Graphic delineator of American "notions" we owe this noble generalisation is Kirchhoff, Professor of Natural History at Rouen. Ardent, laborious, learned, full not only knew how to produce the spark, 102. Air-gun, _342_. Air-pump for cycle tyres, _340_; for Westinghouse brake, 199. Alternating currents, 164; dynamo, 164. Amperage, 125. Angle of advance, 57, 58; incidence, 268; reflection, 268. Aorta, 360. Arc lamp, 182. Archimedes, 412. Armature, 162. Arteries, 358. Arterial blood, 359. Atmospheric pressure, 350. Auditory nerve, 272. Automatic brakes, 188; signalling, 228; stoker, 399. Backfall, 298. Balance-wheel, 419. Ball cock, 366, _367_. Balloon, fire, 323; gas, 347. Barometer, aneroid, 328, _329_; and weather.