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INDEX TO VOL. I. 



ACONTIUS. 



A. 



AcONTirs, an Italian, drains Greenwich Mar>h, 



14. 

 A.DTCOTUREB8, drainage by, in Isleof Axholme 



antl Lincolnshire, 39, 4 l .i, 61. 

 AnvKNTritKRs, Merchant, of England, 102. 

 AI:<;AI: or HK;I:K, the, 21, 28. 

 -\n;i: ami CU.DKU NAVIGATION, 303. 

 AI.DKKTH HIGH BI:II>GI;. _' :. 

 AMWKI.I. SHMNG, in, 110, 132. 

 ANVIENT earthworks, ;5 ; roads, 157. 

 APPLEDORE, 9. 

 Asrr.rcv, WILLIAM, pottery manufacturer, 



322. 

 Ax HOLME, Isle of, 37. 



B. 



BAIM>I:I.V, Briirlley erects flint-mill for ; Mr., 



327. 



BAILIFF of Bedford, 35 ; of Marsh-land, ih. 

 BALLAST-BOATS, Brindley's, 383. 



I'.ANKSIDE, 12. 



BAKKING LEVEL, 12, 14. 



!' AI:TON AnruxxT, 351. 



BASKET-I mm, the, 2uo. 



B\ m, travelling between London and, 197. 



BATTKI;SI; \ I'.IMIM.I:, -JM.".. 



BEACONS, .,l.l Mn-lMi, 287. 



1 >i : i >K >!;i>. Marl of Bedford and drainage of 



Great Level, 49, 60. 



BEDFORD LEVEL (See Great Level and Fens). 

 Bi:m ORD RIVER, old, 50 ; new, f.-j. 

 BELGIANS, early settlers in England, 5. 

 BENNETT, AUUAHAM, Brindley's master, 311. 

 BUIMO.MISKY MARSHKS, 14. 

 BI.I nKGTON,Hon. Mr.,lirindley's Plains, 476. 

 BIRMINGHAM <' \N \i . 451. 

 BISHOP AUCKLAND BRIDGE, 248. 

 BIMIOP'S BRIDGE, Norwich, 24i>. 

 BLACKFRIARS BI:II>GI;, 265. 

 BOSTON, 21, 30 ; its fair, 188. 

 BO-\\ 1.1. i,, contra, tnr at 1 Vagenham Breach, 72. 

 BOSWU.L, JAMI.S, mi BlacktViars Bridge, 265. 

 BOULOGNE, Smollett's voyage to, in 1763, 295. 

 Bow BRIDGE, 242. 



BEUTDLEY. 



1'x >w 1 1 1 LL, Sussex, remains of ancient dwellings 

 at, 4. 



BI:AIIN<; HAVEN, cml):inknn'iit of, by Sir H. 

 .My. Melton, 36, 84, 13:5. 



BIIASS to Myddelton thmily in Whitchurch, 96. 



BREACHES in the embankments of the Thames, 

 14, 69. 



BI:II>;ES, ancient British, on Dartmoor, 236- 

 239 ; Roman, 2-Mi ; Cr,,yland, 241 ; Bow, 

 242 : K'irkby Lonsdale, 245 ; Burton-on- 

 Trent, 246 ; Bishop's Bridge, Norwich, !'>. 

 Leeds, ib. Wade, 247 ; Rochester, 240, 

 247; Bishop Auckland, 248; Wakefield, 

 249 ; Raglan Castle, 250 ; Llanrwst, 251 ; 

 London, 253 ; Westminster, 262 ; Black- 

 friars, 264 ; Pont-y-Prydd, 270. 



BRIDGEWATER, Duke of, his birth, 335 ; his 

 travels, 336 ; his racing exploits, 337 ; his 

 love affair, 338 ; and disappointment, 340 ; 

 retires to Worsley and begins canal making, 

 346 ; his first Canal Act, 347 ; calls 

 Brindley to his assistance, 348 ; the Duke's 

 second Act, 351 ; the first length of canal 

 opened, 360 ; projects its extension to 

 Runcorn, 362 ; passage of the bill through 

 Parliament, 371-7 ; the Duke's difficulties, 

 394 ; how he raised money, 397 ; comple- 

 tion of canal to Rvmcorn, 400 ; total cost of 

 his canals, 401 ; benefits conferred by the 

 Duke on Manchester and Liverpool, 402 ; 

 characteristic's of the Duke, 405; viewed as 

 a public benefactor, 414. 



BiMiMiuwATEii, Karl of, his letters to the 

 Parisians, 360, 387, 403, 475. 



r.iMNDi.KV, .IAMI:S. di.strict in which he was 

 born, 307 ; Brindley's Croft, 309 ; his 

 parents, 310; his early mechanical bias, 

 311; puts himself apprentice to a mill- 

 wright at Sutton, near Macclesfield, 311 ; 

 his improvements in a paper-mill, 316 ; 

 begins business at Leek, 319 ; " The 

 Schemer," 320 ; contrives flint-mills, 321 ; 

 employed to drain the Clifton mines, 323 ; 

 hi- \\;iu r t-s :'.-_'4 ; employe I ,, n a silk-mill at 

 Congleton, 325 ; improves the steam-engine, 

 329 ; constructs the Duke of Bridgewatei 's 

 canals, 348 ; buys part of a colliery at 

 Golden Hill, 351 ; constructs Barton Aque- 



