The Iron Age July-December 1885: Vol 36 Index

The Iron Age VOLUME XXXVI. JULY TO DECEMBER, 1885. New Mork: 66 AN DAVID WILLIAMS, PUBLISHER, IG AND 68 DUANE STREET. 1885. PE OT Ay fC rT Se TR + es “ - ; a ian ae Pe ee ees a> Mr., tests of steel castings, Dec. 10, p Abt’s system of railroads for steep inclines, Dec. 17, p 37 Accidents, Responsibility of builders of ma- chinery for, July op 37 Action of electricity on ‘‘ Dust,’’ Sept. 17, p 17 of light on the electric resistance of se- lenium, July 9, p 15 of springs, Oct. a, pvt . Adatantive shoes find dies, eee 16, P 9 Additioiis to the British Navy, Nov. 19, p 15 Adjustable alarm thermometers, Oct. 22, p 17 ratchet wrench, July 2, p 37 Admini-tration and the tariff, Aug. 27, p 17 Advance in vld rails, Dec. 10, p 16 in stocks, Oct. 22, p 16 Advantages of iron-making in the South, Dec. 24, p23 ee Pilot balloons and, July 2, p 1 Africa as a seurce of supply for ivory, Aug. 20, with the West Coast of, July 30, p African diamond, A great, Oct. 22, p 82 Agreement, Trunk-line, Nov. 12, p 16 Agricultural implement industry, Fire risks in the, July « bd Air compressors, Sept. 10, p 13 puritier, Mechanical, Nov. 5, p 17 eupply, Chimney temperatures and, Dec. » p35 pl Forge in, Oct. 22, p 17 Trade ’ , “ for water-pipes, Dibble’s, Aug. 6, p Alabama coke, Oct, 1, p 21 iron enterprise in London, Floating an, Aug. 2, p 35 iron property in London, July 16, p 25 Sager Bessemer ore in, Nov. 6, p 2 Alarm, Dec. 31, p 31 gauges, Reliance, Sept. 3, p 17 Allen’s combined avvil and vise, Aug, 27, p 31 Alloy, A néw, July 16, p 17 A hew gold-iike, Oct. 15, p 7 for coating sheet-metal surfaces, New, Dec. 8pll Alioys of copper and cobalt, Oct. 1, p 13 siento aud its alloys, July 9, p 9; Oct. 22, tieate, Tests of, July 30, p 21 Seae <pedticn of, July 23, p27; Dec. 0,p1 Amalgamated Association, Sept.3, p 23 aoe, Convention of the, Aug. 20, p 1 America, First glassmaker ip, i 10, p 5 First railroad in, July 23, p American and English steel rails, Dec. 10, p 17 blast furnaces, Distribution and propor- tions of, Dec. 24, p 5 charcoal iron in En mn, Oct. 8, p 17 — pools, English view of, Sept. 17, p Engineering Register, Oct. 15, p 11 hardware in Mexico, Sept. 17, p 5 ay English dependence upon, Auy. 3 1 Institute Exhibition, Aug. 27, p 27 Institute of Mining ‘Enginecrs, Sept. 24, p 17; Oct. 1, p 19; 2s interests in the East, Oct. 1, p 22 Iron and Steel Association and Secretary Manning, Nov. 26, p 16 Iron and Steel Association and the tariff, Oct. 29, p 31 iron enterprises, British capital in, Oct. 15, 18 te property in Eogland, Attempted sale of an, Dec. 31, p 30 locomotives, Early, Sept. 17, p 37 railroads, English and, Aug. 20, p 9 shipping, Dec. 24, P 1 Bociet of Mechanical Engineers, Nov. 19, p 17, Nov. 26, p 35 versus English tools, Aug. 20, 35 versus eee steel tires, Dec. 3, p9 wire mills, Nov. 19, p 1; 26, p 32; Dee. 17, p 33; 2%, p 15 Ammonia in blast-furnace gases, July 30, p 1 Analyses of Castle Dome pig tron, Aug. 13, p28 of Swedish iron and steel, Oct. 1, P 7 Analysis of materials and poate ol the Nortb- eastern Steel Co., Aug. 13, p 15 Andrews’ meat saw, Sept. 10, p 31 Angle-molding plane, New chamfer and, Nov. 5 Analive fadustry, Protection of inventors and the, Aug. 27, Pp 7 Annual review of the metal market for 1885, Dec. 31, p9 Antbracite and bitumirzous furnaces, Condition of the, Aug. 6, p 22 and bituminous furnaces, Sept. 1, 1885, Condition of the, Sept. 10, p 16 coal, Bituminous ys., Oct. 1, p 42 coal production, July 9, p 9 colli Cost of haulage in, Nov. 26, p 27 regions, Sliding scale in the, Nov. 19, p 16 Anti-friction caster-wheel, July 2, p 17 friction roller skate, Evane’s, Sept. 3, p 37 incrustation compounds, Des. 31, p 31 Anvers Exhibition, Engines at the, Aug. 20, p 1 Apparatus for Pow x; the modulus of , Oct. 22, p Apple iy corer and splicer, Eureka, July parer, Little Star, July 2, p 37 Application of wire-rope tramways for P - of economical transportation, Aug. Ve 32 ’ A precistion of July 28, p 15 Apprentice ot a pcetoor "a0d Ohio Rail- road, Dec. 3, p 19 Arc lamps, Carbons for, July 16, p 15 Argentine Republic, Financial and commercial reco m the, Aug. 13, p 14 Armament, Benbow and her, July 23, p 7 Arnold's steam boiler Dec. 24, p 87 Artificial asbestos Z, July 16, p 15 Asbestos, New use for, Nov. 5, p 15 packed cocks, Sept. 3, p 17 packing, Artificial, July 16, p 15 Ash sieve, New automatic, Dec. 24, p 31 sifter, Blanchard, Oct. 1, p 37 INDEX Ashton’s power meter, Oct. 15, p 35 Asia, Trade conquests in, Oct. 22, p 16 Assignments, Preferences in, Dec. 10, p 16 Association, Amalgainated, 7 3, p 23 ry bee registers, Aug. 13, p ‘ Atkinson, Mr. Edward. on the New Hamnpsbire ‘valued policy ’’ act, Nov. 6, p 21 Atkinson's differential gas engine, Oct. 29, p 33 Atlas of NeW Jersey, Sept. 3, p 21 Attempted sale of an American iron property in ——, Dec. 31, p 30 Augers, Manufacture of, Dec. 31, p 9 August import returns of iron and stee!, Oct. 8, 16 Pp Austrelian diamond fiel’, July 16, p 13 pearl shell, Oct. 29, p 31 trade, Our, Dec. 24, p 16 Austrian mineral statistics, Aug. 13, p 30 Automatic ash sieve, New, Dec. “| 31 bichromate battery, Aug. 13, p 31 check enap, Aug. 27, p 31 couplers, July 2, p 22 inspirator, Morse, Nov. 12, p 33 tapping machine, Nov. 5, p 17 Aux Etats Unis, Notes de voyage d’un inge- ner, Nov. 5, p9 Average ad valorem duties, Mr. Manoing and, Dec. 2%, p= Axe, The Brooks, July 2, p 37 wedge, Hub malieabie-irun, Oct. 22, p 31 Axes = itteburgh, Manufacture of, Oct. 22, p Axles, Steel and fron, July 9, p 27 Backlash in gearing, Aug. (, p 38 Bad drains and how to test them, Nov. 5, p 9 Bafley drill, Dec. 3, p 37 Ball Ca Pree, Sept. 3, p 37 Ballantine reirigerating p'ant, Dec. 17, p 35 Balloon signaling, Sept. 3, p 31; aus. 13, p 31 Bolt and nut threading aud pointing ma- ebinery, July 16, p 27 a and Obio Railroad apprentice school, . 