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THE

MECHANICS' MAGAZINE

AND

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY,

MANUFACTURES, AND SHIPBUILDING.

V.0865

VOLUME XVII. (NEW SERIES.)

(WITH OLD SERIES, VOLUME LXXXVI.)

JANUARY TO JUNE, 1867.

LONDON:

ROBERTSON, BROOMAN, & CO., "MECHANICS' MAGAZINE" AND PATENT OFFICES,

166, FLEET STREET, E.C.

INDEX TO VOL. XVII.

A.

ACADEMICIANS, English discoverers and French, 310
Acid, acetic, 64; hydrofluoric, 176; manufacture of nitric,
96; oxalic, 240; in paraffin, stearic, 351; in sea air, car-
bonic, by T. E. Thorpe, 305; in sulphate of alumina,
336; sulphurous, 176

Academy of Sciences, Belgian, 390

Actinic power of light, the, 309

Accident at the Blackfriars Bridge, the, 318

Adulteration of soft soap, 288

Aerial carriage, by M. Bright, 323

Aeronautical Society, the. 262, 277, 294, 342

Aeronautics in France, 404

Agricultural condition of France, 35; engines, 95

Air, in mines, 131; purification of, 95

Albert memorial, 21

Alkali, manufacture of, 405; in soaps, de'ection of, 272

Alloys, aluminium, 17; nature and properties of, 128
Aluminium alloys, 17

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Bleaching gum, 208

Bessemer process at Troy, the, 353

Boat, safety fishing, 213

Boats, antiquity of live fish, 288
Boiler Association, Manchester, 7, 53, 358; Cornish, 197;
explosions, 34; household, 285;"Field," the, 370;
Howard, 306; incrustations, preventing, 4; insurance, the
Midland, 163; National, the, 131, 151; joints, welded, 70;
tubes, cleansing, 212

Boilers, improperly constructed steam, 37; overheated,
317; safety valves for steam, by T. Baldwin, 96; steam,
by W. J. Reid, 134; water tube, by V. Pendred, 290,
306, 321; and steam, by H. K. Bamber, 195; durability
of locomotive, by G. A. Everitt, 81
Boiler furnaces, steam, 383

Bolts and spikes, heading, 229; and washers, 325

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Engineers' field book, 239; pocket book, 64

Inventors' almanack, 64

Knots, the book of, 240

Popular Science Review, the, 64
Post Magazine Almanack, 64

Railway and Banking Almanack, 64
Rob Roy on the Baltic, the, 63
Science of moderation, the, 239

Screw propeller, a treatise on the, 207
Sewage of towns, 207

Steam, the velocity of, 271
Telegraph, the electric, 223

Three military questions of the day, 192
Wheel gearing, the art of, 63

Year book of facts, 239

Borax lake of California, the, 214
Boxer cartridge, the, 226, 259

Boring, the art of, 365; rocks, 9

Bottle, a landscape in a, 272

Box, axle, 325

Brakes, railway, 127

Breechloader, another new, 246; Cornish, the, 129: Snider,
the, 160, 176; loaders and their ammunition, 302; con-
verting Enfield into, 85; loading rifle, a new, 130; the
Chassepot, 148; the Hammond, 308; rifles, 17, 237, 286,
402

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CORRESPONDENCE:-

Artillery, modern, C. A. W. Halverhout, 39

Boilers, effect of water on steam, H. K. Bamber, 295
Cam v. Crank, R. Lindsay, 327

Cartridges, central-fire, G. H. Daw, 55; metallic, B.
Payne, 135

Chains, fracture of, G. B., 327

Chilled shot, penetration of, B. Mitford, 215

Coppering iron, Bernabe's process for, Electron, 406;

M. Bernabe, 407; W. H. Maitland, 407

Cranes, steam, Brown, Wilson, and Co., 103
Electric light regulator, M. J. Roberts, 152
Education, engineering, C. B., 407

Fouling and corrosion, R. B., 247; J. B. T., 295; W. H.
Maitland, 278, 311, 407

Frost, the late, W. L. Browne, 24

Gas reverberatory furnaces, T. Morgans, 11
Government and iron testing, Moser and Sons, 24
Lamp, electric, A. D. B., 231

Life buoys, G. J. Gunther, 359; preservation, G. J.
Gunther, 295

Mines, ascent and descent of, G. J. Gunther, 215
Navigation, aerial, H. P. B., 279

Rotary and reciprocating engine, B. Mitford, 391
Shot, momentum of, B. Mitford, 359
Toolholder, improved, G. Chapman, 327
Trains, motions of, Observer, 12

Turret ships in France, J. Walker, 24

Valves, safety, T. Baldwin, 151

Vibration on the Victoria railway bridge, J. Crawford,

406

Water to London, supply of, C. F. Pattinson, 375

machinery, S. W. Worssam, 55

Corrosion problem, fouling and, 221

Cotton, compressed gun, 230; truck compressor, 349
Coupling hook, locomotive, 191

"Course" system of London cabs, the, 176
Cranes, steam, 79

CABLE, the Atlantic, 369; extension of the Atlantic, 227; Crucibles, manufacture of, 404

new sub-Atlantic, 199

Cables, telegraph, by C. Varley, 118

Cabs, the Course" system for London, 176
Calcutta, fire engines for, 182

California, railway construction in, 406
Cameo engraving, 208

Canada, 125; iridium in, 275

Canal, the Suez, 241

Candles, mourning, 144

Cannon foundry at Ruelle, 158, 173, 191, 205, 287, 334;

projectiles from rifled, 6

Canoe, steam, 353

Carbon, bisulphide of, 112

Carriage, aerial, 323; of materials, 303; steam gun, by

Eade, 371

Cartridge, the Boxer, 226, 259

Cartridges, military, 277; and projectiles, 245; central
fire, 31

Casting blocks, mould for, 256

Crushing mill, 19

Crystal Palace fire, 9, 98; the, 2

Crystallisation of iron, 381

Curious experiment, a, 144

Currents, the ocean, 10

Curves, steep gradients and sharp, 339

Cutters, American revenue, 182

Cutting files, 114

Cylinders, casting, 34; hammering sheet metal, 101

D.

Death in the cistern, 402; in the mine, 258
DARNING machine, 228
Deck joints, 71

Defences, our national, 93, 99
Diagrams, cheap lecture, 223
Diamond, new use of the, 96

Cement for fastening brasswork on glass, 272; an im- Diapason, application of the, 342, 383

Chalmers' target, the, 182, 323, 337

Chassepot breechloading rifle, the, 148

permeable, 128, 176

Channel, bridging the English, 381

Chignons, science and, 163

Chilled iron projectiles, 109

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Civil Engineers, Institution of, 33, 114, 161, 209, 333, 351

Civil Service College, proposed, 358

Cleaning glass, 325

Clifton suspension bridge, 114
Clocks, electric, 37

Clyde, shipbuilding on the, 337
Coalcutting, by J. G. Jones, 8, 145; machines, 113; eco-
nomic use of, 70; effect of exposure on, by Professor
Rockwell, 179; formation of, the, 48; mines, ascent
and descent of, 174; mines, fire damp in, 197; screen,
serpentine, 66; and steam superseded, 102; tar colours,

371

Coals, Monmouthshire steam, 275

Drawer knob, 23

Drawing instruments, mathematical, 145
Drawings, permanent, 288

Dress, diving, a new, 241

Dressing fibres, 22; silk, 52

Drill-rest for grinding, 244

Dublin, College of Science in, 275; exhibition of 1865, the,

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College, proposed civil service, 358; of science in Dublin, Electro-cast v. pyro-cast bronzes, 320; magnetic induction,

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