engineering, 28, 40, 43, 55, 62, 90, 93, 105, 107, 109–110, 136, 146, 153, 158, 160, 221, 225, 241

England, xi–xiii, 2, 4–5, 8–9, 11–13, 21, 26, 29–30, 34, 36, 40–43, 46–47, 49–50, 52, 57, 66, 68, 89, 94, 101–102, 104–107, 111–112, 114–116, 119, 121, 123–124, 136, 142–146, 149–150, 152, 156, 167, 175, 180, 184–185, 203, 207–208, 211–214, 220–222, 225–226, 228–230

English press, 215, 217

entertainment, 83, 138, 153, 164, 186, 205, 209, 215, 218–219, 227, 231, 247

Eton, 54, 63, 155

evening classes, 41, 110–111, 113, 116, 145–147

Exposition Universelle, 19–20

Fairburn, Andrew, 91

Fairmount Park, 81–82

Fernie, John, 87

Field, Alfred, 41

fine arts, 6, 139, 202, 217

Finsbury Park, 138

Fisheries Exhibition, 152, 155

Fleeming Jenkin, 40, 51, 58

Foden, Frank, 101

foreign languages, 148, 168

foreman, 37, 42, 97, 113, 117, 148

Forster, W. E., 27, 65, 166

France, 6, 9, 15, 22, 26, 28, 30–31, 33, 50, 52, 57, 66, 72, 86, 93–94, 99, 102, 107–110, 119, 122–124, 139, 141, 157, 167, 173, 202–205, 210–211, 216, 223, 225–226, 228, 242, 244

Franchise Bill, 121

Franco Prussian War, 79, 86, 122

Frankfurt Fairs, 4

Frankland, Edward, 28, 57

Franklin, Benjamin, 83

Franz Reuleaux, 86

free trade, 13, 42, 49, 86, 102–103, 112, 259, 260

French Report on Technical Education, 58

French, Elizabeth, 83

Furniss, Harry, 104

furniture, 84, 90, 106, 108, 161–162

Galerie des Machines, 219

Galton, Douglas, 163

Garnett, William, 146

Geological Survey, 59, 155

George Hooper, 108

German, 6, 8–9, 30–31, 33, 42, 50, 57, 85–86, 93, 95, 99, 102, 106, 109–110, 116, 118–119, 124, 141, 154–156, 167, 174–175, 184, 202–205, 208, 210–211, 213, 216, 221–222, 226, 228–230, 242–243, 250, 256, 259

Germany, 6, 30, 32–33, 50, 57, 86, 99, 108–110, 116, 119, 124, 141, 154–156, 167, 202–205, 210–211, 213, 221, 226, 228, 242–243, 259

Gibbs, Henry, 170

Gillespie, Elizabeth, 83

Gladstone, J. H., 150

Gladstone, W. E., 48, 65, 68, 95, 102, 121

Glasgow, 9, 40, 44, 55–56, 64, 96, 108, 110, 114, 146, 166, 225

glass, 5, 39, 45, 82, 93, 105–106, 108, 161