The Iron Age January-June 1884: Vol 33 Index

Ae VOLUME AXAAIII—MANUARY Accidents, Employers liability for, April 3, p18 Acquaintance, Old, Feb. 21, p. 16 Aciion, Volcanic, in Penusylvenia, May 8, p 9 Advance in coke, Apri} 10, p 19 African wmrued, Mace 6p 13 sea project, Jan. 5, p lt Age of aor Creators of the, March 13, p 34 Agitation, Fair-trade, in Enyland, April 10, p 16 Agricultural smemomnente, Jan, 31, p 17 machinery, Exports of, Feb. 14,p 5 Air brush, Jan. 24, p5 ; compression by water-power, June 5, p 23 we breathe and ventilation, March 13, p 34 “ Ajax” boring machine, May 29, p 15 Alabama’s leading rolling will, June 26, p 32 Allegheny Valley Railroad, Receiver for the, May 8, p 31 Allen aihenie poeumatic riviter, Feb. 21, p 26 Allentown Iron Company’s Works, Sale of the, May 8, Pp 25 Iron Works, May 15, p 37 Alloys of tungsten, Manufacture of, April 10, 15 p Wolfram and its, Feb. 21, p 1 Aluminium, Jav. 17,p 19 Amalgam of hydrogen and mercury, April 10, 15 Amalgamated association: and arbitration, May 29, p17 e Amalgamator, Wave, June 12, p 35 America, Prehistoric implements in, April 10, Amun control over Cuba, June 19, p 16 exhibition in Loadon, June 26, p 31 Express Steamship Compauy, April 24, p 16; June 19, p 32 Institute of Mining Engineers, Feb. 7, p 23; 28, pp. 17, 26; March 6, p 21; April 24, p31; June 5, p 17; 12, p 31 manufacturers abroad, Marco 27, p 16 merchant marine, Feb. 14, p 16 “Scotch pig,” Jan. 31, p 17 Shipbuilding Compauy’s affairs, March 27, 2 Shipbuilding Company’s Works, March 27, pp 1,19 shipping interests, Jan, 17, p 16 ships, Feb. 7, p 1! Society of Civil Engineers, Jan. 17, p 19 Society of Mechanical Eugineers, May 29, 31 ele. Foreign tariffs and, June 5, p 22 Amidon corner brace, June 26, p 31 Angle iron, Bending, Mareh 6, p 11 Anglo-American sensation, March 6, p 19 Animal remains {nu coal, March 20, p 13 Annealing and heating furnace, April 24, p 27 iron castings, April 3, p 36 Annual review of the British iron and steel trades for 1883, Jan. 3, p 7 Anthracite and bituminous furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, June 1, 1884; June 12, p 17 coal, production of, Jan. 24, p 17 pig iron, May 1, p 25 Anti-Hunogarian movement in Pennsylvania, dau, 3, p 19 Anvil and vise, Cheney’s compound, April 17, P Apparatus; 1 4% for rapid gas analysis, March 20, p 13 WILLIAMS, New AJork: PUBLISHER, JUNE, INDEX TO VOL. XXXIII. Apple parers, June 5, p 37 Arbitration, Amalzamated Association und, Muy 29, p 17 in the coal trade in Western Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, p 16 in the North of England, May 22, p 16 iv the Western coa) mines, Apri! 3, p 18 Are Lamp, Submarine, June 12, p 35 Areas, Measuring, Feb. 7, p 36 Argentine Republic, Trade with the, Jan. 3, p 19 Arizona copper enterprise, June 5, p 29 Armor plates, Jan. 10, p 13 Artillery and, March 20, p 13 Trials of, April 24, p 27 Arrest ¢ O. P. Hazzard for forgery, May 22, p 31 Artesian wells in New York, May 20, p 5 Artillery and armor plates, March 20, p 13 Assignment, Commodore Garrison’s, June 26, D Astonished inspector, April 24, p 13 Atchafalaya Bridge opened, Jan. 10 p 13 Attwater’s Tiger wrench, May 1, p: Australian development, Feb. 14, p 16; April _ 24, p 33 lighthouse, March 13. p 5 Austria, Wages in, June 26, p 35 Automatic drill press, June 12, p 13 fruit pail, June 5, p 37 Average earnings and iabor cost, Fallacies re- garding, March 27, p 16 Axles, Railroad car, April 24, p 17, May 1, p 25 Bacteria on small coins, May 15, p 1 Bagasse as paper-making material, June 26, p 1 Baiance, Torsion, May 29, p ¥ Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Mar. 18, p7; May 1, p19 Ball engine, Apri) 24, p 7 Baltimore market, Jap. 10, p 22; 17, p 26; 24, p 24; 31, p 24; Feb. 7, p 36; 14, p 24; 28, p 24; March 6, p 34: 13, p 26; 20, p 26 ; 27, p 28; April 3, p 36; 10, p 28; 24, p 23; May 8, p 23; 15, p 25; 29, p 23; June 12, p 28; 19, p 23; 26, p 23 Band-saw, Improved, Jan. 31, p 1 Bangbro Iron and Steel Works, Sweden, April 24, p ll Bank failure, Latest great, in England, June 5, p 22 Bankruptcy bill, May 1, p 23 bill, Lowell, Jan. 24, p 16 Bar, Sandy Hook, May 15, p 25 Barb-wire decision, June 26, p 31 wire lever latch, Darlington’s patent, March 18, p 19 wire litigation, Marehb 6, p 36 wee aoe State interfereuce in the, May 15, p 25 Barn-door hanger, Nickel, Jan. 24, p 26 door banger, Stearns, May 8, p 31 Basic process at Creusot, Jan. 10, p 11 process, Bessemer Steel Company, Limited, and the, March 13, p 16 process in Scotland, April 24, p 27 process, Progress of the, Jan. 31, p 11 steel for anegneess April 17, p 7 Battery, Sodium, May 22, p 25 Beading rabbet and slitting plane, Traut’s pat- ent adjustable, April 24, p 33 ne upright power hammer, April 17, P Beavers Falls, Industries at, March 27 p 15 Belgien glass industry, Condition of the, March ’ p Bending angle iron, March 6, p 11 Benner’s prophecies, April 8, p 18 prophecies criticised, Mas 15, p 19 Bequest, Curious, June 5, p 37 Bessemer plant, New English, June 19, p 7 process, Refractory materials in the, Jan. 17, p19 poates, Use of manganese in the, May 15, Pp Steel Company, Limited, and the basic pro- cess, March 13, p 16 steel, Defects in, Not the fault of the pro- cess, April 17, p 1¥ steel, Production of, in England in 1883, Feb. 28, pp 16, 26 steel, Production of pig iron and, in the United States, Jan. 31, p 16 steel record, March 13, p 26 Better prices expected next year, May 15, p 33 Big pipe contract, May 29, p 82 Bilbao, Ore shipments from, May 22, p 25 steel works at, June 5, p id Bill, Bankhruptey, May 1, p 23 Morrisou, March 13, p 16; 27, p 16 Payson’s, Text of, Feb. 7, p 21 Test commission, May 22, p 17 Bituminous coal trade ot Pennsylvania, May 22, b Black-lead, Graphite or, May 8, p 13 Blacksmith tongs, Swivel-jaw. June 26, p 31 Blast furnace, Action of phosphorus in the, Jan. 10, p 11 furnace appliances, May 8, p 32 furnace, On the use of raw coal in the, May 15, p 11 furnace plaut New, May 29, p17 furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, April 1, 1884, April 10, p.16 furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, January 1, 1884, Jan. 24, p 16 furnaces, Sabbath rest at, June 26, p 16 furnaces, Utilization of gas products