The Iron Age July-December 1883: Vol 32 Index

ry The Iron Age \ Ne ‘ VOLUME AAAII, DAVID WILLIAMS, Accept the situatiun, Dec. 20, p 14 Accident, Furnace, at Geddes, July 26, p 15 Geddes furnace, Aug. 2, p 15 Accidents or New York railroads, Nov. 1, p 29 Accumulator, New electric, July 5, p 11 Accurate measurements, Dec. 13, p 5 Achievement, Captain Ericsson’s latest, July 19, P 17 Adjustable double elbow, Sept. 20, p 28 sieves, July 19, p21; Nov. 15, p 19 Adobe houses, Nov. 29, p 15 Advantages, Pittsburgh’s natural, Dec. 13, p 14 Age ot machinery, Aug. 30, p 17 of trees, Nov. 1, p 15 Agricuitural wachinery, Americav, in India, Aug. 30, p 34 Air compressor, Clayton, Nov. 22, p 34 compressors, Aug. 16, p 9 in theaters, Condition of the, Sept. 20, p 15 Albumen, New source of, July 19, p 28 Allard spiral screw-driver, Nov. 8, p 13 Alloy, Soft, for soldering, Noy. 8, p 24 Alloys, Samples of, for testing, Nov. 22, p 15 Alice No, 2, Aug. 2, p 19 Amalgamated A-sociation, Aug. 23, p 14 Ambitious Southern project, Nov. 29, p 30 America, Future of, Dec. 20, p 19 : American coins, Curious facts avout, Oct. 25, p 34 commerce, Opening Corea to, July 12, p 14 Institute of Mining Engineers, Oct. 4, p 15 rotectionists’ manual, Aug. 2, p 5 Boclety of Mecbanical Engineers, Nov. 8, 19 Soeiety of Mechanical Engineers, Fall meeting of the, Oct. 25, p 15 Analysis of furnace gases, Apparatus for the, July 12, p 19 Ancient and modern time keepers, Nov. 1, p 38, 8, p 24 bridge, Aug. 2, p 21 Angle bars and put locks, Oct. 18, p 1 Annual review of the metal market for 1883, Dee. 27, p 9 review, Swiveford’s, Sept. 6, p 11 Anthracene and light, Sept. 27, p 11 Anthracite coal, High price of, Oct. 15, p 14 coal, price of, Oct. 11, p 14 Antiquities, Saxon, Dec. 6, p 27 Antiquity of the horseshoe, Nov. 22, p34 Anvil and vise, Chenes’s combined, Aug. 16, 21 Apprenticeship, Decay of, July 26, p 26 Arabian, Old locomotive, Oct. 25, p 34 Architectural foliage adapted from nature, Aug. 16, p9 iron trade, Nov. 1, p 14 Artic explorations, Business reasons for, Aug. 9, p 15 Arlberg tunnel, Completion of the, Dec. 6, p 9 Armor, History of a suit of, Aug. 9, p 15 Armor-plate covtracts, Miantonomah, Noy. 8, » 14 Kveioe plating, German, Dec. 6, p 27 Arsenal, Chinese, Aug. 2, p 1 Art industry, Decay of, in France, Aug. 23, p 26 Arts, Consumption of gold in the, Oct. 11, p 18 | Artesian well, Deep, Aug. 30, p 15 Artificial ivory, Oct. 11, p17; Dec. 6, p 23 Artillery practice, Remarkable, Oct. 25, p 15 Artists, Japanese, Aug. 9, p 17 New Ajork: PUBLISHER, 83 1883. JULY—DECEMBER, 1883. READE STREET. imi ae + Ol, AAA TI. Ashes, Util’zing, Aug. 16, p 11 Aspersions on American manufactures, Dec. 18, p 14 Asphalt o ortar, Aug. 2, p 15 Assay outtit, Portable furnace and, Oct. 18, p 15 Assaying furnace, New gus, Aug. 30, p 19 Association, Amalgamated, Aug. 23, p 14 Association, Metal brokers, July 19, p 14 Astronomical observations at high altitudes, Nov. 8, p 15 Atmosphere, Solar, Dee 13, p 1 Atmospheric Electricity, Nov. 1, p 15 Attachment, Independent door knob, Dec. 20, p ll Audition, Upper limit of human, Aug, 23, p 15 Australia, Railway work in, Aug. 30, p 17 Baltimore ; market, July 5, p 29 ; 12, p23; 19, p 25, 26, p26; Aug. 2, p 28; 9, p 24; 16, p 25; 20, p 25; 27, p 26; Oct. 11, p 26; 18, p 28; 25, p 26; Nov. 1, p 36; 8, p 24; 15, p 28; 22, p 28; 29, p 26; Dee. 6, p 34; 20, p 28: 27, p 26 Band saw for iroe and steel, Aug. 9, p 1’ Banking, National, New basis for, Oct. 11, p 14 Bankrupt law, Aug. 9, p 15 Bankrupt law, National, Oct. 4, p 2: Bankruptcy, “ Preference’’ in, Oct. 1], p 15 | Barb-wire decision, Another, Oct. 18, p 21 wire manufacturers, Exodus of, Dec. 6, | 17 Burbed-wire suit, Sept. 20, p 17 | Bartholdi statue, Sept. 6, p17; Nov. 15, p 15 | Basic patents litigation, se, Nov. 15, p 14 steel at the Amsterdam Exhibition, July 26, p 15 | steel in Europe, Nov. 29, p 28 | stee), Russian, July 26, p 15 Battery cell, Constant current, Sept. 6, p 15 New bichromate, July 26, p 15 screen, New, Oct. 18, p 15 | * Bear’? movement on the Metal Exchange, Oct. 4, p 15 | Bell, Call, Magueto-electric, Oct. 11, p15 | Belting, New and economical, Dee. 6, p 1 | Bench micrometer, New, Oct. 18, p 32 | power press for extra high work, Nov. 15, pv Bessemer plant, New form of center crane for a, Nov. 1, p 27 plant of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company at South Chicago, Nov. 1, p 1 process, Improvement in the, Dec. 13, p 11 Bree! Company, Mr. Reese and the, July 12, p 28 Steel Works,, Sale of the Pittsburgh, Oct. 18, p 14 | Bethlehem Steel Works, Aug. 2, p 19 | Bichromate battery, New, July 26, p 15 Big blast, July 5, p 13 Bituminous coals, Evaporative power of, July 5,p 7; Aag. 16, p 19 Blacklisting, Nov. 22, p 14 | Blakey, Thomas, Oct. 11, p 15 | Blast, Big, July 5, p 18 Biast-furnace attachment, Fronheiser’s, Aug. 30, p 19 with blast varying in temperature from 990° to 1414° F., July 5, p 21 furnace economy, Nov. 1, p 14 25 ; 23, p 25; 30, p 26; Sept. 6, p 32; 13, p | Blast furnace economy in relation to design, Nov. 1, p 7 furnace, Miniature, July 5, p 9 furnace, New railway and, in West Vir- ginia, Oct. 11, p 17 furnace, New Southern, Aug. 16, p 13 furnace of the Crozer Steel and [ron Com- pany at Roanoke, Vua., Sept. 20, p 1 furnace practice, Comparative, July 5, p 14 furnace slag, Utilizing, July 5, p 9 furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, July 1, 1883, July 26, p 14 furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, October 1, 1883, Oct. 11, p 14 Blindness, Color, Some peculiarities of, July 26, ptt Block, Tackle, New wrought-iron, Oct. 18, p 21 Blocks, Ma!leable iron, Nov. 8, p 24 Btooms, Duty on steel, Aug. 23, p 30 Blue process, Reversed, Sept. 20, p 28 Bochum Steel Works, Nuv. 15, p 19 | Boiler construction, Steel and iron in, Oct. 25, p17 explosions, Uurecognized possible cause of, Oct, 25, p 17 fronts, Cast-iron, Aug. 30, p 34 Harrison, Aug. 2, pp 19, 29 plate, Some notes and tests of an open- hearth steel charge maie for, Oct. 25, p 21 setting, Sept. 6, p 9 | Boilers, Hot and cold water for testing, Aug. %, ps3 Weak manholes in, Aug. 16, p 17 Welded, Oct. 4, p 21; 25, p 34 Boiling points of saline solutions, Aug. 16, p ll Bolt cutter, Bergen, Aug. 23, p 