Index

Abbas Pasha (Viceroy of Egypt), 320, 322 Abercrombie, (Sir) Patrick (town planner), 63 Abyssinia (Ethiopia), monorail proposal, 58 Accles, James (firearms manufacturer), 96 Acheson, Edward G. (chemist), 111 Acts of Parliament canals, 289, 290, 297 river navigations, 305 adaptive re-use of industrial buildings, 10–11 Adelsberger (of German Bureau of Standards), 123, 124, 125, 126 Admiralty Davy’s dealings with, 216–17 Hutton’s dealings with, 114, 115–16 purchasing by, 115, 262 Admiralty brass, 114 Air Board Specifications, 278 aircraft parts, British Standards on, 278, 278 airport-to-city-centre monorail projects, 51, 52, 52, 62, 64, 69, 70, 73 Alexander, E., Key to the Henry Cort Story? An Appraisal of the Weale Document Collection, 341–58 Alexanderson, Ernst F.W. (electrical engineer), 239–40 Alexandria–Cairo Railway, 322, 327, 330 alien exhibits (in museums), 9 Allies’ post-war investigations, on PTR (German Bureau of Standards), 136 Almqvist, E., History of Industrial Gases [BR], 168–69 aluminium, electrolytic extraction of, 111 aluminium brass, use in marine steam engine condensers, 114 aluminium bronze, use in marine steam engine condensers, 114–15 American Machine and Foundry Co. (AMF) monorail installation, 72–73, 74 Index