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VOLUME XXAXVIII— JULY DAVID WILLIAMS, PUBLISHER, Accident in mines in the North Staffordshire coal field, Nov. 4, p 15 idents, Engineering. Sept. 9, p 1 cme gate roller, July 22, R Ad valorem rates of drty, The Bureau of Statis- tics and, Sept 30, p 14 Adjustable countersink, Sept. 23, p 29 cover, July 29, p 25 elbow and damper, Oct. 28, p 29 nail-holding attachment, July 22, p 25 Advance in India rubber, The, July 29, p 14 in lumber, Nov 4, p 15 in iron, Nov. 25, p 16 in stocks, Nov. 25, p 16 of prices in England, Oct. 28, p 9 Advantages of Birmingham as a manufacturing center, Oct 7, p 18 of dry steam, Aug. 26, p 15 Advertisements, Index to July 1, P 28; 8, p 17; 15, p 17; bo, p17; 2, p 17. Aug. 5, p 23: 12, p 17; 19, p 17; 26, p 17; Sept. 2, p 21, 9, p 17; 16, p 19;'23, p 1%; 30, p 17; Oct. 7, p 21; 14, p 19; 21, p 19; 28, p 17; Nov. 4, p 21; 11, p 17; 18, p 19; 25, p 19; Dec. 2, p 21;9,°p 17; 16, p 17; 23, p17; 30, p17 Alarm gauges, July 8, p 23 Alleged iafringement of the Edison electric patent, Dec. 30, p 30 scarcity of Coal, Nov. 25, p 16- Alliance, The new United States, and Brazil steamship, Oct 7, p 29 Alloy, is tin plate an Jul ‘1, 2, of alumivium, New, Jul »p il All-ste…
VOLUME XXAXVIII— JULY DAVID WILLIAMS, PUBLISHER, Accident in mines in the North Staffordshire coal field, Nov. 4, p 15 idents, Engineering. Sept. 9, p 1 cme gate roller, July 22, R Ad valorem rates of drty, The Bureau of Statis- tics and, Sept 30, p 14 Adjustable countersink, Sept. 23, p 29 cover, July 29, p 25 elbow and damper, Oct. 28, p 29 nail-holding attachment, July 22, p 25 Advance in India rubber, The, July 29, p 14 in lumber, Nov 4, p 15 in iron, Nov. 25, p 16 in stocks, Nov. 25, p 16 of prices in England, Oct. 28, p 9 Advantages of Birmingham as a manufacturing center, Oct 7, p 18 of dry steam, Aug. 26, p 15 Advertisements, Index to July 1, P 28; 8, p 17; 15, p 17; bo, p17; 2, p 17. Aug. 5, p 23: 12, p 17; 19, p 17; 26, p 17; Sept. 2, p 21, 9, p 17; 16, p 19;'23, p 1%; 30, p 17; Oct. 7, p 21; 14, p 19; 21, p 19; 28, p 17; Nov. 4, p 21; 11, p 17; 18, p 19; 25, p 19; Dec. 2, p 21;9,°p 17; 16, p 17; 23, p17; 30, p17 Alarm gauges, July 8, p 23 Alleged iafringement of the Edison electric patent, Dec. 30, p 30 scarcity of Coal, Nov. 25, p 16- Alliance, The new United States, and Brazil steamship, Oct 7, p 29 Alloy, is tin plate an Jul ‘1, 2, of alumivium, New, Jul »p il All-stee! screw-drivers, The, »p sl Aluminium, Nov. 4, p 15 bronze aud other strong metals, Casting, Dec. 30, p 1 New alloy of, July 29, p 11 Alva, Machinery for the yacht, Oct. 14, p 27 Amber, Imitation of, Nov. 4, p 18 American snd English railways, Cost of operat- ing, Uct. 21, p 27 bankers, National association of, Aug. 19, 14 cokenth locks, Nov, 4, P 9 industry, Depression abroad and its dangers to, Aug. 19, p 1 Mining Engineers, Oct. 21, p 17 ov. Institute of imeinoss of well-drilling in England, Aug. »P newspaper annual, Oct. 14, p 37 patent system, July 15, p 15 railroads in 1840, Sept, 1 81 Society of Mechanical Engineers, Nov. 25, p 17; Dee. 2, p 19; Dee. 9, pp i and 25 Tube and Iron Co., ** ook” of the, Dec. 23, p 23 va. ome locomotive buflding, July 29, pd watch making, Aug. 5, p 9 Annual review of metal market for 1886, Dec. 30, p 15 Anthracite coal sonpen’ eastern manufact- urers and the, July 29, p 14 combination Governor Pattison on the, Oct. 7, p 11, The discoverer of, Oct. 21, p 11 Anti-convict trade association, Meeting of, Sept. 2, p 18 friction metal] and testing machine, A new, Dee. 16, p 29 tnereeaites com pounds for boilers, Nov. 18, P Antique iron helmet, An, Aung. 5, p 15 Anvil vise, Sept. 23, p 29 Apple perce, corer and slicer, Tre Ideal, Sept. , p Application of wire rope for the transmission of _ power, Aug. 26, p 23 Applications of the mechanical properties of cork, New, Aug. 26, p 1 Arc scales, Tne, Sept. 30, p 29 Argentine Republic, Progress in, Aug. 12, p 15 j The Iron Age DE New {ork t 66 AND 1886. CEMBER, 68 DUANE INDEX TO VOLUME XXXVIII. Armor plate metal, A new, Dec. 30, p 30 Artesian well drilling iu China, Aug. 12, p 29 Artillery, Mudern, Aug. 12, p Asbestos for the protection of ships, India rub- ber and, Sept. 23, p 1 acked cocks, Sept. 23, p 13 Atkinson gas engine, Sept 16, p 1 Atlanta, Trial trips of the, Dee. 9, p 14 Atlantic steamers, Sept. 9, p 11 steamers, working costa of fast, Sept 9, p 7 Atomizer and sprinkler, July 8, p 31 Attack on the coal combination, Oct. 7, p 18 Augers, The manufecture of, Aug. 12, p 2i Austrian basic Bessemer and open-hearth works, Oct. 14, p 5 Lloyds Steamship Company, Nov. 4, p 19 Auto-Copyist Compaay, The, Nov. 18, p 27 Automatic drop press, New, Nov. 18, Ns safety grips for buists, Aug. 26, p “er es rates and contingencies, Aug. Pp Avesta process, Sept. 16, p 32 Axe and edge-tool makers, Organization of, Aug. 5, p 21 Back gear attachment for brakes, Nov. 4, p 29 Baldwin locomotives, Aug. 5, p 31 Ball electric light system, Aug. 26, p 33 thrust bearings, Sept. 3p 20 Balloon photography, Sept. 2, p 7 Baling press, Anrw, Sept 16, p 33 Baltimore, July 1, p 27; cer’ . 21; ous, S p 30; Sept. , p 21; . pl Band vs. circular saws, Sept. 23, p 25 Barrel-shaped cars, Noy. 18, p 1 Barn-door hanger, The steel nickel, Dec. 9, p 29 Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, Aug. 12, p 25 Basic Bessemer and open-hearth works, Aus- trian, Oct. 14, p 5 Bessemer cinder, On the composition of, Sept, 2, p 13 Bessemer steel manufacture, Growth of, Dec. 33, p 15 Bessemer works, German, Dec. 23, p 1 ope process at Weduesbury, Nov. »pil ‘ Frocene, Recent improvements in the, Nov. » pid process, Some new reactions in the, Nov. 18, p ll seabed » Magnesia vs. Dolomite as a, July 20, y 9 slag as manure, Oct. 7, p 9 steel for shipbuilding, July 1, p 21 Baxter eneine, The new, Oct. 28, p 25 Beacons, Buoys and, Oct. 7, p 15 20; Aug. 12, ,»p2l; Oct. Bean shot-gun cane, The, Sept. 23, p 29 Bearings, Ball thrust, Sept. 2, p 29 rolier, Sept. 23, p 13 Beater, A new rapid egg, Aug. p 29 Bed clothes clamp, Oct. 28, p 29 surfacer, Double endless, Oct. 14, p7 beams in, Aug. 26, p 15 Bell's latest invention, Ju SP 31 novel, Sept. 28, p 13 of St, Michael’s, The, Oct. 14, p 37 Belting, August 5, p 31 power, July 22, p 29 vulcanizing rubber, Oct, 28, p Beuch drill, New light, Oct. 21, p 27 Beneficiai effects of protection in Germany, July 1, p 20 