sign of a cast-iron lighthouse, 225; Mr.
Rennie consulted, ib.; his design adopted,
227; the works begun, 228; Mr. Rennie's
visits of inspection, 230; the lighthouse
completed, 252; Mr. Stevenson's publica-
tion, 234.
ABERDEEN,-early history of, 400; ancient
bridges at, 103; Smeaton's harbour works
at, 70; Rennie's report on the harbour at,
205; Telford's harbour works at, 399.
ADAM, ROBERT, architect, 309, 312.
ADMIRALTY, Mr. Rennie and the, 238, 266, BETTWS-Y-COED, iron bridge at, 438.
268.
BEWDLEY BRIDGE, 366.
BIRMINGHAM,
AGRICULTURE,-early Scotch, 94, 104, 107;
Lincolnshire, 153, 157, 164; Highland,
375, 388.
AIR-PUMP, Smeaton's improvements in, 12.
ALBION MILLS, 129, 134.
ANCHOR FORGE, Rennie's, at Woolwich, 265.
ANGLESEA, roads through, 434.
ANTON'S GOWT, Boston, 161.
AQUEDUCTS,—at Limpley Stoke, 145; Lune,
148; Chirk, 342; Pont-Cysylltau, 344.
ARBROATH, monks of, and Inchcape Rock,
ARCH,-theory of equilibrium of, 171; arching
of Waterloo Bridge, 182; Southwark, 191.
ARCHITECTURE, Telford's study of, 305, 332.
ARDROSSAN CANAL, 418.
ARMSTRONG, JOHNNIE, Eskdale, 289.
ARTISANS OF BIRMINGHAM, 132.
AUSTHORPE LODGE, Leeds, Smeaton's house
at, 4, 74.
AXHOLME, Smeaton's drainage of Isle of, 52.
AYRSHIRE, state of, last century, 97.
BALGOWNIE BRIG, Aberdeen, 103.
BANFF, bridge, 2, 61; harbour, 398.
BANK OF ENGLAND note machinery, 255.
BANKS, Sir JOSEPH, and drainage works in
Lincolnshire, 155.
BARLEY MILLS introduced in Scotland, 105.
BATH, Telford's visit to, 333.
BEAULEY BRIDGE, 384.
BEDFORD LEVEL, drainage works, 166, 467.
BELL, Diving, Smeaton's use of, 69; Rennie's
improvement of, 219.
BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE,-dangers of the
Inchcape Rock, 223; Captain Brodie's de-
BENTHAM, Sir SAMUEL, 208, 256.
its industry and artisans,
121; Telford's notice of, 334; canal, 423;
and Liverpool Junction Canal, 425.
BLACK, Dr., Edinburgh, 126.
BLACKMAIL,- Highland, 98; border, 289.
BLACKSTONE EDGE, Yorkshire, 147.
BLANKNEY FEN, Lincolnshire, 153.
BONAR BRIDGE, 387.
BORDER RAIDS, 288; improvements, 290.
BOSTON,-Rennie's plan for improvement of
Witham at, 164; bridge at, 176.
BOULTON and WATT, Soho, 129, 131.
BRADFORD TRADE, 1724, 5.
BREAKWATER, Plymouth, 92, 252.
BRECHIN, ancient bridge at, 103.
BRIDGENORTH, church built by Telford at,
331, 339.
