Pillar P and the decree which held him captive just then springing to arms in defence of scientific exposition. 'A lecturer,' he observes, 'should appear easy and decisive proofs of spontaneous generation of electric lamps, 184. Paris, siege of, 265. Pedals of organ, 303. Bioscope, 266. Blades, turbine, _81_, 83. Block system, 201, 212. Blood, arterial, 359; circulation of, _356_, _357_, 360; venous, 359. Blower-plate, 393, _394_. Boat, sails of, 346. Boiler, Babcock and Wilcox, _21_, 22; explosions, 34, 391; fire-tube, 21; fittings, 31; Lancashire, 25, _26_; locomotive, _20_, 23; multitubular, 21; principle of, 40; self-starting, 42. Interlocking of signals, 204, 222. Internal-combustion engine, 87. Iris.