INDEX. 



ment, Harbour, Lighthouse, Machine, Mill, Navi- 

 gation, River, Watei'. 



ancient, •11,45,140,182, 217, 299; peat 



for sea-defences, 394 ; recovery of land, Lynn, 365 

 seaweed for sea-defences, 357 ; Tivoli, 38 ; weirs 

 and dams, 283. 



Hydraulic lime, 3, 372, vide Lime. 



Hypsometer, 10. 



Ice, artificial, 335. 



India, public works in, 437. 



Institute of Civil Engineers, proceedings of, 



21, 125, 1G6, 203, 235, 234, 393, 430. 



annual report, 125. 



list of premiums, 433. 



President's conversazione, 206. 



Inventions, New and Useful, by Philotechnicos, 



141, 1S5, 227. 

 Inventors, 372. 

 Iron, vide Turning, Zinkiiig. 



case hardening, Robert's, process of, 234. 



cramping, 181. 



oxidation of, AUamand's process, 361. 



working, origin of, 210, 261, 300, 301. 



Iron and steel, Mushet's papers on, 150, 197, 262. 



Iron mines, Billingley, 48. 



Iron working, Italian, 37 ; origin of, 216, 261, 300, 



301 J sidphur in coal, 65. 

 Italy, state of the arts in, 35. 



Jackson, G. B. W., on setting out railways, 196. 

 Jacquard apparatus improved, 48. 

 Joint-stock companies, ancient, 193. 



King's College, 244, 325. 



Kursaal Gebaude, Bruckenau, 177. 



Kyanizing, 284. 



Laocoon, head of, 103. 



Law, The Queen v. Bristol Dock Company, 209. 



V. Grand Junction Railway, 30. 



V. Walker, 325. 



— — V. Sharp's Patent, 30. 



Vignoles ». Lefroy, 352. 



Lawrie, J. G., on economv of fuel in locomotives, 

 251,373,410. 



Lecount, Lieut., on the History of the London and 

 Birmingham Railway, 65. 



Levelling, tiide Surveying. 



Lifeboat, Paterson's, 23. 



Light, Bude, 403. 



LiGHTHorsE: — Cadiz, 300; cast-iron, Goodwin 

 Sands, 367 ; Jamaica, with engravings, 328, 332 ; 

 Eddystone, 322; Goodwin Sands, 367; Majilin, 

 132'; Morant Point, with engravings, 328, 332 ; 

 Plymouth Breakwater, 134, 140; removal of, 

 with engravings, 243, 325, 378 ; South Foreland, 

 402 ; Sunderland, with engravings, 243, 325, 378. 



Lime, 3, 30, 46, 124 ; varieties of, 362. 



Lime works, Stephenson's, 211. 



Liverpool, architecture of, 17,40, "5, 119, 161. 



docks, 51, 243. 



Lock, sea, 136. 



Locomotive, vide Railway. 



steam engine, .\merican, 202 ; assistant 



on inclined planes, 8. 



— . common road, Calvert's, 247; Coul- 



thard's, 367 ; De Kidder's, 403 ; eccentric rods, 

 with diagrams, 9,05, 06,91, 187; economy of 

 fuel in, 251, 343, 373,374, 410; excavator, 233 ; 

 four and six wheeled, 90 ; Hawthorn's, 23 ; Hill's, 

 28; Panibour on, 12, 59; Parkes and De Pam- 

 bour, controversy between, 304,344,382; Par- 

 kins, 93 ; slide valve, with engravings, 251, 343, 

 373, 374; smoke, consumption of, 211; spark 

 protector, 418 ; wheels, Andrew's, 197; Gooch's, 

 29. 

 Lune navigation, plan for improvement of, 187. 



Machine, vide Mill, Tool, Air Engine, Stirling's, 

 352 ; Brick, Carville's, 55. 



calculating, 401; carding, 62; chuck, 



Stevens's, 234; crane, Leslie's, 107; drawing 

 cotton, 62 ; dredging, with engraving, 410 ; Ja - 

 quard apparatus, 48 ; locomotive excavator, 233 ; 

 metal cutting and shaping, 234 ; moulding, 

 Hodgson's, 194 ; nail, Stocker's, 50 ; pile driving, 

 437; rivet, Stocker's, 50 ; Robinson's distillator, 



361 ; scoop, with engraving, 416; stamping, 22 ; 

 stone cutting, 196 ; wood cutting, Bennett's, 93. 



Machinerv, exportation of, 102,352; ditto theatre, 

 430. 



.Mallet, carpenter's, 404. 



