GENERAL INDEX. 
377 
English engineers with reference to the 
design of girder bridges, 1886, 472 
Shields (F. W.) on iron construction, 
with remarks on the strength of iron 
columns and arches, 1861, 265 
Shimose (M.) and Prof. E. Divers on 
the occurrence of tellurium and sele¬ 
nium in Japan, 1882, 487 
Ship canal, John Ramsay on the proposal 
to form a, between East and West 
Loch Tarbert, 1861, 197 
- canal between Ceylon and India, 
Commander A. D. Taylor on the pro¬ 
posed, 1871, 189 
* -canal, L. B. Wells on the plant and 
machinery in use on the Manchester, 
1888, 796 
-- oscillations of a, among waves , C. W. 
Merrifield on the, 1869, 33 
* - railway across the Isthmus of 
Tehuantepec, Mexico, Capt. J. B. Eads 
on the, 1881, 774 
-rolling of a, in a seaway, W. Froude 
on an apparatus for automatically 
recording the, 1872, 243 
Shipbuilding in II.M. dockyards, the cost 
of, F. P. Fellows on, 1886, 779 
-of Dundee, Henry Gourlay on the, 
1867, 137 
* -on the Thames, John Glover on the 
decline of, 1869, 191 
--iron, R. Taylorson on the diagonal 
principle of, 1863, 189 
Shipman engine, W. R. Pidgeon on the, 
1888, 806 " 
Shipping and carrying trade, some in¬ 
fluences affecting the progress of our, 
Hyde Clarke on, 1882, 640 
* -casualties, a brief statement of the 
recent progress and present aspect of 
statistical inquiry in relation to, by 
Henry Jeula, 1868, 168 
Ship-raising machine, a new, T. A. Dillon 
on, 1878, 713 
Ship’s compass, a self-registering, R. 
Pickwell on, 1883, 657 
Ships, anti-fouling compositions and the 
corrosion and fouling of, M. Holzapfel 
on, 1889, 739 
-armour-plated, Dr. Eddy on a class 
of gun-boats capable of engaging, 1861, 
257 
-armour-plating for, Captain Douglas 
Galton on, 1863, 173 
* - boats, George Fawcus on the 
stowage of, 1867, 154 ; 1868, 189 
* -bottoms, Dr. White on the preven¬ 
tion of fouling, 1863, 189 
-for the carriage of petroleum, A. R. 
Liddell on, 1889, 738 
-- instruments for measuring the speed 
of, report on, 1872, 176 ; 1873, 460 ; 
1874, 255 ; 1878, 219 ; 1879, 210 ( see 
1 Fletcher, A. E., on the Rhysimeter’) 
Ships, iron-cased, of the British navy, 
E. J. Reed on the, 1861, 232 
- iron-plated, the importance of econ¬ 
omising fuel in, E. E. Allen on, 1862, 
182 
* - the loading of, W. E. Hall on, 
1880, 699 
- report of the Committee on the safety 
of merchant, and their passengers, 1868, 
344 
- performance of, analysed by Mr. 
Scott Bussell's method, 1868, 124 ; 
analysed by Prof. Banldne's method, 133 
* -plated, and their armament, Capt. 
Wheatley on, 1864, 190 
* -preservation of the sheathing of, 
J. C. Bowring on the, 1865, 28 
-propulsion of, Charles W. Merrifield 
on the necessity for further experi¬ 
mental knowledge respecting the, 1868, 
193 
* -of least skin resistance, the propor¬ 
tions of, for a given speed and dis¬ 
placement, Prof. W. J. M. Rankine on, 
1863, 192 
-—— resistance of, W. J. M. Rankine on 
the, 1861, 263 ; Appendix, 264 
resistance of, and their mean depth 
of immersion, Prof. W. J. Macquorn 
Rankine on a probable connection 
between the, 1868, 194 
* -the resistance of, as affected by 
length of pai’allel middle body, W. 
Froude on, 1877, 202 
* -rudders, a proposed new arrange¬ 
ment of, Capt. J. Steuart on, 1862, 196 
- and shipbuilding on the Tyne, Wear, 
and Tees, Charles M. Palmer on the 
construction of iron, 1863, 694 
--- speed of, over the measured mile, 
Sir E. Belcher on testing the, 1867, 153 
- stability, propulsion, and sea-going 
qualities of, and as to the application 
which it may be desirable to make to Her 
Majesty's Government on these subjects, 
report on the state of existing knowledge 
on the, 1869, 10 ; 1870, 44 
- stability of, Prof. 0. Reynolds on 
the use of the term, in the literature of 
naval architecture, 1883, 631 
--steady platform for guns, search 
lights, telescopes, &c., in, B. Tower on 
a, 1889, 735 
-- steam-, freight as affected by dif¬ 
ferences in the dynamic properties of, 
Charles Atherton on, 1861, 82 
* -the steering of, in special relation 
to a new form of rudder, W. Fleming' 
on, 1872, 243 
-—— the steering of, Prof. O. Reynolds 
on, 1880, 699 ( see ‘ Steering of screw 
steamers.’) 
-strains of, Prof. W. J. M. Rankine 
on some of the, 1864, 187 
