The Engineer 1857 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous

The Engineer 1857 Jul-Dec: Miscellaneous Index.

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A Very Fast Story, 128
Aberavon Gas Works, 468
Academy of Sciences, 170
Accidents at Collieries (Note Book), 232
Accident on the Great Northern Railway, 242

Accident on the Great Northern Railway, the (Letters)—

By J. H., 266
" Loco," 286
Midland Servant, 266

Accident at the Launch of the " Leviathan," 324, 359
Accident on the London and North-Western Railway, 270
Accident at Millwall, 366
Accident on the North London Railway, Frightful, 453
Accident on the Trent Valley Railway, 266
Accidents in Mines, Ste., Lecture on, 325

Accidents, Railway (Letters)—

By A. M., 24
E. Brown, 60
A Driver, 98
Hallen and Kingston, 79
J. A. D., 363
W. Lukyn, 79
A Practical Engineer, 60
C. M. Read, 24
Veritas, 24
W. J. S., 24

Acknowledgment of Authorities, by J. A. D., 119
Mordax, 81
Acoustic Experiments, on, M. Lissajous, 38
Adcock's Boilers, 375
Adventures of a Calculating Phenomenon, 207

Aerial Chariots (Letters)—

By A. Alexander, 24
Anglo Beige, 61
Lord Carlingford, 6, 24, 42, 60, 99, 211
J. A. D., 24
A. H. Patterson, 7
Joseph Wilcock, 61
A Working Man, 7, 24, 43
Aerial Navigation, (Letters)—
By Algebra Neglected, 153
H. C. Hurry, 25
J. A. D., 99
Old Crank, 79, 191
Would-be-Engineer, 99

Aerial Screw Steamer (Letters)—

By Anti-Parachute, 267
Inventor, 153, 248, 325, 363, 418
R. H. T., 191
Wave Lines," by Inventor, 287

Aeronautics (Note Book), 64
Aerostation Realised, by Cluny of Badenoch, 43
Agricultural Engines, J. and R. Blackburn's, 229, 330
Agricultural Engines, Hall and Charlton's, 478

Agricultural Engines (Letters)—

By implement Maker, 476
John Gray and Co., 438
John Pinchbeck, 438
J. H. Simpson, 229

Agricultural Machinery, by Implement Maker, 438
Agricultural Society, Chester Meeting, 472
Agricultural Society, Letters to the, on Guideway Steam Agriculture, 56
Agricultural Society, Prize Engines of the, by John Gray and Co., 343
Agricultural Society's Prizes, the Royal, by Implement Maker, 229
Agricultural Society's Show at Salisbury, 45, 56, 64
Agricultural Treat, an, 474
Agricultural Society and the Trials of the Engines, by B. C. E., 401
Agriculture, Guideway Steam, by P. A. Halkett, 99
Agriculture, Mr. Mechi on, 397
Agriculture, Steam, 38
Air against Inclined Surfaces, Resistance of, by Algebra Neglected, 249
Air Door for Furnaces, Lee Stevens, 433
Air Pumps, by J. A. D., 173
Air and Water Discharge for Steam Pipes, M. Callan's, 247
Alloy of Chromium (Chemical), 424
Amalgamating Machine, Goulding's, 305
American Atlantic Steam Ships, 110
American Churns, by J. Adams, 27
American Coal Fields, 39
American Goods Engine and Tender, 329
American Railway Commission, by Colburn and Holley, 324
American Railways, Coal Burning on, 317
American Steam Ploughing, 67
Anchor Smith's Improvements in, 84

Animal Heat, the Cause of (Letters)—

By J. A. D., 381
W. Steevenson, 267, 287, 205 343, Answer to W. Steevenson, 305
J. B. Cooper, 305
W. Steevenson, 381

Animal Heat, S:c., by W. E. Williams, 419
Cause of, by W. E. Williams, 287
Annual General Meeting, Institution of Civil Engineers, 473
Another Railway Accident—Looseness of Management, 305
Apparatus for Saturating Gas with Hydro-Carbons, &c. (Chemical), :49
Application of Sewage to Land, 193
Application of Water Glass as a Substitute for Soap (Chemical), 424
Approaching Parliamentary Campaign, 440
Army, Engineers for the, 261
Art Instruction and the Working Classes, 252, 270
Art Treasures Exhibition, 270
Art Treasures Exhibition, the (Note Book), DS Artesian Wells in the African Deserts, 430
Artesian Wells at Grenelle, Paris, 392
Arthur's Brickmaking Machine, 320
Artificial Flower Leaves of Collodion, 349
Ashby's Water Wheels, 474
Ashton Colliery Explosion (Note Book), 119
Ashton-under-Lyne, Colliery Explosion at, 95
Association of Mechanics' Institutions, 207
Association for the Prevention of Boiler Explosions, 164. 319
Atkin and Miller's Machine for Folding Lace, etc., 122
Atlantic Cable (Note Book), 137
Atlantic Cable, 195

Atlantic Cable (Letters) :—

By Awle, 475
Lord Carlingford, 285, 380
Pr Great Eastern, T. E., 341
H. Dempster, 248
J. A. D., 248
T. E., 307
E. Eastwood, 228
W. L. Gilpin, 229
I. W. Hopkins, 267, 342, 43D James Jones, 228
C. Schiele, 190
" Seizer," 228
J. M., 248
J. K. P., 173
" One who has Crossed the Atlantic," 285
W. Petrie, 211, 228
W. A. Rastrick, 189
B. L. S., 267
Telegraph Cable, 55, 74, 100
By W. M'Adam, 152
J. Piercy, 153
Pilkington, 153
Telegraph, the (Note Book), 173
By A. S., 190
J. H. Simpson, 190
Telegraph, 121, 130, 148, Trial of Apparatus for Laying' down the, ma Company's Bill (Parliamentary Intelligence)
h7
Submarine Telegraph, by "Electric," 98
R. S. Newall and Co., 98

Atmosphere of the Houses of Parliament (Parliamentary Intelligence), 131
Attempted Launch of the Great Eastern (Note Book), 345
Aubenas' Apparatus used in the Manufacture of Silk 361
Austin's Improvements in Joining Pipes, 77, 135
Australian Mail Contract (Note Book), 101
Mails (Parliamentary Intelligence), 131
Postal Service (Parliamentary Intelligence), 149
Railways, 174
Screw Steam Ship, the, 149
Wines, 61
Austria, the Manufacture of Steel in, 368
Axles, C. Cammell's, 454

Bache's Lamps for Artificial Lighting, 4
Balloon Ascent in Lake Erie, 30
Banbury Water Company, 154
Banks', J., Life Preserver, 285
Barlow's Hot Air Blast Furnace, 281
Permanent Ways, 188
Barlow and Samuel's Cast-iron Railway Sleepers, 285
Barnes' Machinery for Hulling Rice, 420
Barrens' Apparatus for Lubricating, 26
Bauwin's Mode of Distilling Fatty Matter, etc., 216
Beattie v. The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company (Law Proceedings), 3, 20, 21, 22, 23
Beaufume's Gas Flame Furnace, 291
Berger and Matill's Machinery for Brushing Carpets, 284
Bessemer's American Patent, 82
Improvements in Iron, 4, 174
Betts' Portable Globe, 474
Bewley v. Hancock (Law Proceedings), 76
" Big Ben," 454
" Big Ben" cracked, 320
Bishop's Windlasses, 413
Blackburn's Agricultural Engines, 230
Blast, the Fan, by C. Wye Williams, 323
Blast Furnace, Barlow's Hot Air, 281
Pipe Controversy—Great Northern Railway Accident, by " H. F.," 286
Invention of the, by Aliquis, 190, 228
By Richard Burch, 60
J, Dewrance, 78, 134, 228, 248, 324
" Dial," 42, 60, 98. 151,190
H. G., 173
W. Gowland, 304, 324
J. W. Hackworth, 117, 172, 210, 286
Geo. Hill, 286
F. Hurst, 248. 267
John Rowland, 228, 286
S. Smiles, 172, 227
Thomas Snowdon, 324

Boardman Boiler, the, by A. L. Holley, 323
Boiler, the Dimpfel (American), Coal Burning, by A. L. Holley, 341
Explosion at Bradford, the, 235
The Rymney Ironworks, 94
Near Skipton, 430
Explosions, by J. Coupe, 249
Edwin Moore, 249
" Telegraph," 267
" Vulgar Sense," 153
Henry Adcocks. 375
Bougleux' Improvements in Steam, 136
Caters' Steam, 171
Morrison's Improvements in, 188
Taylor and Rolfe's Improvements in, 303
Boilers. Coverings for, by Z., 327
Bolt, Screwing, and Nut Tapping Machine, Schiele's, 80
Boomerang, the, by C. E. Conder, 287
Boring for Water, by S. C., 231
Bougleux' Improvements in the Boilers, 136
Boulogne Life Boat and Humane Society, 433
Brakes. Fay's Carriage, 92
Ed Finch's Improvements in Railway., 382
J. E. M'Connell's Railway, 268
Branch Railways for Agriculture, 10
Railways (Note Book), 346
Brazilian Railways, 240
Bread. Nevins and Yates' Mode of Preparing, 326
Breech-Loading Rifled Cannon, by A. Gearing, 209
Loading Fire-Arms, Harrison's, 133
Brewing, Dirck's Worts and 'Washes for, 4
Brick Making Machine, Arthur's, 390
Manufactory near Farnham, 436
Bridge at Cologne, the Rhine, 394
in St. James' Park, 83
Bridles and Bits, Monnier's Improvements in, 44
Bright and De Bergue's Apparatus for Laying Telegraph Cables, 458
Bright's Apparatus for Submarine Telegraphs, 67.c., 382

British Association at Dublin, 157

Association, 38
Association for the Advancement of Science, 165, 170, 185, 203, 223
India, 111, 130, 148,178, 197, 206. 245, 272, 282, 300, 318, 348, 358, 376, 393, 414, 452.469

Broadley's Improvements in Weaving, 19
Brook and Another v. Aston, 377
Brown and Adin's Jacquard Machines, 77
Brown's Improvements in Capstans, k68
Mode of Constructing Lower Masts, 41
Brunel, 312
Burgess and Key's Reaping Machines, 118, 210, 2E6
Burning Gas Coke, by Henry Hughes, 421
J. A H., 403, C., 459
Bursting of the Rivington Water Pipes, 280

Cable, the Atlantic, 194

By A. S., 190
" Awle," 475
B. L. S., 267
Lord Carlingford, 285, 380
G. H. Dempster, 248
E. Eastwood, 228
W. L. Gilpin, 229
J. A, D., 248
James Jones. 228
I. W. Hopkins, 267, 341, 439
J. K. P., 173
J. M., 248
One who has Crossed the Atlantic, 285
W. Petrie, 211, 228
W. A. Rastrick, 189
C. Schiele, 190
" Selzer," 228
J. H. Simpson, 190

