The Iron Age July-December 1884: Vol 34 Index

VOLUME XXXIV.—JULY--DECEMBER, To zte4 44- Abandoned blast farnaces, Oc!. 23, p 16 Abstracts from the report of the work of the Watertown testirg machine, Oct. 2, p 25 Accident at the South Boston [ron Works, July 17, p 27 Accumulator, Jarriant, Aug. 21, p 13 Acme sash lock and Yalance, Aug. 28, p 31 Action of a great labor uvion, Oci. 23, p 9 of water on cements, Nov. 18, p 25 Activity among Virginia furnaces, Dec. 11, 15 on waned affairs, Oct, 2, p 33 in Rus-ian -beet-iron mills, Aug. 7, Adoption of the Greenwich meridian, 17 ct. 16, Aujustabie tace vise, Hall’s patent, Aug. 14, p 31 handle draw kuife, New, Sept. 18, p 31 harrow, La Crosse, Dec. 25, p 31 iron planes, Aug. 28, p 31 plane, Siegiey’s, Dec. 4, p 37 power press, New, Oct. 9, p 17 wrought-steel toilet hinge, Dec. 4, p 37 Advantages of steel projectiles, Dec. 25, p 27 Advice, Sensible, to workingmen, Nov. 2, p 35 Aerolite, Killed vy an, Dec, 18, p 17 Atrica, Railway equipment for, Aug. 28, p 32 After depression—what ? Sept. 18, p 16 the Avzin colliery strike, Sept. 25, p 17 Age of the earth, Aug. 21, p 13 Aygitation, Fair-trade, in England, Dec. 4, p 17 Labor, in the East, July 31, p 16 ' a iron-ore region opened, Nov. 20, P a implements in Russia, July 10, melétaneey Exports of British, Aug. 21, p 7 wealth of Tonquin, July 31, p 35 Air, Ozonized, July 10, p 1 Alabama mavafacturer’s views, Aug. 21. p 5 Alarm peer Sneffleld guu-makers, Oct. 16, Pp bolt, Vassar, Dec. 4, 37 Alchemy in China, Aug. By p13 Alleged overproduction, Oct, 23, p 16 Allen’s floor ciamp, July 17, p 81 Alloys, New, Sept. 4, p 17 Aluminium, Cheap, Aug. 14, p 18 Soldering, Aug. 28, p 13 ee Association and arbitration, Sept. 4,p American axes for Egypt, Nov. 20, p 29 built railroad in Japan, Nov. 20, p 27 commercial interests and the new treaties, Dec. 11, p 16 Institute fuir, Sept. 18, p 37 Institute of Minwg Engineers, Sept. 11, p 17 labor the best in the world, Nov. 6, P manufactures for foreign markets, July 31, 35 eslwateqveres in England oy 4, Pp 16 policy, English view of, July 7, p16 roduction in Chili, Sept. 25, p 1 nipbuilding Company, Aug. 28, p 17 Shipbuilding Compaay’s shears, at Phila- delphia, Pa., Dee. 18, p 1 chipping, July 17, pl Soc ey = } _— Engineers, Nov. 13, p17; 20,p steamer for foreign trade, Sept. 18, p 31 steamships, Chinese buying, Nov. 13, p 35 “—- eraety and the sugar crisis, Nov. 1 , tinplate manufacture, Obstacles to, Juiy 10, 1 j Tinned-Plate Association, Circular of the, Nov. 20, p 19 tools and machinery, Superionty of, July 31, p 24 vs. Eoglish methods of work, July 17, p 16 Analyses of Scotch pig iron, Oct. 23, p 9 Anchor Line, Henderson Bros. and the, July 31, ll Ancient aqueduct, Aug. 21, p 18 Danish bell, Nov. 27, p 15 dogme, Tiamph of steam over, Sept. 11, 1 ; veleante relics, Dec. 4, p 38 And the road wili be taia with steel rails, Aug. 7, p 24 Anniston, A:a., Progress at, Oct. 2, p 33 Anvual loss by “spontaveous combustion”’ fires, Aug. 28, p 17 meeting fa Pennsylvania Steel Co., p Anomalous state of trade, Nov. 20, p 13 Anthracite and bituminous furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, Septem- ber 1, 1884, Sept. 18, p 17 coal carriers, Profite of o Dee. 11, p 25 coal trade, Dec. 11, p 16; 25, p 31 * Anvils, Mauutacture of, July 31, oe Anzin colliery strike, After the, Sept. 25, p 17 Apprentices, Scephen Girard's, Dec. 18, p 11 Approaching session of Congress, Nov. 13, p 16 Aqueduct, Ancient, Aug. 21, P 18 New Croton, Dee. 2, p Arbitration, Amaigamated Association and, Sept. 4, p 22 in the cual mines of Westeru Pennsylvania, July 3, Toe Architecture, Naval, Dec. 25, p 9 Arctic observations, Greely’s, Sept. 18, p 11 Arizona iudustrial exposition, Oc*. 2, p 25 Armor, Guos and, Dee, 4, p 9 plate trials, [tatian, Nov. 20, p 27 plates, Compound, Aug. 14, p 18 piates to be made tu Italy, Aug. 28, p1 Arws of the Svudanese, Ju'y 10, R 7 Armstrong stocks aod «ties, Oct. oP 27 Arsena!, Rock Island, Nov. 27, p Art, Loss to lovers of, Jaly 17, p 9 Artesian Weils in Nevads, Nov, 18, p 15 Artificial ball Jightning, Nov. 20, clouds as protection from frost, July 31, P diamonds, July 3, p 1 fuel in Germany, Aug. 21, p 35 Artistic glassmaking, Aug. 25, p 1 Asbestos paints and materials, July 10, p 9 Ash-sifter, Sees Nov. 27, p 31 Asiatic ata roposed American, Sept. 4, Assay Ofice, Tin at the, Aug. 14, p 23 Association, Carriage Builders’, Oct. 23, p 17 Astronomical telescope, New, Sept. 25. p 18 Atkin’s a¢justable saw set, July 17, p 31 Atmosphere, Heat absorbed by, Sept. 25, p 15 Atlanta, Launch of the, Oct. 16, p 15 New, Nov. 27, p 31 Atlantic carrying trade, Enterprise in the, Nov. 20,p 1¥ Auction sale of pig iron, Sept. 25, p 25 Australia, Wages in, Oct. 16, p 17 Austratian timoer, Aug. 28, p 17 Automatic knife-grinding machine, July 3, p21 Autumn meetiog of the British Iron and Bteel Institute, Oct. 16, p 18 Avery’s geared rotary hoe, Nov. 20, p 27 Axes, American, for Egypt, Nov. 2v, p 29 Iron Age Back-band buckle, Sept. 4, p 37 Badger, Daniel D., Nov, 27, p 17 Buaker’s oven lamp, Dee. 25, p 31 Balancing the rotating parts of machinery, Sept. 4, p17 Baldwia Locomotive Works, Fire at the, Aug. 4, p 3 Ball lightwing, Artificial, Nov. 20, p 33 Ballantine refrigerating plant, Sept. 11, p 37 Balloon exper.ments in France, Sept. 4, p 14 Steering of, Dec. 18, p 17 Baltimore market, July 3, p 29; 10, p 23; 17, p 23; 24,023; 31,p 23; Aug. 14, p 28; 21, p 28; 28, p 23; Sept. 11, p 28; 18, p 23; 25, p 23; Oct. 2, p31; 9, p 25; 16, p 25 ; 23, p 23; Nov. 6, p 2¥; 13, p 23; 20, p 25 ; Dec. 4, p 29; 11, p23; 18, p23; 25, p23 Car Wheel Cv., Oct. 9, p 15 Band saw blades, Juiy 8, p18 Bank charter ext -nsions, Dec. 25, p 31 of —e aud the money market, Nov. 13, » 1 Banking of furnaces, Aug. 28, p 16 Bankruptcy laws, Europe’s, Sept. 18, p 15 Barb-wire jitigation, July 31, p9 Barges, Steel, Nov. 20, p 15 Barnum Iron Woiks, Aug. 14, p 18 Bartholui’s Statue of Liberty, Aug. 14, p 17 Basic Bessemer blow, Sept. 25, p 7 Bessemer works, New English, Aug. 21, 1 urlsien, Experiments in, Nov. 20, p 27 steel, Open-bearth, Oer, 2, p 35 Basis of wages, Dec. 4, p 1 Bassett & Lubr flanging machine, Aug. 1, p 1 Batteries, Secoudary, Aug. 14, p 9 Bayonet, New form