steel for tube purposes in the, Sept. 9, p 31 pig in the United States, Production of, glass, Aug. 26, p 25 26 Beavis & Martin rod mill, Dec. 30, pl Belgium, On the cost of manufacture of I Bells, New shaft, Sept. 16, sleigh, Oct. 7, p 29 transmission of power by. guly 1, p19 Bender, Tire, Aug. 26, p 25 Bessemer converter, The production of welding July 15, p 14 Bessemer pig, The consumption of, July 15, p 14 steel manufacture, growth of basic, Dec 23, p 15 works, German basic, Dec. 23, p 1 Bignell’s new nipple machine, Oct, 21, p1 “ Bird on the wing.”’ ae 30, Pp 2v Birmingham, July 1, p27; 8, p21; 15, p 21; 22, p 21; 29, p 21; Aug. 12, p21; 19, p21; 26, p 21; Sept. 2, p. 23: 9, p 21; 23, p 21; 30, p 21; Oct. 7, p 25; 14, p 23; 21, p 25; 28, 21; Nov. 4p 27; 11, p 21; Dec. 2, p 25; , p 21; 23, p 21; 30, p 21 as a manufacturing ceuter, Advantages of, Oct. 7 p 18 cea supplies, lron vs. steel for, Juiy 1, Pp Biair’s detachable corn-husker, Aug. 26, p 29 Blake, E. W. Aug. 26, p 23 Blast-furnace cinder as a raw material in cement manufacture, Aug. 12, p 14 furnace industry in tbe last five years, Changes in the, Sept. 9, p 7 furnace lining, Repairing, Dec. 2, p 27 furnace records, comparisons of, July 8, P furnace slag, Utilization of, Dee. 30, p 38 Sanaiges, e work of remodeling, Sept. 16, p furnaces of the United States, July 1, 1886, Condition of the, July 8, p 14 furnaces of the Unite States, August 1, 1886, Condition of the, Aug. 12, p 15 furnaces of the United States, September 1, Condition of the, Sept. 9, p 15 furnaces of the United States, October 1, Condition of, Oct 14, p 16 furnaces w the United States, November], Condition of the, Nov. 11, p 14 furnaces in the United States, December 1, The condition of the, Dec. 9, p 18 Blind-slat planer, Double, July 29, p 1 Bliss press, Die grinding machine for a, Oct. 28, »1 Boat, The first iron, Dec. 2, p 1 Boiler, a new multitubular, Aug. 26, p 25 cleaning, eucalyptus leaf ex'ract for, Sept. 30, p 25 explosions in Germany, Dec. 2, p 9 firing, Sept. 28, p 44 we nee pump, Calculating the, August € Pp furnace for refuse fuel, July 1, p 29 furnaces, Sept. 23, p 13 auges, Solderiess floata for, Aug. 26, p 25 mproving the locomotive, Sept. 9, P 4 inspection and insurance, Oct. 7, p 18 inspection iv the British navy, Dec. 2, p 17 plates, steel for, Nov. 11, p Boliuss, Sade Seevenation compounds for, Nov. 18, p Calorimetric tests of, July 1, p 29 Engines and, Oct. 14, p 11 for steam heating, Sept. 30, p 25 heating surface in, July 8p 25 =e Spnatagets water department, Dec. Marion. Dec. 2, p 9 Steam heating, Sept. 23, p 18 Unusual accumulations in, Nov. 18, p 1 Books, Educational Engiveering, Sept. 9, p 33 Boring bes and uoviversal vise chuck, Oct. 14, Pe machine, Combined saw bench and, Sept. 80, p 25 machine, double horizontal, Dec. 30, p 29 machine, Portable cylinder, July 15, p 25 Boston failures, Recent, Sept. 16, P 27 Miter clamp, The, Sept. 23, p 29 Boycott, The law and the, July 29, p 14 Bracket Cut-off saw, Oct. 28, p 25 Bradley, David C., Oct. 28, p 15 Brake tests, Freight train, July 29, p 13 Brakes, Back gear attachment for, Nov. 4, p 29 Brass, Lubricant for, August 26, p 25 wardrobe hook, Aug. 12, p 20 Breakage of screw sbafts ou Atlantic steamers, Oct. 21, p 16 Breakdowns, Steam engine, Sept. 28, p 15 Brick and tile machines, Nov. 18, p 15 Bridge building, Clapp Griffiths’ steel in, Sept. building, Progress in, Aug. 26, p 30 Bridges across the Ohio, New, Dec. 2 p 19 for railways, Removable, Aug. 12, p 7 British Board of Trade concerning steam boil- ers, Noy. 18, p 17 criticisms on American marine engines, Nov. 11, p 14 India and the poasiane metals, Aug. 26, iron and metal markets, 19; 15, p 19; 22, p 19; 25; 12, p 19; 19, p 19; 26, p 19; Sept. 2, p 28; 9, p19: 16, p 21; 23, p 19; 30, Oct. 7, p 23.14, p 21; 21, p 21; 28, Nov. 4, p 28; 11, p 19; 18, p 17, 25, Dec. 2, p 23; 9, p 19; 16, p 19; 23, 30, p 19 merchant marine and the rise in freights, Oct. 21 p16 Navy, Boiler inspection in the, Dec. 2 p 17 trede for six months, July 22, p 14 war ship Benbow, Oct. 14, p 5 war ships, Speed of, July 22, p 29 Brockton wire nail machine, Aug. 26, P 25 Bronze or brass, Coloring, Sept. 30, p 31 Brotherhood of Loeomotive Engineers, His- tory and aims of the, July 8, p 1 Bucket, A new well, Sept. 16, p 27 Bubbles, Electrified, Oet. 7, p 15 p 21, p 19; Buffalo bridge, . or for the material of the, Sept. 16, p13 damper, Sept. 2, p 33 sand-blast casting cleaner, Aug. 26, p 25 Building construction, I beams in, Oct. 7, p 18 Silesian sheet zinc and its use in, Auy. 26, € p Buildings, Nickel lightning rods on, Aug. 12, 14 Buoys and beacons, Oct. 7, p 15 Bureau of labor statistics of Ohio for 1885, Annual! report of the, Sept. 2, p 11 of statistics and ad valorem rates of duty, Sept. 30 p 14 Bursting of carriage tires, Sept. 16, p 35 Business expenses, Sept. 16, p 7 methods, Moral, Sept. 23, p 15 outlook, Jaly 8, p 14 prospects in countries south of us, July 8, p14 Buzs planer and molder, New, Sept, 16, p 33 Cable railways, Nov, 18, p 15 road, Electrical alarm for a, July 29, p 11 Calculating the boiler for a steam pump, Aug. 26, p 25 the size of the earth, Dec. 30, p 9 Caletf shovels and spades, Dec. 23, p 29 Caledonian single locomotive, The new, Sept. 23, p 23 Calorific power of fuel, Determination of the, July 15, pl Calorimetric tests of boilers, July 1, p 29 Calumet and Hecla Copper Miviog Co., Plant | of the, July 15, p Can for transporting milk, July 22, p 30 Canadian lighthouses, Sept. 2, p 25 reciprocity treaty, alleged, Sept. 30, p 15 Canal, Tne Lake Copats, Sept. 16, p 7 Cane holder, Umbrella and, Sept. 16, p 27 The bear shotgun, Sept. 23, p 29 Capacity of our roiling-mills, The, Sept. 2, p of the steel works iu the United States, Sept. 2, p 19 Cape, Our trade with the, July 22. y 27 »14 Capewell’s patent cartridge loader, eer. 18, p 31 | Capital, Aug, 12, p 14 Car, life and profits of a, Sept. 16, p 31 lubrication, Dec, 2, p 17 14} PY 1, p 25; 8, p | Castings, Indian, July 29,p 19; Aug. 5, p | Cast-iron guns, Aug. 5, p 15 p 19; p 19° | 1386. STREET. Car ventilator, The Ober, Jaly 22, p 20 Cars, barrel-sbaped, Nov. 18, p 1 electric motors for propelling, Sept. 28, p 14 ore, Oct. 7, p 13 Carbouic acid, Production of water jets by liquid, Aug. 12, p 5 Carbons, fluid, Sept. 2, p 7 Carnegie Bros. & Co., output of converting de. partment of steel works