INDEX. 



Schools of design, ancient, 53. 



Sculpture in architectiiral design, 281. 



Seaward, Samuel, C.E., on auxiliary steam power, 

 118, 174. 



Sewers, rentals of, 393 — flushing apparatus for, 320. 



Ships, new mode of raising, 3-18. 



Ship building, form of, 315 — sheathing, copper, 

 history of, 169 — iron do, 38C — history of iron, 

 254 — holding down bolts, 2.")2 — on use of wood 

 and iron, 10 — table of the dimensions of timbers, 

 in steam boats, 89 — on iron as a material, 121, 

 254, 368. 



Skew arch, 155. 



Smoke, consumption of, vide Fuel. 



Somerset House, 413. 



Spires, article on, and table of, 121. 



Staircases, article on, 86. 



Steamhoat, vide Marine Engine Propellers. 



Steamboat, .Vcbar, 210 — anti, John Scott Russell, 

 170, 181, 241— Archimedean, 243— building, 

 of, dimensions of timbers, 88 — British Queen, 

 309— Cambridge, 309— Cherokee, 323, 359— 

 coal boxes, 104, 229 — Congresco, 210— Dee, 

 309 — defence of, 394 — Devastation, 132 — 

 Devonshire, 309— Don Juan, 88, 158, 309 

 — Driver, 132 — engine men, 3G7 — Favourite 

 5 — Firebrand, 300 — French government, 300 

 —Gorgon, 4, 132, 157, 160— Great Britain, 

 357 — Great Western, 394 — Hecate, 309 — 

 Hecia, 132 — llibernia, 360 — hogging, Capt. 

 Drew's plan to prevent, 394 — Ilindostan, 300 — 

 Hydra, 132, 157 — India, 350 — iron, .\aron 

 Manby, 254 — Atmospheric, 283 — Bruges, 309 — 

 history of, 124, 254— Iron Duke, 256— John 

 Garrow, 254— Rocket, 323— Sirene, 67— James 

 Watt, 303, 359— Little Western, 103, 209— 

 Liverpool, 301— Locomotive, 283— Medea, 132, 

 157; Medway, 104 ; Mega;ra, 323— Memnon,103; 

 Monarch, 132 — Monster, 243 — Montezuma, 323, 

 — navy, 104 — Oriental, 301 — Peloro. 175 — Pene- 

 lope, 323 — Pha;nix,205 — Precursor, 175 — Prince 

 Albert, 394— Regent, 210— rolling of, 367— 

 Royal Tar, 88— rudder, 368— Solway, 309— 

 Stromboli, 132— Styx, 7, 133— Tartarus, 210— 

 Thames, 31— Tourist, 5, 132, 157— Trent, 138, 

 424 — Trident, 404 — United Kingdom, 6 — ven- 

 tilation of, 367— Virago, 44, 399— Vivid, 132, 

 157_West India mail, 88, 174, 214. 



Steam Engine, vide Locomotive, Marine Engine. 



' Steam engine, Belgium, 139 — blow off cocks, 367 

 —boiler, explosions, 43, 51, 173, 242, 243, 351 

 — Sinclair's contrivance, 173 — sight tubes for, 

 353 — corrosion of, 199 — wear and tear of, 307 

 — cocks, 226 — 367 — crank pins, 288 — double 

 cylinder rotary, 109 — expansion valves, 252 — 

 flywheel, observations on, 364 — frames, 252, 

 287 — gauge tubes, 140 — history of, 67 — horse 

 power, 137, 271, 405 — indicator, .Moseley's, 269 

 — packing, 352 — piston rods, 368 — rotary, 

 Rennie's, 109— slide valves, 226, 287, 406— stop 

 valves, 308 — surcharged steam, 406 — waste 

 steam pipe, 368. 



Steam Navigation, vide Steamboat, Marine Engine. 



Steam Navigation, has it been successful ? 12, 56 — 

 association, 283 — Como, Lake of, 67 — Irish, 

 301— Notes on, 226, 252. 286, ;i67, 405— 

 Thames, 210 — Tredgold's .\ppendix (Review), 

 230,299, 423— West India mail, 88, 174. 214. 



Stevenson, Thos., C. E., on levelling instruments, 

 25. 



