Ocean Penny Postage, 355, 437 Oil Cup, Improved, 146 Oiling Apparatus, Sellar’s Automatic, 409 Omnibuses with Gas, Lighting, 322 Open-hearth Steel in the North-east, 217 Open-hearth Steel Plant, Messrs. Thwaite Stewart 470

Ordish, Mr. R. M., 220

Ore Crusher and Amalgamator, Williams’, 231 Osgood Excavator, The, 3, 4 Ottawa Ship Canal Scheme, The, 300 Otto and Atkinson Gas Engines, The, 374 Overwinding in Collieries, 31, 56 Overwinding Gear, 485

Overwinding Gear for Mines, The Grange Iron Company’s, 445, 455

Plate-bending Machine, Large Horizontal, Messrs.

Berry and Sons, 401, 403 Ploughing Engine Boiler, An Exploded, 6, 9 Plumbers’ Company, London Plumbers and the, 52 Pontoon Bridge, The Berthon, 259 Port of Rosario de Santa Fe, 228 Portland Cement, Magnesia in, 219 Portland Cement, Tests at Long Dates, R. E. Middleton on, 395

Power Hammers, Messrs. Wild and Co., 417 Practical Mechanics, Problem in, 145 Precipitation Works at the Barking Sewage Outfall, 83, 84, 85, 108, 109

Presses, Compound Steam and Hydraulic Cotton, Mr. W. Turner, 491, 510

Pressure Gauge, MM. Teudloff and Corthym, 468 Preston and the Ribble Navigation Scheme, 29, 57, 70, 98, 117, 145, 374

Printing Machinery Mr. E. A. Clowes on, 300, 320

Private Bill Legislation, 156, 232, 462 Private Bills in Parliament, 307 Private Bills, Prospective, 33 Problem of Flight, The, 29, 484 Problem in Practical Mechani Proctor’s Agricultural Steam Diggers, 28 Professors and Engineers, 319, 402 Professors and Students, 280, 300, 332, 358, 359, 3/5

Professors and Text-books, 256 Progress in Machinery, 280

Propositions on the Direct Motion of Steam Vessels, 497 Puddling Furnaces, 39

Pulsometer and Boiler, Portable, The Pulsometer Engineering Company, 468 Pump Blade, Centrifugal, Mr. C. Brown, Fig. 6,

Horizontal Mine, The

Hydraulic

QUEEN and the Civil Engineers, The, 412 Queensland, Floods in, 240 Queruel Engine, Compound, 72

RADIAL Drill, Large Heavy, 258 ■

Radial Drilling Machine, 176

Railway Accidents in America, 290

Railway Bill, The, 1S5

Railway Bill as Amended, The, 276

Railway Brakes, 220

Railway Brakes, String, 296

Rffilway Bridge over the Riachuelo, 8, 56, 9S, 228,

Railway Charges on Rails, 132 Railway Disasters in the United States, 246 Railway, An Early, 19 Railway Exhibition at Paris, 36 Railway Ferry over the Ganges, 198, 199 Railway Half-year, The, 508 Railway Legislation, 178 Railway Legislation in America, 151 Railway Matters, 5, 25, 45, 71, 92, 118, 130, 149, 167, 193, 213, 233, 249, 273, 289, 311, 329, 362, 371, 398, 419, 441, 463, 481, 505 Railway, The New Northumbrian, 296 Railway, Opening of a Section of the .Assam-Behar State, 283

Railway Points, Barr and Langley’s, 164

Railway, The Proposed Lake District, 94 Railway Rolling Stock, 200, 229, 299 Railway Swing Bridge over the Masnedsund, Denmark, 171, 172

Railway, The Current Half-year on, 152 Railways of France, Fiftieth Anniversary of the, 75

