provements in, 248. Compar-
ison of ancient and modern,
248, 249. Modern, the off-
spring of science, 249.
Artichoke, introduction of, in
England, 345.

Artisan, advantages of scientific
information to, 22-34, 37; of
moral and intellectual cultiva-
tion, 35, 36.

Arts, distinction between the fine
and useful, 11. Study of, in-
teresting and important to all,
13; its great advantage in the
pursuit of almost every science
and branch of knowledge, 14;
of mathematical science, 14,||
15; of political economy, 16;
of history, poetry, &c., 16, 17.
Spurious quality of substances
employed in, 27. Rapid prog-
ress of, and constant improve-
ments in, 29, 35. Qualifica-
tions necessary to an inventor
in, 31, 32. Improvements in,
preceded by discoveries in sci-
ence, 34, 35. Evils arising
from neglecting the application||
of science to, 36. Dependent
on science, 36, 37. Substitute
intelligence in place of brute
force, 39. Agents employed
in, 40. Importance in, of chem-
ical combinations, 41. Ma-
chinery employed in, 87-100,
105. Enumeration of several
of, 107. Agriculture one of the
first of, 108. Of working met-
als, 189-199; interest and im-
portance of, 189; not unknown
in early ages, 190; enumera-
tion of, 190; mining, 191, 192;
dressing ores, 192; reducing,
193; working up metals, 194–
199. Of glass-making, 199–
207. Of pottery and porcelain,
207-213. Of copying, 213-
230; casting, 214; engraving,
215, 216; punching, 218;
drawing, 219, 220; stamping,
221; printing, 221-230.

On

the progress of the, 246–260.
On the connexion between the
useful and fine, 303-306; in
French manufactures, 304-306.
School of, at Lyons, 304-306.
Physical comfort of the people
increased by the progress of,
344-373. Schools of, import-
ance of, 399. At Paris, &c.,
399. Mode of instruction in,
400. Troy Institute, 401.
Arts, chemical, 294; those em-
ployed on metallic substances,
301; earthy, 302; combusti-
ble, 302; saline, 302; on veg-
etable, 302; animal, 303.
Arts, domestic, great improve-
ments in, 187, 188.
Arts, fine, 11, 303–306.
Arts, liberal, their object, 19.

Enumeration of, 19, 20. Use-
ful, in the highest sense, 20.
Founded on science, 20.
Arts, mechanic, susceptible of
unlimited improvement, 101.
Arts, mechanical, classification
of, 295–300.

Arts, useful, connexion between
them, and the physical sciences,
11, 12, 18; importance of this
connexion, 12; evils arising
from a disregard of it, 12. Ef-
fects produced in, by the pow-
ers of Nature, 39. Importance
of double elective affinity in,
44. Application of laws of af-
finity to, 47. Effects of the
application of science to, 249-
258. Increased respectabilityof,
251. Ignorance of, among the
Greeks, 256. Improvements
in, tend to economy, 256. Fa-
cilities for cultivating and im-
proving in America, 259, 260.
Influence of, on national wel-
fare, 260, 279. Afford employ-
ment, 262. Stimulate mind,
265. Motives for cultivation
of, in United States, 268-278;
contributes to national inde-
pendence, 274. An index of

Bacon, Lord, anecdote of, 18.|| Boring, 296.

On the twofold office of man, || Bowing, of furs, 139.

105.

Brantome's Chronicles, 363.
Bread, vinous fermentation in,
172. Mode of raising, 173.
Brewster, Dr., on the eye, 207.
Brewster, Gilbert, indebted to

39. His Novum Organum, 251. || Bramah, hydrostatic-press, 64,
On application of science to
art, 252. Object of his philos-
ophy, 395-397.
Baines, Mr., on the spinning-
frame, 143. Referred to, 149.
On cotton manufacture, 151.
Cheapness of cotton goods, 350.
Baker's Chronicle, 370.
Bakewell, on husbandry, 327.
Baking, 181.

Barometer, principle and use, 70.
Beckman, on introduction of veg-
etables in England, 345.
Beer, statistics of, 121.
Bees, cells of, 124.