in, Feb. 14, p 16 furpaces, Weimer’s water cooling appli- ances for, May 1, p 1 Blasting, Detaching coai without, June 12, p 31 Boiler cleaner, Van Dozen’s water purifier and, June 26, p 7 explosion in Chester County, Pa., June 26, | p15 explosions, May 22, p 23 flue cleaner, Cycione, June 26, p 11 Hervier’s, March 20, p 11 insurance, March 27, p 7 settings, Troublesome, June 26, p 1 tests, Rules for conducting, June 5, p 13 tubes, Rapid corrosion of, Jnue 12, p 11 Boilers, Fire grates for, March 13, p 34 Internally fired vs. externaily tired, April 24, p17; May 1, p 25 Bolt aud nut threading machinery, June 26, 15 Bookwalter engine, Feb. 7, p 21 Boring machine, ** Ajax,’’ May 29, p 15 macbine, Oval, June 12, p 15 tool, Horizontal, March 13, p 1 Brands, lron and steel, June 12, p 27; 26, p 27 Bretteli’s new iron planer, March 6, p 17 Bridge, Cantilever, at Loyisville, June 5, p 37 Novel, Jan. 31, p 5 opened, Atchafulaya, Jan. 10, p 13 Bridging Staten Island Sound, May 1, p 1 Brinsmade, James Beebee, Jan. 24, p 15 British industries, Condition of, June 12, p 23 British irou and meta! markets, Jan. 3, p 27; 10, p 19; 17, p 21; 24, p 19; 31, p 19; Feb. 7, p 20; 14, p19; 21, p 21; 28, p 19; March 6, p 29; 13, p 21; 20, p 21; 27, p 23; April 3, p 20; 10, p 21; 1%, p 2B; 24, p 21; May 1, p 29; 8, p 21; p21; 29, p 2L; June 5, p 27; 12, p 21; 19, p 21; 26, p 21 iron and steel exports in 1883, Jan. 31, p 17 iron aud steel institue, April 17, p 19 iron trade in 1883, Feb. 7, p 16 production and stocks of pig iron in 1883, April 8p Y swords and bayonets, April 17, p 1 trade, Outlook for, March 20, p 16 trade prospects, Jan. 31, p 30 Broadway Underground Railroad, May 1, p 1 underground railroad scheme, May 29, p 17 Bronze doors, Famous, April 24, p 15 in prebistoric times, March 13, p 5 Brooklyn Bridge, Test of the, May 22, p 23 Elevated railway, May 22, p 23 Browo & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, April 24, p 7 Bonnell & Co.’s affairs, March 6, p 25 Bounell lrou Company, May 1, p 40; 8, p15 powder, May 29, p 13 Sryant self-feeding oil-cup, March 6, p 36 Buckeye automatic cut-off engive, March 6, p 13 hose, reel and sprinkler, June 5, p 37 Buffalo, Labor difficulty settled at, May 1, p 35! Building Materials Exchange, Chicago, Jan. 17, p17 trades, May 8, p 25 | Buildings, Fire-proof, May 15, p 18 | Buoys, Lighting, Jan. 41, p 5 | Bureau of Labor Statistics, Proposed, Jan. 3, » 19 Bursted dam, Damaze by a, April 3, p 36 Burt, Samuel P., May 15, p 34 Business, Condition of, Jan. 3, p 14, 10, p 17; 24, p 17; 31, p 16; Feb. 21, p 16; 16; March 27, p 17 enterprise, Successful, April 17, p 9 Iron, io the South ip 1883, Jan. 24, p 16 prospects, Our, in South America, Feb. 7, p 16 | Butler, Gen. B. F., on strikes, May 29, p 16 | Cable roads for Brooklyn, June 19, p 23 Splicing a telegraph, at sea, May 29, p 23 Cables, Submarine, Jan. 17, p 1 ° Calendar-stone, Mexican, Mareb 13, p 1 Calendars, New, Jan. 10, p 15 California, Industrial growth of, March 20, p 15 Manufacturers’ Association, May 8, p 1 traffic, March 27, p34 Caliper, Patent micrometer, Feb. 14, p 24 Calipers, Improved, June 19, p 31 Stoddard’s dividers and, Feb. 7, Canada, [ron question in, Jan. 3, p 1 Reciprocity with, Jan. 17, p 16 Canadian census statistics, Some, April 24, p 17 drawback on cut naiis, May 8, p 25 reciprocity, Jan. 10, p 7; 31, p 16 steels works in trouble, June 5, p 38 » 13 5 15, p 215 22, | 25, P| 1384. 83 READE STREET. Canal scheme, Hennepin, June 19, p 27 Catnon, Casting e huge, May 22, p 5 Recovering submerged Revolutionary, June 12, p 32 Cantilever bridge at Louisville, June 5, p 37 Cape Cod Canal, Large dredge for the, May 15, p 5 Car, Fire-proof, June 12, p 25 beater, Safety, Feb. 7, p 21 wheels from Germany, May 1, p wheels, Service of, Feb. 14, p 32 Carelessness, Fires resulting trom, June 19, p 16 | Cargo, Dangerous, May 29, p 15 | Case, William G., May 22, p 17 | Cash register, National, June 26, p 31 | cast iron, Enameling, Feb. 7, p 21 iron tubing, Rupture of, May 8, p 7 steel crank-shafts, May 15, p 20 | steel, Tempered, April 3, p 36 Casting a huge cannon, May 22, p 5 Improved method of, Jan. 31, p 26 small ingots, New method of, Jan. 31, p 26 | Castings, Government tests of steel, Apri! 10, py | Catalan iron, Manufacture of, in France, Jan 10, p 13 Centennial of a hardware store, Jan. 17, p 15 Center, Commercial, Jan, 10, p 16 Central Iron Works, May 22, p 25 Challenge Scro!l-saw, Feb. 28, p 18 Changes in the rate of interest, June 26, p 32 in the copper market, May 8, p 17 Proposed, in the mail service, Jan. 17, » 15 Charleston industries, May 8, p 32 Chattanooga market, Jan. 3, p 30; 10, p 22; 17, | p 26; 24, p 24; 31, p 22; Feb. 7, p 36: 14, p22; 21, p28; 28, p22; March 6, p 34; 13, p 24; 20, p24; 27, p 26; April 3, p 34; 10, p26; 17, p 26; 24, p23: May 1, p3l; 8 p23, 15, p24; 22, p23; 2, p 22: June 5, p 28; 12, p 22; 19, p 22; 26, » 22 | | | | 25 Cheap iron making in the South, May 22, p 9 Cheaper coal wanted in Philadelphia, Juue 19, pl Cheney’s compound anvil and vise, April 17, » 37 Chicago building materials exchange, Jan. 17, p 17 market, Jan. 3, p 30 ; 10, p 22; 17, p 22; 31, p 22; Feb. 7, p 36; 14, p24; 28, p22; March 6, p 32; 13, p 24; 20, p 24; 27, p26; April 3, p34; 10, p 26; 17. p.2%6; 24, p22: May l, p30; 3, p22; 15, p24; 22, p22; 29, p 22; June 3, p 28; 12, p 22; 19, p 22; 26, p 22 |} Chimney construction, March 27, p 34; 17, p13 Demolishing a tall, June 5, p 11 Chimneys, High, May 8, p 11 | Chinese ironclads, Mareh 20, p 28 progress, Jan. 31, p 13 | Chuck, New lathe, May 1, p7 Cigar-box Lock, Apml 3, p 42 Cinecinoati market, Jan. 3, p 30; 10, p 22; 24, ») 24; 31, p 22; Feb. 21, p 24; 23, p 24; March 6, p 34; 13, p24; 20, p 26; 27, p 26; April 3, p34; 10, p26; 17, p26; 24, p23; May 15, p25; 22, p23; 29, p 22; June 5, p 29; 12, p 23; 19, p 22; 20, p 23 p 24; 24, p 22; 21 April Cincinnati industrial exhibition, June 19, p 25 Citico furnace, New, May 1, p 9 Civil Engineers, American Society of, Jan. 17, p 19 Clamp, New, Feb. 21, p 11 Classification of Longwy steels, Feb. 14, p 15 of tin plates, Jan. 31, p 26; Feb. 7, » 25 Cleveland Bessemer Steel Works, June 5, p5 Clipper condensing coffee or tea pot, May 8, p31 Clock industry, Connecticut, March 