of, Sept. 4, p 17 Beach sand, Iron ores from, Aug. 21, p 35 Behind time, Inventors, Aug. 14, p 32 Belgian zine works, July 31, p 5 Belgium, New stevl works in, Oct. 16, p 17 Bell, Ancient Danish, Nov. 27, p 15 Bells, Chiming of the, Nov. 13, p 25 Bell’s radie phone, Oct. 23, p 25 Bellefonte, Cost of iron at, Dec. 25, p 17 Bench plane, Fale’s patent variable, July 10, 31 Dp vire, Patent sliding-jaw, Sept. 11, p 31 Bessemer converter, New form of, Aug. 14, p 13 steel, Extensive use of, 8. pt. 4, p 17 steel plant at Troy, Orginal, Nov. 20, p 1 steel supplanting other kinds, Sept. 11, p 7 works, New English basic, Aug. 21, p 1 Bessemerizing Copper maties, Dec. 25, p 23 Better times, When to expect, Oct.9,p 15. Bilbao, Steel-making at, Aug. 21, p 27 Bilis before Congress, Nov. 27, p 16 Birmingham mill, No strike »t the, Nov. 6, p 31 Bit, Swap expansive, Nov. 13, p 31 Blacksmith’s tools, New, Sept. 11, p 13 a eapacity and quntnctinnsfent. 25, p furnace for reducing zine ores, Oct. 23, p 9 furnace gases, Value of carbonic acid in, July 10, p 45 furnace, Inferior coke in the, Nov. 20, p 15 furnace with bosh water-jacket and iron top, Jul Si, p 1 furnaces, Abandoned, Oct. 23, p 16 furnaces, Condition of the, Aug. 7, p 24; Sept. 18, p 16 furnaces, Gas seal for, Nov. 20, P 27 furnaces, Hight of, July 24, p 2 furvaces of the Uni'ed States, Condition of the, De. 1, 1884, Dec. 11, p 17 furnaces of the United States, Condition of the, July 1, 1884, July 10, pp 16, 17 furnaces of the United Statcs, Condition of the, Oct. 1, 1884, Oct. 9, p 19 Blocks and puileys, Nuv. 27, p 15 Blow, Basic Bessemer, Sept. 25, p 7 3% Casting metals free from, July 3, Bowers and exhaust fans, Aug. 14, p 13 Biowing engine at the iron and stee! works, eschitza, Huogary, July 24, p | lamp, New, July 3, p 28 . Boiler burst, Wh a, Oet. 16, p 11 cleaner, Forden’s automatic, Oct. 2, p 9 cleaner, Hotchkiss mechanica!, Aug. 7, p 21 ex _— ne in Great Britain, vpt. 11, p oun Resistance of, to collapse, D-c. 11, p45 Hazieton, Dec. 11, p 38 inspection in Germany, Dec. 18, p 5 Lawson non-explosive, Nov. 13, p 35 a shipbuilders’ convention, Oct. 2p Boilers, Patent, Aug. 14, p 35 Bolster spring, Columbia, July 31, p 31 Bolt and nut machinery, Dec. 25, p 15 New Monareb, July 24. p : > wp Payson’s door jamb, A Boring and inside tnreabigg tool, New, Nov. 6, P and turning mill, July 3, p 1 macbine, Large horizontal, Oct. 2, p 40 Teredo, Dec, 18, p 17 with compressed water, Oct. 30, p 7 Boston Terra-Cotta Company, Sept. 4, p 17 Box strap and corner irons, July 10, p 31 Boycotting steel nails, Sept. 18, p 17 Boyd plate-glass suit, Dec. 4, p 33 H Brace and chuck, Wm. A. Ives & Co.’s, New, July 17, pai Bracing boiler heads, Methods of, Dec. 11, p 1 ae =o of Southern pig iron, . 4,2 Brainwork in schools, Excessive, Oct. 16, p 7 Brake, Novel sea, ray 3, p ee steel, July 3, p 23; 10, p 27; *P Brass-founders’ sprue cutter, Noy. 6, p 15 Brazil’s new war ship, Ju'y 31, p 1 Breaking up a monitor, Sept, 11, p 17 Breast drill, Double crank, Dec. 18, p 31 Bridge over the Straits of Messina, Sept. 18, p 11 pier, Novel method of strengthening a, Nov, 6, p 18 Bridges, Pittsburgh, Aug. 21, p 15 Two big, for the northwest, Oct. 9, p 17 Bridging the Susquehanna, Nov. 13, P 18 Briquettes, Frenen coal, Sept. 11, p 1 British one American steel rail prices, Aug. 21, ookented federation, Scheme of, Dec. 25, p17 colonial union, Aug. 28, p 11 Empire, Statistics of the, Sept. 4, p 19 Employers’ Liability act, Aug. 7, p7 exports in June, Jaly 31, p 16 India wheat crop, Oct. 9, p 11 iron and metal markets : ee 3, p 27; 10, p21; 17,p21; 24, p21; $1, p 21; Aug. 7, p 20; 14, p 21; 21, p21, 28, p 21; Sept. 4, p 27; 11, p21; 18, p21; 25, p 21; Oct, 2, p 20; 9, p 28; eS) 23, 1: 30, p21; Nov. 6, p27; 1 + pats 20, p 28; »p2l; Dee. 4, p27; 11, p22; 18, p 21 British Iron aod Steel Institute, Annual meeting of the, Oct. 16, p 18 naval failure, July 17, p 13 navy, Increasing the, Dec. 25, p 31 steamship building, Continued depression in, Aug. 21, p 16 tariff, Aug. 28, p1 workmen, For the comfort of, Aug. 14, p 35 Broadway, Geyser in, Sept. 25, p 17 Broken water-pipe, Damage from a, Oct. 9, p38 Bronze, Cobalt, Oct. 16, p 37 ? a Seeking to lease the, Sept. 25, elevated railway, Work on the, July 31, p17 Broom bolder, July 3, p 37 Brown, & Co., Jobn, July 17, p 31 & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Aug.7, p 9 Bruce, Joho M., Dec. 25, p 17 Buckle, Back-band, Sept. 4, p 37 Buffalo as a coal trade center, July 8, Some things in and abuut, Aug. 24 Bull Rock lighttuuse, Sept. 25, p 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 3, p 22; 10, p 17; Sept. 11, p 16 of Labor Statistics, New York, Nov. 6, » 13 Burning of iron and steel, Nov. 13, p 7 Bursting a large gun, Oct. 16, p 15 Busbed ends, Coupling-rods witb, Oct. 2, p 9 Business and wages, Dec. 4, p 39 etbicr, Aug. 21, p 16 men, Heavily-in-ured, Dec, 25, p 15 outlook, Oct, 23, p 23 troubles, July 10, Bes 24. p 37; 31, p 17; Aug. 14, p 17; t. 23, p25, Nov. 20, p 29; Dec. 11, p 32 troubies, Mahoning Valley, Juiy 10, p 16 Butter-box, Tin, Oct. 23, p 31 Button-hole cutter, Ideal, Nvv. 13, p 31 By-producis in gas-making, Sept. 14, p 37 scart “mane bardware and tools, July 3, Cable, How the new ocean reaches New York, Nov. 6, p 38 laying steamer, Oct. 16, p 25 railroad frames and tubes, Aug, 14, p 35 roads, New York and Brouklyu,July 24,p 11 roads, Philauelphia, Oct. 16, p 38 towing, Economy of, Aug. 28, p 18 works, Siemens’ telegraphic, Oct. 16, p 7 Cables, Submarine, Oct. 2, p 43 Caisson, Sunk in a, Oct. 9, p 15 California industrial notes, Aug. 14, p 15 iron, Aug. 28, p ll Manulacturers’ Association, Noy. 27, p 17 trade prospects, Aug. 14, p 32 view, Sept. 25, p 25 Call to the inventors of Iilinois, Oct. 16, p 11 Can-screws, Imp-ovement in, Oct. 9, p 33 spout, New form of, Oct. 9, p 33 Canada puts shovel steel on the fiee lst, Oct, 9, 23 p 31 ectprocity with, Dee. 11, p 33 Canada’s magaificeat endowment, Dec. 4, p 1 Canadian failure, Aug. 14, p 18 iron ore, July 17, p 31 vre property for sule, Nov. 20, p 35 trade, State of, Nov. 20, p 18 Cannon, Solar, of the Palais Royal, Dec. 18, p 9 Canal, Panama, July 10, p35, 31,27; Aug. 21, p 27; Nov. 20, p 7, Dec. 25, p 32 Proposed