Llynvi Valley Railway, 89
Locke, Joseph, 62, 74.
His address on the death of Mr. Brunel, 521
Locomotive power, comparison of, with stationary power, 142, 166
Loughor, opening bridge at, 197

Maidenhead bridge, 96, 173
Masonry, bridges in, 172
Maudslay and Field, 15, 148, 236, 284
Milford Haven, 88, 443
Monkwearmouth, docks at, 417, 418
Moulsford, bridge at, 174

Nasmyth, James, his steam hammer designed, 252 note¹.
Letter to, on gunnery experiments, 452
Neath, improvement of river, 438 note¹
Newport viaduct, 185, 199
Neyland, pier at, 443

Ocean steam navigation, Mr. Brunel’s connection with, 231, 313
Opening bridges, 195
Oxford, Mr. Brunel created a Doctor in Civil Law at, 516
Oxford and Rugby extension of the Great Western Railway, 90, 116
Oxford branch of the Great Western Railway, 86
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, 90, 116

Paddington station, 84
Paris Exhibition of 1855, letter on decorations conferred at, 489
Parkes, Dr., medical superintendent of Renkioi Hospital, 468.
Report of, on hospital buildings, 468
Patent laws, Mr. Brunel’s opinions on the, 212 note,¹ 450, 451, 454, 485, 489, 497
Patterson, W., 234, 247, 263
Paxton, Sir Joseph, his design for the Great Exhibition building, 447
Permanent way on the Great Western Railway, 108, 535
Plymouth Great Western Docks, 433
Polygonal rifle, 449
Portishead, proposed pier at, 426
Prince Consort, H.R.H. the, opens the Royal Albert Bridge, 226.
Present at floating of the ‘Great Britain,’ 259
Private life of Mr. Brunel, 499.
Early reminiscences, 500.
Removal to Duke Street, and marriage, 505.
His taste in art, 506.
First journey to Italy, 508.
Half-sovereign accident, 511.
Purchase of property in Devonshire, 514.
Life at Watcombe, 515.
Failing health, 516.
Journeys to Switzerland and Egypt, 516.
Letter from Philæ, 517.
His last illness, 520

Quaker’s Yard, viaduct at, 89

Railways, sketch of, in England prior to 1833, 61.
Extent of Mr. Brunel’s, 79.
Great Western, 80.
Branches to Oxford, 86.
Windsor, 86.
Wycombe, 86.
Uxbridge, 86.
Henley, 86.
Brentford, 86.
Bristol and Exeter Railway, 86.
South Devon, 87.
South Devon and Tavistock, 87.
Cornwall, 87.
Branch lines now incorporated with Great Western Railway:
Berks and Hants, 88.
Wilts and Somerset, 88.
Cheltenham and Great Western Union, 88.
Gloucester and Dean Forest, 88.
The South Wales, 88.
The Taff Vale, 89.
The Vale of Neath, 89.
The Llynvi Valley, 89.
The South Wales Mineral, 89.
Bristol and South Wales Union, 90.
Bristol and Gloucester, 90.
The Oxford and Rugby, 90.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 90.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 90.
Ireland, 90.
Italy, 91.
India (Eastern Bengal), 91
Railway Structures, letter on the Royal Commission on the Application of Iron to, 192, 486
‘Rattler’ steam-ship, trials with the, 287
Rendel, J. M., 211, 433
Renkioi, hospital buildings at, 461.
Description of the buildings, 463.
Dr. Parkes’s report on the formation and general management of the hospital, 468
Rennie, G. and J., 148
Richards, Westley, letters to, on polygonal rifle, 450
Riveting, experiments on, 194, 228
Ropes and chains, experiments on, 228
Rotherhithe shaft of the Thames Tunnel, construction of the, 9
Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, 211.
Plans for crossing the river Tamar at Saltash, 211.
Trial cylinder for centre pier, 213.
Report on making bridge for a single line, 214.
Mode of construction of centre pier, 214.
Description of superstructure, 218.
Floating of first truss, 221.
Lifting of first truss, 224.
Floating and lifting of second truss, 225.
Opening by H.R.H. the Prince Consort, 226
Royal Society, 516 note¹
Russell, J. Scott, builds the ‘Victoria’ and ‘Adelaide,’ 290.
Assists Mr. Brunel in maturing designs of the ‘Great Eastern,’ 291, 292, 297.
Letter to, on the form and dimensions of the ship, 294.
Tender accepted for hull and paddle-engines, 301