6, p 18 Clover huller, ‘‘ Empire,” June 5, p 19 Coal ant iron in India, May 8, p 27 and iron ore deposits of North Carolina, Jan. 31, p17 Anima) remains in, March 20, p13 beds, Evidence of the glacial period in, March 138, p 1 Cause of the spontaneous combustion of, Jan. 3, p 19 Cheaper, wanted in Philadelphia, June 19, pl district. Monongahela, April 17, p 21 Experiments on the destructive distillation of, May 1, p 13 market, Jan. 8, p29; 10, p22; 17, p24; 24, p21; 31, p21; Feb. 7, p34; 14.p 21 ; 21, p 23; 28, p 21: March 6, p 31; 13, p23; 20,p28; 27,p25: April 3, p31; 10, p 24; 17, p28; 24. p23; May 1, p21; 8, p 23; 15, p 27; 22, p 23; 20, p 2; June 5, p 29: 12, p 23; 19, p23; 26, p28 mine, Explosion in a, Jun. 3, p 11 miners, Hungarian, May 8, p 1 mines, Arbitration in the Westevn, April 3, p 18 Philadelphia’s dear, June 19, d 16 Preventing spontaneous combustion ir, March 20, p 18 refuse, Utilizing, Jan. 3, p 19 tar, er product of, March 6, p 17 trade, Bituminous, of Pennsylvania, May * 22, p 2% trade in Western Pennsylvania, Arbitration in the, Jan 17, p16 Weather waste of, March 20, p 13 Coffee ¢ tea pot, Clipper condensing, May 8, 31 Coining and embossing press, Jan. 24, p 13 Coke, Advance in, April 10, p 19 oven, [mproved, March 6, p 23 oven, Jameson, Feb, 28, p 7 pool, March 13, p 17 pool, Connellsville, March 27, p 16 Color of precious stones, April 10, p 13 Colorado Coal and Iron Company, March 27, p 28; April 10, p 32 Colonial expansion of France, Apri! 10, p 16 system, France’s return to the old, May 29, 16 Coubined power splitting and squaring shears, Jan, 24, p11 square end slitting shear, Feb. 21, p 30 Combustion, Smokeless, March 6, p 17 Commercial center, Jan. 10, p 16 drift of the dominion, Feb. 7, p 16 Company stores given up, Jan. 10, p 13 Comparative merits of vertical and horizontal engines and relative beam engines for umpiug, June 19, p 1 oxidizability of metals, April 3, p 36 Compass, New, Jan. 31, p 1 Self-registering, March 13, p 1 Competitive tests for locomotive men, Feb. 21, p ll Compounds, Explosive, June 12, p 9 Compressed lead sash weights, May 29, p 32 Compressibility of liquids, May 1, p 13 Comptroller Knox’s views on the financial situ- ation, Feb. 7, p 23 Concentrating works, Negaunee, April 3, p 40 Concerted restriction of production, Feb. 21, p 16 Concrete water-pipes, April 3, p 18 Condition of British industries, June 12, p 23 of business, Jan. 3, p 14; 10, p 17; ‘ Ve, 17; 31, p 16; Feb. 21, p 16; 28, p 16; March 27, p17 Condition of the anthracite and bituminous furnaces of the United States, Juve 1, 1884, June 1°, p 17 of the Belgian glass industry, March 20, 17 of the blast furnaces of the United States, April 1, 1884, April 10, p 16 of the blast furnaces of the United States, Jan. 1, 1884, Jan. 24, p 16 of the copper trade, April 17, p 30 Conditions fevoring American shipping, Jan. ’ Cenductor-pipe, March 6, p 13 Conductors, Electrical, Jan. 3, p 19 Conductors’ Home, Jan. 10, p 7 Conference, Labor, at Pittsburgh, April 24, p 16 Cungo, Opering the, Feb. 7, p 17 Congress and the patent laws, April 3, p 18 Week iv, May 1p 25 Connecticut clock industry, March 6, p 13 Connellsville Coke and Iron Company, March 27, p 28 coke pool, March 27, p 16 Consolidation of manufactures, Feb. 28, p 16 of Southern iron interests, March 13, p 2 Construction, Chimuey, March 27, p 34 Railway, in 1883, Jan. 17, p 17; Mag 15, p19 Consulate General, Korean, May 22, p 35 Consumption of pig iron in 1883, March 20, p 17 of rails, April 3, p18 Continuous puddling furnace, April 24, p 27 Convention, Republican Nationa), Juve 12, R 16 Converter, Heat generated in a, Juve 19, p Convict labor in Georgia, June 5, p 1 labor in Iilinois, May LP 1 Copper enterprise, Arizova, June 5, p 29 market, Changes in the, May 8, p 17 market, Latesi developments ip, April 10, 16 tien Prospects in the, Feb. 7, p 1 Outlook for, March 20, p 16; Juve 26, p 16 production of the world, June 5, p 22 trade, Condition of the, a 17, p 30 Copying tixtures, Improved, March 6, p 36 Cornell University, Gift to, Juve 5, p 19 Corver brace, Amidon, June 26, p 31 Corvice-machine litigation, Juve 19, pp 13, 16 Corporation laws of 1883, Jan. 4, p ll Cost of Government statuary, Juve 5, p 33 ot making pig iron, March 20, p 16 of repairs to Nava! vessels, April 17, p 1 Couutersink, Universal, Feb, 14, p 15 Counting papers by electricity, May 22, p 7 Cours d’exploitation des mines, March 6, p 17 C:anberry iron-ore region, June 26, p 7 Crank-sbafts, Cast-stee!, May 15. p 20 Creators of the age of sieve], Murch 13, p 34 Creusot, Busic pPocess al, Jan. 10, p 11 Onsis in Mexico, May 8, p 17 Steel, Feb. 28, p 9 Crown ice-chipper, May 15, p 33 Cuba, American control over, June 19, p 16 Financia! crisis in, Mareb 27, p 16 Cuban contract for Phoenixville, May 1, p 17 Cupola practice, Erglisb, May 1, p 19 Cupolas and steam hammers, June 12, p 35 Curious bequest, June 5, p 37 Customs decisions, Feb. 28, p 26 regulations, New Mexican, June 12, p 23 Cut-nail machine, Improved, April 17, p 1 pails, Canadian drawback on, Mav 8, p 25 nails, improvement in the manufacture of, April 3, p 1 off saw, Overbung traversing gainer and, Feb. 7, p 25 Cutting macb'ne, Oval hole, May 29, p 7 stove, Saw for, June 5, p 21 Cyclone boiler wube cleaner, June 26, p 11 egg beater, April 10, p 11 Damage by a bursted dam, April 3, p 36 Dangerous cargo, May 29, p 15 Davgers of natural gas, June 26, p 16 De Bardeleben turpace, New, May 22, p 25 Dean Brothers’ Steam Pump Works, March 6, p 18 Death of Jobn M. Phillips, Feb. 21, p13 THE IRON AGE. Death of the inventor of rivet-making machines, Feb. 28, p 30 Decision, Barb-wire, June 26, p 31 Legal-tender, March 20, p 16; April 24, p 1 Decisions, Customs, Feb. 28, p 26 on re-issued patents, April 24, p 1 Decline in leat, May 22, p 17 of American shipping; its remedy, March 13, p 34 Defeat of the Morrison Bill, May 15, p 18 Defective safety-valves, Feb. 7, p 21 Defects in Bessemer steel not the fault of the process, April 17, p 19 Defending our barbor, Plans for, April 10, p 34 Demolishing a tall chimney, June 5, p 11 Demonstration, Fair-trade, at Birmingham, England, April 10, p 19 Denmark, Trials of armor plate in, May 8, p 27 Destroyer, Torpedo-boat, May 22, p 25 Destruction