Nicaregua, Dec, 4, p 21 Proposed through Lretand, Seot. 11, p 37 Russia’s great abip, Dec. 4. p 17 Canals, Length of, July 14, p 31 Panama and Nicaragua, Dec. 25, p 31 Caeutchouc, New, Nov. 6, p 31 peer -— production, Blast-furnace, Sept. p Food production, of Carada, Dec. 25, p 13 Capt. Jobn Ericsson, Aug. 7, p 15 Car, Dynograph, Sept. 4, p 17 Carbon determinations, Svpt, 4, p 17 Carbonic acid in blast-furnace gases, Value of, Jay 10, p 35 Card clothing, Steel wire for, July 3, p 17 Carriage Builders’ Association, Oct. 23, p 17 Cash box, ‘* Champion’ combination-luck, Oct. 9, p 33 Cup “— oil, Methods of obtaining, Oct. ’ p Cast iron and spiegele'sen, Estimation of man- ganese in, Oct. 16, p 1 Caster, Michelson patent trunk, Aug. 7, p 39 New style of, Sept. 18, p 31 Casting iano ts, Improved method of, Nov. 27, retails free from blow-holes, July 3, p 9 Castings, Homogeneous, July 3, p 7 Caving, rs river banks from, Noy..6, 1 Pp Cement Works, Lehigh Valley, Nov. 27, p 11 Cements, Action of water on, Nov. 13, p 25 Hardening of, Sept. 18, p 13 Center punch, New, July 17, p 31 Central American Railroad, Aug. 7, p 13 Central fam possessions, Russia’s, Sept. 18, Pp Centrifugal pump, Large, Aug. 21, 1 pumping macbirery, Nov. 6, p fi ae eombination-lock cash box, Oct. 9, anwar locks, Oct. 9, p 33 safety sash locks, July 17, p 31 Chance for American iaventors, Nov. 20, p 33 ’Change, Speculation on, Sept. 25, p 16 Changes in metnods, Exactious of labor and, Dec. 25, p 16 wrought by machinery, Jaly 17, p 7 Ques of the deep-sea deposits, Nov. 20, bp Charcoul furnace at St. Ignace, Mich., Sept. 25, Pa a Southern, Nov. 27, p 15 Tron Assuciation, National, Oct. 9, p 29 iron industry, Sept. 25, 2 1 iron-workers, Oct, 2, p pig iron, Phosphorus in, Aug. 28, p 17 Charge, False, July 3, P 81 Chattanooga market, July 3, p 29; 10, p 22; 17, p 22 ;24, p 22; 31, p 22; Aug. 7, p 30; 14, p 22; 21, p22; 28, 022; Sept.4, p31; 11; p 22; 18, p22; 25, p23; Oct. 2, p31; , p 24; 16, p 24; 23, p 22; Nov. 6; p 28; 13, p 22; 20, p 25; Dee. 4, p20; 11, p23; 18, p 22; 25, p 21 Cheap. aluminium, Aug. 14, p 18 ig tron producing district, Dee 11, p 21 thero pig iron, July 17, p 17 Chemical fire extinguisher, Dispute over the, July 24, p 37 : Chicago market, July 3, p 28; 10, p 22; 17, p 22; , p 22; 31, p 22; Aug. 7, p 30; 14, os 21, p22: 28, p22; S-pt. 4, p 28; 11, p 22; 18, p 22; 25, p 22; Oct. 2, p30; 9, p 24; 16, p 24; 28, p 22; 30, p 22; Nov. 6, p28; 13, p22; 2, p24; 27, p 22; Dec. 4, p 28; 11, p 22: ay 25, p 22 Child labor in France, Oct, 16, p 25 Uhili, American products in, Sept. 25, p 1 Chilian cruwer Esmeralda, New, Nov. 18, p ? Chilled tron, Forts of, Aug. 28, p 1 iron, Turning, July 24, p il Chime sleigh bells, Sept, 11, p 31 Chiming of the bells, Nov. 13, p 25 Chimney construction, Nov. 13, p 25 Taking down a, July 10, p 11 China, Alchemy in, Aug. 21, p 13 Important rumor from, Aug. 14, p 23 Mining in, Oct. 2, p 7 Trade with, Aug. 28, p 17 China’s prosperous trade, July 31, p 13 Chinese hee American steamships, Nov. 13, pé iron foundries and rice-pan casting, Dec. ll, p15 locumotive, First, Dee. 11, p 11 Metallurgy among the, Aug. 14, p 11 Cholera and business, Aug. 7, p 11 Cincinoati market, ~~ 83, p 29; 10, p 22; 17, p 22; 24, p22; 31, p23; Aug. 7, p30; 14, p 23; 21, p 23; 28, p 23; Sept. 4, p 29; 11, p28; 18, p 23; 25, p $8; Oct. 2 p 31; 9, p 25; 16, p 25; 23. p 25; 30, p 23; Nov. 6, p 29; 20, p 25; 27, p 22; Dec. 4, p 20; 11, p23; 18, p23 exporition, At the, Oct, 2, p 19 Cinder pig, Dec. 25, p 17 Cinnabar factory, Nevada, Dec, 25, p 5 Circular of the American Tinned-Piate Associa- tion, Nov. 20, p19 City of Santiago de duba, July 31, p 11 Clade, Iron, Cust of French, Dec. 25, p 23 = Ailen’s floor, July 17, p 313 ew fori of, Auy, 28, p 31 Clapboara tonl, Combination, July 3, p 37 Cleveland Storage Company, July 17, p 27 Clock-makivg in the Biack Forest, Wood carv- ing anc, July 31, p 25 Closing up a foundry busiuess, July 10, p 11 Clutebes tor heavy work, Oct. 2, p 19 Coal market, July 3, p31; 10, p21; 17, p 25; 24, p21; 31, p 24; Aug. 7, p 29; 14, p 21; 21, p 21; 28, p 2.: Sept. 4, p 27; 11, p 21; 18, p21; 2, p21; Oct. 2, p 2; ¢, 27; 16, p 27 ; 23, p 21: 30, p 25; Nov. 6, 27: 1 Pi p Ms 3, p 21; Dec. » p 31; 11, p 25; 18, p21; 25, p 2B and coke, Montana, July 3, p 17 and iron fields of the South, Dee. L1, p 27 and iron in Austratia, Aug. 21, p 1 cargoes, Ventilation, Oct. 9, p 11 exports, Southern, Novy, 6, p 21 fields of New Brunswick, Aug. 14, p 31 ay by machinery, Sept. 11, p 82 hoister, Michael, Sept. 25, p 25 in Germany, Englisn, Aug. 4, p 31 in Montuna, July, 31, p 31 mine explosion, dD sastrous, NOV. 6, p 29 mine, Photographing u, Sept. 4, p 17 mines, Empioyment of women in, Dec. 25, 16 milnes, Hocking Valley, Set on fire, Oct. 23, mines of Western Pennsylvania, Arbitra-, tion in the, July 3, p 23 mining in Nova Scotia, July 31, p 1 Moisture in, Nov. 27, p 7 Origin of, Oct. 2, p 40 Phosphorus in, Oct. 9, p 19 question, July 3, p 22 strike, Pathetic features of the Western -Pennsyivania, Sept. 4, p 22 town of Pocahontas, Va., Aug. 14, p 35 trade, Anthracite, Dec. 11, p 16; 25, p31 | trade center, Buffalo as 9, Jury 8, p: trade, Southern, July 31, p 15 Exportation of Sout_eru, Sept. 4, p 9 Coest, Sentinels of the, July 24, pl Coatesville Iron Company‘s property, Sale of | the, Nov. 18, p ¢ Cobalt bronze, Oct. 16, p 87 Cobb underground wire system, July 10, p 11 Cockeye, Ceener'e patent rivet, Nov. 27, p 31 Coins, Devices on American, Oct. 16, p Wear of, July 24, p 15 Coke, Improved treatment of, Dec. 25, p 23 Outlook in, Dec. 4, p 29 oven, Otto, Sept. 4, p 17 Cold-rolied iron and strel, Aug. 21, p 27 Colonial Union, British, Aug. 28, p 11 Colorado, Copper miving in, July 3, p 15 Colossal Russian railroad project, Nov. 27, p 31 Columbia bolster spring, July 31, p 31 swing sprinv, Aug. 7, p 30 ; Combination clapboard tool, July 3, p 37 t and hop bar, Nov. 20, p 338 hite-lead, Oct, 23, p 9 Cae a ee ae and steel, Dec. 18, p 27 P vise an bending machine pss pipe * machine, July ’ Combustion of woud, Heat of, July 24, p 15 Spontaneous, July 31, p 35 Comments on the Cuban treaty, Dec. 18, p 13 Commerce, Facilities for Mediterranean, Aug. »?P Gateway of, July 3, p 28 on the