3, p 19 and Objo Ra‘lroad’s entrance iato New York, Nov. 26, p 82 and Onio Relief Recoctotion, Dec. 17, p 17 Daft electric moter in, Dec. 3, p 13 Daft electric railroad at, July 16, p 13 Band-saw, Foot-power, Aug. 20, p 35 saw mill, New, Nov, 19, p 1 saw versus the circular saw, Dec. 3, p 11 saws in sawmills, July 2, p il Bange gun, The, Sept. 3, p 1 Bank share taxation, Aug. 6, p 11 Bar iron, Steel as a substitute fur, Aug. 27, p 35 mill, A ae eee and, July, 9, p 21 Barb wire - enciog, Improvement in, July » p 3h bay” 1884 and 1885, Decline in, Sept. 3, P wire, Miles’, Sept. 10. p 31 Barrel fire-engine, Morrell 8, July 2, p19 truck, Standard, Dec. 15, p 31 truck, A new, Oct. 15, p 29 Ba-ic Bessemer slag, Recovery of phosphoric acid from, — 2, p 31 open hearth at Wrexham, Aug. 6, p 37 open-hearth process, July 16, p1l process, Progress ot the, Dec. 24, p 27 steel works, Glengarnock, Some. 17, p 3 Battery, a new electric, Oct. 1, p 13 Batteries, Little Giant, Oct. 22, p 27 Storage t. 10, p 27 Bay View inn orks, Controversy at the, July 23, 2 81 Bean’s Giant handcuffs, Dec. 10, p 31 Bearings, Shaft, Dec. 10, P 7 Beasley qpeving for puddling furnaces, Oct. 22, P pasting process, Nov. 12, p 17 Behavior of ingots in rolling, Lofluence of tem- perature on the, July 30, P 1 of manganese in the crucible steel process, Aug. 6, p 37 Belgian and German zinc manufacturers, Com- bination of, Sept. 3, gr Belgium, Coal miving in, Sept. 10, p 15 Belgian collieries in 1884, Nouv. 26, p 5 iron and steel statistics, Oct. 1, p 21 Bell-Ramsey coa)-waghing machine, Oct. 22, p1 Belting, Coiled wire, Nov. 26, p 33 problems, Noy. 12, Belts, Friction of, Dec. 24, Pp 37 and ropes, Driving, July 16, p 1 Benbow and ber armament, The, July 23, p 7 Bench plane, Steer’s patent, July 16, p 31 Bending cast ag oo ° 1 Berdan torpedo, Sept. 2, Bessemer pig, Silicon in, Jay 23, p 32 plant, Wainwright, July 30, p 1 plants, Small, Ang. 27, p 17 es in Scotland, First trials of the, Oct. P poocees, Theory vs. practice in the, Oct. 1, P steel, Large output of, Nov. 19, p 35 steel railroad, First, Sept. 10, p 37 steel trade of the future ? Who will control the, Aug. 27, p 17 Sothine Co., Wisconsin ore for the, Dec. 3, P Beton construction, Oct. 1, p 41 Beveling machine, New, Dec. 24, p 37 Bichromate battery, Automatic, Aug. 13, p 31 Birdsburo, New converter at, Oct. 1, p 3¥ Bitaminous coals, Tests of, Dec. 17, p 9 versus anthracite coal, Oct 1, P Black enamel for iron goods, July 16, p7 Biacksmith’s hammer meets, Nov. 12, £ 15 hand and power drills, New, Sept. 3, p 17 Blanchard ash-sifter, Oct; 1, p 37 Blast-furnace cinder, New uses for, Dec. 31, p 14 furnace, Durbam, Sept. pl Sustese fuels, Charcoal and coal as, Dec. 3, P furnace gases, Ammonia in, July 30, p1 furnace, Heat consumed in a, Aug. 6, p 37 furnace practice in England, July 16, p 17 furnace potent, Conditions affecting large, Dec. 17, p 33 furnaces of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Co., Work of the, Oct. 22, p 9 furnaces of the United States, Condition of THE IRON AGE. TO VOLUME p 16; Oct. 1, 1885, Oct 8, p16; Nov. 1, oe mer 12, p 16; Dec. 1, 1885, Dec. »?P Bleaching vegetable fibers, Oct. 22, p 37 | Blind adjuster, Self locking, Sept. 3, p 37 catch, Gravity, Nov. 5, p 31 opener, Pratt’s, Oct. 8, p 31 slat holder, Dec. 17, p 31 | Blistet's in shoet iron, Oct. 1, p7 Bitie color of Luke Geneva, Oct. 29, p 15 print process, Noy. 12, p 31 Blunt’s double-acting deep-well pump, Dec. 24, p 3 Bogy self-closing butt, Dec. 17, p 31 Boiler _—™ Solar [ron Works. Nov. 26, P — in England in 1884, Sept. 10, Pp inspection, Nov. 12, p 33 Sectional, Dec. 31, p 14 tests, Franklin Insitute, July 23, p $1 tests, Hydraulic, Sept. 24, p 35 Boilers, July 9,pY Dirty, Oct. 29, p 33 Forced draft for, Dec. 31, p 15 Steel for, July 9, p1 Tubular, Dec. 17, 35 Water-gauges for, en. 10, p 35 Boiling, Softening water by, Aug. 20, p 5 Bolts and serew-threads, Experiments with, July 9, p 35 Book lock, A new, Oct. 29, p 31 Borax, Production of, July 23, p 31 Borehole, Deepest, July 2, p 37 Boss upset, The, Aug. 27, p 31 Boston, One-rail elevated road in, July 23, p 1 a gauew cowl and ventilator, Noy. » pd Bradley soeienns helve hammer, Sept. 2%, P Brazil, Coal in, Sept. 24, p 31 Our trade with, July 23, p 16 Breakages of axles on German railroads, Oct. » pT Break waters, Floating, July 9, p 32 Brick, Clinker, Sept. 24, 3 New kind of, i of pil Bricks and tiles of Glasgow grit, Dec. 24, p 32 Brickwork, Crushing strength of, Nov. 26, p 7 Bridge, India, Sukkar. Oct. 22, p 1 British Amalgamated Society of Engineers, July 9, p 25 ae in American iron enterprises, Oct. 5, p 18 gun experiments, Oct. 22, p 25 fron and metal markets, July 2, p 27; 9p 21 ; 16, p 21 ; 23, p 21 30, p21; Aug. 6, 27 ; 13, p 19; 20, p 21; 27, p 21; Se p27; 10,p 21; 17, p 23; 2%, p 21, Oct. 1. p 27: 8, p 21 j 18, p 33 2, p 2h; 29, p 21; Nov. »P 25 ; 2,p 21; 19, 21; 26, p21; Dec. 3, p25; 10, p21; 17, p 21; 24, p21; 31, p 19. wail steamer Ireland, Oct. 15, Pp 27 navy, Additions to the, Nov. 19, p 15 mineral statistics, July 30, p 16 patents, Nov. 5, p 31 ware oe China, Development of, Sept 17, wergnen, Determination of the, Nov. 12, P Bronze memorial of the late Wm. E. Dodge, Nov. 26, p1 statues, Great, Oct. 1, p 39 Brooks axe, The, July 2, p 37 Brown's improved Collenge axle, Oct. 22, p 27 Bryant’s egg beater, ang. 2 of 31 Buffing machine, New, Dec. p 37 Building law, Stringent, Sept. 2, p 2% material, Oct. 1, p 41 The Potter, Sept. 17, 2 = Bulletin of the Iron and 1 Association, Mr. Swank and the, July 16, p 16 Buncomb about Southern iron, July 30, p 17 Bureau of Statistics, October returns of the, Dec. 10, p 16 ot Sratienes, September returns of the, Nov. »P Burglar-proof door locks, July 2, p 37 Burnt iron, Chemical reactions of, Oct. 15, p 19 Busivess men, Points for, Aug. 20, p 32 Six months’, July 30, p 15 Butter packages, Improved, Nov. 5, p 31 Butteris, Little Giant, Aug. 20, p 31 Cable road, English, July 30, 5 road, Thi avenue, Jul B P 3 Calculating machines, July if P California, Discovery of gate in, Aug. 27, p 35 Liquid fuel in, Oct. 15, P Caloric engines, Liquid fuel for, Nov. 26, p 33 engine, Victor, July 2, p 19 Caloritic value of fuels, Sept. 3, p 17 Calorimeter, A new steam, Dec. 10, p 35 Sch wacihoter, Bert. 10, p 35 Cambria Iron Co., Crinoline chimneys of the, July 9, p5 Can omnis apparatus, Merriam’s, July 23, p Canada, Future of, Noy. 19, p 35 Canal, A new sbip, Aug. 6, p 15 Paoama, Aug. 27, p Canals, M. de Lesseps’, July 23, p 16 Capacity, Productive, Dee. 1, p14 Carbon and iron at elevated temperatures, Aug. 20, A dust, Explosions of, Oct. 29, p 15 trade, Dec. 17, p7 Carbons for arc lamps, July 16, p 15 Carbonic acid and hydrocarbons in gas, Estima- tion of, Dec. > Career of Sir Joseph itwerth, Dec. 24, p 7 Carpet stretcher, A new, July 23, p 31 Cast iron, Bending, Oct. 29, p 1 iron pipe in Pittsburgh, Manufacture of, Aug. 27, p 17 ateel ordnance, Dec. 3, p 20 Caster-wheel, Anti-friction, July 2, p 17 Costing. bronzes, Cellini’s method of, July 2, p Porcelain, July 16 ? 