• Aaron, 43
  • Accidents: 8;
    • street-lighting in relation to, 225 et seq.;
    • percentage (table) of, due to improper lighting, 231
  • Acetylene: 62;
    • light-yield of, 106, 107, 170, 187, 191
  • Actinic rays: effect of, upon human organism, 275
  • Africa, public lighting in ancient, 31
  • Agni, god of fire, 40
  • Air-pump, 130
  • Air-raids, 225
  • Alaska, 18, 29
  • Alchemy, 20
  • Aleutians, 18
  • Alexandria, 43, 163
  • Allylene, 106
  • Aluminum, 108, 179, 180
  • Amiens, Treaty of, 69
  • Amylene, 106
  • Aniline dyes, 106
  • Animal: distinction between, and human being, 3; 15;
    • production of light, 24 et seq.;
    • sources of light, 30, 31;
    • oils, 51
  • Antimony, 294
  • Antioch, 153
  • Arago, 114, 196
  • Archbishop of Canterbury, 49
  • Archimedes, 19
  • Arc: lamps, 69, 89;
    • electric, 111 et seq.;
    • distinction between spark and, 112;
    • Davy's notes on electric, 113;
    • formation of, 115, 116;
    • Staite and enclosed, 117, 118;
    • principle of enclosed, 118, 119;
    • types of, 120;
    • flame-, 121, 122;
    • luminous, 122;
    • electric, 127;
    • luminous efficiency of electric (table), 124; 160 et seq.;
    • -lamp in lighthouses, 168 et seq.;
    • magnetite-, 187; 261
  • Ardois system of signaling, 199
  • Argand, Ami: 52;
    • inaugurates new era in artificial lighting, 53, 54; 63, 70, 76, 77, 78, 97, 167, 196
  • Argon, 137
  • Aristophanes, "The Clouds," 19
  • Art Museums, 9, 13, 322, 323
  • Asbestos, 170
  • Asia: public lighting in ancient, 31, 39
  • Automobiles, 238
  • Babylon, 39
  • Bacteria: effect of artificial light upon, 272 et seq.; 281, 282
  • Bailey, Prof. L. H., 250
  • Baltimore, 98
  • Bamboo: carbon filaments, 169
  • Bartholdi, 302, 303
  • Beacons. See Lighthouses.
  • Beck, 186
  • Beecher, 72
  • Beeswax, 35, 51
  • Benzene, 106
  • Bible, cited on importance of artificial light, 42-44
  • "Bluebird, The," Maeterlinck, 9
  • Blue-prints, 261
  • Bollman, 98
  • Bolton, von, 132, 133
  • Bombs, illuminating, 182 et seq.
  • Boston Light, 164, 165, 166, 177
  • Bowditch, production of regenerative lamp by, 78, 79
  • Boy Scouts, 17
  • Bremer, 120
  • Bristol University, 252
  • Brush, 68, 159
  • Building, 8
  • Bunsen, 81, 85, 89, 148, 149
  • Bureau of Mines: cited on open flames, 234; 236
  • Burning-glasses, 19, 20.
    • See also Lenses.
  • Butylene, 106
  • Byzantium, 34
  • Cæsar, 163
  • Canada, 254
  • Candle-hour, defined, 215
  • Candles: progress and, 7; 25, 28, 29, 30, 33;
    • religious uses of, 34, 35;
    • as a modern light-source, 36, 37;
    • ceremonial uses of, 38 et seq.; 44, 48, 57, 82, 97, 222, 299, 304
  • Calcium, 107, 108
  • Carbolic acid, 106
  • Carbon: 53, 80, 81;
    • physical characteristics of, 80, 81; 90, 104, 105, 128, 129, 144, 170
  • Carbon filament: 127 et seq.;
    • preparation of, 129, 130, 131;
    • luminous efficiency of, 131, 132;
    • lamps, 161;
    • lamps in greenhouses, 250 et seq.