Pacitic, Oct 16, p 18 Our foreign, Aug. 14, p 15 Commercial enterprise, Mexican, July 17, p9 geography, Dee. 18, p 31 navies Of the world, July 31, p 15 travelers, Taxing, Nov. $0, pp 15, 19 Comparative naval strength, Sept. 4, p 38 Compass deviatious on iron ships, Sept. 4, p 23 Competition of coal with natural gus, Noy. 13, Pp Competitive trial of windmills, July 10, p 18 — the Washington Monument, Dec. »P Compound armor plates, Aug. 14, p 13 lever copying press, July 24, p 31 Compressed water, Boring with, Oct. 30, p 7 Con ve of sulphuric-acid gas, Nov. 27, p Condition and prospects of the Southern iron trade, July 31, p 16 of German workmen, July 10, p 5 of cea s industries, Aug. 14, p 1 of Tahiti, July 31, p 35 of the biast furnaces of the United States, July 1, 1884, July 10, p 16 of the biast furnaces, Ric. 4,p2% of the anthracite and bituminous furnaces of the United States Sept. 1, 1884, Sept. 18, p 16 of the blast furnaces of the United States, | October 1, 1884, Oct. 9, p 19 of furoaces Noy. 1, Noy. ts, .17 of the blast furnaces cf the United States Dec. 1, 1884, Dee, 11, p 17 of the foreign iron and steel trades, Sept. “- epipbalitiog trade in Scotland, Dee. Conditions of profit in pig-iron manufacture, Nov. 20, p11 Conductivity ot metals ard alloys, Aug. 28, p13 Congress, Approaching session of, Nov. 13, p 16 Bitls before, Noy. 27. v 15 1884, Connellsville coke, July 3, p 13 Consolidation, Electric motor, Dec. 4, p 1 Construction, Chimney, Nov. 13, p 25 Naval, Nov. 20, p 2 New raiiroad, July 24, p 35 Railway, in India, Aug. 28, p 11 Continent, Telephone on the, Oct. 16, p 54 Continental vertical testing machine, July 3, p17 Continued depression in building, Aug. 21, p 16 Contract, Water-pipe, Dec. 11, p 13 Contracts, Pittsburgh secures New Orleans, Oct. 2, p 15 Contractions, Metrical, Aug. 14, p 17 Cortrivance for preheating, July 3, p 7 Controversy, Steel, Oct. 23, p 1 Conundrum, Nov. 27, p 17 Convention, Democratic national, July 17, p 16 Converter tuyere, New form of, Nov. 20, p 27 Co-operation at Guise, France, Sept. 4, p 5 in Engiand, Ang. 28, p 9; Oct. 2, p 40 in Philadelphia, D-c. 4, p 11 Co-operative stoves, July 17, p 165 Copper, Decline in, Oct. 2, p 25 — Late developments in the, Aug. 14, muteen, Bessemerizing, Dec. 25, p 23 mining in Colorado, July 3, p 15 on - in rolling, Influence of, Aug. 14, p se Agiinst the, Dec. 18, p 31 ‘osition of, Dee. 11, p 17 Copying press, Compound lever, Ju'y 24, p 31 Copyright property, Dec. 11, p 1 Corner trons, Bx -trap and, Faty 10, p 31 Correction ty E. L. Harper, Aug. 28, p 16 Corrosion of marine boilers, Sept. 4, p 1 Corrugated iron and steel barrows, Nov. 13, p 3! Yate drawer lock, New, July 31, p 31 Cost of French tronclads, Dec. 35, ds of tron at Bellefonte, Dec. 25, p 17 of living 90 years ago. July 10, p 7 of making steel rails, Oct. 30, p 16 of pig, Weetern estimates of, Dec. 4, p 1 of production, Reducing the, Oct. 16, p 19 of the electric light in France, Oct, 9, p 19 Cottages, or hints on economical building, Aug. 14, p 5 Cotton compres<, Large, Sept. 18, p 37 Countersink and dril! combined, Oct. 16, p 33 Coupling-rods with bushed ends, Oct. 2, p 9 Course of prices of some leading articles, July British steamship »P of the spelter market, Aug. 28, p 16 of the tin market, Sept. 18, p 16 of the tin-plate market, Oct. 9, p 18 Covert’s new — sDapy Aug. 14, p 31 Cowper hot-blast stove, Use of the, Oct. 16, p5 Credits in the export trade, Oct. 9, p 18 Trade, throuvhout the world, Se;t. 4, p Creeping of rails, Nov. 20, p 35 Criterion saw-set, Nov. 13, p 31 Cross-ties, Metal, July 31, p 35 Croton aqueduct, New, Dee, 25, p 15 Crucible cast steel, On the maaufacture of, Oct. 16, p 87; 23, p11 stee! numbered, Days of, Oct. 16, p 15 vs, Bessemer steel, Oct. 30, p 27 Crucibles, Patching platinum, Ave. 21, p 32 Cruiser Boston, Launch of the, Dec. ii, p 1 Cuba, Iron ore from, Oct. 2, p 17 Cuban fron-ore enterprise, Aug. 7, p 24 reciprocity treaty, Dec. 11, p31; 18, p 9 woaty. Comments of the, Dec. 18, p 13 Culture, Wheat in India, July 3, p 22 Cummer engine, Oct. 9, p 15 Cure for overproduction, Oct, 23, p 31 Curious railway, Oct, 9, p 5 suit over glass importation, July 31, p 35 Customs cases, Decisions in, Oct. 9, p 34 tariff, Natal, Dec. 11, p 27 values, Report of the French commission on, Dec. 25, p 21 Cut-off saw, Iron frame, double, Sept. 4, p 17 Catlers’ feast, Sheffield, Nov. 6, p. 38 Cutter, Twine, Jaly 17, p 31 Cutting-off machine, New, Nov. 13, p 7 prices on machinery, Oct. 16, p 34 Dakota tin mines, Aug. $1, p 2% Dam, Davis Island, Sep*. 18, p 9 Floating coffer, Aug. 7, p 9 Damage from a broken water pipe, Oct. 9, p 35 Danchell electric railway, Sept. 18, p 13 Dangerous friction match, Oct. 2, p 25 Davis Island dam, Sept. 18, p 9 Days of crucible steel numbered, Oct. 16, p 15 Death of an old iron manufacturer, Nov. 20, 1 Debts of nations, Oct. 2, p 5 Decision, Trade-mark, Sept. 18, p 23 Decisions in customs cases, Oct. 9, p 34 Decline in copper, Oct. 2, p 2% in lead, Dec. 4, p 37 in spelter, Oct, 23, p 17 in tin, Oct. 30, p 17 Deep-cen Gepaette, Character of the, Nov. 20, oo -“—~ p Defeat, Union, at Cincionati, Oct. 24, p 16 Defended, Mahoning Valley, July 24, p 16 Delaware, Shipbuilding on the, Dee. 4, p 11 Delta metal, Tests of, Aug. 21, p 15 Democratic convention, Tariff reform and the, July 3, p 21 Democratic national convention, July 17, p 16 Der.ver, Receiver for, July 10, p 25 Departure, New, Sept. 25, p 25 Deposits of troa,ore in Brazil, Aug. 7, p 13 Depression iu the iron trade ab:oad, Aug. 14, p Désigus in Registers, New, July 10, p 9 Detecting Earth Tremors, Aug. 21, p 13 Detector, Fire-damp, Sept. 18, p 13 Determiuations, Carbon, Sept. 4, p 17 Phosphorus, Sept. 4, p 23; Oct. 2, p 25 Devices on American coins, Oct. 16, p 34 Diamond steel wrench, Dec. 18, p 31 Diamonds, Artifictal, July 3, p 1 Diccionario Teenologico Ingles-Espanu! y Espanol-Inyles, Oct. 9, p 33 Dicksoo, Thomas, Aug. 7, p 21 Die, NoveMhammer-head and, Dec. 25, p 27 stock, “ Duplex,”’ Nov. 20, p 35 stocks, Nov. 6, p 11 Difficult task accomplished, Oct. 30, p 7 Dilatation of liquids, Sept. 25, p 18 Direct-acting cranes, Ridgway, Sept. 25, p 1 acting pumps, Harlow’s valve gear for, Oct. 9,pi17 Disasters in