ensworth, Earl of, 46, 82.

Rennie, Messrs., C.E., 123, 171, 173, 325.

Road locomotion,
Cugnot's steam-carriage, 64;
Evans and Symington's, 65;
Trevithick's, 67;
George Stephenson on, 113.

Robertson, Andrew, schoolmaster, 24, 28.

Robins, anecdote of George Stephenson and the, 265.

Robison, Dr., his idea of a Locomotive, 64.

"Rocket," the,
its construction, 210;
arrangements of, 212;
wins the prize of 500 pounds, 218.

Roscoe, Mr., his farm on Chat Moss, 169, 174, 176.

Ross, A. M., Engineer, 360.

Royal Border Bridge, Berwick, 311.

Rutter's School, Benton, 50, 55.

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SAFETY-LAMP, Dr. Clanny's, 92;
Stephenson's first lamp, 94;
second lamp, 99;
third lamp, 100;
Sir H. Davy's paper, 92;
his lamp, 101;
the safety-lamp controversy, 102;
the Davy and Stephenson testimonials, 104-6;
comparative merits of the Davy and "Geordy" lamps, 107-8.

Sailing-waggons on tram-roads, 63.

"Samson" Locomotive, 227.

Sandars, Joseph, Liverpool, 147, 149, 154.

Sankey Viaduct, 185.

"Sanspareil" Locomotive, Tim Hackworth's, 214, 216, 218.

Sea, the force of, 321, 323.

Seguin, Mr., C.E., his tubular boiler, 210.

Self-acting incline, 61.

Sibthorpe, Colonel, on Railways, 231, 274.

Simplon Road, Midland Railway compared with, 257.

Snibston Colliery purchased by George Stephenson, 234.

Sopwith, Mr., C.E., 96, 297.

Spanish Railway, George Stephenson's survey of, 298.

Speed, railway,
on Middleton Railway, 72;
Wylam, 80;
Killingworth, 85, 156;
Coxlodge, 80;
Stockton and Darlington, 143;
G. Stephenson before Committee of House of Commons on, 282.

Speed of engines tried at Rainhill, 214-19;
of the "Northumbrian," 224;
George Stephenson's views on, 282.

Spur-gear, locomotive, 83.

Staiths, coal, 10.

Stationary-engine power, 118, 129, 135, 203, 205.

Statues of George Stephenson, 354.

Steam-blast, invention of, 85, 208-11.

Steam-springs, G. Stephenson's, 112.

Stephenson family, the, 15, 17, 19, 21, 39;
"Old Bob," 14, 15, 39, 55.

Stephenson, George, birth and parentage, 13, 15;
employed as herd-boy, makes clay engines, 16, 17;
plough-boy; drives the gin-horse, 18;
assistant-fireman, 19;
fireman, 21;
engineman--study of the steam-engine, 22;
his schoolmaster