of forests, May 29, p 1 Density and pressure of detonating gas mix tures, June 12, p 35 . Detacbing coal without blasting, June 12, p 31 Detection of fire-damp, May 1, p 18 Determinations, Phosphorus, Tene 26, p 23 Detonating gas mixtures, Density and pressure of, June 12, p 35 Development, Australian, April 24, p 3¢ we in the spelter market, April 24, pié in the tin market, May 29, p 16 Devore’s spring hinge, May 22, p 31 mae 44 Phosphorescence of the, May 22, p causes and sash ventilator, April 17, p 37 Differential duties, French, June 26, p 32 Dilatation of small bodies, Measuring the, April 17, p 30 Disastrous failure in Montreal, May 1, p 40 Diversification of industries, Feb, 7, p 40 Dividers and calipers, Stoddaru’s, Feb. 7, p 13 Door check and spring, Shaw, Jan. 17, p 13 ws Reed’s patent noisele-s, May 1, pi hanger, Stearns’ anti-friction, May 29, p 32 hangers, Climax, April 3, p 40 knob fastening, Sensible, April 17, p 15 knob, Gonne, May 22, p 31 Draft pnee: Improved, for chimneys, June »P Drift, Genes, of the Dominion, Feb. 7, p Drill press, Automatic, Jane 12, p 13 Victor, June 19, p 31 Drilling maehine, New Radial, Apri! 17, p 9 Drip-pipes, Receiver for collection of water from, May 22, p7 Drive screw, New, Feb. 7, p 42 Duplex roc-boring machine, May 8, p 9 tools, May 15, p 33 Duration of United States patents, March 20, p 11; April 10, p Dust pans, teel-edge, June 19, p 31 Duties, Steel, March 13, p 16 Duty on wire rods, April 10, p 16 Dynamite, Economy in: the use of, March 13, 1 P gun, Trials with a, April 24, p 13 Dynamo and the telegraph, June &, p 23 Early history of the metals, Feb. 7, p 19 history of the steam engine, May 1, p7; 8, p 9; 15,p 9; 22,p 9; 29, p 5; June 5, pg Earthquake in England, May 1, p 11 East, Stringency in the, May 15, p 19 Easiern Pig Iron Association, June 26, p 17 Economy in the use of dynamite, March 13, p 1 Effect of expiration of foreign patents on life of United States patents, April 24, p 17 Eygg-beater, Cyclone, April 10, p 11 Eider, New steamer, April 17, p 9 Electric lighting, Precautionary measures for, Jan. 17, ¢ 30 railway in the Alps, Juoe 12, p 35 Electrical conductors, Jan. 3, p 19 Exhibition, Internativnal, March 13, p 32; April 10, p 7 Exhibition, Philadelphia, May 29, p 11 resistance of glass, Feb. 7, p 21 Electricity and electrical engineering, Jan. 31, Counting papers by, May 22, p7 in lighthouses, introduction of, Feb. 14, pl Tanning leather by, April 3, P 11 Elegant railroad care, May 22, p 15 Elevated electrical railroads, Jan. 31, p 1 railroad project, Jan. 3, p 14; June 26, p9 railway, Brooklyn, May 22, p 23 Elevator shafts, June 19, p 11 Elevators, mill trucks, &c., May 29, p 32 Eilrich screw-driver, May 29, p 32 Emery ouemig machipe, Work with the, Jan. 24, P “Empire” clover huller, June 5, p 19 Employers’ lability for accidents, April 3, p 18 Employment, Regularity of, in the United States and England, April 10, p 16 Enameling cast iron, Feb. 7, p 21 Engine and gearing, Fithian’s, Jan. 10, P 1 Combined steam end air, Feb. 7, p scales, Portable, Jane isp 27 Engines, Reversing rail-mil), Jan. 3, p 1 Eugiveering feat, May 22, p 17 Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia, Mav 8, p 15 England and the Soudan, May 29, p 17 Earthquake in, May 1, p 11 Failures in, in 1883, Jan. 31, p 7 Iron trade outlook in, Jau. 10, p 1 England’s fureign trade, Feb. 28, p 16 Evglish cupola practice, May Le. 19 ironmasters in Pittsburgh, May 15, p 19 letter: Jav. 8, p 30; 10, p 24; of p 2; 31, p 24; Feb. 7, p 40, 14, p 24; 21, p 24; 28, p 24; March 6, p 34; 13, p 26: 20, p 26; 27, p28; April 3, p 34; 10, p 28; 17, p 28; 24, p27; May 1, p 35; 8, p 27; 15, 29; 22, p 27; 29, p 27; June 5, p 33; 12, p 27; 19, p 27; 26, p 27 wrought-iron tube trade, June 5, p 19 Enterprise tauk valve, May 15, p 34 Ericsson, Jobn, Jan. 10, p 9 Estimates for steam users, June 26, p 11 Examination of stationary engineers in Phila- delphia, Feb. 21, p 1 Exchange, Speculating ow the, March 6, p 19 Exhaust fan, Smith, Jane 12, p 13 fane and pressure blowers, March 6, p 13 Exhibition, American, in London, June 26, » Bl Goidsmnith’s, May 1, p 25 Proposed, at New Orleans, Feb. 28, p 26 Exhibitions, Indusirial, May 22, p 5 Exhibits for Korea, Feb. 7, p 42 Expanded views of the glass-workers, May 1, p 23 Expanding reamer, March 13, p 15 Expansion of metals at the melting poiut, April 8, p 36 Experiments, Military, in snow, Jan. 3, p 34 on the destructive distillation of coal, May 1, p18 with the phonograph, April 10, p 13 Explanation, Personal, March 18, p 17 Explosion, Boiler, in Chester County, Pa., June 26, p15 in a coa! mine, Jan. 31, p 11 Explosions, Boiler, May 22, p 23 Explosive compounds, June 12, p 9 product of coal tar, March 6, p 17 Expoits: Jan. 3, p 29; 10, p21; 17, p 28; 24, p 22; 31, »p 21: Feb. 7, p 34; 14, p 21; 21, p 23; 28, p21; March 6, p 32; 13, p 23; 2, p23; 27, p25; April 3, p32; 10, p 24; 17, p 26; 24, p23; May 1, p 81; 8, p 23; 15, p 25; 22, p 283, 29, p 23; June 5, p 29; 12, p 28; 19, p 23; 26, p 23 Briush iron and steel, in 1883, Jan. 31, p 17 of agricultural machinery, Feb. 14, p 5 of gold, Our, April 17, p 18 Expositio::, New Orleana, April 24, p 81 Extraction of selenium, New method for tbe, Feb, 21, p 1 Grate-bar, Improved rocking, Jan. 24, p 32 bar, Rider, Jan. 17, p 39 Gratuity fund, Breeze over the Metal Exchange, March 20, p 17 Gray’s patent planer, June 26, p 1 Great Britain, Iron districts of, May 15, p 1 Britain, State of trade in, Jan. 10, p 16 Britain’s gloomy outlook, May 22, p 16 Eastern; March 20, p 9 Griffen, John, Jan. 24, p 15 Grinder, New twist-drill, Feb. 7, p 23 Guard, Lawn mower, April 10, p 13 Guo for cleaning hot-blast stoves, May 22, p 2 foundry board, Report of the, Feb. 21, p 1 New style of, April 17, p 11 Guns, Large, for the Government, April 17, p 37 The Chicago’s, June 5, p 1 Gunpowder, Potential energy of, May 8, p 27 Hee fabula docet, June 26, p 16 Haldeman, Jacob M., an early Pennsylvania ironmaster, May 29, p 23 Hammer nail puller, April 17, p 30 Single-stand steam, Feb. 14, p 1 Hand, James C., Jan, 24, p 15 screw, Reno, April 10, p 32 book of electric telegrapby, Feb. 21, p 30 Harbor defense, New weapon for,.March 6, p17 Hardware, March 13, p 13 articles, New, Feb. 