avn English iron district, Record of, July 17, p17 Disastfous coal mine explosion, Nov. 6, p 29 Disk magvets, pert. 18, p 13 Dispatch boat Dolphin, New, Nov. 6, p 1 Distribution, Hydraulic power, in cities, Sept. 11, p 37 of steato in cities, Aug. 7, p 19 Dock, Another large iron ore, on Lake Su rior, Oct. 2, p 19 Dolphia, New dispateb boat, Nov. 6, p 1 ‘ Q THE IRON AGE. 1 siamese eee ieceremeennieeeeee eerie nea, Knowledge among'early Chinese, Aug. 14, p 9 Export, Our d tic, to -European coun- | General hardwnre, Nov. 27, p 24; Dec. 4, p 30; | Improvement in can screws, Oct. 9, p 33 xpor ur domestic non-Hurop ’ ’ ’ in hydraulic jacks, Nov. 13, p 11 Knoxville, Tenn., Industries of, Dee. 11, p Domestic export to Southern countries, Our, Set gy Hea iy hae A Dec. 25,.p 16 tries, Nov. 6, p 22 11, p 24; 18, p 24; 2, p% 1 ; . Door fastener, * Little Giant,” Noy. 13, p 31 trade, Credits in the, Oct. 9, p 18 Generous action of workingmen, Dec. 18, p 32 | Increased import of tin plates, July 24, Pp 13 Kortenhaus royalty suit, Nov. 27, p 31 hanger, Lane’s patent, Sept. 18, p 31 trade in steel rails, Oct. 23, p 17 Geography, Commercial, Dec. 18, p 31 Increasing the British navy, Dec. 25, p 31 Krakatoa, Explorations about, Sept. 4, p 13 lock, Lexington combination, Nov. 27, | Exportation of Southern coal, Sept. 4, p 9 German ice-cream freezer, July 24, p 31 Indian contract, How Englend lost an, Aug. | Kunstadter screw, July 10, p 13 ; p 31 Exports and imports, Four months’, Dec. 4, | iron trade, July 24, p 25 28, p 17 La Crosse adjustable harrow, Dec. 25, p 31 locks, Improved, Nov. 6, p 37 p 39 laborer, Aug. 21, p 3l Indications of returning prosperity, Sept. 18, France fire engine, Nov. 13, p 31 : Double-crank breast drill, Dec. 18, p 31 British, in June, July 31. p 16 protection, Aug. 14, p 16 pa : Propriete Industrielle, Dec. 25, p 31 Dowlais Iron Works, Sept. 4, p 15 Emery mines and, July 10, p 18 steamship lines, New, Dec. 25, p 15 Indicator, New speed, July 24, p 35 Labels, Trade marks and, Oct. 9, pi. Tron Works, Partial stoppage of the, Aug. Iron avd steel, in the fiscal year 1884, Oct. workingmen viewed by English eyes, Nov. | Industrial development, Mexican, Dec. 4, p 11 | Labor agitation in the East, July 31, p 16 7, p 31 23, p 16 27, p 82 exhibition at Antwerp, July 31, p15 American, the best in the world, Nov. 6, Draw knife, New adjustable-handle, Sept. 18, of British agricultural machinery, Aug. 21, | workmen, Condition of, July 10, p5 exhibitions, Local, Oct. 23, p 16 p 33 p 31 p7 Germany’s industries, Condition of, Aug. 14, items, duly 3, Pp 31 ; 10, p 25; 17, p 25; 24, and capital, Meeting to discuss the relations Drawbridge, Lifting, for the Thames, Dec. 25, | Exposition, Arizona Industrial, Oct. 2, p 25 pl p 37; 31, P 37; Aug. 7, p17; 14, p 27; of, Oct. 2, p 33 oe ; p 15 New Orleans, Nov. 13, p 15 Geyser in Broadway, Sept. 25, p 17 21, p31; 28,p 27 ; Sept. 4, p 33; 11, p Bureau, Headless, Aug. 21, p 31 Drawer locks, ‘‘ Champion,” Oct. 9, p 33 Extension holder, “ Eureka,” Oct. 16, p 33 Girard’s saprentices, Stephen, Dec. 18, p 11 23; 18, p27; 25, p27; Oct. 2, p17; 9, in Europe and America, Dec. 25, p 25 Drawing instruments, Dec. 4, p 37 Keystone Horseshoe Co. ask an, Nov. 27, | Glass-blower-’ League, July 17, p 18 p 37; 16, p 29; 23, p 27; 30, p 25; Nov. situation, Dee. 4, p 22 Drill, countersink and, Combined, Oct. 16, p 33 p 31 factory, Model, Dee. 25, p 1 6, p 19; 13, p 27: 2, p 33; 27, p27; situation in Ohio, Aug. 21, p 27 holder, New, Oct 23, p 31 Extensions, Bank charter, Dec. 25, p 31 importation, Curious suit over, July 31, Dec 4, p 21: 11, p 27; 18, p 27; 25, p 32. statistics, July 17, p27 ; ; Drilling machine, New radial, Oct. 23, p 1 Railway, in New. South Wales, Oct. 16, p 33 p 35 notes, California, Aug. 14, p 15 Statistics, New York"Bureau of, Nov. 6, p13 machine, Rieppel’s, July 3, p 17 Extensive use of Bessemer steel, Sept. 4, p 17 pulleys, Aug. 7, p 11 Industries of Kcoxville, Tenn., Dee. 11, p 9 troubles in the mining districts, Sept. 11, Driving by friction, Nov. 6, p 17 Extent of our iron and steel industry, Oct. 30, | empered, Sept. 4, p 13 ‘ Industry, Charcoal Iron, Sept. 25, p 1 p 16 : Dry-rot in timber, Sept. 4, p 9 : Works, Oukiand, Oct. 16, p 13 Inferior coke in the blast furnace, Nov. 20, p 15 union, Action of a great, Oct. 28, pd Duration of rails in Belgium, July 10, p 35 Facilities for Mediterranean commerce, Aug. | Glass-making, Artistic, Aug. 28, p 1 Inflation, Dec. 25, p 9 ‘ , Laborer, German, Aug. 21, p 31 s of rails on Belgian railroads, July 24, p 35 21. p5 Globe combined weigher, dipper and measure, | Influence of copper on steel, Nov. 27, p 18 Laborers wages in Pittsburgh, Oct. 30, p 27 Duplex die stock, Nov. 20, p 35 @ Failure, Canadian, Aug. 14, p 18 Nov. 6, p 37 of copper on steel in rolling, Aug. 14, p 13 | Ladle carriage, English, Nov. 27, p 18 rabbet plane and filletster, Nov. 6, p 37 Kemble Co.’s, Aug. 21, p 31 lighining, July 17, p5 of punching on soft steel, Oct. 16, p 1 Lake revenue cutter, New, Sept. 11, p 9 Gold, Steel filings for, Dec. 18, p 9 Ingenieur Kalender fur Maschinen und Hutten Superior iron ore, Nov. 13, p 16 Superior ore districts, Sept. 25, p 1 Mingo Iron Works, Dec. 4, p 31 : of great war ship, Nov. 27, p 11 Government land sales, Oct. 30, p 16 Tecbniker, 1885, Oct. 39, p 2: of the eorroders’ combination, Nov. 6, p 37 workshop, Great, July 17, p7 Injectors, July 24, p 15_ abs of the St. Louis Malleable Iron Works Co., | Graphic processes, Nov. 6, p ¥ Inside threading wwol, New boring and, Nov. 6, pd Dynamite explosion, Terrible results of a, Novy. 18, p 31 Dynamometer, Wale’s portable, Aug. 7 p 19 Superior ore shipments, Dec. 18, p 13 Superior’s rival, July 24, p 31 Lamp, Baker’s oven, Dec. 25, p 31 Dynograph car, Sept. 4, p 17 ; ‘ - Eads’s ship raiiway, Oct. 30, p 32 Oct. 2, p 15 Gravity lock, New, —_ 3, p 37 : ) es BO, Earliest steam nayivation, Sept. 4, p 9 Failures, Nine months’, Oct. 2, p 19 Gray latoe, July 10, p Inspection, Boiler, in Germany, Dec. 18, p 5 New blowing, Juty 3, p 23 m Fair, American Institute, Sept. 18, p 37 Great Eastern, Dec. 4, p 23 Inspections. Boiler explosions and, in Great | Land bu-iness, Unele Sam’s, Oct. 23, p 1 railread event in Svuth America, July 