BRIDGES, Banff, 2, 61; Bristol, 53; London
(old), 53; Blackfriars, 54; Perth, 56;
Coldstream, 59; Hexham, 62; early Scotch,
102; Rennie's first bridge at Stevenhouse
Mill, 131; Kelso, 172; Musselburgh, 174;
Boston, 176; Waterloo, 178; Southwark,
187; New London, 268; Langholm, 302;
Montford, 331; Coalbrookdale, 356; Wear
Bridge, Sunderland, 358; Buildwas, 359;
Bewdley, 366; Tongueland, 368; Dunkeld,
380, 384; Beauley and Conan, ib.; Craigel-
lachie, 385; Bonar, 387; Wick, 391;
Galton Bridge, Birmingham, 424; Cartland
Crags, Lanarkshire, 431; Pathhead, 433;
Morpeth, ib.; Bettws-y-Coed, 438; Menai
(designs), 444; Runcorn (design), 447;
Telford's Menai Bridge, 449; Conway,
459; Tewkesbury, 464; Gloucester, ib.;
Dean Bridge, Edinburgh, 465; Glasgow
Bridge, 286, 466.
BRIDGE-BUILDING, theory of, 170.
BRINDLEY and SMEATON, 3.
BRISTOL,-old bridge, 53, 64; Telford's notice CLYDE NAVIGATION,-Rennie's report on,
of, 369.
BRITISH CHANNEL, lighting of, 46.
BRITISH FISHERIES SOCIETY, 204, 377, 392,
488.
BRODIE, Captain, proposed iron lighthouse on
the Bell Rock, 229.
BROTHERS OF THE BRIDGE, Scotland, 102.
BROOMIELAW, Glasgow,-Rennie's proposed
docks at, 206; Telford's bridge at, 466.
BROSELEY, iron bridge at, 356.
BROWNRIGG, General, and Mr. Rennie, 283.
BUCCLEUGH, Duke of, landlord in Eskdale,
289, 290, 299.
BUDA-PESTH suspension bridge, 476.
BUILDWAS BRIDGE, 359.
BURGH SCHOOLS, Scotland, 122.
205; Telford on, 418; bridge at Broomie-
law and, 467.
COAST DEFENCES, Rennie's reports on, 235.
COALBROOKDALE, first iron bridge at, 356.
COCKBURN, Lord,-on Professor Robison, 127;
on Highland roads, 378.
COCKBURN, Mr., East Lothian agriculturist,
107.
COFFER-DAMS,-Waterloo Bridge, 181; South-
wark Bridge, 188; Sheerness Docks, 249.
COLDSTREAM BRIDGE, 59.
COLQUHOUN, on the traffic of the Thames, 198.
CONAN BRIDGE, 384.
CONCENTRATION of dockyard work, Rennie's
report on, 239, 246.
CONWAY BRIDGE, 175, 459.
BURNS, ROBERT, Telford's verses on, 329, COPE, Sir JOHN, march to Edinburgh, 101.
353, 371.
CAITHNESS, County of, in eighteenth century,
CALDER, Smeaton's improvement of its navi-
gation, 51.
CALEDONIAN CANAL, 198, 409.
CAMPBELL, T., poet, Telford's intimacy with,
372, 484, 491.
CANALS, Forth and Clyde, 57; Birmingham
and Worcester, 87; Kennet and Avon, 144;
Rochdale, 145; Lancaster, 148; Grand
Trunk, 149, 420; Royal Canal of Ireland,
150; Ellesmere, 340; Shrewsbury, 346;
Caledonian, 409; Glasgow and Ardrossan,
418; Weaver, ib.; Gotha, 419; Gloucester
and Perkeley, 421; Birmingham, 423;
Macclesfield, 424; Birmingham and Liver-
pool Junction, 425.
CANAL SHARES, rage for, 341.
CARLISLE and Glasgow Road, 427.
CARRON Iron Works, 61.
CARTLAND CRAGS BRIDGE, 431.
CARTMEL, Cumberland, 337.
CAS-CHROM, ancient agricultural implement,
375.
CORPACH, canal basin at, 411.
! COUNTRY-BRED BOYS, engineers, 292.
COVENANTERS, in Eskdale, 290.
CRAIG, Mr., Arbigland, 96.
CRAIGELLACHIE BRIDGE, 385.
CRAMOND BRIDGE, 177.
CROOKS, the, Eskdale, 295, 305.
CURRIE, Dr., Liverpool, 371, 484.