  • Carbons, formation of, 115, 116
  • Carbureted hydrogen, 75
  • Carcel, invention of clockwork lamp by, 54, 55
  • Cat-gut, 130
  • Ceria, 85, 101
  • Charleston, S. C., 185
  • Charcoal: 113;
    • uses of, for electrodes, 115
  • Chartered Gas Light and Coke Co., London, 74
  • Chemistry: artificial light and, 256-268
  • Chicago, 62, 304, 305
  • Chimneys, 54, 60, 62
  • China, 19, 31, 32
  • Chlorate of potash, 22
  • Christ, 33, 46, 47
  • Christians, "children of light," 42
  • Christmas trees, 43, 304
  • Chromium, 294
  • Church of England, 49
  • Cities: economy of artificial lighting in congested, 13
  • Civilization: effect of artificial light upon, 4 et seq.;
    • fire and, 15
  • Clark, Parker and, 139
  • Clayton, Dr.: invention of portable gas-light by, 64;
    • quoted, 64, 65;
    • experiments of, with coal-gas, 67
  • Claude, 147
  • Cleaves, Dr., quoted, 276, 277
  • Clegg, Samuel: 74;
    • gas-lighting accomplishments of, 75, 76
  • Cleveland, 159
  • "Clouds, The," Aristophanes, 19
  • Coal: 32;
    • as a light-source, 55;
    • supply, 223; 228
  • Coal-gas: 63 et seq.;
    • public lighting by, developed, 70 et seq.;
    • analytical production of, 103, 104;
    • yield of, retort (table), 105;
    • analysis of, 106
  • Coal-mines, 234 et seq.
  • Cobalt, 294
  • Coke, 68, 105
  • Cologne, 157, 158
  • Colomb, Philip, 197
  • Color: 9;
    • relation of artificial light to, 284 et seq.
  • Colza, 31, 52, 167
  • Combustion, 82 et seq.
  • Commerce, 8, 97
  • Constantine, 42
  • Copper, 262, 295
  • Cornwall, 63
  • Cotton: 101;
    • carbon filaments, 129, 130
  • Cromartie, 78
  • Crookes, 90, 146
  • Crosley, Samuel, improvement of gas-meter by, 76
  • Crusies, 32
  • Daguerre, 258
  • Dancing, 346
  • Davy, Sir Humphrey: 33, 68, 73;
    • first use by, of charcoal for sparking points, 112;
    • notes of, on electric arc, 113; 114
  • Daylight, artificial, 12: 284 et seq.;
    • application of, 287
  • Daylighting, 12-14
  • Dollond, 195
  • Doty, 61, 167
  • Drake, Col. E. L., discovery of oil in Pennsylvania by, 56
  • Drummond, Thomas: 171, 185, 196;
    • quoted on signaling, 197
  • Dudgeon, Miss, 251, 252
  • Dyes, 256, 265
  • East Indies, 29
  • Eddystone Light, 166, 167
  • Edison: and problem of electric incandescent filament lamps, 128 et seq.; 129;
    • quoted on birth of incandescent lamp, 130
  • Edward I, 274
  • Edward VI, 49
  • Efficiency, effect of artificial light upon, 14
  • Eggs: relation of artificial light to production of, 247, 248
  • Egypt: 31;
    • sacredness of light in ancient, 39; 153, 195
  • Electric filament: 81, 127 et seq.:
    • approximate value of, lamps (table), 138
  • Electric pile: construction of, 111; 127
  • Electricity: 13, 22;
    • as a light-source, 57;
    • for home-lighting, 62, 84; 87, 89;
    • ignition of gas by, 102;
    • lighting by, 109 et seq.