10, Britain, Sept. 11, p 11 question, July 31, p 9 sules, Government, Oct. 30, p 16 Early Chinese, Knowledge among the, Aug, 14, 9 Interests, Our shipping, Oct. 30, p 16 Internal corrosion and scale in steam boilers, Nov. 6, p 138 International Association, Window-Glass Work- ers’, July 24, p 23 Exhibition of Inventions, Oct. 2 p 15 Inventions Exhibition, Nov. 20, p 15 time standard, Oct. 2, p 39 Interview with a lock expert, Nov. 27, p 15 Intimidation, Moral suasion method of, Aug. 21, p17 Eatrodneton of gas in London, Sept. 18. p 11 Invention of matches, Oct. 2, p 19 Inventions and the leading patentees of 1883, St. Louis, Aug. 21, p 31 trade agitation in England, Dec. 4. p 17 Fale’s patent variable bench plane, July 10, Landlord, Law and the, July 31, p 16 Lundore Siemens Steel Works, July 24, p 11 Lane’s patent door-hanger, Sept. 18, p 31 Lantern, Follett tipping tubular, July 24, p 31 Large cotton compress, Sept. 18, p 37 gas well near Pittsburgh, July 24, p 2% burizontal boring mache, Oct. 2. p 40 iron-ore dock on Luke Superior, Oct. 2, p 19 machine tools for French Government ship- yards, Novy. 13, p 33 payment for taxes, Dee. 11, p 33 Largest crucible steel-melting furnace in, the world, Oct. 23, p1 ‘ Late developments in the copper market, Aug. ( pli steel-pipe contract, Noy. 18, p 25 Greatest electrical problem uusolved, Oct. 16, p 17 Greely’s Arctic observations, Sept. 18, p 11 ureeuwich meridian, Adoption of the, Oct. 16, p 19 Grenades, Hand, Oct. 23, p 5 Grievances ot Eastern pig-irou producers, Dec. 11, p17 Grinding attachment, Hand’s twist-drill, Oct. 9, p17 Growth, Mexicu’-, Oct. 16, p 25 Guarantee of payment aud guarantee of collec- Pp Earth, Age of the, Aug. 21, p 13 tremors, Dectecting, Aug. 21, p 13 Eastern gas-blower’s wages, Aug. 7, p 15 nail trade, Nuv. 20, p 18 nailers, Aug. 21, p 9 piz-iron trade, Nov. 27, p 16 war rumors, Aug. 7, p 24 Ebbw Vale Iron and Stee] Works, Sept. 11, p 1 Vale Steel Company, July 17, p 11 Eclipse power pipe machinery, Sept. 25, p 11 Economic aspects of restriction, July 10, p 1 eens of cuble towing, Aug. 28, p 13 Edison lamp, Radiant matter in an, Noy. 13, pi Fallacies of progress and poverty, Sept. 4, p 37 False charge, July 3, p 31 Fastening for window beads, Nov. 6, p 37 Federation, Proposed industrial, Dec. 11, p 16 Feed-water heater and purifier, Ide, Oct. 16, pl7 Felt roofing, New juint for, July 10, p 31 Fence pests, Lron, July 17, p 31 Fences, Wire, Dec. 25, p 1 Fung, “Empire”? perforated ornamental, ug p 2% . 14, p 31 - Edneation, Technical, in Europe, Aug. 21, p 11 | Fenner hand, scrojl or turning-out saw, Nov. tion, Aug. 14, p 17 Oct. 16, p 5 Effect of heat on white anv Oct. 2 DS , p37 + manag London, Aug. 21, p i. aus . exhibition, Dec. 11, p 9 — Seb = a, pe ‘4 o . c . ; Ferromanganese made at Pittsburgh, Sept. 11, | Guise, France, Co-operation at, Sept. 4, p nventors behind time, Aug. 14, p? atent heat of vaporization, Aug. 21, p 2! Effects of very low wages, Aug. 14, p 13 =“ P “| Gan, Bursting a large, Oct. 16, p15” Iilmois, Oct. 30, p 21 ee a i — oe arciectare t. 23, p 3 of Ilinois, Call to the, Oct. 16, p 11 Invisible-track railroad, Aug. 14. p 23 Irish industries, Progress of, Dee. 4, p 17 Iron snd coal, Washington Territory, July 31, p 31 Ferryboat, Steel, Nov. 27, p 25 Filletster, ‘‘ Duplex ”’ rabbet plane and, Nov. 6, p 37 Financial, July 3, p 27; 10, p 21; 17, p 21; 24, pat; 81, p 21; Aug. 7, p 29; 14, p 21; 1, p 21; 28, p 21; Sept. 4, p 27; 11, p toundries, National, Nov. 20, p 18 Fouodry Boara’s supplementary report, Dec. 25, p 32 makers, Alurm among Sheffield, Oct. 16, p ll Maxim’s new machine, Dec. 18, p 11 Guns aud urmor, Dee. 4, p 9 Efficient railroad management, Nov. 20, p 35 Effort a pig-iron production, Aug. 14, Lathe, Gray, July 10, p1 Launch of the Atlanta, Oct. 16, p 15 of the cruiser Boston, Dec. 11, p Law and the landiord, July, 31, p 16 Lawson non-explosive boiler, Noy. 13, p 35 Lead, Deci:ne in, Dee. 4, p 37 D Egg cher, New, Aug. 28, p 31 Elections, Presidential, Noy. 6, p 22 lectric and other measuring instr uments, New Pp o oo and slate mantels, July 3, p 13 and steel at New York, Imports of, Aug. form of spring for, Oct. 9, p1 or, na Aan, Wa hare Ge'e bal: & + . . g ic Eo . Seadiignt. duly 10, _— “ee 23: 16. . 23: 23° Dat : 30, p 31" Nov. 6, | Hall’s patent adjustable-tace vise, Aug. 14, p31 14, p 15 Position of, July 31, p 16 light in France, Cust of the, Oct. 9, p 19 p 27; 13, p 21; 20, p 283; 27, p 21; Dec. | Halo red lunar, Sept. 4, p 13 and steel barrows, Corrugated, Nov. 13, Recent advance in, Oct. 2, p 24 ; light in the Mecbernich mimes, Sept. 25, 4, p 27; 11, p 21; 18, p 21; 25, p 21 Hammer-beau and die, Novel, Dec. 25, p 27 p 31 Leading patentees of 1883, Inventions and the, outiook, July 10, p 23; Aug. 28, p 16 Haud grenades, Oci. 23, p 5 and steel brands, July 3, p 23; 10, p 27; 17, Oct. 16, p 5 c reports, National, Dec. 4, p 22 Handles, Enameled-wood, Nov. 20, p 33 p 27 Leacue, Giass-blowers’, July 17, p 13 and steel, Burning of, Nov. 13, p 7 Leckey’s sunshine recorder, Nov. 13, p 15 Handling coa! by machinery, Sept. 11, p 32 Harbor improvements, New York, July 17, p17 Haidening of cements, Sept. 1, p 13 Hardware pvovelties, July 3, p37; 10, p 31; 17, p3l; 24,p31; 31, p 31; Aug. 7, p 39; 14, p31; 28, p31; pt. 4,p37; 11, p 31; 18, p31; 25, p31; Oct. 2, p 39; 9, 33; 16, eo, 23, p 31; 30. p 31; Nov. 6, p 87; 13, p31; 20, p33; 27, p31; Dec. 4, p 87; 18, p 31; 25, p 31 specialties, New, Oct. 30, p 31 Harper, E. L., Correction by, Aug. 28, p 16 Harrisov wire works, Troubles of the, Dec, 4, Lega! deci-ion in a mining case, July 10, p 9 decisions, Latest, July 3, p 21; 17, p 13; 24, B 13; Aug. 7, p 18; 21,p7; 28, p¥; ept. 4,p 37; 11, p31, Oct. 2, p11; 23, P ; Nov. 6, p 37; 13, p 13; Dec. 4, p 21; 25, p 13 Lehigh Valley Cement Works, Noy. 27, p 11 Valley prediction, A, July 24, p 16 Leisenring, Johu, Aug. 28, p 17 Length of canals, July 17, p 31 of French rails, Oct. 23, p 17 Lesson of the Suez Canal, Oct. 2, p 30 Lexington combination door lock, Nov. 27, p 31 Liability, Employers’, Dec. 18, p 15 Liberia, Ore deposits of, Nov. 20, P 19 License law to be tested, Engineers’, Aug. 21, p1 Liftiog Gout for the Thames, Dec. ‘ and steel, Cold-rolled, Aug. 