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INDEX. 



engineers, 216; the bill passed, 218; 

 Messrs. Rennie superseded by George 

 Stephenson, 219 ; construction of the line 

 across Chat Moss, 223 ; discussions as to 

 the working power to be employed, 254 ; 

 George Stephenson urges the employment 

 of the locomotive, 256 ; prize of 500/. 

 offered for the best engine, 259 ; won by 

 the " Rocket," 273 ; public opening of the 

 railway, 278 : results of the traffic, 281. 



LOCKE, Mr. JOSEPH, C.E., 32, 221, 236, 

 290, 327, 339, 362. 



" LOCOMOTION," Engine No. 1, Darlington, 

 166, 174. 



LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, invention of, 8 ; 

 Robisou and Watt's idea, 74 ; Cugnot's 

 steam-carriage, 75 ; Evans and Syming- 

 ton's, 76 ; Murdoch's model, 77 ; Allen's 

 patent, 78 ; Trevithick's steam-carriage, 

 79 ; Trevithick's tram-engine, 82, 88 ; 

 Bleiikinsop's engine, 85 ; Chapman and 

 Brunton's engines, 86; Blackett's Wylam 

 engine, 88 ; Kenton and Coxlodge engine, 

 95 ; Stephenson's Killingworth locomotive, 

 96, 101, 133, 158, 186, 192, 485; Stock- 

 ton and Darlington locomotives, 165, 174 ; 

 prize offered for the best engine at Liverpool, 

 259 ; won by the " Rocket," 264 ; the 

 " Arrow," 277 ; further improvements, 

 283. 



LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTORY, Stephenson's, 

 at Newcastle, 162, 242, 253, 494. 



LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, 

 projected, 301 ; the Stephensons appointed 

 engineers, 302 ; the opposition to the bill, 

 302 ; interview with Sir Astley Cooper, 

 305 ; the bill rejected, 309 ; the bill revived 

 and passed, 310 ; the works commenced, 

 311; Tring cutting, 312; Blisworth 

 cutting, 313; Primrose Hill Tunnel, 314; 

 Kilsby Tunnel, 315; magnitude of the 

 works, 320 ; opened for traffic, 345. 



LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY, 

 454. 



LOSH, Mr., Newcastle, 132, 186. 



LOUGH'S STATUE of George Stephenson, 459. 



M. 



MACKWORTH, Sir H.,his sailing waggons, 73. 



MACLAREN'S articles on railways in ' Scots- 

 man,' 197. 



MAIDSTONE, opposition of, to railways, 294. 



MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY, the 

 Act obtained, 327 ; construction of Summit 

 Tunnel, 329 ; magnitude of the works, 331. 



MANCHESTER TRADE with Liverpool, increase 

 of, 178,201. 



MANIA, railway, 372. 



MAPS, Newcastle district, 2 ; Stockton and 



NOVELTY. 



Darlington Railway, 149 ; Liverpool and 

 Manchester Railway, 184-5 ; Leicester and 

 Swanniugtoii Railway, 295; London and 

 Birmingham Railway, 312 ; Midland Rail- 

 way, 332 ; Menai Strait, 421. 



MARIQUITA, Robert Stephenson at, 245. 



MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, society of, 456, 

 459, 480. 



MECHANICS' INSTITUTES, G. Stephenson's 

 interest in, 361. 



MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE, 417; railway 

 bridge, 420. 



MERSTHAM TRAMROAD, 180, 187. 



MICROSCOPE, George Stephenson's, 447, 453. 



M IDDLESBOROUGH-ON-TEES, 177. 



MIDDLETON RAILWAY, Leeds, 85, 181. 



MIDLAND RAILWAY, 331 ; George Hudson 

 and the, 382. 



MINING, COAL, 3, 9, 104, 129 ; in South 

 America, 245, 252. 



MONTROSE, G. Stephenson at, 45. 



MOODIE, underviewer at Killingworth, 110, 

 140. 



MORECAMBE BAY, proposed reclamation of, 

 339. 



MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH RAILWAY, 186. 



MORRISONS, Newcastle, 69. 



Moss CHAT (see Chat Moss). 



Moss, Mr., Liverpool, 184, 224. 



MULTITUBULAR BOILER, 261, 495. 



MURDOCK'S model locomotive, 77. 

 MURRAY, MATHEW, Leeds, 85. 



NASMYTH'S steam hammer, 405, 411. 



NAVVIES, railway, 321. 



NELSON, the Callerton pitman, 35. 



NEWBURN, 23, 30. 



NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY, 400. 



NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY, 13, 



255. 

 NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY, 



383, 400. 

 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, in ancient times, 1 ; 



literary and philosophical institute, 63, 1 14, 



1 19, 479 ; Stephenson jubilees at, 400, 4u4 ; 



High Level Bridge, 409 ; Stephenson statue, 



459. 



.^EWCoMTTN-'^ atmospheric engine, 9, 50. 

 NILE, Robert Stephenson's tubular bridges 



over the, 461. 



NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY, 335, 382. 

 NORTH, ROGER, description of early tram- 

 roads, 6. 

 NORTHAMPTON, opposition of, to railways, 



293, 304. 

 NORTHUMBERLAND ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, 



401. 

 " NOVELTY " locomotive, 268, 270, 272. 



