The Iron Age January-June 1886: Vol 37 Index

s The Iron Age DAVID WILLIAMS, Abt system of working steep inclines, Jan. 7, p 1 5 Accidents in mines, Report of the English Com- mission on, Apri 23, p 14 a Acid, Carbonic, in the air, Jav. 14, p 33 Carbonic, in the liquid and the solid state, May 13, p 1 Acme chuck, April 22, p 25 ‘ Action of steam on carb. oxide, Feb. 11, p 35 Actiyity in building open-hearth steel plants, Juve 3, p 2 Adjustabie anti-friction sliding door-hanger, Jav. 21, p 27 boat and ship clamp, April 8, p 31 foot press, New, Jan. 21, p 33 j rock drill, tripod and clamp, June 3, p 17 screwless door knobs, ae p 25 towel bracket, Jan. 14, p 2 socket wrench, June 17, v 3) Adulterated min. lubricating oils, May 6, p 37 Advance in tin, May 6, p 20; June 10, p 14 Aeration of water, May 20, p 13 After-blow in the basic ‘ Feb. 25, p7 Age of trees, May 18, p Agitation, Eight-hour, April 29, p 16 Aikin’s improved sand-molding machine, Jan. 21, Pp 87 Air, Composition of, April 29, p 35 compressors, April 1, p 15 compressors, Rand direct-acting, June 3, p 1 locks and shbaft-tubes, Construction of, June 24, p 23 supply for furnaces, March 11, p 35 valves for condensing engines, March 25, Pp Alabama coal lands, Pool in, March 18, p 16 manganese, June 17, p 1 Alcobol, Solubility of sulphur in, June 3, p 7 Alienation clause of ansurance policies, Jan. 21, Pp Alpine tunvels, Temperatures of the great, Feb. 11, p 85 Aibmapes p08 cooler for sheet mills, Mareh 11, pé , Aluminium iron and steel, April 1, p 13 Amalgamated Association, Meeting of the, June 10, p14 Amalgamation, Expansion produced by, May 3, pl Amended rules and regulations for steamboat boilers, April 1, p 11 American clays and their use for constructive purposes, June 17, p 25 Institute of Miving a Betblehem meeting of the, Feb. 18, p 17; 25, p 35; March 4, p 41; 11, p7; May 27, p 15 locomotives of 1885, Jan. 7, p 23 ordnance, April 8, p 16 VOLUME XAAVII—JANUARY PUBLISHER, New Jork t 66 AND ISSO. nen SES 68 DUANE INDEX TO VOLUME XxXXxXVII. American Protective Tariff League, June 17, p 13 Society of Mechanical Engineers, April 29, »17 at English bridge building, June 24, p 11 Amended rules and regulations for steamboat boilers, April 1, p 11 Amherst hydraulic motor, Feb. 18, p 32 Ancient trades’ unions, June 17, p 33 Ancients, Tunnels of the, Mareb 25. p 7 Annual report of the Commissioner of Mineral Statistics of Michigan for 1884, Feb. 11, >» 15 mm 4-0 of the British iron and steel trades, Jan. 7, p9 review of the metal market for 1885, Jan. 7, p4l ‘te coal combination, Proposed, Feb. 18, p 16 Anti-friction bearings, April 15, p 35 Apparatus for determiving values of lubricants, Feb. 4, p 2) Application of asbestoe, May 20, p 1 Arbitration message, President’s, p 15 shop, June 3, p 20 Architectural studies, Feb. 11, p 15 Armineton & Sims engine, April 8, p 31 Armored turrets for fortifications, April 1, p 7 Arms, Burmese, May 13, p 7 Artificial fuel machisery, June 8, p 7 removal of ice in the Dutch rivers, Feb. 4, 17 Asbestos, Application of, May 20, p 1 Asia, English interests in, Jan, 7, p 37 Minor, Emery mines of, April 15, p 33 Attack on the pig-iron duty, Feb. 4, p 22 Auger-bit, Forstner, Jan. 21, p 27 making, Early, in Seymour, Conn., Feb. 18, p 32 Aurora sounds, June 10, p 5 Australasian trade, Onr, May 20, p 9 Autographie test-recordivng apparatus, March 11, p 35 Automatic cut-off governor, Jan 21, p 35 lawn rake, June 10, p 25. tapping attachment, June 10, p 29 telopbone call box, April 15, p 20 Avesta process, May 6, p 39 Ayers’ patent sash holder. April 29, p 27 Bad plaee for shafting, March lee 35 Ballantine automatic grease-cup, June 24, p 25 Baltimore market, Jan, 7, p 29; Feb. 4, p 29; 11, p 23; 25, p 32; Maren 11, p 32; May 6, p 2Y; 27, p 21; June 3, p 27; 17, p 23 Band-saw machine, New resawing, June 24, p 25 saw, Scroll, Feb. 4, p 21 saw sharpener, Triumpb, May 13, p 27 April 29, Band-saws, Breakage of, Feb. 18, p 33 Bankruptcy law, April 15, p 18; May 20, p 17 Banks and the currency, March 25, p 16 Bar iron, Prices of nails and, Jan. 14, p 1 Barbed wire, Deciding a suit as to, March 11, p 17 Barnes adjustable die-plate, April 15, p 35 new upright drill, Feb. 4, p 19 Barometer and colliery explosions, Jan. 14, p 35 Basic cinder, Macurial value of, May 13, p 9 patent, March 11, p 18 process, After-biow in the, Feb. 25, p7 process in the South, Feb. 11, p 16 Bayonet test, Englisb, March 4, p 5 Bayonets, Worthless English, Feb. 11, p 25 Bearing surface, Excessive presstre on, April 22, p 25 surfaces, Pressure on, Jan. 28, p 33 Bearings, Anti-friction, April 15, p 35 marine engine, April 8, p 37 Beaudry upright cushioned Jan. 28, p 31 Belt fastenings, March 11, p 35 indicating the power of a, Jan. 14, p 31 Belts and pulleys, Peo. 11,p 15 Bessemer practice, Economy 1n the, Ap. 15, p 19 steel industry of the U. 8., Feb. 18, p 18 stee], Our production of, and of iron and steel rails in 1885, Feb. 18, p 17 | steel, Uniformity of, for rivets ural purposes, June 3, p 19 work, Unparalled, May 6, p 13 Bethlehem meeting of the American Institute of Miving Engineers, May 27, p 15 Bills before the Ways and Means Committee, Jan. 28, p 15 Binary vapor engines, Feb, 25, p 16 Binghamton (N. Y.) cable road, Jan, 7, p 19 Birkinbine, Henry P. M., April 29, p 18 iemingnem, Ala., Some facts about, Ap. 15, p sword-making in, April 29, p 15 market, Jan. 7, 28; Fs, p 21; 21, p 23; 28, p 23; Feb. 4, p 29; 11, p 23; 18, p 23; 25, p 28; March 4, p31; 11, p 23; 18, p 23; April 1, p 31; 8, p 23; 15, p 25; 22, p 21; 29, p 23; May 6, p 29; 13, p 23; 20, p 23; 27, p 21: 10, p 21; 17, p 23; 24, p 21 Bit brace, Double-grip, March 11, p 27 Biack Forest clocks, June 3, p 21 process for reproducing drawings, June 10, ) Blast-rturnace charging apparatus, April 29, p1 furnace, Connellsville and Virginia coke in the, Feb. 11, p 27 furnaces, Distribution and proportions of Americau, Jan, 7, p17 power bammer, ruct- UVebling, Blast furnaces, Reconstructed, Shelby, Ala., April 1, p7 Blind-slat tenoner, Jan. 7, p19 Blow, Hammer, June 10, p 29 Blower, Root’s new Acme hand, Jan. 28, p 31 Biowers, Jan, 28, p 35 Boat = ship clamp, Adjustable, April 8, p 3 Boiler construction. Copper in, Feb. 18, p 33 explosions in 