21, p 27 and steel, Combined carbon in, Dec. 18, ) ais steel exports in the fiscal year 1884, Oct, 23, p 16 and steel, Hypothecated, at 8t. Louis, Aug. 21, p 27 and steel industry, Extent of our, Oct. 30, 13 ligh Sanitary aspects of the, Aug. 7, p 7 iiehtlog, Nov. 6, p 31; 27, p 23 lighting on railing, Dec. 18, p 17 motor consolidation, Dec. 4, p 1 railroad compauy, New, Dec. 25, p 25 Railway, Danchel!, Sept. 18, p 13 shock from a kitchen sink, Oct. 23, p 23 table household grinder, Dec. 4, p sane conductors, Underground, Oct. 9, P exhibition, July 31, p 31 — closed, Philadelpaia, Oct. 16, Finland, Raiiways in, July 3, p 37 Fire at the Baldwin Loco. Works, Aug. 7, p 31 damp detector, Sept. 18, p 13 extinguisher, Dispute over the chemical, July 24, p37 in Roach’s shipyard, Aug. 14, p 32 on a great railroad bridge, Oct. 2, p 17 Fires, Preventing, Aug. 21, 0 7 Firefly light, Spectrum of, Dec. 18, p 17 First iron works in New Jersey, Nov. 27, p 31 Flames, Electrical phenomena ot, Nov. 6, p 31 Luminosity of, July 3, p 1 Flanging machine, Bassett & Lohr, Aug. 7, p 1 Fiat cars, One bundred per day, Oct. 9, p 17 Flight, Meenauical, Aug. 21, p 15 Fioating coffer dum, Aug. 7, p 9 Tore property, Sule of, Aug. 21, and steel] manufacture, Present state of, Sept. 4. p 19 and steel prices m 1884, Dec. 25, p 16 and steel, Remarkable decline in British exports of, Oct. 2, p 15 and steel, A test for, July 17, p15 and steel trade, State of the French, Oct. 16, p 27 - and steel trades abroad, Dec. 25, p 17 apd steel trades, Condition of the foreign, Sept. 25, p 16. and steel trades in Russia, Nov. 27, p 1 and steel works, Ebbw Vale, Sept. 11, p 1 and steel works of the United States, 1884, Oct. 30, p 2 and Steel Works, Reschitza, Hungary, Blowing engine at the, July 24, p1 buiiding, Ornate, Nov. 6, p 11 California, Aug. 28, p 11 Coal and, ic Australia, Aug. 21, p 1 contract, Heavy, Sept. 4, p 21 enterprise, Winnipeg, July 31, p 13 fence posts, July 17, p 31 fields, Coal and, of the South, Dee. 11, p 27 trame double cut-off saw, Sept. 4, p 17 freights and prices, Weste:n, Noy. 20, p 19 Fusion of, Oct, 23, lighthouses, Nev. 20, 5e manufacture of Ohi, July 10, p 35 manufaciurer, Death of an old, Nov. 20, 19 wenanad Manufacture of, Nov. 27, p 32 mine, Suit over the Tilly Foster, Dec. 18, meusaremeats and nomenciature, Noy. 13, pli phenomena of flames, Nov. 6, p 31 problem unsolved, Greetest, Oct. 16, p 17 units and nomenclature, Dec. 18, p 5 Electrician’s pocket-book, Dec. 11, p 18 Electricity as a motive power, Aug. 14, p 1 displacing watchmen, Nov. 27 p 7 Recent uses of, Noy. 13, p 7 cee Reducing magvesium by, Dec. 18, P Elevated railway, Another, Projected in Brook- lyn, Aug. 38, p 13 Emery mines and exports, July 10, p 13 wheels, July 10, p 9; 24, p15 Em a ornamented fencing, Aug. P Hauling in Colorado, Iron-ore, July 31, p 35 Huwaiian and Mexican reciprocity, Hon. Wm. D. Kelley on, Dee. 11, p 32 treaty, San Franvisco and the, Aug. 14, p16 Hazletun boiler, Dec. 11, p 33 He forgot to put in the wires, Auy. 7, p 15 Headless Labor Bureau, Aug. 21, p 31 Headlight, Electric, July 10, p 23 Heat absorbed by the atmosphere, ~~ * 25, p15 conducting power of materiais, Oct. 9, p 7 cue to electric currents, Sept. 25, p 13 due to magnetization, July 24, p15 Lunar, July 17, p1 of combustion of wood, July 24, p 15 Heating and hardening of stee), Sept. 4, p 29 furnace, Improved, Aug. 28, p 3l metals, Vapors evolved by, Oct. 23, p 7 Heavily-insured business men, Dee, 25, p 15 Heavy iron contract, Sept. 4, p 21 judgment for water meters, Oc t. 16, p 33 work, Clutches for, Oct. 2, p 19 Bendeses seman and the Anchor Line, July »P furnace and processes, Oct. 30, p 32 steel processes, Oct. 2, p 24 Henley’s steel clamp skate, July 24, p 31 Hexagon bolt heads and nuts, Standard sizes for, Noy. 6, p 17; Dee. 18, p 15 High tariff, Value of a, Oct. 2, p 24 tower peepoues at Paris, Dee. 25, p17 Hight of blast turnaces, July 24, p 27 Himrod and Kemble companies, S+pt. 4, p 17 flioge, Nickei spring, July 24, p 31 History of photometry, Aug. p 82 Seaton, FE coal mines set on fire, Oct. 23, P Light, Unit of, July 3, p1 Lighthouse, Bull Rock, Sept. 25, p 1 Uluminants, Experiments on, July 10, p 1 Ligbtbouses, Iron, Nov. 20, p 34 Lighting, Electric, Nov. 6, p 31 Lightning, Globe, July 17, p 5 Lignite in New Jersey, Dec. 4, p 17 Limed-coal gas process, Oct. 9, p 19 Liquefaction of gases, July 17, p1 Liquids, Dilatation of, Sept. 25, p 13 Litigation, Barb-wire, July 31, p 9 Little Giant door fastener, Nov. 13, p 81 Living 90 years ago, Cost of, July 10, p 7 Local industria) exhibitions, Oct, 23, p 16 issue, Noy. 13, p 16; Dec. 4, p 23 eens for tariff defense, Dec. 18, Pp Flour mill, Primitive, Aug. 21, p 31 Fluctuations in trade, Oct. 30, p 16 Foliett tipping tubular lantern, July 24, p 31 Poeteneseie capacity of Canada, Dev. 25, yp Foot-power machinery, Dec. 25, p 15 Fordon’s automatic boiler cleaner, Oct. 2, p 9 Foreign commeree, Our, Aug. 14, 2° markets, July 3, p 29; 10, p 23; 17, p 23; 24, p 28; 31, p23; Aug. 7, 29 14, p23; 21, p23; 28, p23; Sept. ps 1, p 27; 18, p 23; 25, p 23; Oct. 2, p 31; %P 25 ; ma wad 23, p 23; Nov. 6, p29; 18, p 23; 20, p 27, p 22; Dec. 4, p 29; 11, p 28; 18, 28; 35, p 28 markets, American menufactures for, July 81 Employees, Pensioning, Oct. 2, p 40 Employer, Popular, Oct. 9, p 34 Employers’ liability, Dec. 18, p 15 bility act, British, Aug. 7, p 7 Baperness of women in coal mines, Dec. 25, pl Enameled-wocd handles, Nov. 20, p 33 End of a multicharge gun, Dev, 25, p 25 Endowment, Cunsda’s magnificent, Dec. 4, p 1 Engine, Early high-pressure, Trevithick’s, Dec. , pl New bis toisting, Sept. 4, p1 Engives, New rotary, Aug. 14, p 1 Reversivg rail-mill, Dec. 42 1 Engineering, Marvelous, Aug. 28, p 9 on the Southern Pacific, July 10, p 35 purposes, Modern vronze, Alloys for, Nov. »P1; Dec. 4, pd schemes in the Old World, New, July 31, p Luck expert, Interview with a, Noy. 27, p 15 lore, July 31, p 17 New corrugated Yule drawer, July 31, p 31 New gravity, July 3, p 37 Locks, New Yale, Sept. 18, p 31 Lockett railroad step ladder. July 31, p 31 -ocomotive, First Comese, Dec. 11, p M1 hocmenes How oil is used in Russian, Dec. »P Petroieum refuse as fuel in, Noy. 20, p 9 Smokeless, July