Cables, Machinery for Laying Submarine, 280
Cable, per Great Eastern, the Atlantic, by T. E., 341
Cadiat's Mode of Purifying Minerals, &c., 212
Calcutta Lighted with Gas, 197
Cambridge's Chain Harrows, 417
Portable Railway, 66
Machine for Winnowing Corn, 468
Cammell's Axles for Railway Carriages, &c., 454
Canadian Steam Cultivators, Romaine's, by Romaine and Turner, 401
Canal, the Suez, 45, 283, 420
Canals, Steam on, 66
Cannon, Eastman's Breech-loading, 112
Wilkens' Improved, 178
Cap for Scent Bottles, W arson and William's Improved, 19
Capstans, Brown's Improvements In, 268
Cardiff New Docks, 55
Carpets, Berger and Matile's Machinery for Brushing, 284
Carriage Steps, Davies's. 261
Cassels and Morton's Improvements in Iron, 322
Cast Iron Beams, Table of the safe Load for, 272
Cast Steel as Gun Metal, 396
Casting Metals, Jackson, Gaudet, and Co.'s Improvements in, 212
Cater's Steam Boilers, 171
Cause of Animal Heat, &c., by W. Steevenson, 267, 287
Conservation of Force, by W. Steevenson, 305
W. E Williams, 287, 324
Cause of Elasticity, by J. A. D., 863
Cause of the Potato and other Vegetable Blights, by W. Steevenson, 173
Cause of Vegetable Blights, lac., by " Implement Maker," 229
by W. Steevenson. 229
Centrifugal Pump, by C. Schiele and Co., 383
Chadwick and Frost's Apparatus for Measuring Water, &c.. 420
Chaff-Cutting Machine, Smith's. 360
Chain Harrows, Cambridge's, 417
Chains, Dangerfield's Improvements in, 189
Chairs, Ramsbottom's Wrought Iron Railway, 395
Charging Furnaces, C. Wye Williams' Apparatus for, 84

Chariot, the Aerial (Letters)—

By A. Alexander, 24
Anglo-Belge, 61
Lord Carlingford, 6, 24, 42, 60, 211
Cluny of Badenoch, 43
J. A. D., 24
A. H. Patterson, 7
Joseph Wilcock, 61
A Working Man, 7, 24, 43

Chelsea Bridge (Note Book), 63
Chelsea New Bridge Bill (Parliamentary Intelligence), 57, 118

CHEMICAL

Alloy of Chromium, 424
Apparatus for Saturating Gas with Liquid Hydro-Carbons, &c., 349
Application of Water Glass as a Substitute for Soap, 424
Artificial Flower Leaves of Collodion, 349
Chemical Changes which Pig Iron undergoes during
its Conversion, 481
Composition of Natural Water, 368
Compressed Peat, 444
Conversion of Pig Iron into Steel, 424
Conversion of Carbonate of Manganese, 444
Coloured Copper Foil, 424
Dye Root similar to Madder, 424
Influence of the Labour of the Treadmill, 11
Madder Colours, and the Conversion of Madder Violet into Madder Red, 349
Preparation of Copper Powder, 424
Preparation of Paper impervious to Water, 349
Preparation of Oil, 444
Production of Steel, 444
Separation of Tin from its Alloys with Lead, 424
Wood Gas as a Lighting Material, 368

Chester Meeting, Royal Agricultural Society, 472
Chevreul's Laws of Colour, 57
Children's Toys, Nani's Improvement in, 114
Chinese Bridges, 478
Churn, American, by J. Adams, 27
City of Glasgow Bank, 468
" Civil Service Gazette" and the Royal Mint, 328
Civil Service Moralities, 193
Clark's (Edwin) Floating Docks, 147
Clark's (Edwin) Machine for Raising Ships, &c., 174
Clark's portable Metallic Spring Mattress, 379
Cleaning Grain, Jacques Richard's Apparatus for, 474
Cleansing Casks, Pott's Machine for. 227
Cleansing Fabrics, Crawford's Improvements in, 59
Cleansing Textile Substances, Dartois' Machine for, 19
Clifton Suspension Bridge, 18, 477
Coal and Iron, 264
Coal Burning Engines, Dewrance's (by One who has Whistled on an Engine), 479
Coal Burning on American Railways, 317
Coal Exports, 439
Coal Fields, American, 39
Coal Mines, Explosions in, by Cob Coal, 191
Coal Mines, Reports of Inspectors on, 194
Coal Pit Accident at Manchester, the, 266
Coal Pits, Supplying Fresh Air to, &c., by W. S. M., 151
Coal Statistics, 474
Coaling Stations for Indian Transports (Parliamentary Intelligence), 131
Coals of the Hartley District in Marine Boilers, on the Use of, 235
Coggeshall Agricultural Society, Mr. Mechi at the, by P. A. Halkett, 419
Coal and Coke, Economy of, by 1L, 457
Cole's Mode of Working Square Sails, 319
Collar, Farberry's Patent, 9
Collecting the Excrement of Towns, Rogers' Mode of, 375
Collection of Agricultural Statistics, 136
Colliers' Meeting, 264
Colliery Conviction, 322
Colliery Explosion, 208
Colliery Explosion at Ashton-under-Lyne, 96, 117
Colliery Owners, &c., Importance of Working Mines with good Safety Lamps, 244
Colliery Proprietors, Information against, 47
Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, 60
Colonial Book Postage, 60
Colonial Produce, Colonisation and (Note Book), 165
Colour of Thin Plates, &c. (Letter, by J. A. D.), 6
Coloured Copper Foil (Chemical), 424
Coming Winter in the Manufacturing Districts, 384
Commercial Intercourse with South Africa,363
Common Roads, Steam Locomotion on, by A. H. Patterson, 153
Communication with India (Note Book), 137
Communication with India (Parliamentary Intelligence), 149
Communication between London and Dublin (Parliamentary Intelligence), 95, 149
Comparative Heating Properties of Coal and Cake (Society of Arts), 415
Comparative Heating Qualities of Coal and Coke, Discussion on, at the Society of Arts, 431
Comparative Tests, Wire v. Hemp Ropes,121
Comparison of the American and Indian Railway System, 241, 262
Competition Railway, 112
Composition of Natural Water (Chemical), 368
Compressed Peat (Chemical), 444
Congress of Engineers, a, 279
Connecting the Feed Pipes of Locomotives, Fenton's, 264
Conservancy of the Thames (Note Book), 269
Conservation of Force, Cause of Animal Heat, Ike., by W. Steevenson, 305
Construction of Similar Triangles, by Charles Hoare, 81
Consumption Detector, 439
Consumption of Smoke, by " A Smoker," 249
Continentale, L'Angleterre, 320
Controlling the Movements of Ordinary Clocks, by Galvanic Currents, 216
Convenient Gunpowder, 473
Conversion of Carbonate of Manganese into Binoxide, 444
Conversion of Pig Iron into Iron, Steel, &c. (Chemical), 424
Conversion of Wood by Machinery (Inst. C. E.), by W. Molesworth, 385
Discussion on, at the Inst. C. E., 434
Conveyance of Mails to Kingstown (Parliamentary Intelligence), 75
Conveyance of Mails by Rail (Parliamentary Intelligence) 76
Copper in the Sea, 286
Copyright in Pictures, 473
Cort Testimonial, 271
By R. W. Marks, 191
Testimonial Fund, the, 177
Cost of Railway Neglect, the, 96
Cottam's Stable Fittings, 466
Cotton Supplies and Machine Labour (Note Book), 102
Cotton Supply. the (Note Book), 120
The Deficiency in the. 3
Cotton Supply Fallacies (Note Book), 270
Coupled Engines. by an Engineer, 27
By S. G. M., 45
Coupling Apparatus for Railway Carriages. by J. A. D., 479
Covering in Boilers, by Z., 327
Cowper's Apparatus for Making Drains, 226
Cracked, " Big Ben," 320
Craddock's Steam Engine and Boiler, 475
Crandall's Apparatus for Measuring Distances, 302
Instrument for Measuring Distances by Theodolite. 325
Crawford's Improvements in Cleansing Fabrics, &c., 59
Crescet Amor Nummi, 453
Crisis, the Money, 367
Crosland's Locomotive Engines. 234
Crowded Dwellings Prevention Bill (Parliamentary Intelligence), 113
Crystal Palace, &c., 481
West-End Terminus, 3
Cummine and Hunter's Electro-Magnetic Engines, 303
Cunningham's Improvements in Sails, 264
Curiosity, A., 343
Curious Fact in Natural History, 343
" Curse of Slavery," the (Note Book), 176
Cutting Tools, J. W. Wilson's Improvements in, 344

Dangerfield's Improvements in Chains, 189
Dartois' Machine for Cleansing Textile Substances, 19
Davies' Carriage Steps, 261
Davies' Self-Inking Stamp, 261
Day and Hulks' Knobs and Handles, 129
De Bussy's Method of Reducing Zinc Ores, 209
Death of James Platt, Esq., M.P., 177
Deep Water Soundings, 118
Deficiency in the Cotton Supply, 3
Department of Science and Art: New Regulations, 422
Schools, 481
South Kensington, 244
Designs, Lathe. by Wm. Hartley, 476
Designs for Public Offices, 41
Dewrance's Fire Box, by J. Dewrance, 456
Dewrance's Fire Box, by One who has Whistled, &c., 479
Dibbling Apparatus, Maissiat's, 265
Newington’s Improved, 5
Dimpfel (American), Coal Burning Boiler, by A. L Holley, 341
Dircks' Worts and Washes for Brewing, 4
Disc Engine, Smith's, 234
Discussion on Various Papers—on Machinery for Laying Submarine Cables, 242
Discussion, Topics ,or, by G. W , 313
Dispatch in Oiling Carriage Wheels, 110
Distilling Apparatus, Lemettais and Boniere's, 440
Distilling Fatty Matter, Bauwin's Mode of, 216
Dogs of War, the, 420
Doings in Newgate 121
Dolby's Machinery for Printing in Colours. 364
Doulton's, Henry, Kilns for Stoneware, 433
Drainage of London, The Referees' Report on the, By James Sutcliffe, 379
Young Cocker, 379
Drainage of the Thames Marshes (Note Book), 214
Drains, Cooper's Apparatus for Making, 226
Draughts, W. Petrie's Method of Creating, 288
Drawing Egg Ovals (Letter), by J. Jewsbury, 327

Drawing Ellipses,

By A. C., 327
J. Burdett, 251
Camille Cranquoy, 289, 345, 383
J. E. Collins, 365
Eccentric, 307
J. H., 327
J. K. O., 365
T. Ludlam, 3F6
A. S. Lukin, C.E., 345
M. R, 169, 307
T. K. P., 365