13 Bonds, Calling in the, Sept. 27, p 15 Boring and facing machine, Gray’s, Dec. 20, | Pp 19 | Boston fairs, Two, Aug. 30, p 3 Bracket, New roofing, July 19, p 28 | Braosk [ron and Steel Works, Dec. 6, p 25 | Brass revival, Oct. 11, p13 Breakwater, Fioating, Oct. 4, p 15 | Briek, Speculation in, Oct. 4, p 3 walls, Discoloration of, Aug. 23, p 15 | Bricks, magnesia, Manufacture of, July 19, pl Bridge, Ancient, Aug. 2, p 21 Cantilever, Nov. 22, p 13 | Latest, over the Missouri, Dec. 20, p 19 | Michigan Central, at Niagara, Sept. 6, p 27 | New, for the Baltimore and Obio, Dee. 6, p 36 Stone, over the Mississippi, Dec. 6, p 1 | Bridging the English Channel, Dec. 6, p 1 | British Empire, Juty 5, p5 iron and metal marhets, July 5, p 27; 12, | p 21; 19, p 23; 26, p21; Aug. 2, p 25; 9, | p21; 16, p 23; 23, p 23; 30, p 25; Sept. | 6, p 20; 13, p 23; 20, p 23; 27, p 23; Oct. 4. p 29; 11, p 23; 18, p 25; 25, p 23; Nov. 1, p 31; 8, p 21; 15, p 23; 22, p 23; 29, p 23; Dec. 6, p 29; 13, p 21; 20, p23; 27, p 21 furnace, Comparision of the working of a, | British iron and stee! exports, Sept. 27, p 14 ports, Rates of freight to and from, Sept. 13, p9 rail exports, Sept. 20, p 14 | Cable roads, New York, July 26, p 3 | California Wire Works, Nov. 29, p 21 Carbonaceous meteorite, Aug. 2, p 17 Carbonic oxide, Preparation of, July 12, p 28 Carnegie’s views, Mr. Andrew, Sept. 27, p 15 Carrying a steamsbip in sections, Dec, 6, p 17 Cast iron bonler fronts, Aug. 30, p 34 iron fittings, On standaid, July 12, p 19 iron of uousual strength, July 5, p 25; 19, British trade for six months, Aug. 23, p 26 Broken cables, Picking up, July 19, p 13 Brokers’ Association, Metal, Aug. 9, p 14 Bronze colored oxide coating, Method of pro- viding iron witb, July 26, p 7 Manganese, Nov. 22, p 9 Brown, Bonnell & Co., Aug. 30, p 21 ¢ Bonnell & Co.’s, affairs, Nov. 29, p 21; p14; Aug. 2,p 15 Dec. 27, p17 iron, Screw threads iv, Sept, 6, p 5 Brush Electric Light Co., Cleveland, Aug. 23, iron water and gas-pipes, Sept. 6, p 34 p 13 | Casting, ingot, New method of, Noy. 22, p 13 Buggy with but one wheel, Aug. 16, p 17 Castings, Solid steel, Aug. 30, p 19 Building, First-class, What coustitutes a, Dec. | Steel, for Goverumeat work, July 19, p 15 13, p 11 Cement, Importaiion of European, Aug. 23, in Dakora, Revival of railroad, July 12, p 3 | p 17 in New York, Sept. 13, p 28 | Census, Prussian industrial, Aug. 23, p 21 material, [ron as a, Sept. 20, p 26 | Center crane, New torm of, for a Bessemer material, Old, Sept. 6, p 13 plant, Nov. 1, p 27 materiuls, Microscopic organisms in, July | Chair machinery, Tub, pail and, Aug. 30, p 34 Champion steam trap, Oct. 25, p 13 5, p ll mati, Tools and, of the ancient Peru- | Channel, British, Bridging the, Dec. 6, p 1 vians, Aug. 30, 7 50 | Charges, California freigb!, Dec. 20, p 21 materials, Trade in, Oct. 25, p 13 Patent Office, Sept. 27, p 15 trades strikes, Aug. 30, p 14 Charles Wheeier, Aug. 30, p 15 Bullion trade, Aug. 23, Pp 21 Cuattanooga market, Juy 5, p 29; 12, p 23: 19, Burglars’ bardware, Auy. 16, p 7 p 25; 26, p26; Aug. 2, p 28; 9, p 23; 16, Business, Condition of, Dec. 27, p 15 p 25; 24, p 25; 30, p 25; Sept. 6, p 82; 13, Currency and, Dee, 20, p 15 p 25; 20, p 26, 27, p 26; Oci. 4, p32; 11, depression, Cause of, Sept. 27, p 14 p 26; 18, p 28; 25, p25; Nov. 1, p 36; 8, experience in Russia, Sept 138, p 15 p 24; 15, p 26; 22, p 28; 29, p25; Dec. 6, facilities, Effect of improved, Dec. 27, p 14 p 34; 13, p 26; 20, p 28; 27, p 24 Laige, Dee. 20, p 15 Cheap transportation, Sept. 20, p 28 outlook in Europe and America, Aug. 2, | Check book, Sprague, Dec. 20, p 11 p 14 valve, Pratt's straightway swinging, Dec. 6, situation, Aug. 23, p 14 p 2% Wyandotte, Mich , ic the year 1863, Nox 15, p 1 photometer, Sept. 20, p 15 Chicago market, July 5, p 20; 12, p 23; 19, p 25 26, p 26; Aug. 2, p 27; 9, p23; 16, p 25; California’s trade, Expansion of, Aug. 22, p 13 23, p 25; 30, p 25; Sept. 6, p31, 13, p 25 Call bell, Magneto-electric, Oct. 11, p 15 20, p 25; 27, p25, Oct. 4, p3l; 11, p 25; Calling in the bonds, Sept. 27, p 15 13, p 28; 25, p 26; Nov. 1, p 34; 8, p 23 Calorific positive pump, Riker’s, Nov. 1, p 11 15, p 26; 22, p28: 29, p 25; Dec. 6, p 34; Calorimeter tests for temperatures, Scpt. 6, p 15 13, p 26; 20, p 28; 27, p 24 Cambria Iron Compeny’s miners, Dee. 13, p 17 exposition, Oct. 11, p 28 Cables, Corroded wire, Noy. 15, p 9 Picking up broken, July 19, p 13 Two new ocean, July 12, p 14 [ron Works, New furnaces at the, Nov. 1, Permanent exhibition experiment at, Dee p 23 27, p15 Canadian notes, Oct. 18, p 30; 25, p 28; Nov. | Chief cities, Industries of the, Aug. 23, p 22 8, p 26 14 oe > factorice, Employmeut of, Aug. 9, p 0 Pacific shops, Oct. 4, p 17 Canal, Panama, Sept. 6, p 21 Suez, Steering in the, Dec. 20, p 21 through Palestine, Sept. 6, p 19 traffic, Sept. 18, p 34 | China, Progress in, Aug. 30, p 8 Westminster ship, Sept. 20, p 28 Trade of, in 1882, Sept. 20, p 13 Cantilever bridge, Nov. 22, p 13 | Chinese ursenal, Aug. 2, p | Capital investments ip British shipping, July 5, foot rule, Sept. 20, p 28 trade, Catering to, Oct. 18, p 13 | Coili and Peru, Aug. 2, p 15 Our trade with, Before and since the war, Aug. 16, p 14 pl Captain Ericsson’s latest achievement, July 19, | Cholera, Copper and, Aug. ¥, p 14 pl7 | ¢ brome steel, New method of making, Noy, 22 Car, Electric street, in Paris, Sept. 20, p 28 p ll ’ factory, Destruction of a Chicago, Aug. 23,| Church spires, Hights of, S¢ pt. 6, p 18 pil | Cincinnati market, July 12 p 28; 19, p 25: 26 wheels, Causes of sharp flanges, July 5, pO; Aug. 2, p28; Y, p 23; 30, p 26; Se | t. Pp 11 6, p 62; 13, I 25 ; 20, p 45: 27. p26; Oet. 4 Carbon in steel, Color test for combined, Oct. p 32; 11, p 26; 18, p 28; 25, p 26; Noy, 1" 25, p 15 p 36; 15, p 28; 22, p 28; 29, p 26: Dee. a’ Products of the combustion of, at different p 34; 13, p 26; 20, p 28; 27, p 26 temperatures, July 19, p 15 Smoke aba emeut in, Sept. 6, p 25 | Chemica! laboratory, Account of a, erected at. Ss ©) Cinder of wrought iron, Dee. 20, p 15 sifter, Eureka, Dec. 20, p 15 Circular, cutters, lathe, Nov. 22, p 21 ; Cities, Vital statistics in large, July 5, p3 Water supply of, in ancient times, Nov. 1, p 25; 8, p9 Clamp, Crispin bench and saw, Aug. 