Bell, Sir Charles, remarks of, on
structure of human body, 122.
Referred to, 133.
Bellows, hydrostatic, 63.
Bergmann, first referred dyeing

to chemical affinities, 162.
Biddle, Nicholas, on manufacture
of American iron, 376-382.
Bigelow, Technology, 3, 201,208.
Bird, support of, in the air, 54.
Birds, feathers and wings of, 71.
Black, Dr., indebtedness of Watt||
to, 33.

Blacksmith, the literary, 310.
Bleaching, of paper-rags, 154,

||

science, 322. Inventor of the
eclipse speeder, 322.
Bricks, 208.

British orders, injurious to Amer-
ican commerce, 276.
Bronze, 194

Brougham, Lord, on importance
of science in cookery, 27. Dis-
course on advantages of sci-
ence, 30, 34. On American
manufactures, 277. His econ-
omy of time, 313.

Bruce, John, biscuit-machine,
.172.

Brunell,origin of invention of,102.
Brussels carpets, 139.
Buel, Judge, on root culture, 115.
'Farmer's Companion,' 343.
Buhl-work, how done, 218.
Bull's eye, 203.
Busts, plaster, 214.

Butter, making of, 183, 184.

C.

155, 161. In general, 158- Calico-machine, five-colored, 40.

D.

Damiani, Cardinal, strictures of,
on luxury, 374.
Dams, how undermined, 65.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, Principles
of Agricultural Chemistry, 25.
Safety lamp, 34. On manures,
113. On electricity applied to
plants, 115. Improver of agri-
culture, 117. Application of
chemistry to agriculture, 331.
Dead water, 236.

Draining, tile, how effected, 337.
Benefits of, 337.
Drains, see Draining.
Drill, agricultural implement, 119.
Dry-rot, 126.

Dupont's copying by transfer,

228.

Dyeing, a chemical process, 162.
Depends on affinities, 162. Use
of mordants in, 163.

E.

Dean, Professor, on Buel's Far Eastern islands, want of iron

mer's Companion,' 343.
Decay, causes of, 124, 125; ar-
chitect must guard against, 125.
Antidotes against, 125, 126. In
wood, 126. Vegetable and an- ||
imal substances liable to, 185.
Causes of, 185; moisture, 185;
air, 186; heat, 187. Temper-
ature most favorable to, 187.
Arrested at freezing point, 187.
Prevented by antiseptics, 187.
Deckel, 156.

Defoe, origin of his romance of
Robinson Crusoe, 10.
Description of England, Harri-
son's, 344.

Diagonal of a parallelogram, 51.
Digester, Papin's, 180.
Distillation, process of, 177.
Distilling, 297.

Divisibility, processes referrible
to, 296-299.

Division of labor, 257, 283.
Dixon, Joseph, discoverer of
method of copying by transfer,
228; process described, 229;
account of his discovery, 229
specimens, 229. Copies of
medals by, 388.
"Doctor,' quotation from, 350.
Doffing-cylinder, 148.
Doffing-plate, 148.

Dollond, inventor of the achro-
matic glass, 206.
Donkin's pressure apparatus, 158.
Double-speeder, description and
use of, 148, 149.
Draining, of soils, 110, 111.

Of

among people of, 198.
Economy, an effect of improve-
ments in the arts, 257.
materials, 257, 258.
Eden, Sir F. M., on diet in Eng-
land, 344. His History of the
Poor,' 361.

Edward III., condition of the Eng-
lish people during the reign of,
360-365; of the city of Col-
chester, 360-365. Dress in the
reign of, 371, 372.

Egypt, architecture in, 128, 134,

135. Pyramids of, 135.
Egyptians, unacquainted with the
arch, 128; with the arts of
building, 134, 135; with the
use of weaver's shuttle, 142.
Elasticity, of air, 71. Processes
founded on, 300.

Electricity, assists vegetation, 115.
A destroying agent, 125.
Electricity, galvanic, engraving
by, 382-388. Common copper-
plates copied by, 387, 388.
Precipitating metals by, appli-
cable to various purposes in the
arts, 388; to copying medals,
388.
Elephant, effective force of, 55.
Elixir of life, pursuit of, conse-
quence of ignorance, 31.
Elizabeth, reign of, state of the arts
during, 254, 255. Domestic
accommodations, comforts, &c.,
of the people during, 254, 255,
344-349. England in the reign
of, 344-349. Hose worn by,