StoDe-drilliog machiDe, 72 



Stone, experiments on etrenglh of, Buchanan, 



21 ; Stewart, 209 

 Stoneware pipes, Biirtoo's pat., 12 

 Stoneware pipes, enperimenls on strength of, 14 

 Stony Stratford, Roman remains at, 156 

 Stove, Has, Hard's, :h31 

 Stras>>urKb and north of Trance railway junction 



at I'aris, 384 

 Strasbur^h cathedral, (Joelhe on, 315 

 Street paving of the metropolis, Taylor, 141 

 Strength of iron, report of commissioDera on, 42, 



49,84, 115, 181 

 Strength of materials, Buchanan, 21 ; Tate (rev.) 



318 

 Strength of stone, 21, 2C9 

 Struvr on ventilation of collieries, 397 

 Stucco and cenient, KiiowIhs on the use of exter- 

 nally, 221 ; review of, 332 

 Subsidence of ( hatmossby drainage, 293 

 Sugar, cultivation and iiiaiiufaiture, Leon, 25 

 Sunderland harbour, seU-regisleriug tide guage, 



lOG 

 Supply of water admiaistraliou aud health ques- 

 tion'. <»7 

 Supph of water 'o Liverpool, report of R. Ste- 

 phenson, 190, 234, 257 

 Supply of water to London, history of, 28; pro 

 jects for, 64; Henley project, 64 ; iMaple- 

 durham, 63; Watford, 66; Kingston, 67: 

 Uandle, 07 

 Supplyof water from chalk formation, Homersham, 

 67; Pjm, 183; Tabberner, 98; Prestwicb, 

 265. 

 Supply of water to London, report of Board of 

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

 Board of Heallh on water supply, 392 

 Surrey side of metropolis drainage, remarks on. 



100 ; report of engineer, 282 

 Survey, ordnance, of Scotland, 347 

 Surveyor and civil engineer's assistant, Ryde, 



(rev ) 233 

 Suspension bridge at Kieff, 45 

 Swan, on velocity of revolving lighthouse appa- 

 ratus, 298 

 Swindon church, Wiltshire, 288 

 Swiss railways and U. Stephenson, 314 

 Symmetrical proportion, Hay's theory, 358 ; Prof. 



Kelland on, 359 

 Synoptical view of the meteorology of various 



places in 1849, 84 

 Syphou barometer, 3iO 



TafT vale railway viaduct, 106 



Tate, on strength of tubular bridges (rev.) 318 



Taylor, on chemical composition of rocks of coal 



formation, 3u3 

 Taylor, ou street pavement of the metropolis, 114 

 Tehuautepec route across the Isthmus of Panama, 



323 

 Telegraph, electric, Brett's, 108; Gallon's, 234; 



Eiseiilohr's impi nvements, 208 

 Telescope, LassiU on supporting the speculum of, 



331 

 Telescope, rclleutiiig, Nasmylh's arrangement of, 



328 

 Telotype, Gallon's printing electric telegraph 



(rev.) 234 

 Terra-cotta and artificial stone. Fowler. 215 

 Teredo navalis, ravages upon Southend pier, 



Paton, 19 

 Testimonial to Mr. Barry, 208; Mr. Dockiay, 



72 

 Thorneycrufl,on uianufactuie of wrought-iron, 172 

 Thoiold, ou agrjculluic and engineering (rcv.j 26 



INDEX. 



Tide gauge, self-registering, 106 



Timber, growing, (!yde, on chemical saturation 



of, 206 

 Timber roofs, Morrison structural principles, 249; 



Davis on, 251 

 Tinkler's architectural sketches in Italv (rev.) 



130, 234. 399 

 Tombs, modern, Hakewill on (rev.) 47 

 Torkington's pat. railway chairs, 23o 

 Towers and spires of mediaeval period, Brilton, 



159 

 Town-hall, Brunswick, 281 

 Tracery, decorated window, Sharpe (rev. J 46 

 Tracing-paper, 72 

 Traffic on railways, 1849, 71 

 Tropical climates, cooling rooms in, Smyth, 299: 



'• Q ," 322 

 Tubes, boiler. Bannister's pat., 230 

 Tubular bridges, Biiclianaii on raising the Bri- 

 tannia and C'onw.iy, 21 

 Tubular girder bridges, Clark, (rev.) 277 ; Demp- 



6ey(rev.)48: Kairbairn. 142; Tate (rev.) 318 

 Tubular crane, Fairtiairn, 332 

 Tunnel of Sienna railway, 308 

 Turner, on copyright in design (rev ) 137 ; on 



counsel to ioveniors (rev.) 137 



U 



Ulver^tou, Barrow monument, 183 



United Service Institution, Shaw's visit to (rev.) 



