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Iron, action of atmosphere on, 302

Iron, churches for Australia, 278; iron
custom house, Peru, 185

Iron floors, Burnell on, 54, 95, 307; ware-
house, Belfast, 212

Iron girders, Cox on, 122; Fairbairn on, 222
Iron lighthouse, Nantucket, 410, 449
Iron manufacture, Leachman's, 153
Iron roof, Smithfield market, Manchester,
88; Paris, 425, 463

Iron ships, variation of compass, 398
Iron ships, Getty's, 68

Iron stays, Fairbairn on, 222

Iron, strengthening by remelting, 400
Iron submarine tunnels, Bellford, 108
Ironwork, Bocking church, 381

Ironworks, Providence, Paris, 425, 463;
Rhenish Prussia, 25

Italian court, crystal palace, 244

Jack, Dudgeon's hydraulic, 128
Jacquard, improved, 156

Jarrett's press for printing in colours, 29
Jebb, on drainage of metropolis, 254
Jennings' carriage break, 335, 286
Joists, iron, 54, 90, 129, 307

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Length, parliamentary standard of, 275
Lenses cylindrical, Sturm on, 395
Leominster, Monkland schools, 16
Leroy's shot works, New York, 444
Leslie, on incline plane for canals, 77
Lever bridge, tapering, 352

Life boat, Chesney on, 397; Richardson's,
397: self-righting, Barrington's, 108
Light for Goodwin sands, 61
Lighthouse foundation, 344
Lighthouse-Bell rock, 417, 455: Brandy-
wine, 413; Eddystone, 417, 455; Holywood,
413; Kish bank, 413; Maplin, 413; Nan-
tucket, 410, 449; Skerryvore, 417, 455;
Tongue bank, 413; Wyre, 413
Lighthouses, dipping and apparent lights
for, 107

Light-vessels and buoys, form of, 59
Lights, dipping and apparent, 107
Lightning conductor for ships, 354; con-
ductors, Nasmyth on, 387
Lillie's roads and floors, 107
Lime, effects of atmosphere on, 301
Liquids, motion of, 390
Liverpool, corn exchange, 25; dock railway,
334; new washhouse, 257; north battery,
435; St George's hall, 359; Huggins on,

363

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| Magazine la Providence, Paris, 425, 463
Manchester paving and sewering. 24; Smith-
field market roof, 88; waterworks, 24
Manholes and lampholes, 439
Manure treating. Herapath's pat. 107
Maplin sands, 413

Maps, topographical, Dawson on, 421
Marine barometer, Adie's, 394
Marine engine valve, 8

Marine works, coating for. 104, 154
Market, corn, Liverpool, 25; covered, Brad-
ford, 393; market-house, Voslau, 161;
roof Manchester, 88

Marshall, report on coal for locomotives,

340

Marshes Rotherhithe, 117
Marshes, Thames, 331, 376
Martin's jacquard machine, 156
Masts and spars, McGavin's, 66
Mathiot's electrotype copperplates, 461
Matier's formula for egg-shaped sewers,

115

Measures and weights, on uniformity, 154,

193

Measurement of inaccessible distances, 168
Mechanical science, progress of, 134
Mediaval church spires, Wickes on (rev.) 9
Medieval courts, crystal palace, 243
Meigs, on acoustics and ventilation, 162
Melting, strengthening cast-iron by, 400
Metal working, Woodruff's 111
Metal working, history of, 138
Metals, action of atmosphere on, 302;
assaying, 56; fatigue and fracture, 237;
grinding and polishing, Chesterman's 232
Meter, Leonard's, 110; Poole's, 216
Meter, water, Chadwick, 236; Fothergill,
187; Glynn on, 186; Hanson and Chad-
wick's, 188, 305; Hartin's, 304, 166; Sie-
mens', 189, 287; Taylor's, 187
Metropolitan bridges, report on, 286, 350,
430

Metropolitan drainage, 125, 169, 181, 205,
223, 251, 254, 286, 203, 341
Metropolitan gasworks, Clegg on, 296
Metropolitan water supply, 273, 292, 326;
water companies' reports, 278, 326
Michelangelo's sketches at Lille, 2
Mill, conical, 121

