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March 31, 1916.

ally increase the area of whirlpool chamber from this point
to discharge. Fig. 1 is a sectional front elevation of an
impeller, with outline of its casing; fig. 2 is a side elevation
of an impeller, with outline of its casing; fig. 3 is an enlarged
plan view of part of impeller, showing section of tubular leg
at 0 P. (Four claims.)

NEW PATENTS CONNECTED WITH THE
COAL AND IRON TRADES.

Applications for Patents.

[Note.—Applications arranged alphabetically under the
names of the applicants (communicators given in italics). A
new number will be given on acceptance, which will replace
the application number.]

Ashworth, A., and Dempster, B. and J. (4171). Means for
operating plate valves, etc., of gas producers.

Christie, H. F. (4420). Gas production.

Downes, A., Machin, W. A., and Mills, E. (4166). Jigging
conveyors.

Ford, W., and Keay, W. (4157). Smokeless fuel.

Hansen, C. (4466). Water supplying attachments for rock
drills.

Hislop, R. F. (4368). Gas producers.

Instone, S. (4282). Apparatus for loading coal, etc., into
vessels, etc.

Lea, E. G. (4117). Drying peat, and apparatus therefor.
Phillips, L. (4164). Coal dust waterer.

Quinn, W. (4211). Means for automatically holding and
supporting pit cages, lifts, etc.

Rayner, G. H. T. (4301). Valves and valve gear for rock
drills.

Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company (4128, 4129, 4130).
Construction and operation of gas generators.

Twigg, R. (4139). Rock drilling machines.

Complete Specifications Accepted.

(To be published on April 13.)

1913.

22139. Reciprocating or rotary pumps. Kestner.

1915.

4675. Mine and other electric signalling systems. Sterling
Telephone and Electric Company, Bell, and
Barclay.

4745. Respirators for protection against noxious fumes.
Montagu Stern and Company, and Goldreich.

6628. Railway hopper wagons and the like. Hodge.

7867. Combined Cornish tubular boiler and air heater.
McKinnon (partly Okrassa).

10177. Systems of separation doors for the pit heads of
collieries. Carlow.

18164. Packing for pistons. Carnegie.

Complete Specifications Open to Public Inspection Before
Acceptance.

1915.

9163. Manufacture of benzene, toluene, and other aromatic
hydrocarbons. Rittman.

In the sixtieth annual report of the Manchesetr Associa-
tion of Engineers it is stated that owing to the
abnormal conditions existing throughout the industry in
consequence of the war, the enquiry into the question of the
education of engineers had been in abeyance for some time,
but it has been resumed and a report would be made in due
course.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

Any of the following publications may be obtained
on application at this office at the price named post free.

Local Government Board Report, 1914-15 : Part 2,
Housing and Town Planning, 3}d.

Ministry of Munitions : Memo. No. 7, Industrial Fatigue
and its Causes, 2d.; Memo. No. 8, Special Industrial
Diseases, IJd. ; Memo. No. 9, Ventilation and Lighting of
Munition Factories and Workshops, 2d. ; Memo. No. 10,
Sickness and Injury, 2d.

Trade Reports, 1914: Brazil, Pernambuco, 3}d.;
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Iceland, 3d.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania,

1914.	Part 1, Anthracite; Part 2, Bituminous.
Harrisburg, Pa. : Wm. Stanley Ray, State printer.

Summary Report of the Mines Branch of the Canadian
Department of Mines, 1914. Ottawa : J. de L. Taohe.
Price 25 cents.

“ The Journal of the Western Society of Engineers’’ (Vol.
20, No. 9), November 1915; “The Iowa Engineer’’
(Vol. 16, No. 5), February; “Proceedings of the South
Wales Institute of Engineers ” (Vol. 31, No. 6, and Vol.
32, No. 1), price 2s. 6d. each; “ An Air Analyser for Deter-
mining the Fineness of Cement ” (No. 48 of the Techno-
logic Papers of the Bureau of Standards, United States
Department of Commerce). United States Bureau of
Mines : “ Monthly Statement of the Coal Mine Fatalities
in the United States, August 1915,” compiled by A. H.
Fay; (Miners’ Circular 18), “Notes on Miners’ Carbide
Lamps,” by J. W. Paul; (Technical Paper 83), “The
Buying and Selling of Ore and Metallurgical Products,”
by C. H. Fulton; (Technical Paper 97), “ Saving Fuel in
Heating a House,” by L. P. Breckenridge and S. B.
Flagg; (Technical Paper 105), “Pulmonary Disease
Among Miners in the Joplin District, Missouri, and its
Relation to Rock Dust in the Mines,” by A. J. Lanza and

