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 of eye, but permitting the light and radiant heat, the infusorial germs of the beautiful clear atmosphere seemed to her mind what ought to have excited but little.