  • Electromagnetic waves, 68, 86, 87
  • Electromagnets, 114, 116
  • Electrodes, 113, 114, 115 et seq.;
    • life of, 122
  • Elizabeth, Queen, 274
  • England: 32;
    • petroleum discovered in, 56;
    • gas-lighting in, 63 et seq.; 166, 251, 274
  • Erbia, 85
  • Esquimaux: 18;
    • use of artificial light by, 31
  • Ethylene, 106
  • Factories: 13;
    • artificial light in, 239 et seq.
  • Faraday, 113
  • Filaments, carbon, 129 et seq.
  • Finsen: 273, 274, 275;
    • on stimulating action of artificial light, 277; 279, 280
  • Fire: importance of, to man, 5 et seq.;
    • man's dependence upon, 15;
    • mythical origin of, 16;
    • making, 17 et seq.;
    • production of, in the stone age, 18;
    • in early civilization, 19;
    • ancient worship of, 29, 299
  • Fireflies: 24, 81, 96, 148, 149, 150
  • "First Men in the Moon, The," H. G. Wells, cited, 148
  • Fish: artificial light as bait for, 249
  • Flame-arcs, 120, 121, 122, 187
  • Flames: 86, 88, 89;
    • open, 233, 234 et seq.
  • Flint, 33
  • Fool's gold, 18
  • Fort Wagner, 185
  • France: lamps in, 55;
    • early gas-light in, 72
  • Franchot, invention of moderator lamps by, 55
  • Frankland, 77
  • Franklin, Benjamin: 165;
    • quoted, 210-212; 213
  • Fresnel, 167, 196
  • Friction, 16, 17
  • Gas: 13, 22;
    • discovery of coal, 32, 33;
    • early uses of, as light-source, 63 et seq.;
    • installment of, pipes in England, 63, 64;
    • Shirley's report on Natural, 66, 67;
    • first public display of, lighting, 69;
    • cost of, lighting, 71;
    • first attempt at industrial, lighting, 72;
    • first English, company, 74;
    • first, explosion, 75;
    • house, lighting, 76, 77; 80, 82;
    • spectrum of, 90;
    • modern, lighting industry, 97 et seq.;
    • origin of lighting by, 98;
    • first, works in America, 98;
    • growth of, consumption in United States, 99;
    • electrical ignition applied to, lighting, 102;
    • pressure, 102, 103;
    • water, 105;
    • carbons in, 106;
    • production of Pintsch, 109, 110;
    • salts applied to, flames, 120; 157;
    • Census Bureau figures on cost of, plants, 221, 222; 224, 341
  • Gas-burners: 63, 64, 77;
    • candle-power of pioneer (table), 79;
    • improvements in, 84
  • Gas-mantle: 61, 81;
    • influence of, 99;
    • characteristics of, 100 et seq.; 187
  • Gas-meter, Clegg's, 76
  • Gasolene: lamps, 55; 57
  • Gassiot, 114
  • Gauss, 196
  • Geissler, 146
  • General Electric Company, 132, 135, 136
  • Germany: development of lamps in, 56;
    • early gas-lighting in, 72
  • Glass, 195, 290 et seq.
  • Glowers, 139
  • Glow-worms, 24
  • Glycerides, 52
  • Gold, 293
  • Gout, 275
  • Gramme dynamo, 117
  • Grass: 18;
    • carbon filaments, 129
  • Greece: 39;
    • sacred lamps in ancient, 41; 42
  • Greenhouses, carbon-filament lamps in, 250 et seq.
  • Hall of Fame, 134
  • Happiness, effect of artificial light upon, 14
  • Hayden and Steinmetz, 253
  • Health, artificial light in relation to, 269-283
  • Helium, 89
  • Hemig, 155
  • Hemp, 21
  • Henry, William, 75
  • Herodotus, 56
  • Hertz, 68
  • Hertzian waves, 271
  • Hewitt, Cooper, produces mercury-arcs, 124, 125
  • Home: artificial light in relation to, 6;
    • lighting, 325 et seq.