30, p 9 Clay pipes, July 19, p 9 Cleaner, New coal, Oct. 25, p 19 Cieveland, Sept. 6, p 31 meeting of the Mechanica! Engineers, July 12, p15 Clock industry, Connecticut, Sept. 27, p 11 | Clod crusher and leveler, Acme pulverizing harrow, Dec. 20, p 19 Ciothes-line pulley, Oct. 18, p 21 Clyde shipbuilding, Threatened depression of, Dec. 20, p 13 Coal, July 5, p 28; 12, p22; 19, p 25; 26, p24; Aug. 2, p 26; 9, p 23; 16, p 24; 23, p24; 30, p 25; Sept. 6, p 31; 13, p 24; 20, p24; 27, p 25; Oct. 4, p 30; 11, p 24; 18, p27; 25, p 25; Nov. 1, p 34; 8, p 23; 15, p25; 22, p 26; 29, p 25; Dec. 6, p 32; 18, p24; 20, p 26 ; 27, p 23 and coke for iron melting, Sept. 27, p 21 and Iron Company, Standard, Dec. 20, p 14 anthracite, High price of, Oct. 18, p 14 anthracite, Price of, Oct. 11, p 14 bunkers, Explosions in, Dee. 20, p 19 cleaver, New, Oct. 25, p 19 dust and colliery explosions, Sept. 20, p 9 gas, Determination of sulphur in samples of, Nov. 1, p 15 gas, Relative dangers of water-gas ard, Aug. 2, p 15 Iron and, in Germany, Oct. 4, p 13 lands, Colorado Coal and Iron Company’s, Sept. 27, p 34 mart, Great, of the future, Dec. 27, p 19 6, mines, Use of lime cartridges in, Dec. p 2% : mining, Glossary of terms used in, Nov. 22, P production is France, Aug. 16, p 9 slack, Machinery for treatment of, Aug. 30, p slack, Utilization of, Aug. 9, p 7 Spontaneous combustion of, Sept. 6, p 15 trade, Industrial arbitration in the, Nov. 22, p 14 trades, Iron and, of Scotland, Sept. 20, p19 trades, Restrictions in the British iron and, Aug. 9, p 11 Weathering of, Aug. 2, p 17 Cobalt and manganese, Extracting, from their ores, Dec. 6, p 25 Coffee canister and mill, Combined, Nov. 15, p Coinage, Silver, Oct. 18, p 1 Coins, American, Curious facts about, Oct. 25, 34 Coke rene, Improvements in, Nov. 22, p 11 noeey and specific gravity of, Aug. 30, P syndicate, Aug. 2, p 14 trade, Connellsville, Dec. 20, p 14 Coking process, Jameson, Oct. 25, p 9 Collapse, Speculative, Aug. oP 14 Colonial industries, Decay of Bri pl trade, British, July 19, p 14 Color-Blindness, Some peculiarities of, July 26, P Colorado Coal and Iron Co.’s coal iands, Sept. 27, - p 34 Cotton mill, New Chinese, Sept. 20, p 26 Combined coffee canister and mill, Nov. 15, p 11 Combustion, Mallett system of controlled, July 12, pl Fiameiess, Oct. 25, p 7 Smokeless, Oct. 4, p 34 Srontaneous, July 26, p 13; Sept. 27, p 11 Commerce, Foreign, of the United States, Aug. 30, p 14 of Jupan, Aug. 2,P 13 Commercial pioneers, Ja policy, French, Aug. 30, p 15 Commissioner of Patents, Report of, Sept. 20, 21 Common meridian, Nov. 22, p 13 Competitors, Great Britain’s foreign, Oct. 11, Compound steam engine, Aug. 2, p 5 Compressed air, Glass blowing by, July 19, p 21 Compressor, Clayton air, Noy. 22, p 34 Comstock lode, July 12, p 28 Condition of business, Dec. 27, p 15 of general manufactures, Sept 20, p 15 of the stove trade, July 19, p 14 of trade, Sept. 27, p 14; Oct. 4, p 14; a 14; Nov. 1, p15; 15, p 14; 22, p 15; p i5; Dee. 6, p 15; 13, p 15; 20, p 15 Congo Valley, Nov. 1, p 21 Congress, Labor, Aug. 30, p 30 Present tariff 1D the, Dee. 13, p 14 Constant current battery cell, Sop 6, p 15 Construction, Mechanical, Aug. 16, p 30 Railroad, tor six months, July 26, Bs Contracts, Providence Tool Cov.’s July 19, p17 Convict jabor in New York, July 19, p 15 ; Nov. 1,p 15 Copper and cholera, Aug. 9, p 14 industry of the U 11, p19 ‘ market, Prospects in the, Sept. 6, p 14 markets, Developmen‘s in the European and American, Nov. 15, p 14 mines in the Southwest, Nov. 29, p 21 Position of, Aug. 2, p14; Oct. 18, p 14 Rosette and Japan, Oct. 4, p 19 Separating, from matte, Oct. 18, p 15 Corn crop, Sept. 20, p 19 Corrugated iron, Novy. 8, p 13 Cost and price of lead, Oct. 18, p 15 Cottages, American, Aug. 16, p9 Cotton crop, Sept. 13, p 17 Counter, Electric, October 11, p 15 Counting-room, American, Aug. 16, p 9 =e stoves, Kecent improvements in, Dec. 23 Cranes—A study of types and details, Aug. 9, pl; 16,pl Hydraulic, for steel works, Oct. 25, p 1 Treatise on, Nov. 22, p 36 Crank-shaft lathe, New, Oct. 11, p 1 Crop, Cotton, Sept. 18, p 17 Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Company, Dec. 6, p 25 , C:oss-ties, Iron, Nov. 29, p 34 - Crown spring hinges, Aug. 30, p 34 Crucible steel process, Theory of the, Dee, 27, pl Cruisers, Steel, July 12, p3 Crusher, New form of, Noy. 29, p 15 Cuba and American Trade, Nov. 8, p 24 Cummer Engine Company, Dee. 27, p5 Currency and Business, Dec. 20, p 15 Specie and, Nov. 1, p15 e Current meter, New, Nov. 5, p 15 Curved vanes, Radiometers with, Aug. 30, p 15 Customs cases, Treasury decisions in, Aug. 30, p 21 . 3, Canadian, Aug. 2, p 13 ican internal, Aug. 30, p 14 -fulations in Peru, New, Dec. 20, p 2 Cut offfiles, Nov. 29, 19 Cutleg exhibition in London, July 19, p l tide-marks, Sheffield, Sept. 15, p 11 Cutte& Bergen bolt, Aug. 20, p 15 Cutting tools, Steel for, Dec. 6, p 36 Cylinders, Hot and cold, Difference in diameter of, Oct. 25, p 15 Danville Steel Company, Failure of the, Nov. 15, p 17 Dayton Screw Mavufacturing Co., Dec. 27, p 30 Death of Dr. C. W. Siemens, Nov. 22, p 21 Decay of apprenticeship, July 26, p 26 oO” of British Colonial industries, Sept. 27, p Decimal system, Piea for the, Nov. 22, p 7 Decisions, Nickel-plating, Aug. 30, p 2 Treasury, in customs cases, Aug. 30, p 21 tish, Sept. 27, panese as, Dec. 20, p13 urkisb, nited States, Oct. 4, p 7; ‘a ca eh Decline in lead, Nov. 29, p 15 in the price of steel rails, Nov. 8, p 15 in tin, Dee. 18, p 14 of American shipping, Dec. 13, p 7 Deep-sea exploratiors, Aug. 9, p 15 sea lighthouses, 8 -pt. 13, p 9 Defective vision, Control of, on land or sea, Aug. 2, p5 Delaware shipbuilding, Activity in, Sept. 20, p9 Delay, Subject to, Aug. 30, p 13 Demerara greenheart, Dee. 13, p 1 Dense metal castings, Nov. 22, p 11 Denver exposition, July 12, p 13 Department interpretations of the new tariff, July 26, p 14 Depressiun, Cause of business, Sept. 27, p 14 in the iron trade, Nov. 22, p15 Depth of sleep, Measurement of the, Oct. 4, p34 | Exportation of American stoves, Aug. 16, p 21 Destruction, Partial, of the Howe Machine Works, Aug. 2, p 21 Detector, Body fire-damp, July 12, p 2 Determination of nitrogen, New method for the, July 19, p 21 