Dray's Improvements in Ploughs, 196
Dreadful Boiler Explosion at Huddersfield. 424
Dressing 'threads, sc., Hacking's Machinery for, 26
Dryden and Miles' Cylinder Printing Press, 77
Drying Agricultural Produce, Sinclair's Improvements in, 12
Duke of Argyll on the Dwellings of the Labouring Classes, 95
Dutch Exploring Expedition, 481
Dwellings of the Labouring Classes, the Duke of Argyll on the, 95
Dye it oi similar to Madder (Chemical), 424
Dyer' Improvements in Windlasses and Capstans, 246
Dyson's Method for Tilting Iron, &c., 288

Earl of Durham's Collieries, 402
Early Locomotives, by J. T. G., 211
Earth's Central Heat, Pressure the Cause of, by W. Steevenson, 419
East India Railway Company, 354
East India Railways. 110
Eastern, the Great, 2(5
Eaton's India-rubber Springs, 66
Economical Working of Boilers, by a First Subscriber, 327
By C. Wye Williams, 479
Economiser, Green's Patent Fuel, 41
Economising Heat in Locomotives, Molineaux's Mode of, 402
Economy of Coke and Coal, by M„ 457
Educational Centralisation, (Note B, ok). 102
Manufactures, (Note Book,) 155, 23'2
Edwards and Beecher's Machinery for Washing Minerals, 379
Elasticity, the Cause of. by J. A. D., 363
Electric Conductivity of Commercial Copper, &c. (Chemical), 11
Electric Guns, 433
Telegraph in Australia, 47, 354
&o., Henley's, 44
Dighton's, 171
Telegraphing by Steam, 377, 384
Electrical Conductors, Rankin and Thompson's Mode of Laying, 186
Electro- Magnetic Engines, &c., Cumine and Hunter's, 303
Embankment of the Thames (Metropolitan Board of Works), 149
Embankments, Forming Railway, by A. R. W., 27
Emery Paper, 36
Emery's Improved Harrows, 59
Emigration of Discharged Government Artisans, 135
Employment of Capital, 459

Energy and Momentum (Letter,) by J. B., 6, 78

Momentum, and Heat,
by J. A. D., 24i
By A. H. Patterson, 24

Engine (Steam) and Boiler, Craddock's, 475

Thomas Moy, by H. L., 363
by T. Moy, 380
G. Remington and Co.'s Patent Draught, 171
Reporting, 316
and Tender, American Goods, 329

Engineers for the Army, 261

a Congress of, 279
Institution of Birmingham Mechanical, 111
the Manchester Meeting of Mechanical, 2

Engines, Agricultural, by John Gray and Co., 438

By "Implement Maker," 438, 476
John Pinchbeck, 438
J. H. Simpson, 229
Coupled, by " Enquirer," 27
S. G. M., 45
Expansive Condensing, by Wigan,[419
Ogden and Hibbert's improvements in Colliery and Locomotive. 62
Rotary (Letter), by H. C., 61, 134
Salle, 135
Joseph Willcock, 117

England, the Industrial Population of, 320
English and American Patent Office (Note Book), 82; Railways; what they have Cost, and what they may Earn, and how, 2.3, 301;
Engstrom's Improved Projectiles for Rifled Cannon, 170
Entertainment by Marchioness of Londonderry, &c., 474
Eruption of a Volcano, 395
Etching, &c., Gilbert's Machines for, 58
Euphrates and Tigris (Now Book), 138
Examinations of the Society of Arts (Note Book), 403
Examples of the Screw Propeller, and other Modes of Propulsion in Natural History, J. A. D., 248
Expansion, Steam and its, by It D., 304
of Steam, on Heat and, by J. B., 380
Expansive Condensing Engines, by Wigan, 419
Expedition up the Nile2 the Late, 3
Experimental Marine Engine Boiler. 416
Experiments with Goulding's Amalgamating Machine, 279
The Great Gun, 322
In Gunnery. 2
Web a 36-inch Mortar, by Robert Mallet, 476
Explosion of the Boiler of a Steam Threshing Machine, 184
At Bradford, the Boiler, 235
Gawn Colliery, 209
Huddersfield, Dreadful Boiler, 424
The Late Boiler, 4
Explosions, Boiler, by J. Coupe, 249
E. Moore, 249
Telegraph, 267
" Vulgar Sense," 153
In Mines (Note Book), 155
Cob Coal, 191
Export of Coal, 249
Coals from the United Kingdom, 72
Exporters Hints to, 244
Extended Use of Oscillating Engines, by " Progress," 305
Extension of Gas Lighting, 396
Extension of Railways in New South Wales, 90
Extension of the Submarine Telegraph to Malta, 415
Extent of the Houses of Parliament. 26
Extraordinary Coloured Meteors, 132
Powers of Mental Arithmetic, 110

Fairbairn and Marsden's Machinery for Heckling Flax, 451
Failure of Naylor, Vickers, and Co., the, 859
of Springs, by " Ignoramus," 289
J. B., 289
Falling Bodies, Momentum of, by J. A. D. 419
Fan Blast, by A. B. Ex., 421
H. P. H., 289. 403
C Schiele and Co., 155, 30T, 421
C. WY() Williams, 323
Farcot’s Improvements in Steam Hammers, 357
Farm Roads on Strong Soils, by J. B. Denton, 253, 273
Fatal Accident, 298
Accident to Mr. Dykes, 397
Boiler Explosion at Chester. 43
Boiler Explosion at Durham, 263
Fay's Carriage Brake, 92
Fearful Colliery Explosion, 298
Colliery Explosion near Barnsley, 283
Feeding Boiler, henry Martin's Apparatus for, 322. Steam Boilers, Sykes' Apparel us for, 247
Fenton's Mode of Connecting Feed Pipes of Locomotives, 264
Ferry Boats, Heather's, 115
Finch's Improvements in Railway Brakes, 382
Fire-Arms, &c., Genhart's Improvements in, 58
Fire-Box, Dewrance's, by John Dewrance. 456
Mr. Yarrow's, by One who has Whistled on an Engine 20 Years Ago, 43T Mr. Yarrow's, by Thomas Yarrow, 437
Fixing Work for Polishing, by R. 11. Thomas, 189
Flax Cultivation in Ireland. 158
Floating Docks, Edwin Clark's, 147
Floating Hamm. as, 430
Fluid Meters. Newton, 97
Flushing Machines, Salter's Self-acting, 281
Fluted Screw, by H. A Miler, 2 9
Flying Chariot under Flying Colours, by a Working Man, 43
Folding Lace, &c., Atkin and Miller's Machinery for, 122
For mini/ Railway Embankments, by A. R. W., 27
Forsyth's Locomotive and other Engines, 154
Fowler's Apparatus for giving Motion to Ploughs, 132
France and the Suez Omni, 403
Fraud upon Farmer. (Note Book), 252
Free Libraries and Institutions (Parliamentary Intelligence), 75
Free Libraries and Museums, 321
French Inventions, 244
Iron Works, 5.4
Treatment of Scientific Men, 36
Friction, the Indemnity of Rubbing and Rolling, by J. A. D.. 419
Frightful Accident on the North London Railway,
Functions of the Science and Art Department,
Furnace., Healy's Improved, 5
Siemens' Improved, 40

Galvanic Currents, Controlling the Movements of Ordinary Clocks by, 216
Galvanising, 28
Garaud's Mode of Transmitting Motion, 8to., 216
Gas, Cost of, by F. W. F., 231
Flame Furnace, Beaufume's, 291
Gauntlett's Improved Thermometric Apparatus, 5
Geelong and Melbourne Railway, 110
Generating Steam, W. Muir's Apparatus for, 281
Pruvost's Apparatus for, 395
By Charles Wye Williams, 304
Genhart's Improvements in Fire-arms, 58
Geological Society. the, 355, 482
" George." the Royal, Locomotive Engine, 171
George Stephenson, by S Smiles (Review), 91, 173
(from the Times), 224
Gibson's Self. Acting Railway Brake, by (lost. C. E.), 396
Signalling Apparatus, 93
Gilbert's Machines for Etching, Ste., 58
Gimson's Apparatus for Preventing Boiler Explosions, 402
Girard's Improvements in Hydraulic Turbines, 37
Glasgow Harbour, 215
Glass Covered Thoroughfares (Note Book), 481
Globe. Betts' Portable, 474
Gnoll College, Vale of Neath, 240
Gossage's Improvements in the Manufacture of Soda, &c., 243
Sulphuric Acid, 1110
Government Contracts and Dockyard Authorities, 170
In and the, 139
School of Mines, 321
Goulding's Amalgamating Machine, 303
Experiments wish, 279
Gravitation (Letters) :—
By Engineer's Assistant, 63
Gyroscope, 45
J. A. D., fi3
The Gyroscope, by Gyroscope, 135
Gray's, Dr. Train Communicating Apparatus, by Ver Ras, 325
Great Eastern, the, 2n5
(Note Book), 231, 328, 404
Launching of the, by J. Sutcliffe, 61
Steamship, 36, 32i1
Great Northern Railway Accident. The Blast Pipe Controversy (Letters' : —
By H. F., 286
Great Northern Hallway Accident, 212
By .1. H., 266
A Midland Servant, 266
The Late, 251
Great Steam Plough Trial at Stirling, 338
Great Trial of Harvesting Machines in America, 2
Great Western of Canada, 477
Great Western Railway, Widows' and Orphans' Fund, 164
Green's Patent Fuel Economiser, 41
Greenhalgh v. Linn (Law Proceedings), 423
Grievances of Railway Shareholders ( Note Book), 45
Griffiths' Improvements in Vessels, b6
Grinding Cements, Porter's Improvements in, 8
Grinding Lenses by Prism, 345
Grubbing v. Ploughing (Note Book). 120
Guerin's Railway Brake, 316
Guideway Steam Agriculture, 462
By P. A. Halkett, 99
Gunboats for Indian Rivers. 4)41
Gun Barrels, Ornamental, by E. T., 213
Gun Metal. Cast steel as, 396
Gun, Monster Wrought Iron, by J. and W. Clay, 476
Gunnery, Experiments in, 2
Gunpowder as a Motive Agent, by W. T. P., 479
Gyroscope (Letters) :—
By Edmund Hunt, 439
Mechanical Engineer. 403
Gyroscope, 135