  • Hindu: light in, ceremonials, 40
  • Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 306
  • Huygens, 195
  • Hydrocarbons, 82
  • Hydrogen, 81
  • Illiteracy, artificial light and, 9
  • Invention, 7, 97
  • Iowa, 238
  • Iridium, 129
  • Iron, 18, 262, 294
  • Iron pyrites, 18
  • Italy, 249
  • Jablochkov: electric candle of, 117
  • Jamaica, 19
  • Jandus, 118, 122
  • Japan: 19;
    • use of oil in, 30; 281
  • Jerusalem, 43
  • Jews: artificial light among, 40
  • Journal, Paris, quoted, 210-212
  • Kerosene: 57;
    • weight of, lumens, 60; 62, 187, 233
  • Kitson, platinum-gauze mantle applied by, 61
  • Laboratories: achievements of, 137
  • Lamps: 16, 25;
    • Roman, 30; 31;
    • invention of safety, 33;
    • ancient funereal, 39;
    • sacred, of antiquity, 41;
    • ceremonial, 44;
    • scientific development of oil, 51 et seq.;
    • Holliday, 55;
    • Carcel, 54, 55;
    • Franchot's moderator, 55;
    • gasolene, 55;
    • development of, in Germany, 56;
    • air pressure, 61;
    • supremacy of oil, ends, 62;
    • Bowditch's, 77, 78; 80, 97;
    • mercury-arc, 126;
    • electric incandescent filament, 127 et seq.;
    • gem, 132;
    • tungsten, 133 et seq.;
    • luminous efficiency (table) of incandescent filament, 141; 299;
    • in home, 328-333
  • Lange, 167
  • Lard-oil, 51
  • Lavoisier, 195
  • Lead, 262, 294
  • Le Bon, 72
  • "Legend of Montrose, The," Scott, cited on primitive lighting, 27
  • Leigh, Edmund, quoted, 226
  • Lenses, 20, 171 et seq.
  • Libanius, quoted, 153, 154
  • Liberty, Statue of, 301, 302, 303
  • Libraries, 9
  • Light: relation of artificial, to progress, 3 et seq.;
    • as a civilizing agency, 3-14;
    • primitive man and artificial, 4;
    • Milton, quoted on importance of, 5;
    • artificial, and science, 7;
    • artificial, and industrial development, 8;
    • Maeterlinck's tribute to, 9;
    • Lincoln's debt to artificial, 9;
    • symbolism of, 9, 10;
    • therapy, 10;
    • in war, 11;
    • adaptations of, 12; 13;
    • mythical origin of artificial, 16;
    • earliest source of, 16;
    • production of, in stone age, 18;
    • matches as source of, 21;
    • animals as, sources, 24, 25;
    • primitive sources of, 24-37;
    • evolution of artificial, sources, 24-37;
    • development, 28 et seq.;
    • early outdoor use of artificial, 28;
    • Roman uses of artificial, 30;
    • beginning of scientific, 33, 34;
    • candles as modern, source, 36, 37;
    • symbolism and religious uses of, 38 et seq.;
    • Bible cited on artificial, 42-44;
    • in relation to worship, 43, 45, 46;
    • Argand's contribution to, 53, 54;
    • coal as, source, 55;
    • early uses of gas as, source, 63 et seq.;
    • as a public utility, 70;
    • first installation of industrial gas, 72;
    • science of, production, 80 et seq.;
    • causes of, radiation, 80, 81; 83;
    • lime, 84; electric, 89 et seq.;
    • principle of, production, 90, 91;
    • sources, 93;
    • various gas-burners', supply, 95;
    • relative efficiency of, sources, 95, 96;
    • in the home, 97;
    • influence of, upon science, invention, and commerce, 97 et seq.;
    • yield of acetylene, 106, 107;
    • electric, 109;
    • influence of gas upon development of artificial, 110;
    • development of artificial, 111 et seq.;
    • efforts to improve color of mercury-arc, 125;
    • electric-incandescent-filament, 127 et seq.;
    • effect of tungsten, upon, 133 et seq.;
    • of the future, 143-152;
    • in warfare, 178-193;
    • signaling, 194-207;
    • cost of, 208-224;
    • and safety, 225 et seq.;
    • improper use of, 229, 230;
    • comparison of daylight and artificial, 240;
    • reducing action of, 258;
    • bactericidal action of, 272 et seq.;
    • modifying, 284 et seq.;
    • spectacular uses of, 298-309;
    • expressiveness of, 310-324;
    • utility of modern, 325-340;
    • evolution of the art of applying, 341-356;
    • mobile, 347, 348, 349, 350;
    • psychological effect of, 351 et seq.;
    • as an accompaniment to music, 352-354
  • Light-buoys, 10, 169
  • Lighthouses: 10, 163-177;
    • optical apparatus of, 172 et seq.
