Chapter I

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ARMADA PERIOD, THE, Spanish cannon belonging to it used in the Peninsular War, 334.

ARPINO, in Campania, its Porta dell’ Arco, an ancient gate with a pointed arch belonging to the so-called Cyclopean style, 156-7.

ARQUEBUSE, and the slow development of hand-guns, 333.

ART CRITICISM, ENGLISH, its defects, 168.

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AND HEAT, the first missionaries, 58.

ARTISTS, we need their help in bridge-building, 357-8.

ASCOLI-PICENO, and her bridges, 200, 201.

ASHFORD BRIDGE, Derbyshire, the stump of its mediæval cross destroyed by parapet repairs, 230.

ASIA MINOR, early semicircular arches have been discovered there, 160.

ASKEATON BRIDGE, its military character illustrated in the “Pacata Hibernia,” 260.

ATREUS, THE TREASURY OF, at Mycenae, its domed and circular chamber, 158-9.

AUGUSTUS, BRIDGE OF, at Rimini, 82, 199, 220.

AUGUSTUS CÆSAR, the bridge at Narni belongs to his time, 23.

AUHSIEN, in Western China, an iron swing bridge is found there, 345-6.

AURELIUS, PONS, another name for the Janiculine bridge in ancient Rome, 197.

AVIATION, see “Airships” and “Aeroplanes.”

AVIGNON, her famous bridge built by St. Bénézet. See “Bénézet.”

BABYLON, some of her ancient bridges, 127; the great bridge built by Semiramis, 273-4; Babylonian arches, semicircular, pointed, and even elliptical, 275 _footnote_.

BABYLONIAN BRIDGES AND ARCHES, 127, 273-4, 275.

BAD DECORATION IN BRIDGES, 320-8; M. De Dartein, his books and views, 319-20; see also under “Engineers, Modern.”

BAKEWELL BRIDGE, its ribbed arches, 94.

BÂLE, the old bridge at, over the Rhine, 306-7.

BALLAD OF ABINGDON BRIDGE, its value to pontists, 208, 251-2.

BANBERY, a superintendent of the workmen when Abingdon Bridge was built by charity, 252.

BAMBOO BRIDGES in Western China, 348; and in Sumatra, 291.

BAMBOO ROPE, how it has long been made in China, 348 _footnote_.

BAND-I-MIZAN, THE, a famous Dike at Shushter in Persia, 202, 204.

BANDITS, in mediæval England, 207, 208.

BARACCONI, quoting from Sextus Pompeius Festus, proves that in very early times human victims were thrown into the Tiber, 64.

BARAMULA, in Kashmír, its fine bridge with criss-cross piers, 73.

BARBER, GEOFFREY, contributed a thousand marks to the building of Abingdon Bridge, 252.

BARDEN BRIDGE, in Wharfedale, its angular pier-shelters for foot-passengers, 258 _footnote_.

BARING-GOULD, S., on the Devil’s Bridge, twelve miles from Aberystwyth, 66-9; on sacrifices anciently offered to the Spirits of Evil, 68; on Dartmoor bridges, 103; mentions some of the arched entrances to caves on the coast of Pembroke, 150 _footnote_.

BARKING, ABBESS OF, the trustee of Queen Mathilda’s endowment of Old Bow Bridge, twelfth century, 98.

BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE, a chapel used to grace it, 231; see also the colour plate facing page 232.

BARONS, LAWLESS, in Mediæval England, 207 _footnote_.

BARROW, English traveller in China, his remarks on some Chinese arches, 313-14; and on the bridges of Hang-Cheu, 365-6.

BARROWS, LONG, Prehistoric, 139.

BARRY, E. M., R.A., protested energetically against the bad taste shown by modern engineers in bridge-building, 77-8.

BARTHELASSE ISLAND, and the Bridge of Avignon, 237.

BARTOLOMMEO, PONTE S., another name for the Pons Cestius, according to Palladio, 196.

BASLOW BRIDGE, its ribbed arches, 93; and its shelter-places for passengers, 258 _footnote_.

BATH, William Pulteney’s Bridge at, 221.

BATTLE BRIDGES, see “War-Bridges.”

BATTLE, LAW OF, vii, 4; its relation to roads and bridges, see sections i and ii of

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