Hacking'a Machinery for Dressing Yarns. &c., 20
Haddan’s Improvements in Smelting, 147
Half time Rural Schools, 291
Hall and Charlton's Agricultural Engines, 478
Hammers, Farcot's Improvements in Steam, 357
Harnessing Niagara, 94
Harbour of Refuge at the Cape, 5
at Yarmouth (Parliamentary Intelligence), 57
Harbours of Refuge, 6
Hardman and Dugdale's Patent, by Davies and Hunt, 327
Harpoon Guns, Mitchell's, 265
Harris's Improvements in Horse Shoes, 416
Harrison's Breech-loading Fire-arms, 133
Harrows, Emery's Improved, S9
Harvest, 120
Harvesting (Note Book), 156
Machines, Great Trial of, in America. 2
Haupt's American Railway Maxims, 37
Health of London, 90
Healy's Furnaces, &c., 6
Heat, Animal, &c., by W. Steevenson, 343, 381
the Cause of Animal, by J A. D., 391
By W . E. Williams, 824, 419
Energy, Momentum, and, by J. A. D , 24
and Expansion of team, by J. II., 380
By G. H. Strype. 421
as a Motive Agent, on the Theory of, by J. B., 457
Heather's Ferry Boats, 115
Heating Fluids, Walker's Apparatus for, 226
and Ventilating, Swain's App 'rattle for, 96
Heckling Flax, Fairbairn and Marsden's Machinery for, 451
Hedgely's Improvements in Spirit Lamps, 96
Heiller's Machinery for Winding, Twisting, &c., 132
Heinke's Apparatus for Illuminating objects under Water, 19
Henley's Electric Telegraph, &c., 44
Her Majesty's Steamer " Himalaya" Ashore, 197
Herschel's Discoveries, 340
Heywood's Machinery used in Weaving, 100
High and Low Pressure Steam, by A. B., 343
By A. B. Ex., 362, 419, 466
" Analysis," 302, 381
Thomas Baldwin, 421
T. Craddock, 418
R. Davies, 369
Expositor, 418
Josiah Gimson, 362
H. H., 421
W. Hughes, 381, 439
W. K Hurst, 381
Ed. Ingham, 456
Robert Lakin, 381, 324
M. A. W., 439
A Minor, 362
Omnibus, 439
J. Ramsbottom, 418
Jas. Sutcliffe, 343, 362, 417
preferable, &c., Whether is, by J. A. I)., 343
High Pressure Steam, J. A. 1)., 477
High Pressure Steam and Boiler Explosions, by T. Craddock, 477
Higham's Valve Musical Instruments, 129 1-lighten's Electric Telegraphs, 171
Highways, 473
Hints on Educational Manufactory (Note Book), 405
to Exporters, 244
Hobb's Locks and Latches, 129
Hoisting Apparatus, Peril/01y and Porter's Steam, 416
Holland and Suez Canal, 467
Holyhead Harbour and Breakwater, 222
Homes of Manchester Princes, &c.. 72
Homogeneous Metal, by G. W., 421
Hoosac Tunnel, the, 100
Horizontal Thrust against Walls, by J. A. D., 6
Horse Gearing, G. Perrott's Improvements in, 319
Horse Plough v. Steam Plough (Note Book), 102
Horse Shoes, Horrid' Improvements in, 416
Horticultural Society of London, 410
Horton's Machinery for Regulating Steam, 208
Hot Water Apparatus, 23
How a Sun stroke affects a Man, 325
How to become an Engineer, by Philotimos, 365
lingo Hippodrome, 196
Hulling and Cleaning Rice, Barnes' Machinery for, 420
Hunterian Museum,
Hyde's Improvements in Vices, 478
Hydraulic Presses, Mareschal's. 118
Hydraulic Turbines, Girard's, 37
Hydrodynamics, Naval, by W. Petrie, 342, 476
Hydrostatic Screw Propeller, 210

Identity of Rubbing and Rolling Friction, by J. A. D., 419
Illegal Use of Patterns, by Albion, 365
Illuminating objects under Water, Heinke's Apparatus for, 19
Implement Show the Smithfield Club, 434
Importance of Working Coal Mines with Good Safety Lamps to Colliery Owners and NI wingers, 2.14
Improved Communication across the Solent, 240
Improved Railway Transit, by " Unit," 6
Improvements in Locomotives, by John Dewrance, 399
At Seacombe Ferry , 240
In Street Lamps. 219
India, British, Ill, 130. 148, 178, 107, 206, 245, 272, 282, 300, 318, 348, 358, 376, 393. 41.1, 452, 469
Railways in, 95
Scientific Mission to, 339
Works In (Parliamentary Intelligence), 95
Indian Railways (Parliamentary intelligence), 131
River Navigation, by C. H. II., 249
Telegraphs (Note Book), 175
Indicator, Slide Valve, by J. B., 27
indiscriminate Granting of Patents, &c., by G. W., l$
Industrial Population of England. 320
Influence of the Labour of the Treadwheel over Respiration and Pulsation, and its Relation to the Waste of the System, and the Dietary of the Prisoners (Chemical), II
Information against a Coal Proprietor at Bolton, 222
Colliery Proprietors, 47

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :-

Account of the Steam Ferry of the Nile, &c., by Mr. Sopwith, 461
Annual General Meeting, 473
Conversion of Wood by Machinery, by Mr. Molesworth, 385, 396
Discussion on the Conversion of Wood by Machinery, 134
Gibson's Self-Acting Railway Signals, 396

Institution of Engineers of Scotland, 338
By B. hunt, 327
Birmingham Mechanical Engineers, 1 I I Civil Engineers, 320
Mechanical Engineers, 338
The Manchester Mechanics, 158
Institutions, Training, by J. Rockliffe, 9/4
Instrument for Drawing Ovals, by J. J.. 231
Interesting Gunpowder Experiments, 19?

Invention of the Blastpipe, by " Aliquis," 190, 22S

By " An Old Stager," 81
Richard Burch, 60
J. Dewrance, 78, 184, 228, 248, 824
" Dial," 42, 60. 98, 151, 190
W. Gowland, 304, 324 11. G., 173
J, W. Hack worth, 117, 172, 210, 286
George Hill, 286
F. Hurst, 248, 267
John Rowland, 228, 286
S Smiles, 112, 227
Thomas Snowdon, 324

For Submerging Submarine Cables, 329
Inventions, French, 244
Inventors and the Government, 139
Imports and Exports of Metals at the Port of London, 18, 36, 51, 72, 90, 109, 12M, 116, 164, 184, 102, 222, 210, 260 278, 298, 316, 336, 354, 37.1, 399, 412, 430, 450, 468, 487
Irish Engineer at the Defence of Arrah, An, 354
Turntables and Weighing Cranes, 136
Iron, Bessemer's Improvements in, 4, 174
Cassel's and Morton's Improvements in, 322
Coal, and General Trades of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other Towns, 16, 34, 61, 70, 88, 108, 127, 144, 163, 183, 200. 220. 239, 259. 277. 296, 314, 334, 362, 372, 390, 410, 428, 449. 466, 486
Oakes' Improvements in, 268, Foundries, by Slag. 345
Improvements, Kelly v. Bessemer, 74
Works, North of India, 112
Ireland, Flax Cultivation in. 168
Is India-rubber Shot Proof ? 62
Isthmus of Sues Canal (Parliamentary Intelligence), 30

Jackson, 1:Mufti, and Co.'s Improvements in Casting Metals, 212
Jacquard Machines. Brown and Adin's, 77
Jessop's Machines for Washing and Mangling, 5
Joining, &c., Pipes, Austin's Method of, 77, 135
Joy's Steam Engines, 360

Keeping Liquids under Certain Conditions, by W. C. Hare, 261
Kelly Y. Bessemer. Iron Improvements, 74
Kensington ()ore Estate (Parliamentary Intelligence),113
Keys and Locks (Review), 397, 470
Kling for Stoneware, &c., Henry Doulton's, 433
Knobs and Handles, Day and Hinck's improvements in, 129
Knoderer's Improvements in Tanning, 299

L’Angleterre Continentals, 320
La Croix's Mode of Reefing Top Sails, 247
Labour for our Tropical Colonies, 28
Lamps, Hedgely's Improved Spirit, 62
Lamps, Safety, by J. A. D , 99
Land and Life, by W. Bridges, 113
Large Sale of Land in Now Zealand, 401
Lark's Limo Kilns, 92

LAW PROCEEDINGS

Beattie r. The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company (Queen's Bench), 3, 21, 22, 23
Bewley v. Hancock, 75
Brook and Another v. Aston, 377
Greenhalgh v. Dinn, 423
In re C. J. Mare, Proposal to Supersede, 339
Charles James Mare, Proposal to Creditors to Annul the Bankruptcy of, 20
In re Russell, 377, 397, 445
Leo v. Greig and Parson, 391
Newell v. Webster, 39
Price's Candle Company v. Bauwen's Candle Company, 20
Seed v. Higgins and others, 20
Thomas v. Foxwell, 445
Thomas v. Judkins, 445
Williamson v. King, 187

Late Boiler Explosion at Huddersfield, 441
Late Expedition up the Nile, the, 3
Lathe Contest, the, 29
Lathe Designs, by Wm. Hartley, 476
Lathe for Jewellers, Stephen's, 114
Launch of the " Delhi," 99
Launch of the first Iron Vessel made In the Isle of Man, 197
Launching Large 'Vessels, by Mansfield, 475

Launching the " Leviathan " (Letters)

By Civil Engineer, 417
J. B. M., 363
H. Briefly, 363
George Hart, 379
H. H., 363
J. IL, 475
J. Lloyd, M.D., 362, 380, 401
J. T., 401

Launching the "Great Eastern," be James Sutcliffe, 61
Lawe's Improvements in Tilling Land. 357
Laws of Colour. M. Chovreul, on, :)7
Laying Electrical Conductors, Rankine and Thompson's Mode of, 180
Laying Permanent Ways, Do Bergue’s Apparatus for, 208
Laying Submarine Telegraph Cables, Professor W. Thompson's Method of, 185
Laying Telegraph Cables, Bright and Do Bergue’s, 458
Lecture on Accidents in Mines. &c., 325
Lee's Portable Printing Press, 122
Lee v. Greig and Parson (Law Proceedings), 397
Lemetals and Boniere's Distilling Apparatus, 410
Lessening the Rocking of Vessels, by J. A. U., 25
Letter Box, Pillar, by G. H. Smyth, C.E., 437
Letter to the Agricultural Society, on Guide-way Steam Agriculture. 50
Leviathan (Note II). 400
By " 1).," 459
Accident at the Launch of the, 359
Launching the, by H. Briefly, 363
By " Civil Engineer," 417
George Hart, 379
H. H., 363
J. B. 51 , 363
J. H., 475
J. T., 401
J. Lloyd, M. D., 362, 380, 401
Renewed Attempt to Launch the, 385
Levick and James' Mode of Utilising the Waste Gases of Blast Furnaces, 80
Lewsey 's Sugar Cane N1 ills, 12
Life and Lund, by W. Bridges, 113
Life-Preserver, J. Banks., 285
Life- Preserving Flout, Simmonds', 84
Lighting, Bache's Lamps for Artificial, 4
Lightning," the, 177
Lilliputian Engines, 448
Lime Kilns, Larks, 92
Lines, Wave, by Thomas Moy, 305, 401
Lissajous' Acoustic Experiments, 38
Lister's Improvements in Spinning, 8
Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, 453
Literary and Scientific Society of Liverpool, 394
Liverpool Polytechnic Society, 225, 355
Livingstone Dr. (Note Book), 214
Locks and Keys (Review), 397, 470
and Latches, Hobbs' Improvements in, 120
Morrison and Lillie's Improvements in, 367

