INDEX TO VOL. II. 



499 



LOTHIANS, farming in, 94, 107. 



Louis XIV. anecdote of, and the Eddystone 



Lighthouse, 23. 

 LOVET, Captain, lessee of Eddystone Lighthouse, 



21, 26. 



LUCKNOW BRIDGE, 177. 

 LUGWY, North Wales, road near, 439. 

 LUXE AQUEDUCT, 148. 

 LYONS, first iron bridge projected at, 355. 



M. 



MACADAM, Mr., Roadmaker, 430. 

 MACCLESFIELD, Earl of, 26. 

 MACCLESFIELD CANAL, 420. 

 MACHINERY, of Albion Mills, 137 ; of royal 



dockyards, 238. 



MALCOLM FAMILY, Eskdale, 287, 296, 482, 

 490. 



MAPS, Smeaton's native district, 4 ; coast of 

 Devon and Cornwall, 15 ; Rennie's native 

 district, 93 ; Lincolnshire Fen district, 155 ; 

 Eau Brink Cut, 168 ; London and St. 

 Katherine Docks, 199 ; East and West India 

 Docks, 203; Holyhead Harbour, 210 ; pro- 

 posed Royal Docks at Northfleet, 244; 

 Sheerness Docks, 247 ; proposed Medway 

 improvement, 250 ; Plymouth Sound, 253 ; 

 Telford's native district, 288 ; Ellesmere 

 Canal, 340 ; Telford's Highland roads, 382 ; 

 Peterhead Harbour, 395 ; Banff Harbour, 

 398; Aberdeen Harbour, 404; Dundee 

 Harbour, 406 ; Caledonian Canal, 412 ; 

 Menai Straits, 444. 



MARINER'S Compass, Smeaton's improvements 

 of, 12. 



MARYKIRK, ancient bridge at, 103. 



MAUD FOSTER DRAIN, Boston, 161. 



MKCIIANICAL work, in Scotland, early state of, 

 104, 128. 



MECHANICAL EDUCATION, advantages of, 122, 

 281, 330, 483. 



MEDWAY improvement, Rennie's plan of, 250. 



MEGGAT, valley of the, Eskdale, 292, 306. 



MEIKLE, JAMES, millwright, 105. 



MEIKLE, ANDREW, miller at Houston Mill, 

 106 ; skill as a millwright, 109 ; takes out 

 patent for dressing grain, 109 ; invents the 

 thrashing machine, 111 ; improvements in 

 the sails of windmills, 114; his machinery 

 employed to drain Kincardine Moss, 115; 

 his odd mechanical contrivances, 116; his 

 death, 117. 



MELVILLE, Lord, 257, 267. 



MKXAI STRAITS, Rennie's design of a cast- 

 iron bridge across, 175 ; Telford's design, 

 445 ; construction of the Suspension Bridge, 

 448. 



MiCKLE, translator of " Lusiad," 304. 



MILITARY CANAL, Hythe, 236. 



PATHHEAD. 



MILLS, erected by Smeaton, 73 ; Houston 

 Mill, 107 ; Invergowrie, 125 ; Bonningtou, 

 ib. ; Albion, 129, 134; mills erected and 

 repaired by Rennie, 139 ; Rotherhithe, 235; 

 powder mills, Waltham, 237. 



MINT MACHINERY, Rennie's, 139. 



MONEY, scarcity of, prevents improvements, 

 50, 59, 96, 172 ; Smeaton's estimate of, 

 80 ; Rennie's, 283 ; Telford's, 487. 



MOORINGS for Royal navy, Rennie's, 238. 



MORPETH BRIDGE, 433. 



MUSSELBURGH BRIDGE, 174. 



N. 



NANT FFRANCON, North Wales, road near, 



440. 

 NAPOLEON'S opinion of Plymouth Breakwater, 



258. 

 NAVY, Royal, dockyards, 238 ; steam power 



introduced in, 267. 



NENE RIVER, Smeaton's report on improve- 

 ment of, 52 ; new outfall constructed, 468. 

 NEPTUNE'S STAIRCASE, Caledonian Canal, 412. 

 NEUILLY, Peyronnet's bridge of, 178. 

 NEW GALLOWAY BRIDGE, 177. 

 NEW LONDON BRIDGE, 268. 

 NEWTON STEWART BRIDGE, 177. 

 NICHOLSON, PETER, pupil of Andrew Meikle, 



117. 



NITH, river, Dumfries, Smeaton's report, 50. 

 NORE, light at the, 48. 

 NORTHFLEET DOCKS, Rennie's plan of, 243. 

 NORTH LEVEL, Smeaton's report on drainage 



of, 52; Rennie's report, 165; Telford's 



drainage of, 467. 



o. 



ORKHILL on the Spey, ancient bridge at, 103. 

 OUSE, river, Rennie's improvement of outfall, 



167. 

 OUTFALLS, Rennie's drainage by improved, 



159 ; Eau Brink, 167 ; Nene, 468. 

 OWEN, ROBERT, on state of the Glasgow roads, 



428. 

 OXFORD, Telford's visit to, 333. 



P. 



PACK-HORSES, carriage by, 5, 99. 



PAINE, THOMAS, " Rights of Man," 326; 



his iron bridge, 357. 

 PAISLEY CANAL, 418. 

 PALMER'S mail-coaches, 135. 

 PARNELL, Sir H., and Welsh roads, 437. 

 PASLEY, family of, 297, 300, 308. 

 PATHHEAD BRIDGE, 433. 



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