DARLASTON BRIDGE, 177.
DARWIN, Dr., Liverpool, 371.
DAVIDSON, MATTHEW, Telford's foreman, 347,
352, 414.
DEAN BRIDGE, Edinburgh, 465.
DEE, Pont-Cysylltau aqueduct over the, 344.
DEPTFORD DOCKYARD, 241, 250.
DERWENTWATER ESTATES, Smeaton receiver
for, 49.
DIVING BELL, Smeaton's employment of it at
Ramsgate Harbour, 69; its improvement
by Rennie, 218.
Docks, on the Thames, 136, 197; West
India, 197; London, 198; East India, 202;
St. Katherine's, 462; Grimsby, 207; Hull,
213; Greenock, 214; Leith, 215; Aber-
deen, 403; Dundee, 408.
DOCKYARDS, Royal,-their machinery, 238;
Rennie's report on, 239; Plymouth, 240;
Portsmouth, ib.; Deptford, 241; Wool-
wich, ib.; Sheerness, 242; Chatham, 250.
DonD's design of Strand Bridge, 178.
DOUGLAS, JAMES, inventor and projector, 362.
CHATHAM DOCKYARD, 241; Rennie's plan of DOWNS, proposed harbour of refuge in, 65.
improvement of Medway at, 250.
CATCHWATER drains, Rennie's system of, 159.
CENTERING, Waterloo Bridge, 182; Tel-
ford's plan of suspended, 445.
CHAD'S, ST., Shrewsbury, fall of, 320..
CHAMBERS, Sir WILLIAM, architect, 309, 474.
CHARLESTON HARBOUR, Rennie's report on,
DOVER HARBOUR, 64, 480.
DRAGON-SLAYER, Rennie the greatest, 169.
CIVIL ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE, 474, 480, 491. DRAINAGE, works of, Smeaton's, 50; Meikle's,
CLACHNAGARRY, canal basin at, 413.
CLARK, Mr. TIERNEY, engineer, 477.
CLOTHING TRADE of Leeds, 5.
Kincardine Moss, 115; Rennie's, in Lincoln
Fens, 152, 166; Telford's, in North Level,
DREDGING-MACHINE, improvement by Rennie, FLETCHER of Saltoun, 95; introduces barley
DROWNED lands in the Fens, 153, 167, 468.
DUMFRIES, in eighteenth century, 98.
DUNBAR Grammar School, Rennie at, 122.
DUNDEE HARBOUR, 407.
DUNKELD BRIDGE, 380, 384.
EAST FEN, Lincoln, drainage by Rennie, 153.
EAST INDIA DOCKS, 202.
EAST LOTHIAN, notices of, 94, 97, 101, 108.
EAU BRINK CUT, 166.
EDINBURGH, Water supply, 57; consump-
tion of butcher's meat, eighteenth century,
97; Edinburgh and Glasgow caravan, 101;
University professors, 121; building of
New Town, 305; Dean Bridge, 465.
EDUCATION of early engineers, 141.
EDUCATION, Scotch, 121.
EDDYSTONE, dangers of the rock, 15; Win-
stanley's lighthouse, 18; Rudyerd's, 21;
Smeaton's, 26; the works begun, 34; light-
house completed, 44; Smeaton's narrative,
EIL, Loch, Caledonian Canal, 411.
ELLESMERE CANAL,-Telford appointed engi-
neer, 334; description of the route, 340;
construction of the works, 342.
ELLIOTS, Borderers, 289.
mills in Scotland, 105.
FOCHABERS, ferry at, 385.
FOLKESTONE HARBOUR, 391.
FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL, 57.
FOSSDYKE, Smeaton's drainage, 52; Wash
Bridge, 177.
FOUNDATIONS of Bridges,-Smeaton's, 55, 57,
63; Rennie's, 181, 188.
FRAZERBURGH HARBOUR, 397.
