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INDEX TO VOL. II. 



ABERDEEN. 



A. 



ABERDEEN, early history of, 400; ancient 



bridges at, 103 ; Smeaton's harbour works 



at, 70 ; Rennie's report on the harbour at, 



205 ; Telford's harbour works at, 399. 

 ADAM, ROBERT, architect, 309, 312. 

 ADMIRALTY, Mr. Rennie and the, 238, 266, 



268. 

 AGRICULTURE, early Scotch, 94, 104, 107 ; 



Lincolnshire, 153, 157, 164; Highland, 



375, 388. 



AIR-PUMP, Smeaton's improvements in, 12. 

 ALBION MILLS, 129, 134. 

 ANCHOR FORGE, Rennie's, at Woolwich, 265. 

 ANGLESEA, roads through, 434. 

 ANTON'S GOWT, Boston, 161. 

 AQUEDUCTS, at Limpley Stoke, 145 ; Lune, 



148 ; Chirk, 342 ; Pont-Cysylltau, 344. 

 ARBROATH, monks of, and Inchcape Rock, 



223. 

 ARCH, theory of equilibrium of, 171 ; arching 



of Waterloo Bridge, 182; Southwark, 191. 

 ARCHITECTURE, Telford's study of, 305, 332. 

 AuimossAN CANAL, 418. 

 ARMSTRONG, JOHNNIE, Eskdale, 289. 

 ARTISANS OF BIRMINGHAM, 132. 

 AUSTHORPE LODGE, Leeds, Smeaton's house 



at, 4, 74. 



AXHOI.ME, Smeaton's drainage of Isle of, 52. 

 AYRSHIRE, state of, last century, 97. 



B. 



BALGOWNIE BRIG, Aberdeen, 103. 

 BANFF, bridge, 2, 61 ; harbour, 398. 

 BANK OF ENGLAND note machinery, 265. 

 BANKS, Sir JOSEPH, and drainage works in 



Lincolnshire, 155. 



BARLEY MILLS introduced in Scotland, 105. 

 BATH, Telford's visit to, 333. 

 BEAULEY BRIDGE, 384. 

 BEDFORD LEVEL, drainage works, 166, 467. 

 BELL, Diving, Smeaton's use of, 69 ; Rennie's 



improvement of, 219. 

 BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, dangers of the 



Inchcape Rock, 223 ; Captain Brodie's de- 



BRINDLEY. 



sign of a cast-iron lighthouse, 225 ; Mr. 

 Rennie consulted, ib. ; his design adopted, 

 227 ; the works begun, 228 ; Mr. Rennie's 

 visits of inspection, 230 ; the lighthouse 

 completed, 232 ; Mr. Stevenson's publica- 

 tion, 234. 



BENTHAM, Sir SAMUEL, 208, 256. 



BETTWS-Y-COED, iron bridge at, 438. 



BEWDLEY BRIDGE, 366. 



BIRMINGHAM, its industry and artisans, 

 181 ; Telford's notice of, 334; canal, 423 ; 

 and Liverpool Junction Canal, 425. 



BLACK, Dr., Edinburgh, 126. 



BLACKMAIL, Highland, 98 ; border, 289. 



BLACKSTONE EDGE, Yorkshire, 147. 



BLANKNEY FEN, Lincolnshire, 153. 



BONAR BRIDGE, 387. 



BORDER RAIDS, 288 ; improvements, 290. 



BOSTON, Rennie's plan for improvement of 

 Witham at, 164 ; bridge at, 176. 



BOULTON and WATT, Soho, 129, 131. 



BRADFORD TRADE, 1724, 5. 



BREAKWATER, Plymouth, 92, 252. 



BRECHIN, ancient bridge at, 103. 



BRIDGENORTH, church built by Telford at, 

 331, 339. 



BRIDGES, Banff, 2, 61 ; Bristol, 53 ; London 

 (old), 53 ; Blackfriars, 54 ; Perth, 56 ; 

 Coldstream, 59 ; Hexham, 62 ; early Scotch, 

 102 ; Rennie's first bridge at Stevenhouse 

 Mill, 131 ; Kelso, 172 ; Musselburgh, 174 ; 

 Boston, 176; Waterloo, 178; Southwark, 

 187 ; New London, 268 ; Langholm, 302 ; 

 Montford, 331 ; Coalbrookdale, 356; Wear 

 Bridge, Sunderland, 358; Buildwas, 359; 

 Bewdley, 366 ; Tongueland, 368 ; Dunkeld, 

 380, 384 ; Beauley and Conan, ib. ; Craigel- 

 lachie, 385; Bonar, 387; Wick, 391; 

 Galton Bridge, Birmingham, 424 ; Cartland 

 Crags, Lanarkshire, 43 1 ; Pathhead, 433 ; 

 Morpeth, ib. ; Bettws-y-Coed, 438 ; Menai 

 (designs), 444 ; Runcorn (design), 447 ; 

 Telford's Menai Bridge, 449; Conway, 

 459; Tewkesbury, 464; Gloucester, ib. ; 

 Dean Bridge, Edinburgh, 465 ; Glasgow 

 Bridge, 286, 466. 



BRIDGE-BUILDING, theory of, 170. 



BRINDLEY and SMEATON, 3. 



