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INDEX. 



Anaesthetics on the nervous centres, 280. 

 Analysis of meteoric sand, 119. 

 Anaptomorphus aemulus, 326. 

 Ancients, their pigments and dyes, 509. 

 Andes, subsidence of the, 155. 

 Andrews, Professor E. B., 126. 

 Angstrom, Mr., 15, 16, IS. 

 Angstrom's ray, 17, 

 Anhydrous alcohol, SS. 

 Auiline black, as writing-ink, 525. 

 black, new, 512. 

 colors and starch, 50S. 

 dissolved in glycerine, 52T. 

 for coloring tin-foil, 522. 

 Animal fluids, testing, 107. 



heat, new theory of, 323. 

 kingdom, haemoglobin in, 278. 

 membranes, insoluble matter in, 



279. 

 tissues, cellulose in, 276. 

 Animals, effect of colored rays on respira- 

 tion of, 313. 

 in a superoxygenated atmos- 

 phere, 5S7. 

 mental characteristics of, 2SS. 

 of New Jersey, fnr-bearing, 240. 

 study of their diseases, 567. 

 Anourosorex, 318. 

 Anthropological Institute of New York, 



Journal of, 236. 

 Anthropology, International Congress of, 



293. 

 Antimony blue, 530. 



production of, 100. 

 Antiquity of the manufacture of iron, 477. 



of the moa, comparative, 326. 

 Antiseptic, chloral hydrate as an, 570. 

 Antiseptics, comparison of, 570. 

 Apes iu Thibet, 239. 

 Aphideine, 95. 

 Aphis, red color of, 95. 

 Apomorphia, 555. 



Apparatus to prevent mildew iu grain, 394. 

 Apple-tree, bark-louse of, 302. 

 Appun, Mr. Karl F., 619. 

 Aquarium at Brighton, marine, 21S. 



at the Vienna Exposition, 325. 

 in Berlin, 219. 

 in Manchester, 298. 

 in Naples, 298. 

 Archaeology in America, 329. 

 Arctic Committee of the London Geograph- 

 ical Society, 195. 

 expedition of 1872, 203. 

 expedition, proposed British, 149. 

 exploration in 1S72, 170. 

 explorations, 146, 148. 

 explorations, Dr. Ray on, 142. 

 Ocean, unusual Aveather in, 1871, 51. 

 Area of international exhibitions, 613. 

 Argus, spectroscopical phenomena of, 8. 

 Arizona, precious stones in, 132. 

 Arkansas, shad in Red River, 42S. 

 Army medical museum, 329. 

 Amy, Governor W. M. F., 242. 

 Arsenic in carpets, 596. 



in wall paper, 5S4. 

 production of, 110. 

 Artus, Professor, 471, 526. 

 Asbestos for piston-rod packing, 476. 

 Aseptiu, use of, 456. 

 Asetin, Mr., 331. 



Ash in grape and other fruit wines, 346. 

 Asia Minor, explorations iu, 160. 



Asmanite, 133. 



Asphalts, occurrence of, 131. 



Association, Bloomington Scientific, 609. 



Assyrian tablets, 332. 



Asteroids, naming new, 33. 



the discoverers of, 24. 

 Astrouomical discoveries, cable announce- 

 ments of, 36. 

 Observatory, United States, 



report for 1S69, 26. 

 Society of Bristol, 3. 

 station in California, 25. 

 work at Sherman Station, 2S. 

 Astronomy and mathematics, 1. 



recent advances in, 24. 

 Atherina presbvter and notata, 273. 

 Atkins, Mr. Charles G., 402, 403, 407, 410, 



440. 

 Atlantic, deep-sea temperatures near the 



equator, 43. 

 Aleutian Islands, Japanese junk stranded 



on, 232. 

 Atmosphere, carbonic acid in, 97. 



superoxygenated, effects on 

 animals of, JS7. 

 Atropia against opium, 5S7. 

 Atwater, Mr., 610. 

 Auerswald, Mr., 339. 

 Aurora, nature of the, 13. 



of February 4, 1S72, 14. 



of February 4, 1S72, visible in the 



southern hemisphere, 17, 18. 

 of February 4, 1872, Secchi on, 17. 

 proof of the great distance of, 17. 

 spectrum of, 14. 

 Auroras, determination of their height, 16. 

 Auspitz, Dr., 279. 

 Austin, Mr. E. P., 174. 

 Australia and India, bituminous shales in, 

 119. 

 salmon and trout in, 422. 

 Australian eclipse expedition, quadruped 



dredged by, 275. 

 Avebury, preservation of the monument 

 of, 224. 



B. 



Babcock, Mr., 292. 

 Bachmau, Wm., 234. 

 Back, Sir George, 149. 

 Bacteria and pyaemia, 578. 

 characters of, 347. 

 recent observations on, 348. 

 Baerle & Co., Messrs., 544. 

 Bain, Mr., 580. 

 Baird, Dr. William, 619. 



Professor S. F., 201, 202, 334, 401, 

 410 445. 



William M., 619. 

 Baker, Dr. Henry B., 595. 



Mr. Louis, 361. 

 Balloon, manageable, 4S1. 

 Ballot's law, 9, 47, 49. 

 Baltimore, ovster trade of, 433. 

 Banks, General, 185, 211. 

 Bannister, Mr. H. M., 201. 

 Baousse-Rousse, skeleton of, 294. 

 Barclay, Dr., 160. 

 Barker, Professor, 15. 

 Bark-louse of the apple-tree, 302. 

 Barley and wheat starch, 104. 

 Barlow, General, 125. 

 Barometer depression and height of the 

 tides, 41. 