Developmeut, Material, in the South, Sept. 20, p 14 Developments in the spelter market, Aug. 9, p Devoe, F. W. & Co., Sept. 27, p 21 Disaster, Riverdaie, S-pt. 27, p 2 Distillacion of wood, N Oct. 4, p 14 Distilled water, Filtering, Aug. 30, p 15 Divining-rod, Sept. 20, p 30; 27, p3; Oct. 11, p5 Dollar, Trade, Aug. 2, p 14 Dominion, Finance in the, Sept. 20, p 28 Progress of the, Dec. 27, p 15 Door and weather strip, Combined, Aug. 30, p 33 hanger, Davis's parlor, Nov. 22, p 36 knob attachment, Independent, Dec. 20, Pp knob, Morris patent, Nov. 1, p 27 knobs and spindles, Screwless, Aug. 9, p 7 Dredging, Deep-sea, Oct. 4, p 23 Drill, New light, Nov. 8, p 24 New radial, July 12, p 28 Drilling and wright’s tools for, Sept. 6, p 27 machine, Warren's radial, Noy. 22, p 36 machines for the Russian Government, Dee. 27, p 1 Driven-well patent, Sept. 6, p 11 Drop hammers, Tests of, Dec. 6, p 25 test, Pittsburgh Steel Casting Company’s, Oct. 18, p 32 Dry pile, New form of, Oct. 25, p 19 Duties on merchandise coverings, Aug. 2, p 19 tin plate, Agitation for bigher, Dee. 6, p‘14 er + Java, and the telephone, Nov. 1, Earthquakes and outbursts of gas in mines, ept. 20, p17 Economic tests in England, Sept. 27, p 13 Economical belting, New and, Dec. 6, p 1 Economist Piow Company, Aug. 16, p 9 Ecouomy, Blast furnace, Nov. 1, p 14 Biast furnace, in relation to design, Nov. 1, P Education, Technical, Aug. 2, p 14; 23, p 15 Effect of improved business facilities, Dec. 27, P Egyptian lamps, Aug. 16. p 11 Elbow, Adjustable double, Sept. 20, p 28 Electric accumulator, New, July 5, p 11 counter, Oct, 11, p 15 Light Company, Cieveland, Brush, Aug. 23, p13 light mishaps, Nov. 1, p 27 .ighting, Fire risks of, Nov. 8, p 15 lucomotion, Dec. 6, p 15 motor, Daft, Dee 6, p19 railroad on Mt. Desert, Dec. 6, p 7 regulator, New, Aug. 2, p 17 street car in Paris, Sept. 20, p 28 telegraph, First, Aug. 16, p 11 wires, Subways for, Dec. 20, p 34 Electrical engineering, Sept. 6, p 13 Exhibition, Noy, 22, p 30 Exhibition, Notes from the Vienna, Sept. 27, p 28 units, Practical, Dec. 20, p 11 Electricity, Atmospheric, Nov. 1, p 15 electric lighting, magnetism, telegraphy aud telephony, Recent wonders in, Nov. 15, p 19 Evaporation and, Oct. 11, p 17 in mills, Frictional, July 19, p 9 prateeee by the action of light, Nov. 22, P Electrolysis, Printing by, Oct 4, p 34 Separation of metais by, Nov. 22, p 13 Electrotyping, Coppering molds in, Aug. 9, p15 Elevator attachment, Clem & Morse’s safety, Nov. 8, p7 Emery grinding, Sept. 6, p 34 testing machine, Dec. 6, p 1 Empire, British, July 5, p 5 Evergy, Transmission of, Dec. 13, p 13 Engine, Blast-furnace hoisting, Aug. 16, p 1 Double-cylinder aguene ept. 20, p 2 Duplex hoisting, Aug. 2, p 7 Ide, Dee. 20, p 1 Parker gas, Sept. 27, p 11 Engines, Compound locomotive. Sept. 6, p 34 Regulation of steam by compression, Aug. 16, p 34 Relay working of, Sept. 13, p 19 Reversing rail-mil!, July 19, p 1 Eoginver, Foreign honors for an American, Aug. 2, p 19 Mechanical, Aug. 30, p 30 Eogiueers, American Lostitute of Mining, Aug 2, p19; Oct. 18, p17 Pocket manual for, Aug. 23, p 30 Engineering, Electrical, Sept. 6, p 13 Evgland’s * free trade,” How Aug. 23, p 3 English girder practice, Nov. 29, pp 9, 15 letter, July 5, p 29; 12, p23; 19, p 26; Aug. 2, p 28; 9, p 24; 16, p 25; 23, p 25; 30, p 26; Sept. 6, p32; 13, p26; 20, 26; 27, p26; Oct. 4, p32; 11, p 26; 1 p28; 25, p 26, Nov. 1, p 36: 8, p 20; 15, p 28; 22, p 28: 29, p 26; Dec. 6, p 34; 138, p 19; 20, p 28; 27, p 26 shipping, Dec. 18, p 1 Essen, Krupp’s works at, Aug. 23, p 28 European and American teal markets, Develop- ments in the, Oct. 4, p 14 cement, Importation of, Aug. 23, p 17 harvest, Sept. 27, p 19 ** Evacuation Day”? reflections, Dec. 6, p 14 Evaporation and electricity, Oct, 11, p 17 Evaporative power of bituminous coals, July 5, p7; Aug. 16, p19 Evideut magnetism, Cause of, in iron, steel and other magoetic metals, Sept. 6, p 21 Exchange, Metal, Aug. 30, p 15; Sept. 6, p 25 Exhibition, Cutlery, in London, July 19, p 1 Electrical, Nov. 22, p 30 ‘ experiment, Permanent, at Chicago, Dec. 27, p15 Louisville, Sept. 20, p 15 Railway, at Chicago, Sept. 6, p 9 Exhibits for Korea, Dec. 27, p 19 Expansion curves, Irregular, in indicator dia- grams, Aug. 23, p 15 Experience, Business, in Russia, Sept. 13, p 15 Explorations, Business reasons for Arctic, Aug. 9, p 15 Deep-sea, Aug. 9, p 15 Explosion at Kutztown, July 19, p 26 in a foundry, Aug. 2, p 21 Sligo, Oct. 11, p 17 Explosions, boiler, Unrecognized cause of, Oct. 25, p 17 Coal dust and colliery, Sept. 20, p 9 in coal bunkers, Dec. 20, p 19 Explosive compounds, machine rock drills and blasting, A treatise on, Aug. 16, p 7 New, Aug. 16, p11, Nov. 22, p 36 Export markets, Foreign, Sept. 6, p 15 ellis’s retorts for the, countersinking tires, Wheel- ndia pays for, possible Exports, Jul 24; Aug. 2, p 27; p 24; 30, p 24; 20, p 24; 27, p24; Oct. 4, p 31; 11, p25: 18, p 27; 25, p 25; Nov. 1, p 34; 8, p 23; 15, p 25; 22, p 26; Dee. 6, p 32; 13, p 24 20, p 26; 27, p 2 British iron and steel, in October, Novy. 29, p 14 British iron and steel, to the East, Sept. 20, » 21 British rail, July 12, p 1 iron and steel, British, Nov. 1, p J4 Mexican imports and, Sept. 6, p 11 of petroleum, Oct. 18, p 32 Outlook for wheat, Sept. 20, p 17 Petroleum, Aug. 30, p 21 Exposition buildings, Destruction of the Pitte- burgh, Oct. 4, p 34 Chicago, Oct. 11, p 28 Louisville, Sept. 6, p 34 National mechanical, July 12, p 14 Pittsburgh, July 12, p 19 Extinet race, Relics of an, in California, Dec. 20, p19 Facivg machine, Gray’s boring and, Dec. 20, p 19 Factory, Destruction of « Chicago cer, Aug. 23, p ll laws, New Russian, Oct. 4, p 34 people, Hotels for, July 12. p 15 y 5, p 28; 12, p 22; 19, p 24; 26, p Y, p 22; 16, p24; 23, Sept. 6, p30; 13, p 24; ’ ’ Factories, Employment of children in, Aug. 9, 15 Increased speed of machivery in, Sept. 20, pl Failure, Ward, Aug. 2, p 19 » 32 Recent Obio, Oct. 25, p 19 ‘* Fair trade ’’ positions explained, Dec. 13, p 9 Fairs, Two Boston, Aug. 30, p 3 5, Failures for tue second querter of 1883, July ! ei of the West Shore Railroad, New, uly 26, p 13 Central Pacific Railway, Aug. 2, p 1 Fields, Iron, of Sweden, Sept 27, p 18 Fighting a strike, Novel method