Thermometer, description of, [24]

Throttle valve, use of, [104]

Traction, force of, on a railroad, [192]

Tredgold, [70]

Trevithick and Vivian, Messrs., construct the first high-pressure engine used in this country, [148]

U.

United States, steam communication with, [274]

V.

Vacuum, production of, by experiment, [37]

Vapour, elastic, force of, [35]