St. Mary’s viaduct, 181
St. Pinnock viaduct, 186
Saltash bridge. See Royal Albert Bridge
Samuda, J., 131, 134, 148, 160
Saunders, C. A., 92, 117, 119
Screw propeller, the, adopted for the ‘Great Britain,’ 254.
Communications on, with the Board of Admiralty, 283.
Trials with the ‘Polyphemus,’ 284.
With the ‘Rattler,’ 287.
Report recommending adoption of, 539
Shield, Thames Tunnel, the, 11, 12
‘Sirius’ steam-ship, 241
Skew bridges, 177
Smith, F. P., the screw propeller, 253, 287.
Consulted by Mr. Brunel on the ‘Great Eastern,’ 297, 298
Smith, Sir F., member of the Gauge Commission, 117
Smyth, C. Piazzi, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, correspondence with Mr. Brunel on astronomical instruments for the ‘Great Eastern,’ 322
Sonning Cutting brickwork bridge, 175.
Timber bridge, 179
South Devon and Tavistock Railway, 87.
Viaducts, 188
South Devon Railway, 87.
Course of the line, 132.
Atmospheric System adopted on the, 138.
Viaducts, 182
South Wales Mineral Railway, 89
South Wales Railway, 88.
Viaducts, 183, 194
Standard drawings, 172 note²
Stationary and locomotive power, comparison of, 142, 166
Statue of Mr. Brunel, 520 note¹
Stephenson, George, 61, 62, 70, 74, 99
Stephenson, Robert, 62, 106, 107, 134
Atmospheric System, 136, 137 note¹, 138, 144.
Conway and Britannia bridges, 221, 223.
Launch of the ‘Great Eastern,’ 375, 376, 377, 378, 384 note¹, 485, 516, 517, 521
Stonehouse viaduct, 181

Taff Vale Railway, 89, 104 note¹
Tamar, plans for crossing the river, 5 note², 46, 211
Telford, T., appointed referee to decide upon the plans for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, 51.
Rejects Mr. Brunel’s plan, 51.
Designs one himself, 52.
His plan described, 52
Thames Tunnel, project of, first occupies Sir Isambard Brunel’s attention, 5.
Plans suggested for the construction of a tunnel, 6.
Borings, 7.
Remarks on borings, 8 note¹.
Commencement of the work, 9.
Construction of the Rotherhithe shaft, 9.
Description of the shield, 12.
Journals of Sir I. Brunel of the progress of the work, 10, 11, 16.
Mr. Brunel appointed resident engineer of, 25 note¹.
First irruption of the river, 29.
Second irruption, 35.
Works suspended, 37.
Resumed, 38.
The Wapping shaft, 38.
Completed and opened, 39.
Its subsequent history, 39 note¹
Thompson, Dr. Seth.
Letter on the half-sovereign accident, 511
Timber bridges and viaducts, 179
Timber, experiments on strength of, 182, 227
Torquay branch of the South Devon Railway, 87
Trussed bridges, 199

Uxbridge branch of the Great Western Railway, 86

Vale of Neath Railway, 89.
Viaducts, 171
Vick, Alderman William, his bequest for a bridge at Clifton, 47
‘Victoria’ steam-ship, built under Mr. Brunel’s direction, 290
Vignoles, C., 74

Walker, J., 107
Walkham viaduct, 189
Wapping shaft of the Thames Tunnel, construction of the, 38
Watcombe, Mr. Brunel’s life at, 514
Watt, James & Co., 148.
Tender accepted for screw engines of the ‘Great Eastern,’ 301
West Cornwall Railway, 87.
Viaducts, 189
Westminster Abbey, memorial window in, 520 note¹
Wilts and Somerset Railway, 88
Windsor branch of the Great Western Railway, 86
Windsor bridge, 200.
Description of superstructure, 200.
Mode of forming piers, 201
Wire gun, 453
Witness, Mr. Brunel’s reputation as a, 69, 93, 505
Wood, Nicholas, 101.
Report on broad gauge and permanent way, 107
Wrought-iron bridges, 192
Wrought-iron girder, experiments on, 193
Wyatt, Sir M. D., 84
Wycombe extension of the Great Western Railway, 86