7 Gaston Steel, Nov. 19, p17 Castle Rome pig iron, Analyses of, Aug. 13, p Catcher, Torpedo, Dec. 24, p 81 the, July 1, 1885, July 9, p 16; Aug. 1, | Cause and the cure for r rails, Aug. 20, p 17 1885, fs cuslien 3 Aug. 6, p 22; Sept. 1; 885, Sept. 10, | Cellini’s method of bronzes,July 2, p 17 XAXXVI. Cement, An fron, Oct. 1, p 13 Central Ontario district, lron ore in the, Oct. 29, P sewing press, Stiles, Sept. 17, p 17 Centrifugal pump, Webber, July 9, p 31 pumping machinery, Aug. 13, p 13 Certain cval-winiog districts, Labor situation in, Nov. 26, p 16 ae > angle molding plane, New, Nov. 5, p 3l plane, Excelsior, Aug. 13, p 29 Champion hammerless shot-gun, Dec. 17, p 31 Changes in the texture of steel through heating and cooling, Dec. 24, p 27 ———- 7 on the Ohio at Pittsburgh, Oct. » P Charcoal and coal as blast-furnace fuels, Dec. 3, P furnaces, Old, Oct. 8, p 13 Iron Workers’ Association, Oct. 29, p 17 ovens in Tennessee, Nov. 12, p 17 Charges, Telephone, Nov 12, p 31 Chattsnooga market, July 2, p 29; 9, p 23; 16, p 23; 23, p 23; 30, p 22; Aug. 6, p 29; 13, p 2, W, pW; 27, p22; Sept. 3, p 2; 10, p 22; 17, p 25; 24, p 23; Oct. 1, p 20; 8, 23; 15, p 2; 23, "p 23"; 29, p 23; Nov. » p 27; 12, p 23; 19, p 23; 26, p 22; Dec. Be 10, p 23; 17, p23; 24, p 22; 31, P Cheap iron in the South, Some reflections on, Nov. 19, p 53 Check-snap, Automatic, ae 27, p 31 Chucking lathe, Turret-head, ~~ 9, p 32 Chemical composition of steel, Physical quali- ties and the, Aug. 27, p 35 Chemical reactions of burnt iron, Oct. 15, p 19 Chicago market, July 2, p 28: 9, p 22; 16, p 22; 23, p 22; 30, p 22; we ey oe 20, »P 28 ; 10 2; me ee Sept. , p22; 7, pA, 3 oi et irae 36 ete : - bg Nes. = . ps . p: . p . ec. p 36; 10, p 23; 17, p 22; ° 7 Senteem, November record of the, Dec. 10, p Industrial exposition at, oa “? 17 Steel beams made at, Nov. 26, p: Children in mines, Employment of, Sept. 3, 22 Chili, Soin developments in, Aug. 20, p 16 Chimney climber, Ingenious, Oct, 1, p 39 om and ventilator, Bradbeer’s, Nov. 12, p Heat waste in the, Dec. 31, p 31 Moving a, July 2, p 38 temperatures and uir supply, Dec. 24, p 35 top, New revolving, Nov. 26, p 31 Wery, Nov. 12, p 33 Chimneys, Some tall, Aug. 13, p 31 China we and since the late war, Sept. 17, P First railroad in, Oct. 22, p 27 trade, Struggle for the, Aug. 13, p 33 Cheap sodium, Dec. 17, p 13 Chucking lathe, Turret-head, Dec. 3, p 37 Chucks, Dec, 1%, p 27 Cincinnati market, July 2, p 29; 16, p 23; 23, p 25; 80, p 21; “na. 6, 9 : ~~ 1; 2, p23; 27, p 23; Sept. 1 Pp 7, p 25; “4, p 23; Oct. 1, p29; 15, p 25; 23, p 23; 29, 23; ae 8 PS, 12, p 23; 19, p 23; » p 23; Dec. 3, p 27; 10, p 33; 17, p23; 24, p 23°; 81, p 41 Cinder concrete, Aug. 20, ? 1 Circular of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., Sept. 3, p 11 saw, Band saw versus, The, Dec, 3, p 11 saw, Foot-power, Aug. 13, p 23 City wells, Danger from, Aug. 6, p 5 One ene process, July 2, p 23 riffiths procees, Russian metallurgist on the, Aug. 13, p 15 Clark’s patent compressed paper skate rollers, Dec. 3, p 31 Classification of imports, New, Sept, 24, p 16 Cleaning up machinery, Dec. 24, p 37 Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., Circular of the, owe 8, p1l Clinker brick, Pe 24, pd Cloek industry of Saxony, Dec. 17, p 5 Coal complaint from the Sonth, Nov. 5, p 29 dust and mine explosions, Aug. 20, p 16 fields, North Carolina, Dec. 31, p 5 gas, Natural gas versus, Nov, 12, p 31 Gas versus, Dec. 17, p 15 bending machinery, July 9, p 9; (ct. 8, P Heating power of, Dec. 17, p 35 in Brazil, Sept. 24, p 31 liming process, Cooper, Dec. 10, p 15 market, July 2, p 31; $, p 23; 16, p 24; 23, Bots 30, p21; Aug.6, p 27: 13,p 21; , p 2; id Fed Sept, 3, p30; 10, p 23; 17, p 23; 2, p %; Oct. 1, p21; 8, p 25: 18, p 21; 22; p21; 29, p 2%; Nov. 5, 2; 12, p23; 19, p21; 26,p21; Dec » pes; 10, p 31; 17, p32; 24, p 23; al, P mining in Belgium, Sept. 10, p 15 mining in Illinois, Dee. 11, p miner’s convention, Dec. 24, p 16 miners of the Hocking and Monongahela valleys, Dec. 31, p 14 Montana, Oct. 15, p 37 Preservation of, July 9, p 15 rices in England, Sept. 10, p 32 Soomtaneoes combustion of, July 9, p 31 tonnage of English railroads, Oct. 15, p 33 tribulations, Aug. 27, p 17 washing machine, Bell-Ramsey, Oct. 22, 1 Coals Pe the South, The Jelico region and Jelico | seam, Nov. 26, p 17 Coating sheet-metai surfaces, New alloy for, Dec. 3, p 1 Cobalt copper alloys, Dec. 17, p 13 Coeks, Asbestos-packed, Sept. 3, p 17 Coffee mill, New mode), Auy. 20, p 31 Coffin’s diagrams for Pocenix beams, Aug. 20, p 33 Coiled-wire belting, Nov. 26, p 33 Coin, Comparative wear of, Aug. 27, p 13 Coke, Alabama, Oct. 1, p 21 in Pennsylvania, et. 29, p 9; Nov, 5, p 19; Dec. 3, p 19 Coke-making and the use of coke in the South, Oct. 1, p 21 Manufacture of, Oct. 15, p 9; 22, p 27 Poplar Creek, Oct. 8, p 17 Tennessee, Sept. 24, p 1 Collieries in 1884, Belyian, Nov. 26, p 7 Colonial aggranvizement, French ana German Sept. 10, p 16 Colonization, German, Aug. 27, p 16 saat judge on violent strikers, July 23, p Colored mining labor, July 23, p 5 Color-grindinz machine, New, Ses. 17, p1 ee chest locks, Improvement in, Oct. » pds of German and Belgian zinc manufacturers, Sept. 3, p 7 press and welding machine, July 23, p 2 razor strop, Dec. 3, p 31 vise and lathe, Noy. 5, p 17 Combined anvil and vise, Allen’s, Aug. 27, p 31 circular and slitting shear, Aug. 27, p « measure and funnel, July 30, p 31 Otto gas engine and pie with patent by- pass valve, Novy. 12, p 3: | punch and shears, July 23, p 32 Comfort wringer, Sept. 10, p 31 a en Tariff action in the, Dec. 3, p Comments, Public, Dec. 10, p i7 Commeree, French tribunals of, July 16, p 25 Interstate, Oct. 22, ee Commercial conquests, Futile, Aug. 6, p 23 museums on the