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India, steam navigation to, 276, 304, 345,
447, 488

India-rubber balloons, 419. See Caoutchouc.
Ink, discharging, from paper, 224
Insurance companys, conduct of, with re-
spect to the prevention of fire, 18, 157,
179, 182, 217, 227, 261, 263, 288, 303
marine, evils of, 192

Interest, question in, 399; solution, 474
Iron, manufacture of, 316

peculiar voltaic condition of, 482
snuff-boxes, Berlin, 486

wheels, wrought, Jones's patent, 49
and wood, strength of, 34
Islington Cattle Market, 239, 400
Ivory, Cheverton's, sculptures in, 154
K.

Keraphonite, Mr. Curtis's, 288

Kite, electrical, first experiments with, 202
Kleuze, Baron Von, evidence of, on state of

arts, &c. in Bavaria, 165

Kyanized timber for railway blocks, 258, 377

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Locomotive engines, report of Lord's Com-
mittee on danger of, in narrow streets, 172
Locomotive apparatus, Wood's, 225
London fires in 1836, 354

University, charter of, 240
Lyons. schools of art at, 128

M.

Mac Adam, Mr., death of, 192; monument
to, 384

Macculloch's Statistics of the British Em-
pire, 429, 466

Maceroni, Col., outlines of another electrical

theory, 19, 40, 108, 434, 503; alarum
rockets, 66; safety powder magazine, 367;
lightning conductors, 367; miscellaneous
notices, 369; production of life by gal-
vanism, 441; cultivation of filberts, 448
Mackinnon's, Mr., patent law bill, 448, 461;
remarks on, 487

Mackintosh's, Mr. T. S., electrical theory

of the universe, 9, 19, 32, 47, 62, 95, 99,
104, 111, 118, 148, 215, 221, 281, 346,
351, 366, 399, 405, 473, 494, 500; per-
petual motion, 149, 192, 282, 315, 351,
366, 399, 441; on proper and improper
philosophical terms, 208; on aerial navi-
gation, 428

Magicians, Egyptian, 388

Magnetism. See Electricity.
Manifold writers, 62, 101, 186
"Manuel de Tourneurs," 335

Manufactures, report of Commons' Com-
mittee on application of the fine arts to,
120; remarks on, 187, 242, 323

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Mechanics, English, 508

Almanac, for 1837, 170
- Institute, French, 272

--, London, 272, 480
institutions, effect of, on arts

and manufactures, 122

- Magazine, beneficial effect of,
on British manufactures, 123
Medallic engraving by machinery, 2; evi-
dence before Commons' Committee on,
of Mr. Charles Tilt, 332; Sir F. Chantrey,
333; Mr. E. Hawkins, 333; Mr. V.
Nolte, 334, 339; Mr. Wyon, 335; Mr.
Brockedon, 336; Mr. Doubleday, 339;
Mr. Henning, 339; Mr. Bate, 339; Mr.
R. Faraday, 340; Mr. Pistrucci, 340;
Mr. J. Wilson, 340; remarks on, 475;
French piracy of Mr. Henning's works,
340, 402

Medallic engraving, comparative excellence

of English and French, 475
Mercury steam gauge, inefficacy of, 231, 233
Merryweather's fire-escapes, 363, 449
Metals, highly heated, production of steam
by, 306, 495, 510

Metropolitan improvements, 224, 240, 245,
416, 468

Microscope, Pritchard's oxy-hydrogen gas,
illumination of, 498; delicate adjustment
for, 500; candle and lamp-stand for, 500
Millward, Mr. J., evidence of, on arts of
design, 137

Miners, institute for disabled, 272

Miner's mirror, Gretton's, 368

Mines, school of, 512

"Mise en carte," 121, 129, 243

Modellers, knowledge of art amongst, 135,
152

Moon, light of the, 23

Morant, Mr. G. J., evidence of, on arts and
design, 152

Mortar, Algerine, 240

Morticing machine, Page's, 385

Motion, laws and sources of, 22, 32, 47, 99,
119

Mulberry for feeding silk-worms, 25
Mummies in the British Museum, 160, 223
Museum, Sir John Soane's, 381

See British Museum.

Music, teaching, by slide rule, 58
Musical mechanism, hints on, 284
N.

National Gallery, 126, 187, 189, 396, 458,
464, 480

Nasmyth, Mr. J., evidence on arts of de-
sign, 141

Newspapers, collection of, in the British
Museum, 160, 223

Niagara, tunnel under the, 46

Nolte, Mr. Vincent, evidence of, on medallic
engraving, 334, 339; reply to Mr. Hen-
ning's charge of piracy, 402

O.

Or-molu, patterns of, work, 136
Organs, mechanism of, 284
Oxy-hydrogen gas microscopes, 498
P.

