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SECT. II.-OTHER SELECTED PAPERS.
PAGE
329
"The Economical Working of Locomotives." W. E. DALBY. (7 cuts)
"Fracture of Axles Originating in Drilled Holes." L. A. LEGROS. (1 plate) 349
"A Simplified Method of laying out Transition-Curves."
T. A. Ross.
351
353
354
"Engineering Work in Australasia: a Retrospect." E. DOBSON
"The New Inclines of the São Paulo Railway, Brazil." J. FFORDE. (5 cuts) 364
"Sea-coast Defence-Works in the Netherlands."
H. T. H. SICCAMA.
(4 cuts).
374
"Note on the Towing-Resistance of a Floating Dock." H. A. B. COLE.
(1 cut).
385
"Measurement of Electrical Conductivity of Short Rods." R. APPLEYARD.
(3 cuts).
389
401
Obituary.
Charles Napier Bell, 401; John Brown, 403; Sir Edward Hamer
Carbutt, Bart., 404; Gavin Gemmell Dick, 405; Charles Townshend
Hargrave, 406; Peyton Jones, 407; Maurice King, 408; John Kyle,
408; William Lloyd, 409; Lewis Pritchard Moline, 410; Alfred
Morcom, 411; John O'Connell, 413; William Henry Price, 413; Frank
Starkey, 415; James William Blackett, 415; James Maclellan Blair,
416; Harry Withers Chubb, 417; Joseph Phillips, 417.
Recent Deceases
419
SECT. III. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC TRANSACTIONS
AND PERIODICALS.
Proposed Electric Suspension Railway for Berlin
421
Extension of the Appenzell Light Railway from Gais to Appenzell.
Carriages of the New York Underground Railway. S. G. FREUND
426
Electrification of the Long Island Railroad
Low-Grade Freight Cut-off of the Pennsylvania Railroad
428
New South Wales Railway Commissioners, Report, 1904-1905
Queensland Railways Commissioner, Report, 1904-1905
Victorian Railways Commissioner, Report, 1904-1905 .
South Australian Railways Commissioner, Report, 1904-1905
431
432
433
434
436
437
438
Western Australian Railways Commissioner, Report, 1904–1905
Tasmanian Railways, Report, 1904-1905.
Lighting of Railway-Carriages by Inverted Incandescent-Gas Burners.
F. CHAPSAL.
439
Compound Locomotive of the Northern Railway Company. Du BOUSQUET. 440
Common Standard Locomotives (Harriman Lines) in America
Systems of Electric Traction for Main Line Railways. B. VALATIN.
Coal-Tar as a Dressing for Macadamized Roads. D. GUILLOU
Flora of the Plantations on the Belgian State Roads. Cl. AIGRET
Stiffening-Trusses of Long-Span Suspension Bridges
New Road Bridge at San Sebastian. J. E. RIBERA
New Westminster Bridge over the Fraser River, British Columbia
Ferry Bridge across the Ship-Canal at Duluth, Minnesota. C. A. P. TURNER 448
Final Results of the Setting-out of the Simplon Tunnel. M. ROSENMUND
451
Foundations on Alluvial Mud. Lieut. Col. G. ESPITALLIER
System of Foundations for Unstable Ground. LEFEBVRE
452
Reinforced-Concrete and Tile Construction in an Atlantic City Hotel
Formation in River-Beds of Straight or Slightly-curved Channels.
Prof. H. ENGELS
456
Tachygraph for River Sounding and Land Surveying. R. REICH
457
Tide Indicators. VIDAL and KAUFFMAN.
458
Sand-Pumping in the Estuary of the Seine. G. JOUDET
Goods Traffic on the Weser and its Tributaries in 1903. Dr. L. SYMPHER
and WITTE.
459
Steam-Turbine Central Station and Centrifugal Pumping Plant at Watten-
scheid. WEITZENMILLER.
472
Electrically-driven Mine Pumping-Stations, and Description of the Plant at
Remarks on Mr. Braune's Memoir Respecting the Influence of Nitrogen on
System for Flushing the New Sewers of Mexico City. R. GAYOL
487
Efficiency and Practical Importance of Common Methods of Lighting.
Prof. W. WEDDING
489
New Synchronizer for Alternating-Current Work. C. D. KOUBITZKI
Dynamo-Heating Time Constants. A. PRESS
Efficiency of Electricity Supply Stations. H. M. HOBART
491
492
Electric
Traction : Three-Phase Currents V. Continuous Currents.
F. DE KOROMZAY
Transformer Tests. L. DRUCBERT
493
Armoured-Concrete Bases for Wooden Poles Carrying Electric Wires.
S. HERZOG
Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Electrical Processes. A. BERTHIER .
Central Compressed-Air Power-Plant for Heavy Railroad Construction.
L. I. WIGHTMAN
Obtaining Water-Power in Canalizing Rivers. J. ROTHMÜLLER
Pike's Peak Hydro-Electric Company's Waterwheels
Necaxa (Mexico) Water-Power Scheme
Tests of Brake-Shoes
Device for Illustrating the Phenomenon of Buckling. A. SOMERFELD
494
496
497
498
499
Determination of the Blast-Furnace
Slag
contained in Cements.
Prof. M. GARY and J. VON WROCHEM
Remarkable Tests indicating "Flow" of Concrete under Pressure.
Testing a Steam-Power Plant Doubly Superheated by Flue-Gases. E. JOSSE 505
Theory of Struts. K. HASSE
Testing-Apparatus for Incandescent Gas-Mantles. L. FOURNIER
506
507
Improved Vans of the German Post-Office.
BRÄSS.
508
Ultimate Disintegration Products of Radio-active Elements. B. B. BOLT-
WOOD
INDEX
511
CORRIGENDA.
Vol. clxiii, p. 236, in the data below Fig. 21, for "0.12 lb." read "10 12 lbs."
p. 358, line 16, for "Brown and Betro" read "Browne and Behr."