Rain as a Geologic Agent, 202 Raising Water, Machines for, 83 Ransome’s Improvements in the Manufacture of Portland Cement, Mr. R. J. Friswell, 177 Rating of Machinery, The, 173, 217 Refrigerating Machinery, 107 Refrigerating Machinery on Board Ship, 364 Refrigerator, “Lightfoot” Dry Air, and Otto Gas Engine Combined, 154 Reinhold’s Cork Core Packing, 107 Report on the Patent-office, 195 Reschitza Iron and Steel Works, Electric Lighting at the, 298 Resecop Canal, The, 61

Reservoir Dams, Mr. David Gravell on, 187, 189, 207, 208

Resistance of Materials, A New View of the, by W. C. Unwin, 2 Resistance of Slide Valves, 78 Reversible Lead Batteries and their use for Electric Lighting, by Desmond G. Fitz-Gerald, 239, 269

Rewards to Inventors, 36 Riachuelo Bridge, The, 8, 56, 98, 228, 280 Ribble Navigation, The, 29, 57, 70, 98, 117, 145 Rich, Mr. W. E., 9 Richmond, The Drainage of, 52 Richmond’s Valve Gear, Electric Light Engines, Details of, 126

Rivet Pitch Calculator, A, 55

Rivetting Machine, Allen’s Portable Pneumatic, 35

Roach, Mr. John, 49

Road-making, Economical, Mr. Bracegirdle on, 49 “Rocket” at the Liverpool Exhibition, The, 150,

153

Rolling Contact of Bodies, The, 415 Rolling Mill Engine, 377

Rolling Mill Engine with Variable Expansion, Newport Mills, Middlesbrough, 349, 360 Rolling Stock, Railway, 320

Roof of the Great Machinery Hall, Paris Exhibition, 1889, 468, 469 Ropes, Painted and Tarred, 319 Ross’s System of Lighting with Oil, 482 Rowan’s Steep-grade Tramway Cars, 116 Rowing Clubs, 215 Royal Agricultural Society, The, 196 R.A.S.E. “Competitive Trials,” 358 Roval Agricultural Society’s Engine Trials, 314, 332, 492

Royal Agricultural Society’s Trials, 467 Royal Dublin Society :

Irish Metal Mines, Mr. G. H. Kinehan, 456 Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 361 Rudder of “El Destructor,” 27 Russian Iron and Steel Import Tariff of the 7th of May, 1887, 378

Safety Detaching Hook, Messrs. King and Humble’s, 55

Salt, Manufacture of, near Middlesbrough, Sir L. Bell, 428

Salt for the Removal of Snow, Employment of, 4 Saltaire Exhibition, 434 Carpet Beating Machine, Messrs. Simon and Tullige, Fig. 6, 395

Engine Crank, Midland Passenger Engine, Mr.

S. W. Johnson, Fig. 1, 395 Match-making Machinery, Messrs. Seanor and Sons, 433

Pencil-making Machinery, Messrs. Wilson and Co., 434

Pin-making Machinery, The Stroud water Pin Company, 434

Sleepers, Howard’s New, Figs. 2, 3, 395 Stamped Goods, Mr. J. Grimshaw, Fig. 7, 395 Valve with Removable Seat, Mr. J. C. Willis, Figs. 8, 9, 395

Wave Line Steel Tire Bars, Mr. W. Fox, Fig. 4, 395

Wrought Iron Dome, The Lowmoor Company, Fig. 5, 395

Salto, on the River Uruguay, Pier at, 291 Sandberg’s Goliath Rails, 243 Sanitary Registration of Buildings, 316 Sanitary Registration of Buildings Bill, 24 Sanitation of Indian Cities, The, 74 Sawing Machine, Messrs. Lee and Hunt, 345 Scarborough New Sea Wall and Promenade, 2S Science and the Jubilee, 361 “Scoop” Wheel, The, for Lifting Water, 225 “Scoop” Wheels, Podehole, Deeping Fen, 478 Screw Propeller Efficiency, 141, 205 Screw Vice, Rapid Action, Messrs. Entwistle and Kenyon, 470

Selected American Patents, 20, 40, 62. 82, 102, 121, 140, 162, 184, 204, 224, 244, 264, 284, 304, 324, 344, 366, 388, 408, 432, 452, 476, 516 Separator, Cream, 305, 306