Milner's steam engine, 272

Mines, Arnott on ventilating, 296
Mines (coal, French, 460

Minotto on an application of the properties
of the wedge, 218
Mints of the U. S., 407
Mitchell, on crystallography, 328
Mitchell's screw pile system, 412
Mixing and washing machine, Wright's,

210

Models and diagrams, Sopwith on, 327
Monkland schools, Leominster, 16
Montreal, Victoria bridge and railway, 211,

252

Monument, Washington, 157
Monuments celtic) in Ireland, 198; sepul-
chral, Bonn cemetery, 351
Molesworth, report on Westminster bridge,

28

Moore's suggestions for sewerage (rev.) 381
Morewood, on metropolitan drainage, 251,

341

Morse's telegraph, 309, 310, 395
Mortar, action of sea water on, 388
Moseley, on trade schools (rev.) 17
Motion of liquids, phenomena, 390
Motive power, Talbot's 66; Wrede's, 68
Moulding apparatus, Bernard's, 152
Moustache, benefit from wearing, 74
Munich crystal palace, 87, 435
Museum of science and art, Lardner (rev.)
Musical instrument court, crystal palace,
244

72

Nantucket lighthouse, 410, 449
Napier's air-engine, 394

Nasmyth's horizontal rock borer, 400; on
lightning conductors, 387
National gallery competition, 383
National schools, Coventry, 400

London, drainage of, 125, 169, 181, 205, Nature printing, Aitken on, 138

223, 251, 254, 286, 291, 341

London drainage company, 251, 341
London water supply, 273, 292, 326; water
corapanies reports, 273, 326
Londonderry, port of, 53
Loons, Greenhalgh's, 110
Louth corn exchange. 81

Loysel's hydrostratic percolator, 196
Lanatic asylums, sites for, 426

Macadamised roads, Smith on, 115
McConnell's express locomotive, 28
McDermot's railway break 398
Majavin's masts and spars. 66
Macintosh's bridges and viaducts. 316
MeRea's drawbridge telegraph, 137, railway
drawbridge, 27; switch safety telegraph,

27. 137

Magnetic machine, Talbot's, 66; Carpenter's

75

Naval architecture, Russell on, 387
Navigation of the Foyle, 53; inland of Ire-
land, 402

Newcastle docks, 5

Newark zinc works, Jersey, U. S., 462
New York crystal palace (rev.) 345
Nikosia cathedral, Cyprus, 353
Nixon's report on Waterford and Kilkenny
railway, 253

Norton's railway signal, 399
Nuts, manufacture of, Reese's, 226

Obituary-Christopher, 317; Dobson, 426;
Laxton, 270; Leclere, 46; Philips, 418;
Trubshaw, 58; Visconti, 46
Ocean steamers, 33
Oldham, on strengthening cast-iron by
melting, 400

Ore crushing and washing, Bellford's, 287;
Wright's, 209

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Palace, crystal, Munich, 87, 435; New Peru, iron custom house for, 185

York (rev.) 345
Palace, Westminster, 85, 357
Paper from peat, 317
Paper-making materials from India, 330
Paper, raw materials for, 331
Paper ruling, McAdams, 226
Papier-mache designs, Breese, 333
Parallel and taper suspension bridges, 176
Paris, La Providence ironworks, 425, 463
Parliament houses decoration, 85, 357
Parliamentary standards' report, 275
Parliamentary standing orders, 89
Parnell's pat locks and keys, 64
Parthenon, sketch of, 121
Patents, commissioners' report, 385
Patents, American commissioner's report,
112, 149, 461

Patents, list of new, 39, 78, 118, 158, 198,
238, 278, 318, 354, 390, 427, 466
PATENTS-

Axle, railway, Andrews, 60
Air pump, Hebson, 225
Boiler, Andrews, 60
Boring rods, Kraut, 335
Breaks, Jennings, 335