IS 

 United States— bridge building, Roberts on, 263; 



naval dry docks, 207; waterworks, Buruell on, 



259 

 Usher's pat. stejtm-plough, 329 



Valuation of ecclesiasiical property (rev,) 137 

 Valve for waterworks, Buch-man, 331 

 Veneering, Meadow's pat., 109 

 Ventilaiing apparatus, Voik lunatic asylum, 356 

 Ventilating water-wheels, Dodgsoii, 253 

 Ventilation as a branch of sanitary reform, Wal 



ker, 385 

 Ventilation of coal mines, Ritchie, 239 ; Shedden, 



23 

 Ventilation of collieries, Struv^ on, 397 

 Ventilation of rooms in tropical climates, 299, 322 

 Ventilation, practical. Burn (rev.) 203, 231 ; 



Walker (rev.) 320 

 Verandah, Sans Souci, 384 



Viaduct, Chappie. Eastern counties railway, 172 

 Viaduct, Tall vale railway, lOO 

 Victoria docks, Woolwich, 300 

 Victoria regia house, Chatsworth. 324 

 Visnola, life and works, Angell. 79 

 Viguolle's suspension bridge at Kiefl", 45 

 Vision, minute, Petrie on, 293 

 Vitrilied bricks. Elliott's pal., 231 

 Voussoirs of arches, hollow cast-iron, 201 



W 



Wagon and carriage springs, Adams, 117 



Wa;;on.-^, coverings tor, 144 



Walbian's guide to Hipoii (rev.) 48 



Wallace statue. Park's model of, 351 



Walling, 127 



Walker, on ventilation as a branch of sanitary 



reform, 385 

 Walker's hints cm ventilation (rev.) 320 

 \\ aid's gas sio\e, 331 

 Water and air in tuwus. Dr. Smith, 295 



Water, chemical composition of. Way, 254 



Water, comparative analysis o', Brande, 103 



U'ater contents of chalk. Prof, .-insted, 203 



Water discharge through drain pi^es, Hale's ex- 

 peiiinents, 10 



Water in pipes, D'Aubuisson on motion of, 130, 

 162 



Water, Bliering and purifying of, Henderson, 261 



Water meter, Bucknall's, 239 



Water monopoly and the sauiiary moveineiil, 28 



Water pipes bursting by frost, McPhersoo oo 

 prevention, 331 



Water pressure applied to cranes and other 

 machinery, Armstrong, 204 



Water supply adinioistratiou and the health ques- 

 tion, 97 



Water supply to Aylesbury. 207 



Water supply to Liverpool, K. Stephenson's 

 report, 190, 234, 257 



Water supply to Lm.don — history of, 28 ; projects 

 for supply, 04; Henley pioject, 01 ; Maplediir- 

 ham,65; Watford, 60; Kingston, 67 ; U audle, 

 67 



Water from chalk formation — Ansled, 203; Ho- 

 mersham, 67; Prestwich, 265; Piiu, 183 ; Tab- 

 berner, 96 



Water supply — report of Board of Health, 238 ; 

 report of Hon W. Napier to Board of Health, 

 392 



Water-wheel, Parker's, 68 



Water wheel, ventilating, Dodgsou, 25J 



Waterworks, Buclian.iu's viilve for, 331 



Waterworks in the United Slates, Burnell, 2:.9 



Watson, on prevention of smoky cliiinoevs, 334 



Watt and U oolf steam-engine and Smyrna steam- 

 luills, 95, 133 



Wave principle in shipbuilding, Dodgson, 302 



Wales of the Atlantic, Scorcsby on, 300 



Waves, T. Steveustm on force of, 294 



Way (Prof.) on variation in chemical composition 

 of water, 254 



West's comparative view of explosions in coal 

 mines, 397 



Westminster abbey font, 225 



Westminster and Blackfriars bridges, Stewart on 

 failure, 314 



\t'estmiuster bridge, new, 94 



Westminster hall, Morris on construction ot roof, 

 249; Davis, 251 



Whe. Is, elliptical cog, Dashwood, 172 



Wheels, railway. Chambers, pat., 200 



Wheels, revolving elliptical, Davison, 132 



Whitby bank, 284 



Whitehall banqueting house, Hansard's mea- 

 surements (rev.) 48 



White zinc paint, 272 



Whitworlh's pat. duplex lathe, 304 



H ilsou (Dr)on disinfectants, 1J6 



Window tracery, decorated, Sharpe (rev.) 46 



Wire fences, Smiih's improvements, 175 



Wood, glowing, Gydeon chemical saturation, 206 



Woolwich, \'ictoria docks. 306 



Wyatt's pat. for glazing cast-iron, 231 



Yorkshire agricultural and commercial bank, 312 

 York county hospital, 145; veuiilaling apparatus, 



356 

 Yule and Chanter's coating for ships' bottoms, 123 



Zinc, white paint, 272 

 Zandomenegi.., death of, 235 



