Locomotive, electric, 178; advantages of, 179. Lungs, 359. Magic-lantern, 263, _264_. Magnet, 115; permanent, 115, 116; temporary, 115. Magnetism, 115. Magnetic needle, influence of current on, 129. Mainspring, invention of, 412. Malleus, 272. Marconi, 140, 146. Marine chronometers, 415; delicacy of, 425. Marine speed governor, 71. Marine turbine, advantages of, 84. Maudslay, Henry, 363. Maxim, Sir Hiram, 348. Micrometer free wheel, 441. Micro-photography, 265. Microscope, 254; compound, 261, _263_; in telescope, 257; simple, _254_. Mineral oil, 392. Mirror, parabolic, 261, _262_; plane, _267_. Morse, 132, 145; code, 128; inker, 142; sounder, 132. Motor car, the, 92; electric, 177. Mouth, 307. Mowing-machines, 450. Musical sounds, 277. Nerve, auditory, 272; optic, 246. Nodes on a string, 285; column of air, 291. Note, fundamental, 285; quality of, 285. Niagara Falls, power station at, 174. Organ, the, 294, _300_; bellows, 303; console, 305; echo, solo, swell, great, and choir, 301; electric and pneumatic, 305; largest in the world, 306; pedals, 298; pipes, 295; pipes, arrangement of, 295; sound-board, _296_; wind-chest, 297. Otto cycle, 91. Overtones, 285. Pallets of organ, 297. Parallel arrangement of electric lamps, 184. Paris, siege of, 265. Pedals of organ, 298. Pelton wheel, _377_. Pendulum, 412; compensating, 418, _419_. Perilymph, 272. Perry, Professor, 16. Petrol, 98. Phonograph, 310; governor, _311_; recorder, 312, _313_; records, making of, 319; reproducer, 315; tracings on record of, _317_. Pianoforte, 277; sounding-board, 280; striking mechanism, 281; strings, 281. Piccolo, 308. Pipes, closed, 289; flue, 301; open, 292; organ, 295; reed, 301, _302_; tuning, 302. Piston valve, 67. Pneumatic tyres, 341. Poldhu, signalling station at, 138. Points, railway, 208, _210_; and signals in combination, 211. Poles of a magnet, 115. Popoff, Professor A., 138, 145. Power, transmission of, 175. Preece, Sir William, 145. Primary winding of induction coil, 122. Pump, air, 340; bucket, 352, _353_; force, 354; most marvellous, 355; Westinghouse air, 199. Railway brakes, 187; signalling, 200. Rays, converging and diverging, _256_; heat, concentrated by lens, _232_; light, 232, 235, 236, 237. Records, master, 319, 320. Reciprocation, 51. Reed, human, 306; pipes, 301, _302_. Reflecting telescope, 260. Relays, telegraphic, 133, 141. Retina, 247. Retorts, 395. Reversing gear, 62; Allan, 65; Gooch, 65; radial, 66. Rocking bar mechanism for watches, 425. Rods of Corti, 274. Ruhmkorff coil, 121, _122_. Safety-valve, 32, _33_, 391.