Malta, biscuit baking apparatus at, 385. 



Marble staining, 103. 



Marini: Engine, vide Steam Boat, Steam Engine. 



coiujiarison of long and short connecting 



rods, with diagrams, 166, 219, 303, 344 ; duties 

 on, in Pranoe, 102; Fourdrinier's, 200 ; (iallaway's, 

 32 ; Maudslay's, with engravings, 366, 369 ; Sea- 

 ward's, Willi engravings, 58; Trcwhitt's, 121. 



Marseilles Exchange, 243. 



Martin, Joseph, on the centre of forces of bodies 

 revolving about fixed axes, 113. 



Martyrs' .Memorial, Oxford, 428. 



Materials, vide Anti-Dry-Rot, Asphalte, Brick, Ce- 

 ment, Fire Proof, Granite, Lime, Marble, Mortar, 

 Slate, Stone, Timber, AVood. 



Mathematics, mixed ; arches, 97, 122, 290, 300,365 ; 

 beams, 79, 294, 340, 350; bridges, 122, 147, 

 381'', centre of forces, 113; central forces, action 

 of, 182; fluids in motion, 117 ; fuel, consumption 

 of, 251, 343, 373, 374 ; eccentric rods, 9, 05, 60 ; 

 gaseous fluids, law of, 23; railways, setting out, 

 196; screw, on the power of the, 172, 342 ; lo- 

 comotives, 12, 59. 



Mechanical Engineers, Benevolent Institution for, 

 185, 245. 



Melloni on the consistency of calorific absorption, 

 4 7. 



Mersey and Irwell navigation debate, 98, 133. 



iletals, cutting and shaping machine, 234. 



Mill, vide Watermill. 



cotton, American, 61 ; wheels, on setting out 



teeth of, 167; W'hitelaw and Stirrat's water, 4, 

 48. 



Mines, copper, Itahan, 37 ; Jamaica, 211 ; iron, Bil- 

 lingley, 48; temperature of the earth in, 24, 25. 



Mining, vide also Collierj', Geology. 



ancient, 107, 108', 181, 193 ; cast iron tub- 

 bing, with engravings, 292 ; Coniish, 324 ; Ethio- 

 pian, 215; modes of sinking through quicksands, 

 with engravings, 293; Spanish, 216, 299; stream- 

 work, 107 ; tribute work, 217. 



Mole, ride Harbour. 



Braantium, 146 ; Ephesus, 339 ; Eubca, 262 ; 



3.'59 ; Samos, 107; St. Malo, with engraving, 1; 

 Tyre, 262, 344, 372. 



Monument, Limerick, 123 ; Napoleon, 406; West- 

 plialian, 244. 



Morris, E., on eartliwork, 416. 



Mortar, ancient, 46, 340. 



Mosaic work, Italy, 36. 



pavement, Salzburg, 366. 



Motive power. Beck's, 200. 



carbonic acid gas, 31 7. 



electro magnetic 208,287, 327, 367. 



Pinkus's, 1 74. 



Moulding machine, Hodgson's, 194. 



Murray, J., on the removal of Sunderland Light- 

 house, with engravings, 379. 



Mushet, D., papers on iron and steel, 150, 197, 262. 



Nail Machine, Stocker's, 56. 



Nailing deck plank, 103. 



Nails, Italian, 37. 



Napoleon monument, competition for, 407. 



Nash's ancient halls, 311. 



Navigation, vide also Canal, Hydraulic Engineer- 

 ing. 



Calder, 283; Clyde, report on, 320; Forth, 



229; Irwell, 98, 133; Lune, plan for improving, 

 187 ; Medway, 325 : Mersey, reports on, 98; 1 3, 

 Ribble, 235 ; Seine, 367 ; Severn, reports on, 102, 

 20 ,272,328; Shannon, 103,366; Thames, 132, 

 4 2; Wyre, 3, 211. 



Niches, with engravings, 141. 



Nimino, T. 11., on syphon gas valves, with engrav 

 ings, 379. 



OnLiauE arch, vide Arch, Skew. 

 Observatory, moveable, 200. 



Page's life preserver, 30. 

 Painting, .io, vide Fresco. 



— ^— in imitation of the ancients, 430. 

 Palmer, H. S., C. E., on motion of shingle beaches, 

 151. 



report on the Mersey and Irwell navigation, 



133. 

 Palmer and Perkins' pistons and valves, 5. 

 Pambour, Count de, on Mr. Parker's theorv of steam, 



304, 344, 382. 

 Panels, with engravings, 141. 

 P.;per, asparagus, 247. 



beetroot, 247. 