1585, March 25, p 35 fires, Faulty management of, Feb. 4, p19 inspection, March 4, p 24 Instantantaneous, March 4, p 19 makers’ materials, April 1, p 15 power, Jan. 14, p31 room, Carelessness in the, Jan. 14, p 25 scale, Preventing, April 1, p 21 settings, April 29, p 33 steel, Test of, Feb. 11, p 35 Boilers and steam engines, Jan. 28, p 35 Corrosion of, June 24, p 25 Dust fuel for, Jan. 7, p 22 Hand-holes in, May 6, p 37 Laying up, March 25, p 33 Riveting, Jan. 14, p 31 Steam, April 8, p7 Water for iocomotive, April 8, p 37 Bore of guns, Erosion in the, April 29, p 18 Boring atiachment, Car-box, April 8, p 35 machine, New horizontal, April 29, p 33 Sorthatey's patert rotary saw-set, April 8, p« Boycott on Calumet nails, April 15, p 9 Bracket sander, New, March 11, p 35 Braiverd’s saw-set, April 8, p 31 Brake question in France, May 18, p 1 Brazil, Late developments in, April 15, p 18 Breakage of hand-saws, Feb. 18, p 33 Breaking of grindstones, June 17, p 27 arenas vos breaker and ore crusher, March 8, p Sritge pele, American vs. English, June «4, Pp. building in the United States, March 4, p 5 caisson, Photographing in a, April 29, p 15 Bridges, Heavy locomotives and, Jan. 28, p 15 British commerce, Panama Canal and, March 4, p 43 Guiana and Honduras, June 17, p 16 India, Trade of, Jan. 7, p 22 iron aid metal markets, Jap, 7, p 27; 14, p 19; 21, p 21; 28, p 21; Feb. 4, p 27; 11, p 21; 18, p 21; 25, p 21; March 4, p 29; 11, p 21; 18, p 21; 25, p 21; April 1, p 29; 8,p 21; 15, p 23; 22, p 1% 29, p 21; May 6, p 27; 13, p 21; 20, p 21; 27, p 19; June 3, p 25; 10, p 19; 17, p 21; 24, p19 Our trade with, STREET. British Iron and Steel Institute, Meeting of, May 27, p 4 navy, Liquid fuel in the, Jan. 7, p 19 steamship Enfield, Engines of, Jan. pl trade, Continental statisticians on the de- cline of, Jan, 28, p 35 now's Seaee lock and support, March 25, p 18 Budd, Late Palmer, Feb. 11, p 25 Buffer-stop for railways, Hydraulic, April 1, p 39 Buggy toe rail, Wrought-iron, Jan, 21, p 27 Building snow, Eskimo, Jan. 28, p 39 Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey, Eighth annual report of the, May 6, p5 Burglar alarm, Detective, March 18, p 27 Burmans, Lacquer-work of the, Feb. 25, p 15 Burmese arms, May 13, p 7 Burners, Liquid-fuel, Feb. 4, p 1; » 15 aaa in Russia, Feb Burning dust fuel, Jan. 28, p 31 Bursting of emery-wheels, April 2¥, p 33 of fly-wbeels, June 24, p 1 Business good-will as an asset, English view of, April 29, p 35 outlook, Jan. 21, p 16; March 18, p 16 April 8, p 16 outlook in Europe, Feb. 18, p 17 Cable road, Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 7, p 19 California, Nails in, Feb. 25, p 17 shell trade, Feb 11, p1 Calihers, New lock-joint, Feb. 25, p 31 Call-box, Automatic telephone, April 15, p 20 Calorific power of fuel, Feb. 4, p 21 power of illuminating gas, Feb. 4, pl value of coal gas, Jan. 14, p 33 Calumet nails, Boycott on, April 15, p 9 Canada, Trede of, in 1884-85, April 22, p 5 Canadian tariff, Recent changes in the, April 29, p18 | Canal-boat propulsion, Steam for, Capacity, puddling, of G’t Britain, p 32 Capital, English, in Alavbam, April 22, p 30 Carbon in Bessemer steel, Irregular distrivution of, June 17, pl Carbonic acid in the air, Jan, 14, p 33 acid in the liquid and the solid state, May 13, p 1 oxide, Action of steam on, Feb. 11, p 35 21, April 22, 4,p19 Feb. 18, p 1 Jan. 2. 9 Car-box boring attachment, April 3, p 35 coal shipments, Responsibility for, Jan, 28, p 35 lumber, Demand for, Jan. 28, p 15 spring, New, Feb. 18, p 33 THE IRON AGE. pdr English and American foreign trade compared, | Furnaces, Air-supply for, March 11, p 35 Car-wheel and axle, Jones, April 1, p 21 r Mines and, in the North of England, Jan. Carelessness in the boiler-room, Jan. 14, p 35 Carricaburu steam pump, Jan. 28, p 31 Cartridge rifle, Safety, March 18, p 27 Carved moldings, Feb. 4, p 17 Case-hardened nuts and U. 8.8. threads, March Corrugated furnace flues, Jan. 28, p 31 tubing, June 3, p 17 Cost of lubrication, April 8, p 16 of manufactures, May 6, p 7 of transportation on a deeper canal, June March 25, p 17 bayonet test, March 4, p 5 capital in Alabama, April 22, p 80 exports to the United States, June 24, p 14 interests in Asia, Jan. 7, p 37 iron trade, Sir I. Lowthian Bell on the,May Steam-boiler, Jau. 14, p 31 Furniture, New lock, May 6, p 24 Galvanizing, Month’s work of a German wire- works in, June 17, p 15 Garden set, New floral or, Feb. 11, p 27 Gas engine and dynamo, Combined, April 15, Cotton gins, May 6, p 13 Cotton-press, Norfolk, May 20, p 13 Course of the nail market, June 3, p 20 Covered and uncovered steam furnaces, Feb. 4, Cast vs. forged car axles, April 8, p 17 Center-crank and double engines, April 15, p 35 Centra! American Republics, April 1, p 24 Centralization in the nail trade, March 4, p 24 Centrifugal pumping macbivery, March 18, p 15 pumps at Mare Island Navy Yard, Califor- nia, May 27, p 21 pumps, Improvement in, March 18, p 31 Challenge cross-cut saw-set and jointer, June 3, 28, p 9; Feb. 4, p 9; 11, p 9; 18. p 11; 25, 11; March 4, p 35; 11, p 18; 18, p 18; p 11; April 1, p 41; 8, p 9; 15, p 11: 22, 7; 29, p11; May 6, p 13; 13, p 11; 20 11; 27, p 9; June 3, p 15; 10, p 7; 17, p 9; p engine economy, Jan, 14, p 5 Coverifgs, Pulley, April 8, p 35 engines, Recent improvements in, Jan. 7, Crank-shafts and bearings, Production of true, ‘ Th f. March 11 1 engines, Theory of, Mare . holders, Mammoth, Jan. 21, p 38 illuminating, Calorific power of, Feb. ‘7 Gaseous mixtures, Explosions of, May 13, p Gasoline gas and the Otto gas-engine, Jan. 7, Creil experiments, Jan. 14, p 13 Crimper, New pipe, April 1, p 21 Crimson stain, Feb. 11, p 15 Cronk’s patent wire cutter and bender, March »p9 ship building ia 1885, Jan. 28, p7 view of business goud-will as an asset, April 29, p 35 Entertainment, Unique, April 29, p 18 Ericscon’s submarine torpedo-gun, Jan. 28, p 1 on in the bore of guns, April 29, p 18 Eskimo building snow, Jan. 28, p é Estrade high-speed locomotive, Etehing metallic surfaces, March 4, p 1 Evaporation, Experiments or, May 20, p 7 Evaporating apparatus, April 8, p 31 Every-day post drill, Jan. 14, p 31 s Excessive pressures on bearing surfaces, April Champion six-lever padlocks, New, June 