Locomotive Blast (See Invention of the Blast Pipe)

Boiler, the Boardman, by A L. Holley, 823
Etc , Engines, Crosland's, 234
Engines, Forsyth's. 151
Enmities, Thomas Yarrow's Improvements in, 337
Purposes, Josiah Parke's Apparatus for, 250
Palace, A, 244

Locomotives, Early, by J. T. G., 211
Improvements in, by John Dewrance, 399
Lois Weedon Husbandry, 215
London, the Main Drainage of, 94
and Manchester Traffic, l ltl
Sunday, the, 139
Longbottom, Apparatus for Superheating Steam, 41
Looseness of Management, another Railway Accident, 305
Loss of the Transit, 177
(Parliamentary Intelligence), 140
Lower Masts, Brown's lode of Constructing, 41
Lowering Submarine Telegraph Cables, Discussion on various Papers on Machinery for, 242
Lubricating Axles, st c.. Barrens' Improvements in, 26
Lubricator, Oxley's Self-acting, 93
Lunatic Asylum, the Colney Hatch, by S. W. Dank's, 60
Lundhill Colliery Explosion, 25, 38

M. Daniel Adolphus Lange, 305
M.P.s in the Recess, (Note Book), 347
Machinery, Agricultural, by " Implement-Maker," 438
for Laying Submarine Cables, 280
Sawing, by J. M' Dowell and Sons, 27
Madder Colours, and the Conversion of Madder Violet into Madder Red, (Chemical,) 349
Madras Railway, 410
Magnet, Powerful, by " A Regular Subscriber," 9
Main Drainage of London, 94
(Note Hook,) 101, 176, 309, 384
Main Drainage of the Metropolis (Board of Works), 283, 339
Main Drainage Question (Note Book). 81
Scheme, the (Metropolitan Board of Works), 966 149
Maissiat's Dibbling Apparatus, 265
Making a Fabric of Abestos, by II. T. H., 459
Mal-construction of 1Vindows, by W. Austin, 13t, Management of Coal Trains, 400
Furnaces, by F. T. L., 459
Manchester Association for the Prevention of Boiler Explosions. 242
Manchester Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2
Manchester Mon, the, 53
Mechanics' Institution, the, 158
Manufacturing and Purifying Gas, H. 8. Smith's Mode of, 302
Manufacture of Steel in Austria, the, 368
Manuring Machine, R. and J. Reeves, 151
Mare, In rc C. J Proposal to Supersede, 339
Mareschal’s Hydraulic Presses, 118
Marine Erections, by Thomas 441
By T. 'Winder, 459
Marshall's Improvements in Purifying Oils, &o., 37
Martin's Apparatus for Feeding Boilers, 322
Railway Signal Apparatus, 360
Mary Wedlake, &c., 41
Massey and Hargreave's Mode of Preparing Cotton, 151
Matthews's Vat used in the Manufacture of Paper, 378
M'Callan's Air and Water Discharge for Steam Pipes, 24T
M’Connell's Railway Brakes, 268
Measuring Distances, &c., Crandall's Apparatus for, 302
Instrument for, 325
Measuring Water, Chadwick and Frost's Apparatus for, 420
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 111, 338
Mechanics' Institutions, the Association of, 207
Mechi, Mr., on Agriculture. 397
at the Coggeshall Agricultural Society. by P. A. Halkett, .119
Mediterranean Electric Telegraph. 336
Telegraph, the, 170, 240, 247, 354, 356
Mellin's Improvements In Taps and Valves, 382
Mercurial Regulator, Smith's Self-acting 84
Regulator, Smith's, by a Practical Engineer, 119
Mercury Mines, their Produce and Working. 396
Metals and Manufactures in the Yorkshire and Lancashire Districts. 17, 35.53, 71. 80

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. MEETINGS AT THE :

Embankment of the 'Thames, 149
Main Drainage Scheme, 95, 149, 283
Main Drainage of the Metropolis, 339
New Road for the East End of London, 283
Vacant Ground in St. Paul's Churchyard, 149
Metropolitan Central Termini (Note Book), 155
Dead Moat Market, 47
Drainage (Note Book), 251
Drainage, 366
Drainage (Note Book), 40.1
Drainage (Parliamentary Intelligence), 75
Subways, 308
Tramways, 385

Milford, 305
Miller's Mode of Propelling Vessels, 77
Mineral Statistics, 289
Mines, Government School of, 321
Mines (Mercury), their Produce and Working, 396
Mining for Coal, the Last Blue Book upon it, by Con.. stunt Reader, 191
Missionary Travels in South Africa, 6tc., by David Livingstone, 423, 443
Mitchell's Harpoon Guns, 265
M`Naught's Steam Engines, 96
Model Garden, the, 156
Molineaux's Mode of Economising Heat in Locomotives 402
Momentum. Energy and (Letter by J. B.), 6, 78
By A. H. Patterson, 24
J. A. D., 21
of Falling Bodies, by J. A. D., 419
Monetary Crisis (Note Book), 383
Money Crisis, the, 367
Monnier's Bridles and Bits, 41
Monstre Blast, 3s Wrought Iron Gun, by J. and W. Clay, •176
Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, 20
Monument, the Wellington, 113
Moors, the, by W , W., 173
Moors, the (Note Book), 139, 194
More Centralisation, 475
Railway Accidents, 488
Morris' Washing Machines, 183
Morrison's Improvements in Steam Boilers, 18a Morrison and Lillie's Improvements In Locks, 357
Mortar, Experiments with the 36 lb., by Robert Mallets 47
Mortars, the 36 lb.. by Robert Mallet, 231
and Talkers (Note Book), 479
Motion, Garaud’s Mode of Transmitting and Stopping, 216
Motive Power, a Now 67
Moulding Cast Iron Pipes, Stewart's Improvements in, 196
Mowing and Reaping, Jas. Thompson's Improvements in, 299
Moys' Engine, Thomas, by H. L., 363
Thomas, Steam Engines, by T. Moy, 380
Muir's Mode of Generating Steam, 281
Museums, Free Libraries and. 321

Nails, Newcombe's Machinery for, 227
Nam's Children's Toys, 114
National Institution for the Promotion of Social Science, 290
National Medal Distribution, 290
Naval Hydrodynamics (Letters)—
By W. Petrie, 342, 476
Navigation, the Aerial, by Algebra Neglected, 153

Navigation, Aerial (Letters)—

By Lord Carlingford, 99
H. C. Hurry, 25
J. A. 1) , 99
Old Crank, 79, 191
Would-be. Engineer, 99

Navigation of Indian Rivers (Note Book), 191
Navigation of the Indian Rivers. 321
Navigation, Indian River, by G. H. H.. 219
Naylor. Vickers and Co., Failure of, 359
Necessary Breadth of Piers, by J. A. D., 439
Netherton Colliery Explosion. the, 2118
Nevin's and Yates' Mode of Preparing Bread, 326
Now Brick Manufactory near Farnham, 435, •1118
Now Era in Criminal Management (Note Book), 347
Now Government Offices, 90
New Instrument for Measuring Velocities, 114
New Joint Stock Companies, 413
New Landing Stage. the, 234
New Life Boat fur Brighton, a, 292
New Lock, 12
New Locomotive. 339
Now Military Works, 439
New Mining College, 2
New Mode of Working Steam Engines. by T. Moy, 338
New Motive Power, 67
New Mortars, 202
Now Power for the Propulsion of Vessels, by T. 51., 403
New Power for Propulsion of Vessels, by M. Morgan, 441
Now Public Offices (Note Book), 119
New Public Offices, the (Parliamentary Intelligence), 113
New Road for the East End of London (Metropolitan Board of Works), 283
New Safety Railway Brake, 202
New Screw Propeller, 250
New Sewers, 374
Now Shed at Woolwich, 197
Now Tidal Basin, Chatham (Note Book), 233
New Theory for Smoke Consumption, 2so New Wave Line System, by Thomas Moy, 861, 401
Now Westminster Bridge, the, 128
New Water Still, A., 284
New York Panic, 454
Newall v. Webster (Law Proceedings), 39
Newcastle Colliers' Association Premium (Note Book),U$
Newcomb's Machinery for Making Nails, 227
Newgate, Doings in, 121
Newington's Dibbling Apparatus, 5
Newton's Fluid Meters, 97
Newton's Improved Water Meter;319
Newton's Window Blinds and Shutters, 310
Niagara. Harnessing, 94
No Telegraph to Balmoral, 240
Non-Encouragement of Inventions, the Blast Pipe, &c. , by Daniel Warren, 78
North of India Iron Works, 112

