Shoe-making and mending, 25. 32. 41.
Small's, Dr., letter to Watt, 66.
Smith's, Mr., steam-gauge, 484.
Snibston Colliery, 356.
Sobriety, habitual, 26. 49.

Social advantages of railways, 546.
Sopwith, Mr., C.E., 458.
Spain, journey into, 462.
Spankie, Mr., Sergeant, 226.
Speed on railways, 73. 76. 79. 89. 202.

205. 213. 220. 232. 297, 410.

Spur gear, Mr. Stephenson's, 87.
Stafford, Marquis of, 246.
Stamford, Earl of, 358.

Stationary engine system, 173. 196. 271.
Statues of Mr. Stephenson, 493.
Steam blast, invention of, 90. 276. 285.
291. 300.

Steam carriage, Murdock's, 67; Trevi-
thick's, 71.

Steam engine, study of, 14. 17. 26.
31. 497.

Steam springs, invention of, 138.
Steam travelling on common roads,

141. 344.

Stephenson, George:-birth and pa-
rentage, 1; cowherd and plough-
boy, 8; gin-driver, 9; assistant fire-
man, 10; engineman, 13; learns to
read, 19; learns to brake, 21;
brakesman at Callerton, 23; shoe-
making, 25; brakesman at Willing-
ton, 29; marriage, 30; brakesman
at Killingworth, 35; engineman at
Montrose, 36; return to Killing-
worth, 37; drawn for the militia,
39; improves the pumping-engine,
45; appointed enginewright, 53;
his first locomotive, 86; second lo-
comotive, 93; invents a safety-lamp,
105; improvements in rails, 137;
third locomotive, 139; engineer of
Hetton Railway, 172; engineer of
Stockton and Darlington Railway,
183; engineer of Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, 214; con-
structs the line, 249; builds the

cation, 40. 56. 151; apprenticed to
a coal-viewer, 152; sent to Edin-
burgh University, 154; leaves Eng-
land for America, 196; return, 281;
the "Rocket," 288; constructs Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway, 324;
address to the Institute of Civil En-
gineers, 515.

Stephenson, family of, 2. 11. 30. 37.
Stockton and Darlington Railway,

162. 183. 197.

Strathmore, Earl of, 53. 127.
Strength, feats of, 13. 17. 53.

Study of mechanics, 14. 31. 48. 55.
497.

Summit Tunnel, Littleborough, 370.
Sun dial at West Moor Cottage, 151.
Survey of Stockton and Darlington
Railway, 187.

Survey of Liverpool and Manchester
Railway, 176. 214.

Swanwick, Mr., C.E., 265. 491.
Sylvester, Mr., C.E., 213.
Symington's, Mr., steam carriage, 67.

Tapton House, residence at, 376.413
468.

Telford, Mr., C. E., 271. 347.
Testimonial, Stephenson's and Davy's,

123, 127.

Testimonial, proposed Stephenson rail-
way, 416. 451.
Thomas's, Mr., essay on railroads, 69.
Time, improvement of, 16. 24. 26. 33.

41. 48. 497.

Time saved by railways, 546.
Traffic, railway, 199. 204. 307. 518.
Training, importance of scientific, 147.
Tramroads, early, 6. 59.
Trent Valley Railway, 486.
Trevithick, Richard, 70. 90. 281. 344.
Tribunal, suggested railway, 535.
Tube safety-lamp, 105. 109. 115–134.
Tunnel, summit, Littleborough, 370.
Tunnels, railway, 333, 343. 517.
Turner, Rev. William, 57. 110.

Undulating railways, theory of, 408.
Uville, Mr. F., and Trevithick, 282.

Vignolles, Mr., C.E., 245. 389. 406.
Vivian and Trevithick's steam car-
riage, 70.

Wages, Mr. Stephenson's early, 8. 13.

24.

Walbottle village, 19. 45.
Walker, Mr. James, C. E., 273.
Wallsend village, 33.

Walmsley, Sir J., 462. 500.

Wandsworth and Merstham Railway,
73. 158. 161. 181.

Watch-cleaning, 41. 472.

Watt's, James, idea of a locomotive, 65.
Wellington, Duke of, and railways,

305. 355.

Westhead, Mr. J. P., 490.

West Moor, Killingworth, 35. 83.
Wharncliffe, Lord, 53.

Whitehaven, early railroad at, 62.
Whitehaven and Maryport Railway,

422.

Wigham, John, Benton Farm, 48.
Willington ballast quay, 29.
Winding engine, improvements in, 42.
Witton Colliery railway, 164.

Wood, Mr. Nicholas:-assists in expe-
riments on safety-lamp, 105. 118;
assists in experiments on railway
friction, 141; accident to, in Kil-
lingworth Pit, 152; visit to Mr.
Pease, 183; deprecates fast travel-
ling on railways, 221; appointed
one of the judges at the Rainhill
competition, 278; opposes Stephen-
son's East Coast line, 388.

Wood, Mr. Thomas, evidence, 241.
Wooden railroads, early, 60.
Worcester, Marquis of, 64.
Wylam, village and colliery railway,
1. 77.

Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, 422.
York and North Midland Railway,

371. 376.

Young, Arthur, on railways, 61.