[68] For particulars relating to this mine, I am indebted to Mr. W. Yelland.
[69] Professor Maskelyne in Report of the British Association Committee on Luminous Meteors, 1876, p. 166, quoted in a paper by Townshend. Mr. Hall on “Contributions towards a History of British Meteorites,” in the “Mineralogical Magazine,” 1879.
INDEX.
- 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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