Continent, Dec. 10, p 1 Companhia Paulista, Brazil, Compound loco- motive for the, Oct, 29, p 1 Comparative merits of iron and steel beams, In- vestigation into the, Nov. 5, p 1 merits of iron and steel axles, det. 15, p 13 wear of coin, Aug. 27, p 13 Cg A new form of railroad, July 9, P Gas-engine, Nov. 5, p 17 Petroleum, Sept. 10, p 37 Complete Practical Machinist, Aug. 13, P. 33 Completion of the Severn Tunnel, Oct. 15, p 1 Complexity of modern engines, July 30, p 27 Composite iron and steel, Nov. 19, p 35 photography, July 2, p 11 Compound locomotive for the Companhia Paul- ista, Brazil, Oct. 29, p 1 locomotives, Nov. 26, p 33 ' Compounds, Anti-incrustation, Dec. 31, p 31 Compulsory insurance of workmen in Germany, Dec. 17, p5 Concrete, Dec. 31, p 7 Cinder, Aug. bp, 1 Condensation, Cylinder, Sept. 24, p 35 Condensing engines, Offsets to economy in, Sept. 3, p 17 Condition of our ironworkers, English view of the, Oct. 1, p 23 of the Sheffield steel industry, Oct. 1, p 11 of the tin-plate market, Oct. 22, p 16 Conditions affecting large blast-furnace prod- duct, Dec. 17, p 38 Construction of ordnance, Aug. 27, p 1 Consumption of steel rails, 477 17, p 18 Contingent patent fees, Nov. 19, p 15 Contracts, Labor, Oct. 22, p 16 Contecsenny, the Bay View Iron Works, July »P Convention, Coal miner’s, Dec. 24, p 16 “= Amalgamated Association, Aug. 20, p Converter at Birdsboro, New, Oct. 1, p 39 One coal mining, Experiment in, Oct. 29, p Cooper coal-liming process, Dec. 10, p 15 ot-blast stove, Oct. 15, p 1); Copper alloys, Cobalt, Dec. 17, p 13 and cobalt, Alloys of, Oct. i, p 13 in Demaraland, Oct. i, Late developments in, Rise in, Nov. 7") 17 smelting, Dec. 17, p 7 telegraph wires, Dec. 17, p 15 tubes miess, July 9, p 1 Cordege, Production of, Oct. 29, p 17 Cork as a con-conductor of heat, Dec. 3, - ct. 5, BS: Noy. 12, p 19 Nov. 12, p 17 Corrosion in boilers, Sulphur a cause of, p « Cost of Dendting coal for locomotives, Oct. 29, Pp of basing in anthracite collieries, Nov. 26, 3 of irou-making in the South, Sept. 17, p 19 of making pig iron West and 2A,pi7 of greSustion ia foundry work, Oct. 8, p outh, Sept. of co#l and netural gas in glase-making, Nov. 26, p 11 Cotton seed oil, Manufacture of, July 23, p 33 Couplers, Automatic, July 2, p 22 Course of the tin market, Oct. 29 p 17 | Coventry engine, Nov. 5, p 17 Cowles electric furnace, Aug. 6, p 11 Crandall ipower, Sept. 17, p 13 Creil experiments in the transmission of power by electricity, Dec. 3, p 35 Crinolive chimneys of the Cambria Iron Co., July 9, p5 Crosby patent sash-holder, Sept. 24, p 31 Cross divided pulleys, July 9, p 27 Crucible-steel process, Behavior of mapgavese in the, Aug. 6, p 37 Crude peascienss, Transportation of, Oct. 22, Pp Cruisers, Unfinished, Oct. 29, p 17 Crushing strength of brickwork, Nov. 26, 7 Cruto AE lamp, July 9, p17 Crystallization of wrought iron, Dec. 17, p 33 Cuba’s improved prospects, July 9, p 16 Culm in peg Nov. 19, p fs Cumberland weary iret Bessemer pig made in the, Sept. 24, p 18 Cupola furnace, New form of, Nov. 12, p 1 with a Koerting ejector, Running a, Nov. 2 ll Curious gen patent specification, Nov. 12, p Cushivned helve hammer, Bradley, Sept. 24 pé | Cutlery manufacture in Russia, Dec. 10, p 15 4+ THE TRON AG ae . aa LLL LLL LLL LL eee Cutting glass tubes, A novel method for, July 9, p 35 nippers, Excelsior, Oct. 15, p 29 Cylinder condensation, Sept. 24, p 35 Cylindrical nuts, Oct. 22, p 33 Cyclostyle, Nov. 26, p 11 Daft electric moter in Bal'imore, Dee. 3, p 18 electric railroad at Baltimore, July 16, p 13 Danger from city wells, Aug. 6, p 5 in the disiribution of electricity, Dec. 3, p 13 Davis Colby ore roaster at the Katahdin Works, Dec. 24, p 27 Island Dam at Pittsburgh, Oct. 15, p 29 Death of General Grant, Resolutions at the Metal Exchange on the, July 30, p 17 Decay of the Obelisk, Oct. 29, p 1 Decision of the Supreme Court on iron con tracts, Oct. 29, p 25 Deci-ions in patent cases, Nov. 26, p 5 Decline in barb wire in 1884 and 1885, Sept. 3, » 22 in old rails, Aug 20, p 16 Deepening chanvels, Ruy Stone method of, Aug. 20, p5 Deepest borehole, July 2, p 37 Defense of the tariff, Local work for the, Dec. 10, p 27 Demand for mangarese ore, Nov. 12, p 19 Demaraland, Copper in, Oct. 1, p42; Nov. 12, 17 Depression, An English economist on the, July 16, p 16 of trade, English commission on the, Oct. » pl Deserted tron manufacturing village, Aug. 6, p 2 Deterioration of English steam engines, Oct. 15, of the British workman, Noy, 12, p 81 Detonation of explosive mixtures, Dec. 17, p 15 Detroit market, Jwy 2, p 27; 9, p 23; 16, p 25; 23, p 25; vg dt bey 18, B 1; 20, p 23; 27, 23; Sept. : p30 10, p 28; 17, p 23; Be p 23; Oct. 1, p 29; 8, p 23; 15, p 27; 22, p 23; 29, p 25; Nov. 5, p27; 12, p23; 19, p 23; 26, p 23; Dec. 3, p20; 10, p21; 17, p 32; 24, p21; 3i, [> Decline in silver, Sept. 24, p 1 Development of British trade with Chiva, Sept. 17, p 15 of ok and steel shipbuilding in Germacy, Sept. 24, p11 Device for suspending emery-wheels, New, July 9, p 32 Diamond field, Australian, July 16, p 13 D.bble’s air-valve for oa Ang. 6, p 21 Die-stock, New. Nov. 12, Difterenti«d gas engine, Atkinson's, Oct. 29, p 33 Dillon nut lock, Sept. 10, p 31 Director of the Mint, Report of the, Nov. 12, 17 p Dirigible war balloons, Noy. 26, p 13 Dirty boilers, Oct. 29. p 33 Discovery, loteresting, Aug 13, p5 Discrimination in freights, Judicial opinion on, Dee. 24, p 31 Display of hardware, Oct. 15, p 29 Distr.bution and proportions of American blast furnaces, Dec. p5 Natural gas, Dec. 10, p 38 of electricity, Dangér in the, Dec. 3, p 13 Divided pulley,Cross, oy 9, p27 Dixon’s patent saucepan, July 16, p 32 Dodge, late Wm. E., Bronze memorial of the, Nov. oe 1 Dome of 8t. Peter’s, Rome, ‘Hooping of the, Aug. 27, p 25 : Domestic gas machine, A new, Oct. 15, p 37 Deor holder, July 16, p 31 knob, Victor, July 2, f 37 locks, Burglar-proof, July 2, p’3T Double acting deep-well pump, Blunt's, Dec. 24, p 35 bolt wardrobe lock, Nov. 19, p 31 — marking gauge, Forrest’s, Aug. 13, p seaming machine, Sept. 24. p 35 Draft problem, Forced, Aug. 13, p 15 Drawing press, A new, July 30, p 32 press, Heavy, Sept. 3, p 1 Drill, Bailey, Dec. 3, p 37 Drilling apparatus, Portable, Dec. 10, p 35 Drinking