Paddle-weeel experiment, 95
Page's morticing machine, 385
Paper, duty on, effect of, 125, 153
--, discharging ink from, 224
removing stains from, 352

Paper-hanging, 151, 153

Paris, Dr., report of, on Primrose Hill Tun-
nel, 446

Patent law act, new American, 194; remarks
on, 491

Patent law, English, Mackinnon's bill to
amend the, 448, 461; remarks on, 487
Patent Office, destruction of the American,
320

Patents, lists of English, 63, 159, 254, 319,
415, 510

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of or-molu, &c. work, 136
Paulin's, M., smoke-proof dress, 272, 373
Payne, Roger, the bookbinder, 160
Perkins', Mr., steam experiments, 246
Perpetual motion, 32, 149, 192, 282, 315,
351, 366, 399, 441

Periods of the ancient astronomers, length
of, 111, 215

Philbrick's apparatus for drying cotton, 193
Phillips, Sir R., account of Mr. Crosse's
galvanic apparatus, 13

Phillips, Richard, Esq., report of, on Prim-
rose Hill Tunnel, 446

Philosophical terms, on proper and impro-
per, 208

Physics, Exley's new theory of, 51, 90, 268
Picture gallery, requisites of a good, 167
Spanish, 464

lotteries, German 243,
Pictures, destruction of, by insects, 127, 189
Pinkus's pneumatic railway, 301
Pine, Mr. T., on the first excitement and
germination of plants, &c., 102; on vege-
tation under the influence of vapour, 278;
on the source of electricity, and its action
on plants in their maturing process, 436
Pistrucci, Mr. B., evidence of, on medallic
engraving, 340

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Plants, preserving, while on ship-board, 95
exitement and germination of, 102
growth of, under the influence of
vapour, 278

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Railways, Stone, Gordon's, 281

Rain, proportion of drainage to fall of, 220
Rastrick, J. U. Esq. C. E., evidence on
danger of, railway locomotives in streets,
176

Raub's steam gauge, 191

Reading Rooms of British Museum and Bi-
bliotheque de Roi, 294

Records of General Science, Dr. Thomson's,
347

Rennie, G. Esq. C. E., evidence of, on
danger of railway locomotives in streets,
172

Richman, Professor, fatal electrical experi-
ment of, 204

Ricketts' gas stoves, 287, 288

Rifle, Cochran's many chambered, 412
Right line, on a definite, applicable in all
countries, 237, 267

Rockets, alarum, 16, 44, 66

Roofs, Witty's patent, 38

Rose engine chuck, Heineken's, 200

Royal Academy, effect of, on British art,

125, 155, 243

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adhesion of, 233

recommended by Committee of

the Franklin Institute 233, 235

foaming of, 371

Sarcophagus, Belzoni's, 382

Sash suspender Cowell's patent, 481

Sass, Mr. H., evidence of, on arts of de-
sign, 138

Saxton's medallic engraving machine, 3
Scagliola, designs in, 153

Schools of art, 122, 128, 131

Scientific memoirs, Taylor's, 349

Sculpturing by machinery, 154

Seraphine tongues, making, 284

Sesostris, colossal statue of, 400

Shakspeare, proposal for a colossal statue of,
96

Shawl patterns, taste in, 121, 326
Shrinkage of metal in casting, 340
Sievier, Mr., patents for caoutchouc fabrics,
282, 397, 510

Silk raw, analysis of, 45

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Sofa bedstead, expanding, 314

Solar phenomenon in Upper Canada, 9
Sound, experiments on transmission of, 274
phenomena of, 434

Spanish picture gallery, 464
Spark arresters, for railway locomotives, 83
Stephenson's, 175, 181; Blunt's, 175;
Gray's, 375. See also 71, 75, 82, 172
Specula, on casting and grinding, 218, 265,
280

Spencer's, Asa, medallic engraving machine, 3
Spontaneous combustion, 464
Spots on the sun, 464

Springs locomotive power from, 512
Stage coaches, expense of working, 79
weight of, 79, 86

introduction of, 95

Stars, falling, 41

Statistics of the British Empire, 429, 466
Steam, production of by highly heated me-
tals, 306, 495, 510

-generation of, from coloured water, 495
Steam-boiler Explosions, General Report
of Committee of Franklin Institute upon,
229

general circumstances attending, 230
legislative and other preventives, 231
from undue pressure in boiler, 231
inefficiency of safety-valve and mercury
guage, 231

instances of explosion from neglect, &c.
of engineer, 232

safety-valve, for high pressure boilers,
233, 235

adhesion of the safety-valve, 233
shape and dimensions of valve, 233
fusible plugs, &c., 234

high pressure steam guage, 235
thermometer for steam gauge, 235
proposed preventive means, 235
regulations as to safety-valve, 235
prohibition of steam-boats racing, 236
from unduly heated metal in boiler, 246
Mr. Perkins's experiments, 246

from boiler becoming red-hot, and want of

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Steam boiler, Colliers, 161, 238, 288, 400
Smart's, 479

