ACCIDENTS.

A.

ACCIDENTS in coal-mines, 104, 142, 298.
ADAM, Mr., counsel for Liverpool and Man-
chester Railway, 201, 214.

AGRICULTURE, G. Stephenson's experiments
in, 443.

ALDERSON, Mr. (afterwards Baron), 201,
204, 211.

ALLCARD, WILLIAM, 221, 236.

ALLEN, THOMAS, steam-carriage patent, 78.
ALTON GRANGE, G. Stephenson's residence at,
297, 325, 339.

AMBERGATE, railway slip, 333; limeworks,

359.

ANDERSON, Dr. J., his advocacy of railways,

79.

ANNA, mines at Santa, 245.
ARNOLD, Dr., on railways, 355.
ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, 296, 299.
ATMOSPHERIC railway system, 369, 401.

B

BALD, ROBERT, mining engineer, 129, 146.
BARROW, Sir JOHN, his views of railway
speed, 198.

BEAUMONT, Mr., his wooden waggon-ways, 5.
BELGIUM, G. Stephenson's visits to, 343, 386.
BENTON, colliery and village, 56, 65, 71.
BERWICK, Royal Border Bridge, 405, 415.
BIBLE, the Stephenson family, 16.

BIRDS and bird-nesting, 17, 21, 28, 341, 443,
474.

BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY, 299,
345.

BISHOP AUCKLAND coal-field, 149.
BLACK CALLERTON, 21, 31, 32.
BLACKETT, Mr., Wylam, 14, 87, 485.
BLACKSTONE EDGE, railway under, 327.
BLAST, invention of the steam, 100, 262, 265,
489, 497.

BLENKINSOP'S Leeds locomotive, 85, 97, 181,
485.

BLISWORTH CUTTING, 313.

BOILER, multitubular, 261, 493.

CIVIL.

BOOTH, HENRY, Liverpool, 263, 278, 458,

495.

BRADSHAW, Mr., opposes Liverpool and
Manchester line, 190, 194.

BRAITHWAITE, ISAAC, 268, 291, 398.
BRAKEING, coal-engine, 32, 33, 49.
BRAKE, G. Stephenson's self-acting, 283, 365.
BRANDLING, Messrs., 122, 407, 477.
BRANDRETH'S locomotive, "Cyclopel," 268.
BRIDGES, railway, -on Liverpool line, 231,

408; improved construction in iron, 407,
420; tubular, 422, 429, 461.
BRIDGEWATER CANAL monopoly, 179, 193,

195.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION meeting at Newcastle,
360.

BROUGHAM, Mr. WILLIAM, counsel on Liver-
pool and Manchester Bill, 198, 201.
BRUCE'S SCHOOL, Newcastle, 62.

BRUNEL, I. K., 291, 371, 397, 401, 432, 462.
BRUNTON'S LOCOMOTIVE, 86.

BRUSSELS, railway celebrations at, 345, 387.
BRUSSELTON INCLINE, 165; engines, 245.
BUCKLAND, Dr., 451.

BULL BRIDGE, Ambergate, 335.
BURRELL, G. Stephenson's partner, 139.
BURSTALL'S LOCOMOTIVE, "Perseverance,"
268, 273.

('.

CALLERTON colliery and village, 21, 31, 32.
CANAL opposition to railways, 179, 195, 303.
CARTAGENA, R. Stephenson at, 251.
CHAPMAN'S LOCOMOTIVE, 86.
CHARACTERISTICS of the Stephensons, 465.
CHAT Moss,-William James's attempted
survey of a line over, 188; Mr. Harrison
on, 208; evidence of Francis Giles, C.E.,
210; Mr. Alderson on, 212; description
of, 219; construction of railway on, 221;
the road finished, 228; G. Stephenson's
speculation as to coal being under, 296.
CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY, 369;
Chester and Holyhead, 416.
CHESTERFIELD, 356, 360, 457.

CIVIL ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE, 463, 479.

COACH, first railway, 170; coaches and

railways, 172, 345, 351.