water, Lead in, Oct. 15, p 7 Driving belts and ropes. July 16, p1 stove headings without explosives, July 9, p 35 Dual freight classification in the West, Nov. 19, 1 Ductility of stee) boiler plates, Oct. 8, p 25 Durbam blast furnace, Sept 24, p 1 Dety on steel rails, Dec. 10, p 19 Dynamite, Gelstine, Oct. 18, p 29 Dynamo, Little Wonder, Oct. 22, p 37 Dynamos, Efficiency of, Oct. 1, p 39 Eagle washer cutter, Nov, 26, p 3! Eames vacuum braké. Dec. 10, p 33 Early American locomotives, Sept. 17, p 37 experiments involving the flow of metals, aly 30, p 33 references to the new star in Andromeda, Nov. 5, p 15 Earnings, Railroad, Oct. 29, p 17 Earth, Ioterior temperature of the, Aug. 6, p 7 East, American interests in the, Oct, 1, p 22, New markets in the, Nov. 19, p 16 Eastern manufacturers and the North Chicago blast-furnace practice, Oct. 1, p 23 Pig Iron Association, July 2, p Ebrenberg-Montandon telemeter, Oct. 1, p 13 Eclipse roller skate, Oct, 8, p 31 Economic aspects of iron-makiug, Expert on the, Sept. 24, p 16 Ecuadorian tariff, New, Oct. 22, p 2 Edging by forging, July 16, P 5 Edison light, Introduction of the, Oct. 8, p 25 Educated workmen, Nov. 26, p 1 Effect of alternate beat and cold on fron, steel and copper, Sept. 17, p 11 of incasing wood with tron, Sept. 3, p 37 of intermittent strains upon iron structures, Oct. 8, p 9 of the enlargement of St. Mary’s Canal, Dee. 8, p 11 Effects of setting boil-rs with the arch over the top oven to the furnace, Uct. 29, p 3 Efficiency and duration of incandescent lamps, Sept. 3, p 11 of dypamos, Oct. 1, p 39 Egg beater, Bryant's, Aug. 27, p 31 Electric battery, A new, Oct. 1, p13 conductivity of metals, Nov. 19, p 13 crane at St. Ouen, France, Sept. 10, p 35 furnace, Cowles, Aug. 6, p 11 haulage by the telpherage, Nov. 12, p 9 light on locomotives, Oct. 22, p 33 lighting in mines, Aug. 20, p 1 lighting. Steam power in reference to, Sept. 3, p 21 resistance of selenium, Action of light on, July 9 p15 road roiler, Noy, 19, p 33 safety lamp, Oct. 29, p 15 storage batteries, July 16, p 25 transmission of power, Dec, 17, p 35 Electrical laboratories, Dec. 24, p 17 lamps for firearms, Aug. 13, p 1 Electricity for street cars, Aug. 27, p 11 in mines, Aug. 13, p 3! on dust, Action of, Sept. 17, p17 Winding clocks by, Oct. 22, p 37 Electro deposition of aluminium, July 23, p 27 Electrolytic deposition ef aluminium, Dec. 10, ) 15 Elevated railroad system, Meigs, Dec. 10, p 33 railway for Montreal, Sept. 17, p 87 temperatures, Carbon and tron at, Aug. 20, p7 Elliott pamphlet stitching and tying machine, Sept. 10, p 13 Elswick gun, Trial of a new, Sept. 24, p 27 Embarrasemnents, Mr, Roach’s, July 23, p 17 Fire-escape, Jolnson, Sept. 10, p 51 Embrey concentrator, Oct. 22, p 35 : ; extinguishers, Hund-grenades as, Nov. 19, Emery-wheel tool grinders, New, Dee. 31, p 1 Employers, Liabilities of, Oct. 15, p18 a Employment of children in mines, Sept. 3, p 22 Enameled glass, Aug. 27, p 15 Encouraging outlook, An, July 2, p 31 End of a great enterprise, Dec. 24, p 31 Engine, Coventry, Nov. 5, p 17 _ P cylinders, Jacketing, Aug. 27, p 15 erected in 1815, Grasshopper, Dec. 10, p 37 New high-speed, Dec. 3, p 37 Shipman, Oct. 8, p 27 Success, Nov. 26, p 33 Engines and boilers, Sept. 10, p 18 and threshers, July 9, p¥ at the Anvers Exhibition, Aug. 20, p 1 Lightly loaded, Oct. 8, p 27 Rotary, Dec. 3, p 37; 31, p 31 Triple-expansion, Aug. 6, p 2 Water-pressure, Nov. 26, p 33 Engineer and the wage-earner, The, Sept. 24, p 34 P proof safes, English, Oct. 29, p 17 risks in the agricultural implement indus- try, July 2, p5 Firing submarive mines in England, Experi- ments in, Dec. 3, p 13 First anthracite-coal breaker in the Wyoming region, Aug. 6, p 13 Bessemer pig made in the Cumberland dis- trict, Sept. 24, p18 discovery of gold in California, Nov. 26, p9 giass-maker in America, Sept. 10, p5 railroad in America, July 23, p 7 railroad in China, Oct. 22, p 27 trials of the Bessemer process in Scotland, Oct. 8, p 5 water- works in the United States, Dec. 31, Fish, Sleep of, Nov. 5, p 15 ” Five-man power gas-engine, Oct. 8, p 27 Flanges, Pipe, Dee. 17, p 35 ’ Fiat key. mortise locks, New, Dec. 3, p 31 Top coke, Test of, Sept. 17, p 1 Floating an Alabama iron enterprise in Lon- don, Aug. 20, p 35 breakwaters, July 9, p 32 Fiood Rock explosion, Oct, 15, p 18 Flooring machine, Heavy pattern, July 23, p 1 Florence lamp stove, July 2, p 9 Flush ‘€ Bevel, New. Sept. 10, p3l Flow of metal-, Early experiments involving the, July 30, p 33 Fog, Formation of, Oct. 22, p 37 Foldiug steel gates and guards, Dec. 10, p 33 Foot-lathe, New, Dec. 3, p 37 power band-saw, Aug. 20, p 35 power circular saw, Aug. 13, p 23 power mortising and tenoning machine, A new, Dee. 31, p 31 rail brackets and corner fittings, Nason’s, Oct. 1, p 37 Engineers, British Amalgamated Society of, July 9, p 25 Evyineering specialties, Aug. 13, p 13 England, American charcoal irou in, Oct. 8, p 17 and free trade, Dec. 24, p 17 Blast-furnace practice in, July 16, p 17 Coai prices in, Bept. 10, p 32 in 1884, Boiler explosions in, Sept. 10, p 31 Iron chimneys in, Noy. 12, p 33 Liquid fue) in, Dec. 17, p 15 Power companies iu, Oct. 15, p 29 5 England’s supremacy ; its sources, economics and deungers, Nov. 26, p 15 English alarm at Continental competition, Oct. ’ and American railroads, Aug. 20, p 9 cable road, July 30, p coal trade, Sliding scales in the, Oct. 22, p5 comission or the depression of : trade, Oci. 1, p 1 cruiser, Fastest, July 2, p 7 dependence upon American ingenuity, Aug. warmers, Portable, Dee. 17, p 31 13. p 30 . Forced draft for boilers, Dec. 81, p 15 economist on the depression, An, July 16, draft problem, Aug. 13 P 15 p 1é Foreign commerce of the United States, Nov. 26, p 16 exports of iron and steel and the American p competition in English markets, Nov. 5, p 20 market, July 30, p 16 fire-proof sates, Oct. ae 17 guu works, Some, Aug. 27, p 31 harvest estimates, Sept. 10, p 11 iron trade, Londun ‘‘ Economist’’ on the, Oct. 29, p 25 iron trade, Revival iu the, Oct, 1, p 22 iron trade, Sliding scales in the, Sept. 3, p 1 iron works in Russia. Aug. 20, p juurnal on the quality of some English goods, Dee. 17, p 1 letter, July 2, p13; 9,p 11; 16,p 11; 23, p75 