8, Gate, Perfection oil and molasses, Ap. 15, p 20 valves, April 22, p 9 Gauge, Combination, Jan. 7, p 37 Gauging, Steam, May 13, p1 General business prospects in South America, rubber clip inserter, Feb. 25, p 31 Chain rolling machine, Jacker’s, May 27, p 29 Changed prospects in Peru, Jan. 14, p Charcoal iron region of the South, Great, March Crosshead, May 13, p 31 Cultivator, Perfection, Jan. 21, p 33 Cupvla, Utilization of the fuel in the, March Curious phenomenon, April 29, p 35 Currency, Banks and the, March 25, p 16 Currents, Earth, June 24, p 31 Currycomb, Maud §., March 4, p 39 Cut-off governor, Automatic, Jan. 21, p 35 Cutlery manufacture at Solingen, Germany, June 24, p 23 Cylinder boring machine, Jan. 21, p 35 Dadoing machine, Jan. 21, p 37 Dakota tin ore, Large mass of, March 18, p 17 Dama-cening by electrolysis, June 24, p 28 Davis—Colby roasting fuinace, Feb. 4, p 1 David—Mauhes convertor for copper matte, May Chattanoova market, Jan. 7, p 28; 14, p 21; 21, p 23; 28, p 23; Feb. 4, p29; 23; March 4, p 31; 11, p 23; 18, 23; 25, p 23; April 1, p 31; 8, p 23; 15, p ; 29, p 23: May 6, p 29; 13, p 23, 20, p 23; 27, p21; 10, p 21; 17, p 23. 24, p 21 Cheap railroud, March 11, p 27 Chicago furnaces, Work of the, Feb. 4, p 5 market, Jan. 14, p 20; Feb. 4, p 28; 11, p 22; 18, p 22; 25, 23: March 4. p 30; 11, p 22; 4 April 1, p 30; 8, p 22; 15, p 24; « ); 29, p 22; May 6, p 28; 13, p 22; 27, p 20; June 3, p 26; 10, p 20; hardware, Jan. 7, p 30; 14, p 22; 21, p 24; 28, p 24; Feb. 4, p 30; 11, p 24; 18, p 24; 25, p 24; March 4, p 32; 11, p 24; 18, p 25; 25, p 24; April 1, p 32; 8, p 24; 15, p 26; 22, p 22; 29, p 24; May 6, p 30; 18, p 24; 20, p 24; 27, p 22; June 3, p 28; 10, p 22; 17, p 24; 24, p 22, Excbanyes for 1885, Jan. 7, p 22 Exbaust steam heating, Feb. 4, p 23 Exhibition, Fioating, April 15, p 18. Minneapolis, May 20, p- 9 Expansion in compound engines, Feb. 25, pl produced by amalgamation, May 13, p 1 Experiments, Coal, in the Pacific, May 20, p 17 Creil, Jan. 14, p 13 on the flow of water, April 15, p 20 with water jets, June 10, p 5 Explosion of homogeneous gas mixtures, April Genesis of coal, rail export trade wire-rod mills, Germanium, New metal, June 24, p 31 Germans in the Spanish trade, June 3, p 27 Germany, Hardware in, April 1, p 9 Gibbs’ General Purpose rake, Feb. 11, p 27 post-hole digger, Feb. 25, p 81 Gilding on ivory and glass, Jan. 7, p 15 Globe die stoek, April 22, p 25 Glue heater, Improved steam, April 1, p 21 Good furnace work in the South, —< 6, pl Gopher smoker, Brown’s squirrel and, J 1 Dayton Coal and Iron Compapy, Piant of the meeting of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, June 3, p 1 Chili, Foreign trade of, April 1, p 11 Chilled armor plates, Geuson, June 3, p 29 Chime, Wooding’s improved Swiss hame, Jan, 29 Dean’s patent tubular hand truck, Mar. 4, p 39 Death of T. B. Coddington, March 4, p 25 Debt, Imprisonment for, June 3, p 20 Decay of the Egyptian obelisks, March 25, p 15 Deciding a suit as to barbed wie, Mar. 11, p 17 Deep-sea lighthouse, April 1, pis canal, Cost of transportation on a, June 17, 5, p 35 . Explosions, Boiler, in 1885, March 25, p 35 locomotive boiler, April 1, p 19 of gaseous mixtures, May 18, p 33 Exports, Jan. 7, p 29; 14, p 21; 21, p 32; 28, p 25; Feb. 4, p 31; 11, p 21; 18, p 21; 25, p 82: March 4, p 40; 11, p 32; 18, April 1, p 35; 8, p 32; 15, 29, p 28; May 6, p 29; 13, 27, p 23; June 3, p 27; 10, Pp Chimneys, Oscillation of, Feb. 4, p Chioa, French efforts in, Feb. 25, p 17 Chuck, Acme, April 22, p5 Defense Association, Stove Founders’ National, Cincinnati market, Jan. June 17, p 17 Demand for car lumber, Jan. 28, p 15 Dennis, Charles, June 17, p 17 Density of the sun, April 15, p Depths, Hoisting from great, Jan. 7, p 15 Designs, Machinery, May 13, p 16 Detective burglar alarm, March 18, p 27 a the specific gravity of gases, April P Detroit market, Jan. 7, p 29; 14, p 21; 21, p 25; 28, p 23; Feb. 4, p 29; 11, p 23; March 4, p 31; 11, p April 1, p 31; 8, p 23; 15, p 25; 22, p 19; 29, p 23; May 6, p 29; 13, p 28; 27, p 21; 21; 17, p 25; 24, p 21 » P28; 14, p 21; 21, p 23; 28, p 23; Feb. 4, p 29; 11, p 23; 18, p . p 23: March 4, p 31; 11, p 23; 18, », p 23; April 1, p 31; 8, p 238; 15, p 25; 22, p 21; 20, p 23; May 6, p 29; 12, p 23; 20, p 23; 27, p 21; June 3, tp 27; 10, Pp 22; 17, p 28; 24, p 21 Cleaning new rubber corks and tubing, Jan. Grain as a trade factor, Feb. 4, p 7 Graphite as a lubricant, Jan. 21, p 35 Grapple, New, April 22, p 29 Graie, New locomotive, Feb. 18, p 9 Grease cup, Ballantine automatic, June 24, p 26 Supedhion of the errors and fallacies in Rear Pamphlet, entitled “The Certainty of the Nicaragua Canal Contrasted with the Uncertainties of the Eads’ Ship Railway, June 17, p 11 Express companies, Railroad and, Mar. 25, p 9 Extension smoke-box, March 18, p 31. Extinguishing fires, Hand-grenades for, April Great Britain, Iron interests of, a century and a half ago, March 18, p7 Britain, Paddling capacity of, Jan. 14, p 13 Britain’s production of iron and steel, April »P stonework in large cities, Feb. il, p 35 Cleveland, Knights at, May 20, p 25 Clocks, Black Forest, June 3, p 21 Clothes line fastener, Feb. 11, p Coal and iron lands at Jonesboro, Ala., May 20, 18, p 23; 25, p 23; .P Extras on merchant iron, Feb. 4, p 22 Fast rolling trains, Leather belts for driving, charcoal iron region of the South, March June 3, p 27; 10, Device, Rail-washing. Diamond hack saw, May 6, p trammels, June 24, p 29 ne, New mining plant of the, , Die-plate, Barnes adjustable, April 15, p 35 stock, Globe, April 22, p 25 Dilataney, April 15, p 20 Distribution and proportions of American blast furnaces, Jan. 7, p 17 Dominio” tariff, Proposed, April 8, p 32 Door-check and spring, Watt’s, Jan. 28, p 27 hanger, Paragon anti-friction, June 3, p 35 hasp, Security, March 11, p 27 knob fastening, New, May 20 knobs, Adjustable screwless, Double-grip bit brace, March 11, p 27 Drawback system, French, J Drawing wire without pick Cranberry iron-ore quarry, Feb. 25, p 15 Greene engine, May 6, p 13 Grindstones and March 11, p 35 Grindstones, Breaking of, June 17, p 27 Groover for tinware, Jan. 14, p 81 Growth in machinery design, March 25, p 33 Gruson chilled armor