COAL,-trade, 3, 73; staiths, 11; haulage,

early expedients for, 5, 8, 73, 87; traffic
by railway, 169, 356; mining, G. Ste-
phenson's ventures in, 296; theory of
formation of, 452, 475.

COALBROOKDALE, rails early cast at, 7.
COE, WILLIAM, fellow-workman of G. Ste-
phenson, 24, 32, 42, 46.

COLLIERY DISTRICTS, 1, 4; machinery and
workmen, 9.

COLOMBIA, mining association of, 242; Robert
Stephenson's residence in, 245.

COMPANIES, joint-stock, formed to construct
railways, 289.

CONTRACTORS, railway, 229, 311, 316, 319.
CONWAY, tubular bridge at, 417, 429.

COOPER, Sir ASTLEY, Robert Stephenson's
interview with, 305.

CORT'S pamphlet against railways, 303.
CRICH to limeworks at Ambergate, 359.
CROPPER, ISAAC, Liverpool, 234, 259, 272.
CROYDON AND WANDSWORTH RAILWAY, 180.
CUBITT, Sir WILLIAM, and Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, 208.

CUGNOT'S STEAM-CARRIAGE, 75.

CURR, JOHN, his cast-iron railway at Sheffield,

7.

CUTTINGS, Railway,-Tring, 312; Blisworth,
313; Ambergate, 333; Oakenshaw and
Normanton, 334.

D.

DAGGER MONEY, 3.
DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON RAILWAY, 149.
DAVY, Sir HUMPHRY,-his description of
Trevithick's steam-carriage, 81; his paper
on fire-damp in mines, 108; his safety-
lamp, 117, 120; testimonial, 121.
DENMAN, Lord, 445.

DERBY, Earl of, 193, 307.

DEWLY BURN COLLIERY, 19.

DIRECT LINES, mania for, 378.

FOSTER,

DIXON, JOHN, C.E.,-assists in survey of
Stockton and Darlington Railway, 160,
166; assistant engineer on Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, 221, 236; surveys
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, 290.
DODDS, RALPH, Killingworth, 51, 55, 59,

101.

DORDOGNE, suspension bridge over the, 390.
DRAYTON MANOR, George Stephenson's visit
to, 450.

DUNDONALD, Lord, his engine "Scorpion,"

349.

DUTTON VIADUCT, 326.

E.

EAST COAST RAILWAY to Scotland, 337, 400,
415.
EDGWORTH, Mr. LOVELL,-sailing waggons,
74; advocacy of railways, 79, 181.
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, Robert Stephenson
at, 145.

EDUCATION,-George Stephenson's self-educa-

tion, 28, 40, 56, 63; of Robert Stephenson,
59, 143; George Stephenson's ideas of, 240,
362.

EGG-HATCHING by artificial heat, 28, 444.
EGYPTIAN TUBULAR BRIDGES, R. Stephen-
son's, 461.

ELLIS, Mr., Leicester, 295.

EMERSON, George Stephenson's meeting with,
455.

EMIGRATION, George Stephenson contemplates,
48, 139.

ENGINE, study of steam, 26, 37, 40, 93.
ENGLISH and French Navvies, 323.
ERICSSON, Mr., engineer, 256, 268.
ESTIMATES, railway, 207, 217, 319, 337.
EXAMINATION, George Stephenson's, before
Committee of House of Commons, 202.
"EXPERIMENT," the first railway-coach, 170.
EXPLOSIONS of fire-damp, 104.
EVANS'S STEAM-CARRIAGE, 76.

F.

FAIRBAIRN, WILLIAM, C.E.,-at Percy Main
Colliery, 41; associated with Robert Ste-
phenson in erecting tubular bridges, 425;
on the invention of the steam blast, 497.
FIRE-DAMP, explosions of, 104.
FIXED-ENGINE power, 141, 158, 165, 257.
FLOATING a road on Chat Moss, 222.
FLOATING the Conway and Britannia tubes,

452.

FOLLETT, Sir WILLIAM, 451.

FORTH STREET WORKS, Newcastle, 163, 242,
253, 360, 494.

FOSTER, JONATHAN, Wylam, 89, 498.

GATESHEAD, 4, 409.

GAUGE of railways, 165, 397.

