Foreign science, progress of, 104, 168, 338, 524, 549 Fountains, of, in landscape gardening, 96 French war steamers built and building, 352 - driver, White's, 385 Frodsham's isochronal pendulum, 29 Furnace, argand; C. W. Williams, Esq., Whiteley's hot-air, 378 Fyfe, Dr. A., on the comparative expense Galloway, Mr. Elijah, on the Archimedean Garnett and Williams's process of manu- Gas and gas lighting: Boccius's patent, Gillott's improvements in heating and ven- Glass, plate, Bessemer's improvements in Gold mines of Russia, 400 Gold's refrigerator, 95 Government contract work, 294 Grange's, De, improved chereaux-de-frise, Grantham on iron, as a material for ship- Grass-cutting machine, Shanks's, 65 moth,") 9, 144, 241, 462, 473 Grundy and Osgood's new mode of manu- Guide screw stock, Whitworth's, 464 Guitar, melophonic, 160 Gun, immense, 96 Hydraulic engine, Whitelaw and Stirrat's; Imprinting without contact, 288. (See also India, mineral resources of, 48 Inhalation, on, 294 Gunpowder and atmospheric air, explosive Ink, indelible, 478 effects of mixtures of, 556 Gurney's Bude light, 300 Haddan's plan for propelling vessels, 181 Iron, action of air and water upon, 30 hot and cold blast processes of manu- facturing, 112, 528, 564 changes in internal structure of, 315 steamer, " Queen," 152, 198 Isodynameter, Lucy's, 333, 387, 438, 514 Jacquard machinery, Calderhead's, 92 "Kamschatka," steamer, 81 Knobs, Greenfield's hollow metal, 232 Locomotive engines: Messrs. Rennie's and reversing, 577 Hindle's method of London basin, wells of, 268 Loom, Calderhead's carpet, 371 Lowe, Mr. James, on the introduction of --, Houghton's, 184 Lucy's substitute for the fly-wheel, 333, Lawes's ditto, 511 Maple wood, imitation of, 21 Maps, novel method of constructing, 268 Materials, strength of, 25, 112, 540 in the lathe, 371 Maynard's coal-weighing machine, 344 "Mechanics' Magazine" in the dockyards, Almanack, 508 Medhurst's coal-weighing machine, 527 Mediterranean, steam-voyage France to, 272 Melophonic guitar, 160 through Melville's improvements in propelling, 510 Meridians, determination of, by chrono- meters, 28 Merryweather's Railway fire engine, 17 machine for forging and cutting, 240 elasticity and tenacity of, 524 Meteorological observations, grand series Perpetual motionist, a, bequest of, 231 Photography, discoveries in, 156, 288, 549 Pianoforte, sostinente, Mott's, 564 Picture-frame composition, Clement's, 475 Pim, James, Esq., Letter from, to Lord Rip- Pipes, water, necessity of cleansing, 553 Pits, sinking, hubbing, and coffering of, 309 Plane surfaces, friction of, 586 Plate glass, Bessemer's improvements in the Ploughs, Warren's improvements in, 477 Port Talbot, description of, 346 Portugal, march of improvement in, 160 PRINTING-Rosenborg's type-composing and distributing machine, 401; Beech's PROPELLING AND PROPELLERS: Marx's Patent, 43; Booth's "Theory and Prac- tice," 49, 147, 229; side-screw propellers, 87; Haddan and Cook's wheels, 94; Chat- terton's wheel, 129; the Archimedean and other screw propellers, 176; Hunt's propelling and steering apparatus, 180; Carpenter's propeller, 180; Galloway's plan of communicating motion, 180; Haddan's, 180; Lowe's claims, 460; Fir- child's propelling apparatus, 475; Mel- ville's, 510; Biram's paddle-wheels, 536; progress of Ericsson's screw-propeller in Pumping engine, Jersey atmospheric, 200 "Queen," steamer, 152, 198, 259, 306, 422 "Railway," steamer, 14 RAILWAYS:- Atmospheric, 33, 60, 63, 432, 447 Bunnett's improvements, 273 Crampton and Haddan's carriages, 349 Evans's without chairs, 113 Foreign premiums for essays on means Four and six-wheeled engines, 449, 554 Mallett's hydrostatic turn table, 161 Report of foreign engineers on acci- Single line railways, 410, 430, 479 Vallance's pneumatic, 64, 74, 117 Readman's barometer, 289, 390, 475, 543 "Regent" steamer, 84 Rennie, Messrs. G. and J.; experiments Resistance, the limiting angle of, 499 Richard's smoke-preventing apparatus, 477 Roberts, Martyn, Esq.; on blasting rocks Rosenborg's type-composing and distribu- Rousseau's improvements in fire-arms, 350 Safety lamp, 104 Saline detectors, Seaward's, 175 Salt, Garnett and Williams's process of Savage, Mr. Alfred, on musical instru. Screw propelling, 176, 460 stock guide, Whitworth's, 464 Seaward and Co., Messrs; atmospheric Sewers, Roe's plan of constructing, 216 Shanks's grass-cutting machine, 65 Shells, percussion, invention of, 183 Shepherd and Leslie's butt-hinges, 93 Shot, Grundy and Osgood's mode of manu- Shot, application of steam power to the Sillometer, Clement's, 84, 410 Slide valves, Seaward's, 175; another plan Smee, Mr. Alfred, on Electro-Metallurgy, X Starkey's percussion caps, 262 Stubb's mill spindles, 378 Steam dredging machinery, 239, 601 Appendices to Tredgold, 174 Beam and direct action engines, 499 Steel dies, Baggaly's patent, 603 Stove, improvement in the Franklin cook- -, construction of the domestic, 494 Strasburgh clock, 320 Street-sweeping machine, Whitworth's, 608 Stuckey's, Mr., plan of filtration, and peti- Sugar, Dr. Dalton's mode of analyzing, 26 Suspension bridge, Dredge's, 369, 527, 602 |
