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Abdulla, 15

Aberdeen Line, 174

Abridgments, Patent Office, 165

Absent-minded Beggar, 53

Abusavanani, 11

Accidents, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

Acetate of copper, 145

Adirvedis, 10

Admiralty, 169

Aerial maroons, 109

Aeroplane signal lights, 172

Aix, Island of, 160

Aix-la-Chapelle, 28, 45, 123

Albertus Magnus, 14, 91

Alcohol, 130, 147

Alexander the Great, 6

Alexander II, 46

Alexandra Palace, 38

Alexandria, 48

Alphonso, Duke, 15

Alum, 146

Aluminium, 150, 173

Amber, 140, 146

America, 161

Ammonium chloride, 129, 142

Angelo, Mr., 33

Antimony, 139

Antimony sulphide, 146

Antoine de Lalaing, 15

Antoni, 149

Aqua ardens, 141

" vitæ, 125, 140

Arabic gum, 150

Arc de Triomph, 50

Arctic regions, 52

Arsenal, Woolwich, 43

Arsenic sulphide, 10, 146

Arthur's Seat, 45

Artichauts, 118

Artifices portatifs, 112

Artillerists' Manual, 149

Artillery bomb, 105

Astley, senior, 36, 37

Avalanche, 50

Augustin, Col., 160

Austrian Government, 161

" Army, 161

Babington, John, 26, 92, 96, 103, 110, 111, 121, 140

Bacon, Roger, 14, 91

Bagdad, 7

Bags, 110

Bailey, Bill, 53

Balloon, Air, 103

" Fire, 60

" Gas, 103

" Coehorne, 107

" double and triple, 107

Balloone, 104

Balon, 105

Bate, John, 17, 27, 91, 96, 103, 104, 112, 122, 123, 140, 141

Baton à feu, 117

Battle, Bantry Bay, 49

" Jutland, 49

" Nile, 40,49

" Trafalgar, 48, 49

" Tsu-Shima, 49

Beacon, signal, 157

Beaconsfield, 51

Beckman, Sir Martin, 27

Bell, Sergeant, 177

Bell's Weekly Messenger, 63

Belvue Gardens, 38

Benedict, Oil of, 140

Bengal lights, 120

" saltpetre, 120, 136

Bergheri, Victory of, 22

Berlin, 159

Bermondsey Spa, 36

Berthollet, 144

Bird scarers, 178

Bismuth, 146

Black antimony, 139

Black Jack, 97

Blackmore, 33

Blaney, Lord, 42

Blantyre, Africa, 55

Blondin, 52