FRENCH REVOLUTION, Telford influenced by,
326.
FULTON,-his Torpedo, 237; Rennie's opinion
of, ib.
GALTON BRIDGE, Birmingham Canal, 424.
GAOL at Shrewsbury, Telford rebuilds, 316.
GERMAN'S BRIDGE, 167.
GIBB, Mr. J., Engineer, 404.
GILNOCKIE TOWER, 289, 351.
GLASGOW,-early communication with Edin-
burgh by coach, 100; old bridge at, 103;
Rennie's proposed docks at, 205; Telford's
Bridge at, 466.
GLASGOW AND ARDROSSAN CANAL, 418.
GLASGOW and Carlisle road, 427.
GLENDINNING sheep farm, Eskdale, 292.
GLOUCESTER,-canal, 420; bridge, 464.
GOTHA CANAL, Sweden, 419.
GRAEMES, the border, 289.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, Robison's arti- GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, Scotland, 122.
EMIGRATION, Highland, 376.
GRAND CANAL OF IRELAND, 150.
ENGINEERING works of Holland, Smeaton's GRAND TRUNK CANAL, 149, 420.
inspection of, 14.
ENGINEERS, first club of, 79.
ENGINEERS, Institute of Civil, 474, 480, 491.
ESK, river, Dumfriesshire, 287.
ESKDALE,—description of, 287; early inha-
bitants, 288; modern, 290; farmers' houses
in, 299; Telford's poem on, 304, 329;
Telford revisits, 351; Libraries in, 492.
EYEMOUTH HARBOUR, 71.
GREAT Glen of Scotland, 375, 409.
GREAT Level of the Fens,-Rennie's drainage
of, 166; Telford's drainage of North Level,
467.
GREENLAND FISHERY, Peterhead, 393.
GREENOCK quays and docks, 214.
GRIMSBY Harbour and docks, 207.
HADDINGTON, 93, 100.
HALL, Captain BASIL, on the dangers of the
Bell Rock, 224.
HARBOUR construction, Rennie's principles of,
HARBOURS,-St. Ives, 63; Ramsgate, 65;
Aberdeen, 70, 205; Eyemouth, 71; Wick,
204, 390; Holyhead, 208; Howth and
Kingstown, 213; Charleston, 216; Folke-
stone, 391; Peterhead, 393; Frazerburgh,
397; Banff, 398; Aberdeen, 399; Dundee,
407.
HARECASTLE TUNNEL, 420.
HARRISON, JOHN, Leeds, 7.
HIGHLANDS and Lowlands, feuds between, 98.
HIGHLAND roads and bridges, 375; moral
results of Telford's Highland contracts, 389;
Highland harbours, 391.
HOBHOLE DRAIN, Lincolnshire, 162.
HOE at Plymouth, Smeaton on the, 42.
HOLLOW walls, Rennie's invention of, for sea
works, 207.
HOLMES, Mr., Smeaton's partner, 7.
HOLYHEAD,-harbour, 208; roads to, 434.
HORSE-LOAD, Smeaton's account of the, 5.
HOUSTON MILL, East Lothian, 107.
HOWARD, JOHN, philanthropist, visit to
Shrewsbury, 317.
HOWTH HARBOUR, 213.
HUDDART, Captain, Memoir of, 265.
HULL DOCKS, 213.
HUTCHESON BRIDGE, Glasgow, 208.
HYTHE MILITARY CANAL, 236.
IMPLEMENTS of husbandry, early Scotch, 104,
INDOLENCE of Scotch in eighteenth century,
INDIA DOCKS,-West, 197; East, 202.
INLAND NAVIGATION. (See Canals.)
INVERNESS, road communications, 379, 388.
IRELAND, transit to, by Holyhead, 208,
434; canals in, 150, 370.
IRON BRIDGES,-Rennie's, 175, 176, 187;
Telford's, 346, 359, 361, 387, 445, 452.
