Beaumont, Mr., his wooden waggon-ways,5.
Belgium, G. Stephenson’s visit to,296.
Benton Colliery and village,44,47,51,61.
Berwick Royal Border Bridge,311.
Birds and bird-nesting,15,17,25,58,353,375.
Birmingham and Derby Railway,268.
Bishop Auckland coal-field,123.
Black Callerton,18,26,29,32.
Blackett, Mr., Wylam,13,74.
Blast, invention of the Steam,85,208,211.
Blenkinsop’s Locomotive,72,80.
Blisworth Cutting,243.
Boiler, multi-tubular,210.
Booth, Henry, Liverpool,210,222.
Bradshaw, Mr., opposes Liverpool and Manchester line,155.
Braithwaite, Isaac, Locomotive,214,230.
Brakeing coal-engine,27,36,40.
Brandling, Messrs.,105,312.
Brandreth’s Locomotive, “Cycloped,”214.
Bridges, Railway, on Liverpool line,185;improved bridges,310–19;tubular bridges,326–40,360.
Bridgewater Canal monopoly,147,157.
Britannia Tubular Bridge,339.
British Association Meeting at Newcastle,279.
Brougham, Mr. William, counsel on Liverpool and Manchester Bill,158,160.
Bruce’s School, Newcastle,53,59.
Brunel, I. K.,230,304,367.
Brunton’s Locomotive,73.
Brussels, railway celebrations at,267.
Brusselton incline,135.
Buckland, Dr.,350.
Bullbridge, Ambergate,260.
Burstall’s Locomotive, “Perseverance,”214,218.
CallertonColliery and village,18,26,29,32.
Canal opposition to Railways,146,157,238.
Cartagena, R. Stephenson at,200.
Chapman’s Locomotive,73.
Characteristics of the Stephensons,368–80.
Chat Moss, William James’s attempted Survey,151;Mr. Harrison’s speech,166;evidence of Francis Giles, C.E.,167;Mr. Alderson’s speech,168;description of,174;construction of Railway over,177.
Chester and Birkenhead Railway,286.
Chester and Holyhead Railway,320.
Chesterfield,279,283.
Clanny, Dr., his safety-lamp,92.
Clark, Edwin, C.E.,331,335,338.
Clay Cross Colliery, G. Stephenson leases,277.
Clegg and Samuda’s Atmospheric Railway,287.
Clephan, Mr., description of first railway traffic,140.
Cleveland, Duke of, and Stockton and Darlington Railway,125.
Clock-mending and cleaning,35,51,345.
Coach, first railway,139.
Coal trade,3,11;staiths,10;haulage, early expedients for,5,7,63,143;traffic by Railway,138,276;mining, George Stephenson’s adventures in,234,277;theory of formation of,351.
Coalbrookdale, rails early cast at,6.
Coe, Wm., fellow workman of G. Stephenson,21,26,31.
Coffin, Sir I.,172.
Colliery districts,1–4;machinery and workmen,7–11.
Colombia, mining association of,193;Robert Stephenson’s residence in,196.
Contractors, railway,229,249.
Conway, tubular bridge at,334.
Cooper, Sir Astley, Robert Stephenson’s interview with,238.
Crich Lime-works, Ambergate,278.
Cropper, Isaac, Liverpool,187,217.
Cugnot’s steam-carriage,64–6.
Curr, John, his cast-iron Railway at Sheffield,6.
Cuttings, railway,Tring,242;Blisworth,243;Ambergate,259;Oakenshaw and Normanton,259.
“Cycloped” Locomotive,214.
Darlingtonand Stockton Railway,123,136.
Davy, Sir Humphry,his description of Trevithick’s steam-carriage,68;his paper on fire-damp in mines,92;his safety-lamp,101–3;testimonial,104.
Denman, Lord,345.
Derby, Earl of,172.
Dewley Burn Colliery,16.
Direct lines, mania for,292.
Dixon, John, C.E.,assists in survey of Stockton and Darlington line,136;assistant engineer, Liverpool and Manchester Railway,175–9.
Dodds, Ralph, Killingworth,42–4,50,86.
Drayton Manor, George Stephenson’s visit to,349.
Dutton Viaduct,254.
Durham, Earl of,SeeLambton.
East CoastRailway to Scotland,306–9.
Edgworth, Mr.,sailing-waggons,63;advocacy of Railways,148.
Edinburgh University, Robert Stephenson at,121.
Education,George Stephenson’s self-education,24,47;Robert Stephenson’s,50,121;George Stephenson’s ideas of,191,281.
Egg-hatching by artificial heat,23,344.
Egyptian Tubular Bridges, Robert Stephenson’s,357.
Emerson, George Stephenson’s meeting with,353.
Emigration, George Stephenson contemplates,40,116.
Engine, study of,22,62,78,80.
Ericsson, Mr., engineer,204,214.
Estimates, railway,165,249.
“Experiment,” the first railway coach,139.
Explosion of fire-damp,89.
Evans’s steam-carriage,65.
Fairbairn, Wm., C.E.,28;at Percy Main Colliery,34;experiments on iron tubes,328–30.
Fire-damp, explosions of,89.
Fixed-engine power,118,129,135,203,205.
Floating road, Chat Moss,176.
Floating Conway and Britannia Tubes,332.
Follett, Sir Wm.,350.
Forth-street Works, Newcastle,132,193.
Foster, Jonathan, Wylam.75,77,80,310.
Franklin’s lightning experiment repeated by Robert Stephenson,56.
Free trade, George Stephenson’s views on,379.
Friction on common roads and Railways,113.
Gardening, George Stephenson’s pursuits in,58,342.
Gateshead,4,314.
Gauge of Railways,134,304.
“Geordy” safety-lamp, invention of,93.
Giles, Francis, C.E.,167,174,230.
Gooch, F. L., C.E.,188,190,220,336,371.
Gradients, George Stephenson’s views on,115,284.
Grand Allies, Killingworth,41,46.,, Junction Railway,230,253.,, Trunk Railway, Canada,359.
Gray, Robert,24,36,376.
Gray, Thomas,148.
Great Western Railway,230,232,304.
Hackworth, Timothy, his engine “Sanspareil,”214,216,218.
Half-lap joint, G. Stephenson’s,111.
Harrison, Mr., barrister,160,166.
Hawthorn, Robert, C.E.,22.
Heating surface in Locomotives,208,209.
Hedley, William, Wylam,77.
Henderson, Fanny,32.
Heppel, Kit,42,45.
Hetton Railway,117.
High Level Bridge, Newcastle,2,312.,, Street House, Wylam,14.
Holyhead, Railway to,320.
Howick, Lord, and the Northumberland Atmospheric Railway,307,309.
Hudson, George, the Railway King,291,312.
Huskisson, Mr., M.P.,and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,172;killed at its opening,223.
Hydraulic presses at the Britannia Bridge,237.
Inclines, self-acting,9,61.
Iron railway bridges,312,325.