Institution of Engineers: list of
papers read, 250.
Cinderhill colliery, 25.-Visited, 44.
Cinnamon Bippoh mine, 75.

City and South London Railway, 434.
CLANNY, Dr., quoted, 165.

CLARK, THOS., election, N.E., 48.
CLARK, W. F., old mining implements,
136.

vice-president, election, S.S., 116.
CLARKE, E. B., on the Stauss system of
colliery cage props, 97,

CLARKE, T. B. A., election, M., 448.

Clay Cross colliery, 24.

Cliff Company, 276.

---, New South Wales, 271.

consumed in New South Wales, 282.
cutting machine, 123.

Coal-dust commission, appointment of
members of the South Staffordshire
Institute to give evidence before, 241.
-, details of experiments with
various explosives fired into air
saturated with coal-dust.-Series No.
1: without tamping, 419.-Series No.
2: coal-dust tamping, 419.-Series
No. 3: clay tamping, 419.-Series
No. 1: without tamping or dust in
suspension, 420.-Series No. 2: coal-
dust tamping and dust in suspension,
420.-Series No. 3: clay tamping and
dust in suspension, 420.-Discussion,
421.

Coal exported from New South Wales,

Coal-field, Greymouth, 332.-Analyses
of coals, 324.

325.

Illawara, 335.-Analyses of coals,

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--, Kaitangata, 337. — Analyses of
coals, 325.

——, Kawa Kawa, 334.

Newcastle, New South Wales,
333, 335.-Analyses of coals, 324.-
Sections of strata, 303.

Northumberland and Durham,
output and duration, 181, 182.
--, Nottinghamshire, 22.

--, Shag point, 337.- Analyses of
coals, 325.

Coal-fields of New South Wales, 333,
335, 336.

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338.

New Zealand, 331, 332, 334, 337,

of Australasia, 321.-Geological,
321.-Table of analyses of Australian
coals, 324.-Tabular statement of coal-
measures in Newcastle district, New
South Wales, 327.-Buller coal-field,
New Zealand, 331.-Brunner coal-
field, New Zealand, 332.--Newcastle
and Greta coal-fields, New South
Wales, 333.-Kawa Kawa coal-field,
New Zealand, 334.-Lake Macquarrie
coal-field, New South Wales, 335.-
Illawara coal-field, New South Wales,
335.-Mountain coal-field, New South
Wales, 336.-Queensland coal-fields,
336.- Tasmanian coal-fields, 336.
Kaitangata coal-field, New Zealand,
337. Shag point coal-field, New
Zealand, 337.-Whangarei coal-field,
New Zealand, 337.-Malvern Hills
coal-field, New Zealand, 338 -Wai-
kato coal-field, New Zealand, 338.—
Green Island coal-field, New Zealand,
338.-Conclusions, 339.-Discussion,

340.

Coal-getting by machinery. --Discussion,

230-234.

Colliery accidents, the formation of a
society in Sunderland for the preven-
tion of, 165.

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depreciation, 211.

engines, economical use of steam in,
344.

explosion at La Machine (Nièvre),
583.

Polnisch Ostrau, 584.

explosions, 242.

manager, duties of, 124.
managers' association, 5.
Compressed air, 192.

blasting powder, 51, 53.
Comstock lode, 198.
Contents, iii.

Corresponding societies of the British
Association for 1889-90, 568-576.

Cost of working gold mines on the Gold
Coast, 81.

COTTERELL, O. J., election, C. and M.C.,
214.

Council, election, C. and M.C., 525.
- M., 452.

Electrical safety apparatus for cages,
362.-Discussion, 366.

transmission of power, 191, 200.
energy.-Discussion, 94.

-Tramway Depôt, Birmingham Central
Tramways Company, 127.
Electricity, 186, 254.

Elemore colliery, chemical examination
of fumes of explosives at, 388.

-, experiments with explosives at,
368, 369, 373, 376, 381, 398, 399, 403,
410.

experiments to ascertain the rate
of the removal of the fumes of explo-
sives, 396.

ELLINGTON, EDWARD BAYZAND, quoted,
199.

ELLIOTT, Sir GEORGE, London meeting,
258.

-, past-president, N.E., 493.

quoted, 205.

Elsom improved method of lighting
miners' safety-lamps when locked, 35.
-Discussion, 36, 61.
Eltringham colliery, pumping arrange-
ments at, 457.-Discussion, 464.
ELWIN, T. L., prize awarded to, 472.
EMBLETON, T. W., coal-dust, 422, 430.
coal-fields adjoining Barnsley, 9.
of Australasia, 341, 343.
detection of fire-damp, 358.
--, difference between the seams in the
northern and southern parts of the
Yorkshire coal-field, 16.

dinner at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 166.
discussion of papers, 16, 17, 15.

-, distribution of electrical energy, 160,
163.

election of officers, M., 453.
inaugural address, 252.

-, investigation of fumes of explosives,
412, 414.

-, member of council, election, 452.
president, London meeting, 249.

-, quoted, 502.

-, report of council, 145.

safety apparatus for cages, 367.
steam loop, 149.

Engagement rules, Illawarra district,
New South Wales, 317.
Engineering progress, 189.

Engine, triple-expansion, experiments
upon, 347.
Engines, 121.

at Pleasley colliery, 533.
Erratic boulders, 563.
Essaman gold mine, 82, 84.

Estuaries, temperature variation in,
564.

EVANS, Dr. JOHN, report of the corre-

sponding societies committee of the
British Association, 563.
EVANS, JOAN, experiments with explo-
sives, 50.

Evaporative efficiency of boilers, 345.

old mining implements, 135.
Exhibits of electric and other portable
lamps, 446.

