Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III

L Labour, native, for African Transcon- tinental Telegraph, I., 195, 196. Labour-saving machinery, see “ Agricul- tural Engineering,” “ Remarkable Machinery used in the manufacture of Iron and Steel,” “ Dredgers,” “ Excavating Machinery,” “ Steam Shovels,” “ Track Throwers.” Ladle cranes, III., 267. Lake Bennett, I., 29. Lambert, the diver employed on the Severn Tunnel works, I., 83, 84. Langdon, Shephard, and Co., contractors for the construction of part of the Canadian Pacific Railway, I., 262, 263. “ La Patrie,” “ La République,” and “ La Ville de Paris ” airships, III., 56, 57, 58. Last spike driven—of first American transcontinental railway, III., 139 ; of Canadian Pacific Railway, I., 282,283 ; White Pass Railway, L, 32. Launching a ship, II., 75-78. Lebaudy airship, III., 56. Leigh, John George, on “ The Panama Canal,” II., 129; on “The Water- Powar Stations of Niagara Falls,” II., 295 ; on “ The Water Supply of New York,” III., 97. Lengthening ships, III., 125. Leonardo da Vinci, inventor of canal locks, III., 167. Lesseps, Count Ferdinand de, I., 155; conceives idea of Suez Canal, I., 241; surveys the route, I., 243; visits Con- stantinople, L, 243 ; wins over the Khedive, I., 244; visits England to raise funds for constructing the Suez Canal, I., 244; turns first spade- ful of sand at Port Said, L, 244; his estimate of traffic that would pass through the canal, I., 248 ; his con- nection with first and second Panama Canal companies, II., 132 ; draws out plans for a railway from Orenburg to Tashkent, II., 375; delivers oration at inauguration ceremony of the statue of Liberty, New York, III., 256. “ Lift ” of kite, III., 5. Lighthouse, the Story of the, I., 370- 384. Bell Rock lighthouse, 373; Bishop Rock iron lighthouse, 378 ; Bishop Rock granite lighthouse, 379 ; great difficulties encountered, 379, 380; external casing added, 380 ; landing the stones, 381; fixing the stones, 381 ; safety nets needed, 382 ; violence of the waves, 384; Dhu Heartach lighthouse, 374; early modern lighthouses, 370; Eddy- stone lighthouse—Winstanley’s, 371; Rudyerd’s, 371 ; Smeaton’s, 371 ; new, 375; Pharos of Alexandria, 371 ; Skerry vore lighthouse, 374 ; Wolf Rock lighthouse, 375. Lighthouse’s stability depends on weight, not adhesion, I., 373. Lilienthal, Otto, experimenter in avia- tion, III., 6 “ Lines ” of Carnac, I., 7. Tuning, iron—for tunnels, I., 56, 308, 309 ; for petroleum wells, II., 328 ; for water wells, III., 337. Lions attack workmen on Cape to Cairo Railway, II., 156; at Tsavo, Uganda Railway, II., 56, 57 ; blockade IL, 214; combined rack and ad- hesion, II., 223 ; Crane, II., 223 ; Fell, III., 202; Uganda Railway, IL, 62; ploughing, III., 290, 297. Locomotives conveyed by road, I., 175. Locomotives, Electric, IL, 217-222. Their place in modern transporta- tion, II., 217; for use on crowded lines, IL, 218 ; for tunnel work, II., 218 ; current used, IL, 220 ; tested against steam locomotives, IL, 220, 221 ; high speed trials near Berlin, II., 221; Pennsylvania Railroad, II., 222; Simplon railway, IIL, 160; Jungfrau railway, III., 309. London clay, tunnelling in, I., 227, 239. London drainage, III., 209-225; see “ Wonderful Drainage System of London.” London Electric Power-Stations, III., 226-231; see “Electric Power-Sta- tions of London.” “ Loops,” the, on Canadian Pacific Rail- way, L, 281. Lubrication, forced, for aeroplane engines, IIL, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35. Lucin cut-off, III., 143, 145. Lusitania, the, I., 317, 318, 319, 320, 354 ; II., 38, 39. M Ma’an, Hedjaz Railway, I., 344. Macdonald, Sir John, promoter of Cana- dian Pacific Railway, I., 257. M'Farlane, John, on Manchester as an importing and exporting centre, I., 170. Machinery used in the manufacture of iron and steel, III., 257-271. Macintyre, Robert, on “ Docks,” IL, 173. M‘Kechnie, James, II., 