of, Nov. 29, p 13 Files, Cut of, Novy. 29, p19 Names of, Dec. 6, p 19 Sheffield, Quality of, Oct. 18, p 18 Filters, Nov. 1, p5 Finance in the Dominion, Sept. 20, p 28 Finished iron trade, Crisis in the, N Fire-brick factory, Nov. 1, p 38 brick stoves, Oct. 18, p 15 damp detector, Body, July 12, p 28 escape, New, Nov. 2%, p9 proof theater, Oct. 11, p 11 ov. 22, p 14 pump, Steam engine and, Combined, Oct. 18, p1 risks of electric lighting, Nov. 8, p 15 Fires, Extinguishing, on shipboara, Dec. 6, 21 Fittings, On standard cast iron, Ju'y 12, p 19 Flameless combustion, Oct. 25, p 7 Flames, Luminosity of non-illuminating gas, July 26, p15 Flanders Machine Works, July 12, p 11 Flanges on car-wheels, Causes of sharp, July 5, p Floating breakwater, Oct. 4, p 15 Florida sponge, Culture in, Aug. 30, p 21 Folly of strikes, Aug. 30, z= Foot rule, Chinese, Sept. 20, p 28 Footprints, Alleged prehistoric human, Aug. 9, p 1 Foreign commerce of the United States, Aug. 30, p 14 competitors, Great Britain’s, Oct. 11, p 1 export markets, ~—_ 6,p 15 markets, oa p 3U; Aug. 9, p 24; Nov. 1, p 38; metal trade of New York, Dec. 13, p | metal trade, Our, Dee. 6, p 14 outlet for vails, Dee. 13, p 14 trade, Last year’s, Sept. 6, p 14 trade movements, July 5, P 29; 12, p 22 2, Pp 9, p 23; 16, p 25; 23, p 24; 30, p 24; Sept. 6, p31; 19 p 25; 26, p24; Aug. 27; 12, p 24; 19, p 26; 16, p 26; 23, p 26; Sept. 6, p 34; 13, p 26; 20, p 26, 27, p 26; Oct. 4. p 34; LI, p 26; 18, p 30; 25, p 30; 8, p 26; 15, p 28; 22, p 30; 29, p 26; Dee. 6, p 36; 20, p 30; 21, p 26 13, p 24; 20, p24; 27, p 25; Oct. 4, p31; 11, p 24; 18, p 27; 25, p 25; Nov 1, p 34; 8, p 23; 15, p 26; 22, p 26 ; 29, p 25; Dee. 6, p32; 20, p 26; 27, p 23 trade, Our, Oct. 15, p 15 Forest preservation, Oct. 18, p 14 Forests, Destruction of spruce, Aug. 9, p 19 Influence of, upon the water supply, Oct. 25, p 19 Forging, Heat developed in, Nov. 22, p 9 Foundry, Explosion in a, Aug, 2, p 21 ‘* Fourth state of matter,’’ Dec. 15, P 1 ~ e +P Framed structures, Strains in, Aug. Framing, Cost of wrought-iron, Sept. 27, p 19 France, Coal production in, Aug. 16, p 9 Franco-Chinese war, American iaterests jeop- ardize by a, Sept. 27, p 14 Frederick Trenk Stanley, Aug. 16, p 15 ‘* Free trade,’’ How India pays for Eugland’s, Aug. 23, p3 trade inconsistencies, Dec. 20, p 14 Freight charges, California, Dec. 20, p 21 is Eogland, Handling, Sept. 6, p 27 to and from British ports, Rates of, Sept. 13, p9 transportation, Sept. 6, p 15 From 1 to 24 o'clock, Oct. 4, p 23 Fuel economy, Dec. 6, p 15 Gaseous, in iron manufacture, July 12, p 14 Gaseous, in the manufacture of iron, July 12, p 26 New, Sept. 6, p 15 Vapor, Nov. 22, p 1 Furnace accident at Geddes, July 26, p15; Aug. 2,p attachment, Fronhbeiser’s blast, Aug. 30, p19 bottoms, Mill, Sept. 27, p 28 Comparison of the working of a blast, with blast varving from 990° to 1414° F., July 5, p 2l gases, Apparatus for the analysis of, July 12, p 19 New gas assaying, Aug. 30, p 19 New Southern blast, Aug. 16, p 13 Portable, and assay outfit, Oct. 18, p 15 yractice, Comparative blast, July 5, p 14 egeverative, Dec, 13, p 11 Steel, New form of open-hearth, Dec. 27, pl Furnaces, blast, of the United States, Condi- tion of the, July 1, 1883, July 26, p 14 bast, of the United States, Condition of the, October 1, 1883, O-t. 11, p 14 Determination of the temperature of, July 19, p 21 New, at the Cambria Iron Works, Novy. 1, » 2 Future of America, Dec. 20, p 19 What of the, Dec. 6, p 14 Gaining machine, Cutting-ofl saw and, Nov. 8, Gas and water pipes, Sept. 27, p 21 engine, Parker, Sept. 27, p 11; Nov. 1, p 29 flames, Lumiposity of non-illuminating, July 26, p15 Illuminativg, from sawdust, Oct 11, p9 in mines, Earthquakes and outbursts of, Sept. 20, p17 lighting, Invention of, Oct. 11, p 15 producer, Langdon, Aug. 30, p 19 Use of natural, in the iron works of West- ern Pennsylvania, Noy. 8, p 24 Gases iv iron and steel, Oct. 4, p 23 Gaseous mines and ventilating appliances, Aug. 30, p 34 Gauge, metal, New standard, Oct. 18, p 21 New standard wire, Oct. 11, p 19 New wire, Aug. 2, p3 | 9 IRON AGE. aml Gauges, Speed recorders, &c., Nov. 1, p 5 Gear cutter, New milling machine and, Dec, 6, p 21 General hardware, July 5, p 28; 12, p 21; 19, p 24; 26, p21; Aug. 2, p 26; 9, p 21; 16, p 24; 23, p 23; 30, p 24; Sept. 6, p 29; 13, p 23; 20, p23; 27, p 23; Oct. 4, p 29; 11, p 23; 18, p 25; 25, p 23; Nov. 1, p31; 8, p21; 15, 0 23; 22, p23; 29, p23; Dec. 6, p 29; 18, p 21; 20, p 23; 27, p 21 German element in the West, Oct. 4, p 18 industries, July 26, p 13 stoves, Some new, Aug 25, p 1 views of the iron situation, July 12, p 14 Germans in Pennsylvania as iron manufac- turers, Oct. 25, p 19 Germany, Industrial, Aug. 30, p 7 Girder practice, English, Nov. 29, p 9 Girders, Iron and steel, July 26, p 1 Gjers soaking-pit at the steel works, Scranton, Oct. 4,p 19 Glavial age, Depth of ice during the, Nov. 22, p: Glaciers, Motion of, Nov. I, p 15 Glass biowing by compressed air, July 19, p 21 Modifications of, at moderate temperatures, Sept. 13, p 9 trade, Reforms in the, Sept. 6, p 17 Gold, Consumption of, iu the arts, Oct.11, p 13 in Scandinavia, Nov. 1, p 27 Romance of old, Aug. 9, p 19 Washing, iv Peru, July 26, p 15 Good work at Scranton, Dec. 20, p 21 Goods, Serene, Undervaluations of, Dec. 27, pl Government vessels, Sales of, July 5, p 13 Grand Trunk Locomotive Works, Dec. 6, p 21 Granites, Comparative strength of Minnesota and New Evgland, Sept. 20, p 15 Gravity sash lock, Nov. 22, p 36 Great Britain, Railway accidents in, Dec. 6, p 1 Britain and the United States, Comparative wealth of, Oct. 4, p 34 Britain, Female ironworkers in, July 5, p 30 Greenheart, Demerura, Dee. 13, p 1 Grievances, Manitobs, Dec. 6, p 21 Grinding machine, Surface, Oct. 18, p 21 Grindstone, Aug. 9, p 15 oa automatic sprinkler, Testing the, Oct. »p7 Growtb, New York’s great, July 12, p 28 of rnilway appliances, Noy. 1, p 44 Gulf of Mexico, ‘Oil spot” in the, Oct. 25, p5 Gun Foundry Board, National, Nov. 8, p 14 Multicharge, Sept. 13, p 28 Guns, Government’s old, Oct. 18, p 32 Gutta-percha, Substitute for, Dec. 13, p 1 Hammer handles, Novelty in, Aug. 9, p13 Hammers, drop, Leste ot, Dec. 6, p 25 Hand saws—their use, care ard abuse, Aug. 16, Handles, Novelty