GEORDY safety-lamp, invention of, 109.
GILES, FRANCIS, C.E., 210, 291.

GOOCH, THOMAS L., C.E., 236, 277, 306,
331.

GOVERNMENT and railways, 288, 371.

GRADIENTS, George Stephenson's views of,
137, 367, 493.

GRAND ALLIES, Killingworth, 55.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, 292, 315, 326.
GRAY, ROBERT, 30, 40, 43, 477.
GRAY, THOMAS, 181, 256.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, 291, 294, 397.
GREENWICH RAILWAY, 349.

GURNEY, GOLDSWORTHY, his tubular boiler,
263; his steam-jet, 270, 497, 501.

HALF-LAP joint, G. Stephenson's, 132.
HARRISON, Mr., barrister, 208, 213.
HARRISON, Mr., Liverpool, 259.
HASTINGS, Marquis of, 299.

HATCHING eggs by artificial heat, 28, 444.
HAWTHORN, ROBERT, C.E., 25, 26.
HEATING SURFACE in locomotives, 261, 264,
495.

HEDLEY, WILLIAM, Wylam, 91, 497.
HENDERSON, FANNY, 34.
HEPPEL, KIT, 51, 54, 107.

HETTON RAILWAY, 140.

HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE, Newcastle, 2, 409.
HIGH STREET HOUSE, Wylam, 14.
HINDMARSH FAMILY, 159.

HODGKINSON, Professor, 427.
HOLYHEAD, railway to, 416.

HOWICK, Lord, and the Northumberland
Atmospheric Railway, 401.

HUDSON, GEORGE, the "Railway King," 376,
381, 402, 407.

HUSKISSON, Mr., M.P., and the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, 179, 216, 218, 279;
killed at its opening, 279.

HYDRAULIC presses at the Britannia Bridge,

437.

J.

JAMES, WILLIAM,-surveys a line between
Liverpool and Manchester, 183; visits
Killingworth, 186; superseded by George
Stephenson, 189.

JAMESON, Professor, Edinburgh, 147.
JESSOP, WILLIAM, C.E., 8.

JOLLY'S CLOSE, Newburn, 23, 39.

K.

KEELMEN of the Tyne, 12.

KENNEDY, Mr., Manchester, 260.
KILLINGWORTH,-West Moor, 43, 47, 67;
High Pit, 50; colliery explosions and
mining, 104, 142; locomotive, 96, 101,
130, 499; the underground machinery,

129.

KILMARNOCK AND TROON RAILWAY, 139.
KILSBY TUNNEL, 315.

L.

LAMBTON, Mr. (Earl of Durham), 169.
LAMP, safety, invention of the, 104.
LAST-MAKING, competition in, 69.
LARDNER, Dr., and railways, 366, 370.
LEEDS MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, George
Stephenson's speech at, 363.

LEICESTER AND SWANNINGTON RAILWAY,

294.

LEMINGTON coal staith, 87.

LEOPOLD, King of the Belgians, and railways,
343; George Stephenson's interviews with,
345, 388.

LEVEL RAILWAYS, advantages of, 136, 367,
493.

LIDDELL, Sir T. (Lord Ravensworth), 55.
LIME-WORKS at Ambergate, G. Stephenson's,
359.

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE,
Newcastle, 63, 114, 119, 479.
LITTLEBOROUGH TUNNEL, 329.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY,-
projected, 179; surveyed by William James,
183; the survey opposed, 184; George
Stephenson employel, 189; the prospectus
issued, 191; deputations visit Killingworth,
191, 192; opposition of the Landowners
and canal companies, 193; the bill in com-
mittee, 201; rejestel, 214; the scheme
revived, 215; Messrs. Rennie appointed

engineers, 216; the bill passed, 218;
Messrs. Rennie superseded by George
Stephenson, 219; construction of the line
across Chat Moss, 223; discussions as to
the working power to be employed, 254;
George Stephenson urges the employment
of the locomotive, 256; prize of 5007.
offered for the best engine, 259; won by
the "Rocket," 273; public opening of the
railway, 278; results of the traffic, 281.
LOCKE, Mr. JOSEPH, C.E., 32, 221, 236,
290, 327, 339, 362.