of, Sept. 16, p 93 Thomas M., Oct. 21, p 17 Car: iage tires, Bursting of, Sept. 16, p 35 work, steel vs. iron for, Sept. 2, p¥ Carpenters’ gauges, Improved, July 15, 2» Cartridge belt, Patent elastic, Dec. 2, p + loader, Capewell’s patent, Noy. 18, p 31 »pl7 | Casting alumioium bronge and other strong metals, Dee. 30, p 1 cleaner, Buffalo sand-blast, Aug. 26, p 25 Oe SNe SpeN, Tuberculosis in, Aug. 5, a ; Cathedral, Moscow’s great, Sept. 16, p 7 Causes of commercial depression, Sept. 9, p 15 Cell, New constant, July 8, p 33 Cement manufacture, Must-turnace cinder as a raw material in, Aug. 12, p 14 Centra) stations, Power distribution from, Dec. 30, p 14 Centrifugal vs. reciprocating pumps, July 8, | Pp Chamferer, Chandler’s, July 1, p 35 wire-nail machine, The, Dec. 30, p 29 Changes in the blast-furnace industry in the past 5 years, Sept. 9, p7 Chanvel-way io the United States steamship Richmond, Deposit in the, Nov. 25, p 27 Charcoal-iron workers’ Association, Nov. 18, p 16 Charleston, Damage to the City of, by earth- quake, Sept. 9, p 15 Chattavooga, July 1, p 27; 8, p 21; 15, p 21; 2: p 21; Aug. 5, p 27; 19, p 21; 26, p epl. 2, p 25; ¥, p 80; 16, p 23; 23, p 30, p 21; Oct. 7, p 25, 14, p 23; 28, p Nov. 4, p 25; 11, p 21; 18, p 23; 25, p 23 Dec. 2, p 25; 16, p 28; 23, p 21; 30, p 21; Cheap iron making, North vs. South for, July 1, p 20 Check-, forged, Oet, 7, p 18 Chemical behavior of iron in the magnetic fleld, On the, Sept. 16, p 15 fire epvgine-, Sept 23, p 11 reactions, Effect of magnetism on, Dec. p 7 Chesebrough, E. 8., Aug. 26, p 23 Chicago, July 1, p 26; 8, p 20; 15, p 20; p 20; =% p 20; Aug. 5, p 26; 12, p 20; 19, p 20; 26, p 20; Sept. 2, p 24; 9, p 20: 16, p 22 23, p 20; 30, p 20° Oct. 7, p 29; 14, p 22; 21, p 22; 28, p20; Nov. 4, p 24; 11, p 20; 16, p 1s, p 22; 25, p 22; D-e. 2, p 24; 9 p 20; 21; 23. p 20; 8, p 21 An elevated satiroad for, Dec. 9, p 29 and Alten sbops at Bloomipyton, Ill., Oct. 21, p27 and Burlivgton’s Aurora shops, The, Nov. 25, p 27 exposition, Sept. 30, p 7 strike, The, Nov. 18, p 17 | Chili, Late developments in, Sept. 9, p 14 | Manganese deposits of, Sept. 2, p 25 Chioa, Artesian well drilling in, Aug. 12, p 29 Our trade trade with, Dec. 9, p 14 The first railway track ic, Sept. 30, p 7 Trade with, Sept. 23, p 23 Chisels and gouges, Walker's handle, Sept. 30, p 29 Cincinoatu, July 1, p 27: July 8, p 21; July 15, p 21; July 22, p 21; July 29, p 21; Aug. 5, p 27; Aug. 12, p 21; Aug. 19, p 23; Aug 26, p 21; Sept. 2, p 25. Sept. ¥, p 21; Sept 16, p 23; Sept. 23, p 21; Sept. 30, 2 79 29 way ans detachable p 21 I -T ° } | | 1 734 Q VTHE IRON AGE. aa Cincinnati, Oct. 7, p 25; Oct. 14, p 23; Oct. 21,p | Damage to the City of Charleston by eartu-| Engine, The Marchant, Nov. 4, p 18 Gasengines, Recent foreign improvements in, Imports, p 28; 18, p 23; 25, p 25; Dec. 9 23; Oct, 28, p21; Nov. 4, p 25; Nov. 11, p 21; quake, Sept. 9, p 1& The new Baxter, Oct. 28, p 25 July 22, p 30 p 29; 16, p 22; 23, p 23; 30, p 23 ; Nov. 18, p 25; Nov. 25, p 23; Dee. 2, p25; | Damper, Adjustable elbow and, Oct. 28, p 29 Engines and boilers, July 8, p 23 fuel, Powdered anthracite and, Oct. 21, p 11 of iron and stéel for the first five montha, Dec. 9, p 21; Dec. 16, p 21; Dec. 23, p 21; Buffalo, Sept. 2, p 33 and boilers, Oct. 14, p 11 manufacture, Statistics of, Noy. 4, p 1 July 8, p14 Y Dec. 30, p21 the Royal, Sept. 23, p 29 boilers, &c., Nov. 18, p 15 Gases, A new method for determining the of iron and steel for the first six months, Cinder, On the composition of basic Bessemer, | Dash rail, Patent detachable, Aug. 26, p 29 chemical fire, Sept. 23, p 11 specific gravits of, Aug. 12, p 23 Aug. 5, p 20 Sept. 2, p 13 Davey Motor, Oct. i4, p 27 | condensation in triple-expansion, Dec. 2, | Gaseous mixtures, Explosion of homogeneous, of iron and steel for the first seven months, Circular sawmill, New, July 8, p 1 " David automatic sash fastener, Noy.18, p 31 p 17 Sept. 2, p 29 Sept. 16, p 16 Circulation in steam boilers, July 29, p 29 Decision, Important eleetrical, Oct. 14, zg! cylinders in large, Aug. 26, p25 yj Gear patents, Nov. 4, p 7 of iron anu steel for the first eight months, Civil engineering in the Massachusetts Institute | Decisions, Recent treasury, Aug. 12, p 23; Oct. economy of — expansion, Dec. 2, p 17 |General bardware, July 1, p 28; 8, p 22; 15, p Oct. 7, p 15 of Technology, July 1, p 21 , pls English portable, Sept. 23, p 25 22; 22, p 22; 29, p 22; Aug. 5, p 28; 12, p of iron and steel for the first nine months, Clamp, Eave-trough, July 22, p 30 Decline in silver, Aug. 19, p 14 for 40 knot ships, Sept. 2, p 29 22; 19, p 22; 26, p 22; Sept. 2, p 26; 9,p Noy, 11, p 14 Clamps, Bed clothes, Oct. 28, p 29 Decoration, Store front, Aug. 26, p 7 for reversing clutches, rolling-mill, Sept. 9, 22; 16, p 24; 28, p 22; 30, p 2: Oct. 7, p of iron ore at Baltimore, Dec. 28, p 31 Clap-Griffiths’ steel in bridge building, Sept. | Deep sea soundings, Sept. 2, p 35 1 26; 14, p 24; 21, p 24; 28, p 22; Nov. 4, p of iron, steel and metals for 10 months, 16, p 16 Departure in water heating, July 8, p 14 friction of non-condensing, Dec. 9, p 25 26; 11, p 22; 18, p 24; 25, p 24; Nec. 2, p Dec. 16, p14 ; €lamond vas burner, The, Oct. 14, p 13 Dephospborization of iron In the Bessemer Ide high speed, Sept. 23, p 13 26; 9, p 22; 16, p 22; 23, p 22; 30, p 22 Impregnated vs. natural samples of wood, i Clay as a water-proofing material, Oct. 14, p 13 converter, July 8, p 15 small steam, Dec. 2, p17 Machinery, July 29, p 19 ' Oct. 14, p 1 Clayton pneumatic pressure relief governor, sursole maguesienne, Nov. 4, p 15 triple expansion, Nov. 4, p 18 Georgia, Mineral wealth of Northeast, Sept. 2, ; Improved carpenters’ gauges, July 15, p 29 in heliogravure, Aug. 5, p 25 Deposit in the channelway of the U. 8. 