in hammer, Aug, 9, p 13 Handling freight in England, Sept. 6, p 27 Hanger, Self-adjusting, Dec. 6, p 9 Hardenivg soft limestones, Aug. 23, p 15 Harrison Boiler, Aug. 2, p 29 Harrow, clod erusher, and leveler, Acme pul- verizing, Dec. 20, p19 Hardware, Burglars’, Aug. 16, p 7 Luminous, Dee. 27, p 19 store, Arrangement of, Dec. 20, p 21 Harvest, European, Sept. 27, p 19 Headlights, Electric iocomotive, Sept. 13, p 30 Heat developed in forging, Nov. 22, p 9 Heating, Steam, for machine shops, -_— 6, p 1 Highway, Suez commercial, Dec. 6, p 15 Hivge, Empire spring, Oct. 11, p 19 Spring, for screen doors, July 26, p 13 Hinges, Crown spring, Aug. 30, p 34 Hoisting engine, Blast furnace, Aug. 16, p 1 engine, Double-cylinder, Sept. 20, p 21 engine, Duplex, Auy. 2, p 7 ropes, Loads and strains on, July 19, p 1 Holland, File making in, Sept. 20, p 21 Honors, Foreign, to an American engineer, Aug. 2, p19 Mende Antiquity of the, Nov. 22, p 34 Hospital service, Ralwes, Nov, 29, p 19 Hospitals, Railroaa, Auz. 30, p9 Hot and cold cylinders, Difference in diameter of, Oct, 25, p13 Hotels tor factory people, July 12, p 15 House, Roman, in France, O -t. 4, p 34 Houses, Adobe, Nov. 29, p 15 Movable, Sept. 6, p 7 Household meta! work, July 26, p3 How to prevert smoke, Oct. 15, p 11 Hudson River tunnel, July 19, p9 Human audition. Upper limit of, Aug. 25, p 15 Hydraulic power, Sept. 20, p 21 work, &c., Notes on, Nov. 15, p7 Hydrogen, Peroxide of, Aug. 9, p 15 Hydromotor for sbip propulsion, Dee. 20, p 19 Ice, Dees of, During the Glacial age, Nov. 22, ef Effect of pressure on the melting point of, July 19, p 21 Ide engine, Dec. 20, p 1 liluminant, New, Sept. 6, p 15 Illuminating gas from sawdust, Oct. 11, p 9 maanigvesses into the United States, Aug. 23, Restriction of, Novy. 22, p 15 Implements, Stone, Oct. 25, p 17; Nov. 29, p15 Important sale, Aug. 30, p Importers, Troucles of, Nov. 8, p 14 Imports, July 5. p 29; 12, p 22; 19, p 24; 26, p 24; Aug. 2, p 27; 9, p 32; 16, p 24; 23,p 24: 30, p 25: Sept. 6, p3l; 13, p 25; 20, p 24; 27, p 25; Oct. 4, p 31; 11, p 25; 18, p 27; 25, p 25; Novl, p 34, 8, p 22; 15, p 25; 22, p 26; 29, p 25; Dec. 6, p 32; 20, p 26; 27, p 23 and exports, Mexican, Sept. 6, p 11 Metal, at New York in August, Sept. 13, » 15 ital, in September at New York, Oct. 11, vp October, of iron and steel, Nov. 15, p 14 of tin plates from Great Britain for twelve years, Aug. 30, p 26 Improved mandre!, Aug, 2, p 11 shaper, Warren’s, Noy. 1, p 15 wire-rope attachments, Dec, 6, p 1 Improvement in molding machines, Dec. 13, p 7 in the Bessemer process, Dec, 13, p 11 of the Mississippi, Aug. 23, p 19 Improvements in coke ovens, Nov. 22, p 11 in locomotives, July 12, p 5 in soaking-pits, Nov. 22, p il in steel making, Dec. 20, p 15 Mississippi River, Oct. 18, p 1 Ingot casting, New method of, Nov. 22, p 13 molds, Dec. 6, p 25 Institute, Spring Garden, Sept. 13, p 9 Insulating material, New, Dec 6, p 23 Intensity of light, Measuring the, Oct. 11, p 15 Interesting discoveries at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Nov. 1, p 27 phenomenon, Noy. 1, p 15 Internal customs, Mexican, Aug. 30, p 14 International patent experiences, Sept. 27, p 9 train, Fast, Oct. 4, p 13 Invention of gas lighting, Oct. 11, p 15 5 Progress of, Oct. 25, p 7 [ron, July 5, p 28; 12, p 22; 19, p 24; 26, p 23; Aug. 2, p 26; 9, p 22; 16, p 24; 23, p 24; 30, p 24, Sept. 6, p 30; 13, p24; 20, p MA; 27, p24; Oct. 4, p39; 11, p 24; 18, p 26 ; 25, p24; Nov 1, p 33; 8, p 22; 15, p 25; 22, p 25; 29. p24; Dec. 6, p3l; 18, p 24; 20, p 25; 27, p 23 and coal in Germany, Oct. 4, p 13 and coal trades of Scotland, Sept. 20, p 19 and coal trades, Restrictions in the British, Aug. 9, p 11 and steel, Seadane for, Aug. 9, p 1 and stee], Competition of, Nov. 15, p 15 and stee) exports, British. Nov. 1, p 14 and steel exports, British, to the East, Sept. 20, p 21 and steel exports, British, Sept. 27, p 14 and steel exports, Briti-h, in October, Nov. 29, p 14 and steel exports, British, Aug. 30, p 14 and steel, Gases in, Oct. 4, p 23; 11, p 34 and steel, German railway tests fur, Sept. 13, p3 and steel girders, July 26, p 1 and Steel Institute, British, Dec. 27, p 14 and steel, Magnetic retentiveness of, Nov. 29, p 28 and are. Original discovery of, Sept. 27, p2 and a rails, Relative value of, Aug. 16, p 17 and steel rails, Durability of, Nov. 2¥, p 28 and steel shipbuilding on the Delaware, Sept. 20, p 21 and steel trades, Cleveland’s, Oct. 11, p 13 und stee! trades abroad, Nov. £9, p 14 and steel works, New, in Pennsylvania, Oct. 4, p 1 ; and steel, Why we import, Sept. 27, p 14 and Steel Workers, Amalgamated Assoeia- tion of, Aug. 23, p 15 as a building waterial, Sept. 20, p 26 case, Heavy judgment in an, Aug. 2, p 19 Cast, of unusual strength, July 5, p 25, 19, p 14; Aug. 2, p15 5 castings, Notes on malleable, Aug. 2, p7 cross-tiee, Nov. 29, p 34 Decreased make of pig, July 26, p19 deposits in Luplund, Nov. 1, p5 Displacement of, by steel, Sept. 13, p 14 English methods of manufacturing, in the seventeenth century, Oct. 18, p 15 English vs. German pig, July 2€, p 14 fields of Sweden, Sept. 27, p 13 Compons, Sent in the manufacture of, July 2,p2 high in titanium, Novy. 29, p 28 manufacture, Belgian, Aug. 16, p 28 manufacture, Gaseous fuel in, July ~2, p 14 manufacture in Indo-China, Noy. 29, p 28 manufacture in Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1734, Sept. 13, p 18 Manufacture of, on the Pacific slope, Oct. 25, p 14 manufacturers, Germans in Pennsylvania as, Oct. 25, p 19 wareaeee, Information for, Dee. 20, P manufacturers, Railroads as, July 12, p 14 meltiug, Coal and coke for, Sept. 27, p 21 Method of providing, with bronzed-colored oxide coating, July 26, p 7 mines of Michigan, July 19, p 13 ore, Importations of, July 19, p 14 ore, Imports of, at Baltimore, Aug. 2, p5 ore shipments, Lake Superior, Sept. 27, p 7 ores, Sampling of, Aug. 30, p 1 Pig, on the Metal Exchange, Oct. 11, p 14 products, Range of prices in, in six mvoths, July 5, p 14 sules on the New York Metal Exchange, Oct, 4, p 14 Scrap, in China, Aug. 16, p 27 ev, Germat, views of the, July 12, p Specuiation in, Oct. 4, p 7 onneene position of British pig, Sept. 6, Stock of pig, on November 1, Nov. 22, p14 theater, Oct. 25, p 19 