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Handbook of Birmingham

Part 5 — INDEX.

Reading edition

Almshouses, xvi., xvii., xix.

Architecture, 118

Art Gallery, xiii.

Art Gallery Purchase Fund, xviii.

Art, School of, xviii.

Artists (Local), 132

Cox, David, 128

Jones, E. Burne, 131

Mason, Geo., 130

Aston Hall, 126

Baskerville, John, 9

Baths and Parks, xi.

Botany—

Algæ, 335

Flowering Plants, Ferns, etc. of Warwickshire, 316

Worcestershire, 320

Staffordshire, 327

Fungi, 339

Hepaticæ, 333

Ick, Wm., 313

Introductory remarks, 311

Lichens, 333

Mosses of Warwickshire, 331

Worcestershire, 332

Staffordshire, 333

Perry, W. G., 313

Purton, Tho., 312

Students’ Garden, 315

Withering, Wm., 312

Botanical Gardens, 357

Boulton, M., 10

Chamberlain, J. H., 52, 57, 125

Charitable Institutions—

Blind Institution, 93

Children’s Hospital, 88

Deaf and Dumb, 92

Dental Hospital, 89

Dispensary, 85

Ear and Throat Hospital, 89

Eye Hospital, 86

General Hospital, 81

Homœopathic Hospital, 90

Lying-in Charity, 87

Orthopædic Hospital, 86

Queen’s Hospital, 83

Sanatorium, 90

Skin and Lock Hospital, 91

Women’s Hospital, 91

Clubs, xx.

Contributors, v.

Corporation, History of, ix.

Corporation Land, xiv.

Cotton Spinning, 9

Coventry Industries—

Artistic Work in Metal, 370

Bradford Stuff Manufacture, 368

Coach Lace, etc., 368

Cotton Spinning and Weaving, 367

Cycle Manufacture, 369

Elastic Web, 367

Ribbon Trade, 366

Silk Dyeing, 368

Trimming Trade, 369

Watch Manufacturing, 368

Dawson, Geo., 112, 133

Debating Societies, 74, 79

Deritend Chapel, 5

Dickens, Ch., 78

Directories, 9

Drainage Board, 14

Dudley Trust, xviii.

Ecclesiastical—

Aston, Parish of, 94, 102

Baptists, 107, 116

Birmingham, Parish of, 94

Burial Grounds, 117

Cemeteries, 117

Chapels, 106

Churches, 94

Congregationalists, 109, 113, 116

Dissenters—see Nonconformists, 105

Edgbaston, Parish of, 94, 101

Friends, Society of, 110, 116

Jewish Synagogue, 112

Methodists, 111, 113, 116

Nonconformist Churches and Chapels, 105

Parishes of the Borough, 94

Presbyterians, 112

Quakers (see Friends), 110, 116

Roman Catholics, 113, 116

Swedenborgians, 113

Unitarians, 106, 116

Wesleyans, 110, 116

Elementary Education, 58

Religious Education and Voluntary Schools, 60

Technical School, 59

Free Libraries, xviii.

Gas and Water Companies, xiii.