Bridge and viaduct, Macintosh, 316

Buffer spring, india-rubber, Spence, 72
Capstan, Perley, 112

Carriage, Glover, 461

Chairs, railway, Carr, 33
Coating iron, Browning, 154
Coating, composition, Aston, 104
Collisions prevention, Gosling, 232
Crossing, railway, Carr, 33
Deodorising, Herapath, 107
Eaves troughs, Woodruff's, 225
Electric conductor, Allan's, 334
Engine, Clayton, 22; Fuller,
Milner, 272

Engine, gas-and-air, Wrede, 68
Engine, rotary, Andrews, 60; Bristol,
Furnace, Bayliss, 106; Bristow, 106
Furnace flues, Price, 14
Gas manufacture, Holme, 333
Gas meter, Poole, 216

Phoenix theatre, New York, 305
Pictures, architecture in, 290
Pile, screw, Mitchell's system, 412
Pile-driving machinery, Bower's, 873
Pile, pneumatic, Potts' system, 414
Piles, supporting power of, 399
Piston packing, Russell's, 76

Pipe drainage, 35, 76, 126, 177, 181, 206,
228, 251, 254, 293, 437

Pipe, hexagonal separating, Austin's, 386
Pipe, flow of water through, 338
Pipe, wedgeular jointed, Roveré's, 248
Plan drawing, Dawson on, 421
Plans, for session 1854, 30
Plates, vertical, resistance of, 26
Playfair, on raw material for paper, 331
Plough and drill, Dussuc's, 105
Plough, Brinckerhoofs, 111; Neall's, 227
Plough, hill-side, Harrison's, 111
Pneumatic apparatus, estimate, 455
Pneumatic pile lighthouse, Nantucket, 410,
449; Pott's system, 414

Pocock on drainage, 208

Polishing metals, Chesterman's, 232
Poole's gas meter, 216

Porous stone filtration, Trotman on, 249
Pott's pneumatic pile system, 414
Premiums, award of-R.I.B.A., 158; Inst.

C.E., 424, subjects for, 456; Scottish, 466
Press for printing in colours, Jarrett's, 29
Press, hydraulic, Dudgeon's, 128
Pressure, solidification by, 394

Price's pat, candle works, 378; pat. furnace
flues, 14

Prideaux's self-closing valve, 153
Prime movers, Banuer's pat. 267

Printing press for colours, Jarrett's, 29

316; Propeller, Fisher's Venetian, 388; Ruth-
ven's, 156, 195, 236; Wilson's, 7; Ware's,
111

67 Prosser, on surcharged steam, 397
Providence ironworks, Paris, 425, 463
Providence (U. S.) savings bank, 45
Pulverising machinery, Bellford's, 287;
Wright's, 210

Glass manufacture, Swinburne, 105
Glass ornamenting, Iglesia, 103
Gold quartz machinery, Wright, 209
Indurating stone, &c., Barrett, 31
Iron manufacture, Leachman, 153
Life boat, Barrington, 108
Locks and keys, Parnell, 64
Masts and spars, McGavin, 66
Metal grinding and tempering, Chester-
man, 232

Meter, fluid, Hanson, 305; Hartin, 166;
Taylor, 304

Motive power, Talbot, 66; Wrede, 68
Moulding and casting, Bernard, 152
Paddle wheel, Bellford, 152
Paint, Bell, 332

Papier mache designs, Breese, 333
Permanent way, Perring, 232; Pym, 229
Pile driving machinery, Bower, 373
Pipe, stoneware, Rovere, 248
Plough and drill, steam, Dussuc, 105
Press, hydraulic, Dudgeon, 128
Prime mover, Banner, 267
Printing press for colours, Jarrett, 29
Propeller, Willson, 7
Pump, Andrews, 60

Railway crossing and chair, Carr, 33
Railway signal, Cowvan, 266; Gosling, 232
Roads and floors, Lillie, 107
Sash fastener, Westley, 66
Sash movements, Gribbon, 424
Ships, iron, Getty, 68

Signal, railway, Cowvan, 266; Gosling,

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Rail straightener, Willitson's 110
Rails, Adams's pat. 52

Rails and sleepers, Adams on, 13
Railways, Australian, 147
Railway bills for session 1854, 30