E.	Higgins; (Technical Paper 109), “Composition of the
Natural Gas Used in Twenty-five Cities, with a Discussion
of the Properties of Natural Gas,” by G. A. Burrell and
G. G. Oberfell; (Technical Paper 110), “Monazite,
Thorium, and Mesothorium,” by K. L. Kithil; (Bulletin
75), “ Rules and Regulations for Metal Mines,” by W. R.
Ingalls, J. Douglas, and others; (Bulletin 98), “Report
of the Selby Smelter Commission,” by J. A. Holmes, E.
C. Franklin, and R. A. Gould; “ Silver, Copper, Lead,
and Zinc in the Central States in 1914,” by B. S. Butler
and J. P. Dunlop; “ Ditto in the Eastern States in 1914,”
by J. P. Dunlop; “ Ditto in New Mexico- and Texas in
1914,” by C. W. Henderson; “ Ditto in South Dakota and
Wyoming in 1914,” by C. W. Henderson; “Ditto in
Colorado in 1914,” by C. W. Henderson; “ Ditto in Cali-
fornia and Oregon in 1914,” by C. G. Yale; “ Gold, Silver,
and Copper in Alaska in 1914.” by A. H. Brooks; “ The
Production of Manganese and Manganiferous Ores in
1914,” by D. F. Hewett; “The Production of Bauxite
and Aluminium in 1914,” by W. C. Phalen; “Quick-
silver in 1914, Production and Resources,” by H. D.
McCaskey; “The Production of Platinum and Allied
Metals in 1914,” by J. M. Hill; “ The Production of Slate
in 1914,” by A. T. Coons; “ The Production of Asbestos
in 1914,” by J. S. Diller: “ The Production of Mineral
Paints in 1914,” by J. M. Hill: “The Production of
Fluorspar in 1914, with a Note on Cryolite,” by E. F.
Burchard; “ Sulphur, Pyrite, and Sulphuric Acid in 1914,”

by W. C. Phalen; “ The. Production of Tale and Soap-
stone in 1914,” by J. S. Diller; "The Production of
Graphite in 1914,” by E. S. Bastin; “ The Production of
Mineral Waters in 1914, with a Historical Sketch of the
Mineral Water Trade,” by R. B. Dole; “The Cement
Industry in the United States in 1914,” by E. F. Bur-
chard; “The Gypsum Industry in 1914,” by G. F.
Loughlin; “ The Production of Sand and Gravel in 1914,”
by G. F. Loughlin; “ The Production of Borax in 1914,”
by C. G. Yale and H. S. Gale; “Gems and Precious
Stones in 1914,” by D. B. Sterrett; “ The Production of
Asphalte, Belated Bitumens, and Bituminous Rock in
1914,” by J. D. Northrop; “ The Production of Lime in
1914,” by G. F. Loughlin; “The Production of Peat,”
by C. A. Davis; “ The Manufacture of Coke in 1914,” by
C. E. Lesher; “ The Production of Silica (Quartz) in
1914,” by F. J. Katz; “ The Production of Feldspar in
1914,” by F. J. Katz; “ Statistics of the Clay Working
Industries in the United States in 1914,” by J. Middleton;
“ The Production of Abrasive Materials in 1914.” by F. J.
Katz ; “ The Production of Manganesite in 1914,55 by C. G.
Yale and H. S. Gale. United States Geological Survey :
(Bulletin 565), “ Results of Spirit Levelling in Colorado,
1896—1914,” by R. B. Marshall; (Bulletin 568), “Ditto
in Missouri, 1896—1914,” by R. B. Marshall; (Bulletin
573), “ Ditto in Arizona, 1899—1915,” by R. B. Marshall;
(Bulletin 591), “ Analyses of Rocks and Minerals from the
Geological Survey Laboratory, 1880—1914," tabulated by

F.	W. Clarke; (Bulletin 603), “ Geology and Oil Resources
of the West Border of the San Joaquin Valley North of
Coalinga, California,” by R. Anderson and R. W. Pack;
(Bulletin 604), “ The Phosphate Deposits of Florida,” by

