INDEX. 



Motion of water, by Guido Grandi, 81 

 Motive power obtained by gas, 128 

 Moulton's pat. for costruction of bridges, 23 

 Mural paintings in Lingfield church, I'anson, 29 

 Musical instrumenta played by electro-magnetism, 

 192 



Nasmyth, on chemical character of steel, 314 



„ on the efl'ects of zinc on iron, 187 

 Nasmylh's pat. steam-hammer, 302 



„ steam pile-driver, 289 

 National Gallery, new, 96, 291 

 Natural gasworks, 298 



„ system of architecture, by W.Griffiths, 91 

 Navigation, inland, Perceval on, 53 



„ steam, Scott Russell on, 311 



Navy, steam, 75 

 Newall's pat. sash-line, 150 

 New baptist chapel, Bloonisbury, 129 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne central railway station, 353 

 New cement, 319 „ r, <. 



New element of mechanism, by R. Roberts, 315 

 New electric light, Le Mott's, 379 

 New houses of parliament, 92, 228, 245, 278 

 New lubricant for machinery, 155 

 New market-house at Blackburn, 96 

 New method of cutting trenches for drain-tiles, 329 

 New method of treating the ore of platinum, 123 

 New National Gallery, 96, 291 

 New palace of Westminster, 245, 278, 295 



„ expenses of, 92, 228 



New park at Battersea, 320 

 New patents, lists of English, 32, 64, 96, 128,160, 



192, 224, 256, 288, 320, 352, 382 

 New patents, register of, 22,45,75, 111,143,167, 



214, 246, 285, 302, 342, 368 

 New red sandstone, supply of water from, 188,381 

 New rifle barrel, 192 

 New Star steamboat, 319 

 New steam or hydraulic-wheel, 351 

 New steam-ship basin, Portsmouth, 191 

 New theatre at the Polytechnic Institution, 96, 



159 

 Newland, on survey of Liverpool, 278 

 Newton's pat., manufacture of iron, 170 



„ manufacture of pigments, 215 



,j porcelaiu kiln, 144 



„ railway-wheels, 114 



„ water-gauge, 52 



Niagara river, sudden draining of, 191 



„ suspension bridge, 191, 288 

 Nineveh, remarks on, by iMr. Layard, 60 

 Normauville's pat. axle-boxes and journals, 369 

 Norton's machine for rolling iron, 191 

 Note-book, Candidus's, Fasciculus LXXVII, 5 ; 

 LXXXIII., 41; LXXIX., 65; LXXX., 97; 

 LXXXI., 130; LXXXII., 162; LXXXIII., 

 193; LXXXIV., 226; LXXXV., 257; 

 LXXXVI., 290; LXXXVII,, 321; 



LXXXVIII., 354 

 Notes of the month, 32, 95, 127, 160, 190, 223, 



255,287,317, 351,381 

 Notes on engineering, No. VIII., 2 ; IX., 199 ; 