43. Magazines of a battleship, I., 386. Magnets, lifting, III., 262, 263. Manchester docks, I., 167, 168. Manchester Ship Canal, The, L, 153- 171. Scheme for, 153; alternative scheme, 155 ; Parliamentary powers for construction granted, 156 ; en- trance to the Ship Canal, 159; embankments, 159-162; Runcorn docks, 164 ; facts and figures about the canal, 165 ; railway crossings, 165; Barton swing aqueduct, 166; docks, 167, 168; effects of the canal, 169, 170. Mangin reflector, the, I., 249. Mansergh, James, engineer of the Elan- Birmingham aqueduct, III., 189. Marconi Towers at Poldhu, Corn- wall, The, IL, 438-444. Marconi, Guglielmo, II., 439. Matabele rebellion and the African Transcontinental Telegraph, I., 194. Matachin, II., 134. Mattresses—for railway across Chat Moss, I., 369 ; for Colorado River closure, IIL, 119. Maudslay, Field, and Co., makers of Thames Tunnel shield, I., 185. Mauretania, the, I., 319, 320, 357 ; II-, 38, 39, 78. Maxim, Sir Hiram, III., 6, 11 ; on the future of aeronautics in warfare, III., 63. Measuring distances for the Forth Bridge piers, I., 324. Medina, I., 339, 346. Meissner Pasha, engineer of the Hedjaz Railway, I., 340, 345. operator of the African Trans- continental Telegraph, I., 200. Liquid fuel and its uses, II., 340. Liverpool Salvage Association, I., 42. LOCKS: Assouan dam, II., 398 ; Barton, I., 160 ; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, III., 175; dock entrance, IL, 177, 184, 185, 186; Eastham, I., 158; Illinois and Michigan Canal, III., 174; Irlam, I., 153; Mode Wheel, I., 167 ; old style, III., 167 ; Panama Canal, II., 139, 144 ; Penn- sylvania Canal, III., 175; pneumatic most recent type, III., 168, 169; Poe, III., 17i, 172; Sault Ste. Marie Canal, III., 170; Weitzel, III., 171, 172. Locomotives, Steam, of To-day, IL, 193-216. British, 193-199; Colonial, 200, 201; Continental 202-206; Amer- ican, 207-210, 211, 213, 214, 215. Classification: Four-coupled ex- press—Great Eastern Railway, 194 ; Great Western Railway, 194 ; Ma- dras Railway, 200; Paris-Orleans Railway, 203. Four-coupled “ At- lantic ” type : Great Northern Railway, 195 ; Great Western Rail- way, 195 ; Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 201 ; Hungarian State railways, 203 ; Chicago and North- Western Railway, 208; Philadel- phia and Reading Railway, 208. Foue-coupled tank : Ballycastle Railway, 199 ; Bavarian State rail- ways, 206. Six-coupled express : Caledonian Railway, 196; Great Central Railway, 196 ; London and South-Western Railway, 197 ; Indian railways, 200; Italian State rail- ways, 203 ; Canadian Pacific Rail- way, 209 ; London and North- Western Railway (goods), 196. Six- coupled “ Pacific ” type : Great Western Railway, “ Great Boar,” 198 ; Baden State, 204 ; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha, 209 ; Pennsylvania Railroad (largest passenger locomotive in the world), 210. Six-coupled “ Prairie ” type : Italian State railways, 204; Lake Shore and Michigan Railway, 209. Six-coupled “ Mogul ” type : New York, Ontario, and Western Railway, 208. Six-coupled tank : Alsace-Lorraine railways, 206; Ber- lin Metropolitan Railway, 206; Northern Railway of France, 202. Eight-coupled “Consolidation ” type : Great Western Railway, 198 ; Bengal-Nagpur Railway, 201; Grand Trunk Railway, 210 ; Saxon State railways, 205. Eight - coupled GOODS: Great Northern Railway,199; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 199. Eight-coupled tank : Trans- alpine Railway, 201. Ten-coüpled : Austrian State railways,205; Servian State railways, 205; Buffalo, Ro- chester, and Pittsburg Railway, “ Decapod,” 210. Articulated : “ Johnstone ” eight-cylinder com- pound, 210; “ Fairlie,” Saxon State railways, 210 ; “ Mallet,” Hedjaz Railway, 212; “ Mallet,” Pekin- Kalgan Railway, 212 ; “ Mallet,” Erie Railway, 213, 215 ; “ Mallet,” Southern Pacific Railway, 213, 215 ; “ Meyer,” 214. Various : “ Shay,” [ 394 ]