21, p 13 novelties: May 8, p 31; 15, p 33, 22, p31; 29, p 32; June 5, p 37; 12, p 31; 19, p 81; 26, p 31 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, June 26, p 9 Hay, Alexander, May 15, p 34 fork pulley, Stearns’ new, June 12, p 31 Hazzard, Arrest of O. P., for forgery, Mtay 22, p 31 Heat and light, April 24, p 7 generated in a converter, June 19, p 9 Influence of, on the molecular structure of zine, Jan, 31, p 26 Heating and puddling furnaces, Smith-Casson, April 17, p 21 furnace, Annealing and, April 24, p 27 Heavy losses by fires at oil works, May 29, p 17 universal milling machine, June 19, p 27 Hegewisch, New town of, April 17, p 1 Hendricks, Montague M., May 22, p 17 Hennepiu Canal scheme, June 19, p 27 Hervier’s boiler, March 20, p 11 Hewitt and Oliver, May 22, p 17 on the tanff, Jan. 3, p 17; Feb. 21, p 17 on the tariff as 9 political issue, Jan. 3, p 14 Hewitt’s tariff bill, May 15, p 18 Heister Clymer, June i0, p 23 High chimneys, May 8, p 11 pressures, Water-power with, . 3, p 15 speed, Fuel cost of, June 12, p é Highway crossings, iron, June 19, p 23 History of thermometers, April 17, p 30 Hob nails made by machinery, Jan. 24, p 9 Hoist, New automatic, June 12, p 35 Hollanders denouncing free trade, Jan. 3, p 19 Home, Conductors’, Jan. 10, p 7 Horizontal boring tool, March 13, p 1 Horse-power lawn mowers, April 3, p 17 Horseshoeing in Palestine, June 26, p 31 Hose reel and sprinkler, Buckeye, June 5, p 37 Hot- blast stoves, Gun for cleaning, May 22, p 27 How to become a good mechanic, Jan. 17, p 9 Huge tannery destroyed by fire, May 1, p ane? sash balances and locks, June 12, Dp Hungarian coal winers, May 8, p 1 a jacks, presses, punches, &c., May 1, P Failure, Disastrous, in Montreal, May 1, p 40 of A. C. & C. H. Kioman, Feb. 14, p 15 of a nail company’s agent, May 29, p 27 of the Monucacy Furnace Compauy, March 6, p 25 Failures in England in 1883, Jan. 31, p 7 metal trade, Feb. 28, p 30 Fair-trade agitation in England, April 10, p 16 trade demonstration at Birmingham, Eng- land, April 10, p 19 Fall of a suspension bridge, May 29, p 15 Fallacies regarding average earnings and labor cost, March 27, p 15 False colors, Sailing under, May 8, p 16 Famons bronze doors, April 24, p15 Family oil and gasoline can, June 26, p 31 Feats in rail production, March 6, p 19 Ferracute Machine Company, March 20, p 15 Fiber products, Mexican, June 5, p 7 File sharpener, Tilghman’s sand-biast, Feb. 7, 7 " 7 19 Files, Seenetactatd of, March 20, p 7 Filing machine, Smith band-saw setting and, Jan. 31, p 30 Financial crisis in Cuba, March 27, p16 situation, Comptroller Knox’s views on the, Feb. 7, p 23 Fire-arm shields, May 1, p 13 brick, Feb. 21, p 30 damp, Detection of, May 1, p 13 grates for boilers, March 13, p 34 proof building materials, March 13, p 15 proof bu:ldings, May 15, p 18 proof car, June 12, p 25 Fires at oil works, Heavy losses by, May 29, p17 resulting from carelessness, June 19, p 16 Fixtures, Shop fittings and, May 8, p 15 Flexible metallic fillet, June 19, p 31 speaking-tube, Mouthpiece for, April24, p7 Floods, Ohio Valley, Feb. 21, p 16 Flower and fruit gatherer, May 8, p 31 Fiuctuations in prices, Mechanical substitute for, June 26, p 17 in prices since 1872, Jan. 3, p 15 of B. V. grade tin plates, March 27, p 34 Flue-cleaning machine, Otto’s, June 19, p 15 hole cutter, Jewel, May 8, p 9 Force and suction pumps, May 8, p 32 Foreign and home wheat prospects, March 6, p 2% iron and steel statistics, June 12, p 16 machinery for working sheet metals, Recent examples ef, Jan. 24, p 1 markets, Jan. 8, p 30; 10, p22; 17, p 26; 24, p30; 31, p24; Feb. 7, p 36: 14, p 26 ; 21, p 26; 28, p 30; March 6, p 36 ; 13, 26; 20, p26; April3, p36; 10, p28; 7, p 90 ; 4. p23; > 81; 8, p23; 15, p25; 22, p23: 29,p23; June 5, p 20 ; 12, p 23; 19, p 23 ; 26, p 23 metal trade in 1883, March 13, p 16 patents, Effect of expiration of, on life of Uniied States%patents, April 24, p 17 tariffs and American trade, June 5, p 22 trade, England’s, Feb. 28, p 16 trade movements, Jan. 3, p29: 10, p 22; 17, p24; 24, p21; 31, p21: Feb. wD 34 ; 14, p 22; 21, p 23; 28, p22; March 6, p82; 18, p23: 2, pd: 27, ps; April 8, p 32 ; 10, p 24; 17, p 28 Forestry exhibition, International, Feb. 14, p 11 Forests, Destruction of, May 29, p 1 Protection of the, Jan. 3, p 1 Fork, New, March 13, p 1¥ Forms of strength and efficiency in steam boiler construcuon, Marcu 6, p 11 Forth bridge, Testing material for the, March 28 Araulice, Feb. 21, p 7; 28, p 26; 27, p 9; April 17, p 19 France, Colonial expansion of, April 10, p 16 Trace uniovists in, Jan. 3, p 32 France’s return to the uld colonial system, May machinery in Buenos Ayres, April 17, p 30 —e machine, Tweddell’s portable, Feb. 21, pl Hydraulics, Foundry, Feb. 21, p 7; 28, p 26; March 27, p 9; April 17, p 19. ayirene aud mercury, Amalgam of, April 10, ‘ pl {briigger cupola furnace, May 29, p 1 Tee chipper, Crown, May 15, p 33 Ide engine, Jan. 17, p1 Ideal bicycle, May 22, p 25 Immigration Statistics, May 1, p 34 Imperfections, Tariff, Feb. 14, p 32 Imperial standard wire gauge, Mareb 6, p 36 Important legal decisions effecting labor, May 16 paves decision, June 12, p 1 treaty, May 1, p 24 Importation of labor under contract, Feb. 7, p 16 lmporters’ Protective Association, April 10, p 17 Imports, Jan. 3, p 29; 10, p 21; 17, p 28; 24, 22; 31, p 21; Feb. 7, p34: 14, p 21; $ p 23; 28, p 21; March 6, p 32, 13, p 28; 20, p 28; 27, p 25; April 3, p 32; 10, p 24; 17, p 26; 24, p 23; May 1, p 31; 8, p 23; 15, p 25; 22 p23; 29, p 23; June 5, p 29; 12 p 23; 19, p 23; 26, p 23 Imports, Satiesehtes, April 24, p 27 ri 18, Foundry hh mn 29, p 16 Frauktord Steel Works, Labor trouble at the, April 10, p 32 Fradulent practices i the tin-plate trade, March 27, p 16 Free walle, Hollanders denouncing, Jan. 3, p 19 Freights, [ron- ore, Feb. 7, P 25 French differential duties, Jane 26, p 32 merchant marive, Jan. 10, p 15 mineral statistics for 1883, April 17, p 7 puzzle, New, April 10, p 17 Friction brake, New, Juve 5, p 21 clutch, New, June 26, p 9 experiments, Report on, Feb. 14, p 7 Fruit dryers, May 8, p 32 ; gatherer, Flower and, May 8; p 31 pail, Automatic, June 5, p 37 Fuel cost of high speed, June 12, p 55 Furnace, Ibrugger cupola, May 29, p 1 