Railway break, Jenning's, 335; McDermott's
398

Railway carriage springs, india-rubber, 72

Railway crossing, Carr's pat. 33
Railway, Dixon on lying out, 264

Railway drawbridge, McRea's, 27; draw-

bridge, telegraph, McRea's, 137

Railway engine, Beattie's, 217
Railway, grand trunk, Canada, 211, 252
Railway report for 1853, 375
Railway sanding apparatus, 118
Railway signals, Cowvan's, 266; Gosling's,
232; Norton on, 899

Railway snow-ploughs, Sturtevant's, 227
Railway over the Summering, 381
Railway for streets, Adams', 52
Railway switch pointer, 149; switch tele-
graph, 27; switches, Porring, 232
Railway traction during snow, 43
Railway turntable, Lloyd's, 51
Railway, Waterford and Kilkenny, 253
Railway wheels, Adams', 311
Railways and permanent way, Adams on
(rev.) 11

Rain at different elevations, 213
Rain and wind, causes of, Hopkins (rev.)

271

Ram, hydraulic, Strode's, 110

iv

Rammell, on Thames marshes, 879
Ramsbottom's coking crane, 15
Rankine, on air-engine, 393
Ransome's artificial stone, 335
Rawlinson, on drainage of towns, 425;
Devonport, 228; Falmouth, 247; Swansea,
246, 441; water supply of Birmingham,
446; on man-holes and lamp-holes, 439;
on pipe drainage, 437
Reciprocating engine, 88

INDEX.

St. Thomas', Exeter, drainage and water Smoke combustion-Arnott, 201, 289, 295,
supply, 178, 181

St. Sidwell's schools, Exeter, 460
Safes, Goffin's, 226

Sanding apparatus for rails, 118
Sandgate drainage and water supply, 127,
254, 293

Sanitary improvement, Smith on, 102
Sash fastener, Westley's, 66
Sash mountings, Gribbon's, 424

Reciprocating motion, converting into rotary Savings bank, Providence, U. S. 45

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Scamp's floating caisson, 260, 262
Schools, Haslingden, 9; Monkland, Leo-
minster, 16; national, Coventry, 400;
parochial, Exeter, 460; training, Chelten-
ham, 41

Schools, trade, Mosely on (rev.) 17
Schools, warming and ventilation of, 295
Science and art, past and present, Harding
on, 68; mechanical, progress of, 134
Scoresby, on variation of compass in iron
ships, 398

Scott's proposed cathedrals (rev.)321
Scotland, Ordnance survey of, 49, 81
Screw engines, direct-action, 193
Screw pile, Mitchell's system, 412
Screw propeller, Fisher's, 388
Scythes, Greenleaf's, 37

Sea water, action on cements, 388; coating
for protection from, 104, 154

Sea worm, coating to prevent ravages, 104,

154

Sebastopol, sunken ships at, 426
Semmering railway atlas, 381
Sepulchral monuments, Bonn cemetery, 351

Hair, physiologically considered, Row- Sewage, Austin's subway for, 315, 383
land, 74

Healthy homes, Bardwell, 306

Louvre and Tuileries, De Clarac, 41
Museum of science and art, Lardner, 72,
312

New York crystal palace, Carstensen, 345
Outward bound, Webber, 114
Patents, American commissioner's report,
112, 149, 461

Perspective, first principles, Duffin, 11
Railway over the Sommering, Genga, 381
Railways and permanent way, Adams, 11
Sewage of cities and towns, Moore, 381
Spires and towers of the medieval
churches of England, Wickes, 9

Steam engine, for practical men, Hann,
134

Surveyor's guide, Duncan, 272

Surveyor's manual, Bean, 424

Symbolism in art, White, 98, 136

Telegraph, electro-magnetic, Turnbull,
308, 347

Trade schools, Moseley, 17

Ventilation and warming, Lloyd, 163

Warming and ventilation of rooms, Lloyd,
163

Rhine, ironworks on the, 25

Richardson's life-boat, 397

Rickman, address to architectural associa-
tion, 419

Sewage and manure, treating, 14; Hera-
path, 107

Sewers' commission and board of health,
125, 169, 254, 291

Sewers, egg-shaped, formula for, 115
Sewer, northern high level, 169, 205, 223,
286, 341