"LOCOMOTION," Engine No. 1, Darlington,
166, 174.

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE,-invention of, 8;
Robison and Watt's idea, 74; Cugnot's
steam-carriage, 75; Evans and Syming-
ton's, 76; Murdock's model, 77; Allen's
patent, 78; Trevithick's steam-carriage,
79; Trevithick's tram-engine, 82, 88;
Blenkinsop's engine, 85; Chapman and
Brunton's engines, 86; Blackett's Wylam
engine, 88; Kenton and Coxlodge engine,
95; Stephenson's Killingworth locomotive,
96, 101, 133, 158, 186, 192, 485; Stock-
ton and Darlington locomotives, 165, 174;
prize offered for the best engine at Liverpool,
259; won by the "Rocket," 264; the
"Arrow," 277; further improvements,
283.

LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTORY, Stephenson's,
at Newcastle, 162, 242, 253, 494.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY,-
projected, 301; the Stephensons appointed
engineers, 302; the opposition to the bill,
302; interview with Sir Astley Cooper,
305; the bill rejected, 309; the bill revived
and passed, 310; the works commenced,
311; Tring cutting, 312; Blisworth
cutting, 313; Primrose Hill Tunnel, 314;
Kilsby Tunnel, 315; magnitude of the
works, 320; opened for traffic, 345.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY,
454.

LOSH, Mr., Newcastle, 132, 186.

LOUGH'S STATUE of George Stephenson, 459.

M.

MACKWORTH, Sir H., his sailing waggons, 73.
MACLAREN'S articles on railways in Scots-
man,' 197.

MAIDSTONE, opposition of, to railways, 294.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY,-the

Act obtained, 327; construction of Summit
Tunnel, 329; magnitude of the works, 331.
MANCHESTER TRADE with Liverpool, increase
of, 178, 201.
MANIA, railway, 372.

MAPS,-Newcastle district, 2; Stockton and

NOVELTY.

Darlington Railway, 149; Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, 184-5; Leicester and
Swannington Railway, 295; London and
Birmingham Railway, 312; Midland Rail-
way, 332; Menai Strait, 421.
MARIQUITA, Robert Stephenson at, 245.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, society of, 456,
459, 480.

MECHANICS INSTITUTES, G. Stephenson's
interest in, 361.

MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE, 417; railway
bridge, 420.

MERSTHAM TRAMROAD, 180, 187.
MICROSCOPE, George Stephenson's, 447, 453.
MIDDLESBOROUGH-ON-TEES, 177.

MIDDLETON RAILWAY, Leeds, 85, 181.
MIDLAND RAILWAY, 331; George Hudson
and the, 382.

MINING, COAL, 3, 9, 104, 129; in South
America, 245, 252.

MONTROSE, G. Stephenson at, 45.

MOODIE, underviewer at Killingworth, 110,
140.

MORECAMBE BAY, proposed reclamation of,
339.

MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH RAILWAY, 186.
MORRISONS, Newcastle, 69.

Moss CHAT (see Chat Moss).
Moss, Mr., Liverpool, 184, 224.
MULTITUBULAR BOILER, 261, 495.
MURDOCK'S model locomotive, 77.
MURRAY, MATHEW, Leeds, 85.

N.

NASMYTH'S steam hammer, 405, 411.
NAVVIES, railway, 321.
NELSON, the Callerton pitman, 35.
NEWBURN, 23, 30.

NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY, 400.
NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY, 13,
255.

NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY,
383, 400.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE,-in ancient times, 1;
literary and philosophical institute, 63, 114,
119, 479; Stephenson jubilees at, 400, 404 ;
High Level Bridge, 409; Stephenson statue,
459.

NEWCOMEN'S atmospheric engine, 9, 50.
NILE, Robert Stephenson's tubular bridges
over the, 461.

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY, 335, 382.
NORTH, ROGER, description of early tiam-
roads, 6.

NORTHAMPTON, opposition of, to railways,
293, 304.

NORTHUMBERLAND ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY,

401.

"NOVELTY" locomotive, 268, 270, 272.

P.