8. English claims to higher quality in rails, Sept. 14 Richmond, Nov. 25, p 27 9, p D pression abroad and its Gangers to Amert- dispatch boat Phaeton, Bept. 23, p 15 engines in Russia, Failure of, Dec. 9, p 25 can industry, Aug. 19, p 14 of silver in Mexico, Sept. 9, p 29 exports of iron and steel, Aug. 26, p 14 ‘guns, July 29, p9 pl German basic Bessemer works, Dec. 28, p 1 pumping engine, An old, Oct. 28, p 25 railways. Iron sleepers on, Sept. 9, p 1 Germany, Beneficial effects of protection in, July 1, p 20 Nov. 11, p 25 va — bottoms, Machinery for, Aug. Improvemenis in England in sporting guns and le 1 ; other accessories, On recent, Sept. 30, p 1 Improving water-powers, July 8, p 1 Ineendiary utterances, Oct. 21, p 16 Indestructible coat and hat hook, Nov. 4, p 38 L »P Cleveland, Aug. 5, p 27; Aug. 12, p 21; Aug. 19, p 21; Aug. = p 21; Sept. 2, p 25; Sept. 9, 21; Sept. 16, p 23; Sept. 23, p 21; Sept. | Designing machinery, Sept. 23, p 14 Bo, p 21; Oct. 7, p. 25; Oct. 14, p 23; Oct. | Determination of the calorific power of fuel, letters, July 1, p 13; 8, p 5; 15, p 13; 22, p Boiler explosions in, Dec. 2, p 9 Index to advertisements, July 1, p 23; 8, p 17; 21, p 28, Oct. 28, p 21; Nov. 4, p 25; Nov. July 15, p1; Sept. 16, p 17 9; 29, p 31; Aug. 5, p 11; 12, p 9; 26, p 9; manufacture of water gas in, Aug. 19, p 1 15, p 17; 22, p 17; 29, p 17; Aug. 5, p 23; 11, p 21; Nuv. 18, p 28; Nov. 25, p 23;] Detroit, July 1, p 27; 15, p 31, 22, p 21; 29, p 21. Sept. 2p 11; 9, p 9; 16, p 9; 23, p 9; 30, p | Get-at-able cut-off, Nov. 11, p 29 12, p 17; 19, p 17; %6, p17; Sept. 2, p 21; L Dec. 2, p 25; Dec. 9, p 21, Dec. 16, p 21; Aug. 5, p 27; 12, p 21; 19, p 21; 26, p 80: 9; Oct. 7, p 13; 14, p 7; 21, p 7; 28, p 7; | Glass bulls, Substitute for, Sept. 80, p. 29 9, p 17; 16, p 19; 28, p 17; 30, p 17; Oct. p 2t: Dec. 23, p 21; Dec. 30, p 21 Sept. 2, p 25; 9, p 30; 16, p 23; 23, p 21; Nov. 4, p 11; 11, p 9: 18, p 18; he 11; bearings, Aug. 26, p 25 7, p 21; 14, p 19; 21, p 19; 28, p 17; Nov. L district, Excitement in the, Oct. 21, p 17 30, p 21; Oct. 7, p 25; 21. p 28; 28, p 23; Dec. 2, p 11; 9, p 31; 16, p 9; 23, p 9; 30, board, The perfection, Noy. 4, p 83 4, p 21; 11,p 14; 18, p 19; 25, p 19; Dec. lL fron masters, Nov. 4, p 19 Nov. 4, p 25; 11, p 28; 18, p 25; 25, p 23; p7 kiln, Continuous, Aug. 12, p 13 2, p 21; 9, p17 Coal, A lump of, July 29, p 11 Dee. 2, p 27; 9, p 21; 16, p 21; 23, p 238; portable engines, Sept. 23, p 25 rails and glass sleepers, Noy. 2, p 5 India, Casapeand losomotives in, Sept. 16, p 16 L alleged scarcity of, Nov. 25, p 16 30, p 21 swords, Test for, Aug. 5, p 31 Glow lamps, Hydrogen iv, July 29, p 11 rubber, The advance in, July 29, p 14 L eombination, An attack on the, Oct. 7, p18 | Developments in Chili, Late, Sept. 9, p14 tin king, Speech by the, July 15, p 7 Gogebic and Vermillion iron ores, Quality of, | Indian castings, July 1, p 17 cutting machine, A new, Sept. 16, p 15 in the Saar and Rorraine districts, Germany, torpedo systems, Nov. 25, p 17 Dec. 2, p 35 rubber and asbestos for the protection of developments, New Southern ore and, Dec. Sept. 30, p1 vs. German manufacturers, Dec, 30, p 14 districts, Products of the vermillion and, ships, Sept. 23, p 1 L 23, p 15 Diamonds, Manufacture of counterfeit, Dec. 2, | Engineering accidents, Sept. 9, p 1 Dec. 2, p 19 Induced ys. forced draft for marine boilers, L formation, A new theory of, Aug. 12, p 23 p7 Japanese, July 29, p 1 fron range, Dec. 2, p 33; 9, p 15; 16, p 15; July 29, p 30 L hod and sieve, Dec. 16, p 25 Die grinding machine for a Bliss press, Oct. 28, relics, July 1, p 9 30, p 25 Indurated fibre ware, Nov. 25, p 31 L in Ohio, July 29, p 30 »1 Er-ors in delicate weikhing, Nov. % 15 range, The mineral commission of Michi-| Industrial utilization of wolfram and some of L in Tennessee Production of, Aug. 5, p 5 Discoverer of anthracite, Oct. 21, p 11 Eteve petroleum engine, Nov. 11, p gan on the, Sept. 9, p 31 its compounds, The, Sept. 16, p 17 L Market, July 1, p 27: July 8, p 21; July, 15, | Discrimination against trade unions, Sept. 16,| Eucalyptus leaf extract for boiler cleaning, | Gold fields, New, July 29, p 5 Injector, The Penberthy, Oct. 7, p 35 L p 21; July 22, p 30; July 29, p 21; Aug. 5, p17 Sept. 30, p 25 : Gouges, Walker’s detachable handled chisels | Inspection and insurance, Boiler, Oct. 7, p 18 » 25; Aug. 12, p 23; Aug. 19, p 21; Aug. | Disintegrator and strainer, Frary’s patent, Dec. | Europe, Employers’ liability in, Oct. 28, p 5 and, Sept. 30, p 29 Instantaneous photography in the works of L 26, p 30; Sept. 2, p 23. Sept. 9, p19; ray 9, highest observatory in, July 8, p 23 Governor, Clayton pneumatic relief pressure, Krupp, Sept. 2, p 16, p 32; Sept. 23, p 23; Sept. 30, p 30; Dissolution in the labor organizations, Dec. 28, | European dockyards, Report on, Sept. 16, p 9 Nov. 11, p 25 Insulated wires with lead, Machine for cover- Oct. 7. p 27; Oct. 14, p 25; Oct. 21, p 25; p 14 Evolution of factory building, Aug. 26, p 33 Pattison on the anthracite combination, ing, Aug. 5, p 31 : Nov. 4, p. 34; Nov. 11, p 23; Nov. 18, e Disston steel workers’ committee, Report of | Excelsior stove-pipe damper, Aug. 12, P 29 Oct. 7, p 11 Interchangeable shaft couplings, Nov. 11, p1 L 21; 25, p 25; Dec. 2, p 27; 9, p19; 16, the, Nov. 11, p 15 Excitement in Cleveland district, Oct. 21, p 17. | Governors, Water wheel, Sept. 28, p 13 International railway exposition, Nov. 18, p17 p 22; Dec. 23, p 23; Dec. 30, p 2 Distribution of horse-power in the United | Expansivn of erude petroleum, Ang. 12, p 18 Grate surfacers, Oct. 7, p 35 Interstate commerce, State laws and, Nov. 4,p 18 on the heat of the composition of, Oct. 7, States, Nov. 4, p 18 pressures in engine cylinders, Dec. 2, p 17 | Great American wrench, The, Oct. 21, p 31 Invention, Be!l’s latest, July 8, p 31 pl Division of power, Oct. 21, p 27 Expenditure of power in raising water, The, Britain, Railway returns of, Sept. g p 35 of machines, The, July 1, p 11 the heat of combustion of, Dec. 16, p 14 Doctor knife grinder, Dec. 16, p 1 Oct. 7, p 19 Britain, Six months’ output of fron and| Inventor, The struggles and successes of an, waste question, Oct. 14, p 17 Dodd shutter worker, Sept. 23, p 29 Expenses, Butiness, Sept. 16, p 7 steel in, Sept. 2, p18 Aug. 12, p 29 Goat and hat hook, The indestructible, Nov. 4, | Dogwood, July 1, p 29 Experiments made with steel rails in Rusia, Eastern, July 22, p 1; Aug. 12, p 30; 19, p| Inventory valuation of machinery plant, July p 33 Dome sadiron heater, July 1, p 35 Aug. 5, p5 7; 26, p.9; Dee. 30, p 14 . 