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INDEX. 



Beach -protection (W. D. Campbell), 11, Uti. 

 Blastiiiu at Ahuriri Bluff, Napier, in connection 



with Construction of the Breakwater (J. 



Goodall), 19, .J49. 

 Blowintr up Snass in the Waikato River with 



D^^lamite (R. R. Hunt), 10, 161. 

 Brake Fins : a Propo.sed Ajjpliance for the 



Better Handling of Ocean-steamers (P. 



Walsh). 24, 1141. 

 Brunner (iorue Brid-ie, Construction of (C. H. H. 



Cook), 9, 310. 

 Brunner Mine Disaster (.1. Hector), 29, 002. 

 Buildintr-materials for X.Z. (.1. C. Crawford). 1, 



2.5 f2nd ed., 429]. 

 Biiildinff-materials of Otaiio (W. N. Blair), 8, 



123 ; 9, 108. 134. 

 Buildino-timbers of Auckland ( K. Bartle\ ). 18, 



37. 

 Burette, New Form of (')'. A. Mollet). 14, 392. 

 -Calculating Cubic Content of Excavation, 



Graphic Method of. as for Water-races on 



L'neven Ground (G. Hogben), 31, fi02. 

 Compound Engines (W. Lodder), 5, 144. 

 Defence of N.Z. (His Excellency Sir W. F. D. 



Jervois), 17, xxi. 

 Deflection of Shingle-bearing Currents and Pro- 

 tection of River-banks (H. P. Macklin). 11, 



144. 

 Drainage, Thoi-ouLdi (-J. C. Crawford). 2, 



211. 

 Drainage- works at Remuera Swamp (J. Baber). 



2, 219. 

 Earthquakes and Arcliiteeture tT. Turnbull, 



Architect , Wei 1 i ngt on ) . 2 1 , 498. 

 Electric Lam];. Modification of. for projecting 



Spectra of Metals on the Screen (A. W. 



Bickerton), 7, 403. 

 " Field ■" Boiler. Use of Salt Water in (J. 



Stewart), 3, 318. 

 Fire-grate for economizing the Combustion of 



(Joals and Lignites and increasing the Radia- 

 tion of Heat (H. Ske.v). 9, (>72. 

 Fires in Coal-ships : their Causes and Prevention 



(J. C. Firth). 29, 100. 

 Fires on Shi])board and Elsewhere, Causes of 



(J. C. Firth), 25, 385. 

 Floods in Lake Districts and Flooded Rivers in 



general ; with Methods for their Prevention 



and Control (H. P. Higginson). 10, 180. 

 Furnace, Smokeless and Self-feeding, for Lignites 



and other Fuels, and the Utilisation of the 



Waste Heat (H. Skey). 6, 2.5. 

 Fusible Cutouts. Researches into the Action of 



(E. G. Bro\ni). 33, 356. 

 Hvdraulic ]Mortar in Auckland, Experiments in 



'(J. Stewart), 1, 157 [2nd ed., 101]. 

 Insulation of Cold-stores (F. D. Brown). 30, 



44. 

 Insulation, Relative Commercial Values of 



Pumice and Charcoal for Purposes of (W. T. 



Firth). 30, 463. 

 Kahikatea as a Building-timber (L. J. Bagnall), 



19, 577. 

 Life-boats. Improvements of Shij)s" (R. Mc- 



Naughton), 8, 168. 

 Lighthouse in Ponui Passage, Foundation of (.1. 



Stewart), 4, 135. 



Matai Timber. Durability of (J. Buchanan). 9, 

 182. " • 



Mode of Communication between a Station on a 

 Line of Railway and a Train in Motion on 

 the Same Line (G. Rayner), 4, 394. 



Patent Slip at Wellington, Description of iJ. R. 

 George). 6, 14. 



Patent' Slips. Merits of (J. R. George). 1, 50 

 [2nd ed.. 453]. 



PhotogTa]>hic Lenses. Means for increasing the 

 Scale of, and the Use of Tele.scopic Powers in 

 connection with an Ordinary Camera (A. 

 -McKay), 23, 461. 



Photograjihv in Colour (W. P. Evans), 37, 

 616. 



Photogra])hv, Practice of Out-door (W. T. L. 

 Travers),'4, 160. 



Reclamation of Land devastated Ijy Encroach- 

 ment of Sand (C. D. Whitcombe), 5, 108. 



Reclamation of Sand Wastes on the Coast (-J. 

 Stewart), 6, 42. 



Reclamation of Waste River-beds (A. D. Doti- 

 son). 14, 100. 



Refrigeration. Notes on (A. W. Bickerton). 14, 

 394. 



Resistance of Steel to Mechanical Shock, and the 

 Determination of Material suitable for Ma- 

 chinery (R. J. Scott). 38, 515. 



Rivers, Contiivance for Economizing CuiTent of 

 (J. T. Thomson), 4, 141. 



River- steamers on the Waikato, ('omparative 

 Performances of (J. Stewart), 2, 220. 



Sandhills, Fixing of (W. Keene), 6, 376. 



Semicircular Protractor, Use of the, with De- 

 scription of Improved Form of that Instni- 

 ment (J. Stewart), 3, 316. 



Skew Arches (W. Arthur), 9, 265. 



Smelting of Taranaki Ironsand (R. Pharazyni. 



1, 34 [2n^ ed., 437]. 



Stability of Ships : its Principles made clear by 



Models and Diagrams (E. Withy). 24, 653. 

 Steam-boilers. Most Economic Mode of felting 



(J. C. Firth). 6, 32. 

 Surface Fall of Water as a Guide for Under 



Drainage (J. Baber), 2, 213. 

 Taieri Floods (G. M. Barr). 5, 111. 

 Taieri River Floods and their Prevention iW. 



Arthur), 14, 94. 

 '• Taranaki," s.s., Raising of the (J. T. Stewart), 



2, 203. 



Telegraph Cables (C. J. Cooke), 32, 324. 

 Telegrajih, Submarine, between Australia and 



N.Z., Best Line f or ■ a (A. G. Purchas), 8, 



KiC. 

 I Telegraphy. Duplex (C. Lemon), 7, 396. 

 I Telescojie, Astronomical, on a New Construc- 

 I tion (H. Skey), 5, 119. 

 Telescope, Reflecting, made in Wellington by 



W. F. Parsons (J. Hector), 5, 125. 

 Telescopes, Direct-vision Solar Eye-piece for 



Large (H. Skey), 8, 172. 

 Teredo, Chaning Timber as a Protection from 



(.1. Buchanan). 9, 183. 

 Thermometer for Lecture Purposes. A New 



(A. W. Bickerton), 7, 152. 

 Tide-gauges. Importance of. and Description of a 



Simple Tide-gauge (J. Hector), 20, 443. 