Separator, Mumford and Moodie’s Blast and Exhaust, 310 Severn Tunnel, The, 488 Sewage, London, 32, 295 Sewage Plans of the Metropolitan Board, 508 Sewage Sludge and its Disposal, 157 Sewage Sludge at Lincoln, 459 Sewerage and Sewage Works, Hendon, 353, 354 Sewerage of Towns, Mr. Joseph Pickering on the,

154

Sheffield District, The, 18, 38, 59, 80, 100, 119, 137, 159, 181, 202, 222, 241, 261, 281, 302, 321, 341, 363, 386, 406, 429, 450, 474, 493, 513 Sheffield Waterworks Contest, The, 258 Shifting of Cargoes, Professor Jenkins on the, 286 Shipping Economy, 305 Shipbuilding on the Clyde, 46 Shipbuilding on the East Coast, 52 Shipowners and the Port of London, 93 Shipowners and the Triple Expansion Marine Engines, 174

Shipping Project at Cardiff, A New, 80

Ships, Morbid Anatomy of, 163

Slag Cement, 485

Slag Cement, Larssen’s, 299

Slag as Manure, 378

Slide Valve Friction, 179, 200

Slide Valves, Resistance of, 78

Smith’s Sugar Evaporating Pan, 68

Smoke Conduits, 144

Smoke Prevention, 151

Society of Arts, 24

Society, The Bath and West of England Agricultural, 76

Society, Bristol Naturalists’, Engineering Section :

Stationary Engines, Mr. G. W. Sutcliffe, 248 Society, The City of London College Science, 36 Society, The Dundee Mechanical, 468, 472 Society of Engineers, The :

Presentation of the Premiums for Papers read during the Past Year, 128 Refrigerating Machinery on Board Ship, Mr. T. B. Lightfoot, 364

Renewal of Roof over Departure Platform at King’s Cross Terminus, Mr. R. M. Bancroft, 475

Visit of the Members to Messrs. Aveling and Porter’s Works at Rochester, 492 Society of Engineers, The Amalgamated, 394 Society of Engineers, The Derby :

The Westinghouse Brake and its Working, Mr. Sam Waddington, 197

Society, Great Western Railway, Wolverhampton, Stafford-road Junior Engineering :

Dynamo-electric Machinery, Mr. E. Yates, 272 Society, The Junior Engineering :

Early Training of Mechanical Engineers, Mr. S.

H. Wells, 462

Fallacies of Perpetual Motion, On the, Mr. W. J. Tennant, 192

Relation of Chemistry to Engineering, Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 110

Steam Jacketting, Mr. R. G. Bleasby, 328 Torpedo Boats and Machinery, Mr. Chas. Smith on, 277

Society, King’s College Engineering, 67 Inaugural Address of Mr. C. S. Vesey Brown, 67 Characteristics of Dynamos, Mr. G. L. Hodgson, 99

Fire Engines, Mr. V. J. Bonton, 440 Locomotives, Mr. R. S. Mytton, 440 Lubricants and Lubricating Apparatus, Mr. P. T. Gask, 189

Secondary Batteries, Mr. A. H. Preece, 115 Telephones, Mr. J. R. Brydges, 161 Visit of the Society to the Engineering Laboratory, University College, 142 Society of Civil and Mechanical Engineers,

on of Non-condensing Engines, On the, Professor R. H. Thurston, 96 Notes on the Working Stress on Iron and Steel, Mr. Benjamin Baker, 48 Society, The Physical :

Delicate Calorimetrical Thermometers, and Expansion of' Thermometer Bulbs under Pressure, Professor Pickering, 407 Measuring Instruments used in Mechanical Testing, Professor W. C. Unwin, 405 New Measuring Instruments used in Testing Materials, by Professor W. C. Unwin, 78 Note on Beams Fixed at the Ends, Professors Ayrton and Perry, 509