X., 258 ; XI., 292 

 Notes upon art, by F. Lush, 356 



Obituary : Harvey L. Elmes, 61, 61 ; Mr. Kay, 

 01 ; Charles Dyer, 96 ; Henry Brandreth, R.E., 

 90 ; George Stephenson, 297, 329, 361 

 Oblique arch, Bashforth on, 4 

 Occurrence of vanadium in the refinery slag, 319 

 Oniotf's rotary engine, 284 

 Ordnance maps, 287 



,, survey of London, 96, 198, 255 

 Ore, copper, Norwegian mode of smelting, 320 



„ Rivot's process for smelting, 317 



Ore of platinum, new method of treating, 128 



„ Wall's pat. for separating iron from, 144 

 Ores, Birkmire's pat. for smelting, 215 

 „ Brunton's pat. for dressing, 214 

 ,, manufacture of. Low's pat., 214 

 Ormerod on drainage of Chat-moss, 315 

 Overarch suspension-bridge, Jlilne's, 32 

 Oxides of zinc, Rochaz's pat., 343 



Paddle-wheels, Barber's pat., 168 



Paint manufactured from antimony, 128 



Painting and architecture, letters on, 165 



Paintings in Lingfield church, I'Anson, 29 

 „ on glass, by M. de Ron, 30 



Palace at Caserta, 7, 36 



,, Buckingham, 7, 36, 257 



„ of Westminster, 245, 278, 295 



» „ expences of, 92, 228 



Palmer's patent gas improvements, 25 



Paper-hangings coloured with nitrate of silver 100 



Parcels traffic on railways, 336 



Paris, council of health of, 345 

 ,, Hotel de Ville (rev.), 99 



Park at Battersea, new, 320 



Parker on the velocity of atmospheric jets, 110 



Parker's reaction water-wheels, 110, 171 



Parliament houses, new (rev.), 295 



„ „ „ 92, 228, 245, 278, 295 



Passengers and fares on railways, 241 



Passenger locomotives, 382 



Patents, English, lists of, 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 

 192, 224, 256, 288, 320, 352, 382 

 „ register of new, 22, 45, 75,111,143, 

 167, 214, 216, 235, 302, 342, 368 



Patests : — 



Atmospheric railway valves, Froude, 2-18 



Axle- boxes and journals, Normanville, 369 



Axle guards and buffers. Ue Bergue, 247 



Balance bridge, Sadler, 75 



Bar iron, Russell, 2^6 



Beams or girders. Fielder, 189 



Boring and sinking, Gard, 170 



Bridge, balance, SadUr, 75 



Bridges, construction of, i^IouItOH, 23 



Bronzing metal surfaces, Salzede, \Gy 



Coke ovens, Jlit-haut, 24G 



Condensing steam, Schiele, 114 



Coupling irons. Pratt, 372 



Decorative arts, Wallace, 303 



Electricity, lighting by, Steite, 49 



Engines, rotary, I-iiusman, 2V} 



Fire cock, Chrinies, 167 



Fuel, artibcial, Azulay and Solomons, 52 



„ combustion of, Coad, 21G 

 Furnaces and blowing machines, Lloyd, .'^3 

 Furnaces, blast of, Abion, 372 

 Gas apparatus, self-acting, Watson, 342 

 Gas burners. Hunt, 114 

 Gas, improvements in. Palmer, 2J 

 Gas meters, Clegg, 3G8 

 Gas stove, Brockedon, 143 

 Gauge for steam-boilers, Newton, 52 

 Glass manufacture. Chance, 304 

 Glass, perforating, Lockhead, 307 

 Iron, manufacture of, Atwood, 371^ Blewitt, 4G ; Newton, 



170, Vickers, 47 

 Iron, wrought, casting of, Rocke, 21G 

 Jointing clamps, Kimberley, 373 

 Locomotive carriage wheels, Evans, 189 

 Locomotive engines, Crampton, 48; Heaton, 189; Rit- 

 chie, 30(5 

 Locomotive engines and breaks, Taylor, 76 

 Locomotive engines and carriages, Pearson, ir,7; Taylor, 



Lubricating composition, Denne, 169 



flietals, inlaying and coating, Motay, 217 



JMills. application of steam power to, Hastie, 115 



Mining apparatus, Puis, 248 



Ores, dressing, Brunton, 214 ; Low, 214 



Ores, smelting, Birkmyre, 215 



Ores, separating iron Irom, Wall, 144 



Paddle wheels. Barber, 168 



Pigments, manufacture of, Newton, 215 



Plate glass, Hartley, 1+4 



Pneumatic spring. Poole, 45 



Porcelain kiln, Newton, 145 



Propellers, Maudslay, S05 



Propelling blades, Stow, 266 



Rails, laying down of, Gordon, 370 



Railway apparatus, Wrighton, 246 



Railway bars and chairs, Shaw, 170 



Railway break, Chaplin, 114 ; Heath, 304 ; Lister, 304 



Railway carriage axles, Berger, 46 



Railway carriages, De Bergue; 247; Dunn, 169 



Railway keys. Barlow, 804 



Refining silver and lead, Johnson, 143 



Rotary engines. Kinsman, 216; Wilson, 285 ; Davies, 370 



Sack holder, Gilbert, 111 



Screw propellers and pumps, Humphreys, 347 



Sewer, diaphragm double-acting, Moffatt, 372 



Sewer trap, Bunnett, 23 



Silvering speculums, Fletcher, 115 



Smoke consuming, Kyan, 113 



Steam boilers. Black, 304; Earl of Dundonald, 286; 



