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I N D E X. 



ACCIDENTS. 



A. 



ACCIDENTS in coal-mines, 104, 142, 298. 



ADAM, Mr., counsel for Liverpool and Man- 

 chester Railway, 201, 214. 



AGRICULTURE, G. Stephenson's experiments 

 in, 44.3. 



ALDERSON, Mr. (afterwards Baron), 201, 

 204, 211. 



ALLCARD, WILLIAM, 221, 236. 



ALLEN, THOMAS, steam-carriage patent, 78. 



ALTON GRANGE, G. Stephenson's residence at, 

 297, 325, 339. 



AMBERGATE, railway slip, 333 ; limeworks, 

 359. 



ANDERSON, Dr. J., his advocacy of railways, 

 79. 



ANNA, mines at Santa, 245. 



ARNOLD, Dr., on railways, 355. 



ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, 296, 299. 



ATMOSPHERIC railway system, 369, 401. 



B 



BALD, ROBERT, mining engineer, 129, 146. 

 BARROW, Sir JOHN, his views of railway 



speed, 198. 



BEAUMONT, Mr., his wooden waggon-ways, 5. 

 BELGIUM, G. Stephenson's visits to, 343, 386. 

 BENTON, colliery and village, 56, 65, 71. 

 BERWICK, Royal Border Bridge, 405, 415. 

 BIBLE, the Stephenson family, 16. 

 BIRDS and bird-nesting, 17, 21, 28, 341, 443, 



474. 

 BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY, 299, 



345. 



BISHOP AUCKLAND coal-field, 149. 

 BLACK CALLERTON, 21, 31, 32. 

 BLACKETT, Mr., Wylam, 14, 87, 485. 

 BLACKSTONE EDGE, railway under, 327. 

 BLAST, invention of the steam, 100, 262, 265, 



489, 497. 

 BLENKINSOP'S Leeds locomotive, 85, 97, 181, 



485. 



BLISWORTH CUTTING, 313. 

 BOILER, multitubular, 261, 495. 



CIVIL. 



BOOTH, HENRY, Liverpool, 263, 278, 458, 



495. 

 BRADSHAW, Mr., opposes Liverpool and 



Manchester line, 190, 194. 

 BRAITHWAITE, ISAAC, 268, 291, 398. 

 BRAKEING, coal-engine, 32, 33, 49. 

 BRAKE, G. Stephenson's self-acting, 283, 365. 

 BRANDLING, Messrs., 122, 407, 477. 

 BRANDRETH'S locomotive, " Cycloped," 268. 

 BRIDGES, railway, on Liverpool line, 231, 



408 ; unproved construction in iron, 407, 



420; tubular, 422, 429, 461. 

 BRIDGEWATER CANAL monopoly, 179, 193, 



195. 

 BRITISH ASSOCIATION meeting at Newcastle, 



360. 



BROUGHAM, Mr. WILLIAM, counsel on Liver- 

 pool and Manchester BiU, 198, 201. 

 BRUCE'S SCHOOL, Newcastle, 62. 

 BRUNEL, I. K., 291, 371, 397, 401, 432, 462. 

 BRUNTON'S LOCOMOTIVE, 86. 

 BRUSSELS, railway celebrations at, 345, 387. 

 BRUSSELTON INCLINE, 165 ; engines, 24o. 

 BUCKLAND, Dr., 451. 

 BULL BRIDGE, Ambergate, 335. 

 BURRELL, G. Stephenson's partner, 139. 

 BrjRST ALL'S LOCOMOTIVE, "Perseverance," 



268, 273. 



CALLERTON colliery and village, 21, 31, 32. 



CANAL opposition to railways, 179, 195,303. 



CARTAGENA, R. Stephenson at, 251. 



CHAPMAN'S LOCOMOTIVE, 86. 



CHARACTERISTICS of the Stephensons, 465. 



CHAT Moss, William James's attempted 

 survey of a line over, 188 ; Mr. Harrison 

 on, 208 ; evidence of Francis Giles, C.E., 

 210; Mr. Alderson on, 212; description 

 of, 219 ; construction of railway on, 221 ; 

 the road finished, 228; G. Stephenson's 

 speculation as to coal being under, 296. 



CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY, 369 ; 

 Chester and Holyhead, 416. 



CHESTERFIELD, 356, 360, 457. 



CIVIL ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE, 463, 479. 