Geology & Physiography—

Abberley, 218

Anticlinal, 217

Archæan Rocks, 222

Arden, Forest of, 216

Arenig Rocks, 240

Atherstone, 225, 256

Aymestry Limestone, 230

Axes of Elevation, 214, 217

Bala Rocks, 240

Bangham Pit, 236

Barnt Green, 213, 226

Barr Beacon, 214, 240

Barr, Great, 214, 227, 240

Barr Limestone, 228

Bibliography of Birmingham Geology, 263, 265

Birmingham Plateau, 215

Black Country, 213, 216, 232

Boulder Clay, 248, 253

Boulder Clay, lower, 249

Boulder Clay, upper, 249, 252

Brazil Wood, 256

Breccia, Volcanic, 235

Bridgnorth, 238

Bromsgrove, 242

Brooch Coal, 231

Budleigh Salterton, 237

Bunter, 237, 250

Caldecote, Volcanic Rocks of, 223, 225

California, 241, 249

Cambrian Rocks, 218, 221, 224-227

Cannock Chase, 213, 232, 239

Caradoc Rocks, 240

Carboniferous Rocks, 218, 221, 230-234

Carboniferous Limestone, 230, 234, 241

Charnwood Forest, 217, 221

Charnwood Forest, Rocks of, 223, 256

Chilvers Coton, 226

Clent Hills, 214, 236, 253

Coalfield, Forest of Wyre, 218, 230, 234

Coalbrookdale, 218, 230, 234

Coalfield, South Staffordshire, 218, 227, 230

Coal Measures, 218, 230, 234

Coal, 260

Coalfield, Coalbrookdale, 234

Coalfield, Warwickshire, 234

Copt Heath, 248

Croft, 224

Crystalline Rocks, 221

Devonian Rocks, 241

Drainage of Mines, 262

Dost Hill, 226

Droitwich, 243

Dudley, 214, 216, 218, 227, 230, 234

Dudley, Limestone of, 229, 261

Edge Hill, 245

Edgbaston, 215

Enderby, 224

Enville, 235

Erratic Blocks, 249, 251

Fenny Compton, 245

Fire Clay, 260

Fossils, Cambrian, 224, 227

Carboniferous, 233, 241

Devonian, 241

Lias, 245

Ordovician, 240

Post Tertiary, 252

Rhætic, 247

Silurian, 228, 240

Trias, 241

Fundamental Rocks, 221, 224

Geology, 216, 265

Geological Formation, Table of, 220, 221

Glacial Deposits, 248, 253

Glacial Sands, 249

Gypsum, 242

Hailstone Quarry, 259

Halesowen, Sandstone, 230, 232

Hamstead, 232, 262

Harborne, 215

Harbury, 245, 248

Hartshill, Rocks of, 225

Hawkesbury, 234

Heathen Coal, 230

Hockley, 241

Hollybush Sandstone, Fossils of, 224

Hollybush Sandstone, 221, 224, 227

Igneous Rocks, 221, 225, 233, 236, 250, 253, 254-260

Insect Beds, 246

Ironstones, 231, 260

Jurassic Rocks, 220, 244-248

Ketley, 252

Keuper, 237

Keuper Sandstone, 243

Keuper Marls, 219, 237, 240

King’s Heath, 242

Kinlet, 260

Kinver Edge, 239

Laurentian Rocks, 222

Lea Rock, 222, 258

Lias, 244-247

Lias, Lower, 246

Lias, Upper, 245

Lias, White, 245, 247

Lichfield, 240

Lickey, Quartzite of, 226

Lickey Hills, 213, 218, 226, 228, 236

Lilleshall, 252

Lima Beds, 245

Limestone, Dudley, 261

Lingula Flags, 224

Lingula Flags, Fossils of, 224

Llandovery Rocks, 226, 228, 240

Ludlow Rocks, 228

Malvern Hills, 217, 254

Malvern Hills, Rocks of, 221, 224, 254

Marlstone, 245

Marston Jabet, 257

Mason College, Museum of, 229, 253

Mayhill Sandstone, 227, 240

Mesozoic Rocks, 220

Metamorphism, 256

Midland Plain, 213, 219

Millstone Grit, 230, 234

Mining Statistics, 260-263

Moseley, 215

Mottled Sandstone, Lower, 237

” ”, Upper, 237, 241

New Mine Coal, 231

Nuneaton, 216, 218, 256

Nuneaton, Rocks of, 223, 225

Old Red Sandstone, 218, 221

Ordovician Rocks, 220, 240

Palæozoic Rocks, 216, 236

Pebble Beds, 237, 239, 244

Pentamerus Rocks, 228

Permian Rocks, 220, 235

Permian Sandstone, 235

Permian Breccia, 235

Petrography, 254

Physiography, 213, 216, 238

Pig Iron, 261

Post Glacial Deposits, 253

Post Tertiary Deposits, 248, 253

Park Hill, 234, 259

Primary Rocks, 216-236

Quartzite, Hartshill, 225

” Lickey, 226, 227

Rea, River, 215

Rhætic Rocks, 247

Rhyolites, 222, 258

Rock Formations, Local, 220

Rowley Regis, 214, 233, 250, 259

Rowington, 243

Rubery, 226, 228

Sapcote, 224

Saltley, 215

Sandwell Park, 232

Secondary Rocks, 220

Sedgley, 214, 216, 227, 229

Shinton Shales, 222, 227

” ” Fossils of, 227

Shustoke, 253

Silurian Rocks, 218, 227, 230

Smallheath Park, 242

Sorrel, Mount, 223, 255

Spirorbis Limestone, 230

Square Work, Mining, 262

Steel, 261

Stourbridge, 239

Stockingford Shales, 225

Sutton Park, 215, 239

Swinnerton Park, 260

Tame River, 213, 215

Tamworth, 226, 234

Thick Coal, 231-234, 262

Titterstone Clee Hill, 259

Tremadoc Rocks, 224

Trentham, 241

Trias, 217, 219, 237-244

Triassic Rocks, how formed, 243

Tattle Hill, 226

Walsall, 228, 230, 234, 259

Warwick, 242

Waterstones, 237, 241

Water Supply, 244

Wellington, 217, 252, 258

Wenlock Limestone, 229

Weoley Castle, 249

Wilmcote, 246

Wolverhampton, 251

Woolhope Limestone, 228

Wooton Wawen, 248

Wrekin, 218, 222, 227, 258

” Rocks of, 222, 227

Wren’s Nest, 214, 216, 227

Grammar School—

Bill of 1830-31, 30

Branch Schools, 29, 31

Corruption in Management of, 29

First Statutes, 27

Foundation; Revenue, 26

Head Masters, 37

Honours Gained by Pupils, 36

New Scheme for, 33

Number of Scholars, 34

Present Building, 31

Reform Association, 33

Scholarships; Second Building, 28

Gifts to the Town, xvi.

Guinea Gardens, 358

Hollins, Geo., 143

Hospital Saturday, xx.

” Sunday Collection, xx.

Jaffray Suburban Hospital, xix.

Leland’s Visit, 1538, 5

Lench’s Trust, xvi.

Libraries—

Byron, Cervantes, & Milton Collections, 73

Early, 65

Free, 69

” Rate Unlimited, xiii.