30. pi; Aug. 6, p 7; 13, p 11; 20, p ; 37, p 11; Sept. 3, p 13; 10, p 13; 17 p 9. hp 13; Oct. 1, p9; 8, p 15; 15, p 15; 22, p 13; 29, p5; Nov. 5, p 18; 12, p 11; 19, p 5; 26, p72; Dec. 3, p 7; 10, p7; 17, p11; 24, p13; 51, p 33 manufactures, Quality of, Dec. 24, p 25 mariate, Foreign competition in, Nov. 5, made firearms, Dec. 17, p 1 market fallacy, Aug. 6, p 23 markets, July 2. p31; 9, p 21; 16; p21; 23, p 32; 50, p 32: Aug. 6, p 27: 13, p 19; 20, p 21 ; 27, p 21; Sept. 3, p 27; 10, p 18; 24, p18; Oct. 17, p 27; A, p3l; 31, p W Form of cupola furvace, New, Nov. 12, p 1 of power presses, New, Sept. 10, pé Forge fuel, Gasoline gas as a, Oct. 29, 15 in Africa, Oct. 22, p 17 Forging, Edging by, July 16. p53 Forgings, Large, July 30, p 31 Steel castings aud, Aug. 27, p 9 Formation of fog, Oct. 22, p 37 13, p29 savy, Work on the, Sept. 10, p 33 Forth bridge, Hydraulic appliances at the, Oct. patent speciticatiun, Ourtous, Noy. 12, p 35 plate-bending rolis, Dec. 10, p 1 plate-straightening machine, Aug. 20, p 1 rail-mill engines, Nov. 5, p 1 railroads, Coal tonnage of, Oct. 15, p 33 ee compspy, Profits of an, Nov. bridze, Progress of the, Jaly 2, p 1 bridge, Steel for the, Oct. 8, p 7 Fortresses, Steel and irov, Dec. 10, p 17 Franklin furnace, Record of, Oct. 15, p 19 Institute boiler tests, July 23, p 31 Frech’s power punching press, Aug. 27, p 27 Free industrial educatiou iu Philadelphia, Sept. 17, pis trade, England and, Dec. 24, p 17 Freezing method io tunueling, Dec. 24, p 32 mixtures, Dec. 10, p 15 Freights on indian and American wheat, Nov. »?P slot-drilling machine, An, July 16, p 1 speed indicator, A new, Dec. 24, p 85 sieam engines, Deterioration of, Oct. 15, p 85 tin pints trade, Growth of the, July 16, p 1 tools, American versus, Aug. 20, p 35 view of American copper pools, Sept. 17, p 19 19, p 13 view of the condition of our ironworkers,}| French and German colonial aggrandizement, Oct. 1, p 3 , Sept. 10, p 16 tribunals of commerce, July 16, p 25 workmen, Dec. 17, p 33 Friction aod losi work in machinery, July 9, Pp of belts, Dec. 24, p 37 of sa belts on iron pulleys, Aug. 27, p 1 view of trade depression, July 2, p 23 wire trade, July 16, p 27 Enlargement of St. Mary’s Cane), Effect of the, Dee. 3, p 11 Enterprise abroad, German, Sept. 24, p 18 Ericsson’s Destroyer and eubmarine gan, Dec. 17, p Essen, Water gas at, July 16, p 9; Dec. 10, p13 Estimating carbon in iron, New method for, Oct, 15, p 33 Estimation of carbonic acid and hydrocarbons in gas, Dee. 31, p 25 Eureka sypte parer, corer and slicer, July, 3, Fuel economy in locomotives, Dec. 31, p 31 Peat, Dee. 17, p 37 records for locomotives, Nov. 26, p 33 wapeies, Exhaustion of, Aug. 27, p 17 ater gas as a, Sept. 17, p 11 Calorific value of, Sept. 3, p 17 Furnace for dust fuel, Perret’s, Dee. 10, p 35 mouthpieces, Dee, 10, p 35 recerd, Excellent, July 16, p1 Southern coke in the, Noy. 5, p 2t Stevens, Nov. 19, p 18 Furnaces, Oid charcoal, Oct. 8, p 13 Futile commétcial conquests, Aug. 6, p 23 Future of Canada, Nov. 19, p 35 Galvanized-iron water pipes, Sept. 10, p 33 sheet iron, July pli Gas engine competition, Nov. 5, p 17 engine, Five man-power, Oct. 5, p 27 interest and the public, The, Dee. 2 17 machine, A new domestic, Ort. 15, p manufacture and its present condition, Progress in, Nov. 12, p 5 producers in glass works, Noy. 19, p 1 vs. coal, Dee. 17, p 15 Water, Aug. 6, p 31 works in England, Municipal, Nov. 19, p 15 P Europe, Navies of, Nov. 12, p 9 European tire steels, Noy. 5, p 5 Evans's anti-friction roller skate, Sept. 3, p 37 Excellent furnace record, July 16, p 1 Excelsior chamfer plane, Aug. 13, p 29 cutting ni pers, Oct. 15, p 29 Exhaustion of fuel supplies, Aug. 27, p 17 Exhibition, American Institute, Aug. 27, p 27 Louisville, Sept. 3, p 81 Exbibits at St. Louis, Sept. 24, p 15 Expansion of rails by heat, Sept: 17, p 37 Bapeeeres in co operative coal mining, Oct. 2 16 Experiments in firing submarine mines in Eng- land, Dee. 3, p13 on ilaminants for lighthouses, Oct. 8, p 25 Recording, Dec. 17, p 35 with bolts and screw-threads, July 9, p 35 Expert on the economic aspects of lron-mak- ing, Sept. 24, p 16 Explosion, Flood Rock, Oct. 15, p 18 Explosions of carbon dust, Oct. 29, p 15 Explosive mixtures, Detonation of, Dec. 17, Gasoline gas as a forge fuel, Oct. 29, p 15 gas, Heating street cars with, Dec. 24, p 32 Gateway, Iron, Sept. 3, p 31 Gatling gun, Improvement of the, Dee. 17, p 15 Explosives, Driving stone beadings without, Pp - July 9, p 35 . Gear cutter, New small, Oct. 22, p 33 Exports to Guattemala and Ecuador, Our, Aug. | Gearing, Backlash in, Aug. 6, £ 13, p 2% Gelatine dynamite, Oct. 15, p% Exposed metal surfaces, Pairts for; Aug. 13, | General hardware, July 2, p 30; 9, p 24; 16, p os ; , 24} 23, p 24; 30, p 24; Ang. 6, p 80; 18, p 22; 20, p 24; 27, p 22; Sept. 3, p 30; 10, p24! 17, p 26; 24, p 24; 1, p 80; 8, 143 15, p 26; 22 p 24; 2, p ; Nov. , p 28; 12, p 24; 19, p24; 26, p 24; Dec. 3, p 28; 10, p 24; 17, p 24; 24, p 24; 31, p 22 machinery, July 9, p 9; Ang: 13, p 13 Geology of natura) gas, July 9, p17 German colonization, Aug. 27, p 16 engineer on sma!! Bossemer works, A, July 30, p 33 enterprise abroad, Sept. 24, p 18 factory inspection, Dec. 17, p9 iron works, Wages and profits of, Sept. 10, » 16 rali export trade, Dec. 3, p 11 railrcads, Breakages of axles on, Oct. 22, 7 Expodition at New Orleans, New, Aug. 13, p21 Louisville, Sept. 24, p 18 notes, Louisville, Oct. 1, p 39; 8, p 82; 22, pl7 Extra session of Congress, Workingmen’s de- mand for an, Aug. 27, p 16 Facilitating correspondence, Ingentous device for, Nov. 12, p 13 Factory inspection, German, Dec, 17, p 9 Fuhnebjelm incand«scent light, Tests of the, Dec. 24, p 32 Fair freight rates and the iron trade, July 23, p 16 Fallacy, The foreign market, Aug. 6, p 23 Farrier’s knife, Pope’s, Dec. 31, p 29 Farrow rifle, Oct. 22, p 27 Fast ocean steamers, Dec. 10, BY railroad trains, July 9, p 1 Fastest English cruiser, July 2, p 7 Feed-water heaters, Recent improyements in, Aug. 20, p 35 Ferromanganese and Its manufacture, Aug. 20, 7 rofied iron manufacturers, Proposed union of, Aug. 6, p 13 Germans iv the rail trade, Dec. 8, p 15 Germany, Trade guilds in, Auy. 6, p 13 Wear of rails in, Oct. 1, p 12 Giant