  - Aberbrothock Abbey, 238.
- Aberdeen Harbour, 130.
- Adam, Robert, architect, 78, 80, 97, 98.
- Adie, Alexander, optician, 51, 192.
- Admiralty Survey, appeal for, 199.
- —— Memoir of, 201.
- Airy, Sir G.B., 52.
- American Suspension Bridges, 163.
- Anderson, Dr., 5, 6.
- Anemometer, 257.
- Annan Bridge, 160.
- Ardrossan Harbour, 130.
- Argand lamps. See Lighthouse Illumination.
- Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh, origin of, 265.
- Backwater, value of, 131.
- Balance crane, 181, 182.
- Barclay, Dr. John, 119, 270.
- Barnbougle, foreshore, 241.
- Base line, measurement of, 196.
- Baxter, Mr., architect, 78.
- Beaufort, Sir F., 202.
- Bell Rock Lighthouse:—Dangers of the rock, 13, 15;
- ballad of Sir Ralph the Rover, 13, 274;
- “Account” of, 14;
- Mr. Stevenson’s design of 1800 for a stone tower, 16;
- improvements on Smeaton’s tower in design and arrangement of materials, 16–24;
- Bill of 1802–3 thrown out on financial grounds, 18;
- Mr. Telford and Mr. Rennie called in to support Mr. Stevenson’s design, 18;
- Act passed in 1806, 19;
- progress of the work, 25;
- attending boat breaks adrift, 27;
- life in the floating lightship, 31;
- boating between lightship and the rock, 37;
- Mr. Stevenson’s anxiety for the workmen, 39;
- Sunday work, 40;
- life in the barrack or beacon, 42;
- cranes invented for the work, 45, 181;
- bust of Engineer placed in the tower by the Lighthouse Board, 45;
- Sir Walter Scott’s visit to the tower, and lines inscribed in the album, 47;
- experiments on preservation of timber, 155;
- experiments on iron, 159;
- measurement of base line for ascertaining its distance from the shore, 196;
- cement rubble cofferdams used at, 252;
- observations on fog and fog signals, 254;
- Southey’s “Inchcape Rock,” 274.
- Benson, Mr. (Cov
sor, 7.
- Joseph, Samuel, R.A., 45.
- Kincaid, Mr., 246.
- Kinnairdhead Lighthouse, 5, 49, 196.
- Laing, S., 185, 195.
- Leach, Dr., 155.
- Leslie, Sir J., 51, 100.
- Lifeboats, 260.
- Lighthouse Illumination:—early modes of, 48;
- facet reflectors and lamps, 49;
- silvered copper reflectors and Argand lamps, 49;
- sliding lamp carriage, 51;
- coal lights, 53;
- distinctions among lights, 57;
- dioptric system, 62.
- Lightship lantern, Mr. Stevenson’s design for, 58, 59.
- Limnoria terebrans, ravages of, on timber, 155.
- Lipping of joints of masonry, 239.
- Loch Eil, 235.
- Locomotive engine, 124.
- Lockhart, J.G., 270.
- London and Edinburgh, railway between, 125.
- Low, Professor, 7.
- M’Adam, J.L., 66, 67, 70.
- Mackenzie, Murdoch, 138 et seq.
- Manby’s apparatus, 261, 262.
- Marine Surveying, 196;
- measurement of base line for Bell Rock, 196;
- fixing site of Kinnairdhead light, 196;
- appeal for Admiralty Survey, 199;
- history of Admiralty Survey, 201.
- Marjoribanks, Sir J., 89, 95.
- Marykirk Bridge, 69, 160, 239.
- Melville, Lord, 126, 168.
- —— Monument, Edinburgh, 238.
- Mersey, River: Reports on harbour and dock at Wallasey and the Dee, with connecting ship canal, 132–150;
- wasting effects of the sea at, 225.
- Montrose Bridge, 159, 240.
- —— church spire, 238.
- Mortar, hydraulic, 240.
- Moveable jib crane, 181, 182.
- Mowat, Mr., of Gardie, 190.
- Mullaghmore Harbour, 245.
- Neill, P., LL.D., 3, 12;
- Reports, 12.
- Design for the Bell Rock Lighthouse, personal superintendence of the work during its execution, and incidents connected therewith, 13–47;
- “Account” of, 14.
- Lighthouse illumination, improvements in, 49;
- sliding lamp carriage, 51;
- lighthouses in Scotland designed by, 56;
- invents distinctions for lighthouses, viz., flashing, intermittent, and double lights, 57;
- design for floating light lantern, 59;
- Report on dioptric system of illumination, 62.
- System of road making, 67–70;
- cast iron tracks for roads, 68;
- stone tracks, 71.
- Improvement of Edinburgh:—design for approaches from the east by Regent and London Roads, and opening up access to Calton Hill, 74;
- Report on sites for new Jail and Court of Justiciary and buildings in Waterloo Place, 77;
- building plan for eastern district of Edinburgh, 90;
- improvement of accesses from the north and west and from Granton, 90;
- visit to the jails of England, 91;
- Old Tolbooth Prison, 91;
- Report on removal of University buildings, 95.
- Ferries:—Reports on, illustrated by those of the Tay, 102;
- Reports on various ferries, 108.
- Report on canals on one level without lockage, 111;
- Reports on railways, 112;
- uniform gauge, etc., proposed for railways, 126;
- notes on railways for the Highland and Agricultural Society, 127;
- description of permanent way, 128.
- Harbours and Rivers:—Reports on, 130;
- Tees navigation, 131;
- Reports on harbour and wet docks at Birkenhead, and harbour at Helbre on the Dee with connecting ship canal, 132–150;
- Tay river improvements, 151.
- Preservation of timber:—experiments on, 154;
- preservation of iron, 159.
- Bridges:—designs for Marykirk, Annan, Stirling, and Hutcheson stone bridges, 160;
- design for high level road bridge at Newcastle, 161;
- bridge of built planks, 161;
- new form of suspension bridge, 162, 165.
- Design for Wolf Rock Lighthouse, 168.
- Design for Carr Rock Beacon, 177;
- proposal to use the tide for tolling a bell or sounding a whistle, 178.
- Invents the moveable jib and balance cranes, 181.
- Fisheries:—notes on the Scotch, 184;
- origin of the Shetland herring fishery, 189;
- suggestion for using the sympiesometer as a storm warning, 91;
- experiments on air sacs of fishes, 194.
- Marine survey, 196;
- measurement of base line, 196;
- mode of ascertaining positions of lighthouses, 196;
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AT THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS.
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