Jobson's chapel and school architecture (rev.) 350 

 Jopliug, on the entasis of columns, 101 

 Joyce, on the Smyrna stiani-mills, 133 

 Junction of the North of France aud Slrasburgh 

 railways at Paris, 3y4 



K 



Kelland (Prof.) on Hay's theory of symmetric 



proportion. 358 

 Kryliam steam-docks, Devouporl, 2t)7, 400 

 Kii'ir ^uspen^lo^ bridge. 45 

 Knowlcs, on use of cements aud stuccoes exter- 



ternally, 221 



Labouriiij; classes, Roberts on dwellings of, 123; 



Strope, 136; \V ilson, 175 

 Laker, on the curve of Gothic architecture, 365 

 Laud draiuing aud wateriug, by Mr. Smith of 



Deanstoii, (J7 

 Landing pier, lilackfriars-bridge, 69 

 Lardner (Dr.) on railway economy (rev.) 170 

 Lassell, on supporting the speculum of large 



telescopes, 331 

 Lathe, Whitworlh's pat duplex, 304 

 Lectures on architecture, Clegg's, 1, 33, 73, 109, 



145, 177, 209, 245, 305, 337, 309 

 Leon, on cultivation aud nianufaulure of sugar, 25 

 Letter of Mr. Falkener, on antiquities of Uouie, 69 

 Library, Plymouili and Cottouiau 310 

 Life of Sir I. INI. Brunei, IS; Lieut. Col. Kobe, 



20; Viguola, 79; Mr. .Murdock, 316 

 Lift bridge on tlie lirigiitou railway, 173 

 Lighthouse, Bisliop's rock, 42, 1C8 

 Lighthouse, cast-iiou, iu the Bermudas, 105; 



Saugor island, 309 

 Lighthouse, history and construction, A. Steven- 

 son, 232 

 Lighthouse, Skerki channel. Gordon, 252 

 Lighthouse. Swan oQ \elocity of revolving appa- 

 ratus, 29h 

 Lily-house, Chatsworth, 324 

 Lists of new English patents, 32, 72, 108, 144, 



176, 20S, 240, 272, 304, 330, 366, 4tl0 

 Liquid manure, .Smith on distribution of, 07 

 Liverpool, docks and quays, quarry from whence 



supplied, 335 

 Liverpool, Horner's plan of improvement, 390 

 Liverpool railway station, iron roof, 105 

 Liverpool shipbuilding trade, 347 

 Liverpool water supply, K. Stephenson's report, 



190,234,257 

 Locks aud keys, Chubb, 173 

 Locomotive engines iu Austria, prizes for, 207 

 Lloyd, on coniuuiuication between the Atlantic 



and Paciiic, 19 

 London and Pans, statistics, 367 

 London clays, basement bed of, 108 

 Loudon Society of Arts, 25, 105, 200 

 London strata, Myliie's sections of (rev.) 233 

 London supply oi^ water, liisiory of, 28; projects 

 for supply, Henley, 64; Mapledurham, 65, 

 Watford, 00; Kingston, 07; Wandle, 07 ; from 

 chalk formation, Homersham, 07; Clutterbui'k, 

 70,104; Tabberner's lecture on, OS; Prestwich 

 on, 205 ; Pyni, 183 

 London sii|iply of water, report of Board of Health 

 on, 238 ; Hon. W. Napier's report to Board of 

 Health, 392 

 Long aud Porter's Geography of Great Britain 

 (rev.) 130 



M 



M'Counell, on deterioration of railway axles, 120 

 JPPhersou, on preventing water pipes bursting 



by frost, 331 

 Magnets, Ellas on, 331 



Malleable iron mauufacture, Thorneycroft on, 172 

 Manufacture and cultivation of sugar, Leon, 25 

 Marine worms, ravages of upon Southend pier, 19 



INDEX. 



Market and museum at Dover. 257 



Martin's plate-iron girder bridge, Camden town 



300 

 Materials, Buchanan on the .strength of, 21 

 Mausoleum of Hadrian, Burgess, 153 

 Meadow's, pat. improvements in veneering, 109 

 Mechanical Engineers, lustitutiou of 1 17, 120,237, 



380 

 Mechanics Institution, Devonport, 340 

 Media:val brick buildings of Germany, Fowler, 



12S 

 Mediaeval towers and spires, Brittoo, 159 

 ^lemoir of Sir J. M. Brunei, 18; Lieut. -Col A. 



W. Kobe, 20; Vignola, 79 ; Mr IMnrdock, 386 

 Mercury vapour, elasticity of, Kankiue, 15 

 Meteorological observations. Drew on deductions 



from, 309. 345 

 Meteorological quarterly reports, Glaisher's, 246, 



302 

 Meteorological Society, 176 

 Meteorology, Drew on instruments employed in, 



220 

 Meteorology, Glaisher's tables and| remarks, 246, 



302 

 Meteorology of various places in England for 



1849, 84 

 Metropolis, remarks on drainage of, 138 

 Metropolitan sewers, receipt aud expenditure for 



1849, 170 

 Metropolitan sewers, remarks on proposed plan 



of Surrey drainage, 100 

 Metropolitan street paviug, Taylor, 141 

 Metropolitan water supply administration and the 



health question, 97 

 Metiupolilan water supply from chalk formation, 



Cluiterbuck, 70, 104; Homer.-bam, 07; Prest- 

 wich, 205; I'yiii, 183 ; Tabberner, 98 

 Metropolitan water supply, history of, 2S 

 Metropolitan water supply projects, Henley, 64 ; 



