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GENERAL INDEX 
ous door-locks and foot-boards for, 
1881, 776 
Railway, rhe centre-rail, W. C. Thomas 
on, 1873, 219 
- communication, underground, in 
great cities, Col. R. R. Hazard on, 
1888, 821 
-couplings, a suggested improvement 
in, W. P. Marshall on, 1886, 802 
- Highland , Joseph Mitchell on the 
construction and works of the, 1867, 151 
* - passengers, G. B. Galloway on 
intercommunication between, 1865, 150 
-- passengers’ and guards’ communi¬ 
cation, S. Alfred Varley on, 1869, 220 
* - passengers and guards, communi¬ 
cation between, Messrs. Stroudley and 
Rusbridge on, 1875, 252 ; *1876, 233 
- permanent-way construction, W. 
Seaton on an improved patent saddle- 
rail and, 1874, 229 
* -reading-lamp, an improved, W. H. 
Preece on, 1887, 884 
-reform, suggestions for, by J. Pat¬ 
terson, 1870, 197 
-signalling, hydraulic apparatus for, 
C. E. Carr on, 1889, 737 
- sleeper, an improved steel, with 
chairs pressed out of the solid, H. 
White on, 1889, 872 
-through Southern Persia, Maj.-Gen. 
Sir F. J. Goldsmid on a, 1890, 888 
-Stockton and Darlington, W. Fal¬ 
lows on the origin of the, 1863, 153 
- street, John Haworth on a, 1861, 
258 
* - suspended, G. Stevenson on a, 
1877, 218 
- trains, a new view of the conse¬ 
quences of unpunctuality in, C. Wat¬ 
ford on, 1885, 1180 
-- trains, communicator for, W. R. 
Browne on Roberts’s patent, 1875, 243 
- trains, the vibration of, Prof. J. 
Milne on, 1889, 492 
- . - trains, -vis inertias of, Peter W. 
Barlow on the power required to over¬ 
come the, 1864, 184 
-tunnels, long, the construction and 
ventilation of, T. R. Crampton on, 
1883, 647 
- for turnpike roads and highways 
passing through towns, W. Thorold on 
an auxiliary, 1868, 195 
* - wire rope traction, W. Smith on 
A. S. Hallidie’s, 1875, 252 
Railways amalgamated in competing 
groups, B. Haughton on, 1873, 191 
- atmospheric, W. Smith on an 
improved valve and apparatus for, 
1863, 188 
- English and American, the com¬ 
parative cost of working, E. B. Dorsey 
on, 1889, 752 
Railways of the future, the gauge of the, 
R. F. Fairlie on, 1870, 215 
-gauge of, R. F. Fairlie on the, 1871, 
234 
* -Government administration to, T. 
de Meschin on the proposed extension 
of, 1865, 154 
-light or road, a few arguments in 
favour of, by T. S. P. W. D’A. Sellon, 
1888, 794 
* - and locomotives of the districts 
adjoining the rivers Tees, Tyne, and 
Wear, J. F. Tone on the, 1863, 192 
-narrow-gauge, the advantages of, J. 
B. Fell on, 1870, 216 
* -new method of working, by station¬ 
ary engines, R. and W. Hawthorn on a, 
1863, 192 
-in Northern India as affected by 
the abrading and transporting power 
of water, Thomas Login on the roads 
and, 1869, 214 
—-— permanent way of American, J. M. 
Wilson on, 1884, 593 
-a plea for unity of administration, 
by E. J. Watherston, 1882, 643 
—— in their relation to the public, R. 
Brandon on, 1869, 180 
-- signals for, Messrs. Crichton and 
Craig on a system of audible, 1875, 245 
-signal-wires of, G. W. Beynon on 
compensating apparatus for distant, 
1874, 220 
* - signalling on, R. R. Harper on 
block, 1875, 248 
* -single-track, W. K. Muir on, 1884, 
885 
-on three-foot gauge in the United 
States, Capt. D. Galton on, 1876, 224 
-the through, to India, H. Clarke on 
the progress of, 1873, 213 
-—-— underground, Mr. Symons on the 
working of, by hydraulic power, 1864, 
189 
-- in war, Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne on, 
1865, 173 
Raimondy (Prof. A.) on the Wild In¬ 
dians inhabiting the forests of Huanta, 
Peru, 1867, 129 
j Rain, fluctuations in the fall of, from 
A.D. 1726 to A.D. 1869, 1871, 102 
-lunar influence on clouds and, J. P. 
Harrison on, 1873, 43 
- quantity of, in the Lake district , 
Prof. J. Phillips on the, 1868, 472 
-W. S. Jevons on the deficiency of, 
in an elevated rain-gauge, as caused 
by wind, 1861, 62 
Rain-gauge, a gymbal-swung, F. Pas- 
torelli on, 1874, 37 
- new form of, G. J. Symons on a, 
1874, 41 
- an improved, N. L. Lonsdale on, 
1879, 280 