plates, June 3, p Guarantee, Value of a, Jan. 28, p 17 Gumming saws, June 24, p 25 Gun-bursting, May 20, Gunpowder, Prismatic, June 10, p 1 Hack saw, Diamond, May 6, p 25 Hammer blow, June 10, p 29 Hammond type-writer, May 6, p 39 Hand beader, Universal, April 8, p 31 grepades for extinguishing fires, April 29, P and ore elevator, New, March 25, p 1 coke and iron, Alabama, Feb. 25, p 17 combination, Proposed anthracite, Feb. 18, tunneling work, April 1, p13 Fastener, Clothes line, Feb. 11, p 27 New sash-cord, April 15, p 20 Fastening, New door-knob, M Fastenings, Belt, March 11, p Faulty management of boiler fires, Feb. 4, February imports and exports, April 8, p 1 Feed-wuter at sea, Heating, May 18, p 27 water heater, April 1, p 15; May water heater, Unique locomotive, emery-wheels, Novelty in, Dickerson m ye, Freight-train speeds and, 0, p 29 consumption on locomotives, May 20, p 38 Effect of the genesis of, upon its proper- ties. Jan. 28, p 39 experiments in the Pacific, May 20, p 17 as, Calorific value of, Jan. 14, p andling machinery, — crimped treble-bottom, Feb. 4, Pp market, Jan. 7, p 27; 14, p 30 28, p 21; Feb. 4, 25, p 21; March 4, p 31; L 921; April 1, p 31; 8, $ , p21; 29, p 31; May 6, p 27; 13, »p 21; June 3, p 27; water heaters, Economy of, Jan. 14, Fence machine. Henley’s Fencing, New Buckthorn, June 17, p 31 File, Emery, Feb. 11, p 35; March 11, p 35 Filters and coolers, Carter’s, May 13, p Financial, Jan. 7, p 27; 14, p 19; 21, p 21; 28, p 21; Feb. 4, p 27; 11, p 21; March 4, p 29; 11, p 21; 18, p 21; 25, p 21; April 1, p 20; 8, p 21; 15, p 23; 22) p 19; 29, p21; May 6, p 27; 13, p 21; 20, p 21; 27, p 19; June 3, p 25; 10, p 19; onarch, Jan. 2 , p 27 May 27, p 25 21; 18, p 21; 25, p 35 holes in bcilers, May 6, p 37 Happy Thought sausage stuffer and press, April 22, p 29 Hardman wire-nail machine, April 15, p 37 Hardware in German menufeoturerse, ling acids, Jan. 21, pd Drill press, New, Jan. 7, p 19 Driving, Pile, April 29, p 33 Dry pipe tapping machine, June 10, p 29 rot in manufacturing concerns, Feb. 11, p16 Vupiex milling machine, Jan. 14, p 31 Durability of resinous woods, May 20, p 5 . Augustus, May 6, p 37 Dust fuel, Burning, Jan, 28, p 31 fuei for boilers, Jan. 7, p in the workshop, Jan 21, p 17 Duties collected thereon, Our imports and the P 32; i. 23; 0, p 21; 17%, p mines, New satety cartridge fur, June 10, 5 p Sestgatins of, in Great Britain, April 22, Five iron ore¥rom Fiorida, Mey 20, p 27 1 Fire-brick at Mount Savage, Md., Manufacture scale, Western, March 18, p 15 trade, April 22, p 11 Coating for wire-drawing, New, May 6, Coddington, Death of T. B., March 4, p Thomas B., Feb. 25, p 17 Coiling copper tubes, Jan. 21, p 7 Coke and charcoal as furnace fuel, April 8, pil and nail strike, Feb, 25, p 16 for steam raising, May 6, Manufacture of, in the United States in 1885, April 8, p 17 trade, Connellsville, Jan. 21, p 17 Collapse of flues, Feb. 4, p 21 Collapsing pressure for tube Collars on shafts, April 15, p Colliery explosions, Barometer and, Jan. 14, p 27; 28, p 27; Feb. 4, p 37; 11, p 27; 18, p 31; 25, p 31; March 4, p 39; 11, p 27; 18, p 27; 25, p 18; April 1, p 39; 8, p 31; 15, hydrant, Gaskill, Mareh 11, p 1 pot, Twin-burner, June 17, p 31 proof construction, Feb. 18, p 31 First American railway, Feb. 18, p 15 rail rolled in Italy, June 24, p 28 report of the United States Commissioner of Labor, May 20, p 16 Fish glue, Leggett’s liquid, Feb. 18, p 31 Flat crimped treble-bottom cval-hod, Feb. 4, p 7 e, June 10, p 25 25; 17, p 31; 24, p 29. Dyeing of textile fabrics, Feb. 4, p 15 Harvard testing machine, April 15, p 35 Dynamo, Combined gas engine and, April 15, p 35 April 15, p 20 Dynamos, Recent improvements in, June 17,p 27 Dynamometer, Gidding’s valve, June 17, p : Raffard, Feb. 18, p 33 Eagle rotary planter, April 1, p 39 Early augur making in Seymour, Conn., Feb. 3 Fiexibie nozzle, Neptun shafting, May 27, p 14 Floating exhibition, April 15, p 18 Floral or garden set, New, Fe. 11, p 27 Fluctuations in copper and lead Flue collapse, Remarkable, Apr Flues, Collapse of, Feb. 4, p 21 Fluid and solid metals, May 13, p 1 and solid metals, Properties common to, Heat of piauaiion of coal, May 29, p 33 Heating, Exhaust steam, Feb. 4, p 23 April 29, p 33 feed-water at sea, May 13, p 27 8, Earth onions, June 24, p 31 Earthquake vibrations, Variation in, June 3, p 7 Eastern Pig Iron Association an March 11, p 18 Economy, Gas-engine, Jan, 14, p 5 in the Bessemer practice, April 15, p 19 ot feed-water heaters, Jan. 14, p 31 Economist, The engineer as an, Juve 17, p 1 Editorial, Jan. 7, p 22; 14, p 16; Feb, 4, p 22; 11, p 16; 18, p 16; 25 16; April 1, p 24; 8, p 16; 15, p 18; 14; 29, p 16; May 26, p 22; 13, p 16; 20, p 16; 27, p 14; June 8, p 20; 10, p 14; 17, p Henry four-piece sifter, Jan. 21, p 27 Colliaa cupola furnace, Jan. 14, p 33 Combination gauge, Jan. 7, p haft, Henry’s patent, Feb. 4, p 37 rail, Aprii 22, p 14 ew, Marcb 11, p 27 Combinations in the iron trades of the Conti- nent, June 17, p 16 Combustion of coal, Heat of, May 20, p 33 Commerce of the United States in the fiscal year 1885, Jan. 21, p Commercial prospects in Asia, Jan. 14, p 14 travelers, Tax on, Jan. 28, p 16; Feb. 4, Hibbard, William H., April 29, p 18 Fluting stone by machinery, March 4, p 1 Fly-wheels, Bursting of, June 24, p 1 Folding gimlets and screw-drivers, April 1, p 39 Foreign coins, Value of, Jan. 14, p 15 countries, Our trade with, March 4, p 24 ironmasters in Russia, Jan. 28, markets, Jan. 7, p 29; 14, p 28, p 39; Feb. 4, p 38; 11, p 13; 18, p 13; 25, p 18; March 11, v 15; 18, p 15; 25, p 15; April 1, p 13; 8, p 15; 15, p 15; 22, p 29, p 35; May 6, p 15; 18, p 15; 20, p 27, p 11; June 3, p 27; 10, p 9; 17, p ur, Feb. 4, p7 trade compared, English and American, March 25, p 17 trade of Chili, April 1, p 11 Forged car-axles, Cast vs., April 8, p 17 Forstner auger-bit, Jan. 21, p 27 Fortitication Board, Report of, Jan. 28, Pp 17 Fortifications, Armored turrets for, April l, p 7 Forty-knot ship, June 17, p 15 Foundations, New system of subaqueous, Feb. 2. 