Experiments in sedimentation, 588.

with carbonite, 85.-Description of
the apparatus, 85.—Carrying out of
experiments, 85.-Table of experi-
ments, 86.-Discussion, 87, 488.

explosives, 49, 85, 488, 526.

used in mines, 49.-Mode of
carrying out the experiments, 50.-
Description of the explosives tested, 51.
-Results of experiments, 52.-Tables,
53, 54.-Conclusion, 56.-Discussion,
56, 488, 526.

Explosion, fire-damp, at Campagnac,
582.

at La Machine colliery (Nièvre) 583.
colliery, at Polnisch-Ostrau, 584.
colliery, 242.

- of coal-dust, appointment of members
of the S.S. to give evidence before
the Royal Commission, 241.

Explosions, notes on colliery, 137.-
Discussion, 143, 242.

Explosives, 2, 49, 85, 100, 488, 526.
-(flameless), 566.

committee, investigation of fumes of
explosives, 368-414, 467.

- fired into air saturated with coal-dust,
419.

-, gaseous products of the detonation
of, 368, 377.

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used in mines, experiments with,
49.-Discussion, 56, 488.

- used underground, experience with,
31.-Discussion, 526.

Exports of coal from New South Wales,
282, 287.

Fan, Waddle, at Teversal colliery, ex-
periments with, 542, 543.

Fans at Pleasley colliery, 534, 535.
-, duplex arrangement of centrifugal
ventilating machines, 483.-Discus-
sion, 486.

experiments with, 216-230.

experiments with, at Pleasley
colliery, 535.

-, introduction of, 256.
Fantie territory, 82.

FARADAY,, quoted, 151.

Fauna, invertebrate, investigation of,
566.

FEARN, J. W., member of council,
nomination, 209; election, C. and
M.C., 525.

Federated Institution of Mining Engin-
eers, bye-laws, x.

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bers, xvii.

general meetings, iii.
lists of officers and mem-

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titles of papers read
during the year, 250.

Fenton coal, 7, 9.

seam, 106.

FENWICK, P. J., election, C. and M.C.,
209.

Fernhill colliery, explosion at, 140.
Fire-damp, detection of, 352.

detector, 469.

-, determination of the flashing-point
of, 586.

explosion at Campagnac, 582.
inflammability of, 586.

FISHER, H., member of council, election,
C. and M.C., 525.

FISHER, T. T., member of council, elec-
tion, S.S., 116.
Fitting-up of shafts, 121.

FITTON, GEORGE, election, M., 1.
FITZWILLIAM, LORD, first fan erected at
one of his collieries, 256.
Flameless explosives, 566.
Flashing-point of fire-damp, determina-
tion of, 586.

Flattened stranded ropes, 265.
Flockton coal, 7, 8, 9.

FOGGIN, WM., experiments with explo-
sives, 56, 59, 60, 61.

-, locked coal wire ropes, 261.-Dis-
cussion, 266.

quoted, 425.

FOGGIN, WM., and M. WALTON BROWN,
experiments with carbonite, 85.-Dis-
cussion, 87, 488.

FORD, ISAAC, election, M., 103.
FORMAN, J., fumes committee, 368.
FORSTER, G. B., bending of beds near
veins, 68.

experiments with carbonite, 91.

member of council, election, 47, 482.
past-president, N.E., 493.
pumping appliances at Eltringham
colliery, 464, 466.

VOL. II.-1890-91.

FORSTER, T. E., prize awarded to, 472.
- Waddle (1890) fan, 177.

FOSTER, C. LE NEVE, quoted, 74.
FOSTER, GEO., election, M., 448.
FOWLER, GEORGE, Elsom improved
method of lighting miners' safety-
lamps, 36.

member of council, nomination,
209; election, C. and M.C., 525.
Fowler clip-sheave, 194, 195.
FRANKLAND, Prof., electric mining
safety-lamp, 92.

French commission on the inflamma-
bility of fire-damp, &c., 586.

explosives substances commission,
quoted, 50, 56, 87.

FREIRE-MARRECO, Prof., quoted, 429.
FRYAR, J. W., scrutineer, N.E., 470.
Fuel used at the gold mines on the
Gold Coast, 80.

Fumes, an investigation as to whether
the fumes produced from the use of
roburite and tonite in coal mines are
injurious to health, 368.-Report of
the committee of the Durham Coal-
owners' Association and of the
Durham Miners' Association, 368.
-Report on the chemical examina-
tion of the fumes, 369.-I. Obser-
vations made at the intake.-
II. Observations made at the return.
-III. Observations made after the
firing of shots, 370.-Examination of
the gases collected in the mines, 372.
-Results of the examination of the
collections made in the mines, 373.-
Roburite, 373.-Tonite, 375.-Gun-
powder, 376.-Solid matter suspended
in the fumes, 377.--Discussion of the
results, 377. Gaseous products of
the detonation of explosives, 377.-
Gunpowder, 378.-Roburite, 379.-
Tonite, 379.-Summary, 380.--Sum-
marized result of the analyses, 380.
-Roburite, 381.-Tonite, 382.-Gun-
powder, 382.-Remarks on the results,
383.-The production of carbon mon-
oxide, 384.—The production of nitric
oxide, 384.-Composition of roburite
and tonite, 385.—Report of the medical
examiners on the effects produced by
the explosives, 385.--Joint statements
of conclusions and recommendations by
Prof. Bedson, Dr. Drummond, and Dr.
Hume, 388.-Appendices.-Results of
the chemical examination of the fumes
from the explosives, roburite, tonite,
and gunpowder, 388.-Roburite, 388.
-Tonite, 391.--Gunpowder, 394.-
Experiments conducted at Elemore,
with a view to ascertain the rate of
removal of the fumes, 396.-Com-
position and analysis of roburite,
396.-Composition and analysis of
tonite, 397.-Report of the engineer

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