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8-33-Index.Pdf INDEX. Ararat conquered by Sargon, 105 Archfflological Institute, donor, 223, 225, 250 ; ABACUS, DESCRIPTION OF A PATENT, 225 ' invitation to, 219 Abel, Dr., 239, 240 Architectural Society, Liverpool, donor, 221 Abshalum a Jew, cylinder of, 104 Area to each person in England, 175; in Man­ Acheineuian writing, the origin of hieroglyphics, chester District, 171 103 Argyleshire, occupied by the Picts, 14 Acton Church, helmet fonnd near, 249 AriconiuLU, site of, 148 Ad Alaunam, where, 136,136 n. Arian conquests in Asia, 103 Addisou, where educated, 41 Arkwright's first patent for water frame, 205; Addition, facilities for teaching, 225 second patent, 205; first patent for power Adie, Mr. P., barometer of, 112 loom, 205. Adult poor, different from children, 182 Arkwright's patents, 204 Aella, King of Deira, 7 Armenia, Sargon declares war against, 106 Aelfric, father of Osric, 10 Armenian mode of writing, 101 Aetiue, 149 Armillae of gold, 234 Agaricus campestris, cultivated from spawn, 195 Armitage, a Manchester man, has works at Pen- Agger, near Walton le-Dale, 132 dletoii, 202 Agmundrenessa or Amounderness, 21 Armorica, where, 149.150 Aharri, boundary of Sargon's kingdom, 105 Arrian's statement of the temple of Bel, 98; testi - Aidan, King of the Scots, 8 mony of, confirmed, 96 Ainsworth, opinion of confirmed, 99 Artga, king of Strathclyde Britons, 16 Ainsworth, area and population of, 177 Arthur, king, legends of, l&O: brief notices of Akenside, uses classic words, 42 14, 15 Akerman, J. Y., sends copy of letter, 228 Arthuri castrum (Dumbarton), 15 Albania, conquered by Sargon, 105 Arts, Society of, donor, 223 Albyn Bank, 132 Arundel and Surrey, the earl of, 231 Alclyde, (Strathclyde) Kings of, 9,13 ; importance Ascham, Roger, 41 of its position, 14 ; destroyed by the Danes, 16 Ashmolean Society donor, 252,238 Aldingham, site of, 228; mound or ditch, 230 Ashton,situation of, 169,170,208 ; early condition Alhazen's problem, 89 of, 7,167 n.; canal communication to, 206; in Alkington, 174 ; area and population of, 178 the manufacturing district, 109; returns one Allcard, William, elected, 225 member, 200 ; no newspaper at, in 1850, 203; Alpin, King of Scots, slain in Galloway, 12 tabular statement, 172 AHmouth, has disappeared, 254 Ashur, Sargon a worshipper of the God, 105 Alyu, Kauf,53 Ashworth, 174 ; area and population of, 178 America, British settlements in, 145 Ashworth, John, 67 AmoimdernesH, 21, 22 Ashworth, Nathan, 66 Amram-Ibn-Ali, the ruin, 97 Assistant Secretary, appointment of, 218 Amutsaki, boundary of Sargon's kingdom, 105 Assur, the god, the giver of victory, 100 Analysis, Geometrical, 77: steps in the process, Assyrian empire, enlarged by Sargon, 106 ; kings, 78 ; class of propositions adapted for, 77, 78 difficulty of reading the names of, 104; mea­ Ancient Mariner, quotations from, 46 sure of length discovered, 94 ; style of writing Andersoii, mathematician, 75 illustrated, 105; writing, syUabical mode of, Andia, depopulated by Sargou, 106 proved by Dr. Hincks, 201; objects, pictures ANKMOMKTBH. AND RAIN GAUCJE, RESULTS OB­ of, 245 TAINED BY, AT LlVEHPOOL, 212 Assyrio-Chaldean mode of writing, 101 Anemometer, working of, 212, 213; results of Atdza in Thibet, 239 250; tables from, 250 Athelstane attacked by Danes