21, p 24; Pp Edgar Thomson Works, Trouble at the, Jan. 21, Commissioner of Labor, Report of, April 1 p 1 P Common Sense screw-driver, Kolb’s, June 17, | Effect of age on the quality of cement, Jan. 14, p 33 of blue heat on steel und iron, Feb. 25, p 7 Comparative values of different kinds of wood ae eee English trades- »P and coal for fuel, May 138, p 11 Composite photography, New application of, of depression of frost on different roadways, June 24, p 5 Composition of uir, April 29, p 35 of the new railroads in Mexico, Apri) 22, Compound engine, Small bigh-pressure, March Egg poacher, New, March 18, p. 27 timer, Silver’s revolving, Eight-hour agitation, April 29, p 16 E!-ction, Metal Exchange, April 1 Electric conductors, Steel-copper, mive lamp, New, Mareb mine lamp, Swan portable, Jan. 7, p 15 traveling crane, June 24, p 25 Electrical transmission of power, June 8, p 11 Electricity, Steering by, Feb. 11, p 35 Electrolysis, Damascening by, June 24, p 20 Electrolytic copper tubes, May 13, p 25 treatment of zinc scums in lead desilveriz- ing, May 13, p9 Elevating and conveying machinery, April Elevator, New coal and ore, March 25, p1 Ewery file, Feb. 11, p 35; March 11, p 35 mines of Asia Minor, April 15, p 33 wheels, Bursting of, April 29, p 33 wheels, Novelty in grindstones and, March engines, Expansion in, Feb. 25, p 1 Compressed-air power, Juve 3, p 21 Condensing engines, Air-vaives for, March 25, p 35 ‘ an. 14, p 33 Foundry purposes, Relative values of coal and coke for, April 15, p 7 Four-cylinder locomotives for increased tractive power, April 1, p 21 thousand-ton hydraulic forging press, May Pp Condition of the blast furnaces, Jun. 7, p 28; Feb. 18, pp 16, 17; March 11 April 8, p 17; May 13, pp 16, Conditions in bills of lading, May 18, p 5 Conflict of capital and labor, April 1, p 35 Congress ana the fronworkers, Jan. 14, p 15 Connellsville and Virginia coke in the blast furnace, Feb. 11, p 27 cuke region, Strike in the, Feb. 4, p 87 coke strike, Feb. 18, p 16 coke trade, Jan. 21, p 17 Constancy of volume of cements, June 8, p 7 Construction and testing of air-locks and sbaft- tubes, June 24, p 23 fire-proof, Feb. 18, p 31 ef trussed roofs, Feb, 11, p 15 Railroad, for the first fourmonths, May 13, France, Brake question in, May 13, p 1 Frankliu Institute, Future work of, May é, p Freight rates on Southern iron, March 25, p 9 train speeds and coal consumption, June Freights actual and possible, Southern, Feb. 18, March 18, p 17 French drawback system, June 24, p 14 efforts in China, Feb. 25, p 17 lift bridge, May 27, p 11 Frew pyrometer, Feb. 4, p 1 Friction-brake tests, April 15, p 35 Marine-engine, March 11, p 16 of slide-valves, June 3, p 21 Frying pan, Odorless, April 8, p 31 Fuel, Calorific power of, Feb. 4, p 21 Comparative values of different kinds of wood and coal for, May 13, p il consumption in rolling wire rods, Feb. 4, 35 wheel, Solid, May 20, p 33 wheels, Use of, March 18, p 3l Employers’ liability for unguarded machinvery, Marcb 18, p 31 Empire steam-pu'.p, Feb. 11, p31; 25,p 31 Encouraging ingenuity among workmen, April Constructive American clays their use for, June 17, p 25 the decline of British trade, Jan. 28, p 35 Contraction of duplicate iron castings, lrregu- larity in the, June 3, p 81 Coolers, Carter's fitters and, May 13, p 33 Co-operative trading associations iu England in 1884, April 15, p 19 Copper and lead, Fluctuations in, Jan. 21, p 17 cow panies, Spanish, May 13, p 16 in boiler construction, Feb. 18, p 33 David-Manhes conventer, for, May avd exports of iron and steel during the} Lift bridge, French, May 27, p 11 first querter, May 6, p 22 Light, Mechanical equivalent of, April 8, p5 Molder. N ot wee - —e for the fiist four months, | Lighthouse, Deep-sea, April 1, p 13 es June 10, p Energy, Lost, June 24, p 25 Tranamission of, Feb. 4, p 21 Endless trough conveyor, May 27, p 29 Engine, High-speed, Feb. 15, p 33 lathe, Twenty-five inch swing, May 6, p 87 Man automatic cut-off, April 1, p 19 New automatic, April 15, p 1 Engines, April 15, p 15 Binary vapor, Feb. 25, p 16 Center-crank and double, April 15. p 35 New portable and semi-portable, &p. 22, p1 Rotary, March 4, p19 of the British steamer Enfield, Jan. 21, p1 Triple-expansion, Jan, 21. p 15 Engineer as an economist, The, June 17, p 1 Engineering, Mechanical science and, April 22, consumption of locomotives, May 6, p 87 from waste products, May 20, p 33 Liquid, Jan, 28, p 33 Petroleum as a, Jan. 21, p 33 Furnace fittings, May 6, p 18 flues, Corrugated, Jan. 28, p 31 fuel, Coke and charcoa! as, April 8, p 11 Krudewig, Jan. 21, p 35 New form of regenerative, Avril! 8, p 18 work in the South, Good, May 6, p 1 Future of the Luxembourg iron-ore deposits, April 22, p 31 of the steam-engine, April 1, p 19 universal milling machine, Uluminants, Relative merits of electricity, [ New 1 of iron and steel in 1885, Feb 11, p 16 gas and oil as, Feb. 18, p 5 ; fold Imprisonment for debt, June 3, p 20 Lighthouses, Meteorological observations in, folten ne” Improved automatic lathe, June 17, p 27 March 25, p 15 "en dong machinists’ scales, May 20, p 33 Lightning, Increase in danger from, Jan. 14, p 1 Lor Be screen hinge, April 22, p 29 Limited partnerships, June 24, p 14 = a steam glue heater, April 1, 2s L’ Industrie Siderurgique aux Etats-Unis, May m eb. 18, p 33 27, p13 ea lmprovement of non-tidal rivers, Feb. 11, p15 | Liquation in white pig iron, May 13, p 9 Ore? situation, Feb. 4, p 22 . Latest developments in the, May 27, Improvements in centrifugal pumps, March 18, | Liquid fuel, Jan. 28, p 33 tubes, Electrolytic, May 18, p 25 in planes, Jan. 7, p 37 Corkscrew, New, Maren 11, p 27 thermometers T Indicator practice and steam-engine economy, Feb. 18, p 31 strain, for use at sea, May 6, p 37 Industrial items, Jan. 7, p 87; 14, p 29;21, p 27; 28, p 27; Feb. 4, p 33; 11, p 27; 18, p 31; 25, p 31; March 4p 39; 11, p 31; 18, p 27; 25, p 31. Inflaence uf stoking, March 4, p 19 of storms on subterranean telegraph lines, Juve 3, p7 of temperature on the strength of iron and steel, April 8, p 13 Injector, Kennedy, April 8, p 35 Inside mojder, New 10-inch, March 4, p 19 Inspection, Boiler, March 4, p 24 Insiantaneous boiler, March 4, p 19 Instructors for technical schools, Jan. 21, p 15 Insurance policies, Alienation clause of, Jan. 21, . Pp Interest, Rate of, in Europe, Feb. 11, p 1 a Steel Rail Association, March %5, 6 Inventors and railroad men, Feb. 18, p 