  • Light-ships, 10, 169
  • Lighting-systems: comparison of, 12-14
  • Lime, 84, 107, 108, 294
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 9
  • Linen, 18
  • Link-buoys, 28
  • Lithopone, 265, 266
  • Liverpool, 167
  • Living: comparison of, standards, 238 et seq.
  • London, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 202
  • London Gas Light and Coke Company, 74
  • Lucigen, 61
  • Lumen-hour: defined, 215
  • Lumens: 60, 94, 215
  • Lutheran Church, 49
  • Lyceum Theatre, London, 73
  • Maeterlinck, Maurice, 9
  • Magazines, 8
  • Magdsick, H. H., 303
  • Magnesia: 84;
    • Nernst's application of, 138
  • Magnesium, 179, 180
  • Magnetite arc, 187
  • Man: distinction between, and animal, 3;
    • artificial light and early, 4;
    • light-sources of primitive, 25
  • Manganese, 262, 268, 294
  • Mangin, 188
  • Mann, 129
  • Mantles, 95
  • Manufacturing, 8
  • Marconi, 68
  • Marks, 118
  • Matches: as light-sources, 21; 22, 82
  • Maxwell, 68
  • Mazda lamps, 289, 339
  • Mecca, 40
  • Mediterranean Sea, 163
  • Mercury-arc: Way's, 124; 125, 126;
    • quartz, 125, 126;
    • attempts to improve color of, light, 125
  • Middle Ages, 46, 47, 274
  • Milton, quoted, 5
  • Mirror, 19
  • Mohammedans, 40
  • Moore, Dr. McFarlan, 146, 147
  • Morality, effect of light upon, 9
  • Morse code: application of, to light-signaling, 198, 199
  • Moses, 195
  • Moving-pictures, 9, 260, 261
  • Munich, 72
  • Murdock, William: installment of gas-pipes by, 63; 68, 69, 70;
    • quoted on industrial use of artificial, 71; 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 217, 309
  • Museums: 13;
    • utilization of artificial light by, 322, 323
  • Music: light as an accompaniment to, 352-354
  • Mythology, 16
  • Nantes, 85
  • Napoleon, 111
  • Napthalene, 106
  • National Heat and Light Co., 72, 74
  • Natural gas, 99
  • Navesink Light, 206
  • Nernst, 138, 139
  • Newspapers, 8
  • Newton, Sir Isaac: 7;
    • quoted on discovery of visible spectrum, 87; 88
  • New York, 98, 165, 166, 206, 302, 304
  • Niagara Falls, 108, 306
  • Nickel, 262
  • Nielson, 77
  • Niepce, 258
  • Niter, 21
  • Nitrogen, 137
  • Norfolk, 169
  • Obesity, 275
  • Offices, 13
  • Oil: as a light-source, 29 et seq.;
    • development of, lamps, 51 et seq.; 155;
    • in lighthouse, 165 et seq.; 222, 224, 299
  • O'Leary, Mrs., and her lamp, 62
  • Olive-oil, 51, 52, 167
  • Orkney Islands, 29, 177
  • Osmium, 133
  • Oxygen: relative consumption of, by oil-lamps, 58, 59; 262
  • Ozone, 262
  • Painting, 342, 343, 347, 348, 349
  • Pall Mall, 74
  • Panama-Pacific Exposition: 304;