Stone, vide Materials, 



immense block of, 230 — sin'ength of, 275 — 

 observations on, 299. 



Straps for driving machinery, 385. 



Strawberry Hill, with engravings, 182, 244. 



Streets, London, inclinations of, 200. 



Sugar making apparatus, 410. 



Sunken vessels, new mode of raising, 170. 



Stove for ventilating and heating, by Gillot, 427. 



Surveying vide Drawing. 



levelling instruments. Stevenson's. 23. 

 Bewley's, 56 — model mapping. 56 — 

 sliding scale, Bewley's, 61 — works on, 

 120. 205. 



Surveyors, bequest to, 253. 



Telemaqve treasure ship, 359. 



Telescopes, improvement of, 316. 



Tile and brick machine, Ainslie's patent, with en- 

 gravings, 427. 



Thames embankment, 179. 



Theatres, ancient and modern, article on, 390. 



Therma; of Rome, 221. 



Threadneedle-street structure, 21, 31, 245, 295, 

 338. 



Tile machine. Irving's, with engravings, 8, 61 — 

 Minton's, 317 — Ainslie's, 425. 



Tiles, inlaid. 138. 



Timber, vide Wood. 



taritT. 173 — tables of, strength of, 178 — 

 worm, ravages of, 242 — painting of, 253 

 — tank at Portsmouth dockyard, 428. 



Tool, vide Machine. 



Tunnel. Blechingly, 103— Great Western, 349— 

 Sheftield and .Manchester, 363— Thames, 139— 

 315— theory of. 264. 



Turnpike roads, 262. 



Ure. Dr., on warming and ventilation, 122 



Variation of the compass, 181, 283, 323, 353. 

 392. 428. 



Velocimeter. 231. 



Vaults of Warwick cloisters, 89. 



Ventilation at Reform Club, 122 — history of, 122 — 

 Leblanc's remarks, 265 — Fleming's, 277. 



Viaducts. 264. 



Vignoles', Professor, C.E., lectures on civil engi- 

 neering, 57, 95, 127, 136, 165, 196, 230, 263 

 312, 345. 380. 



Warming and ventilation. Dr. Ure, 122. 



Warming and ventilating stove, Gillot's patent, 

 with engravings, 427, 



V/ater, as a motive power, 406 — supply of, to 

 Paris, 66 — machinery propelled by. i 65 — velocity 

 of, through pipes, 1 79 — force of wind and sea, 

 189 — supply of, from the chalk basin, 238. 



Water colour drawings, preserving, 68. 



Well, Artesian, Lille, 137 — London, 384 — Grenelle, 

 395,426. 



Weights and Measures proposed, 138, 276. 



West India Mail Steam Packet Company, 174, 214. 



Wheels. Table of. pitches of,29 — pinions, 29. 



Weir, self-acting, 277 — Killaloe, 417. 



Wicksteed on the Cornish and Boulton and Watt 

 engine (review), 426. 



Williams. C. W.. Consumption of fuel, 40, 101, 

 129, 192, 279, 301. 



Williams, E. L., on ditto, 131. 



Windmill, new, 170. 



Wire rope, 212— bridges, 53, 224. 



Wood, preservation of, 169, 203 — pacing associa- 

 tion. 244, 281— paving, theory of, 280— Oxford- 

 street, 380. 



Woolwich Dock, 323. 



Yorkshire Architectural Society, 399.408, 422. 



Ainslie's brick and tile machine, 425. 



Archimedean screw, 4 cuts, 300. 



Aqueduct, Pennsylvania. 11 cuts, 361. 



Baths of ancient Rome, 213. 



Be.im engines. 2 cuts, ,5, 



Bealson's valve closet, 3 cuts, 174. 



Brick and Tile Machine. Ainslie's patent, 425. 



Breakwater, floating, Reid's. 1.53. 



Bridge, .■^cotsHoud, phile, 379 — Sunderland, 3 en- 

 gravings, .334 — Pennsylvania, plalc, 361. 



Canal, Lehigh, 73— Morris, 105— Pennsylvania, 361. 



Chubb's well safe, 31. 



