Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III

Mauretania's, II., 41. Scotch single-ended, II., 31. Yarrow water-tube, II., 32. Boom across Portsmouth Harbour, I., 425. Bo’sun’s stool at work, II., 443. Brakes: Self-releasing, II., 291. Vacuum automatic railway : Air ejector, II., 247. Carriage fitted with brake, II., 247. Cylinders, II., 246, 249. Valve, guard’s van and rapid acting, II., 248. Westinghouse air : Principle explained, 250. Triple valve, II., 249. Breakwaters : Dover, III., 72, 73. Fishguard, I., 177. South Shields, III., 68. Vera Cruz, III., 75, 76, 77. BRIDGES: Development : Application of load, 1., 103. Continuous beam, I., 103. Girder, plate, I., 104. Bow-string, I., 104, 106. Truss—“ king ” and “ queen,” I., 105 ; lattice, 106 ; Warren, 105. Suspension bridge, I., 106. Cantilever bridge, I., 107. Arch bridges : Grand Trunk Railway, Niagara Falls, III., 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 284, 286. Henry Hudson Memorial, II., 276. Manhattan Valley, II., 275. Niagara Falls and Clifton, III., 285. Roman, over Danube, I., 19. St. Louis, IL, 166, 167, 168, 171. Severn, for Birmingham aqueduct, III., 177. Walnut Lane, Philadelphia, IL, 275. Washington, II., 275. Zambesi, I., 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100. Cantilever : Blackwell’s Island, II., 271, 272, 273, 274. Forth, I., 321, 322, 324, 326, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 337 (in London). Switchback canyon, I., 31. Scherzer rolling lift, IL, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49. Suspension : Brooklyn, II., 260, 261. Manhattan, II., 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271. Menai, I., 144, 145. Williamsburgh, IL, 257, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266. Swing : Barton, aqueduct, I., 163. Transporter: Ancient, I., 288. Marseilles, I., 294. Middlesborough, I., 288. Nantes, I., 292, 293. Newport, L, 291. Portugaleti, L, 290. Rouen, I., 290. Runcorn, I., 295, 296, 298, 299 ; car, I., 286. Trestle: Cascade, California, III., 144. Lucin cut-off, III., 137, 140, 141. Papio valley, III., 134. Trans-Siberian Railway, TIL, 95. Uganda Railway, II., 61. Tubular: Britannia, I., 142, 146, 151, 152. Victoria (old), L, 206, 208, 211. Various : Cape to Cairo Railway bridges, II., 154. El Koye, L, 338. Irlam, Manchester Ship Canal, I., 166. New Victoria, L, 205. Rhodesia Railway bridges, XI., 161. Salisbury, II., 53. Saltash, L, 34, 36-40. Sittang, Burma, II., 433-437. Tel-el-Shihab, I., 343. Uganda Railway bridges, II., 61. Vadi Ptil, Hedjaz Railway, I., 349. Volga, III., 82. Warburton, Manchester Ship Canal, I., 166. White’s Creek, Canadian Pacific Railway, I. 278. Britannia Tower, I., 150. Broken Hill, Cape to Cairo Railway, IL, 160. Brooke sounder, II., 279. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, I., 35. Brunel, Marc Isambard, I., 182. Buoys for submarine cable, see “ Cables, Buoys.” C CABLES, SUBMARINE: Conductors and complete cables : First Atlantic cable deep-sea type, II., 285. First Atlantic cable shore-end, II., 285. 1865 Atlantic cable main type, II., 365. 1866 Atlantic cable shore-end, II., 368. Types of electrical conductors, III., 357. Typical Atlantic cable core, III., 359. Modern Atlantic cable types, III., 361. Manufacture : Putting sheathing on cable, II., 284. Coiling cable in factory tanks, II., 286. Stranding machine, III., 358. Gutta-percha covering machine, III., 358. Surveying, etc. : Brooke sounder for obtaining samples of the ocean bed, IL, 279. Cable aboard ship : Coiling cable in hold of Great Eastern, IL, 367. Cable coiled in Great Eastern, III., 366. Paying-out machinery, etc. : Principle of self-releasing brake, II., 291. Principle of Bright’s paying-out gear II., 292. Bright’s paying-out gear on Aga- memnon, II., 294. Drum and brake, III., 367. Fleeting knives, III., 367. Modern dynamometer gear, III., 368. Bright’s holding-back gear, III., 3G8. Friction table on Dacia, III., 368. General arrangement of paying-out gear on Great Eastern, III., 366. Picking-up machine used for re- covering the 1865 Atlantic cable, II., 369. Under-running first Atlantic cable off Valencia, IL, 290. [ 404 ] Diagram to explain how 1865 cable was brought up, II., 372. Great Eastern picking up the 1865 cable, II., 373. Büoys : Balloon buoys, III., 371. Buoys, grapnels, etc., used on I860 expedition, II., 369. End of cable buoyed, III., 369. Unshackling a buoy, III., 370. Landing cable : Hauling cable ashore by steam, III., 371. Landing Irish end of the first Atlantic cable at Valencia, II., 288. Landing American end of the first Atlantic cable in Trinity Bay, II., 361. Silvertown landing shore-end, III., 372. Splicing : Preparations for slipping splice out from stern, III., 372. Slipping bight at bows, III., 373. Preparing to let go final splice, III., 374. Letting go final bight, III., 374. Stations, testing apparatus, etc. : Commercial Company’s station at Waterville, III., 376. Reflecting galvanometer, II., 293. Small testing hut, TIL, 370. Stations in Newfoundland, primitive, II., 278, 362. Testing room on Colonia, III., 375. Telegr aph ships : Colonia, III., 363. Faraday, III., 363. Iris, III., 364. Silvertown, III., 365. Telconia, III., 364. Cable-laying ships : see above. Cableways : Beachy Head, L, 382, 383. Famatina (in Andes), I., 120, 125, 126, 127. Various systems explained, I., 128. Zambesi Bridge, I., 96. Caissons : Dock gate, II., 186. Double deck for Hudson River tubes, II., 112. Forth Bridge, I., 326, 328. Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel shafts, IL, 116. Rotherhithe Tunnel, I., 53, 54. St. Louis Bridge, II., 165. Thames Tunnel shaft, I., 184. Victoria Bridge piers, L, 207. “ Camels ” for ship salvage work, I., 43. CANALS: Irrigation : Bari Doab, III., 240. Ganges, III., 239, 241, 242. Gunnison, II., 96. Okanogan, II., 86. Salt River, II., 100. Shoshone, II., 101. Sirhind, III., 238. Truckee Carson, II., 91, 92. Yellowstone, II., 91. Navigation : Manchester Ship, I., 152-171. Panama, II., 129-149. Suez, I., 241-256. Cantilevers : Blackwell’s Island, II., 272, 273, 274. Forth Bridge, I., 332, 333, 335, 336. Grand Trunk Railway Arch Bridge, III., 281, 282.