Shakespeare Memorial, 73

Suburban, 74

Sunday Opening, 74

Lunar Society, 75

Magazines, 78, 79

Manufacturing Industries—

Ammunition, 199

Arc Lighting, 184

Assay Office, 177

Assayed Wares (Table), 178

Automatic Machinery, 173

” Shaping, 173

” Turning, 173

Bedsteads, 178

Bit, or Doctor, 175

Brassfoundry, 180

Block Paper, 179

Boiler Plate, 179

Britannia Metal, 202

Bullion Trade, 181

Buttons (Pearl), 181

Canal Traffic, 151

Cast Iron Ware, 181

Cementation, 171

Champlevé process, 204

Chilled Castings, 170

Classification of, 152

Clocks, 183

Cloisonné, 203

Cobalt, 201

Coinage, 182

Colouring, 176

Copper, Prices of, 180

Dealers and Merchants, 156

Dependent Manufactures, 155

Dipping, 176

Doctor, or Bit, 175

Drawing Through, 174

Electric Lighting, 183

” ” Town Hall, 184

Enfield-Martini Rifle, 174, 196

Fire Clay, Stourbridge, 206

Fish Hooks, 200

Gas Holders, 180

German Silver, 201

Glass, Crown, 202

” Flint, 186

” Plate, 202

” Sheet, 202

Gold Cutting, 176

Goods Traffic, 151

Hydraulic Machinery, 187

Hinges, 187

Hollow Ware, 181

Implements and Tools, 155

Jewellery, 187

Artistic Progress, 189

Bullion used, 188

Charges, 188

Chemistry, 189

Distribution, 190

Labour and Wages, 188

Mechanical Conditions, 189

Precious Stones, 190

Prices, 190

Lacquering, 176

Lapping, 176

Lighthouse Apparatus, 191

Locks, 193

Magic Lantern Slide Painting, 193

Martini-Henry Rifle, 196

Matchets, 206

Measuring Rules, 193

Mercury Gilding, 206

Military Arms, 194

Mint, Birmingham, 183

Monkey, or Spirit, 175

Nails (cut), 199

Needles, 200

Nickel, 201

Papier Mâché, 202

Parasols, 210

Pewter, 202

Pins, 200

Plate Duty (Table), 178

Plated Wares, 203

Press Tool Work, 172

Processes, 156

Refrigeration, 204

Rifles, 194

Rolling, 171

Rolling Cross, 171

Rope Making, 204

Salt, 206

Sand Blast, 176

Scratch Brushing, 176

Shaping, 173

Soldering, 175

Spinning, 174

Spirit, or Monkey, 175

Stamping, 172

Steel Pen Trade, 205

Swords, 206

Tin Plate Ware, 206

” (Waste), 208

Tools, 208

Tube Drawing, 171

Tubes, Taper, 172

Umbrellas, 210

Watch Manufacture, 210

Welding (Gas), 180

Wire Drawing, 171

” Mattresses, 179

” (Steel), 212

” Working, 211

Materials used—

Acids, 158

Alloys, 170

Bessemer Process, 169

Button Lac, 168

Carnubia Wax (Brazil), 168

Carozo Nuts, 168

Casting, 170

Chemicals, 152, 159

Chili Bars, 170

Copper, 170

Cow Hair, 168

Cryolite, 167

Dye Stuffs, 164

Gums, 161

Gum Animi, 168

” Kourie, 168

Istle, 168

Kittool, 168

Lard Oil, 168

Lead, 170

Leather and Fabrics, 162

Lemon Peel, 168

Metals, 157

Metals and Alloys, 169

Mica, 160, 168

Nitrate of Soda, 167

Oils, 161

Ores, 156, 169

Piassava, 168

Pigments, 160

Stones, 160

Talc, 165

Varnishes, 162

Woods, 163

Mason, Sir Josiah, 45

Mason Science College—

Connection with Queen’s College Academic Board, 51