22,p1 Cocks, Asbestos packed, Sept. 23, p 13 Domes and drums, Sept. 3, bbs on toreign woods, Nov. 18, p Eastern. Turning gear for the engines of| Iron, A new method of protecting, Aug. 19, , Cockerill Company, The John, Nov. 11, p5 Domestic sash lock, Dec, 23, p 29 Experts on the witness stand, Oct. 28, p 15 the, Dec. 30, p 29 pl 3 Coefficients of efflux, Oct. 14, p 18 Door hanger, S»mson, July 8, p 81 Explosion of homogeneous gaseous mixtures, Russian o11 wells, The, Nov. 18, p 7 and steel at a blue heat, Shortness of, July Coiling sheet metal for rooting purposes, Nov. hanger, The Emerson, July 15, p 29 Sept. 2, p 29 Grinding machine, A new twist drill, Aug. 19, 1, p 21 25, p9 knob, i new, Sept. 16, p % of the barrel of a locomotive boiler, Dec. 9, p 29 and steel companies, Listing, Nov. 14, p 18 i Coke furnace, A Georgia, Oct. 28, p 1 omat, Steel wire, Aug. 12, p 29 p7 Grindstones, Machine for turning and trueing, and steel, English exports of, Aug. 26, p 14 in Belgium, Manufacture ot, July 1, p 29 spriog, The hook, Oct. 14, p 31 Explosive ice, July 29, p 11 Nov. 11, p 25 and steel in Sweden, production of, Au railroad, A new, Nov. 11, p5 Double-acting hand screw, Dec. 16, p 25 Export, Our domestic, Oct. 7, p 18 Scoring of, Sept. 9, p 25 5. p15 »P oo regions, The impending strike in the, Nov. blind slat planer, July 29, p 1 Exports, July 1, p 25; 8, p a1; 15, p_ 20: 22, p | Grooving head, Dado and, Dec. 30, p 29 and | Ae in the United States, Twenty-one 25, P 17 endless bec surfacer, Oct. 14, p 1 19; 29, Pp 23; Aug. 5, p 27; 7 P | Growth of Russia mangarese ore, Aug. 5, p 21 ears of progress in the manufacture of troubles, adjustable. The, Dec. 30, p 30 horizontel boring machine, Dec. 30, p 29 19; 19, p 21; 26, p 30; Sept. 2, p 34; 9, p of the Southern iron trade, Dec. 23, p 31 ioe 26. p 28 c workers, Strike of the, Dec. 2, p 18 horizontal tarbine, July 1, p 19 19; 16, p 25; 23, p 23; 30, p 25; Oct. 7, p Gun, A new spring, Oct. 28, p 29 and steel ome notes on the working stress Coking Coal in Tennessee, Prospect for a new, index counter scale, Nov. 18, p 81 27; 14, p 25; 21, p25; 28, p30; Nov.4, p 27; and pistol, The Champion spring, Dec. 16, of, Dec. 9. p 1 Oct. 14, p 87 surfacer and jointer, Uct. 7, p 35 . %; 18, p31; 25, p 25; Dec. 9, p 80; 28, P % and steel works, Productive capacity of our, Collapse of flues, Sept. 2, p 18 Draining machinery in Northern Italy, July 1, p 23; 30, p 23 explosion, Recent British, July 1, p15 Gent. 0.014. P L Color blindness on French roed=, Oct. 28, p 29 pl of grain and cotton, Noy. 25, p 16 gun lathes, heavy, July 22, p 29 end . ? Pp ks, The use of natural gas in L Coloriug bronze or brass, Sept. 30, p 31 Dredging machinery, Recent improvements in, | Exposition, Chicago, Sept. 80, p 7 Guns, Cast iron, Aug. 5, p 15 Ges ° ov 8, & ’ Combination, merchant’s view of, Nov. 4, p 19 1 y P ’| Face plane, Walker’s adjustable, Dec, 30, p 25 English, July 29, p 9 oun on 1 the fret five months, Imports L miter, cut-off and splitting saw, July 15, Drill, New light bench, Oct. 21, p 27 Factory building, Evolution of Ane. *. 33 High-powered, Sept. 2, p ll mot. Jal 5 ° 4 = » aap ’ ° ’ > , p % Drilling macuine, A radial arm, Sal 29, p29 | Failure of English engines in Russia, Dec. 9, Krupp, Dec. 2, pd . and steei for the first six months, Imports L Combined buzs or band pliner and rabbeting Driven well patent, The, Dec. 16 Des p Manufacture of heavy, Oct. 28, p 15 f, Aug. 5. p 20 L machine, Sept. 16, p 33 Driving, Rope, Aug. 5 psi , Failures. Recent Boston, Sept. 16, p 27 Swedish, July 29, p 29 of, Aug. 9, p . E 7 ’ . . 5, ’ and stee! for the first seven montbs, Im punch aod shear, Dec. a 17 Drop press, New automatic, Nov. 18, p 27 Fairy trycicle, Aug. 26, p 29 Hames, Wrought steel, Oct. 21, p 31 rts of, Sept. 16, p 16 square aud miter, — , p 20 press work. Pecullarities of, Oct. f, p 16 Fan engine and fan for torpedo boate, Oct 14, | Hammerless shot gun, Oct. 21, » 31 alt leak a p the Peat eight months, Im- Commerciai ceuter, N. Y. as a, Dec. 9, p14 Drums. Domes and Sept. 9, p _— p 27 Hand cut vs. machine cut files, Aug. 26, p 14 ports a Oct. "015 & P depression, Causes of, Sep. 9, p 15 Dry steam, Advantages of, Aug. 26, p 15 Fauna of deep lake bottoms, Sept. 89, P ot punches and shears, Nov. 25, p 27 and steel’ for th Taret nine months, Im- Comparisons of blast furnace records, July 8,| Durability of iron and steel sbips, Oct. 16, p 17} Fastest steam launch, The, July 22, p screw, Double acting, Dec. 16, p 25 nae tne Th, A F ps of paper rails, Sept. 23, p1 Fibre ware, Iudurated, Nov. 26, p 1 vise, The combiuation, Sept. 16, p 27 ul steel inetitute Vi otter Oct. 14, p 16 L of two systems of rock drills, Nov. 4, p 29 | Duty on foreign iron ore, Get. 14, p 17 Fields, New gold, July 29, p 5 Handles, Lock-jaw, Nov. 18, p 31 steel and me or 10 monthe, Imports of L 7 , »P Files, Hand Aug. 26, p 14 tels for 10 monthe, Imports of, Composition of basic Bessemer cinder, On the on imported iron ore, Oct. 7, p 19 iles, Haud cut vs. machine cut, Aug. 26, Hanger, steel nickel barn door, Dec. 9, p 29 Dec. 16, p 14 L Sept. 2, p 13 on iron ore, Noy. 4, p 18; Nov. 11, p 15;] Finaucial, July 1, p 25; 8, p 19; 15, p 19; P| Hanging shafts, July 22, p 29 boat, The fire; Doe. 9,» 1 L of tiv, Sept. 2, p 18 Dee. 2, p 17 : 19; 29 p 19; Aug. 5, p 25; 12, p 19; 19, p| Harbor defenses, Sea coast and, Oct. 14, p 13 in the Bessemer converter, Dephosphoriza- Compouna locomotives in Ladia, Sept. 16, p 16 on tin plates, July 15, p 15 19; 26, p 26; Sept. 2. p 23; 9, p 19; 16, P| Hardware novelties, July 1, p 85; 8, p 31; 15, p tion of, July 8, p 15 L steam engine, The, Oct. 28, p 25 Dynamo, A mammoth, Sept. 2, p 5 21; 23, p 19; 30, p 19; Oct. 7, p ss a Pp 29; 22, p 25; 29, p 25; Aug. 5, p 35; 12, p bridges, Thomas ‘Paine as the inventor of, L Compressed air powe:, Aug. 5, p 31 machine for electro-piating, Nov. 25, p 1 21; 21, p 21; 28, p 19; Nov. ‘ P 23; 9. P 29; 19, p 23; Sept. 30, p 11 L hot air in steam engines, July 15, p 14 machines, Testing, July 1, p 19 19; 18, p 21; 25, p 21; Dee. 2, p 23; 9% p Paes boiler, Vertical 20 horse power, Dec. 3, helmet, An antique, Aug. 5, p 15 ‘ _ in Britain, The manufacture of, Dec. 9, p 5 in the magnetic field, On the chemical £3 havior of, Sept. 16, p 15 industry of Luxembourg, Aug. 5, p9 industry, The Solingen, Noy. 11, p5 mine suit, Av, Sept. 30, p : masters, The Cleveland, Nov. 4, p 19 r ore at Baltimore, Imports of, Dec. 28, p 31 ore carriers, Pool of the, Dec. 2, p19 ore, Concentrating, Nov. 25, p 5 ore, Duty on, Noy. 11, p 15; Dec. 2, p 17 ore, The duty on forvign, Oct. 14, p 17 ore, Doty on imported, Oct. 7, p19 ore find in West Virginia, An, Aug. 19, p 1 Earth, Calculating the size of the, Dec. 30, p9 temperature, The, Sept. 2, p 7 Earth’s surface, Vibrations of, Nov. 25, p 15 