NOTE BOOK : —

Accidents at Collieries, 232
Accident at Millwall, 306
Aeronautics. 64
Application of Sewage to Land, 193
Art-instruction and the Working Classes;252 270
Art Treasures Exhibition, 138, 270
Ashton Colliery Explosion, 119
Atlantic Cable, 137
Atlantic Telegraph, 175
Attempted Launch of the Great Eastern, 343
Australian Mail Contract, 101
Bessemer's American Patent, 82
Branch Railways, 346
For Agriculture, 10
Chelsea Bridge, the, 63
Civil Service Moralities, 193
Colonisation and Colonial Produce, 65
Coming Winter in the Manufacturing Districts, 381
Communication with India. 137
Conservancy of the Thames, 269
Cotton Supplies and Machine Labour, 102
Cotton Supply, the, 120
Cotton Supply Fallacies, 270
Curse of Slavery, 177
Department of Science and Art, 122, 4S1
Dr. Livingstone, 214
Drainage of the '1 Names Marshes, 211
Educational Centralisation, 102
Educational Manufactures, 155, 232
Electric Telegraphing by Steam, 384
Employment of Capital, 459
English and American Patent Offices, 82
Euphrates and Tigris. 138
Examinations of the Society of Arts, 403
Explosions in Mines, 155
Fraud upon Farmers, 252
Functions of the Science and Art Department, 422
Galvanising, 28 •
Glass-covered Thoroughfares, 4S0
Great Eastern, the 231, 328, 904
Great Northern Railway Accident, the late, 2A.
Grievances of Railway Shareholders, 45
Grubbing v. Ploughing, 120
Half-time Rural Schools, 291
Harvest, 120
Harvesting, 156
Hints on Educational Manufactures, 405
Horse Plough v. Steam Plough, 102
Indian Telegraph, 175
Labour for our Tropical Colonies, 28
Lathe Contest, the, 29
Leviathan, the. 443, 460
Lois Weedon Husbandry, 215
M.P.s in the Recess, 347
Main Drainage of London, the, 131, 176, 308, 381
Question, 81
Management of Coal Trains, 160
Metropolitan Central Termini, 155
Dead Meat Market, 47
Drainage, 251, 3(6, 401
Tramways, 383
Subways,3 08
Mineral Statistics, 289
Model Garden, the, 156
Monetary Crisis, 383
Moors, the, 139.194
Mortars and Talkers. 479
National Institution for the Promotion of Social Science, 290
Medal Distribution, 290
Navigation of Indian Rivers. 193
Newcastle Collieries Association Premium, 232
New Era in Criminal Management, 347
New Public Offices, 119
Patent Museum, 63
Preparation of the Soil for Sewage Manure, 10
Pressure in the Money Market, 365
Prize Reaping Machines, Salisbury, 83
Progress of Art Instruction, 28, 45
of the Launch, 422
Promotion of &Isla' Science, 171;
Proposed New Parks, 403
Public Parks, 9
Railway Accidents, 9, 27, 289
Report for 1856, 231
Railways for India, 308
Reports of Inspectors of Coal Mines, 214
Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Salisbury, 16, 64
Safe Railway Travelling, 307
Sanitary State of Towns, 327
School Endowments, 46
Schools of Art, National Medals, 156
Science and Art Department, New Regulations, 412
Sheepshanks Collection, the, 82
Shipwrecks, 269
Smithfield Club Show, 441
Smoke Abatement, 421
Society of Arts Examinations, 412
Steam Blast, the, 207
Culture, Salisbury, 83
Ploughing. 63
Suez Canal, the, 45
Supply of Cotton, 213
Tariff Relaxations, 323
Taxing Literary Institutions, 46
Tenure of Land, 431
Traction Engines. &e.. 29
Ways of the " Leviathan. 480
Westminster Bridge, 120
Work for Parliament, 411
Working Men's Colleges, 213

Notes from the Northern and Eastern Counties, 17, 35, 54, 71, 90, 109, 121. 145, 1(13. 183, 201, 221, 239, 269, 277, 297, 315, 335, 352, 373, 390 411, 429, 450, 467, 4S6
Notes by the War, by a Constant Reader, 191
Notices to Correspondents.—For Letters inserted under this head, see first lake of the subject.
Novel Application of Terra Cotta, 394
Contrivance for Detection of Burglary, 325
Nugget, an Enormous, 240

Oakes' Improvements in Iron, 26S
Obtaining Light by Electricity, Way's Improvements in, •151
Obtaining Patents, by Artisan, 459
Oscillating Engines, Extended Use of, by "Progress," 305
Ocean's Maw, 45R
Official Report of the Judges on the Reaping Machines, 74
Ogden and Hibbert's Improvements applicable to Colliery and other Engines, 62
Old Locomotive ,Engines, 3(3
Old Rochester Bridge. 219
Omnibus Correspondence. 184
Premium, the, by A. G. Church, .521
Tramway?, 371
Omnibuses of London, the, 399
Opening of a Dry Dock in the Mauritius, 2S4
Part of the Line between Cairo and Suez, 123
The Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, 233
Operations at the Mint, 322
Operative Distress in Derby, 396
Ophthalmoscope, 74
Ordnance' Survey, 95, 12R, 177
Of Ireland, 132
The (Parliamentary Intelligence), 30
Organs, Willis' Improvements in, 208
Original .Locomotive Engine, 317
Ornamental Gun Barrel', by E. T., 213
Turning, by " Past Time," 459
Orthographic Projection, Treatise on, by W. Binns, 177
Oscillating Engines, by Progress," 305
Osmium-Iridium in Russian Gold (Chemical), 444
Outer Rails, Super elevation of, by J. A. I)., 27
Oxley's Self-Acting Lubricator, 93

Palace, a Locomotive, 2:4
Parke's, Josiah, Apparatus for Locomotive Purposes, 250
Panama Railway, 26
Paper Duty Drawback on Envelope Cuttings, 329
Paper Tubes, by S, 45
Parberry's Patent Collar, by A. Z 9
Parker's Apparatus for Separating Grain and Seed, 326
Pascal's Rotary Engines, 246
Pascal's Tile Making Machinery. 454
Parson's Improved Permanent Way, 209

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE :—

Atlantic Telegraph Company's Bill. 57
Atmosphere of the Houses of Parliament, 131
Australian Postal Service, 149
Australian Railways, 131
Chelsea New Bridge Bill, 57
Coaling Station for Indian Transports. 131
Communication between London and Dublin, 95, 149
Communication with India, 149
Conveyance of Mails to Kingstown, 75
Conveyance of Mails by Rail, 75
Free Libraries and Literary Institutions, 75
Harbour of Refuge at Yarmouth, 57
Indian Railways, 131
Isthmus of Suez Canal, 30
Loss of the Transit, 149
Metropolitan Drainage, 75
Ordnance Survey. the, 30
Ports and Harbours, Ireland, 149
Royal Academy, the, 30
Royal Commission. 149
Scientific and Literary Society's Bills, 48
Smoke Nuisance (Scotland) Abatement Bill, 75
Toll Bars in the Metropolis, 30
West India and Australian Mail Contract, 149
Works in India, 95
Patent Information, by J. O., 479
Patent Law, Steam Ploughing, Sec., by G. W., 117
Patent Museum (Note Book). 63
Patent Office, the United States, 55, 75
Patented Pumps, by R. and W. Moore. 27
Patents, the Indiscriminate Granting of, by G. W. 189
Patents for Inventions, 1:•56, Report of the Commissioners of. 187
Patents, Report on. 112
Pembroke Dockyard, 478
Pengelly and Porter's Steam Hoisting Apparatus, 416
Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam Fleet, 374
Perilous Balloon Ascent in Lake Erie, 30
Permanent Ways, Barlow and Woodhouse's, 188
Captain Tyler's, 268
Ramie's (Letter by W. Ramie). 23
De Bergue's Apparatus for Laying, 208
Parson's, '209
Pernambuco Railway. 457
Perrott's, George, Improvements in Horse Gearing, 319
Petrie's Apparatus for Creating, &c., Draughts, 2$s
Petrie and M‘Naught's Improved Steam Engines, 115
Phillip? Stereoscopes, 151
Philosophy of the Wave Line System of Shipbuilding, by Engineer's Assistant, 361
Philosophy of the Wave Lino of Shipbuilding, by Thomas riot', 266
Piers, Necessary Breadth of, by J. A. D.. 439
Pillar Letter Box, by G. H. Smyth, C.E., 437
Pimlico Improvements (Parliamentary Intelligence), 113
Pipe Moulder, Sherrif's, 118
Plan for Subways and New Streets, 377
Plates, the Colours of Thin, by J. A. D., 6
Platt. Death of James, Esq., 177
Platt's Mules for Spinning, 97
Plea for Railway Servants, A, 321
Ploughing Land, Williams' Machinery for, 191
Ploughs, Dray's Improvements in, 196
Ploughs, Fowler's Apparatus for giving Motion to, 132
Point of Space. a, 394
Polishing. Fixing Work for, by It. II. Thomas, 159
Polytechnic Institution, the Royal. 375
Polytechnic Society, The Liverpool. 225, 355
Poole's. J., Safety Valves, .S5
Portable Gas Apparatus, by a Subscriber, 315
Ports and Harbours (Parliamentary intelligence), 149
Porter's Improvements in Grinding Cements, S
Position of Sails. by J. A. D., 99
Potato Blights, S: c., Cause of the, by W. Steevenson, 173
Power, Source of, by W. S. M., 99
Powerful Magnet, by A Regular Subscriber, 9
Power's Scuttle for Ships, 437
Practical Education (Review), 157
Preliminary Notice of Researches on the Assimilation of Nitrogen by Plants, 242
Premium, the Omnibus, by A. G. Church, 324
Preparing Cotton Wool, Crichton and Foxcroft's Apparatus for, 416
Cotton, Massey and Hargreave's Method of. 151
Preparation of the Soil for Sewage Manure (Note Rook), 10
of Copper Powder (Chemical), 124
of Drying Oil (Chemical). -144
of Paper Impervious to Water (Chemical), 349
Presents to the King of Siam, 240
Pressure the Cause of the Earth's Central Heat, by W. Steevenson, 419
in the Money Market, 365
Prevention of Accidents in Mines, 26
of Boiler Explosions, the Manchester Association for the, 242
Preventing Boiler Explosions, Josiah Gimson's Apparatus for, 402
Boiler Explosions, Scrive's Apparatus for, 122
Price's Candle Company v. Hauwen's Candle Company (Law Proceedings), 20
Prices Current of Metals, IS, 36, 54. 72, 90, 109, 128, 146 161, 184, 202, 222, 240, 260, 278, 298, 316, 336, 351, 374. 392, 412, 430, 450, 468, 487
Principle of the Transformation of Structures, 242
Printing Apparatus, Lee's Portable, 122
in Colours, Dolby's Machinery for, 364
Press, Dryden and Miles', 77
Prize Engines of the Royal Agricultural Society, by J. Gray and Co., 343
Reaping Machines, Salisbury, s3
Works of Schools of Art, the, 292
Producing Chemical Decomposition, Wright and Fouche's Apparatus for, 378
Produce of Vine in New South Wales, `c., 57
Production of Steel, especially Puddled and Cast (Che. mica% 414
Professor Way and the Royal Agricultural Society, 473
Progress of the Agricultural Implement Trade, by S. Sidney (Society of Arts), 432
of Art-Instruction, 28, 45
of the Great Eastern, 118
of the Launch, 422
in the Manufacture of India Rubber, 396
Prohibition of the Use of Rockets as Private Signals, 36
Promotion of Social Science (Note Book). 176
Propellers. Screw, by Lord Carlingford. 287
Propelling Vessels, Miller's Mode of, 77
Proposal of Creditors to Annul the Bankruptcy of Charles James Mare (Law Proceedings), 20
for a New Bridge Across the Floating Harbour, 36
Proposed Opening of Southwark Bridge, 117
New Floating College at Folkestone, 29S New Parks (Note Book), 403
Propulsion in Natural History, Examples of the Screw Propeller and other Modes of, by J. A. D., 248
Ship and Ship, by J. A. D., 229, 380
of Vessels, by F. W. Hopkins,267
Prouvost's Apparatus for Generating Steam, 395
Public Parks (Note Book), 9
Works in India (Parliamentary Intelligence), 113
Puddling Furnaces. Caddick and Co 's, 417
Pumps, Construction of, by J. A. D., 173
Patented, by R. W. Moore, 27
Punjaub Railway, 433
Purifying Oils, &c., Marshall's Improvements in, 37
Metals. etc., Cadiat's Method of, 212

