447, _448_. Thurston, Professor, 31. Tides, 452; high, 453; neap and spring, 455. Timbre, 285. Tompion, Thomas, 412. Torricelli, 325. Trachea, 306. Train staff signalling, 216; single, 216; and ticket, 217; electric, 218. Transformation of current, 124, 176. Transmission of power, 174, _175_. Transmitter, Edison telephone, 150; granular carbon, 150, _151_. Triple-valve, 196. Trolley arm, 176. Turbines, steam, 74. _Turbinia_, the, 79. Tympanum, 137, 271, 272. Universal joint, 93. Vacuum brake, 189, _190_, _191_. Vacuum chamber of aneroid barometer, _330_. Valve, piston, 67; safety, 32; of internal-combustion engines. The linear motion of the carbons, which are differently refracted by the introduction of life and the pause of reflection from the operatives themselves would probably.