35 [ron Age directory, Jan. 7, p 25; 14, p 17; 21, p 19; 28, p19; Feb. 4, p 25; 11, p 26; 18, p 19; 25, p 19; March 4, p 27; 11, p 19; 18, p 19; 25, p19; April 1, p 27; 8, p19; 15, p 21; 22, p 17; 29, p19; May 6, p 25; 18, p 19; 20, p19; 27, p17; Jane 3, p 23; 10, p 17, 17, p 19; 24, p17 Alabama coal, coke and, Feb. 25, p 17 apd copper wires for telegraph purposes, nil 1, p15 Relative value of, June 3, p 21 ; ffect of, upon its properties, and steel, Aluminium, April 1, p 13 j and steel, Great Britain’s production of, d Geological survey of New Jersey, Ap. 29, p 17 April 29, p 16 i German and English manufacturers, Mar. 20, p 7 and steel, Imports and exports of, during i ] Feb. 18, p 16 the first quarter, May 6, p 22 J ay 18, p 33 and steel rails, Our production of Bessemer steel and of, in 1885, Feb. 18, p 17 . and steel, Statistics of American, 1885, May 6, p 22 and steel ties in Europe, April 29, p 7 4 and steel trades, Annual review of the 3 British, Jan. 7, p 9 and steel, Welding, Jan. 7, p 13 : es New, in South Russia, June 24, pl foundations for heavy guns, May 27, p 5 interest of Great Britain a century and a half ago, March 18, p 7 making in Germany, Profits in, Mar. 4, p 5 making, Steel and, iv Belgium, June 24,p 28 M metal and coal industries of Russia, Prog- ress of the, April 29, p 15 une 17, ore deposits, Future of the Luxembourg, Mi April 22, p 31 M: ore from Florida, Fine, May 20, p 27 Mi: ore in Obio, April 15, p 37 M: ore nines in 1885, Lake Superior, Jan. 14, Me p 14 Mz ore quarry, Great Cranberry, Feb. 25, p 15 ore shipments, Spanish, Feb. 18, p 7 Ms trade conference, Russian, Jan. 21, p 16 trade of Austria, Jan. 14, p 33 trade of the United Kinedom compared with that of the other chief iron-making Ma nations, June 17, p11 toate, Saneeee building and the, May 13, Ma trades of the Continent, Combinations in the, June 17, p 16 Ironmasters, Foreign, in Russia, Jan. 28, p 1 Ironworkers, Congrese and the, Jan. 14, p 15¢ scale, June 17, p 26 p 16 Irregular distribution of carbon in Bessemer Man steel, June 17, p 1 Mar {rregularity in the contraction of duplicate iron 4 castings, June 3, p 31 Irrigation, Large reservoirs for, June 3, p 1 Ivory and Glass, Gilding on, Jan. 7, p 15 Jack, Suckow’s extensiop, March 4, p 19 Man Jacker’s chain rolling ajacbine, May 27, p 29 Japan, Progress in, May 27, p 14 Jet propulsion of ships, April 1, p 17 April 1, p9 Jointer, Challenge cross-cut saw-set and, June C ew machinery for, Jau. 9, p of q for facing locomotive brasses, May 6, p 37 p 37; 14, p 20; 21] Jones car-wheel and axle, April 1, p 21 i Joshua Hendy Macbine Works, Apiil 22, p 9 Joslin’s resawing :nacbine, May 20, p 1 D Kennedy injector, April 8, p 35 Mons 29; 29, p 27; May 6, p 24; 13, p| Kenyon automatic pressure regulator, Feb. 18, Map. ; 27, p 25; June 3, p 35; 10, p p 33 Marcel Kettles, New steamless, Feb. 18, p 31 Key grinder, New, Apri! 8, p 35 Mare ihill’s self-locking, | Knights at Cleveland, May 20, p 25 of Labor, April 1, 24; 8, p 17; May 13, p10; Marin Hauling timber, Wire-rope tramway for, Jan. June 3, p 20; 10, p 14 er of Labor in New England, March 18, p 82 Marke Krom’s crushers and rolls, March 18, p 15 Masor Krupp’s great works, March 25, p 9 st Krudewig furnace, Jan. 21, p 35 Match Heavy zuns, Iron foundations for, May 27, p 5| Labor differences and their settlement, June 17, Maud stocks of pig iron in G’t Britain, Jan. 21, p7 p il McLea Conflict of capital and, April 1, p 35 Henry’s patent combination bhaft, Feb. 4, p 37 Kuigbts of, April 1, p 24; 8, p 17; May 13, Mecha p 16; June 3, p 20; 10, p14 High-pressure compound engine, Smal), March Holy cause of, April 29, p 17 ‘ organization, New, May 20, p 16 § speed engine, Feb, 18, p 33 organizations, Secret character of,{May 27, 2 History of trades unions, April 22, p 9 p 2) 3 Hodgson’s eccentric mandrel for locomotive State boards of arbitration for, Mar. 11, p 37 2 eccentrics, Jan. 7, p 19 Labor’s hearing before the Ways and Means En Hoisting engines and boilers, May 6, p 13 Committee, March 18, p 16 from great depths, Jan. 7, p 15 Lucquer-work of the Burmans, Feb. 25, p 15 , machinery, Jan. 7, p 19; Feb. 25, p 31 Ladles, Steel-making, Feb. 25, p 1 = Hoists, New portable, March 18, p 31 Lake Superior iron-ore mines in 1885, Jan, 14, P tl Hollow-ware, MeLean’s patent double-baled, P acie Superior mines in 1885, April 1, p 24 Mechas Holy cause of labor, April 29, p 17 Lands, Coal and iron at Jonesboro, Ala., May M Homogeneous gas mixtures, Explosion of, 20, p17 . << April 15, p 35 Large mass Dakota tin ore, March 18, p 17 a Honigmann locomotive in the United States, plate train, March 25, p 13 ’ ss Prony brake, April 29, p 5 as Horizontal boring machine, New, April 29, reservoirs for irrigation, June 3, p 1 Merchan 3 Last lle supply of uails, Nail strike and, Mersey ‘ molder, New, May 13, p 1 March 11, = Metal E3 How shall steel be tested? Feb. 4, p11 six months, Prices in England for the, Jan. Fe Hydraulic buffer-stop for railways, April 1, 21, p 38 Pp: Late developments in Brazil, April 15, p 18 é forging press, 4000-ton, May 27, p 1 Latest developments in the copper trade, May Ma power in manufacturing establishments, 27, p14 Ju April 22, p 25 legal decisions, Jan. 28, p 1l; Feb, 4, p 3 Exch ram, May 13, p 27 13; 25, Bs March 4, p 7; April LP 14, ; Metal mi Hydrogen gas, Practical manufacture of, Jone 8, P 15; 22, p 13; 29, p9; May 13, p13; 17, : = Pp , Ide onek May 6, p 13 Lathe for turning square and polygonal work, 25, Illumivant, Wood oil as an, June 3, p 7 Feb. 4, p 21 22, Illuminating water gas, Manufacture of, April Improved automatic. June 17, p 27 20, | Pp Pipe-cutting and turning, Feb. 18, p 1 17, | on in 1884 and 1885, Jan. 28, p 16 Lawn or weeding spade, April, p 31 marke Imitation of a bard-coal fire in burning natural rake, Automatic, June 10, p 25 7, p gas, Jan. 28, p 39 Laws of motion, March 25, p 15 , worke Impending collapse of organized labor, April | Layiog up boilers, March 25, p 33 Metallic st 4 Lead, ng et qeugressicn in steam en- —ee Jan. 7, p 20; 14, p 21; 21, p 25, 28, gines, Jan. 7, p 21 i 25; Feb. 4, p 31: 11, p 22: 18° pai: 95) p Rise in, March 4, p 24 Meteinn, March 4, p 45; 11, p 32; 18 p 23; 25, p| Learned, Edward, Feb. 25, p 17 { - and April 1, p 39; '8, p 3%; 15, p 20; 22, p| Leather belts for driving fast-rolling trains, Nene al 29, p 31; May 6, p 38; 13, p $2; 29, p Feb. 11, p 11 sonele ; 27, p 30; June 8, p 36; 10, p 21: 17, p | Legislation for ihe peetection of traveling sales- Moder: _ men, April 22, p 30 re Ss Imports and exports, February, April 8, p 16 Lemon drill, Moulton’s, May 13, p 33 oe of st¢q fuel burners, Feb.