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INDEX TO VOL. II. 



PEDEN, " prophet," in Eskdale, 290. 



PERRY'S DOCK, Blackwall, 136. 



PERTH, new bridge, 56 ; ancient bridge at, 



103. 



PESTH SUSPENSION BRIDGE, 476. 

 PETERHEAD HARBOUR, 393. 

 PHANTASSIE, Rennie's birthplace at, 93, 101. 

 PICKERNELL, Mr., resident engineer, Hexham 



Bridge, 62. 

 PLANS. (See Maps.} 

 PLAYFAIR, Professor, his views on arches of 



iron, 365. 



PLYMOUTH, 15, 31, 36; Hoe at, 41 ; dock- 

 yard, 240 ; breakwater, 92, 252. 

 POLISH roads, Telford's, 476. 

 PONT-CYSYLLTAU AQUEDUCT, 344. 

 PONT-Y-PRYDD, Rennie's notice of, 178. 

 PORTSMOUTH, Rennie's report on dockyard, 



240; Telford employed at, 312. 

 POST-OFFICE, 135, 432, 435. 

 PRESTONKIRK, East Lothian, 93, 117, 121. 

 PRESTONPANS, field of, 108. 

 PRITCHARD, Mr., architect of first iron bridge, 



358. 

 PROVIS, Mr., resident engineer of Menai 



Bridge, 234, 450. 

 PULTENEY, Sir WILLIAM, 312, 316, 323, 



328, 335, 377. 

 PUMPING machinery, Smeaton's, 56, 72. 



Q. 



QUARANTINE establishment in the Medway, 



238. 

 QUEENSBERRY, Duchess of, and Smeaton, 83. 



K. 



RAILROADS, used by Rennie to carry on his 

 works, 150, 203 ; Croydon and Merstham, 

 198 ; Telford and railroads, 425, 478. 



RALPH THE ROVER, Southey's ballad, 223. 



RAMSGATE HARBOUR, constructed by Smea- 

 ton, 65 ; repaired by Rennie, 218. 



RENNIE, family of, 93, 112, 118. 



RENNIE, JOHN, birth and parentage, 93; 

 education, 119; apprenticeship, 122; begins 

 business as millwright, 125 ; student at 

 Edinburgh University, 126 ; tour in Eng- 

 land, 128; his first bridge, 131; erects 

 machinery of Albion Mills, 136 ; mechanical 

 engineer in London, 141 ; constructs Kennet 

 and Avon Canal, 144 ; Rochdale Canal, 

 145 ; Lancaster and other canals, 148 ; 

 drainage of Lincoln Fens, 152 ; Kelso Bridge, 

 172; Musselburgh Bridge, 174; Boston 

 Bridge, 176 ; bridges at Newton Stewart, 

 &c., 177; Waterloo Bridge, 178; South- 

 wark Bridge, 187; London Docks, 197; 



SCOTTS. 



East India Docks, 202 ; report on improve- 

 ment of Clyde, 206 4 hollow walls, Grimsby 

 Docks, 207; Holyhead Harbour, 208; 

 Howth and Kingstown Harbours, 213 ; 

 Hull Docks, and improvement of dredging 

 machine, 213 ; Greenock Quays and Docks, 

 214; report on Southampton, 215; Leith 

 Docks, 215 ; Charleston Harbour, and prin- 

 ciples of harbour construction, 216 ; Rams- 

 gate Harbour, and improvement of diving- 

 bell, 219; Bell Rock Lighthouse, 223; re- 

 ports on coast defences, and works, 235 ; 

 report on Royal dockyards, 238 ; grand plan 

 of Northfleet Docks, 243 ; Sheerness Dock- 

 yard works, 246 ; Plymouth Breakwater, 

 253 ; design of New London Bridge, 268 ; 

 foreign tour, 274 ; death and character, 

 277. 



REXXIE, Sir JOHN, drainage works by, 

 165 ; finishes Plymouth Breakwater, 262 ; 

 constructs New London Bridge, 272. 



REVESBY, Sir J. Banks's mansion at, 155. 



REYNOLDS, Mr., Coalbrookdale, 356. 



ROADS, in England, 49 ; in Scotland, 99, 

 101 ; general construction of turnpike roads, 

 135 ; Mr. Rennie's system of constructing, 

 185; Highland, 375, 378; Glasgow and 

 Carlisle, 427 ; Telford's system of construct- 

 ing, 429 ; Macadam's, 430 ; London and 

 Edinburgh, 432 ; Welsh, 434 ; Shrewsbury 

 and Holyhead, 436 ; London and Shrews- 

 bury, 441 ; Telford's Polish roads, 476. 



ROBISON, Professor, Edinburgh, 126, 137, 170. 



ROCHDALE CANAL, 145. 



ROEBUCK, Dr., Carron Works, 60. 



ROMILLY, Sir Samuel, on Scotch progress, 374. 



ROYAL DOCKYARDS. (See Dockyards.} 



ROYAL CANAL of Ireland, 150. 



ROYAL NAVY, introduction of steam power 

 in, 267. 



ROYAL SOCIETY, Smeaton and, 11, 20, 37, 

 75. 



RUDYERD, JOHN, his lighthouse on the 

 Eddystone, 21. 



RUNCORN, Telford's proposed suspension 

 bridge at, 446. 



S. 



ST. KATHERINE'S DOCKS, 462. 



SALOPIAN COFFEE-HOUSE, 473. 



SCHOOLS, Scotch parochial, 121 ; burgh or 



grammar, 122. 

 SCOTLAND, state of, in eighteenth centuiy, 



94; ancient bridges in, 102; parish schools 



of, 121; grammar schools, 122; progress 



of, 374. 



SCOTTISH BORDERERS, 288. 

 SCOTTS, the Border, 289. 