IRON MANUFACTURE, 337, 355.
IRON-WORK,-Smeaton and Murdock's use of
iron in mill work, 138; Rennie's, 139; in
roofing, 203; Telford's, in canal aqueducts
and locks, 346, 359, 361.
IRON VESSEL, the first constructed, 337.
ISLEWORTH BRIDGE, 177.
IVES, ST., Harbour, 63.
KEN BRIDGE, New Galloway, 177.
KENNET AND AVON CANAL, 144.
KINCARDINE Moss, drained by Meikle's ma-
chinery, 115.
KINCARDINE O'NEILL, ancient bridge at, 103.
KING'S LYNN, 167.
KINGSTOWN HARBOUR, 213.
KINLOCH, Mr., his improvements of the
thrashing machine, 110.
KINNEIL HOUSE, Boroughsto'ness, 61.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, in eighteenth century, 97.
LANG, OLIVER, first steam boat for royal navy
constructed by, 267.
LANCASTER CANAL, 148.
LANGHOLM, Eskdale, 287, 299, 301, 328,
351, 491.
LATHE, Smeaton's Turning, 77.
LEA, river, Rennie's plans for defence of
London, 235.
LEEDS,-in 1724, 4; grammar school, 7;
Wellington Bridge, 177.
LEGGING Harecastle Tunnel, 421.
LEITH Harbour and docks, 215.
LEVEL, Bedford,-Rennie's reports on, 166;
Telford's drainage of North, 467.
LEWIS, invention of the, 22.
LIGHTHOUSES,-Winstanley's on the Eddy-
stone, 16; Rudyerd's, 21; Smeaton's, 26;
on Spurn Point, 72; on the Scotch coasts,
224; on the Bell Rock, 225.
LIGHTING of the English Channel, 46.
LIGHTNING, Smeaton's protection of the Eddy-
stone Lighthouse against, 37.
LIMPLEY STOKE AQUEDUCT, 145.
LINCOLN Fens drained by Rennie, 152.
LINTON, East, 93, 119.
LITTLE FAMILY, Eskdale, 297, 328, 490.
LITTLEBOROUGH TUNNEL, 146.
LIVERPOOL,- Rennie's docks at, 204, 215;
Telford's notice of, 369; Mersey job at, 477.
LLANGOLLEN, canal works in vale of, 342.
LOCH, Mr., Inspector of Fisheries, his notice of
Rennie as a scholar, 123.
LOCHS, Caledonian Canal, 411.
LOCKS,-Rochdale Canal, 146; London Docks,
200; Ellesmere Canal, 361; Caledonian
Canal, 414.
LONDON,-Old Bridge, Smeaton's improve-
ments on, 53; London in 1785, 134; docks,
136; commerce of the port of, 195; East
and West India Docks, 197; Waterloo
Bridge, 178; Southwark Bridge, 187;
New London Bridge, 268; Telford's pro-
posed one-arched bridge at, 361.
LOSTWITHIEL CHURCH spire struck by light-
ning, Smeaton's paper on, 37.
LOTHIANS, farming in, 94, 107.
LOUIS XIV. anecdote of, and the Eddystone
Lighthouse, 23.
LOVET, Captain, lessee of Eddystone Lighthouse,
21, 26.
LUCKNOW BRIDGE, 177.
LUGWY, North Wales, road near, 439.
LUNE AQUEDUCT, 148.
LYONS, first iron bridge projected at, 355.
MILLS, -erected by Smeaton, 73; Houston
Mill, 107; Invergowrie, 125; Bonnington,
ib.; Albion, 129, 134; mills erected and
repaired by Rennie, 139; Rotherhithe, 235;
powder mills, Waltham, 237.
MINT MACHINERY, Rennie's, 139.
MONEY, Scarcity of, prevents improvements,
50, 59, 96, 172; Smeaton's estimate of,
80; Rennie's, 283; Telford's, 487.