#4, p 1; April 22, p 15 ett P fuel in the British navy, Jan. 7, p 19 Forni Incomplete shop drawings, April 8, p 35 fish glue, Leggett’s, Feb. 18, p 31 Otion a Increase in danger from lightning, Jan. 14, p 1| Local industry on the Pacific Coast, Manufact- Otors Fina ip wages and lowering of prices, May 6, p 1 urers’ view of, April 15, p 15 3 1 Indicating the power of a belt, Jap. 14, p 31 Lock wedge, Jan. 7, p 37 Sulton! i Corrosion of boilers, June 24, p 25 work of the Franklin Institute, May 6, p 1 THE IRON AG Ei. ! | Locomotive boiler explosions, April 1, p 19 Movable partition, Rotary engines with, Jan. | Perfection postal scale, June 24, p 29 Rail-washing device, Jan. 7, p 21 Shop drawings, Incomplete, April 8, p 35 brasses, Jointer for facing, May 6, p 37 28, p 35 Petroleum as a fuel, Jan. 21, p 33 Railroad and express companies, March 25, p 9| Shovel that held millions, June 17, p 1 business, April 22, p 30 Microscope io the workshop, Jan. 14, p. 1 beds, Red Sea, April 22 p 25 building and the iron trade, May 13,p 16 | Shovels, Chinese method of making, March 11, coupler, Wilkin’s, April 22, p 25 Mihill’s self-locking hasp lock and hook, burners in Russia, Feb. 4, p 19 building in the West, Feb. 4, p 7 p 3 | : Estrade high-speed, June 24, p L April 15, p 20 carrying steamers, April 8, p 31 Cheap, March 11, p 27 Shriver, Mr. E. J., rises to explain, Feb. 11, p 4 feed-water heater, Unique, Jan. 7, p 19 Milk-ean handle, Noiseless, April 1, p 39 trade, Russian, April 1, p 5 construction for the first four months, May 17 4 grate, New, Feb. 18, p 9 Milling machine, Duplex, Jan. 14, R 31 Phenomenon, Curious, Apri! 29, p 25 13, p18 ” | Sifter, Henry four-piece, Jan. 21, p 27 f in the United States, Honigmann, April 8, mu2hine, Improved universal, Feb. 18, p 33 | Philadelphia market, Jan. 7, p 28, 14, p 20; 21, men, Inventors and, Feb, 18, p 35 Signals, Operating distant, April 8, p 1 p 35 Millions, Shovel that held, June 17, p 1 p 22; 28, p 22; Feb. 4, p 28, 11, p 22; 18, p steel truck, June 3, p35 Silver’s revolving egg timer, June 3, p 35 1781, Murdoch’s, Jan 14, p 31 Mine lamp. New electric, March 4, p 1 22; 25, p 22; March 4, p 30; 11, p 22; 38, strike, April 1, p 35 Simplon Tunnel, Feb. 11, p 15 1 practice, Novelties in, May 27, p 29 Miner’s inch of water, May 13, p 7 p 22; 25, p 22; April 1, p 30; 8 p 22; 15, p} Railroading half a ceatury ago, Feb. 18, p 35 Sir |. Lowthian Bell on the Eoglish iron trade, Locomotives, American, of 1885, Jan. 7, p 23 | Mines and furnaces in the North of England, 24; 22, p20; 29, p 22; May 6, p 28; 13, p| Railroads in Mexico, Effect of the new, April May 6, p 19 and bridges, Heavy, Jan. 28, p15 Jan. 7, p 41 22; 20, p 22; 27, p W; June 3, p 26; 10, p 22, p14 Situation in the Western nail mills, March 15, Coal zonsumption on, May 20, p 33 Lake Superior, in 1885, April 1, p 24 20: 17, p 22; 24, p 20 Rails, Paper, in Russia, June 17, p 17 p 16 for pole railroads, March 25, p 33 Machinery in, April 1, p 40 Philadelphia’s manufacturing industries in 1885, Production and consumption of, Feb. 25, p| Six months’ work of the North Chicago Fur- Four-cylinder, for increased tractive power, | Mining Engineers, American Institute of, Feb. Jan. 7 pd 16 naces, Jan. 21, p 13 5 April 1, p 21 18, p 17; 25, p 35; March 4, p 41; 11, p | Photographing in a bridge caisson, April 29, p| Railway, First American, Feb. 18, p 15 Slide-valve practice, Feb. 25, p 33 : Fuel consumption of, May 6, p 87 7; 18, p17? 15 supplies and machinery, Feb. 25, p 31 valves, Friction of, June 3, p 21 Lock furniture, New, May 6, p 24 engines, March 18, p 15 New application of composite, March 4, | Rake, Gibbs’ genéral purpose, Feb, 11, p 27 Sliding door hanger, Adjustable anti-friction, joint calipers, New, Feb. 25, p 31 machinery, June 3, p 9 pl Ram, Hydraulic, May 13, p 27 : Jan, 21, p 24 i Lost energy, June 24, p 25 machinery and steam engines, Mar. 18, p 15 subaqueous, Feb. 25, p 17 Rand direct-acting air compressors, June 3, p 1 | Small saw teeth, April 29, p 33 Oregon, March 25, p 16 plant, New, of the Dickerson mine, April | Photogravure, April 29, p 35 Rapid Bessemer work, Jan. 14, p 13 Smith, Gamaliel G., May 6, p 37 Louisville market, Jan. 7, p 28; 14, p 21; 21, p 29, pl Photo-printing by machinery, Feb. 11, p 35 Rate of interest in Europe, Feb. 11, p 1 Smoke-box, Extension, March 18, p 31 Ys 23; 28, p 23; Feb. 4, p 29; 11, p 23; 18, P Minneapolis exhibition, May 20, p 9 Pickling acids, Drawing wire without, Jan. 21, | Raub’s automatic magazine target trap, March question, Practical aspect of the, March 4, 4 23; 25, p 82; Mareb 4, p 31; 11, p 23; 18, | Miter.box, Olmsted’s improved, Feb. 4, p 37 »5 25, p18 p 24 ): p 283; 25, p23; April 1, p 31: 8, p23; 15, p| Mitis castings from wrought iron or steel, Wire-drawing without, April 1, p 25 Reaffirm their position, Western nail manufact- | Snips, New forms of, March 11, p 27 ): 25; 22, p 21; 29, p27; May 6, p 29; 13, p March 25, p 1 Pig iron, June 8, p7 urers, April 22, p 13 Soaking-pits for steel tires, March 25, p 13 53 23; 27, p 21; June 3, p 27; 10, p 21; 17, p| Multiple screws, May 20, p 33 iron duty, Attack on the, Feb. 4, p 22 Recent changes in the Canadian tariff, April 29, | Solid emery-wheels, May 20, p 33 3; 23; 24, p 21 Murdoch’s locomotive, 1781, Jan. 14, p 31 iron, Heavy stocks of, in Great Britain, Jan. p 18 leather polishing-wheels, April 8, p 31 Lowering of prices, Increase of wages and the, | My ten years’ imprisonment, Feb. 11, p 15 21, p developments in Uryguay, May 6, p 22 Solidification of oxygen, June 24, p 23 May 6, p 1 Myers’ patent steel track, May 27, p 25 iron, Liquidation in white, May 138, p 9 failures in steel platés, March 4, p 9 Solingen, Germany, Cutlery manufacture at, 8, Lubricant, Graphite as a, Jan 21, p 35 Nail market, Course of the, June 3, p 20 iron, Productior of, in