Church, Angoulcme Cathedral, 149 — Hereford ca- 

 thedral, 2 plules, Zn — Nalion.il Scotch Church, 

 Crown-court, 33^Notre Dame, Poitiers, 3 cuts, 

 11.3— St, Nicholas, Civray, 150, 



Curtis's railway signals, 4 cuts 421. 



Cymagraph, plale, 213. 



Kmbankmcnts, 3 cuts, 18fi, 190. 



Ciirder, fireproof, 3 cuts, 334 — tnissed, 3 cuts, 291, 



Guide screw stock, 2 cuts, 373, 



Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 6 cuts, 48, 



Inclined planes on Morris canal, 12 cuts, 105, 



INDEX TO PLATES AND ENGRAVINGS. 



Iron, experiments on, 4 diagrams. 285. 



Lighthouse, lit;ht of all nations, 2 cuts, 401 — Maplin, 

 69. 



Lightning conductors, G cuts, 321. 



Liverpool Pavilion, 2 cuts, 3. 



Lock, Gerish's, mortice, 204. 



Marine engines, anti John Scott Russell, 2 cuts, 

 180— beam. 4 cuts .5— Borrie's, plate, 213— Miller's 

 direct action, plate, 17G — Gorgon, 5. 



Screw. Archimedean, 4 cuts, 300— Virago, 5 cuts, 

 44. 



Palace of Moorshedabad, plate, 141, 405. 



Pennsylvania canal aqueduct, plate, 361. 



Pile driving machine, American, plnle, 1. 



Plan, palace of Moorshedabad, 141, 205— Liverpool 

 pavilion, 3 — Strawberry-hill, 177. 



Poitiers, temple of St. Jean, 3 cuts. 69. 



Propellers, Archimedean screw, 4 cuts, 300— Gran- 

 tham's disconnecting apparatus, 4 c\its, 8, 35— 

 reversing, 8 cuts, 34, 116, 281— tractive power of, 

 19, 



Railway breaks, Bunnett and Corpe's, 3 cuts, 72. 



Railway signals, by Curtis, 4 cuts, 421 — signal, 



Dockray's, 5 cuts, 115 — permanent way, 9 cuts, 



200. 

 Reid's floatin;; breakwater, 153. 

 Roofing, I/iverpool Pavilion, 3. 

 .Scotswood .Svispension Bridge, plitti, 379. 

 Sewers' Flushing Apparatus, 2 cuts, 320. 

 .Skew Arch, 2 cuts, 156. 

 Sluice Gates, Lehigh Canal, 73. 

 Steam Engine. Rennie's, 4 cuts. 110; Indicator. 



Moseley's. plate, 268. 

 Stone-boring Machine, Hunter's, 351. 

 Straps for driving Machinery, 35. 

 Strawberry Hill. 177. 

 Sugar Making Machine, 410. 

 Therma; of Ancient Rome, 213 plate. 

 Tile Marhine. Irvine's, 461. 

 Tippler for excavating, 336. 

 Velocimeter, 213. 



Ventilation Reform Club. 3 cuts, 124. 

 Ventilating and warming stove, Gillot's, 423. 

 Warming, Reform Club, 3 culs, 124. 

 Mheels, teeth of, 30. 



DIRECTIONS TO BINDER. 



Plale 1.- 



.. 2.- 



.. 3- 



.. 4.- 



.. 5.- 



. . fi.- 



.. 7.- 



-Amerlcan Pile Driving Machine opposite page 



-Engines of Virago 



-Maplin Lighthouse 



-Inc'ined Planes on Morris Canal 



-Palace of Moorshebad 



-Miller and Ravenhill's Direct Action Engines 



-Plan of Strawberry Hill, and Beale's Marine Engine : 



■Borrie's Direct Action Engines 



1 

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 69 

 105 

 151 

 177 

 181 

 213 



Plate 9.— Cymagraph and Velocimeter opposite page 220 



.. 10. — Therm.-c of Ancient Rome .. 221 

 .. 11.— Professor Moseley's Constant Indicator for Steam 



Engines . . 268 



..12. — Tribute to the Memory of Sir Christopher Wren .. 325 



.. 13.— Pennsvlvania Canal Aqueduct .• 361 



.. 14 & 15— Hereford Cathedral .. 377 



..16. — Scots vood Suspension Bridge .. 397 



