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403

Forestalling, 196.

Frame-work knitters, 347, 375.

France, proportion of agriculturists and non-agriculturists of every hundred persons in, 3; stereotype printing in, 94; communication with England, 451.

French manufacture of pins, 237.

——— table of logarithms, 242.

Furnaces, 288.

Furniture ornaments, 130; coach, 190.

Future prospect of manufactures as connected with science, 454.

Gas meter, 70, 378.

Gas, streams of, 64; condensed, 389.

General inquiries on observing manufactories, 160.

Gilt paper ornaments, 138.

Glasgow, table of increase of population in, 3; printing handkerchiefs at, 90.

Glass-blowing, 42, 116.

Glass seals, 115; square bottles, 116; plate, 199.

Giazier's diamond, 8

Gold and silver moulding, 126; lace, 200; leaf, 211.

Goldbeater's skin, 9.

Gold chains, Venetian, 212.

Governor of steam-engine, 27.

Gun barrels, experiments on, 23; improvement in the manufacture of, 362.

Gun cards, 137.

Gunpowder, force of, 23.

Guns, explosion of, 23.

Great Britain, comparative table of population in, 3.

Hammers, tilt, 36.

Hand, substitute for, 13.

Handkerchiefs, Bandana, 2 (note); printing red cotton, 90.

Handles, knife, 118; umbrella, ib.

Hardness of the diamond, 8.

Hardware, 190.

Harness, plated, 190.

Heading of pins, 232.

Hobnails, 13.

Hoofs of cattle, 9.

Horn, knife handles and umbrella handles, 118; enumeration of its uses, 270.

Horny refuse, 9.

House of Commons, report of the committee upon manufacturers' employment, 3; report on Holyhead roads, 60; evidence on Irish flax, 184; on the watch trade, 187; on woollen trade, 279; on artisans and machinery, 300; report on steam carriages, 337; evidence on frame-work knitters, 347; evidence on copyright act, 384; on calico printing, 422; on export of tools and machinery, 441.

Human power, additions to, 5; time, economy of, 6; forces too great for, 56.

Hydraulic press, 58.

Ice, skaters on, 38; importation of, 194

Identity of work when of the same kind, and its accuracy when of different kinds, 79, c. 10.

imitations of plants, 111; of the human body, ib.; on snuff-boxes, 117.

Increase of population in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Nottingham, Birmingham, Great Britain, 3.

Increase and diminution of velocity, 32, c. 4.

Influence of verification on price, 181, c. 15; of durability on price, 197, c. 16.

Injection, process of in tanning, 47; of timber, with tar, 48.

Ink, printing, 78; consumption of, ib.; transfer, 101.

Ink-block, 78.

Inquiries, general, on observing manufactories, 160; previous to commencing a manufactory, 298, c. 25.

Inspector, 173.

Instrument to show travelled distance, turns by the wheel of a carriage, strokes made by the steam engine, Mr. Donkin's, 65; for calendering, 66; for ascertaining the rounds of a watchman, 67; to measure liquors, 68; Mr. Henneky's, 69 (note); to measure gas, 70; to measure rain, 73; to note the position of the seconds' hand on the dial-plate of a stop-watch, 74; to ascertain the direction and intensity of an earthquake, 76; to