Queen's College, Birmingham, the, 229
Question, the Sewage. 74

Railway Accidents, 9, 27, 269, 360

By A. M., 24
E. Brown, 60
A Driver, 98
J .1. D., 363
Luken, 79
C. R. Mead, 24
W. J. s., 21
Hallen and Kingston, 79
Practical Engineer, 60
Veritas, 24
Railway, Cambridge's Portable, f6
Collision, 283
Commission, American, by Colburn and Holley, 324
Competition, 112
in Australia, 326
in Canada, 4(5
(Enl.:lisli) What they have Cost, what they may Earn, and how, 263, 301
in India, 95
for India (Note Book), 308
in Prussia. 337
in Spain, 195
Report for 1856, 231
Signals, 301
Sleepers, Barlow and Samuel's Cast-iron, 28.5
Systems, Comparison of the American and Indian, 241, 262
Traffic, 112
Train on Fire, &c., fl Transit, Improved (Letter by Unit), 6
Travelling. Speed of, by Railway Servant, 2S7
Raising and Forcing Fluids. Wilson's, 454
Raising Ships, Edwin Clark's Machinery for, 174
Ramie's Permanent Way, by NV. Ramie, 32
Ramsbottom's Wrought-iron Railway Chairs. 39
Rankine and Thompson's Mode of Laying Electrical Conductors, 1st;
Ransome's Filtering Slabs, 319
Rapid Progress of the Export Trade of South Australia, 4'13
Rating of Mines, the, I2S

REVIEWS—

George Stephenson, by S. Smiles, 1, 73, 91
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, &c.. by David Livingstone, LLD , 4. 23
Orthographic Projection, by W. 13inns, Esq C.E., 177
Practical Education, 157
Treatise on Fire-Proof Safes. &c., by G. Price, 367, 3:)7
Useful Metals and their Alloys, by J. Scoffern, 215

Realised, Aerostation, by Cluny of Badenoch. 43
Reaping Machines, Official Report of the Judges on, 71
Reducing Zinc Ores, De Hussy's Method of, 209
Reefing Topsails, La Croix's Mode of, 247
Reeve's Manuring Machine, 151
Referees' Report on the Drainage of London (Letters), By Young Cocker, 379
James Sutcliffe, 379
Regulating Air Door, by an Observer, 4;,9
Regulating the Passage of Fluids, Ross's Apparatus for, 337
Regulating Steam, Morton's Machinery for, ::08
Relaying Macadamized Roads, 460
Remarks on the The(lies of Light, by J. A. D.. 313
Remington (George) and Co.'s Draught Engine, 171
Removal of Fresco Paintings, 170
Renewed Attempt to Launch the " Leviathan," 385
Report on the Coal Whippers' Act, 117
of the Commissioners of Patents fur Inventions,1856, 1ST of the Inspectors of Coal Mines, 191
on Patents, 112
Reports on Convict Prisons, 130
of Inspectors of Coal Mines (Note Book), 21.1
Researches on the Assimilation of Nitrogen by Plants, 212
Resistance of Air against Inclined Surfaces, by Algebra Neglected, 219
Restoration of Drowned Persons, 278
Rhine, the, Bridge at Cologne. 394
Richard's Apparatus for Cleaning Grain, 47$
}titled Carillon, Breech Loading, by A. Gearing, 20)
Rifled Cannon Shot, by Robert Mallet, 231
River Nene Improvements, 233
Rivet Making Machine, 307
Road Locomotives, by " Viator," -103
Roads, &c., Steam Power on, by A. H. Patterson, Robertson, Orchard, and Co.'s Machinery for Winding Yarns, 250
Robinson Crusoe's Big Boat, 478
Rochester Bridge. Old. 249
Rocking of Vessels, Lessening the, by J. A. D., 25
Rogers' Mode of Collecting the Excrement of Towns, 373
Romaine's Canadian Steam Cultivator, by Romaine and Turner, 401
Romantic Railway Speculation, 36
Ross's Apparatus for Regulating the Passage of Fluids,337
Rotary Engines, by 11. C., 61, 13-1
Pascal's, 246
By Salle, 134
Joseph Willcock, 117
Pumps, David Thompson's, 340
Royal Academy, the (Parliamentary Intelligence), 30
Agricultural Society's Prizes, by " Implement Maker," 229
Show at Salisbury, 46. 56, 61
Commission (Parliamentary Intelligence), 149
"Royal George" Locomotive, 171
Mint, the. and the Civil Service Gazelle, 328
National Life Boat Institution, 326
Society, the, 378
Russell, Law Proceedings, 377, 397
Russell's Patent. in re, 445
Stoves and Fire-places, 151
Russian Gun, 147
Railways. 173
Rhymney Iron Works, Boiler Explosion at the, 91

Safe Railway Travelling (Note Book), 307
Safes and Safety (Review), 367
Safety Lamps, b) J. A. D., 99
Valves. J. Poole's, 285
Sails, Cunningham's Improvements in, 261
The Position of. Letter by J. A. D., 99
Windmills by Veritai, 193
Sale of Estates of the late Marquis of Anglesea, 403
Salinometer, Spray's, 150
Saloon Omnibus Company, 250
Salter's Self-acting Flushing Machines, 281
Samuel Lover, &c., 420
Sanitary Improvements at Worthing, 211
Questions, 371
State of Towns (Note Book), 327
Sawing Machinery. by M'Dowall and Sons, 27
Machinery, Sparkes', 378
Machinery, W ()main's, 455
Machinery, by S. Worssam, 81
Staves, by John Smith, 63
Staves. by O. Green, 81
Schiele's Bolt :screwing Machine, 80
Schools of Art, the Prize Works of the, 292
of Art, National Medals (Note Book), 156
%boo) Endowments. 16
Science and Art Department, New Regulations, 442
British Association for the Advancement of, 165170, 185. 203. 223
Scientific and Literary Society's Bill, 43
Literature in Australia, 4.5S
Mission to India, 339
Scinde Railway, 419
Scotland, Institution of Engineers of, 333
Screw Propeller, by Lord Carlingford, 287
Propeller, Wingate's, 230
Propulsion. :316
Steamer, Aerial, by Inventor, 153. 248, 325, 363, 418
Steamer. Aerial, by Anti-Parachute, 267
By R. H. T., 191
Steam Ship, the Australian, 149
Scrive's Apparatus for Preventing Steam Boiler Explosions, 122
Scuttle for Ships, George Power's, 437
Sea Sickness Curable, 96
Seed v. Higgins and Others (Law Proceedings), 20
Siege Operations by the Royal Engineers. 184
Separation of Tin from its Alloys (Chemical), 424
Separating Grain. &c., from Dust, John Parker's Apparatus for, 326
Metals, by Constant Subscriber, 441
Serpentine, the, 139
Setting Boilers, by II. C. K., 289
By Reader. 307
Circular Boilers, by a Reader, 269
Sewage Question, the, 74
Sewing Machines, Thomas's, 93
Shallow Rivers. steam Vessels for, by R. E., 305
Sheepshanks Collection, the (Note Book), 82
Sheffield Cutlers' Feast, the. 195
Sherrif’s Pipe Moulder. 118
Ship Building., on the Philosophy of the Wave Line of, by T. Moy, 266
for Russia, 268
Ships and Ship Propulsion, by J. A. D., 229, 3f.0
Shipwreck, and LOS3 of 1.000 lives, 280
Shipwrecks (Note Book), 269
Siemens' Improved Furnaces, 40
Regenerative Refrigerator, 39
Signal Apparatus, Martin's Railway, 360
Signalling Apparatus, Gibson's, 93
Signals, Railway, 301
Silk. Aubena's Apparatus used in the Manufacture of Silk, 361
Simmonds' Life-preserving Float, 84
Sinclair's. Improvements in Drying Agricultural Produce, 12
Singular Discovery in Horticulture, 325
Sir C. Barry and the New Palace at Westminster, 10
Sir Charles Fox, 416
Skimming Vessels, by Old Crank, 305, 342
Sea-going Vessels, by W. Petrie, 248
Vessels, by A. Smith, 403
Slide Valves. Stott's Improved, 129
Indicator, by J. B., 27
By J. C., 441
Smelting Ores, &c., Haddan's Improvements in, 147
Smithfield Club Implement Show, 434
Show (Note Book), 441
Market (Parliamentary Intelligence), 113
Smith's Improved Anchors. gl
Chaff-cutting Machine, 360
Disc Engine, 234
Mercurial Regulator, 81
By a Practical Engineer, 119
Mode of Making and Purifying Gas, 302
Smoke Abatement, 421
Consumption of, by a Smoker, 219
Nuisance (Scotland), Abatement Bill (Parliamentary Intelligence), 75
Prevention, by S., 307 •
By J. Lee Stevens, 439

SOCIETY OF ARTS, MEETINGS AT THE :—

Comparative Heating Properties of Coal and Coke, 415
Discussion on the above, 431
Progress of the Agricultural Implement Trade, 432
Discussion on the above, 461
Society of Arts, 36
Examinations, 442
The Geological, 355, 489
The Literary and Philosophical, of Liverpool, 453, 394

Soda and Potash, Gossage's Improvements in the Manufacture of, 213
Sourbut's Taps and Valves, 41
Source of Power, by W. S. M., 99
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, 280
Kensington Museum, 37, 74
Wales Institute for Engineers, 305
Railway Accident, 298
Sparkes' Sawing Machinery. 378
Speed of Railway Travelling, by a Railway Servant, 287
Spherical Air Pump, by A. W. O. Smith, 231
Spiders v. Telegrams, 436
Spinning, Lister's Improvements in, Platt's Mules for, 97
Spray's Salinometer, Spring Mattress, W. T. Clarke's, 379
Springs, Eaton's India-rubber, 66
Wilson's Improved Railway, 26
Stable Fittings, Cottam's, 455
Stamp, Davies's Self-inking. 261
Stamps, Vaughan's Straps for Working,
State Bedsteads for the Egyptian Governments, 217
Stave Sawing, by C. Green, 81
John Smith. 63
Steam Agriculture, 3S
Blast (Note Rook), 307
Guideway, 462
On Canals, 65
Cultivators, 57.217
Culture, Salisbury, $3
Electric Telegraphing by, 377
Engines, David Joy's Improvements In, 360 11',Naught's, 96
New Mode of Working, by Thomas Moy, 338
Petrie and M`Naught's Improvements in. 115
And Its Expansion, by R. 1)., 304
Ferry over the Nile, &c. (Paper read before the Inst. C. E., by Mr. Sopwith). 461
Fire Engines, 961
Generating, by C. Wye Williams, 301
High Pressure, by J. A. D., 343. V;
High and Low Pressure, by A. B., 313
by Analysis, 362. NO E. A. Ex., 305, 362, 400, 419, 456
T. Craddock, 1i7, 418
It. Davies, 362
Expositor, 417
G. Q., 400
Josiah Gimson, 362
High Pressure, 400
W. Hughes, 341, 439
W. E. Hurst, 38t Ed. Ingham. 399, 4S5
Robert Lakin. 324, 3S1
M. A. W.. 439
A Minor, 362
Omnibus, 439
J. Ram bottom, 418
Jas. Sutcliffe, 312, 362, 417
Locomotion on Common Roads, by A. H. Patterson. 152
Ploughing (Note Book). 65
Ploughing, American, 67
Ploughing, &c., Patent Law, by G. W., 117
Power on Roads, &c., by A. H. Patterson. 6
Preferable, &c., whether Is High or Low Pressure, by High Pressure, by Edward Ingham, 399
Preferable in Point of Economy. whether is High or Low Pressure, 271
Whether is High or Low Pressure Preferable in point of Economy, by Robert Lakin, 325
Spade, 473
On Superheated, by Thos. Frossor, 280