    • artificial lighting of, 306, 307, 308, 309
  • Paper: 18;
    • carbon filaments, 129, 130
  • Paraffin, 35, 57
  • Parker and Clark, 139
  • Paris: experimental gas-lighting in, 83, 84;
    • Volta in, 111; 154, 185, 210, 212, 213
  • Peckham, John, 195
  • Pennsylvania: discovery of oil in, 56
  • Periodic Law, 145
  • Petroleum: 35, 51, 55;
    • discovery of, 56;
    • constitution of crude, 57; 58, 214
  • Pharos, 163
  • Philadelphia, 98, 99, 157
  • Phillips and Lee, 70, 72
  • "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London," 33;
    • quoted on industrial lighting, 63;
    • Shirley's report on natural gas in, 66, 67;
    • quoted, 87
  • Phœnicians, 34, 39
  • Phosphorus, 21
  • Photo-micrography, 12
  • Photography: 126;
    • early experiments in, 258;
    • development of, 259; 291, 292
  • Picric acid, 106
  • Pigments, 265
  • Pintsch: production of, gas, 109, 110, 170
  • Pitch, 106
  • Plant-growth: artificial light and, 11, 249 et seq.
  • Platinum, 85, 128, 129, 262
  • Plumbago, 113, 130
  • Plymouth, 166
  • Poetry, 346
  • Police, 162
  • Potash, chlorate of, 22
  • Priestley, Professor, quoted, 252
  • Printing, 8
  • Progress: influence of fire upon, 15 et seq.
  • Prometheus, 16, 41
  • Propylene, 106
  • Ptolemy II, 163
  • Quartz: 18, 19;
    • mercury-arcs, 125;
    • uses of, 126;
    • in skin diseases, 278, 279
  • Radiators, energy, 88 et seq.
  • Radium, 150
  • Railway Signal Association, 205
  • Railways: light-signaling applied to, 205
  • Ramie fiber, 101
  • Rane, 250, 251
  • Rare-earth oxides: 85;
    • properties of, 88, 99
  • Recreation, 9
  • Redruth, 63
  • Reformation: ceremonial uses of light during the, 48, 49
  • Rheumatism, 275
  • Robins, Benjamin, 201
  • Rome, 30, 32, 34, 39, 41, 42, 44
  • Röntgen, 270, 280.
    • See also X-ray.
  • Royal Society of London: 33, 63, 66, 67, 70, 73;
    • and first gas explosion, 75, 111, 112
  • Rumford, 167
  • Rushlights, 28, 33
  • Russia, 281
  • Ryan, W. D'A., 306
  • Safety: artificial light in relation to, 14, 225 et seq.
  • Salts: chemical, 88, 89;
    • metallic, 120;
    • silver, 257, 258
  • Sandy Hook Light, 165, 166
  • San Francisco, 304, 306-309
  • Savages, 3, 15, 17
  • Sawyer, 129
  • Scheele, K. W., 133;
    • quoted, 257, 258
  • Schools, 9
  • Science: light and, 6, 7; 97;
    • systematized, 268
  • Scotland: 26, 31, 32, 48;
    • oil industry in, 56
  • Scott, Sir Walter, cited, 27, 98
  • Sculpture: artificial light in relation to, 184
  • Search-lights, 11, 169
  • Section of Plant Protection, 225, 226
  • Selenium, 267, 293
  • Semaphore, 199
  • Shells: illuminating, 179 et seq.