Mapledurham, 05 ; Watford, 06 ; Kingston, 07 ; 



Wandle, 07 

 Metropolitan water supply — report of board of 



health, 238; report of Hon. W, Napier to the 



board of health, 392 

 Mildew in paper and parchment, Gyde on, 200 

 Military architecture of Great Britain, Harts- 



horne,218 

 Miller's hydraulic purchase machine applied to 



Morton's patent slip, 44 

 Mineral veins in the waters of the ocean, 72 

 Mineralogy, geology, and physical geography, 



Ansted (rev.) 202 

 Mines, coal, Uitchie on the ventilation of, 239; 



Shedden on, 23 

 Model cottages, Goddard (re?.) 322 

 Model dwellings for the working classes, Wilson, 



175; Hoberts, 123; Scrope, 130 

 Modern tombs, Hakewill (rev.) 47 

 Mortising, tenoning, boring, aud ripjiiiig timber, 



Douglas's machine, 22 

 Morton s pat. slip. Miller's purchase machine 



applied to, 44 

 Motley's proposed bridge at Clifton, 236 

 Muiiicli, art in, 307 

 Murdoi k (\\ illiani), memoir of, 316 

 Museum and market at Dover, 257 

 Museum, British, iron railings for, 330 

 Museum British, project for eulargeiiRUt of, 204 



N 



Nasmyth's improvement in forging iron, 292 



Nasmyth's improvement of retlecting telescopes, 

 328 



National provincial bank, Darlington, 380 



Naval basin at Sebastapol, 207 



Navigable canals, D. Stevenson, 165 



Navigation of the Clyde, interruptions to, 336 



New street and sewer through London, Beard- 

 more (rev.) 322 



Newton's pat. planing and grooving machine, 109 



Newton's pat. steam boilers. 199 



Niueveh, great bull from, 271 



Nonconformist chapel and school architecture, 

 Jobson (rev.) 350 



North of France and Slrasburgh railways junc- 

 tion, at Pans, 3S4 

 North-western railway, plate-iroo girder bridge, 



Camden-town, 3C0 

 Nortti-western railway station, Chester, 335 

 North-western railway station pavement, 141 

 Notes of the month, 70, 108, 144, 175, 207, 271, 



335, 367, 399 

 Novogeurgievsk, corn magazine, 241 



O 



Obituary, .Sir I. M. Brunei, 18; Dr. Potts, 144 ; 

 Lieut. Col. Kobe, 20 ; Mr. Kobt. Stevenson, 

 271; Mr. John Swindell, 235; M. Lnigi 

 Zaudomeneghi, 235 ; William Murdock, 316 



Oblique bridges, Bashforth, 171 



Observations, meteorological, Drew's deductions 

 from, 345 



Observations, Glashier's quarterly tables, 246, 

 362 



Opening of the Britannia bridge, 144 



Open timber roofs, .Morris on structural principles, 

 249 



Ordnance survey of Scotland, 347 



Ornamental ironwork, 350 



Ornamentation of .\ssyrian sculpture, Smirke, 150 



Overshot water-wheels, Dodgson, 253 



Oxidation of iron, protection from, 71, 231, 272 



Paint, zinc white, 272 



Panama isthmus, Lloyd on canal through, 19 



Panama isthmus, railroad acro-s, 271, 323 



Paper, dry, piioiography on, Evrard, 2bO 



Paper for tracing, 72 



Pans, statistics of roads, 3t)7 ; bridues, fecurity 

 of, 307; gvpsurn, Burnell on, 185; improve- 

 ments in, 308; sewerage of, 307 



Park on public sculpture, 372 



Parker's water-wh< el, 08 



Parochial registers, 208 



Patents granted for England, List of : — 



From November '24 to December 21. ^i 

 From December 21 to January '.^4, 72 

 From January 1*4 to February a;j, t08 

 From February 23 to March 2u, 144 

 From March 20 to April 23, 1 16 

 From April 23 to May 23, M% 

 From May 23 to June 30, 240 

 Froni June 20 to July 25, 272 

 From July 25 to August 22, 304 

 From August 22 to SeptemDer 26, 336 

 From September 26 te October 24, 368 

 From October 24 to November 21, 400 



Patents, Register of New: — 



Boiler tubes, Bannisler, 230 

 Bricks, vitrified, Eilioil, 2;U 

 Casks, iron, Da Costa, 15 

 Glazing ca>t-iron. Wyatt, 231 

 Planing and grooving, Newton, 169 

 Railway ciiairs. Torkington, 2"li) 

 Railway wlieels, Cliambers, 200 

 Saliiiomeler, How, 168 

 Shot, Smith, 14 

 Steam-boilers, Newton, 199 

 Steel manufacture, Heath, 230 

 Stouk'ware pipes. Burton, 12 

 Veneering, Meadows, 109 



Paton, on ravages of insects upon Southend pier, 19 

 Pavement at North- Western station, Euston- 



square, 141 

 Peal charcoal, manufacture of, 144 

 Pelasgic remains in Greece, Clegg's lecture, 109 

 Pemberton, on spirit level adjustment, 327 

 Penny, (Dr) on quantitative determination of 



iron, 331 

 Permanent way, North-Westera railway. Bar- 

 low, 204 

 Persia, Clegg's lecture on architecture, 33 

 Petrie, on dynamic equivalent of current electri- 

 city, 303 

 Petrie, on electricity and heat as moving powers, 



298 

 Petrie, on minute vision, 293 