Papvrography, 55. 



Park, Regent's, 175; Victoria, 212 ; Windsor, 368. 



Parkes, Mr., C. E., theory of steam, 21, 253, 303, 



304, 342, 382, 396. 

 Parliament. Houses of, 31, 351, 367, 370, 391. 

 Patents, list of, 32, 67, 104, 140, 176,212,248, 

 288, 328, 308, 404, 440. 



subject matter of, 190. 



Pavement, ancient. Chapter House, Westminster, 

 403 ; granite, wear of, 403 ; Lomax's. 357 : mo- 

 saic, Salzburg, 360 ; Polonceau's, 309 ; Roman, 

 3 72 ; wood, Rankin's 307. 

 Pearce, John Charles, on eccentric rods, 9, 65, 91, 

 I'ercier, M.. on the architecture of Italy, 41. 

 Perspective, Foggo on, 96. 

 Photometer, Schafhaeiitl's, 318. 

 Pier, vide Hydraulic Engineering. 



Abervs'twith, 401 : Aglv, 2 -. ancient, 45, 21G 



Cahercon,360 ; Chelsea, l'39, 287 ; Kilrusli,366 

 Kilteery, 366 ■. St. Malo, with engravings, 1. 

 Pimlico siateworks, 185. 



carving and sculpture works, 227. 



Pinkus, H., C. E., on a new motive power, 174. 

 Pinnacles, with engravings, 141. 

 Pistons, Palmer and Perkins's patent, 335. 

 Plaster casting, 56. 

 Plate glass flooring, 404. 

 Pneumatic marine preserver, 47. 

 Polvtechnic Institution, royal, 57, 287. 

 Porphyry, Cornish, 323. 

 Porticoes, table of, 19. 

 Power loom, 62. 

 Primrose Hill, 175. 

 Projectile, new, 98. 



Propeller, Archimedean, 32 ; Carpenter's, with en- 

 gravings, 56, 158 : Daubeny's, 234 ; Ericcson's, 

 328; Rennie's, 32, 101, 210, 358: screw, 32; 

 Smith's, 32 ; trapezoidal, 32, 101, 210, 358. 

 Public safctv and convenience of the streets, 120. 

 Pyramids of Egypt, 89, 97, 182, ; Larissa, 146. 

 Quicksands, modes of sinking through, 2, 293. 



Railway, vide Locomotive. 



accidents, 120; prevention of, 381 ; as- 

 sistant engines on inclines, 8 ; axletrees, Coles's, 

 with engravings. 111; .\ylesbury, 02 : ballasting, 

 129 ; Ballochnev, 62 . Berlin and Hamburgh, 32 i 

 bill, 83, 100, 148 ; Birmingham and Gloster, 62, 

 123, 325, 394 ; Blackburn, 31 : Blackwall, 102, 

 287: Brandling junction, 62: Brazils, 306 ; 

 break, Spencer's, with engravings, 415 i bridges^ 

 with engravings, 62, 336, 393: Brighton, 139, 

 287, 327 : Bristol and Exeter, 287 : ditto Gloster^ 

 327 ; Cambridge, 102.— Carriage, Boydell's, 207 ; 

 detaching. Pope's plan, 234 : footboard, 62 ; 

 house, Versailles, 251 ; improvement of, 381 ; 

 resisting shocks, 29 ; wheel tire, with engraving, 

 99 : wheel tire, machine for setting, 318 . wheels; 

 Andrews's, 197,300; Smith's, 124 : chairs, 88 ■ 

 Great North of England, with engravings, 184 ^ 

 Harper's, with eng'ravings, 88 : Harris's, 236 

 improved, nith engravings, 379, 414 Smith's, 

 124. — Cheltenham and Great Western, 287; 

 chocks, self-acting, London and Birmingham, 

 with engravings, 405 ; coke, consumption of 123 ; 

 conference, 57 ; constants, report on, 323 : Crom- 

 ford and High Peak, 103 : Croydon, 327 ; curves, 

 20, 318; Dartmoor, 322; difTereiitial, 174; 

 drains, 130; Dundee and Newtylc, 130 ; Durham 

 and Sunderiand, 129 ; earth works, 130; Edin- 

 burgh and Dalkeith, 130 ,■ Edinburgh and Glas- 

 gow, 327 ; Eastern Counties, 30, 158 ; engine 

 drivers, 85 ; eneine house, Versailles, 251 ; filters, 

 327 ; fixed enghies, 129, 130, 396 ; Florence and 

 Leghorn, 211 ; Grand Junction, 102; Grayrig. 