Permanent and Temporary Effects on Some of the Physical Properties of Iron Produced by Raising the Temperature to 100 deg. Cent., by Mr. Herbert Tomlinson, 78 Production, Preparation, and Properties of the Finest Fibres, On the, Mr. C. V. Boys, 283 Transformers for Electric Distribution, Note on, Dr. S. P. Thompson, 475 Society, The Steam Engine Makers’, 133 Society of Telegraph Engineers and Elec-

tricians :

Reversible Lead Batteries and their Use for Electric Lighting, by Desmond G. FitzGerald, 239, 269

Society, University College Engineering :

Fuel, Mr. A. Forbes, 445 Sodium, New Method of Producing, 509 Solingen as a Competitor, 400 Southampton Deep Water Dock, 460 Southampton Waterworks, 253 South Chicago Works of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, Mr. E. C. Potter, 445 South Kensington, Sale of the Engines, Machinery and Electrical Plant at, 107 South Kensington Museum, 18, 77, 88, 117, 132, 186, 220, 333, 387, 460

South-Western Railway, Locomotive Engines on the, from 1851 to 1886 (Supplement, March 11th, 1887), 198, 218 Spanish Iron Exports, 196 Spanish Iron Ore, 492 Spanish Ordnance, 170 Speed Experiments with Ship’s Models, 316 Spiel’s Petroleum Engine, 50, 54 Stability Calculations, Mr. A. Denny on the Practical Application of, 286 Stability of Walls at Openings, 312 Stamped Goods, Mr. J. Grimshaw, Fig. 7, 395 Stanley Exhibition of Cycles, The, 134 Staveley Iron Company, Chesterfield, London Agents of the, 354 Steady Trains, 466, 501 Steam Cars for Steep Gradients, Rowan’s, 116 Steam, Cost of, 421

Steam in the Cylinder, Behaviour of, 29 Steam Engine Tests at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 504 Steam Jacketting, 328

Steam Ploughs and Agricultural Engines, 479 Steam Thrashed Wheat in India, 512 Steam Yacht “ Chemcheck,” The, 210, 214 Steamer for Java, Light Draught River, 177 Steamer Subsidies of the German Government,

Steamer, Twin-screw Light Draught River, for Nicaragua, 27 Steamers, The Sizes of, 276

S.S. “Bentinck,” 314

S.S. “Bentinck,” Indicator Diagrams, 2S6, 287 Steamship Economy, 148 Steamship Efficiency, 435

S.S. “Manauense,” The (Supplement, May 20th 1887), 394, 397

“ Poplar,” The

Ventilation of Sewers, The, 484

---    Vice, The Ewbank, 470

Torpedo Boat for the Italian Government, Trial Victoria University, 52 of, Messrs. Yarrow and Co., 326 Torpedo Boat, Results of a Series of Speed Trials at Cherbourg on a, M. L. de Bussy, 257 Torpedo Boat, Trial of the Fastest, in H.M.’s Navy, 396

Torpedo Boat Trials, 375

Torpedo Boat Trials, Mr. Robert Mansel on, 325 Torpedo Boat for Turkey, 128 Torpedo Boat, Twin-screw, 237 Torpedo Boats, 70 Torpedo Boats’ Boilers, 437

Torpedo Boats and Machinery, Mr. Chas. Smith on, 277

Torpedo Cruiser, “El Destructor,” 26, 27 Torpedo, The Lay, 191

Traction Engine and Crane Combined, Messrs.

Burrell and Co., 482, 483 Trade Depression, 41 Tramway Trains, 436

Transformers for Electric Distribution, Note on, Water Supply, 17

Dr. S. P. Thompson, 475    Water Supply in Canton, 228

Trent Canal, The, 136    Water Supply in the City,'337

Trent Navigation Scheme, The, 426    Water Supply from Wells, 403 £

Trial Trip, A Remarkable, 326    Water-tight Bunker Doors, 35 *4

Trinity House, Spherical and Conical Buoys, 230 Webb, Mr. F. W?,.ca4Railway Brakes, 335 Turbine, 500-H.P. Victor, 46    Weeks’ Annulai^Pifinpelting Apparatus, 77

