U
V
- Van Depoele, [302]
- Vasco da Gama, [128]
- Veneti, [90]
- Vercingetorix, [93], [94]
- Vieille, [273]
- Villeneuve, [193], [194]
- Visibility of objects, [116], [117]
- Volta, [138], [170], [171]
- Voltaic arc, [182], [183]
- Vulcanizing rubber, [220]
W
- Walker, [213]
- Walkers, [304]
- War-chariot, [42]
- Washington, [173] et seq
- Watch, [162]
- Watch-making machine, [245]
- Water-gas, [221]
- Watt, [154] et seq
- Webb-feeding printing press, [274]
- Wedgwood, [181]
- Wegmann, [286]
- Wells, [234]
- Welsbach, [302]
- Westinghouse, [278], [285]
- Wheatstone bridge, [285]
- Wheatstone, [220]
- Wheel, [42], [43]
- Whitehead torpedo, [275]
- Whitney, [177]
- Wilde, [275]
- Willis, [285]
- Wireless telegraph, [305], [306]
- Wöhler, [213]
- Wood pulp, [247]
- Wood, Henry A. Wise, [318], [327]
- Woodruff, [265]
- Worm, [245]
- Wright, Orville and Wilbur, [326]
X
Z
- Zankerode, [293]