p 27; Nov. 6, p9 Lodge, Barker & Co., Cincinnati, Machine-tool works of, Oct. 16, p 1 London exhibition of inventions to be held in 1885, Sept. 18, # 17 Guilds of, Aug. 21, p 16 ivory sales, Dec. 4, pe Loose-jomt Butt, Steel-bushed, Sept. 25, p 31 Lore, k, July 31, p 17 Los Angeles, Manulactures of, Dec. 11, p 31 Loss to lovers of art, July it, v Louisville market, July 3, p29; 10, p23; 17, See oe pees 31, pee: Ang. 7, p 30; 4, p 23; We » p23; Sept. 4, 29; 11, p 23, 18, p23; 2, pW: Oct, £ 81; p25: 16, p25; 23, p23; 30 ; Now. 8, p20: id, p 38: 30, p 25. pes Bre. »p Ws 11, p23; 18, p 2; p 22. Low prices.tor pig iron at Louisville, July 3, Pp prices of Southern iron. July 31, p 17 »P pig iron, Our purchases of, Rogt 25, p 16 telegraph charges, July 10, p trade, Americao steamer for, Sept. 18, p 31 trade commissions, Two, a » p22 trade of Victorias, Australia, Dec. 11, p 13 Forest City lubricator, Aug. 14, p 35 Forge, New stationary blast, Dec, 11, p 9 Forges, Portable and stationury, Sept. 18, p 9 Form of pe converter, New, Aug. 14, pl of van-spout, New, Oct. 9, p 33 of clamp, New, Aug. 28, p 31 of converter tuye:e, New, Nov. 20,%p 27 Forts of chilled iron, Aug. 28, p 1 Foundry business, Closivg up a, July 10, p 11 experiments at St. Louis, Dec, 11, p 32 yeas. Eoglish, Aug. $8, pl est Puint, in trouble, Aug. 21, p 32 Four miles of subaqueous tunnels, Oct. 2, p 25 mouths’ exports and imports, ‘Dee. 4, p 39 Frames and tubes, Cable railroad, Aug. 14, p 35 France, Child tabor in, Oct. 16, p 25 Frauco Chinese war and the metaj trade, Aug. 28, p 25 Free tiade vs. protection, Aug. 14, i Freneb coal briquettes, Sept. 11, p 138 Goveroment arenes Large machine tools for, Nov. 13, p 33 rails, Length of, Oct. 23, p 17 Friction, Driving by, Nov 6, p 17 match, Dangerous, Oct. 2, p 25 Friend of ail, July 17, p 27 pB mines in Colorado, Nov. 6, p 11 mines in Lapland, Jaly 31, p 7 miners and the Spanish treaty, Dec. 25, p 31 New use for, July “?P 35 ore, Canadian, July 17, p 31 ore enterprise, Cuban, Aug. 7, p 24 ore from Caba, Oct. 3, plz ore, Gas furnace for reducing, Noy. 13, p 7 ore hauling in Colorado, July 31, p 35 ore in Brazil, Deposits of, Aug. 7, p 13 ore in France, Production of, Aug. 21, p 13 ore, Lake Superior, Nov. 13, p 16 ore wren Agogeebic, Opened, Noy. 20, 3 P Valley troubles, Dec. 11, p 16 Hoe, Rw-bert, Sept. 18, p 17 Hoffmann regenerator coke oven, Nov. 6, p 1 Hoisting cou), Water balances for, Oct, 30, p 5 machinery, Aug. 7, p 9 Holder, Broom, aoe | » p37 New drill, Oct, 23, p 31 Homogeneous castings, July 3, p 7 Hop bar, Combivativn post avd, Nov. 20, p 83 saat} automatic cut-off engines, Oct. 9, p oteliites mechanical boiler cleaner, Aug. 7, Pp House of the stone age, Aug. 14, p 9 How England lost an Indian contract, Aug. 28, p5 Engineers’ license law to be tested, Aug. 21, p1 supplies, Oct. 9, p 15 England, Co-operation in, Aug. 28, p 9; Oct. 2, 40 English coal] in Germany, Aug. 7, p 31 foundry practice, Aug. 28, p 1 ladle carriage, Nev. 27, v 18 letter, July 3, p 33; 10, p 27; 17, p27; 24, 27; 31, p27: Aug. 7, p 39; 14, p 27; B p 27 S py eg iL p od. Spanish treaty and, Dee. 18, p 16 ores from beack sand, Aug. 21, p 35 planes, Adjustable, Aug, 28, p 3 producing country, Ltaly as wn, Aug. 7, p 1 saw bench, Sept. 4, p 31 shipbuilding and its history, Nov. 27, p 32 Pee at Richmond, Va., Aug. 14, 7 ; 28, p 27; Sept. 4, p83; 11, 27; 18, p27; 25, p27; Oct. 2, p35; 9, p 37; 16, p 29; 23. p 27; 30, p 27; Nov. 6, p 68; 13, p 27; 2, p29; 27, p 24; Dee, 4, p 38, 11, p 25; 25, p 27. mineral statistics for 1883, Aug. 21, p 11 prices of metals, soy 31, p 35 c lea fi tecti ‘ 21 plea for pro on, Dec. 4, p shipbuilding on tke Pacific, July 17, p9 pt. ri p 23 17 otf, is used in Russian locomotives, Dec. 18, railroad seare, Oct. 30, p 16 trade mark decisioo, J uly 24, p 25 Piain talk from », Oct. 9, p 18 p 31 ships, Compass deviations on, view of American policy, July 17, p 16 Frightful mine catustrophe, Aug. 28, p 9 the new ocean cable reaches New York, Silicon in, July 17, p 23 Lubricating oil, measurements of friction of, From selling hardware to managing railroads, Nov. 6, p 38 sleepers and tramways, Use of, Aug. 21, Nov. 27, p 1 Lubricator, Forest City, Aug. 14, p 35 to cool a room in summer, Sept. 11, p 11 Eogilisbman’s views on English trade, Oct. 2, Rye jacks, Improvements in, Noy. 13, Lummosity of flames, July 3, p 1 Luminous paint in epectroscopy, July 17, p 1 Lunar heat, July 17, p 1 Machine, New cutting-off, Nov. 13, p 7 Aug. 28, p 32 Frue fanning machine, Oct. 9, p 15 Fruit drier, Zimmerman’s, July 31, p 9 Fuel, Artificial, in Germany, Aug. 21, p 35 p 35 p 32 Enterprise in the Atlantie carrying trade, Nov. rote eeraee Depression in the, Aug. 14, 20, p 19 Ericsson, Captain John, Aug. 7, p 15 pl trade, German. July 24, p 25 p . power distribution in cities, Sept. 11, p 37 trade, Prosperity of the German, Dec. 4, Hydrocarbon miueral, New, Dee. 18, p 31 Esmeralia, new Chilean cruiser, Noy. 13, 27 question, Oct. 23, p 16 Estimates, Pavama Canal, Sept. 4, p 21 Fulminate, Explosiou of, Dec. 25, p 31 Hypotheecated iron and steel at 8t. Louis, Aug. p 38 New seaming, July 17, p 1 We-tern, of cost of pig, Dec. 4, p 1 Furnace and process, Hevderson, Oct, 30, p 32 21, p 27 trade, Relief to the Eastern. Dec, 18, p 16 Pan-muking, July 3, pl Estimation of mavesnese in cast irou and spie- arches, Need of larger rise n, July 24, p 27| Ice cream freezer, German, July 24, p 31 Works, Dowlais, Sept. 4, p 15 shops, Overhead steam heating for, Dec. 18, creeper, New, Oct. 2, p 39 works, First, in New Jersey, Nov. 27, p 31 Pp si tool works of Lodge, Barker & Uo., Cincin- works, Italian, Oct. 2, p 33 Works, Salem, Noy, 13, B 35 workers, Charcoal, Oct. 2, p 33 Irondale Furnace suits, Oct. 2, p 19 Ironmasters as political managers, July 3, p 33 Irregalarity in railroad building and recent business depres-ions, Sept. 18, p 1 Issue, Local, Nov. 13, p 16; Dee. 4, p 23 Italian armor-plate trials, Nov. 20, p 27 iron works, Oct. 2, p 33 Italy as an iron-producing country, Aug. 7, p 1 lves & Co.’s, Wm. A., New brace and chuck, banking project, Sept. 4, eS Blast, with bosh water-jacket and iron top, July 31, p1 Charcoa!, at 8t. Ignace, Mich., Sept. 25, p 25 New form of regenerat