516

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

Lalande's lectures, 271

Lamps, alarum, 16, 44

for fire-engines, 363

for microscopes, 500

artificial electric, 245
conductors, improved, 367
Linear measure, standards of, 237, 267
Llanelly coal, for locomotives, 173
Lock and key, Prutzman's lever, 220
Locks, canal, 317

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
modern Egyptian, 389
Manufacturing districts, Sir G. Head's tour
through, 505

Manumotive carriages, 60

Maps, celestial, 207

Marine insurance, 192

Mars and Jupiter, apparent paths of, 206
Materialism, what, 91

Matter, identity of, 43

452

composition and decomposition of,

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

0.

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

lace trade, 137

of carpets, 151

of paper-hangings, 151, 153

in silver, &c. plate, 121, 140
shawl, 121

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

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

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,

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

water, 247

248

sudden generation of gases,
deficiency of water in boiler, 370
foaming of safety-valve, 371
M. Arago's experiments, 371

oscillation of the water in the boiler, 372
self-regulating apparatus for feeding boiler,
372; Potts's 373; Eve's, ib.
methods for ascertaining level of water in
boiler, 373; glass tubes, 374
methods of ascertaining temperature of
boiler, 374; common thermometer, ib;
Evans's expanding rods, ib; fusible metal,

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

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-
on,
pose tolls
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, H10
frame-work, ornamental, 140,

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