Cost and Endowment, xviii.

Liberty to vary Course of Instruction, 48

Library, 52

Non-theological and Non-political Character of, 48

Objects, Foundation Deed, Trustees, 46

Town Council represented on; Opening of, 50

Magazines, 78, 79

Mechanics Institute, 77

Metallurgical Classes, 57

Meteorological Observatory, 57

Midland Institute—

Canon Kingsley’s Address: Formation of Classes in Laws of Health, 55

Formation of Teachers’ Board, 58

Government of, 53

New Buildings of, 55

Objects and Origin, 52

Removal of School of Art; Expansion of Metallurgical Classes, 57

Union of Teachers and Students, 56

Voluntary Classes, 54

Municipal School of Art, xviii., 61

Murdock, W., 133, 141

Music, 141

Musical Festivals, 82, 142

Newspapers, 79, 361

Newman, Cardinal, 113, 133

News Rooms, 68, 69

Old Houses, 6, 118

Orphanages, xvii., xix.

Osler, A. F., 76

Pamphlets, 78

Painting, 127

Parks & Recreation Grounds, xii.

Philosophical Institutions, 76

Picture Exhibitions, 76, 133

Portraits, 133

Post Office Growth, xv.

Priestley, Dr., 66, 107, 140

Prince Rupert’s Raid, 7

Printers and Booksellers, 8

Queen’s College—

Abolition of Religious Qualification, 42

Charity Commissioners’ Scheme for, in 1867, 41

Collegiate System, 40

Connection with Mason College, 44

Decay of, 41

Foundation of, 37

Original character of, 39

Scholarships: Present condition of, 44

Strict Church of England character of, 38

Various Departments and Chairs, 42, 43

Sanatorium, 90

School of Art Building, xviii.

Foundation and Progress, 61-63

School Board Scholarships, 60

School of Medicine, 77

Sculpture, 135

Society of Arts and Exhibitions, 76

Soho Circle, 11

Soho Works, 10

Statues, 139

Sunday Lectures, 358

Technical School, 59

Theatres, 362

Town Council & Committees, 21

Town Hall, 119

Watt, James, 141

Women’s Hospital, 92

Wyatt, John, 9

Zoology—

Birds, 275

Accipitres, 275

Alectorides, 280

Anseres, 283

Columbæ, 279

Fulicariæ, 280

Gallinæ, 279

Gaviæ, 281

Herodiones, 282

Limicolæ, 280

Odontoglossæ, 283

Passeres, 276

Picariæ, 279

Pterocletes, 279

Pygopodes, 282

Steganopodes, 282

Tubinares, 282

Fishes, 285

Abdominal Malacopterygii, 286

Acanthopterygii, 286

Apodal Malacopterygii, 288

Chondropterygii, 289

Subbrachial Malacopterygii, 288

Insects, 293

Introduction, 266

Coleoptera, 294

Lepidoptera, 301

Mammals, 269

Carnivora, 270

Cheiroptera, 269

Insectivora, 270

Pachydermata, 273

Rodentia, 271

Ruminantia, 272

Microscopic Fauna, 305

Annelida, etc., 309

Arachnida, 305

Crustacea, 306

Entomostraca, 306

Hydrozoa, 309

Infusoria, 309

Insecta, 305

Polyzoa, 307

Rhizopoda, 310

Rotifera, 307

Spongida, 309

Mollusca, 289

Conchifera, 290

Gasteropoda, 291

Reptiles, 273

Anoura, 274

Ophidia, 274

Sauria, 273

Saurophidia, 273

Urodela, 274

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