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.”
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