Hawksley Gold Medals
122
Heat control devices 161, 199
Heating, induction 230 see also induction furnaces
Heating, infra-red 174, 176, 233, 235
Heating and cooking equipment 84-5,92,117,127,161,174,
176, 198, 230, 233, 235
Heating elements, tubular-sheathed 117, 127, 161, 176, 198,
235
High temperature, materials for 99, 145, 214
High voltage laboratory 96, 97, 98, 132, 134, 135, 210-
211-12, 213-4
Holland 190, 221, 225, 230, 239
' Holy Forty' 13-14, 15, 45, 186, 191, 194
Home guard 180
Home sales managers see Livesay, Pierson, MacArthur,
Coates
Hong Kong 221
Honours and awards:
 civil
121, 122, 129, 135, 185, 186
scientific
125, 135, 139-40, 186, 209
war
(civilian and service) 51, 74, 75, 165, 166, 171-2.
177,
180, 184
Hospital scheme, contributory 89
Hungary 157, 159
Hydroelectric systems 110, 111, 221 see also generators,
waterwheel
Hydrogen-cooled generators 220, 22
IMPULSE testing, h.v. 132
India 46, 68, 81-3, 114, 116, 118, 120, 124, 149, 158, 189
190, 224, 225, 226, 227
Induction furnaces 98-9,100, 101,161, 237
Induction heating equipment 230
Induction regulators 110
Infra-red heating 174, 176, 233, 235
Inspection department 85, 118, 126, 162, 177, 193, 201, 239
Institution of Electrical Engineers (I.E.E.) 42, 125, 186,
209
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I.Mech.E.) 122,184,209
Instrument and meter department 68, 87, 118, 125, 126, 161,
171, 203, 239 see also Motherwell works
Instrument transformers 198, 222
Instruments, indicating 22-3, 36, 45, 126, 150, 176, 177,
199,201,226
Insulation testing 23, 58, 97, 140, 193
Insulation and winding department see transformer depart-
ment, G aisle. Barton airport
Intelligence service, technical 58
International Electrotechnical Commission (I.E.C.) 209
Iron and steel works electrification 62, 67, 112,113,114,
115,
153,155,
222, 226, 229, 232 see also rolling mill drives
Italy 46-7, 68, 230
JAPAN 77, 81-2, 92,103.104,107,118,131, 143-4,162,185
Jet propulsion engines 99, 196, 198, 209, 215-6, 217
Johannesburg office 34, 40, 46, 68, 81, 88, 118, 162, 191
Joint production committees 177
K AISLE 8, 18, 64, 193, 198
King and Queen, visits of the 178, 181
King Edward VII 12, 21
King George V, visit of 50, 51
Koepe winders 227, 228
LABOUR, superintendent of 17, 118, 162, 177
Labour relations 28, 52-3, 131 (Sheffield), 200
Lamp (and lighting) department 120, 162, 176, 239
Lamme Medal 122
Lamps, arc 11, 17, 22, 47
Lamps, Cooper-Hewitt 12, 19
Lamps, tungsten 34, 44, 47, 85 see also infra-red heating
Large machine department 33, 40 see also D aisle
Leonard works 18,177, 196, 198, 239
Lift motors 113
Lighting and lighting fittings 22, 34, 84, 163, 197, 233-4,
235-6 see also under lamps
Lightning research 135
Liquid controllers 70, 156
Local defence volunteers 51, 180 |
Locomotive, turbine-driven
144, 145
Locomotives: Diesel-electric 156,230
electric
37, 116, 157, 159, 229-30, 232
gas-turbine
electric 216
petrol-electric
48
London office 10, 13, 40, 68, 88, 118, 162, 191, 193, 239
Long service association 90-1, 185, 204, 205
Long service employees 18, 129, 185, 191-2, 193^4, 205,
etc.
Lot's Road case 21, 36
MACHINE tool drives 37,114, 228-9
Machinery and details department 16, 40
Magnetos 48, 52
Male voice choir 91, 205
Managing directors see Buchanan, Carlton, Park, Lange,
Hilton, I.R. Cox
Manchester Regiment 49, 51
Manufacturing organization 17-8, 33, 40, 41-2, 45, 68, 76,
83, 85-9,118, 125-6, 125, 162, 194, 195-6,197-200, 239
Marine (and special contracts) department 82, 162, 194,
239
Marine electrical equipment 63, 65, 88, 108, 113, 146, 155,
169, 173, 176, 196, 220, 224, 228, 231, 234, 235, 236, 237
Marine propulsion turbines 31, 48, 60, 63, 65,104, 106,145,
147, 173, 175, 216, 217
Marshalling yards, mechanization of 230
Mass meeting (1919) 83
Mass spectrometer 211, 213
Materials testing see crack detection, creep, electrical
and
magnetic, insulation, and mechanical testing
Mechanical department 34, 42, 51, 56, 68, 118,124,125,162,
190, 193, 194, 239 see also engine, steam turbine,
condenser and gas turbine departments and B aisle
Mechanical testing 58, 96, 97, 98,101, 209
Medical services 27, 52, 125, 129-30, 178, 203, 239
Metadyne control 126,156, 157,159, 171, 220,222, 229, 232
Metal-cutting research 214
Metallurgical laboratory 97, 98
Mersey Railway electrification 22, 37
Meter department see instrument and meter department
Meter testing and standards 22-3, 69
Meters and metering equipment 22-3, 32, 36, 45, 66, 69,
100, 110, 113, 150, 153, 199, 226
Metro-Cutanit Ltd. 197
Metro-Vick Supplies Ltd. 85
Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon & Finance Co. Ltd. 73-4
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd.:
name adopted 74
joins A.E.I. Group 119-20
trend of business 75-6, 120, 126, 165, 189
directors 74,75-6,118,121-2,162,183-6,190,193,194,239
numbers employed 75, 120, 177, 189
senior officials—February 1924 118
March 1935 162
July 1949 239
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Co. Ltd. 18, 81-2,
118, 120-1, 122, 162, 172, 184, 185-6, 190,191,193, 239
Metropolitan-Vickers South Africa (Pty) Ltd. 239
Metropolitan-Vickers-GRS Ltd. 84, 239
Metrosil non-ohmic resistance 140, 172
Microphones 80-1
Mines and mine detection, detonation, etc. 48, 51, 172
Mining equipment 155, 190 see flameproof equipment,
winding engines
Molybdenum, sheet 100
Mosley Road works 18, 126, 196, 197-8 see also aircraft
factory
MotherweU works 197, 199, 207, 239
Motion study 86. 129, 178, 185, 203
Motor converters 110
Motor department 18, 40, 45, 68, 74, 88, 94, 118, 126, 162,
183, 193, 194, 196, 197, 239 see also electrical machine
department, E aisle
Motor test 126, 196
Motors 22 see also below, and traction motors
Motors, high torque 113
Motors, large 32,37, 66, 67, 71,107, 112,113,151-2, 153-4,
155, 176, 222, 226, 227
Motors, medium and small 37, 67, 69, 88, 112, 113, 153-4,
155,196, 224, 227-8,231
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