trade, Arehitectural, Noy. 1, p 14 trade, British pig, Aug. 23, p 14 trade, Cundition of the, Sept. 6, p14; 13, p 14; 20, p13 trade, Depression in the, Nov. 22, p 15 wate Finished, Crisis in the, Noy. 22, pb trade of Scotland, Aug. 2, p1 trade, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18, p 32 —_. Railway development and the, Oct. 4, p trade, Shatiationt position of the pig, Aug. 9, p trade statistics, July 26, pl4 wire rods, Duty on, Aug. 30, p 14; Sept. 27, p15 > Duty on, and round iron, Oct. 4, P p 30 work, Preservation of exposed, Aug. 23, pod worlhors, Female, in Great Britain, July 5, p: workers’ strike, English, Aug. 2, p9 workers’ wages in Philadelphia, Noy. 29, —, oe ore mines and, at Bilbao, Oct, 29, p2 works, Mexican, Sept. 13, p 19 works of Western Pennsylvania, Use of natural gas in the, Nov. 8, p 24 works, Time to build, Dec. 20, p 15 oom, Well-appointed malleable, Sept. 20, p Ivory, Artificial, Ovt. 11, p17; Dee. 6, p 25 sales, London, Dec. 6, p 36 Japan, Commerce of, Aug. 2, p. 13 Effects of speculation in, Sept. 13, p 15 Japanese artists, Aug. 9, p 17 metal work, Sept. 20, p 21 railways, Sept. 6, p 13 trade, Aug. 30, p 15 Indo-China, Industrial arbitration in the coal trade, Noy. 22, | Industries, German, July 26, p 13 | Industry, Connecticut clock, Sept. 27, p 11 indicator diagrams, Irregular expansion curves in, Aug. 23, p 15 Twenty _e with the, Dee, 20, p 11 ron manufacture in, Noy. 29, p 28 p 14 census, Prussian, Aug. 23, p 21 education in the United States, Nov. 8, p 7 Germany, Aug. 30, p 7 items, July 5, p52; 12, p 30; 10, p 28; 26, 19: Auy. 2, p 19; 9, p 19; 16, p 21; 23, p 21; 30, p 17; Sept. 6, p 25; 18 p 28; | 27, p 34; Oct. 4, p19; 11, p 28: 18, p19, | 25, p 30; Nov. 1, p17; 8, p17: 15, p17: 22, p 21; 29, p 28: Dec. 6, p 27: 20, p 21 progress in the South, Nov. 1, p 23 of Leeds, Sept. 20, p 3 of St. Louis, Aug. 23, p 17 of the chief cities, Aug. 23, p 21 Pittsburgh’s, Sept. 20, p 7 Copper, of the United States, Oct. 4, p 7; 11, p 19 Jarrett, John, Aug. 30, p7 Java, Volcanic disturbances in, Sept. 20, p 34 Joint, Penning’s steam, Sept. 27, p 11 Judgment, Heavy, iv an iron case, Aug. 2, p 19 Kalamein, Nov. 1, p 38 Keller’s saw-set, Aug. 30, p 34 Kentucky, Early railroading in, Sept. 6, p 7 Keys, Locks and, Aue. 9, p 3 Kinematics, Nov. 8, p 7 Knights of Labor, July 5, p 13 Korea, Exhibits for, Dec. 27, p 19 Mining ir, Aug. 23, p 1 Openton, to American commerce, July 12, p l4 Krupp’s works at Essen, Aug. 20, p 28 Kutztown, Explosion at, July 19, p 26 Labor and wages iv Paris, Nov. 1, p 21 Congress, Aug. 30, p 30 Convies, in New York, July 19, p15; Nov. »pb Knights of, July 5, p 13 question, Senator McDonald on the, Dec. Decay of art, in France, Aug. 23, p 26 Lead, of the United States, Oct. 18, p 5 Switzerland’s metal, Aug. 9, p 15 Zine, of the United States, Sept. 27, p 17 Ingenieur Kalender, Nov. 1, p 13 13, p 15 statistics, Dec. 6, p 19 Laboratory, Account of a chemical, erected at 17 vendette, Micb., in the year 1863, Nov. 5, p ba we M: M: Ms Ma Mai Mal Mar Mar Mar Mass Mat Mate Matt McD McK. MeV. Meas: . . ° Y ’ y é THH LRON AGE 73 | | ‘* Laissez Faire,’’ Dec. 6, p 15 Mechanical Construction, Aug. 16, p 30 Notes, New postal, S-pt. 13, p 21 Prices Wholesale, July 5, pp 44, 46, 47, 51, 52; 12, | Rolling mil! items, Dec. 6, p 17 Lake Superior ore trade, Oct. 11, p 17 engineer, Aug. 30, p 30 on bydraulie work, &c., Nov. 15, p7 | pp 34, 35, 456, 41, 42: 19, pp 30, 31, 52, 43, mills, Tunneling under Pittsburgh, Sep¢ Lamps, Egyptian, Aug. 16, p 11 Engineers, Americen Society of, Noy. 8, p19} Nut and bolt machinery, Dec. 27, p 5 44; 26, pp 27, 28, 30, 89, 40: Aug. 2, pp 27, p 34 Miners’ safety, Aug. 25, p 5 Engineers, American Society of, Fall meet- | locks, Angle bars and, Oct. 18, p 1 34, 35, 36, 49, 50. 9, pp 27, 28, 80, 50, 40 ; of moiten lead, Aug. 16, p 14 Langdon gas producer, Aug. 30, p 19 ing of the, Oct. 25, p 15 } 16, pp 24, 31, 32, 45, 45; pp 24, 31, 32, | Roman house im France, Oct. 4, p34 Lapland, [ron deposits in, Nov. 1, p5 | Engineers, Cleveland meeting of the, July | Obituary, Sept. 27, p15 | $3, 44; 30, pp 29, 31, 3 3, 44; Sept. 6, Rooting bracket, New, July 19, p 2s Large business, Dec. 20, p 15 12, p15 Observations at high altitudes, Astronomical, | pp 38, 42, 45, 55, 56 3, pp 24, 31, 32, 45, | Rosette and Japan copper, Oct. 4, p 19 issue of patents, July 5, p 30 exposition, National, July 12, p 14 Nov. 8, p 15 °44; 20, pp 29. 31, 32, 43, 44.5 27, pp 20, 31, | Rotting of stone, July 5, p 30 J.athe cutters, Circular, Nov. 22, p 21 puddling, Sept. 6, p 19 Ovean cables, Two new, July 12, p 14 | 32, 43, 44 5 Oct. 4, pp 38, 42, 43, 55, 56 ;) Round iron, Duty on iron wire rods and, Oct. New crank-shaft, Oct. 11, p 1 Mecbanies of engmeering and of machinery, marine, Dee. 20, p14” 11, pp 29, 31, 32, 43, 44 ; 18, pp 33, 35, 34, 4,p 14 Portable wrist pin, Dec. 6, p 25 Nov. 15, p 19 raceway, July 26, p 14 47, 48 5 25, pp 29, 31, 52, 45, 44; Nov. 1, | Ruins, Ancient, in Sonura, Oct. 4 p 15 Lathes, Treble-geared, Oct. 4, p 17 Some successful Ohio, Oct. 4, p 21 O'clock, From 1 to 24, Oct. 4, p 23 pp 37, 39, 40, 59, 60 ; 8S, pp 18, 27, 28, 359, Lathing, Wire cloth for, Nov. 15, p 11 Traiuing of railway, in Prussia, July 19, p 1) Office, Workshop and the, Aug. 16, p 5 40 ; 15, pp 1S, 31, 32, 43, 44: 22, pp 18, 31, | Safety elevator attachment, Clem & Morse's Law, Bankrupt, Aug. 9, p 15 Melting point of ice, Effect of pressure on the, | Officers and gentlemen, Nov. 8, p 14 32, 43, 44 3 29, pp 18, 31, 32, 45, 465 Dee. Nov. 8, p7 National bankrupt, Oct. 4, p 28 July 19, p 21 Oil Company, Standard, July 5, vo 30 6, pp 24, 37, 38, 55, 56 + 13, pp 18, 27, 28, lamps, Miners’, Aug. 23, p 5 Laws, Canadian customs, Aug. 2, p 13 trade dollars, No charge for, Aug. 9, p 15 on rough water, Oct. 11, p 21 39, 40 ; 20, pp 18, 31, 32, 45, 44; 27, pp | Sailing vessels, Auxiliary steam pow fo New Russian factory, Oct. 4, p 34 Merchandise coverings, Duties on, Aug. 2, p 19 spot’ in the Gult of Mexico, Oct. 25, p 5 18, 27, 28, 3”, 40 Aug, 2, p 21 Lead, Cost and price of, Oct. 18, p15 Meridian, Common, Nov. 22, p 13 tunnel, Great, in Ohio, Oct. 1S, p 21 Printing by electrolysis, Oct. 4, p 54 Sale, Important, Aug. 30, p 354 Decline in, Nov. 29, p 