New, De Bardeleben, weg 22, p 25 New form of open-hearth, April 10, p 34 Old Virginia, June 5, p 19 record, Warwick, Jan. 10, p 11 Stubbievine, March 8, p 1 York, Feb. 28, pp 1, 32 Furnaces, Gas puddling and heating—the ‘‘ Cas son-Bicberoux ” system, April 10, p 1 Southwestern Virzivia, May 15, p 1 Future of petruleum, March 13, p 15 Galvanoplastic manipulations, Jan. 17, p 11 of iron to India, May 1, p 1 of metals at New York in April, May 8, p 16 of metals at New York in December, Jan. 10, p 16 of metals, January, Feb. 7, p 17 Our April and May, June 12, p 17 Improved band-saw, Jan. 31, p1 Garrison’s, Commodore, assignment, June 26, calipers, June 19, p 81 p 32 coke oven, March 6, p 23 Gas analysis, Improved apporatus for rapid, copyiug fixtares, March 6, p 36 March 20, p 13 cut nail machine, April 17, p 1 draft gauge for chimneys, June 19, p 9 metallurgical gas furnac , May 15, p 33 method of casting, Jan. 31, p 26 thimble, June 19, p 31 two-revolution pastes press, Jan. 17, p 1 Improvement in tool handles, April 3, p 15 Improvements in the Nationa! Line boats, May frum sawdust, Feb. 7, p 21 furnace, Improved metallurgical, May 15, 38 Pp indicator, May 8, p 27 machines, Jan. 24, p 5 Natural, Feb. 7, p 1 Natural, in Pittsburgh, March 6, p 13 Natural, near Steubenville, May 8, p 1 products, Utilization of, in blaft-furnaces, Feb. 14, p 16 puddling and beating furnaces—The ** Cas- son-Bicheroux system, April 10, p 1 Gases; Liquefaction of, June 12, p 35 Gaseous fuel, Use of, May 22, p 27 Gasoline can, Family oil and, June 26, p 31 Gauge, Sheet-meta!, adopted in England, March 20, p 28 Gear-whee!l, Large, Jan. 31, p 30 Gearing, Fithian’s engive and, Jan. 10, p 1 General hardware: Jan, 8, p 27; 10, p19; 17, p 21: 24, p19; 31, p19; Feb. 7, p29; 14, p 19; 21, p 21; 28, p1¥; March 6, p 30; 13, p 21; 20, p 21; 27, p 28; April 3, p 30; 10, p 22; 17, p 23; 24, p 24; May 1, p 82; 8 p 24; 15, p 26; 22, p 24; 2, p 24; June 5, p 30; 12, p 24; 19, p 24; 26, p 24 Generation of steam, Jan. 31, p 1 Genesis of the crystalline iron ores, March 13, 9 ' Geckednent survey of New Jersey, May 1, p 17 German iron and -teel trades, May 1, p 17 vertical rolling mili engine, June 5, p L Gearmany, Car- wheels from, May 1, p 25 Gift to Corne!!] University, June 5, p 19 Glacial period, Evidence of the, in cual beds, March 13, p 1 Glass dealer’s ready reckoner, April 10, p 13 Electrical resistance of, Feb. 7, p 21 Report on the manufacture of, Jan. 31, p 13 workers, Expanded views of the, May 1, p 23 Workers’ Union, Proposed International, May 1, p 24 , P Increased Russian duties and internal taxes, June 12, p 17 Incrustations on pig iron, March 13, p 19 lndia-ink, Apri. 17, p 30 India-rubber imports, April 24, p 27 Indicator, Gas, May 8, = Industria! exhibitions, May 22, p 5 Exposition, Spanish, May 1, p 19 growth of California, Mareh 20, p 15 items, Jan. 3, p 23; 10, p 24; 17, p 26; 24, p 26; 31 p 26; Feb. 7, p 42; 14, p24; 2 pos 28, p 15; March 6, p 25; 13, p 28; 20, p 19; 27, p 19; April 3,p17; 10, p 28; 17, p17; 24, p3l; May 1, p34; 8, p 31; 15, p 27; =P 81; 29, p 25; June 5, p 31, 12, p 25; 19, p31; 26, p25 South Carolina, ¢vb. 28, p 7 union, Proposed international, May 1, p 11 Industries at Beaver’s Falls. March 27, p 15 Diversification of, Feb. 7, p 40 of Asblana, Wisconsin, Jan. 17, p 11 Industry, [ridium, March 13, p 32 Match, in Europe, Jan. 3, p 19 [nfringements, Patent, May 8, p 27 Inspector, Astonished, April 24, p 13 Insurance, Boiler, March 27, p 7 Internal taxes, Increased Russian duties and, June 12, p 17 Internaliy-fired vs. externally-fired boilers, April 24, p 17; May 1, p 25 International Electrical Exhibition, March 13, p 82; Apni 10, p7 Forestry Exhibition, Feb. 14, p 11 Invention, Novel, March 20, p 11 Inventions of Watt, Jan. 31, p7; Feb. 7, p5; Glen Iron Works suit, June 12, p 31 14, p ll Gloomy outlook, Great Britain’s, May 22,p 16 | Inventor of submarine torpedoes, March 6, Glut, Silver, March 6, p-5 plz Typical American, May 22, p 25 Inventors, Women as, Jan. 31, p 1 Indium industry, March 18, p 32 Iron: Jan. 3, p 20; 10, p 21; 17, p 23; 24, p 21; 31, p 21; Feb. 7, p 32; 14, p 21; 21, p22; 28, p 21; March 6, p 31; 18, p 23; bo. p 23; 27, p 24; April 3, p31; 10. p 28; 17, p 25; of p se; May 1, p 38; 8, p 24; 15, p 27; 22, p 24; 29, p 24 June 5, p 31; 12, p 25; 19, p 25; 26 p 2 Gold, Our exports of, April 17, p 18 silver, copper and lead, Product of, Feb. 7, » 13 Goldataith’s exhibition, May 1, p 25 Gonne door knob, May 22, p 31 Government telegrapby uoprofitable in Canada, Feb. 7, p 25 Governor, New form vf, Jan. 17, p 19 Gradaates of Stevens, June 26, p 11 Grephite or black iead, May 8, p 18 | tron or beams, List of English, March 6, p ii | and steel brands, June 12, p 27; 26, p 27 and Steel Company, Pullman, April 17, p21 and steel exports, British, in November, Jan. 3, p 14 and steel imports, Our, Jure 5, p 22 and Steel Institute, British, April 17, p 19 and steel permanent way, May 29, p 1 and em Physical condition of, April 24, p § and steel prices in 1888, Jan. 3, p 14 and steel production in 1883, Statistics of American, May 8, p 16 and steel, Quality of our, May 15, p 18 and steel, Seeretion of gas in, April 3, p 18 and steel, Secretion of gas in, New exper- nents om the, April 3, p 19 and steel statistics, Foreign, June 12, p 16 and steel trades, Annus! review of the British, for 1883, Jan. 3, p 7 and steel trades, German, May 1, p 17 and steel works, Sweden, Bangbro, April 2,pill baths for molten metals, Jan. 31, p 7 beams, Feb. 14, p 17; May 1, v 5 bridges and roofs, March 20, p 13 busivess in the South in 1883, Jan. 24, p 16 castings, Annealing, April 3, p 36 Catalan, Manufacture of, in France, Jan. 10, p 13 Coal and, in India, May 8, p 27 Company, Brown-Bonuell, May 1, p 40; 8, o p 15 Jompany, Colorado Coa! and, Mareb 27, p o8@"A rit 10, p 32 ‘ Company, Connellsville Coke and, March 27, p 28 districts of Great Britain, May 15, p 1 fences, June 5, p 38 highway crossings, June 19, p 23 Imports of, into India, May 1, p 19 interests, Consolidation of Southern, March 13, p 28 making, Cheap, in the South, May 22, p 9 making in the South, May 29, p 17 em Primitive, in Arkansas, March 27, making, Russian, Jan. 24, p 13 making, South American, April 24, p 1 