Turbines at the Manchester Exhibition, 484    ; Weighley, New Well iTOd. Institute, 402

Turret Pulley and Wheel-boring Machine, Up- Wells and BoringEfeL.the .Southampton Water-right, Messrs. John Bertram and Sons, 502    works, Mr. W. ^fwiliews, 403

Twin Gas Producer, Mr. B. H. Thwaite’s, 77    West Ham, Corporation of, 29

Twin-screw Torpedo Boats, “Wiborg” and “ De- Westinghouse Automatic Brakes on Inclines, Use siructor,” Mr. Biles on the, 257    of, 414

Twin Screws, 314    Westinghouse Brake, The, 229

Twin Screws, Some Recent High-speed, Mr. E. Wharf t, t Kurrachee, Screw Pile, 43, 49 A. Linnington, 292    Whiteley’s, The Electric Light at, 124, 129

Tynemouth Fortifications, The, 217    Whitworth, Mr. Joseph, 75

Types of Some New Cruisers, 185    Whitworth’s Inventions, 98

Whitworth’s Work, 73

Williams’ Steam Stamp Ore Crusher and Amalgamator 231

Winding Engines and Winding Drum, Lady Windsor Pit, Black Rock Colliery, Ynysbwl, 190

Wirral Rural Sanitary Authority and Wirral Highway Board, 253

Witham Outfall Works, Mr. J. E. Williams’ Report on, 514

Wootten Engine, Performance of a, 449 Working Stress of Iron and Steel, Notes on the, 48 Workshop Roofs for Indian State Railways, 413 World’s Yearly Budget of Letters, The, 24

312

S.S. “Oroya,” The {Supplement, May Qlh, 1887), 357, 358

S.S. “ Oroya,” Cross Section through Boiler and Engine Rooms, 234, 237, 290 Steamships and their Loss, 508 Steamships Lost and Sold, 74 Steamships, Our, 337, 423 Steamships, Size of Ocean, 60 Steel Armour-plates and Gun-forgings in the U.S. The Bids for, 387

Steel Cage, Four Deck, Messrs. Joseph Cook and Son, 454

Steel Chains without Welding, The Manufacture of, 179

Steel Cylinder Liners, 484

Steel and Iron, Patent Composite, Mr. G. Allan, 428 Steel Masts for Floating Lights, 359 Steel, Open-hearth, in the North of England, 217 Steel Shafting, Tests of, 200 Steel and Steel-faced Armour, 288 Steel Tire Bars, Wave Line, Mr. W, Fox, Fig. 4, 395 Steel Tug “ Jubilee,” The, Messrs. Steward and Latham, 457, 460

Steel Works at Middlesbrough, New, 189

Step Cone Fire-box, Partington’s, 210

Stone Moulding and Dressing Machine, 340

Stop Watches and Chronographs, 267

Strainer, Miller’s Patent, 410

Street Paving, 375

Strike in the Steel Trade, 94

String Railway Brakes, 296

Struts, 56, 98, 99, 107

Struts, The Strength of, 98, 99

Struts, Testing, 70, 107

Submarine Vessels, Mr. J. F. Waddington, On, 451

Suez Canal, Traffic of the, 422

Sugar in Cement, 28, 56, 117, 220

Sugar Machinery, Improved, 68, 77

Sugar in Mortar, 332

Supplements :

Compound Converted Engines of the s.s. “Manauense,” Messrs. D. Rolls and Sons, May 20th, 1887

Compound Engines of the s.s.

Central Engineering Co., February 4th, 1887 Compound Passenger Engine, North-Eastern Railway, Mr. T. W. Worsdell, June 3rd, 1887 Forth Bridge, The New Queensferry Cantilever Pier in Course of Construction, Sir John Fowler and Mr. Beniamin Baker, February 4th, 1887

Hammersmith Bridge, The New, Sir Joseph Bazalgette and Mr. Edw. Bazalgette, April 22nd, 1887

Locomotive Engines on the South-Western Railway from 1851 to 1886 Triple Expansion Engines of the Royal Mail Steamer, “Oroya,” The Barrow Shipbuilding Co., May 6th, 1887

Swanwick Sewage Farm, 46

TANGYE, Messrs., Machinery at the Manchester Exhibition, 442

Tanks and Reservoirs, Repairing, Mr. Wm. T.