Eastern manufaciurers and the anthracite coal compunies, July 29, p 14 Eave trough clamp, July 22, p 30 Economy in locomotive traction, Oct. 7, p 35 of triple expansion engines, Dec. 2,p17 steam engines, Sept 2, p 18 Economic gas soldering iror, The, Dec. 30, p 25 Ecovomical qua walls, Sept. 9, p 13 Edgir Thomson rail mil), Tne, July 1,pl1 Thomson steel works, Wages at the, Dec. wood _ tooth gea:ing and shuttles, Sept. 2, p Comptro ler of the currency and the national banke, Dec. 2, p 18 Coneentrating iron ore, Nov. 25, p 5 Condensation in triple-expansion engines, Dec. 19; 16, p 19; *3,P 19; 30, p 19 Fire-brick, Aug. 26, p 33, brick stoves in Upper Silesia, Aug. 26, p 23 extinguishing powders, Nov. 4, p5 from beated asbestos, July 29, p 11 tests for lubricating oils, Oct. 28, p 25 works, Manufacture of the, Nov. 25, p15 Fires in locomoiive furnaces, Starting, Nov. 18, p 27 Fish and Asheries, Report of the United States commission of, Sept. 16, p9 Preserving and transporting fresh, Sept. 16, p15 Harvester knife, New, July 8, p 31 Hay king Sulky hay rake, Dec. 2, p 29 Heat of combustion of coal, The, Dec. 16, p 14 Heated asbestos, Fire from, July 29, p 11 Heating effects of hydrogen and carbon, Sept. 2, p 35 hot water, July 29, p 29 surface in boilers, July 8, p 25 Heaton’s stump gun, Dec. 28, p 25 Heavy gun lathes, July 22, p 29 modern machine tools, July 22, p 13 Heliograph, Pocket, July 8, p 23 Heliogravure, Improvements m, Aug. 5, p 25 2,p Condensor, The engine, Sept. 16, p 17 Condition of the blast furnaces of the United States, July 1, 1886, July 8, p 14 of the blast furnaces of the United States, November 1, The, Nov. “4 14 of the wire trade, Nov. 4,p1 Conductivity of rosins, July 8, p 23 30, p 14 stringer, Payson’s, July 1, p 35 Congress and the tariff, Dec. 2, p 18 Edison electric ents, Alleged infringement | Floating iron moles, Sakbausky’s, Aug. 5, p 35 Henry Disston & Sons and their steel workers, ores, Our supply of, Nov. 18, p 16 Record of, Aug. 12, p 14 of, Dec. 30, p 30 Flood wheels, Spiral or screw, July 22, p15 Oct. 7, p 29 ores, Quahty of the Gogebic and Ver- Floor clamp, Southwick’s patent, Aug. 5, p 35 | Henrietta, The launch, Sept, 9, p 80 million, Dec. 2, p 35 Educational engineermg books, Sept. 9, p 33 Considerations in the generation and use of Effect of fall in value of silver on trade, Oct. 14, steam, Sept. 30, p 15 Constant cell, New, July 8, p 23 ena of foreign war vessels, Sept. 9, ore range,*Putnam County, Nov. 25, p 17 ore, Supply of, Dec. 2, p 29 ore, The duty on, Nov. 4, p 18 outlook for. Oct. 21, p 16 M planes, Mosher’s patent adjustable, Nov. 18, p 31 range, The Gogebie, Dec. 2, r 23; 9, p 15; ; 16, p 15; 80, p 25 M sleepers on German railways, Sept. 9, p 1 speculation in, Dec. 16, p 14 spire of St. S'epbens, Vienna, Aug. 12, p 30 trade of New England declining ? Is the, Dec. 30, p 14 trade, The New York metal exchange and ¢ the, Dec. 16, p 14 trade, The outlook in the, Sept. 30, p 14 vs. steel for blacksmiths’ supplies, July 1, Herbert's suction cupola, Aug. 26, p 23 Herzog’s hardening furnace, Oct. 14, p 9 Hess culm bar, The, Sept. 30, p 25 High and low locomotives, Oct 14, p11 bridge on the Norfolk and Western, The, Aug. 5, p 36 powered guns, Sept. 2, p 11 silicon steels, July 1, p 21 speed coal hoisting engine, Oct. 7, p 1 speed on railroads, Oct. 7, p 35 speed ships, Aug. 12, p 25 Highest observatory in Europe, July 8, p 23 Hinge, Adjustavle stay-roller, Aug. 5, p 35 History and aims of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers, July 8, 'p 1 Hoists, Automatic safety grip for, Aug. 26, p 25 Hook, door spring, Oct. 14, p 31 Holes, Lightning, Oct. 14, p 52 Hollow chisel mortising machine, Dec. 23, p 25 Homogeneous gaseous mixtures, Explosion of, Sept. 2. p 29 Hong Kong. Our trade with, Aug. 26, p 14 Horizontal turbine, Double, July 1, p 19 turbines at Willimantic, Oct. 21 p 27 winimille, July 29, p 29 Horse-power in the United States, Vistribution of, ve * e- powers, July 5, p Hot-sir envine, A new, Ang. 12. p1 Flour mill, A war relic in a, Dee. 9, p 21 mii] machinery, Aug. 26, p 33 Flues, Collap-e 01, Sept. 2, p 18 Fluid carbons, Sept. 2, p 7 Fiuting, carving and rope twist cutting ma- ebine tor, Dec. 23, p 25 Folly, The silver, July 29, p 14 Foreign markets, July 1, p 9; 8, p 9; 15, p 7; 22, p 11; 29, p 18; Aug. 5, p 9; 12, p 11; 19, p 9; 26, p8; Sept. 2, p 7; 9, p 18; 16, p 18; 28, p 25; 30, p 18; Oct. 7, p 35; 14, » 15; St, pO 28, p 9; Nov. 4, p 13; 11, p : 18, p 9; 25, p 13: Dec. 2, p 27; 9, p 9; 16, p 11, 23, p 7; 80, p7 materials, Quotatlons on, Oct. 29, p 14 merchandise imported to inotenor points direct, Oct. 14, p 87 Forest devastation in Japan, Sept. 30, p9 Forge, New stationary, Dec. 16, p 29 Forged checks, Oct. 7, p 18 Foot-warmers, Electrical, Sept. 2, p7 Foundations, Ma: hinery; July 15, p 1 even pee, Molding machines in, Sept. 16, Pp Four-cylinder locomotive, A, Dec. 30, p 29 orug's pies disintergrater aud strainer, Dec. »P Fraudulent sales, Sept. 30, p 14 Freight-train brake tests, July 29, p 13 P of magnetism on chemical reactions, Dec. ’ P of overblowing steel upon the elimination of phosphorus, July 29, p 9 of the decline iz silver upon the output of copper ead lead, Aug. 19, p 15 Effects of magnetizing iron bars, July 8, p 15 Efficiency of electric motors, Dec. 9, p 25 Efflux, Coefficierts of, Oct. 14, p 13 Egg Beater, A new rapid, Aug. 26, p 29 Elastic coupling Ou, July 22, p 29 Election, Organized labor and the, Nov. 11, p 14 Electric elevator, Au, Oct 14, p 27 light for laboratory investigation, Aug. 12, pl . Consumption of Bessemer pig, July 15, p 14 of steel rails, territorially distributed, The, Dec. 9, p 14 of timber by ihe railways, The, Sept. 2, p 34 Continuvuus giass kiln, Aug. 12, p 13 Coolburg and Coke Co., Nov. 11, p 30 Copper and lead, The effect of the decline in silver upon the output of, Aug. 19, p 15 situation iv, Sept. 16, p 16 Copying batn, The ideal, Dec. 9, p 29 presses, Sept. 23, p 13 presses, Rack fur, Dec. 9, p 29 Cork, New applications of the mechanical pein of, Aug. 26, p 1 oak, Tue, Aug. 5, p 35 puller, The Samp-ron, Dec. 9, p 29 Corn husker, Blair’s detachable, Aug. 26, p £9 Conpeaatiene, Minority represen.ation in, July 22, pl Corrosion in stee! vessels, Aug, 5, p 35 Cortland uojustable 8" wreuch, July 8, p 31 Cosmoline varnish, Sept. 9, B 25 Cost of manufacture of I-Beams in Belgium, On