LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

ENGRAVINGS.

Portrait (engraved with permission of Messrs. Graves and Company by T. O. Barlow, from a portrait by J. C. Horsley, R.A., in the possession of Mrs. Brunel) Frontispiece

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I. Clifton Suspension Bridge 49

II.The Hungerford Suspension Bridge59

III.The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. General View.171

IV.The Newport, Windsor, and Chepstow Bridges. Elevations and Sections206

V.The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. Elevations and Sections. 218

WOODCUTS.

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1.Maidenhead Bridge (longitudinal section)174

2.Bourne Viaduct (outline elevation)181

3.Ivybridge Viaduct (the same)182

4.Landore Viaduct (the same)184

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5.St. Pinnock Viaduct (outline elevation, transverse section, and plans of piers)187

6.Experimental Girder (transverse section)193

7.Girder on South Wales Railway (the same)194

8.Girder on Eastern Bengal Railway (the same)195

9.Cumberland Basin Swing Bridge (transverse section of girder)196

10.Windsor Bridge (transverse section of truss)200

11.Chepstow Bridge (the same)208

12.Saltash Bridge (the same)219

13.Transverse Section of the ‘Great Britain’ Steam-Ship256

14.Copy of a Sketch in a Letter on Iron Ships259

15.Transverse Section of the Cradles and the Launching Ways of the ‘Great Eastern’ Steam-Ship347

16.Longitudinal Section, Plan, and Midship Section of the ‘Great Eastern’ Steam-Ship397

17.Monkwearmouth Dock Gates421

18.Bristol Dock Gate430

19.Plymouth Great Western Dock Gates435

20.Briton Ferry Dock Gate439

21.Brentford Dock Gate441

22.Renkioi Hospital470