Steam Carriage, Gurney's, 69, 74,81, 87, 320
Hancock's, 69, 71, 76, 80,

85, 88, 173

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, Maceroni and Squire's, 69,88
Maudslay and Field's, 74, 88
Maceroni's, 67

Ogle's, 76, 88,

Sir C. Dance's, 78, 86,
Russel's, 85, 87

Burstall and Hill's, 232
Steam carriages, common road, evidence
before Lords' Committee on bill to im-
pose tolls on, of Mr. Gurney, 69; Mr.
Hancock, 71; Mr. Joshua Field, 74; Mr.
B. W. Horne, 79; Mr. Geo. Stephenson,
C. E., 80; Mr. Alex. Gordon, C. E., 85;
Rev. Mr. Williams, 87; Mr. W. Cubitt,
C. E., 88; Mr. J. Braithwaite, C. E., 89.
comparison of railway and

common road, 80

weight of, 73, 86
Steam Carriages, Railway, Report of Lords'
Committee on danger of, in narrow-streets,
172; evidence of G. Rennie, C. E., 172;
Dr. Lardner, 173; John Walker, 175;
R. Stephenson, C. E., 175; C. J. Blunt,
C. E., 175; J. U. Rastrick, C. E., 176;
G. Stephenson, C. E., 181; J. Walker,
C. E., 182; H. Earle, 182
Steam engine work, Cornish, 31, 110
frame-work, ornamental, 140,

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on the Thames, 480
Steam vessels, French Medeterranean Com-
pany, 95
-, prevention of, racing, 236
Stephenson, Geo, Esq., C. E., evidence on
steam carriages' tolls bill, 80; evidence
on the danger of railway locomotives in
norrow streets, 181
Stephenson, Robert Esq., C. E., evidence
of, on danger of railway locomotives in
in streets, 175

Stereotypes of wood engravings, exportation
of, 188

Still, chemical, Watson's copper, 504
Stifling cloth for preventing fires, 360
Stothard, Mr. R. T., evidence on arts of
design, 140

Streets, danger of locomotives in narrow, 173
proposed new, in London, 468

Sugar, beet-root, 96,

from Chestnuts, 320

nington's and Howard's systems of con-
densation, 15, 60, 119, 150, 219

T.

Tailors' work table, improved, 147, 343, 509
Tally-man, Hutchison's mechanical, 145
Tanks for water, cheap, 46
Tartrovinic acid, 349

Tasso's "Gieruselemme Liberata," MS. of,
383

Taste, public, 121, 128, 140, 152
Temperature of boilers, ascertaining, 374
Terms, philosophical, on proper and im
proper, 208

Terra-cotta works, English, 153
Thames steam navigation, 480

Thames Tunnel, progress of the, 97, 480
Thatching, improved mode of, 96

Thermometer, use of, in steam boilers, 235,
374

Thorne, Mr. Joshua, geological arguments
in favour of Mackintosh's theory, 405,
494

Thorold's timber railway, and saddle rail,
329

Thrashing machine, first, 171
Tides, nature of, 44, 109

Tiles, for draining, 16

Tilt, Mr. C. evidence on medal engraving,
332

Timber railways, American, C8

Vignoles's, 257, 300
Curtis's, 288

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self-regulating apparatus for feeding
boiler with, 372

decomposition of, 452

evaporation of coloured, 495

Water and gas galve, Hutchison's, 66
Water-wheel governor, improved, 169
Watson, Dr. Report of, on Primrose Hill
Tunnel, 446

Watson's, Mr. H. improved chemical still,
504

Watt's steam engine, account of working by
31

Weather predictions, 287, 415

Webbing, Sievier's caoutchouc, 283
Wedgewood, Mr. Josiah, notice of, 170; in-

ventions of, in the earthenware manufac-
ture, 432

Wellington, Duke of, civic statue of, 400
West's patent force backs, 305

Wheels, Jones's, patent railway carriage, 49
Williams, Rev. Mr., evidence on Steam
Carriages Tolls Bill, 87

Wilson, Mr. J., evidence of, on medallic
engraving, 340

Window cleaner and fire escape, Gregory, 10
cleaning, danger in, 482

tax, evil effect of, on architecture,

124
Witty's patent lamellar beams, and segmen-
tal trusses, 33

Wood's, Mr. H. W., improved locomotive
apparatus, 225

Wood's, Alderman, proposed metropolitan
improvements, 468

Wood, durability of, 250

strength of, 34

Woods analysis of, 272

Wool, employment of grease obtained in
washing, 224

Woollgar, J. W. Esq., on the apparent paths
of Mars and Jupiter, 206

Wyon, W. Esq., evidence on medallic en-
graving, 335

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