Lees, 417 Tap Cinder, 75

Tarbottom, Mr. Marriott Ogle, 218 Tay Bridge, The New, 370, 373, 376 Tees Bay, Effect of Tipping Slag in the, 492 Telegraph Cables, French, 174 Telegraphy, The Past and Present, Mr. E. Dodd, On, 277

Telephones, Mr. J. R. Brydges, 161 Telford and the Shropshire Roads, 58 Temperature and Pressure in Jamaica, 384 Tenders:

Birmingham Central Tramways Co., Limited, 269

Bristol Docks, Mr. John Ward Girdlestone, Engineer, 107

Corporation of Leicester, 415 Corporation of Leicester, Flood Works, 253 Hornsey Local Board, 314 Leicester Public Baths, 361 Macadam Roadway, 459 New Main Sewers, 333 Railway Fencing, 459 Southampton Waterworks, 253 Swanwick Sewage Farm, 46 Wirral Rural Sanitary Authority and Wirral Highway Board, 253 Wrought Iron Hurdle Fencing, 459 Tenders for Rabbif -proof Fence along the South Australian Border, 146 Terni Steelworks, The, 246

Terni Steelworks, Notes on, Sir B. Samuelson, 428

Testing Columns and Struts, 70, 107

Tests of Steel Shafting, 200

Thames Bridge Below the Tower, A Second, 487

Thames Embankment, A New, 18

Theoretic Diagrams, 485, 501

Theory and Practice, 180

Thermometers, 407

Thornycroft Fire-boxes, 485

Threshing Implement from Tunis, Archaeological, 436

Thwaite-Neville Warehouse Crane, The, 97 Tilbury Docks, 29

Tin, Important Discovery of Stream, 164 Tire, Corrugated, Mr. Fox, 453 Tonnage of Shipping at the Beginning' of 1887, 148 Tonnage of Vessels commenced during the Last Quarter of 1886, 145 Toothed v. Rope Gearing, 375 Torpedo Boat Casualties, 404, 484, 501 I Torpedo Boat Catchers, 53

Torpedo Boat for the Chinese Navy, High Speed,

“ UNION ” Storage Battery, The, 17 United States Navy, The, 310 United States Railway Catastrophes, 216 Units of Weight, Mass, and Force, 253 Utilisation of Old Setts, Broken Flags, and Stone Refuse, &c., 436

VACUUM Sugar Evaporating Plant, 68, 77 Valetta Dispute, The, 114 Valve, The Dennis Fullway, 238 Value of Science to the Engineer, 229 Valve, Automatic Air, Messrs. Watson and Sons, 411

Valve, Fothergill’s, Figs. 1, 2, 410 Valve, Pasquier’s Safety Stop, 46 Valve with Removable Seat, Mr. J. C Willis Figs. 8 and 9, p. 395

Vyrnwy Masonry Dam—Liverpool Waterworks 9, 10, 34, 35, 65

Vyrnwy Waterworks, 56, 70, 98, 117, 136, 144

WAGES in Great Britain, 1, 21, 41, 63, 124, 166 206, 245, 328, 412, 498 Wages in the Royal Dockyards, 501 Wages at Swindon, 98 Wakefield Water Supply, The, 240 Wales and Adjoining Counties, 18, 38, 60, 80, 100, 120, 138, 160, 182, 202, 222, 242, 262, 282, 302, 322, 342, 364, 386, 406, 430, 450, 474, 494, 514

War Stores for the Service, Report of the Royal Commission on the System of Adopting and Passing, 458

Water Gauge, Eddington and Stevenson’s, 176 Water-raising Machines, 226

YACHT Building, Fifty Years of, Mr. Dixon Kemp, 265

Yorkshire Coal-fields, 57

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