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by Electricity, 82; Nickel Plating, 84. Compound Bodies: Ammonium: 

 Synthesis of, 113; Cupro- Ammonium, 91 ; Alcohol: Reaction of, 87; An- 

 hydrous, 88 ; Detection of, in Water, 103 ; Chloral Hydrate, 105 ; Distilla- 

 tion, 108 ; Fermentation, 111; Sugar: Of Milk, 98; Conversion of Cane into 

 Glucose by Light, 98; Milk: Galactine, 99; Albumen, 99. Other Sub- 

 stances: Glycol -Strychnine, 91; Noctilucine, 111, 334; Chinamine, 93; 

 Cathartine, 92 ; Carbazol and Carbazoline, 92, 96 ; Abietine, 92 ; Indigo- 

 tine, 95 ; Indigophan, 95 ; Orcine, Synthesis of, 96 ; Tetronerythrin, 96, 97 ; 

 Chlorophyl, 94 ; Purpurophyl, 107. Coloring Matters : From Aldehydes 

 and Phenols, 95 ; of Aphis, 95 ; Blue, of Boletus, 106 ; of Red Spots of 

 Grouse and Fish, 96, 97. Chemical Tests : Guaiacum for Blood-stains, 104 ; 

 to distinguish Barley from Wheat Starch, 104 ; Animal Fluids, 107 ; Alco- 

 hol in Water, 103 ; Sulphuric Acid in Vinegar, 103. Miscellaneous : Clas- 

 sification of Odors, 87 ; Spontaneous Combustion of Charged Silk, 88 ; 

 Chemical Inventions in the London Exhibition of 1871, 89 ; Action of Light 

 on Olive-oil, 90 ; Fat found in Beer Yeast, 98 ; Gases in the Swimming 

 Bladders of Fishes, 104 ; Effect of Pressure on the Evolution of Gases in 

 Fermentation, 105 ; Solubility of Salt and Gases in Water, 106 ; Produc- 

 tion of certain Metals in 1866, 110 ; Stassfurt Chemical Works, 105 ; Chem- 

 ical Composition of Clean and Foul Salmon, 106. 



E. MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY 115 



MINERALOGY. 



Iron : Native, in Greenland, 115, 134. Silica : Trimorphous State of, 132. 

 Corundum in North Carolina, 117. New Species, 116, 117 ; Rosthornite, 

 116; Syngenite, 140 ; Coorongite, 134. Diamonds : In Xanthophyllite, 118 ; 

 of Meteoric Origin, 118; in Arizona, 132. Meteorites in Greenland, 115, 

 134. 



GEOLOGY. 



General : Post-pliocene, of Canada, 138 ; of the Rocky Mountains Hay- 

 den, 126, 197 ; King, 127 ; Marsh, 153, 187 ; of the Yellowstone Park, 125 ; 

 of California, 128; Ohio, 125; Indiana, 125 ; Bermudas, 137 ; West Inches, 

 135. Change of Level: Northern Seas, 64; near the North Pole, 115; 

 Sweden, 122 ; Patagonian Coast, 131 ; Andes, 155. Supposed Change of 

 Pole, 122. Glaciers: In Chile, 123; Montevideo, 124 ; South America, 130; 

 Northern Hemisphere, 139 ; Algeria, 124. Earthquake in California, 123. 

 Volcanoes : Exhalations from, 122 ; Temperature of Lavas, 122 ; Vol- 

 canic Sand in Chile, 56. 



Coal and Bitumen : Bituminous Shales, 119 ; Asphaltum, 131 ; Origin 

 of Coal, 120 ; Coal in Chile, 120. 



Miscellaneous : Bed of Glauber's Salt, 118 ; Salt in Lakes, 120 ; Mille- 

 pora Limestone, 118; Microscopical Structure of Slate, 119; Iron Sand on 

 the Pacific Coast, 133 ; Phosphate Beds of the Dniester, 121 ; Origin of 

 Phosphates, 134. 



F. GEOGRAPHY 141 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



The Red Sea, 64 ; Proper Meridian for Reference, 158 ; Venezuelan Mount- 

 ains, 178; Instructions for Research, 193. 