Manitoba’s, April 17, p 37 mine protits, Lake Superior, Jan. 3, p 1 news, Sensational Western, Jan. 17, p 16 Ore deposits, Coal and, of North Carolina, Jan. 31, p 17 ore freights, Feb. 7, p 2: ore mining in Eastern Pennsylvania, Feb. 21, p15 ore region, Cranberry, June 26, p 7 ore trade, April 3, p 15 en Genesis of the, March 13, Pp ores, Foreign, Jan. 10, p 17; 24, p17 ores of different chemical analyses, Value of, Feb. 14, p 32 planer, Brettell’s new, March 6, p 17 production East and West, May 29, p 16 production in the South, June 5, p 2 — Restricting, in England, Feb. . Pp a Protection of, Against rust, June 12, p 13 question in Canada, Jan. 3, p 19 railings, fencing, &c., Feb. 14, p 17 shapes, New, Jan. 10, p 11 shipbuilding 1m California, Feb. 28, p 5 shipbuilding in Virginia, April 10, p 19 sockets for piles, April 3, p 36 a poles, March 20, p 15 tests, Muirkirk, Jan. 24, p 32 trade, British, in 1883, Feb. 7, p 16 trade outlook in England, Jan. 10, p | trade, Wages in the Western, April 17, p 18 transaction, Important, Feb. 28, p 26 warehouse, Western, May 29, p 1 working tools, March 13, p 13 Works, Allentown, May 15, p 37 Works, Peripatetic, April 17, p 18 Irons, woe properties of d flerent, Feb. 7, Ironclads, Chinese, March 20, p 28 [ronmaster, Jacob M. Haldeman, an early Penn- sylvania, May 29, p 23 menmnertem English, in Pittsburgh, May 15, Dp Ironworkers’ wages at Cincinnati, June 26, p16 Isabelia Furnace, No. 1, Remarkable work at, Jan. 31, p 17 J. A. Berly’s Universal Electrical Directory, May 1,p17 Jameson coks oven, Feb. 28, p 7 Japanese railwuys, March 6, p 36 tariff, Pending changes in the, June 19, p 27 Jewel flue hole cutter, — 8,p9 Keiser turbine, May 15, p 17 Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company, May 29, p 82 Kitchen knife, New, June 19, p 31 Kloman, A. C. &C. H., Failure of, Feb. 14, p15 Korea, Exhibits for, Feb. 7p 42 Korean Consulate-General, May 22, p 25 Korting condenser, Apri! 24, p 7 L. E. Warver, June 19, p 23 Labor conference at Pittsburgh, April 24, p 16 Convict, in Georgia, June 5, p 1 Convict, in Illinois, May 1, p 1 difficulty settled at Buffalo, May 1, p 35 Sapercens legal deeisions affecting, May 8, 1 b specie of, urder contract, Feb. 7, p 16 legislation, Jan. 10, P 16 Prison, April 17, p 2 situation West, May 8, p 16 statistics, Proposed bureau of, Jap. 3, p 19; May 8, p 17 trouble at Tacony, May 8, p 25 trouble at the Frankford Steel Works, April 10, p 32 Lamp-filler, Another oil-can end, June 26, p 31 — American petroiecm aud, May 22, 3 Large bredee for the Cap» Cod C.imal, May 15, p 37 gear-wheel, Jan. 31, p 30 guns for the Government, April 17, p 87 macbine tool, Feb. 14, p 1 output of open-heartu s:cel, May 8, p 27 pulley lathe, June 26, p 15 slotting machine, Apri! 24, p 1 Late rebound in lead, Jan. 24, p 17 Latest developments in copper market, April 10, p 16 great bank failure in Eogiand, June 5, p 22 Latbe, New treble-geared stive break, Feb. 7, p 1 Laundry machinery, March 15, p 13 Lawn-mower guard, April 10, p 18 mowers, March 27, p 20 mowers, Horse-power, April 3, p 17 Lead, Declive io, May 22, p 17 Late rebound in, Jan. 24, p 17 New sounding, Feb. 7, p 21 eretas of gold, silver, copper and, Feb. 7, pl production in 1883, March 20, p 16 Legal decisions, Latest: Jan. 10, p 9; 17, p 30; Feb. 7, p 15; March 6. p 23; 13, p 19; 27, p 18. April 17, p 11; 24, p 15; May 1, p 15; 15, p09; June 12, p7; 26, p13 tender decision, Marc» 20, p 16; April 24, pl tender paper money, May 15, p 5 Legislation, Labor, Jan. 10, p 16 Tariff. Mav 1, p 2% Lever latch, Darlingion’s Mareh 18, p 19 Light, Phospborescent, May 8, p 27 Lighthouse, Austrelian, Maren 13, p 5 Oi! vas plant for a, April 24, p 25 Tillamook, May 22, p 1 Lighthouses, Introduction of electricity in, Feb. 14, pl Lighting buoys, Jan. 31, p 5 Lightalee, Protecting oii tanks from, Juve 12, P patent barb-wire, ‘2s oe te Ma Me: Mer Mec Men Met Meté Metal M tal Metho Mexic: fib Mexicx Ou Miante Mica, } Micron Militar u win: Mills, F Milling p ma M mac mac mac mac ar Mine, N Mineral Mining 7, Al engi b Iron Minuesp Molten p Money, I Monocue a Mononga toll q More rail: Morrell, I tariff, Morrison bill, I bili, E tariff | Mountain, Mouse tra Mouthpie p7 Movemen Jan Mowers, Muirkirk | Nau As od ™ oy Cae: TH E IRON AGE. Lime-+xtractirg heat rs, Jan. 24, p 5 Limited partnership jaws of Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, p9 Liquefaction of gases, June 12, p 35 Liquids, Compressibility of, May 1, p 13 Litigation, Barb-wire, March 6, p 36 Cornice machine, June 19, pp 18, 16 Livadia, Jan. 10, p 1 Lock and latch, Sliding-door, April 24, p 31 Cigar-cox, April 3, p 42 Lockout, window-glass, Close of the, Feb. 7, » 16 Loconsotive rod milling machine, March 6, p 17 | work, Large milling machine for, March 13, | pl works, Baldwin, May 1, p 19 works, Philadelphia, Baldwin, March 18, p7 Logging cars, March 20, p 15 London silver market, March 6, p 36 | Long & Allstatter Company, April 24, p 7 distance telephone, April 10, p 18 steel rails, April 24, p 13 Lonewy steels, Classification of, Feb. 15, p 15 Louisville market : Jan. 3, p 30; 10, p 22; 17, p 26; 24, p 24; 31, p 22; Feb. 7, p 36; 14, p 22; 21, p 24; 28, p 24; March 6, p 34; 13, p 24; 20, p 26; 27, p26; April 3, p 34; 10, p 26; 17, p 26; 24, p 23; May 1,p 81; 8, p 28; 15, p 25; 22. p 23; 29, p 23; June 5, p 29; 12, p 28; 19, p 28; 26, p 28 Low-carbon steel, Manufacture of special or, by the Bessemer process, May 15, p 19 priced rakes, April 3, p 42 Lowell Bankruptcy bill, Jan. 24, p 16 Lubriecators, March 20, p 15 « Maas’ patent refrigerator fastening, May 22, p 31 Macbiue, profiling, May 29, p 13 routing, Feb. 21, p 9 tool, Large, Feb. 14, p 1 Machinery for handling coal, Jan. 17, p 18 for hardware mavufacturers, Murch 6, p 18 for physica’ tests, March 6, pp 1, 18 Nail Company’s agent, Failure of a, May 29, p 27 | Nails, Hob, made by machinery, Jan. 24, p 9 Hydraulic, in Buenos Ayres, April 17, p 30 Mail service, Proposed changes in the, Jan. 17, Make of pig iron and our quarterly reports, Jan. 31, p 17 Manganese steel, Redfield’s, March 20, p 1 Manitoba’s iron, April 17, p 37 Mansfield Machine Works, March 6, p 18 Manufacture of alloys of Tungsten, April 10, 15 of cat nails, Improvement