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Railroads —

Kilmarnock - 586

Kingston - - 587

Leeds and Selby 589Leicester and

Swannington - . 589Leipsic and

Dresden - 292

Liverpool andManchester - 589

Llanelly - - 589 Llanfihangel - 586 London

and Bir­ mingham - 590

London and

Croydon - 592

London and

Greenwich - 589

Long Island - 302

Lothian, West - 587

Magdeburg - 292

Malines to

Ostend - - 292

Malines to

Prussia ■ - 292

Mamhilad - - 587

Manchester and

Birmingham - 591

Manheim - - 292

Mansfield and

Pinxton - 587Monkland andKirkintilloch - 587

Monmouth - 586

Montpellier andCette - - 292

Mulhausen andTham - - 292

Nantle - - 588

Newcastle and

Carlisle - - 590

Newcastle and

Darlington - 590

Norwich andWorcester - 302

Nurembourg

and Furth - 292

Oystermouth - 586

Paris and Orleans 292Paris and Rouen 292 Penrhynmaur - 587

Philadelphia andErie - - 300

Plymouth andDartmouth - 587Portland - - 580

Portsmouth and

Pensacola 300

Preston andWyre - - 592

Providence andStonington - 302

Redruth and

Chasewater - 587

Richmond andCovington - 301

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Rouen and Havre 292

Rumney - - 587

Severn and Wye 586

Sirhowey - - 586

Stevens, St., andLyons - - 292

Stockton andDarlington - 587

Strasburgh - 292

Stratford and

Moreton - 587

Surrey - - 586

Union, North - 592

Versailles - - 292

Vienna and

Gloggnitz - 292

Warrington and

Newton - 589Western, Great - 591

Western, South- 591Wishaw and

Coltness - 589

York and Albany 302Ramming earth - 897

Rams, hydraulic - 1109

-, at Marly - 1162

-, Montgolfier’s - 954

-, siphon - - 1161

-, suction - 1161, 1566

Ratchet lever - - 982

Ravenna - 206

Receptaculum for

water - 172

Recipiangle - - 864

Recoil escapements - 983

Rectangle reduced totriangles - - 878

Rectilinear figuresand motion 202, 880, 883Reflected light - - 243

. circle - - 809

Regemont, M. - - 246

Regular solids - 778

Regulator box - 1274Rennie’s, George, ex-periments - - 1026

-, Buchanan - 1002

Repeating circle - 810

Repose - - - 916

Reptiles - 621

Reservoirs - - 60

-for baths - 123

-of locks - - 1557

Resin - - - 728

Resistance of materials 1026Rhedas . - - 1015

Ridge and hip tiles - 711

Riding-house at

Moscow - - 1335

Right and obliquecylinders - - 780

Rimini - 206

Ring, circular - - 875

_, cylindrical 749. 890

Risban at Dunkerque 2175 n 2

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Rivers, Alabama , &c. 293

-, origin of- - 638

-, method t>f

crossing 66, 67-, the Rhone, &c. 642

■ , walls - - 1525

Riveting - - 1035

Rocks , Kell oway - 628-, Ludlow - - 632

- Plutonic - - 634

-, Quartz - - 653

—, Yaredale - 631

Roads, in France - 216

--, Roman - 149. 523

■ , laid out by

Perronet - 267

- , materials for

making - 150

-, names of- - 151

-, parish - - 524

- - , specifications for

making - 526

-, timber - - 516

Rollers, eccentric - 1261-, friction - - 952

- , spherical for

bridges - 1392Roman cities andtowns, walls,towers, &c. 84, 85

-- wall at Hartle-pool - - 333

Rondelet’s .table ofthe strength of oak 1294Roofs trussed with iron 1332

«-ball room,

Brussels - 1327• Christ Church

Hall - - 1318

-Crosby Hall - 1318

-El tham Hall - 1317

- Hampton Court 1318

-James’s, St.

church - 1332

-Louvais - - 1322

-Mansard ’s - 1319

- Odeon - - 1331

-of large span - 1344

-of timber- - 1332

-Opera des Arts 1328

■-Palais Royal - 1322

-Pantheon, Paris 1327

- Paul, St., Rome 1329

- Riding house,

Moscow 1329. 1335.- - Theatre of Bor-

deaux - - 1324

-Theatre Italian,

Paris - - 1326

- St. Martin 1323

— — , tie-beams, expe-riments on - 1319

-with hozirontal

ties - - 1334

Rope ladders - - 1569

-, rigidity of - 1418