15 Metal Broker-’ Association, July 19, p 14; Aug. | Old gold, Romance of, Aug. 9, p 19 presses, Dec. 27, p5 Sales, Ircn, on the New York M Exchange industry of the United States, Oct. 18, P 5 9, p14 } guns, Government's, Oct, 18, p 52 Proceedings, Patent Office, Sept. 20, p 15 Oct. 4, p 14 markets, European snd American, Develop- castings, Dense, Noy. 22, p 11 metals, paper stock, &c., July 5, p 28; 12, Process, Jameson coking, Oct. 25. p 9 Saltne solutions, Boiling points of, Au f ments in the, Oct. 4, p 14 Exchange, Aug. 30, p 13; Sept. 6, p 25 p 22; 19, p 24: 26, p 24; Ang. 2, p° Production, nail, Restriction of, Oct. 18, p 14 p il Position of, Aug. 23, p 15 Exchange, “* Bear ’’ movements on the, Oct. 30, p 25; Sept. 6, p 31 ; 20, p 25; 27, p25; | Products, Mineral, of the United States, Aug. | Salts, Interesting properties of metallic, Oct. 4, white, Manufacture of, Dec. 6, p 25 4,p15 Oct. 4, p 30; 11, p 24; 25, p 25; Nov. 1, 9% py p i Leeds, Industries of, Sept. 20, p 3 gauze, New standard, Oct. 18, p 21 p33; 8 p23: 15, p25; 29, p 25; Dee. 6, of the combustion of carbon at different | Sand, Driving machinery by, S:pt. 13, p 9 Legal decisions, Latest, July 12, p 13; 19, p28; imports at New York in August, Sept. 15, p 32; 13, p 24; 20, p 26; 27, p 28 temperatures, July 19, p 15 | Pressure of dry, July 19, p 21 Aug. 9, p 13; 16, p 15; 23, p 11; Sept. 6, p 15 rails, in San Franeisco, Dec. 6, p 27 | Progress, general, Southern railway and, Oct. works at McVeytown, Pa., Oct. 4, p 1 vp. 27; 13, p 34; Oct. 4, p 5; 18, p21; imports in September at New York, Oct. 11, | Opening the Northwest, Sept. 13, p 14 25, p 14 Sash lock, Gravity, Nov. 22, p 36 Nov. 1, p 24; 8, p30; 29, p21; Dec. 6,p p 15 Orders by telephone, Overt. 4, p 1 | in China, Aug. 30, p35 lock, New, Oct. 25, p 21 25; 18,013 industry, Switzerland’s, Aug. 9, p 15 Ordnanee, Modern, Nov. 1, p ll | Industrial in the South, Noy. 1, p 23 Saw clamp, Crispin bench and, Aug. 30, p 9 Lever press, New, Dec. 6, p 13 market, Annual review of tbe, for 1883, | Ore, Importations of iron, July 19, p 14 | of invention, Oct. 25, p 7 Cutting-off, and gaining machine, Nov. 8, Lick telescope, Nov. 8, p 15 Light, Anthracene aud, Sept. 27, p 11 drill, New, Nov. 8, p 24 Electricity produced by the action of, Nov. 22, p 36 Measuring the intensity of, Oct. 11, p 15 standards, Sept. 13, p 9 Lighthouse service, Aug. 23, p 30 Lighthouses, Deep-sea, Sept. 18, p 9 Lighting the Suez Canal, July 12, p 30 Lightning, Effeet of, on trees, Sept. 20, p 15 Origin of, Aug. 30, p 15 Lime cartridges, Use of, in coal mines, Dec. 6, p 23 Limestones, Hardening soft, Aug. 23, p 15 Liquid compass, Ritchie, Dee. 13, p 1 voltaic cell, Aug. 16, p 11 Loads and strains ov hoisting ropes, July 19, pl Lock, New sash, Oct. 23, p 21 Locks aud kegs, Aug. 9, p3 Locomotion, Electric, Dee. 6, p 15 Locomotive Arabian, Old, Oct. brakes, Nov. 1, p 5 engines, Compound, Sept. 6, p 34 engines, Modern American, Ovt.18, p32 | headlights, Electric, Sept. 13, p 30 Miniature, Aug. 16, p 34 New form of, Dee. 20, p 13 power, Cost of, Dec. 6, p 21 Sbay, Aug. 9, p 15 Works, Grand Trunk, Dec. 6, p 21 Locomotives, Extended smoke boxes in, July 12, p 30 Improvement in, July 12, p5 Relative weight of cars and, Oct. 11, p 1 Testing of, Aug. 23, p 7 Lode, Comstock, July 12, p 28 London ivory sales, Dee. 6, p 36 Louisville market, July 5, p 29; 12, p23; 19, p 25; 26, p 26; Aug. 2. p 28; 9, p 23; 16, p 25; 23, p 25; 30, p 26 ; Sept. 6, p 32; 138, p25; 20, p 25; 27, p26; Oct. 4, p32: 11, p26; 18, p 28; 25, p 26; Nov. 1, p 36; 8. p24; 15, p 26: 22, p 28; 29, p 25: Dee. 6, p34; 13, p 26; 20, p 28; 27, p 24 Sept. 20, p 15 1 2 », p 34 exhibition, Lubrication, New methods of, Aug. 16, p 9 Lumber, Test of straw, Aug. 23, p 26 Luminous herdware, Dec, 27, p 19 paints, Oct. 4, p 34 Machine shops, Steam heating for, Sept. 13, » 30 Rapiens grinding, Oct. 18, p 21 Works, Partial destruction of the Howe, Aug. 2, p 21 Machines, Drilling, for the went, Dee. 27, p 1 Fairbauks testing, Aug. 30, p 34 Machinery, Age of, Aug. 30, p 17 American agricultural, in India, Aug. 30, » 34 an General Supply Company, Union, Aug. 2, p19 and oe Labor-saving, Sept. 6, p 34 Car builders’, Sept. 6, p 34 Details of, Nov. 5, p7 Driving, by sand, Sept. 13, p 9 for treatment of coal slack, Aug. 30, p 21 Increased speed of, in factories, Sept. 20, pl Rail-cambering, Aug. 2, p 15 Testing and weighivg, Aug. 23, p 19 tools and supplies, Sept. 20, p 17 Well, Aug. 30, p 34 Wood-working, Nov. 22, p 9 Machinists’ and steam engiveers’ practical cal- eculator, Oct, 18, p 32 Magnesia bricks, Manufacture of, July 19, p 15 Magnetic sense, Nov. 22, p 36 Magnetism of steel, Influence of heat on the permancnt, Sept. 14, p 9 Magnetophone, Novy. 29, p 1 Malleable iron blocks, Nov. 8, p 24 iron castings, Notes on, Aug. 2, p 7 iron works, Well-appointed, Sept. 20, p 11 Mallett system of controlled combustion, July 12,p1 Mandrel, Improved, Aug. 2, » 11 Manganese bronze, Noy. 22, p 9 Determination of, in spiegel, ferro-man- ganese, steel, &c., Aug. 30, p 19 Extracting cobalt and, from their ores, Dec. 6, p 25 Manholes in boilers, Weak, Aug. 16, p 17 Manitoba grievances, Dec. 6, p 21 Manual traming, Aug. 9, p5 Manufacture, Belgian iron, Aug. 16, p 28 Iron, in Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1734, Sept. 13, p 13 of iron on the Pacific slope, Oct. 25, p 14 of spiegeleisen in Germany, Nov. 29, p 28 of steel in Sweden, Aug. 2, p 11 of zine in Belgium, Aug. 23, p 28 Manufactures, Aspersions on American, Dec. 13, p 14 Condition of general, Sept. 20, p15 Eaglish, and our new tariff, Aug. 23, p 28 Russian Govern- English, and the American tariff, Aug. 2, p17 Manufacturers, Exodus of barb-wire, Dec. 6, p 17 iron, Information for, Dee, 20, p 14 Timidtiy of, Oct. 25, p 14 Manufacturing in the South, Aug. 9, p 19 iron, Eaglish methods of, in the seven- teenth century. Oct. 18, p 15 Marine engineering, Recent practice in, Nov. 8, p7 Ocean, Dee. 20, p 14 shafts, Large, Sept. 6, p 11 Market, Developments in the tin, Sept. 13, p 14 Prospect in the copper, Sept. 6, p 14 Prospects in the tin plate, Sept. 27, p15 Speiter, Position of the, Oct, 11, p 15 Maikets, Copper, Developments in the Euro- pean and American, Noy. 15, p 14 tin plate, Course