MOORINGS for Royal navy, Rennie's, 238.
MORPETH BRIDGE, 433.
MUSSELBURGH Bridge, 174.
MACADAM, Mr., Roadmaker, 430.
MACCLESFIELD, Earl of, 26.
MACHINERY,—of Albion Mills, 137; of royal NANT FFRANCON, North Wales, road near,
dockyards, 238.
MALCOLM FAMILY, Eskdale, 287, 296, 482, NAPOLEON'S opinion of Plymouth Breakwater,
MAPS,-Smeaton's native district, 4; coast of
Devon and Cornwall, 15; Rennie's native
district, 93; Lincolnshire Fen district, 155;
Eau Brink Cut, 168; London and St.
Katherine Docks, 199; East and West India
Docks, 203; Holyhead Harbour, 210; pro-
posed Royal Docks at Northfleet, 244;
Sheerness Docks, 247; proposed Medway
improvement, 250; Plymouth Sound, 253;
Telford's native district, 288; Ellesmere
Canal, 340; Telford's Highland roads, 382;
Peterhead Harbour, 395; Banff Harbour,
398; Aberdeen Harbour, 404; Dundee
Harbour, 406; Caledonian Canal, 412;
Menai Straits, 444.
MARINER'S Compass, Smeaton's improvements
of, 12.
MARYKIRK, ancient bridge at, 103.
MAUD FOSTER DRAIN, Boston, 161.
MECHANICAL Work in Scotland, early state of,
104, 128.
MECHANICAL EDUCATION, advantages of, 122,
281, 330, 483.
MEDWAY improvement, Rennie's plan of, 250.
MEGGAT, valley of the, Eskdale, 292, 306.
MEIKLE, JAMES, millwright, 105.
MEIKLE, ANDREW,-miller at Houston Mill,
106; skill as a millwright, 109; takes out
patent for dressing grain, 109; invents the
thrashing machine, 111; improvements in
the sails of windmills, 114; his machinery
employed to drain Kincardine Moss, 115;
his odd mechanical contrivances, 116; his
death, 117.
MELVILLE, Lord, 257, 267.
MENAI STRAITS,-Rennie's design of a cast-
iron bridge across, 175; Telford's design,
445; construction of the Suspension Bridge,
MICKLE, translator of " Lusiad," 304.
MILITARY CANAL, Hythe, 236.
NAVY, Royal,-dockyards, 238; steam power
introduced in, 267.
NENE RIVER,-Smeaton's report on improve-
ment of, 52; new outfall constructed, 468.
NEPTUNE'S STAIRCASE, Caledonian Canal, 412.
NEUILLY, Peyronnet's bridge of, 178.
NEW GALLOWAY BRIDGE, 177.
NEW LONDON BRIDGE, 268.
NEWTON STEWART BRIDGE, 177.
NICHOLSON, PETER, pupil of Andrew Meikle,
117.
NITH, river, Dumfries, Smeaton's report, 50.
NORE, light at the, 48.
NORTHFLEET DOCKS, Rennie's plan of, 243.
NORTH LEVEL,-Smeaton's report on drainage
of, 52; Rennie's report, 165; Telford's
drainage of, 467.
ORKHILL on the Spey, ancient bridge at, 103.
OUSE, river, Rennie's improvement of outfall,
167.
OUTFALLS, Rennie's drainage by improved,
159; Eau Brink, 167; Nene, 468.
OWEN, ROBERT, on state of the Glasgow roads,
428.
OXFORD, Telford's visit to, 333.
PACK-HORSES, carriage by, 5, 99.
PAINE, THOMAS,- Rights of Man," 326;
his iron bridge, 357.
PAISLEY CANAL, 418.
PALMER'S mail-coaches, 135.
PARNELL, Sir H., and Welsh roads, 437.
PASLEY, family of, 297, 300, 308.
PATHHEAD BRIDGE, 433.
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