CONTENTS.

THE STORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.
CHAPTERPAGE
I.FIRST STEPS,[9]
II.GLANCING BACKWARDS AND STRUGGLING FORWARDS,[19]
III.FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR,[28]
IV.A MARVEL OF MECHANISM,[36]
V.A MILE A MINUTE, [46]
THE STORY OF THE STEAMSHIP.
I.THE “COMET” APPEARS,[53]
II.TO THE NARROW SEAS, [60]
III.ON THE OPEN OCEAN,[68]
IV.THE OCEAN RACE, [74]
V.BEFORE THE FURNACE, [85]
FAMOUS BRIDGES AND THEIR BUILDERS.
I.“THE BRIDGE BY THE EARTHEN HOUSE,”[101]
II.A NEW IDEA—THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR, [108]
III.LATTICE AND SUSPENSION BRIDGES,[119]
IV.THE GREATEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD, [125]
V.THE TOWER BRIDGE, [133]
REMARKABLE TUNNELS AND THEIR
CONSTRUCTION.
I.HOW BRUNEL MADE A BORING-SHIELD,[137]
II.UNDER THE RIVER, [141]
III.THROUGH THE ALPS,[147]
IV.UNDER WATER AGAIN, [153]

List of Illustrations

The Tower Bridge, London, showing the bascules raised.[ iii]
George Stephenson.[11]
“Puffing Billy,” the oldest locomotive engine in existence. [ 13]
James Watt.[21]
Edward Pease.[ 27]
The compound locomotive “Greater Britain.”[41]
Back and front view of the locomotive “Greater Britain.”[44]
The “Flying Dutchman.”[50]
Bell’s “Comet.”[55]
Robert Fulton.[59]
The ice-bound “Britannia” at Boston.[77]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel.[80]
The “Great Eastern.”[83]
High and low pressure cylinders of the “Campania’s” engines.[87]
The “Campania.”[89]
Stoke Hole.[93]
Promenade deck of the “Paris.”[99]
Pontypridd Bridge.[102]
The Post Bridge, Dartmoor.[105]
Robert Stephenson.[111]
The Britannia Tubular Bridge.[115]
Victoria Tubular Bridge, Montreal.[117]
The Clifton Bridge.[122]
The Brooklyn Bridge.[123]
The Forth Bridge.[129]
The Thames Tunnel.[143]
Boring machine used for the Mont Cenis Tunnel.[149]
The entrance to the air-lock.[155]
The boring machine used in the preliminary construction of the English Channel Tunnel.[159]

ENGINEERS AND THEIR TRIUMPHS.

The Story of the Locomotive.

CHAPTER I.