  • Shirley, Thomas: quoted on natural gas, 66, 67
  • Siemens, 78
  • Signaling, 194-207
  • Silicon: filament, 140
  • Silk: artificial, 101;
    • carbon-filaments, 129
  • Simpson, R. E., 227, 231
  • Silver, 258, 293
  • Skin diseases: treatment of, 278, 279, 280
  • Skylights, 13
  • Sleep, 8
  • Smallpox, 274, 275
  • Smeaton, 166
  • Soho, 69, 72
  • South Africa, 129
  • Sparks: 33, 125
  • Spectrum: visible, 86;
    • Newton quoted on, 87;
    • of elements, 89;
    • of gases, 90; 120, 121;
    • mercury, 124-126
  • Sperm, 31, 51, 52, 167
  • Spermaceti, 35, 51
  • Splinter-holders, 27, 28
  • Stage: and artificial light, 319 et seq.; 343
  • Staite, 117, 118
  • Stearine, 35, 52
  • Stearn, 129
  • Steel, 18, 33
  • Steinmetz, Hayden and, 253
  • Sterilization: quartz-mercury-arc and, 280, 281, 282
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted, 177
  • Stores, 13
  • St. Paul, 43
  • St. Paul's Cathedral, 300
  • Street-lighting: development of, 152-162
  • Sugar, 22
  • Sulphide of iron, 18
  • Sulphur, 18, 21, 179, 180, 294
  • Sulphuric acid, 21, 22
  • Sun, 8, 16, 19, 20
  • Swan, 129
  • Syracuse, 19
  • Syria, 153
  • Tallow, 34, 35, 51, 52
  • Tantalum: 132;
    • filament lamps, 133
  • Tar, 68, 106
  • Telegraphy, 195
  • Telephony, 194
  • Textiles, 256
  • Thames, 169
  • Theaters, 9, 319 et seq.
  • Thoria, 85
  • Tin, 262
  • Tinder-boxes, 18, 19, 22
  • Travelers Insurance Company, 227
  • Trees, 26
  • Troy, 42
  • Tuberculosis, 273
  • Tungsten lamp, 161 et seq., 187, 261, 290, 303
  • Typhus, 273
  • Ultra-violet rays: 126, 150;
    • in photographic electricity, 267, 268; 270, 272, 294
  • United States: petroleum in, 57;
    • gas-consumption in, 99; 164, 165, 166
  • United States Geological Survey, cited on sale of gas, 222
  • United States Military Intelligence, 225, 226
  • Vacuum tubes, 81, 286
  • Venetians, 195
  • Ventilation, 13
  • Verne, Jules, 143
  • Vestal Virgins, 42
  • Volcanoes, 166
  • Volta, 111, 112, 127
  • Voltaic pile: construction of, 111, 127
  • Von Bolton. See Bolton.
  • War: and artificial light, 11, 178-193
  • Washington, 305
  • Water: sterilization of, by artificial light, 280 et seq.
  • Watson, Dr. Richard, 67, 68
  • Watt, 94
  • Waves: electro-magnetic, 68, 86, 125 et seq.
  • Wax, 34, 46, 51
  • Way: mercury-arc produced by, 124
  • Wells, 61
  • Wells, H. G., cited, 148
  • Welsbach, Auer von: 61;
    • invention of mantle by, 99, 100, 133
  • Wenham, 78
  • West Indies, 25
  • Whale-oil, 31
  • Wicks, 35, 36, 53, 54, 58, 59
  • Winsor, 72, 73.
    • See also Winzler.
  • Winzler. See Winsor.
  • Wolfram. See Tungsten.
  • Wood, 26, 27, 28
  • Woolworth Building, 302, 303
  • Wounds: treatment of, by artificial light, 10
  • X-ray: production of, tubes during War, 131; 137, 150, 270, 280
  • Young, James: discovers petroleum, 56
  • Yttria, 85
  • Zeitung, Cologne: 157;
    • extract from, on street-lighting, 158
  • Zinc, 125, 130, 267
  • Zirconia, 84, 85