Sewerage, Rawlinson on, 435

399; Bardwell, 308; Bayliss, 106; Bris-
tow, 106; Fairbairn, 399; Guthrie, 175;
Hume, flour mills, 118; Prideaux, 153;
Simpson, 196; Williams, 196, 365, 399,
465; Woodcock, 465
Smyth, on time-ball, Edinburgh, 32
Soapstone, employment of, 317
Solidification of bodies by pressure, 394
Sommering's telegraph, 308
Sopwith, on models and diagrams, 327
Spars and masts, McGavin's, 66
Spencer's india-rubber buffer spring, 72
Spires of medieval churches of England,
Wickes on (rev.) 9

Springs, vulcanised india-rubber, 72
Staffel, on assaying precious metals, 56
Staffordshire, college of design, 117
Stand pipe, Philadelphia waterworks, 337
Standards of length and weight, 275
Standing orders of parliament, 89
Starch in fresco painting, 358

Stave dressing, Elliott's, 154; Warner's, 154
Steam boiler explosion, Rolinson on, 16
Steam boiler gauge, Echol's, 27
Steam boiler, improved, 152
Steam boiler regulator, Clark's, 248
Steam boilers of the Arctic, 397
Steam boilers, Roebling on, 343
Steam engine air pump, 225; direct action
screw, 193

Steam engine, Fuller's, 316; Milner's, 272
Steam engine for practical men Hann (rev.)

134

Steam engine, Rankine on, 393
Steam engine, pendulous reciprocating, 88
Steam-engine valve, 8

Steam expansion, Roebling on, 342
Steam travelling crane, 444
Steam frigates for the United States, 342
Steam generator, Moinier's, 75; Hawk's,
110; Watson's, 110

Steam high pressure, Prosser on, 397
Steam navigation, Russell on, 387

Sewerage of cities and towns, Moore (rev.) Steam plough and drill, Dussuc's, 105

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River improvements-Foyle, 53; Lee, 116; Shafts, for smoke consumption, 175

Ganges, 329

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Roads and floors, Lillie's, 107

Roads, macadamised, Smith on, 115
Robinson's sheets from slag, 327
Rock-boring apparatus, Kraut's, 335; for
blasting, Nasmyth's, 400
Roebling, on expansion of steam, 342; on
steam boilers, 343

Rolinson's apparatus for preventing boiler
explosions, 16

Roof-iron warehouse, Paris, 425, 463;
Smithfield market, Manchester, 88
Rooms ventilation of, Lloyd (rev.) 163
Rosewood, remarks on, 147

Rotary dredger, Fonde's, 400

Rotary engine, Andrew's pat. 60; Bristol's,

67

Rotary from reciprocating motion, 27

Rotation of the earth, Foucault on, 396
Rotation of the pendulum, 313
Rotherhithe marshes, 117

Rovere's pipes with wedgeular joints, 248
Rowland, on human hair (rev.) 74
Royal academy exhibition, 233

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Steam pressure controller, Williams', 227
Steam slide valve, Rees', 225
Steam ships-Arctic, 397; Baron of Ren-
frew, 35; Christiana, 33; City of Norwich,
33; Enterprise, 156, 125, 236; Golden
Age, 31; Rattler, 34; Tonning, 33; Wave
Queen, 33

Steam-ships of America, 312
Steamers, ocean, construction of, 33
Steel, grinding, Chesterman's, 232
Stenheil's telegraph, 311
Stenhouse's charcoal respirator, 315
Stephenson on drainage of metropolis, 223;
on Victoria bridge, Montreal, 211
Stetson, on bee-hive boiler, 266
Stevelly, on supporting power of piles, 399
Stevenson, on Foyle navigation, 58; on light
for Goodwin Sands, 61; on dipping and
apparent lights, 107
Stirling's air-engine, 393
Street railways, 52
Streets, new, 81

Strains on tubular bridges, 26
Stuffing boxes, Weatherley's 67
Sturgeon's telegraph, 348
Sturm, on cylindrical lenses, 395
Stone, action of atmosphere on, 298; artifi-
cial, Giret's, 65; Ransome's, 335
Stone-dressing machine, Matthews, 76
Stone, indurating, 31; protection from
decay, 382