Steam boilers and engines, Exall, 342 



Steam boiler furnaces, Baker, 247 



Steam engines. Bacon and Dixon, 111 ; Siemen, 249 



Steam engines, high-pressure. Cole, 342 



Steam furnaces, economy ol fuel in, Douche, 303 



Patents C^oniinuedJ .- — 



steam hammer, Nasmyth and Gaskell, 302 



Tubes, lap-welded. Cutler. 248 



Tubes, manufacture of, Fontainemoreaii, 216 



Tubular flues. Pott, 368 



Turntables, Thorold, 303 



Valves and plugs, Bateman, 286 



Valves, self-acting, Walmsley, 371 



Ventilation and lighting, Brittern, 370 



Ventilation of mines, Wilcock, ^2 



Vibrating piston-rod engine, Gustafsson, 24 



Water gauge, Newton, 52 



Water, measurement of, Haigh, 371 



Wood, preserving and colouring, Renard, 143 



Wheels, manufacture of, Ashbury, 369 



Zinc, oxide of, Rochaz, 307,343 



Paving of streets, 272 



Pavement, wood, action for infringement of pafent, 

 256 



Payne's pat. fireproof wood, 287 



Pearson's pat. locomotive engines and carriage3,16T 



Peck and Pardee's pat. lever vice, 373 



Peculiarities in the construction of Greek archi- 

 tecture, by F. Penrose, 150 



Penny, on the divining rod, 224 



Penrose, on the geometrical lines and optical cor- 

 rections of the Greek architects, 150 



Pennsylvania, iron produce of, 284 



Perceval, on inland navigation, 53 



Percy, on extraction of silver from its ores, 315 



Perforating glass, Lockhead's pat., 307 

 „ machine, Jacquard, 88, 225 



Permanent-way deterioration of, 381 



Perspective, isometrical, 230, 294 



Peterraan's hydrographic map of the British isles, 

 315 



Phenomena of fire, 127 



Phillips's prof, anemometrical researches, 310 



Phosphates in the green sand formation, 191 

 „ Analysis of, 192 



Photography, etl'ectof light in, 284 



Pigments, manufacture of, Newton's pat., 215 



Pile driver, steam, Nasmyth's, 289 

 „ driving machine, Clark and Varley's, 341 



Pipes for sewage, 90 



Piston, on the influence of the rapid motion of, 158 

 „ rod engine, Gustafsson's vibrating, 24 



Pitter's archimedian balloon, 223 



Plan-pricking instrument, 272 



Planters, hints to, 63 



Plants, salt a poison to, 312 ' 



Plate-glass, Hartley's pat., 144 



„ trade, Howard on, 316 /* 



Plate-holder for the daguerreotype camera, 155 % 



Platinum, new method of treating the ore of, 128 ■* 



Playfair's introductory lecture, 370 



Plough, American, Slocum's, 31 



Plymouth docks, 318 



„ sound, breakwater in (rev.), 121 



Pneumatic spring, Poole's pat., 45 



Pointed architecture, Gwilt's remarks on, 22 



Pole's translation, Alban's high pressure steam- 

 engine, (rev.), 211 



Poole's pat. pneumatic spring, 45 



Polygoaar decorations, 91 



Polytechnic institutions 96, 159 



Porcelain kiln, Newton's pat., 145 



Port and docks of Birkenhead (rev.), 68 



Portable cofferdam, Stevenson's, 62, 231 



Porticoes of ancient Rome, 233 



Portland cement, 294 



Portlock, on coast levels, 314 



Portsmouth, new steam-ship basin at, 191 



Pott's pat. tubular flues, 368 



Pottery, ancient, Dwyer on 



Poynter, on leather hangings, 61 



Pratt's pat. coupling irons, 372 



Precautions on railways, Harding's, 32 



Preservation of wood for sleepers, 224 



Preserving and colouring wood, Renard's pat., 143 



Pressure engines, hydraulic, 314 



Pressure-gauge for gas-works, 382 



Prevention of accidents iu coal mines 



Prevention of explosions in steam-engines, 381 



Price's dry condenser, 284 



Principles and practice of building sewers, I'ansoa 

 on, 29 



