INDEX. 



507 



FRANKLIN". 



FRANKLIN'S lightning experiment repeated 



by Robert Stephenson, 66. 

 FREE TRADE, George Stephensoii's views on, 



FRICTION on common roads and railways, 

 135, 491. 



G. 



GARDENING, George Stephenson's pursuits in, 

 68, 442. 



GATESHEAD, 4, 409. 



GAUGE of railways, 165, 397. 

 GEORDY safety-lamp, invention of, 109. 

 GILES, FRANCIS, C.E., 210, 291. 

 GOOCH, THOMAS L., C.E., 236, 277, 306, 



331. 



GOVERNMENT and i-ailways, 288, 371. 

 GRADIENTS, George Stephenson's views of, 



137, 367, 493. 



GRAND ALLIES, Killingworth, 55. 

 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, 292, 315,326. 

 GRAY, ROBERT, 30, 40, 43, 477. 

 i :RAY, THOMAS, 181, 256. 

 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, 291, 294, 397. 

 GREENWICH RAILWAY, 349. 

 GURNEY, GOLDSWORTHY, his tubular boiler, 



263; his steam-jet, 270, 497, 501. 



H. 



HACKWORTH, TIMOTHY, his engine "Sans- 



pareil," 268, 270, 272, 501. 

 HALF-LAP joint, G. Stephenson's, 132. 

 HARRISON, Mr., barrister, 208, 213. 

 HARRISON, Mr., Liverpool, 259. 

 HASTINGS, Marquis of, 299. 

 HATCHING eggs by artificial heat, 28, 444. 

 HAWTHORN, ROBERT, C.E., 25, 26. 

 HEATING SURFACE in locomotives, 261, 264, 



495. 



HEDLEY, WILLIAM, Wylam, 91, 497. 

 HENDERSON, FANNY, 34. 

 HEPPEL, KIT, 51, 54, 107. 

 HKTTON RAILWAY, 140. 

 HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE, Newcastle, 2, 4u9. 

 HIGH STREET HOUSE, Wylam, 14. 

 HINDMARSH FAMILY, 159. 

 HODGKINSON, Professor, 427. 

 HOLYHEAD, railway to, 416. 

 HOWICK, Lord, and the Northumberland 



Atmospheric Railway, 401. 

 HUDSON, GEORGE, the " Railway King," 376, 



381,402,407. 

 HUSKISSON, Mr., M.P., and the Liverpool and 



Manchester Railway, 179, 216, 218, 279; 



killed at its opening, 27t. 

 HYDRAULIC presses at the Britannia Bridge, 



437. 



LIVERPOOL. 



INCLINES, self-acting, 11, 71. 

 IRON RAILWAY BRIDGES, 408, 421 . 



J. 



JAMES, WILLIAM, surveys a line between 

 Liverpool and Manchester, 183; visits 

 Killingworth, 186 ; superseded by George 

 Stephenson, 189. 



JAMESON, Professor, Edinburgh, 147. 



JESSOP, WILLIAM, C.E., 8. 



JOLLY'S CLOSE, Newburn, 23, 39. 



K. 



KEELMEN of the Tyne, 12. 



KENNEDY, Mr., Manchester, 260. 



KILLINGWORTH, West Moor, 43, 47, 67; 

 High Pit, 50 ; colliery explosions and 

 mining, 104, 142 ; locomotive, 96, 101, 

 130, 499; the underground machinery, 

 129. 



KlLMARNOCK AND TROON RAILWAY, 139. 



KILSBY TUNNEL, 315. 



L. 



LAMBTON, Mr. (Earl of Durham), 169. 

 LAMP, safety, invention of the, 104. 

 LAST-MAKING, competition in, 69. 

 LARDNER, Dr., and railways, 366, 370.^- 

 LEEDS MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, George 



Stephenson's speech at, 363. 

 LEICESTER AND SWANNTNGTON RAILWAY, 



294. 



LEMINGTON coal staith, 87. 

 LEOPOLD, King of the Belgians, and railways, 



343 ; George Stephenson's interviews with, 



345, 388. 

 LEVEL RAILWAYS, advantages of, 136, 367, 



493. 



LIDDELL, Sir T. (Lord Ravensworth), 55. 

 LIME-WORKS at Ambergate, G. Stephenson's, 



359. 

 LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE, 



Newcastle, 63, 114, 119, 479. 



LlTTLEBOROUGH TUNNEL, 329. 



LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, 

 projected, 179 ; surveyed by William James, 

 183; the survey opposed, 184; George 

 Stephenson employed, 189 ; the prospectus 

 issued, 191 ; deputations visit Killingworth, 

 191, 192; opposition of the landowners 

 and canal companies, 193 ; the bill in com- 

 mittee, 201; rejected, 214; the scheme 

 revived, 21." ; Mt_->rs. Rennie appointed 



