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Taylor, on the vibration of strings, 249.

Teaching, its nature, 366 et seq.

Telegraph, the word, 263.

Telescope, 262.

Telestereoscope, the, 84.

Temperament, even, in tuning, 47.

Temperature, absolute, 162; differences of, 205; differences of, viewed as level surfaces, 161; heights of, 174; scale of, derived from tensions of gases, 174.

Terence, 347.

Terms, scientific, 342-343.

Thales, 259.

Theories, their scope, function, and power, 241-242; must be replaced by direct description, 248.

Thermal, energy, 174, 177; capacity, 123, footnote.

Thermodynamics, 160 et seq.

Thermoelectrometer, Riess's, 133, 169.

Thing-in-itself, the, 200.

Things, mental symbols for groups of sensations, 200-201.

Thomson, James, on the lowering of the freezing-point of water by pressure, 162.

Thomson, W., his absolute electrometer, 127, footnote; on thermodynamics, 162; on the conservation of energy, 165; on the mechanical measures of temperature, 174, footnote; on waste of mechanical energy, 175; also 108, 173, footnote.

Thought, habitudes of, 199, 224, 227, 232; relationship between language and, 329; incongruence between experience and, 206; luxuriance of a fully developed, 58; transformation in scientific, 214-235.

Thoughts, their development and the struggle for existence among them, 63; importance of erroneous, 65; as reproductions of facts, 107.

Thread, the individual a, on which pearls are strung, 234-235.

Tides, 283.

Timbre, 37, 38, 39.

Time, 178, 204, 205, footnote.

Toepler and Foucault, method of, for detecting optical faults, 313 et seq., 320.

Tone-figures, 91.

Tones, 22-47, 99 et seq., 212.

Torsion, moment of, 132.

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