Stoneware drain pipes, wedgeular jointed,

248

Stones, locking, for lighthouses, 344
Store, iron, Payta, Peru, 185
Stoves, Gore's, 75; Lloyd on, 164
Sub-arch tunnels, Austin's, 315, 383
Submarine telegraphs-Brett's, 395; Bake-
well on, 395, Varley on, 395

Signals, railway, 399; Cowvan's, 266; Gos- Submarine tunnels, iron, 108

ling's, 232

Signal switch, 149

Simpson, on smoke prevention, 196
Simpson's pendulous steam engine, 88
Silica, Barlow on, 382

Silver, asaying, 56; coinage, U. S. 407
Sinclair's light for Goodwin, 61
Sketches, architectural, at Lille, 2

Royle, on paper making materials from Slabs for roads and floors, Lillie's, 107
India, 330

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Slag, sheets from, Robinson's, 327
Slates, influence of atmosphere on, 298
Sleepers, Adams on, 13; Carr's pat. 33;
Pym's, 229

Slide valve, Rees', 225

Sliding caisson, Keyham docks, 237, 258,

262

Smith, on macadamised roads, 115
Smith, on ventilation of Great Pyramid, 48
Smith (Angus), analysis of Birmingham
waters, 448; on sanitary improvement,
102
Smith (Pigott) on Birmingham water supply

446

Smith's water wheel, 191

Smithfield market roof, Manchester, 88
Smithsonian institute, Washington, 157

Supplementary valve, Birkinbine's, 148
Surcharged steam, Prosser
on, 397
Surfaces, ornamental, Iglesia's, 103
Survey, Ordnance, of Scotland, 49, 81
Surveying, Dixon on, 263

Surveyor's guide, Duncan (rev.) 272; manual,
Bean's (rev.) 424

Suspension bridge, Reed's, 424; taper and
parallel, 176

Suspending eaves troughs, 225
Swansea docks, 328; floating dock, 88;
water supply and drainage, 246
Swinburne's glass manufacture, 105
Switch pointer, 149; safety telegraph,
McRae's, 27, 137

Switch, Carr's pat. Dick's, 111; Perring's,

232

Sydney royal mint machinery, 317
Symbolism in art (rev.) 98, 136

Talbot's motive power, 66; electro magnetic
machine, 66

Taper and parallel suspension bridges, 176
Tapering double-lever bridge, 352
Taylor's water meter, 187, 304
Telegraph, electric, Turnbull on, 308, 347

Telegraph for drawbridges, 137; submarine
apparatus, Allan's, 334; McRae's, 27;
switch, 187
Telescope gasholder, Philadelphia, 384
Tempering steel, Chesterman's, 232
Tennessee (U. S.) state capitol, 45, 157, 161
Thames bridges, report on, 350, 430
Thames marshes, 331, 376
Thayer's truss bridge, 336
Theatre, Aix-la-Chapelle, 168; Phoenix,
New York, 805

Thuasne's system of iron flooring, 54, 133
Thum's varnish brushes, 423
Timber, effects of atmosphere on, 301
Time ball, Edinburgh, 32

Tin, imports and exports, 318
Todhunter's analytical statics (rev.) 134
Tool holders, Chamberlain's, 126
Topographical maps, Dawson on, 421
Torquay, Wesleyan chapel, 161
Tottenham drainage and water supply, 177,
182, 254

Tower, Philadelphia waterworks, 337
Towers of medieval churches of England,
Wickes on (rev) 9

Town hall, Bradford, 393; Burslem, 288,

323

Towns, Rawlinson on drainage, 435
Trade schools, Moseley on (rev.) 17
Training college, Cheltenham, 41
Travelling crane, 444

Trip hammer, Peer's, 225
Tromer lodge, Down, Kent, 296
Trotman, on filtration of water, 249
Trubshaw, memoir of, 58
Truss beams, Reed's, 424
Truss bridge, Thayer's, 336
Truss rods, Cox on, 122