handcuffs, Bean's, Dec. 10, p 31 Gibbs lawn rake, July 23, p 3) Gigantic water meter, _ 17, p17 Gilbert, Dr. R. H., July 16, p 17 Girder, Longest single span, Sept. 17, p 35 Glasgow meeting of the Iron and Stee! Iustitute, Sept. 17, p 19 Glass blowing, Mechanical, Dec. 31, p 25 Enameled, Aug. 27, p 15 making, Producer gss in, Noy. 12, p1 or grit, Bricks and tiles of, Dee. 24, p 32 works, Gas producers in, Nov 19, p 1 Glengaruock Basic Steel Works, Sept. 17, p 35 Globe jelly, fruit and wine press, July 2, p 37 Gold and silver in 1884, Production of, Oct. 8, 11 vimetectead of, Oct. 1, p7 Fielding high-speed engine, ept. 17, p17 Filter, New, Noy. 5, p 31 Finances, Mexican, Sept. 3, p 11 Financial, July 2, p 27; 9, p 21; 16, p21; 23; p 21; 30, p 21; Aug. S,p at; 18, p 19; 20, » 21; 27, } 21; Sept. 3, p 27; 10, p 21; 17, p 23; 24, p 21; Oct, 1, o: 8, p 21; 15, p 23; 23, p 21; 28, p 21; Nov. 5, p 25; 12, p2l "1, p 21 - $6, p21; Dec. ‘Pp 25; 10, p 21; 17, p 21; 24, p21; 31; pl crisis in Mexico, July 2, p 22 and commercial) recovery in the Argentine Republic, Aug, 13, p 14 Firearms, Electrical lamps for, Aug, 13, p 1 Foreign-made, Dec, 17, p1 pl7 Fire-engines, July 9, p 9 Appreciation of, July 23, p 15 1, p3l; 8, p 25; 15, p 33; 22) p21; 29, p 313 Nov. 5, p 205 12, p 32; 19, p 82; 26, p 32; D c. 3, p31; 10, p 27; Forrest’s double-headed marking gauge, Aug. Foundry work, Cost of production iv, Oct. 8, p 33 Gold in California, Discovery of, Aug. 27, p 35 Industrial training schools of Philadelphia, Oct. in Califurnia, First discovery of, Nov. 26, 1, p 22 Influence of position on the value of beating surface, Aug. 6, p1 of silicon upon the properties of cast iron, July 16, p25 of temperature on the behavior of ingots in rolling, July 50, p1 Ingenious chimney climber, Oct. 1, p 39 device for facilitating correspondence, Noy, 12, p 13 Inland steamboat marine, Uur, Dec. 17, p 5 Inoculation for rabies, Nov. 26, p 13 Innocent inventor, Av, Aug. 20, p 35 Inspection, Boiler, Nov. 12, p 33 of structural steel, July 16, p 1 Interesting discovery, Aug. 13, p 5 pg like alloy, A new, Oct, 15, p7 mining, bydraulic, Inventor of, Nov. 12, p 31 Gordon three-pass hot-blast stove, Dec. 3, p 1 Grasshopper engine erected in 1815, Dec. 10, 37 Grate and heating surface, Nov. 26, p 33 Gravity blind catch, Nov. 5, p 31 Great African diamond, A, Oct. 22, p 33 Britain, Local taxes in, ~—_ 17, p 37 bronze statutes, Ort. 1, p 39 enterprise, End of a, Dec. 2, p 31 Green’s vew patent lantern holder, July 2, p 38 Griffing, A. A., Iron Co., Au. 18, p 13 : Growth of the Engliso tin-plate trade, July 16, 17 lnterior of guns, Photographing the, Sept, 24, Gautemala and Ecuadur, Our exports to, Aug. p9 13, p 21 of the earth, Temperature of the, Oct. 22, Guide and bar mill, A new, July 9, p 21 25 p temperature of the earth, Aug. 6, p 7 Gun experiments, British, Oct. 22, p 25 [utermittent strains upon iron structures, Effect The Bange, Sept. 3, p 1 Hulf-holiday movement, Saturday, July 2, p 23 of, Oct. 8, p9 Hall steam pump, Nov. 12, p 2 International exhibition at Liverpool, Sept. 8, Hammer Signals, Blacksmith’«, Nov. 12, p 15 > 31 Hammerless shot-gun, Champuon, Dec. 17, p 31 railroad conference, Aug. 6, p 15 Hammer’s new patent walieable vilers, Nov. 5, i Interstate commerce, Oct. 22, p p 31 Intervals of wage payment at mills and facto- Hand and power drills, New blacksmith’s, Sept. ries, Noy. 19, p 16 3, p17 Introduction of the Edison light, Oct, 8, p 25 beader, Windsor, Aug. 13, p 29 boring, Woik done ia, Dec. 24, p 37 grevades as fire-extinguishers, Nov. 19, p 9 Handling coal for locomotives, Cost of, Oct. 29, p 32 Handy estimate planks, July 30, p 32 Hanging doors, Pivut for, Dec. 3, p 31 Hardening plaster, Sept. 24, p 9 Hard steel, Magnets of, July 16, p 25 Hardware, Display of, Oct. 15, p 29 inventor, An innocent, Aug. 20, p 35 of the hot blast, Oct. 15, p id Inventors, Unfortunate, Aug. 13, p 31 Investigation into the comparative merits of iron and steel beams, Nov. 5, p 1 [reland, British mai] steamer, Oct. 13 27 Iron and coal trades of Sweden, Dec. 31, p 7 and steel and the American market, English exports of, July 30, p 16 and steel, August import, Returns of, Oct. Hardware novelties, July 2; p 37 ; 16, p 31; 23, 8, p 16 | Ap ; 80, p81; Aug. 13, p 29; 20, p 31; and Stoel saten, Comparative merits of, Oct. t 4 Pp » p 31; Sept. 3, p 37; 10, p31 ; 24, p 31; Oct. 1, p 37; 8 Br; 15, p 29 22, p 27: 29, p 31; Nov. » p 31; 12, Cet 313% sp al Dec. 3, p31; 10, p 31; 17, p 31; 24, p31; 31, p2 Dec. 24, p 37 and steel, Composite, Nov. 19, p 35 aod steel during the first six months, Pro- duction of, July 30, p 16 and Steel Institute, Glasgow meeting of the, Hardy bLigh--peed engine Sept. 17.p 19 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Tn-ur- and steel, July import, Returns of, Sep!. 17 a ance Co., “f 10, p var a 18 — . artman bale tie, Sept. 3, p apd steel, Microscopic structure of, Aug. Hart’s Standard roller skate, Oct. 15, p 29 13, p 1 , - Harvest estimates, English, Sept. 10, p 11 Harvey rolled wood screw, Sept. 3, p 31 Hayti, Our trade with, Aug. 27, p 16 Heads of wood screws, Dec. 3, p 19 Heat consumed in a blast furnace, Aug. 6, p 37 waste in the chimney, Dec. 31, p 31 Heated soaking pits, Oct. 22, Pp il Heating power of coal, Dec. 17, p 35 street cars with gasoline gas, Dec. 24, p 32 surface, Grate and, Nuv. 26, p surtace, Influeuce of position on the value of, Aug. 6, p 1 ; Heavy axes, Light vs., Oct. 8, p 11 drawing press, Sept. 3, p 1 forgings, Manipulation of, Dec. 24, p 1 pattera flooring machine, July 23, p 1 squaring shear, Oct. 29, p 33 Hecla, Torpedo ship, July 2, p9 Hell Gate improvements, July 23, p 1 Hellhoffite, Sept. 24, p9 Hett’s turbine governors, Dec. 17, p 35 High-pbosphorus steel, Rolling qualities of, July 16, p 1 pressure marine boilers, Management of, Dec. 10, p 37 speed engine, Fielding. Sept. 17, p 17 speed engine, Hardy. Dec. 24, speed engine, New, Dec. 3, R Hinge, New locking, Dec. 3, p 31 Hints on the use of glue, Oct. 1, p 21 History of natural gas, Aug. 27, p 27 Hocking and Monongahela valleys, Coal miners of the, Dec. 31, p 14 Hoe, A new weed, Dec. 31, p 29 Holder, New tool, Noy. 12, B 81 Hooping of the dome of St. Peter’s, Rome, Aug. and Seal, New