and Welsh, 17 Angles, influx of, 14fi Athenaeus, testimony of, confirmed, 96 AJiglesea, island, said to have been subject to Atherton, position of, 169; tabular statement, Edwine, 8 172; a town, 165 n ; area and population of, Anglo Saxon words, importance of in poetry,37,38 180; in the manufacturing district, 199; no Annexation in ancient times, 19 newspaper at, 1850, 203 Annual General Meeting, 217 Aulica punctata, 224 Ansdell, James, 70 Audouiu, M.. inoculates lame with spawn, 196 Antilocapra, antfflexa, 239 AUTHORS OF PAPERS. Antiquarian discovery, results of, 147 Boardman, James, 224 Antiquarian Soc. Scot, donor, 223 Boult, Joseph. 253 Antiquaries' Society, proceedings quoted, 228 n Buxton, David, 35, 223; 199,252 Antoninus, 10th Iter of, 135 Dan son, J. T., 23, 224; Antoninus Pius, coin of, 130 Dobson, William, 247 Anu the god a finisher of works lOff Dove, Percy M., 235 Aodhr reign of, 16,17 Gregwm, C. S., 163, 241; 241 258 Hartnup, John, 109, 250; 818,150 Bayne, Thomas Vere, 73 Hardwick-Charles, 127, 247 Baynes, Captain Adam, 228 Hinde, J. Hodgson, 1, 234, 230 Bazley, Lancashire geometer, 77 Jones, J. Gregory, 225 Beamont, Mr., his researches, 62 n, 66; his War­ Marsh, J. F., 51, 237 ; 165, 238 rington quoted, 64 n. Moore, Rev. Thomas, Ibl, 231 Bebington, Lower, distribution of area in, 30; Moore Thomas J., 238, 239 Higher, distribution of area in, 30 Moss, Kev. John James, 222 Beckansgill, 229 Oppert, Dr. Julius, 83, 245 Beda confirms the theory of a Saxon settlement Kamsay, Rev. A., 115 ; 248 in the Lothians and the Merse,6; his partiality Sansom, Thomas, 193, 232 as a historian. 10 Stonehouse, James, 228 Bedford, area and population of, 180 Tudor, Hichard A., 232 Behistun inscription, Assyrian text of, published Wilkinson, Thomas T., 75, 253 by Sir Henry Rawlinson, 101 Wright, Thomas, 141; 251 Bel, the temple of, Arrian's statement of, 98; AUT. or U, the temple of the god, 98; Nebuchad­ epithet of, applied lo all the gods, 98 nezzar's statements of, 98 Belgos, traceable to, 2 ; probable origin of, 2, 3 Avenhum chapel, 138 Belgium, six garrisons from, in Britain, 4 Avenham Institution, 25S; museum at, 256; de­ Belitiliii the goddess, a prosperer of births, 106 jeuner at, 256 Belitaras, founder of the second dynasty of Assy­ Avison, Thomas, treasurer's statement, 220 rian kings, 104 Ayr, part of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde, BellatUrswick,230 Bell, Dr., exhibiter, 234 Bellingham, example from, 28; beUa to be tolled, B 61 Babel, an ancient temple of Merodach, 97; a for­ Belocbus, a legitimate king, 104 tress attacked by Demetrius Polioroetes, 97 Belpatisassur, another name for Sargou, 105 Babington. Charles, C. donor 44 Belus Dagon, the god, the founder of reservoirs, BABYLON, AND THR CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS, 106; tower of, position of the, 97; story of the 99, 245 ; exterior enclosures, 94 ; interior wall, tomb of, 98 95; the hanging garden of, 97; compared with Bentley, Mr., his patent rifle, 253 Paris, 95 ; constructions of King Sargon at, 98; Berkeley, Rev. M. J., on potato disease, 196 wall of restored, 95; mole of, made by Sargon, Bernicia, part of the kingdom of Northumber­ 105; the most important ruins where, 95 land, 7 ; extent of, ib. Babylonian objects, pictures of, 245 Bernal, Mr., watches from his sale, 222 