in the, April 3, pl of files, March 20, p 7 of special or low-carbon steel by the Besse- mer process, May 15, p 19 Manufactures, Consolidation of, Feb. 28, p 16 Manufacturers abroad, American, March 27, Association, California, May 8 p 1 Maratime legislation, Proposed British, March 20, p 16 Marine, American merchant, Feb. 14, p 16 French merchant, Jan. 10, p 15 notes, April 17, p 21 Martin _ process, Suit involving the, May 1, p Mason’s Short Tariff History of the United States, June 5, p 21 Massachussetts tariff policy, May 22, p 17 Tariff question iu, Jan. 10, p 15 Master mechanics, Railway, June 26, p 17 Match industry in Europe, Jan 3, p ib Mathieu retorts at Vulcan, Mich. Feb. 21, p 30 Mathieu’s patent retorts, Juve 19, pl Maydole cast-steel hammer-, May 22, p 25 McCormick, Cyrus H., May 15, p 34 Measurement of water, Jan. 17, p 26 Measuring areas, Feb. 7, p 36 electric sights, Improved photometer for, March 13, p 1 the dilatation uf sma)! bodies, April 17, p30 Mechanical Engineers, Americun Society vt, May 29; p 31 refrigeration, Jan. 24, p 7 we for fluctuations in prices, June 26, pl Mechanics, Jan. 31, p 13 Memoranda of invention, Jan. 3, p 5 Metal Exchange gratuity fund, Breeze over the, Mareb 20, p 17 speculations, Result of, Feb. 28, p 17 trade failures, Feb. 28. p 30 trade, Foreign, in 1883, March 13, p 16 trade, Our foreign, Jan. 10, p 16 Metals, Jan 3, p 29; 10, p21; 17, p28; M4, p ; 81, p 21 ; Feb. 7, p34; 14, p 21: 21, 23 ; 28, p 21; March 6, p 31; 18, p23; » p23; 27, p25: April 3,-p31; 10, p 24; 17, p 26; 24, p21; May 1, p20; 8, p 21; 15, p 28 ; 22, p21: a ; June 5, p 27; 12, p 21; 19, p 21: 26, p 21 Early history of tue, Feb. 7, p 19 Expansion of, at the melting point, April 3, 36 Saleen of, at New York in April, May 8, p 16 iasgarts of, at New York in December, Jan. 10, p 21 January imports of, Feb. 7, p 17 of ema. Jan. 10, p 18 recious, Supply of the, Feb. 7, p 17 olatilization of, May 22, p 25 Metallic fillet, Flexibie, June 19, p 31 M tallurgical notes, Jan. 10, p 11 ; 17, p 19; 31, 26; Feb. 7, p19; my 1; March 6, p Be"; 0, 01; April 3, p ; 10, p15; 24, 27; Mayl,p17; 15, p38; 22, p 27; pl; June 19, p7 Method ot purifying gases, March 13, p 1 Mexican calendar stone, March 13, p 1 fiber products, June 5, p 7 Mexico, Crisis in, May 8, p 17 Our relations with, Mureb 20, p 17 Miantonomah’s plates, April 24, P 13 Mica, Novel idea in, March 13, p 28 Micrometer caliper, Patent, Feb. 14, p 24 Military experiments in snow, Jan. 3, p 34 purposes, Steel for, April 10, p 15 Mill macninery, May 1, p5 Mills, Rolling, in Sweden, Jan. 3, p 1 Milling a. ine, Heavy Universal, Juve 19, p 2 machine, Large, Mareb 13, p1 machine, Locomotive-rod, March 6, p 17 macaine, New, April 24, p 13 machine, Spindle, Marecb 6, p 17 machivery, Improved wut and bolt facing ard, Feb. 7, p 25 Mine, New York, closed, June 5, p 11 Mineral statistics, French, for 1583, April 17, p7 | Mining Euvgineer-, American Lost: ute of, Feb. | , p 23; 28, pp 17, 26; March 6, p 21;) April 24, p31; June 5, p17; 12, p31 eng*onere, Secretaryship of the, Jan. 10, pl Iron ore, in Eastern Penosylvania, Feb. 21, for locomotive work, 15 Miensineien, St. Paul and, May 29, p 13 Molten metals, Iron baths for, Jan. 31, p 7 Money, Legil-teoder paper, May 15, p 5 Monecucy Farvace Company, Failure of the, Marcb 6, p 25 Monongahela coal district, April 17, p 21 toll question, May 29, p 27 More railroad receiverships, June 5. p 22 Morrell, Retirement uf Hon. D. J., Jan. 24, p17 tariff, Feb. 7, p 17 Morrison bi!!, March 13,P 16; 27, p 16; bill, Defeat of the, ¥ ay 15, p 18 bill, Prospects of the, March 6, p 18 tariff bill, Feb. 7, p 17 Mountain, Subsidence of a, April 10, p 13 Mouse trap«, New, April 10, p 9 Mouthpiece for flexible speaking-tube, April 24, 7 Mewsiend. Avti Hungarian, in Pennsylvania, Jan. 3, p 19 Mowers, Luwp, March 27, p 20 Muirkirk iroo tests, Jau. 7? 32 Nail Association, Western, May 15, p 27 pool, Western, April 17, p 18 puller, Hammer, April 17, p 30 Nailers’ strike in New Enyland, Jan. 17, p 16 National] cash register, June 26, p 31 foundry, Pittsburgh wants the, June 12, | p17 Line boats, Improvements in the, May 1, | p 17 Line, New steamship of the, March 20, p 9 Natural gas, Feb. 7, p 1 gas dangerous, June 26, p 35 gas, Dangers of, June 26, p 16 gas in Pittsburgh, March 6, p 13 gas near Steubenville, May 8, p 1 Naval vessels, Cost of repairs tc, April 17, p 1 | Navy, Needs of the, Aprii 24, p 33 Naylor & Co., Jan. 3, p 32 Needs of the Navy, April 24, p 33 Negaunee Concentrating Works, April 3, p 40 New automatic hoist, June 12, p 35 calendars, Jun. 10, p 15 citico furnace, May 1, p 9 clamp, Feb. 21, p 11 compass, Jan. 31, p 1 drive screw, Feb. 7, p 42 England Iron Company's suit, June 5, p 37 England nail strike, April 17, p 19 English Bessemer plant, June 19, p 7 fork, March 13, p 19 form of governor, Jan. 17, p 19 French puzzle, April 10, p 17 friction brake, Juve 5, p 21 friction clutch, June 26, p 9 hardware articles, Feb. 21, p 18 inventions, Jan. 31, p13; Feb. 7, p9; 21,p 9; March 6, p 15: 20, p5; 27,p5; April 3, p 7; 17, p 5; 24, p 5; May 8, p 11; June 12, p5; 26, pd kitchen knife, June 19, p 31 lathe chuck, May 1, p 7 markets, Overproduction and, Jav. 24, p 16 method of producing steel pletes, May 29, pl Mexican Customs regulations, June 12, p 23 milling machine, April 24, p 13 mouse traps, April 10, p 9 Orleans Exposition, April 24, p 31 Orleans Exposition building, Roof of th:, June 12, p1 padlock, May 8, p 31 power press, May 29, p 11 publications: Jan. 17, p 9; 24, p 11; 31, p 13; Feb. 21, p 30; March 6, p 17; 20, p 19; April 10, p13; May 1, p17; June 4, p 21 pulley, Fen. 7, p 11 saw gummers, Feb 7, p 40 Sueffield in Alabama, June 26, p 1 shelf support, June 26, p 31 shipping act, June 26, p 31 sivgie-surfacing machine, June 26, p 35 slitting and squaring shears, Feb. 7, p 21 Smith gun, June 19, p 31 spiral screw-driver, June 5, p 37 steamer Eider, April 17, p 9 street car motor, June 19, p 23 style of gun, April 17, p 11 summer goods, April 10, p 9 ** tariff reform ’’ movement, May 15, p 33 town of Hegewich, April 17, p 1 weapon for barbor defense, March 6, p 17 wrench, April 17, p 37 York mine closed, June 5, p 11 Newark Board of Trade, May —P 5 Nickel barn-door hanger,