York imports of, July 9, p and steel prices in 1885, Dee, 31, p 14 and steel shipbuilding’ in Germany, Devel- opment of, Cont, 24, p 11 and steel statisties, Belgian, Oct. 1, p 21 ~~ — wire fore the, Uni States, anufacture o t. ; $ nn 3s , Sept. 3, p 19; 10, p 33; cement, An, Oct. 1, p 13 ei iv Bogiaid, Noy, 12, p 33 contracts, Decision of the Supr J on, Oct. 29, p 25 — enterprise, Wisconsin, Aug. 27, p 32 Kateway, Sept. 3, p 31 goods, Black enamel for, July 16, p 7 industry of Italy, Aug. 13, p 15 lighthouses, New, July 2, p 17 making in the South, Cost of, Sept. 17, p 19 manufacture in Sweden, Sept. 3, p 7 Meteoric, Oct. 15, p 7 or oe wire for telegraph lines, Oct. 15, P ore - the Central Ontario District, Oct. 29, Pp ores of the Upper Tennessee Ri oes Uppe River Valley, making in the South, ad 4 1a vantages of, Dec. pulleys, FP iction of leather belts on, Aug. »P ships, Steel versus, Noy. 12, p 35 Southern, Aug. 6, p 23 Spectrum of, Aug. 13, p 31 steel and copper, Effect of alternate heat aud cold on, Sept. 17, p substructure for railroad bridges, Nov. 19, 9 tele rapb poles, Sept. 24, p 9 7 air freight rates and the, July 23, p trade, Improvement in the, Dec, 17, p 16 trade, Railroad situation and the, Oct. 2 p 22 Ironwork, Painting, Jaly 9, p 17 27, B 25 Hop bar, Steel, July 16, p 31 Hopper, Mr. I. Kip, and the tariff, yay 30, p 17 Hopson & Chapin Mfg. Co., Oct. 1, p Hot blast, Inventor of the, Oct. 15, p 19 blast stove, Cooper, Oct. 15, p 1 Howell's improved iron and steel wheels, July 9, p 31 Hub maliabietivt axe voce. Oct. 29, p 31 Hyde miter box, Oct. 22, P Is it a pote or a contract? Aug. 20, p 17 Hydraulic appliances at the the Forth bridge, | Isochromatic photography, July 36. p13 Oct. p13 fraly, Iron industry of, Aug: 13, P 15 boiler tests, Sept. 24, Ivory, sp tie a8 a source of supply for, Aug. 7P Jacketing engine cylinders, Aug. 27, p 15 Japan, Our trade with, Sep. 4p 16° Jellico region and Jellieo seam, Coal of the Senty, fraitd awh Sa, Globe, J elly, and wine prese, Glo’ 37 Jessop a works at seemoe” New pe 3, P Jewelry, Mummies’ eyes as, Noy. 12, p 15 Jobnson fire-escape, 10, p 31 Joliet rail mill, New, Dec. 10, p 11 Judge Snell on unions, July ad Judicial opinion on discrimination in freights, 35 Inventor of god mista , Nov. 12, p 31 pronter) Making lead sheets by, Rept. 17, Pp Hydrogen io zine dust, Dec, 10, p 15 Manufacture ef, Dec. 3, p f Hydrostatics, Laws of, Dec. 10, p 58 : Ibruegger Cupola, Melting tests with the, Nov. 5, p17 Ide onnide! Sept. 10, P 13 Illinois, Coal mining in, Dec. 17, p 7 — ea Lighthouses, Experiments on, t. 8, Immediate letter delivery, Aug. 20, p 82 Implements, Reloading, sly 23, p font wae ete, ee if 3 oy m6 23: 16 mports and ex u : ; 16, PO as: 30, P B: ug p23; 23, ug. 6, p 30; 13, p21; 20, p25, 27, p28, Bept. 3, p 30, 10, p 23; 17, p 27; 32; Oct, 1, p38: & B 82; 15, p 2; i sae 2; Nov. 5, pe. Oi ; 19, p 32; 26, p 23; Dec, 3, p 36; 10, p 32; 17,p 32; 24, p 23; 31, p21 curing ee fiscal years 1884 and 1885, Aug. 13, p New classification of, Sept. 24, p 16 of silver into India, Oct. 22, Bt Dec, 24, p 31 July import returns of iron and steel, Sept. 17, 18 Katahdin Works, Davis-Colby ore roaster at the, Dec. 24, p 27 Kenyon’s low-water alarm, Dec. 3, p 37 Kind of brick, New, Dec. 24, p 11 Knife sharpeners. Solid emery, solr 38, 31 Kobler’s portable tree fence, Bept. 24, p 31 Krom’s ore crusbi and concentrating ma- seein poe yy 17, p 27 pp steel t American vs., Dec. 3, p 9 StwPp’s works, Progress of, Sept. 10, pas Kunstadter screw-steering apparatus, Aug. 6, P Treasury decisions on, Nov. 26, p 37 19 Important decision in a railroad case, Dec. 17, | Laboratories, Electrical, Dec, 24, p 17 17 Laboratory, Toughened glass in'the, Aug. 13, p 31 Labor contracts, Oct. 22, p 16 situation in certain coal mining’ districts, Nov. 26,p16 Lagging for locomotive boilers, Nov. 26, p 38 seers - fire-boxes and boiler heads, Sept. *P Lake Geneva, Blue color of, Oct. 29, p 15 jamp. Safety, Aug. 20, p 33 olid spout miner's, Dec. 24, p 31. , stove, Florence, July 2, p9 : Lantern holder, Green's new patent, July 2, p 38 Large foreings, July 20, p 31 output of Bessemer steel, Noy. 19, p 35 pile driving machine, Aug. 6, p 23 purchase of Southern eal lands, Sept. 24, p 18 rolls, Oct. 1, p 21 Late developments in Chili, Aug. 20, p 16 developments in copper, Noy. pit . degelapments in the Bpabish colonies, Oct. developments ip Veneguela, Dec. 17, p 16 Latest legal decisions, daly & p 19; @ p Bl; Aug. 6, ‘thes | 5 2%, p 5; Sept. 10, p il; Oct. J, ; 15, : Now. 8. 7; P Improved butter packages, Nov. 5p 81 Collinge axle, Brown's, Oct. 22, p 27 iron and steel wheels, Howell’s, July 9, 31 pebephdia: Cuba’s, July 9, p 16 prospects In Mexico, Nov, 26, p 16 screw-driver, Leavitt's, Oct. 1, p 37 steam navigation, Oct. 22, pst Improvement io barb-wire for fencing, July 28, 31 in Combination chest locks, Oct. 8, p 31 in rabbeted mortise locks, Sept. 24, p 31 in squaring shears, Dec. 17, p 35 in the iron trade, Dee. 17, p 16 of the Gatling gun, Dec. 1? 25 Improvements, Hell Gate, July 25, p 1 in saws, Dec. 10, Incandescent lamp, Cruto, July 9, p 17 a Efficiency and duration of, Sept. 3, 1 lsiops on railroads, Sept. 3, p 15 Incasing wood with iron, Effect of, Sept. 3, p 37 Inconsistency Of strikes, Aug, 13, p 14 India, Imports of silver into, Oct, 22, p 31 Railroads in, Aug, 6, p 11 rubber, Substitute for, Sept. 10, p 17 {Indian and American wheat, Freights on, Nov. 12, p18; Dec. pal, J 19, p 13 Late trade devdopments in the : e- domestic architecture, Sept. 17, p 15 ments, Nov. 5, p 20 Indiana, Trade in, Sept. ane Indicator springs, Testing, Sept. 24, p 35 Indo—Chinese railroad project, Dec. 10, p 13 warr Cyne eine aud since the, Sept. ,17, Lathe! New, Oct, 22, p 33 Tul Industrial Exposition at Chicago, Sept. 24, p 17] Lawn rake, Gibbs, 23, p 31 growth, The South’s, July 23, piv Law without lawyers, Nov. 26, p 15 items, July 2, p 33; 9, p27; 16 p 31 ; 23, p| Laws of hydrostatics, , 10, p 35 33; 30, p 31; Aug. 6, p 33. 13, p 29; Lead in Gptakiee wines, t..15, pT 20, p al; 27, p 31; Sept. 3, p 39,10, p18; pipe cutter, Noy. 5, p31 17, p 83; 24, p 31; Oct. 1, p 37; 8, p 31;] Lease, Vulcan, July 16, p 9 15, p 33; 22, p 81, 29, p 27; Nov. 5, p37; | Leavitt