Steamer. Aerial Screw, by Inventor, 153
The Aerial screw, by R. T.. 191
Steamship, the Great Eastern. 36, 321
Stephen's Jewellers' Lathe, 111
Stephenson, George (from the 224
Review. 1, 73, 91
Stereseopes, Phillip's Improvements in, 154
Stevens' (Lee) Regulating.; Air Door for Furnaces, 433
Stewart’s Improvements in Moulding Cast Iron Pipes, 1E46
Stirling, Great Steam Plough Trial at, 338
St. James'-park Improvement, 3'40
Stott's Slide Valves, 129
Stoves, &c.. Russell's. 151
Strength of Flat plates, by D. S. O., 327
Strength of Pistons, by Memo, 315
Strong Repairing Cement, 413
Submarine Telegraphs. G. 'I'. Bright's Apparatus for, 382
between Sardinia and Africa. 212
to Malta, Extension of the, 415
Works, Winder's Mode of Constructing, 395
Subways of the Metropolis, 326
New Streets. Plan for, 377
Suez Canal, the, 283, 420
(Note Book), 45
Sugar-cane Mills, Lewsey's, 12
Suggested Inter-Oceanic Canal across the Isthmus of Panama, 102
Sulphuric Acid, Gossage's Improvements in the Manufacture of, ISO Sunday, the London, 139
Super-Elevation of Outer Rails, by J. A. D., 27
Superheated Steam, by Thomas Frosser, 280
Superheating Steam. Longbottom's Apparatus for, 41
Supply of Cotton, the (Note Book), 213
Guano, 40
Labour In Western Africa, 54
Supplying Fresh Air to Coal Pits, Stc.. by W. S. M., 151
Air to Organs, Wells' Machine for, 413
Survey of the Coasts of the Red Sea, and Contemplated New Slip, 110
Swain's Improvements in Heating, &c., 96
Syke's Apparatus for Feeding Boilers, 247
System, the Wave Line (Letters)—
By W. G. B., 401
Thos. Noy, 401
G. Q., 401

Table of the Safe Load for Cast-iron Beams, &c., 272
Taking Steam from Boilers, by J. W., 383
F. W. Turner, 421
For Boilers, by W. Hartley, 403
Tanning, C. C., Knoderer's Improvements in, 299
Taps and Valves, Thomas Mellin's, a82
Sour but's, 44
Tariff Relaxations (Note Book). 328
Taxing Literary Institutions, 46
Taylor and Rolfe's Improvements in Boilers, &c., 303
Telegraph, the Atlantic, 38, 121, 130, 148
Submarine, by " Electric," 98
R. S. Newall and Co.. 98
Cable, the Atlantic, by W. M'Adam, 153
J. Piercy, 153
Pilkington, 153
to Melbourne, 147
Telegraphic Communication with India, 164, 440
Errors, 483
Tenure of Land (Note Book), 480
Testimonial, the Cort, 271
By R. W. Marks, 191
Fund, the Cort, 177
Timber Market, the, 18, 36. 54, 72. 90, 109, 128, 146, 161, 181, 202, 222, :240, 260, 278, 298, 316, 336, 353, 374, 392, 412, 430, 450, 468, 487
Theory of Heat as a Motive Agent, by J. B., 457
Theories of Light, Remarks on the, by J. A. D., 343
Thermometric Apparatus, Gauntlett's Improved, 5
Thin Plates, the Colours of, by J. A. D., 6
Thomas v. Foxwell (Law Proceedings), 445
Judkins (Law Proceedings), 445
Thomas' Sewing Machines, 93
Thompson's, Professor William, Machinery for Laying Submarine Telegraph Cables, 185
Thompson's Rotary Pumps, 340
Tile Making Machinery, Charles Placa11's, 454
Tilling Land, Lake's Implement for, 357
Tilting Iron and Steel, G. W. Dyson's Method of, 288
Tin Ore, 177
Toll Bars in the Metropolis (Parliamentary Intelligence), 30
Topics for Discussion, by G. W., 343
Traffic, Railway, 112
Train Communicating Apparatus, Dr. Gray's, by Veritas, 325
Training Institutions, by J. Rockliffe, 98
Transformation of Structures, on the Principle of the, 242
Transit, Railway, by Unit, 6
Trial of the Apparatus for Laying down the Atlantic Telegraph, 103
of the Australasian, 271
Trials of Steam Engines, &c., the Royal Agricultural Society and, by B. C. E., 400
Triangles, Construction of similar, by C. Hoare, 81
Trinidad Railway, 337
Tubes, Paper, by S., 45
Turning Ellipses, by an Amateur, 345
By W. Cartley, 383
the Tables. 76
Turntables and Weighing Cranes, Irlam's, 136
Two Men Killed by the Breaking of Machinery, 396
Tyler's (Captain), Permanent Way, 268

Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, Opening of the, 233 Unemployed Operatives, the, 378
United States Patent Office, the, 55, 75
Use of Coals of the Hartley District in Marine Boilers, on the. 235
Useful Metals and their Alloys, by J. Scoffern, M.B., 215
Utilising the Waste Gases of Blast Furnaces, Levick and James' Mode of, 80

Vacant Ground in St. Paul's Church-yard (Metropolitan Board of Works), 149
Vacant Space ne.tr St. Paul's Cathedral, 377
Valve Musical Instruments, Higham's, 129
Vat used in the Manufacture of Paper, John Matthew's, 378
Vaughan's Straps for Working Stamps, by W. Middleton, 9
Vegetable Blights, Cause of, Cholera Morbus, etc., W. Steevenson, 229
Velocities, New Instrument for Measuring, 114
Velocity of the Wind, by Manchester, 365
Ventilating Rooms, by John Cumming, 479
By G. W. IL, 479
A Subscriber, 459
Vessels, Griffiths' Improvements in, 66
Launching large, by Mansfield, 475
Propulsion of, by F. W. Hopkins, 267
for Shallow Rivers, Steam, by R. E. , 305
Skimming. Old Crank, 305
Sea-going, by W. Petrie, 248. 342
Vices, Hyde's Improvements in, 418
View of the 'Origin of Food, 316

Walker's Apparatus for Heating Fluids, 226
Walls, Horizontal Thrust against, by J. A. D., 6
Warm Bathing. 316
Washing Machines, Morris's, 133
Minerals, and Edward Beacher's Apparatus for, 379
and Mangling, Jessop's Machinery for, 5
Waste in Woollen Factories, 18
Water Meter, Newton's, 319
Wheels, Ashby's Improvements in, 474
By a Recent Subscriber, 383
Joseph Wilcock, 421
Watson and William’s Improved Cap for Scent Bottles, 19
Wave Lines, Aerial Screw Steamer, by " Inventor," 287
Economical Working of Boiler, by Richard Bach, 421
System, by G. Q., 401
By W. G. B, 401
The New, by T. Moy, 361, 401
of Ship-building, by Engineer's Assistant, 361
By Thomas Moy, 305
Ways of the " Leviathan," 480
Ways' Improvements in Obtaining Light by Electricity, Ste, 451
Weaving. Broadley's Improvements in, 19
Heywood's Machinery used in, 100
White's Improvements in, 314
Weekly Atlantic Steam Line, 195
Weights and Measures, 12
Wellington Monument, the, 80, 113
West India and Australian Mail Contracts (Parliamentary Intelligence), 149
Westminster Bells, the, 301
Bridge (Note Book), 120
Whether is High or Low Pressure Steam preferable in 1 [point of Economy ? 271
By A B. Ex., 400
G. Q., 400. See also High and Low Proems Steam. High Pressure, 400
J. A. D., 343
Edward Ingham, 399
R. Lakin, 325
White's Improvement. in Weaving, 344
‘V likens' Improved Cannon, 6tc , 178
Williams' Steam Machinery for Ploughing Land, 191
Williams'. C. Wye, Improvements in Charging Furnaces with Fuel, 84
Williamson v. King (Law Proceedings), 187
Willis's Improvements in Organs, 208
Willis's Machinery for Supplying Air to Furnaces, 413
Wilson's Machinery for Raising Fluids, 454
Wilson's Springs for Carriages, 26
Wilson's Wood-Cutting Tools, 344
Winder's Mode of Constructing Submarine Works. 395
Winding, Twisting, &c., Heiller's Apparatus for, 132; Yarns, Robertson, Orchar, and Co.'s Machinery for,
Windlasses, Bishop's Improvements in, 413;etcc.,Dyer's Improvements in, 246
Windmill Sails, by Veritas, 193
Window Blinds and Shutters, W. E. Newton's, 34
Windows, Mal-construction of, by Scintilla, 135
Wingates Screw Propellers, 230
Winnowing Corn, etc., by W. C. Cambridge, 458
Wire v. Hemp Ropes. Comparative Tests, 121
Woollen Cloth, Zipser and Klein's Machinery for 261
Wonders of Light, 65
Wood-cutting Machinery, by Samuel Turner, 47
Wood Gas as a Lighting Material (Chemical). 36
Working Men's Colleges (Note Book). 213
Working Square Sails. J. E. Coles' Mode of, 319
Works of Defence at Gosport, 118
in India. 95
Worssam's Sawing Machinery, 455
Wreck of the " Clyde," 195
Wright and Fouche's Apparatus for producing Chemical Decomposition, 378

Yarrow's Fire Box (Letters)—

By Thomas Yarrow, 437
One who has Whistled on an Engine Twenty Years ago, 438
Locomotive Engines, 337

Zipser and Klein's Machinery for Manufacturing Cloth, 261

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