Tubular bridge plates, resistance of, 26
Tuilleries and Louvre, 41

Tunnel, iron subinarine, 108; sewers for
drainage of metropolis, 251, 341; sub-way,
Austin's. 315, 383

Turbines, Boyden's pat. 37, 38; Smith's. 191
Turnbull, on electric telegraph, 308, 347
Turning machine, Gear's, 110
Turntable, Lloyd's, 51

Twining, on architecture as represented in
pictures, 290

Tyndall, on motion of liquids, 390
Tynemouth bars, 25

Upholsterer's assistant (rev.) 145
Vail's telegraph, 311

Valves, Andrews', 60; Baldwin's, 38; Bar-
rinton's, 108; Fuller's, 316; Mann's, 38;
Townsend's, 38; Waterman's, 163
Valve for caissons, 362; for marine engines,
8; pumping engines, 56

Valve, self-acting, Rolinson's, 16; Prideaux's
153; slide. Rees', 225; supplementary,
148; throttle, Anderson's, 111
Valve cocks, Griffiths', 226
Varley, on telegraph systems, 395
Varnish brushes, Thum's, 423

Vaux's system of iron flooring, 54, 103
Velocimeter for ships and currents, 288
Vertical plates, resistance of, 26
Veneering, Burnapp's, 110
Venetian screw propeller. 388
Ventilation, Arnott on, 201. 289; Meigs on,
162; of the Great Pyramid, 48; of ships,
Ashley's 388; of rooms, Lloyd (rev.) 163;
of schools. Arnott on, 295; of mines, 296
Ventilator, Leeds' 154

Viaduct failure, Nixon on, 253
Viaducts and bridges, Macintosh's, 316
Victoria bridge, Canada, 211, 252
Vienna, bridge at, 321; cathedral restora-
tion. 351; market house near, 161
Visconti, memoir of. 46

Vision, fallacies of. Lardner on, 73
Voslau, market house. 161
Vulcanised india-rubber railway carriage
springs, 72

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Westminster palace decorations, 85, 357
Wesleyan chapel, Torquay, 161
Westley's sash fastener, 66
Westrupp's conical mill, 121
Wheatstone's telegraph, 311
Wheel fly, large, 399
Wheel, Adams', 311; Maim's, 111
White, on symbolism in art (rev.) 98, 136
Whitney's inkstands, 24
Wickes, on towers and spires of medieval
churches of England (rev.) 9
Williams, on smoke prevention, 196, 365
Willow dock, 354

Wilson, on charcoal respirator, 315
Wilson, on mints of the U. S. 407
Wilson's pat. propellers, 7
Window, dormer, Hill-hall, 460
Window sash, Gribbon's, 424

Westminster bridge, report on rebuilding, Window sash fastener, Westley's, 66
Windows, Winston on painting for, 18, 43

283

Winston, on glass painting, 18,43
Wing propeller, Wilson's pat. 7
Wood effects of atmosphere on, 301
Woods' report on coal for locomotives, 340
Woodcock, on smoke combustion, 465
Woodruff's eaves troughs, 225
Woolwich marshes, 331, 376
Wrede's gas-and-air engine, 68
Wright's quartz treating machinery, 209
Writing, illuminated, Ruskin on, 457
Wyre light, 413

Yates, on uniformity in weights and mea-
sures, 154, 193

Zinc, action of atmosphere on, 303; imports
and exports, 318; works, Jersey, U. S.

462

Zinc-white furnaces, Renton's, 227

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Rail, 13, 33, 52, 232
Ram, 373

Record office, 281
Regulator, 248
Retort, 333

Roof, 88, 384, 425

Sash, 66, 88, 424

School, 9, 16, 401, 460
Screw, 8, 388
Ship, 68

Skylight, 425

Sleeper, 13, 33, 52

Slide valve, 225

Smoke consuming, 365-72

Stand pipe, 337

Store, 185

Stove, 163-5, 204
Strut, 88

Stuffing-box, 67

Subway tunnel, 383
Survey instrument, 109
Switch, 33, 137, 149, 232
Telegraph, switch, 137, 149
Town-hall, 288, 324, 393
Truss, 336

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THE NEW YORK FUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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