the United States improvements in dynumos, June 17, p 27 June 24, p 28 Lubricants, Apparatus for determining values mills, Situation in the Western, March 18, in 1885, Jan. 28, p 13 improvements 1n vas enyines, Jan. 7, p 19 | Solubility of sulpbur in alcohol, June 3, p 7 of, Feb. 4, p 21 p 16 ee iron, Production of, in 1885, Jan. 28, p 16 Reconstructed blast furnaces, Shelby, Ala., Some facts about Birmingham, Ala., April 15, f, Lubricating and Cylinder Oils, April 8, p 35 situation in the East, Jan. 7, p 22 ; Pile driving, April 29, p 33 April 1, p 7 pg oils, Adulterated mineral, May 6, p 37 strike and Jast year’s supply of nails, | Pipe crin per, New, April 1, p 21 Record of the Spring Lake cbarzoal furnace notable features of the nail strike, Jan. 7, ‘Z ; Lubrication, Cost of, April 8, p 16 March 11, p 16 cutting and threading machine, New, Feb. June 24, p 13 p 22 Machine, Cylinder on Jan, 21, p 35 strike in the West, Feb. 18, p !7 25, p 35 Red Sea petroleum beds, April 22, p 25 South Chicago Works, One weeks’ record at er Dadoing, Jan, 21, p 37 strike, Some notable features of the, Jan. cutting and turning lathe, Feb. 18, p 1 Reducing agent of iron ore, Water gas as a, the, May 13, p¥ Screw-forging, May 6, p 37 7, p 22 ; former, Square box, pan and, Mar. 4, p 19 Feb. 11, p 11 Russia, New iron enterprise in, June 2, p 5, supplies, June 3, p. 9 trade, Centralization in the, March 4, p 24 tapping machine, Dry, June 10, p 29 Regenerative furnace, New form of, April 8, 13 | tools, March 18, p 15; June 3, p9 Nails and bar iron, Prices of, Jan. 14, pi Pistcn-vaive, Pulsometer with, May 13, p 31 > 13 Southern freights, Actual and possible, Feb, 18, Machinery design, Growth in, Murch 25, p 33 _ In California, Feb. 25, p17 Pits, Water-wheel, Feb. 11, p31 ~ Regulating the temperature of rooms heated by p 17; March 18, p 17 he designs, May 13, p 16 National bankrupt jaw, April 15, p 18 Pittsburgh and vicinity, Feb. 11, p 17 natural gas, March 25, p 15 iron, Freight rates on, March 25, p 9 for hardware manufacturers, Jan. 14, p 33; é bankruptcy law, May 20, p 17 market, Jan. 14, 20; 21, 22; 28,| Relative merits of electricity, gas and oil as | Spade, lawn or weeding, April 8, p 31 28, p 33 Natural gas, Imitatioh of a bard-coal fire in p 22; Feb. 4, p 28; 11, p 22; 18, p 22; 25, lighthouse illuminants, Feb. 18, p 5 Spanish copper companies, Muy 13, p 16 24, Hoisting, Jan. 7, p 19 burning, Jan, 28, p 39 p 22; March 4, p 30; 11, p 22; 18, p 22; 25, strength of wet aud dry timber, March 4 iron ore shipments, Feb, 18, p 7 in mines, April 1, p 40 gas, Regulating the temperature of rooms p 22; April 1, p 30; 8, p 22; 15, p 24; 22, pl : trade, Germans in the, June 3, p 27 New wood-working, Feb. 11, p 1; March heated by, March 25, p 15 p 20; 29, p 22; May 6, p 28; 13, p 22; 20, values of coal and c>ke for foundry pur-| Specific gravity of gases, Determining the, i. 11, p35, June 17, p 1 gas supply, March 25, p 31 a p 22; 27, p 23; June 3, p 26; 10, p 20; 17, poses, April 15, p 7 April 8, p 5 Paper-box, Feb. 4, p 19 yas, Very remarkable theory about, Juan. 7, Pp 22; 24, p 20 Remarkable flue collapse, April 8, p 1 Speed indicator for winding engines, Feb. 4, ce Photo-printing by, Feb. 11, p 35 ; p 38 Planer and matcher, New, April 22, p 25 Removal, Artificial, of ice in the Dutch rivers, 2 28 Machinists’ scales, Improved, May 20, p 33 Navigating under water, April 22, p 1 Plaves, Improvemenfs in, Jan. 7, p dy Feb. 4, p 17 Spelter, World’s production of, May 6, p 1 rg screw-driver, Jan, 28, p 27 Navy, Our new, March 11, p 16 Plant and processes, Jan, 21, p 13; Feb. 11, p13] Reply of the Eastern Pig-iron Association to | Spencer machine for making machine screws, tools, June 3, p 9 Neptune flexible nozzle, June 10, p 25 : of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company, the Manning circular, March 4, p 25 Patent on the, Feb. 25, p 1 rg, Mahogany, Jan. % p 41 New applications of the mechanical properties April 1, p 1 Report of the Commissioner of Labor, April 1, Spiel’s petroleum engine, June 3, p 17 Mahonoy plane, Work of the, March 11, p 37 of cork to the arts, May 20, p 15 Planter, Eagle rotary, April 1, p 39 > 1 Spring balance tor measuring terrestrial gravity, Making sea water potable, Jan. 28, p 39 automatic engine, April 15, p 1 Fiaie train, Large, March 25, p 13 of the English Commission on Accidents in May 20, p 15 Mammoth gasholders, Jan. 21, p 33 boilers,Safe working pressure for, Ap.8,p 37 | Plymouth, Mass., Rivet-making in, June 3, p 5 Mines, April 22, p 14 Lake Charcoal Furnace, Recort of the, 14 Man automatic cut-off engine, April ), p 19 corkscrew, Marct ee Pneumatic motors for domestic purposes, June of the Fortification Board, Jan. 28, p 17 June 24, p 13 ' Mandrel for locomotive eccentrics, Hodgson’s England, Kuights of Labor in, Mar. 18, p32 3pl7 ef the Naval Advisory Board on the mild New car, Feb. 18, p 33 15 eccentric, Jan. 7, p 19 mventions, Feb. 11, p 35; March 4, p 15; | Poacher, New egg, March 18, p 27 steel used in the construction of the bull, | Spruce for making pulp, June 10, p 5 Manganese, Alabama, June 17, p 1 18, p 5; 25, p 35 a Pole railroads, Locomotives for, March 25, boilers and machinery of the Dolphin, | Square and polygonal work, Lathe for turn ing, ore, New sources of, in Russia, Mar. 11, p 27 forms ot snips, March 11, p 27 » 33 Boston, Ailanta and Chicago, June 10, Feb. 4, p2 ores, Production of, in the United States in grapple, April 22, p 29 Polishing-wheels, Solid leather, April 8, p 31 p 25 pan, box and pipe former, March 4, p 19 red 1885, May 6, p 15 key grinaer, April 8, p 35 Pool in Alubama coal lands, March 18, p 16 of the Select Committee on Ordnance and | Squaring and trimming shears, Power, March ing Manning circular, Reply of the Eastern Pig metal germanium, June 24, 31 Portable and semi-portable engines, New, April War Sbips, March 4, p 13 4 pl Irom Association to the, March 4, p 25 mode of hanging sash, April 15, p 20 22, p 1 Reproducing drawings, Black process for, June shear, New, April 8, p 35 13, Manufacture, Consumption and production of publications, Feb. 4, p 15; 11, . 18, p hoists, New, March 18, p 31 10, p7 Squirrel and gopher smoker, Browne’s, June iron, steel and coal in the Dominion of 31