G.	C. Matson; (Bulletin 605), “The Ellamar District,
Alaska,” by S. R. Capps and B. L. Johnson; (Bulletin
607), “ The Willow Creek District, Alaska,” by S. R.
Capps; (Bulletin 608), “ The Broad Pass Region, Alaska,”
by F. H. Moffit; (Bulletin 615), “ Rhode Island Coal,”
by G. H. Ashley; (Bulletin 617), “ Bibliography of North
American Geology for 1914, with Subject Index,” by J.
M. Nickles; (Bulletin 620—B), “Nitrate Deposits in
Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon,” by G. R. Mans-
field; (Bulletin 620—C), “Gold Deposits near Quartzite,
Arizona,” by E. L. Jones, junr.; (Bulletin 620—D),
“ Some Cinnabar Deposits in Western Nevada,” by A.
Knopf; (Bulletin 620—E), “Iron Ore in Cass, Marion,
Morris, and Cherokee Counties, Texas,” by E. F. Bur-
chard; (Bulletin 620—F), “Quicksilver Deposits of the
Mazatzal Range, Arizona,” by F. L. Ransome; (Bulletin

620—	G), “Iron Bearing Deposits in Bossier, Caddo, and
Webster Parishes, Louisiana,” by E. F. Burchard;
(Bulletin 620—H), “ A Reconnaissance in the Kofa Moun-
tains, Arizona,” by E. L. Jones, junr.: (Bulletin 620—J),
“ Potash in Certain Copper and Gold Ores,” compiled by

B.	S. Butler: (Bulletin 621—A), “ Field Apparatus for
Determining Ash in Coal,” by C. E. Lesher; (Bulletin

621—	B), “ The Healdton Oil Field, -Carter County, Okla-
homa,” by C. H. Wegemann and K. C. Heald; (Bulletin
621—C), “ The Loco Gas Field, Stephens and Jefferson
Counties, Oklahoma,” by C. H. Wegemann; (Bulletin
621—D), “ The Duncan Gas Field, Stephens County, Okla-
homa,” by C. H. Wegemann; (Bulletin 621—G), “The
Lawton Oil and Gas Field, Oklahoma,” by C. H. Wege-
mann and R. W. Howell; (Bulletin 621—H), “ Anticlines
in the Slinton Sand near Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio,”
by C. A. Bonine; (Bulletin 621—I), “The Orofino Coal
Field, Clearwater, Lewis, and Idaho Counties, Idaho,” by

C.	T. Lupton; (Bulletin 621—J), “ A Reconnaissance for
Oil near Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas,” by C. H.
Wegemann.

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SPECIALITY: STEEL FOR WAGON COUPLINGS.

K. H. FORGE, FOUNDRY & BASIC PIG IRON. Also Spiegeleisen, Ferro-Manganese & Silico Spiegel.

Nobel’s (Gelignite, Polarite, Dynobel, Ajax Powder, Monobel No. 1, Cambrite, Victor Powder and
Ex.uLosiifGS v

Go. Ltd. (A1 Monobel; also Detonators, Electric Detonator Fuses, and all Blasting Appliances.

Haggie Brothers Ld. Wire & Hemp Ropes.

POOLEY’S PATENT WEIGHING MACHINES.

Telegraphic Address—“SPIEGEL, WIGAN.”

THOMAS SUMMERSON & SONS LTD.,

BOILERS

For COLLIERIES

—A SPECIALITE.

ARNOLD’S Bulbous Boiler Flue.

Hopkinson=West Patent Boiler Flue.

WM. ARNOLD & GO., Barnsley.

THE ISCA FOUNDRY COMPANY LTD.,

RAILWAY PLANT & GENERAL ENGINEERS,
Twitches, Crossings, Turntables, Vater Cranes, Girders, Bridges,
Roofs, Pipes, Pumps, Wagons, Tanks, Engines, Boilers, Cranes,
Works: NEWPORT, MON.

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and COLLIERY TUBS

In IRON, STEEL and WOOD.

Lower Gornal, nr. Dudley.

Telegrams—“ Alles, 'Lower Gornal.” Telenhone—106 Dudley.

ALBERT WORKS, DARLINGTON.

Sidings

Contracted for

Complete.

MANUFACTURERS of SWITCHES and CROSSINGS,

Chairs, Spikes, Fish Plates, Iron and

FISH PLATES and BOLTS for various sections of Rail

Steel Castings.

kept in Stock.

Brand

Telephone	Tel. Address:

Bell: 829.	“Vinco, Glasgow.”

“Vine o’

Miners’ & Sinkers’

OILSKIN CLOTHING

A Special Feature. At Keenest Prices.

Everything in Oilskins for Town & Country Wear.

M. BARR & Co. Ld.
83, Hutcheson St., GLASGOW.

Contractors to tHe Admiralty &
Numerous Corporations,