Babylonia, scientific expedition to, 93 Berosus, quay of Nabonidns mentioned by, 97 ; Babylonian palace gardens a hunting ground, 95 ; testimony of, confirmed, 96 foot, length of, 94 ; cubit, length of, 94; square Berry, Grove H., exhibiter, 237 bricks and stone slabs, description of, 94; Tal­ Bewsey estates, 63 mud, on the site of Babylon, 94; language of Bible, English, 42 Persian decrees published in, 1UO; transcript Bigger, hamlet of, 229 attempts made to decipher, 100 Bird, Dr., exhibiter, 226 Badon, battle of, 15 Birkenhead, distribution of area in, 30; docka, Bcedulph, Angln-Saxon Bishop, 11 effect of, 31 Bag Lane Croft, 55 Birkrigg, 230 Bag Lane, Warrington, 55 Birmingham School founded, 40 Bames, Edward, 134; quoted, 54 n.; his conjec­ Birs Nimrod. position of the ruin, 97 tures, 139 Birneicb, same as Bernicia, 9 Balaclava, -views near, 225 Birtle, area and population oft 178 Balance Sheet, Treasurer's, 219,220 Bit, tried by Sargon, 106 Balfour, Professor, on potato disease, 196 Black, Dr., elected, 225 Bamburgh, capital of the ancient Bernicia, 7 Black country, 207 Bamford, area and population of, 178 Blackburne, John Ireland, 63 Bangpr, slaughter of the monks at, 8 Blackburue, Anne, of Orford, 243 Banking, origin of, 168; a test of the independent Blackburnshire, Status, &c., 19 importance of a local town, 202; in the Man­ Blaokley, area and population of, 177 chester district, system pursued, 203 Blackmore, William, 243; exhibiter, 235, S4S; Bards, stone of 237 donor, 221 Bardsea park, Roman remains at, 228 Blackstone Edge, view from, 167 Barometers, how tested, 110; marine, how tested, Blatchinworth, area and population of, 178 110 Bleaching requires a certain locality, 200 Barometers, adjustment of, 109 ; Mr. Adie's varia­ Blight, how caused frequently, 197 tions in, 112t; Contraction in the tube of, 112; Bloomfleld, letters from, 235 oistern of sometimes too small, 111; marine, Bloxam, F. W., exhibiter, 235.221 fault in the construction of.lll; marine mount­ Boardinan, James, exhibiter, 243, 244 ; paper by, ing in wood objectionable. 111; recently tested 244, 255 at the Liverpool Observatory, 111; how to find Bobbin, Tim, 68 the index correction, 110; correction of index Boekb, discovery of Chaldean and Assyrian mea­ errors, 110 sures of length sanctioned by, 94 Barrows, contents of, 151 Bold, Sir Richard, 54 Barton, H. C., elected, 230 Bold, Mr., 256 n. Barton, 173; area and population of, 177; pupils Bollington. works of Greg at. 202 to Industrial School, 186 Bolton, bleaching near, 200; in the manufacturing Batty. Edward, elected, 225 district, 199; returns two members, 200; dis­ Baylee, Dr., exhibitor, 245 tricts round, 177; origin of, 167; situation of, Batavians in Britain, 3 208; tabular statement, 172; town, area, and 259 population of, 177; newspaper circulation of, Broughton, area and population of, 177; church 203 ; canal communication to, 200 at, 73,131 Bolton, Little, area and population of, 177 Broughton, Sir Thomas, 229 Borsip, meaning of the word, 98; constructions Brown, Alderman, 132 n ; donor, 246,256 n. of king Sargon at, 98 ; a suburb of Babylon 98; Browne, Miss, M. A., 227 position of, 98; the wall of, built by Nebuchad­ Browne, T. B., reports of, 188 n nezzar, 98; destroyed by Darius, 99; the tem­ Browne, Geo.
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