CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



PART V. LIFE OF JAMES BRINDLEY. 



CHAPTEK I. 



Brindley's native district Flash men Brindlcy's birth His father 

 Early mechanical bias Is bound apprentice to a wheelwright and mill- 

 wright His master, Abraham Bennett The millwright class Brind- 

 li'v's bungling prentice work His self-improvement Repairs a silk- 

 mill Masters the difficulties of mechanism in a paper-mill Conducts 

 his master's business for him Page 307-318 



CHAPTER II. 



Bogins business as a wheelwright and millwright at Leek Character of his 

 work His pocket memoranda books Is extensively employed in the 

 Pottery districts to erect flint-mills Succeeds in clearing the Clifton coal- 

 mines of water Erects the machinery of a silk-mill at Congleton More 

 flint-mills Attempts the improvement of the steam-engine His engine 

 breaks down His patent of an improved engine 319-333 



CHAPTER III. 



Lancashire navigations The Duke of Bridgewater's attention directed to the 

 subject Early life of the Duke Manchester at the middle of last cen- 

 tury Roads in South Lancashire Difficulty of supplying Manchester 

 with coals and food The Duke of Bridgewater determines to make a 

 canal between Worsley and Manchester 334-345 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Duke's first Canal Act John Gilbert, the Duke's land-steward 

 Brindley employed to revise the plans of the Duke's canal A new Act 

 obtained Barton Aqueduct, Brindley's " Castle in the Air " The canal 

 embankments Worsley Basin and tunnels Brindley's ingenuity and 

 laboriousness The canal opened between Worsley and Manchester 



346-361 



CHAPTER V. 



Brindley surveys an extension of the Duke's canal to Kuncorn The Mersey 

 navigation Growth of Liverpool Liverpool stage-coach accommoda- 

 tion Brindley's journeys to London Appears before Parliament to give 

 evidence on the Duke's Bill Parliamentary opposition to the measure 

 Anecdotes of Brindley The Bill passed . . . . 362-377 



CHAPTER VI. 



1> rind ley constructs the Duke's canal to Runcorn Description of the works 

 His methods of economizing labour Embankment on Sale Moor Moss 

 Ingenious r.\]>r<lirnt of valvular flood-gates Brindley's indefatigable in- 

 dustry Quarrels with Gilbert His workmen The works at Run- 

 oorn 378-393 



