Index 



(GES = George Escol Sellers, the author) 



Abert, John J., 190, 191 -192 



Ackermann, Rudolph, 123, 124 



Adelaide Gallery, London, 12, 52, 88, 131-134 (See 

 also Perkins, Jacob) 



Agnew, John, rebuilds Diligent, 9; partner of Merrick, 

 16, 54n; mentioned, 53 



Algonquin (ship), 134 



Allaire, James P., 46 



Allen, Horatio, i6on, 173 



America (See locomotive, Sellers) 



American Machinist (source of articles), 194, xi, xviii 



Ames, John, paper cylinder, 96, 100 



annealing of steel, 13-15; of wire, 91-94 



Arabian (See locomotive, Davis) 



Assistance Fire Company, 4, 44 



Aurora (newspaper), 79 



Bache, Alexander D., 57; in Washington, 190, 192 



Bacon (son-in-law of Perkins), 12 



Bacon, Richard M., printing press of, ii7n 



Baldwin, Matthias W., 53, 71, 77, 172, 188; partner 

 of Mason, i5n; slide rest, 59 (illustr.); builds 

 model locomotive, 70; builds locomotive for 

 Penna., 151; portrait, 175; patent infringe- 

 ments, 175-177: his shops, 176; his conical 

 joint, 178 (illustr.); and America trial, 178; 

 his steam engine, 180, 181-182, 186 (illustr.) 

 (See also locomotive, Baldwin) 



Baldwin and Mason (firm), i5n, 112, 122, 180, 181- 

 182 



Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 180-185, '9° 



banknotes, engraving plates for, 12, 13-15, 17, 28; 

 counterfeiting of, 135-141 



Bank of the U.S. of Pennsylvania, 135 



Barclay, Perkins & Company (brewers), 114 



Barlow knife, 31 



Barnum, Phineas T., 86 



Barron, James, 1 2 n 



Barton (director of Royal Mint), r 1 1, 114 



Barton, Rice & Co. (paper machine builders), 101 



Beatie, Robert (journeyman), 107 



Beatty (axe maker), 30 



Belmont inclined plane, 155 (illustr.) (See also 

 Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad) 



Bentham, Samuel, and block machinery, 108 



Biddle, Nicholas, 51, 89 n; and counterfeiting, 1 35-1 41 



Birmingham, England, 108, 110; rivets from, 11; 

 planchets from, 66 and n; screws from, 126 



Black Ball line, 108 



block machinery for Royal Navy, 108 



blower fan for locomotive, 180, 183 (illustr.) 



boiler, high pressure, of Perkins and Hawkins, 26-28; 

 for burning bagasse, 189 



boring, bar, 34, 1 82 ; mill, 40 n, 112 



Boulton and Watt, 36, 38, supply planchets, 66 n 



Boyden, Seth, biogr. notes, 185; leather-splitting, 

 185-188; portrait, 188; and locomotives, 188- 

 189 



Boyle's smith shop, 107 



Bramah, Joseph, 108, 123 



Brandt, John, and Cardington, xvii, 107; in- 

 vents card machine, 160, 168-169; with Phila- 

 delphia & Columbia Railroad, 160, 161 -162, 

 166, 170, 172; and Sellers locomotive, 161 -164; 

 biogr. notes, 166; with GES in Lancaster, 167; 

 teaches blacksmithing to GES, 169-1 70; studies 

 drafting, 170; on locomotive design, 1 70-1 71; 

 at America trial, 1 74-1 75, 1 77-1 78; Boyden visits, 

 189 



Brandywine Creek, industrial center on (See under 

 du Pont; Gilpin; Hodgson; Young 



brazing (See under coppersmithing) 



Breining, George, (screw maker), 31 n 



bridge, Long truss, 191 



Brougham, Lord, ill, 112, 114 



Brunei, Isambard Kingdom, 109 



Brunei. Marc Isambard, 88, 133; and block machinery, 

 108; and Thames tunnel, 109, 11 4-1 15, 117 



Burgess, W. H. (landscape painter), 128 



calico printing, cylinder for, 70 



Camden & Amboy Railroad, 162 n, 163 



Cameron, James (canal commissioner), 161; on 

 locomotive design, 162-164, 175; at Cardington, 

 172; at America trial, 178 



Cameron, Simon, 161 



Campbell, Henry R. (railway engineer), 151; and 

 locomotive, 152 



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