the, Aug. 26, p 15 p13 light, Surveying bv, Oct. 14, p 13 light system, The Ball, Aug. p 33 lighting, Nov, 18, p 15 motors, Efficiency of, Dec. 9, p 25 motors for propelling cars; Sept. 28, p 14 power transmission, Recent experiments on, Dec, 16, p 14 street-car motor, Nov. 25, p 27 valve service, Jobnson, July 1, p 19 welding, Sept. 2, p 20 Electrical alarm for a cable road, July 29, p 11 working machinery. Aucust 26, p 33 Ireland, Petroleum in, Nov. 18, 2° Is tin plate an alloy? July1, p Jack, Samuel H., Sept. 9, p 30 Japan, Forest devastation in, Sept. 30, p 9 railways in, Nov. 4, p 19 Japanese engineerjng, July 29, p 1 Jet propellers, Sept. 23, p 25 John Cockeri!] Company, The, Noy. 11, p 5 Johnson electric valve service, July 1, p 19 Kimberly gold mines, Western Australia and M: Counter, A light speed, 8~pt. 30, p 31 apparatus, July 8, p 23 Countersink, Adjustable. Sept. 23, p 29 decision, Importaut, Oct. 14, p 1 transportation, Regulating, Dec. 16, p 14 water beatiog, July 29, p 29 the, Aug. 5 p 31 Coupling, An elastic, July 22, p 29 experiments, Curious, Dec. 2, p 7 Freights, British merchaut marine avd the rise | Hotchkiss improved rat killer, Dee. 9, p 29 Koife grinder, Ductor, Dec. 16, p 1 Coupliugs for railroadears, Open vs. closed, foot-warmers, Sept. 2, p 7 in, Oct. 21, p 16 Household emery-wheel kuife-sharpeuer, July new harvester, July 8, p 31 Oct. 28, p 25 subway, The, July 29, p 14 French Navy, Cruisers for the, Oct. 28, p 25 29, p shapener, Household emery-wheel, July 29, M: Counter, Au impalpable, July 29, p 11 supplies, Oct. 14, p 11 + roads, Color blindness on, Oct. 28, p 29 Hunter’s friction elutch pulley and cut-off p 2 Countries south of us, Business prospects in, | Electricity in underground work, Sept. 2,p5 | Fresh water tanks on steamships, Nov. 4, p 29 coupling, Aug. 5, p 31 Knights of. Labor, Richmond convention of J uly 8, p 14 Electrified bubble, Oct. 7, p 15 Friction and hubrication, Function of pressure | Hydraulic attachments to sugar mills, Sept. 23, the, Aug. 19, p 14 Mi Cover, Adjustable, July 29, p 25 Electroplaters’ supplies, Nov, 18, p 15 in, Nov. 4, p 29 p 2% of Labor, The, Sept. 9, p 14 Mi Crane, A monster, July 15, p 25 clutch pulley and cnt-off coupling, Hunt- presses, New, Sept. 9, p 25 Kobler’s automatic extension step-lsdder, Dec. Mi Electro-plating, Dynamo machine for, Nov. 25, 1 er’s, Aug. 5, p 31 clutch pulleys, Aug. 26. p 33 of non-condensing engines, Dec. 9, p 25 p Korting exhaust steam induction condenser, July 29, p 19 Cranes, Quick working, Sept. 16, p 33 Hydrogen and carbon, Heating effects of, Sept. Cripple Creek district, South west Virginia, The, — 2, ; . . P Electrotyping Solution, New, July 8, p 21 , p 35 in glow lamps, July 29, p 11 Aug, 9, p 25 Elevator, An electric, Oct. 14, p 27 Crop prospects, July 22, p 14 Elevated railroad for Chicago, An, Dec. 9, p 20] Fry, John, Sept. 9, p 30 Peroxide of, Aug. 12, p 13 Krupp guns, Dee. 2, p 5 Cross lock seamers, New, Oct. 7, p 29 Elevator, A new, Nov. 25, p 27 Fuel, Crude petroleum as a, Uet. 21, p 27 I-beams 10 Belgium, On the cost of manufact- nstantanecus fotography in the works Crosscut saws, New pattern, July 22, p 25 Elimination of phosphorus, Effect of overblow- determination of the calorific power of, ure ot, Aug. 26, p 15 of, Sept. 2, p M: Cruciform sections, Sack roliing mill for, July ing of steel upon the, July 29, p 9 Sept. 16, p 17 in building construction, Oct. 7, p 18 Labor end capital, Nov. 11, p 14 Me 5, p 19 F Emerson door hanger, The, July 15, p 29 peat, Dec .30, p 29 Ice bells, The St. Paul, Nov. 25, p and trade, July 1, p 20 Cruisers for the French Navy, Oct. 28, p 25 Emery grinding tuvls, Nov. 25, p 1 records, Locomotive, Sept. 9, p 23 explosive, July 29, p 11 difficulties, An English manufacturer's Ms Cruisers, New Russian, Noy. 25, p 5 wheel machinery, Improved, Dee. 28, p 1 water-gas at Troy, N. Y., The, Oct. 28,p 25 grip, Little giant, July 1, p 35 view on the treatment of, Sept. 16, p 32 Proposals for work for the, Sept 16, p 15 Empire sash pulley, The, Sept. 9, p 29 Function of pressure in friction and lubrication, machinery and refrigeration, Nov. 11, p 25 in Europe and the United States, Condition The new, Nov. 25, p 16; Dec. 2, p 17 Employers’ Liability in Europe, Oct. 28, p 5 Nov. 4, p 29 machines, Oct. 14, p 27 of the, Oct. 14, p 16 The plans forthe vew, July 15, p 11 Enameled brick, Making, July 1, p 17 Furnace, Herzog’s hardening, Oct. 14, p 9 Ide engine, The improved, Nov. 18, B 1 organizations, Dissolution in Dec. 23, p 14 Tria! trips of the, Dec. 2, p 18 Energy, Lost, July 15, p 25 platform, Improved mining or, Aug. 26, p 1 high speed cnainehs Sept. 28, p 1 St. Louis League and organized, Oct. 28, Ma Culm Bar, The Hess, Spt. 30, p 25 Transmission of, Sept. 8, p 25 Furnaces, Boiler, Sept. 23, p 13 Ideal apple parer, corer and slicer, The, Sept. p 14 Ma Cupola, The Herberiz suction, Aug. 26, p 23 Engice, A new hot-air, ioe. 12, p1 Method of estimating temperature of open 9, p 2 troubles, Dec 28, p 15 Curiosities of transportation, Sept. 30, p 31 Condensor, The, Sept. 16, p 17 hearth, Aug, 26, p 23 copying bath, Dec. 9, 2” wages and cost of living, and minerals and Curious Patagonian port, July 1, p 29 cylinders, Expansion pressures in, Dec. 2,| Future of petroleum importation into China, | Immigration of skilled labor, Prosecution for mining in the Provioce of Ontario, Sept. Cut-off, Get-at-able, Noy. 11, p 2¥ p17 July 29, p 23 encouraging the, Nov. 18, p 16 2,pil Cuilery, Solid-steel silver-plated table, Novy. 11, High speed coal hoisting, Oct. 7, p 1 Gambling debts not collectable, Nov. 18, p17 | Imitation of amber, Nov. 4,013 Laboratory investigation, Electric light for, P Proell’s higb . Nov. 4, pl Gate roiler, Acme, July 22, p 25 Impalpable counter, An, July 29, p 11 Aug. 12, p 13 Cyclones, The origin of, August 12, p 18 test, A recent, Nov. 11, p 14 Gas burner, The Clamond, Oct. 14, p 13 Imports, July 1, p 31; 8, p 21; 15, p 11; 22, p| Lake bottoms, Fauna of deep, Sept. 30, p 31 Cylinders in large engines, Aug. 26, p 25 The Eteve petroleum, Nov. 11, p 25 compunies and the State, Dec. 23, p 14 20; 29, p 21; Ang. 5, p 27; 12, p 23; 19, p Copais Canal, The, Sept. 16, p 7 . Dado and grooving head, Dec. 30, p 20 The gas, Sept. 30, p 14 engine, The Atkinson, Sept. 16, p { 23; 26, p 21; Sept. 2, p 23; 9, p 30; 16, p freights, Rise in, Ot, % p 11 engine, The, Sept. 