PALMER, Mr. H. R., engineer, 210.
PARLIAMENT and railways, 288, 371, 375,
378.

PARR MOSS, railway across, 228.
PASSENGER traffic of early railways, 170,
191, 281.

PAXTON, Sir JOSEPH, 442, 480.
PEASE, EDWARD,-projects the Stockton and
Darlington Railway, 149; first interview
with G. Stephenson, 153; visits Killing-
worth, 158; joins Stephenson in establish-
ing a locomotive manufactory, 163, 250,
254; Stephenson's esteem and gratitude,
177; letters to Robert Stephenson, 250,
461.

PEEL, Sir ROBERT, 278, 379, 450.
PENMAEN MAWR, railway under, 417.
PEN-Y-DARREN, Trevithick's tram-engine at,

82.

PERMANENT WAY of railroads, 131, 365, 490.
PERPETUAL MOTION, G. Stephenson studies,
40, 56.

"PERSEVERANCE," Burstall's locomotive,
268, 273.

PHILLIPS, Sir R., speculations as to railways,
180.

PILE-DRIVING by steam, 413.
PITMEN, Northumbrian, 10.
PLATE-WAYS, early, 7.
PLUGMAN, duties of, 21.

POLITICS, George and Robert Stephenson's,

480.

PONS ÆLII, Newcastle, 1.

PORTLAND, Duke of, orders a locomotive of

George Stephenson, 139.
PRIMROSE-HILL TUNNEL, 314.

PROPHECIES of railway failure, 195, 209,
218, 293, 348.

PUMPING-ENGINES, George Stephenson's skill
in, 45, 50, 53, 317.

PUPILS, George Stephenson's, 236, 240, 346,

470.

PYRENEEAN PASTORAL, 399,

ROCKET.

Q.

QUAKERS' RAILWAY, Stockton and Darling-
ton, 151.

"QUARTERLY,' the, ridicules high railway
speed, 199.

QUEEN, the, her first use of the railway,
355; opens the High Level and Royal Border
bridges, 415; visits the Britannia Bridge,

438.

R.

RAILS, cast and wrought iron, 7, 157, 163,

490.

RAILWAY,-locomotive, 73; first passenger
traffic, 170; speed (see Speed); workmen,
285; navvies, 321; travelling, 350;
mania, 372; atmospheric, 369, 401; un-
dulating, 379.

RAILWAY KING, 376, 381.

RAILWAY RUIN, prophecies of, 195, 210,

218, 287, 293; the prophecies confuted,
348, 453, 481; results, 177, 281, 348.
RAILWAYS, early, 5; Merthyr Tydvill (Pen-
y-darran), 82; Middleton, Leels, 85;
Wylam, 87; Killingworth, 94, 131, 490;
Kilmarnock and Troon, 139; Hetton, 140;
Stockton and Darlington, 149; Liverpool
and Manchester, 178; Canterbury and
Whitstable, 290; Grand Junction, 292,
315, 326; Leicester and Swannington, 294;
Birmingham and Derby, 299; London and
Birmingham, 301, 347; Manchester and
Leeds, 327; Midland, 331, 382; York and
North Midland, 335, 382; Scarborough,
336; Greenwich, 349; Chester and Birken-
head, 369; atmospheric, 369; Trent Val-
ley, 381,453; Newcastle and Darlington,
383, 400; Great Western, 397; Newcastle
and Berwick, 400; South Devon, 403;
Chester and Holyhead, 416.

RAINHILL, locomotive competition at, 268.
RASTRICK, Mr., C.E., 257, 260.
RAVENSWORTH, Earl of, 55, 96.
RENNIE, Messrs., C.E., 216, 219.
RICHARDSON, THOMAS, London, 150, 158,
163.

ROAD LOCOMOTION,-Cugnot's steam-carriage,
75; Evans and Symington's, 76; Trevi-
thick's, 79; George Stephenson on, 134,
492; House of Commons' report on, 288.
ROBERTS, RICHARD, his Jacquard punching
machine, 432.

ROBERTSON, ANDREW, schoolmaster, 30, 34.
ROBINS, anecdote of G. Stephenson and the