30, p 14 25; 23, p 23; 30, p 29: Oct. 7, p 27; 14, p steamer, New, July 8, p 21 Toe improved Ide, Noy. 18, p 1 Daisy tricycle, Sept. 2, p 33 The Marchant, Oct. 21, p 27 engiues for large power, Dec. 23, p 25 Dakota tin, Aug. 26, p 14 Lakes, Shipbuilding on the, Nov. 4, p 19 25; 21, p 32; 28, p 30; Nov. 4, p 27; 11 ««* seer ec. 9, nthe, mnths, nthe, nths, nths, nthe, ood, ver- p17 p18 one e568 ur, in, rts rts T- THE IRON AGE. 3 — black explosions, Sept. 16, p 15 afety, Oct. 14, p 31 | Starr’s incandescent, Sept. 16, p 13 | Lamps, Orient cluster, Dec. 30, p 25 Land and law, July 22, p 30 | Lane’s patent adjustable stay’ roller, Oct. 14, p31 Large charges vs. small charges at Warwick | Furnace, Oct. 21, p 18 reservoir, July 29, p 9 steel castings, Dec. 9, p 15 ‘Lartigue elevated railway, The, Sept. 23, p 15 Lathe, New 16-inchscrew cuttiny , Dec. 16, p 29 A vew watchmaker’s, Dec. 30, p 2 Lathes, Tne improved wood turning, Nov. 25, 27 P Launch Henrietta, Sept. 29, p 30 Law and Order League in st. Louis, Oc*. 14, p 16 and the boycott, The. July 29, p 14 legal decisions, Latest July 1, p 5; 15, p 5; Aug. 5, p 13; 19, ¢ 23; Sept. 2, p oi , p5; 30 A Oct. 7, p 9; 21, Ma ov, 11, p 7; , p 25; Dee. 16, p 5; 30, p 32 Lead compunies, Consolidation of the St. Joe and Derloge, July 22, p 11 old Roman, July 29, p 15 Leidenfrost’s drops, A practical use for, Nov. 4,p5 Life and profits of a car, Sept. 16, p 31 Light in water, Penetration of, Sept. 2, p 7 speed counter, A, S+pt. 30, p 31 Lighthouses, Canadian, Sept. 2, p 35 Lightning holes, Oct. 14, p 22 rods on buildings, Nicke:, Aug. 12, p 14 sifter and mixer, Oct. 21, p 31 Linings, Repairing bla-t furviace, Dec. 2, p 27 Liquid fuel, The u-e of, Dec. 30, » 15 Listing iron and stee! companie-, Nov. 4, p 18 Lithology, A manuyl ef, Sept. 23, p 11 Little Giant Ice-Grip, July 1, p 35 Livadia, Tne Russian yacht, Sept. 23, p 1 Lieyd’s Steamship Company, The Austrian, Nov. 4, p 19 Lock, A New nut, Sept. 23, p25 crank, Paine’~ combivation, Nov. 18, p 31 jaw bandles, Nov. 18, p 81 Locks, American cabinet, Nov. 4, p 9 Locomotive, A four cylinder, Dee. 30, p 29 boiler, Explosion of barrel ot a, Dec. 9, p7 boiler, improving the, Sept. 9, p 25 boilers, Longitudival grooving in, Dee, 30 29 P building, American vs. English; July 29, 29 . cylin ‘er oiler, The peetless, Dec. 9, p 1 driving-wheel tires, Wear of, Sept 9, ps fuel records, Sept. 9, p 23 furnaces, Starting tires in, Nov. 18, p 27 The vew Caledonian single, 8+ pt. 23, p 23 traction, Economy in, Oct. 7, p Locomotives, Baldwin, Aug. 5, p 31 High and low, Oct. 14, p 11 Increasing the valve travel in, Nov. 11, p 25 Most economical cut-off in, July 22, p 29 op the Philadelphia and Rrading, New, Sept 30, p 25 Piston valves tor, Dec. 2, p 17 May reverse lever latch for, Oct. 28, p 25 — 7 steam jacketed and compuunded, ct. 7, pl Long distance telephony, Oct. 7, p’ 15 Longitudinal grooving in locomotive boilers, Dee. 30, p 29 Loose pin spnug binge, Dec, 23, .? pulley lubricator, Dec. 30, p Lost evergy, July 15, p 25 Louisville, Jaly 1, p 27:8, p 21, 15, p 21, 22, p 21, 29, p 21; Aueuet 12, p 21, 1, Bi 26 19; Sept. 2, p 25; 9, p21; 16, p 23; 23, p ; 30, p 21; Oct. 7, p 27; 14, p 28; 21, p 23; 28, p 23; Nov. 4, p 25; 11, p 21; 18, p 23; 25, p 23: Dec. 2, p 25; 9, p 21; 16, p 21; 23, p 21; 30, p 21 Low Phosphorus pig iron, Aug. 12, p 14 Lubricant for brass, Aug. 26, p 25 Lubricating devices, Nov. 18, p 15 Lubricator, Loose pulley, Dec. 30, p 29 The Thomas automatic, Nov. 18, p 27 Lubricators, Sight feed, Aug. 26, p 33 Lumber, Advance in, Noy. 4, p 15 Lump of coal, A, July 29, p 11 Luxembourg, Iron industry of, Aug. 5, p 9 Machine, A new anti-friction metal ana testing, Dec. 16, p 29 A new coai-cutting, Sept. 16, p 15 A new milling, Sept. 2, 1 A universal miter, Aug. 12, p> Bigoall’s new nipple, Oct. 21, p1 Comhined tugz or haud planer and rabbet- ing, Sept. 16, p 33 for covering i.sulated wires with lead, Aug. 5, &. 81 for fluting, carving and rope-twist cutting, Dec. 23, p 25 for turning aud trueing grindstones, Nov. 11, p 2 Hollow chisel mortising, Dec. 23, p 25 pipe cuttiug and threading, Nov. 18, p 27 supplies, Oct. 28, p 25 The Sharon wire vail, Nov. 4, p 29 tools, Oct. 14, p11; Nov, 4, p7 tools, Heavy woderv. July 22, p 13 Macbines, Brick and tile, Nov. 18, p 15 ice, Oct. 14, p 27 Testing, Sept. 23, p 13 The invention of, July 1, p 11 Macbinery and steam heativg, Oct, 28, p 25 Designing, Sept. 28, p 14 Flour mil', Aug. 26, p 33 for cleaning sbips’ bottome, Aug. 19, p 29 for hurse-power, Weight of, Aug. 5, p 31 for yacht Alva, Oct. 14, p 27 fouudations, July 15, p i sanmseee emery wheel, Dec, 28, p 1 in Northern [taly, Draininy, July 1, p1 Iron working, Aug, 26, p 33 wining, Nov. +P 7 new metal-working, July 22, p1 on the Panama Canal, Nov. *P 29 plant, Inventory valuation of, July 22, p 1 eee improvements in dredging, Dee. 16, P sand molding, Aug. 26, p 33 tree felling by, Sept. 16, p 33 well-boriug, Oct. 14, p ll wood-working, Sept. 23, p 13; Nov. 4, p 7; 18, p 15 Mochintets, and engineers’ supplies, Oct. 14, tote, July SP 23 tools, Nov. 18, p25 Making enameled brick, July 1, p 17 of rubber stamps, The, ay 15, p 11 pig iron in New England, Nov g pl Mammotb dynamo, A Sore 2,p5 Man and labor, Nov. 4, p 15 Magnesia iu Portland cement, Juty 8, p 23 Seetional Covering Company, tae! 23, p 23 vs. dolomite as a basic refractory, July 29, p Magnetism on chemical reactions, Effect of, Dec. 2, p7 Magnétizing iron bars, Effects of, vay 8, p15 Magazine rifles for troops, July 29, p Management of petroleum lamps, Aug. 12, p 29 Manganese and steel ores of Barton County, Ga., Dee. 16, p 7 a a the warm spring basin, The, Sept. »D acgeey of Chili, Sept. 2, p 25 Manual of Lithology, Sept. 23, p 11 Manufacture of augers, Aug. 12, p 21 ef coke in Belgium, July 1, p 29 of counterfeit diamonds, Dec. 2, p 7 of fire-works, Nov. 25, p 15 Of heavy guns, Oct. 28, p 15 Manufacturing, July 1, p 35; 8, p 29; 15, p 25; 22, p 25; 29, p 25; Aug. 5, p 35; 12, p 29; 19, p 29; 26, p 29: Sept. 2, p 33; 9, p 29; 16, p 3; 23, p 2Y; 30, p 29; Oct. 7, p 33; 14, p 31; 21, p 31; 28, p 20; Nov. 4, p 33; 11, 2m 25, p 18; Dec. 2, p 33; 9, p 23; 16, p ; 23, p 29; 30, p 31 Responsibility in, Sept. 23, p 13 Manure, Basic slag a-, Oct. 7, p 9 Manville, E. K., Nov. 11, p 15 Marchant engine, Oct. 21, p 27; Nov. 4, p 18 Marine boilers, Dec, 2, p 9 boilers, Induced ve.