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INDEX. 



Erckmanu, Mr., 44, 

 Ericsson, Mr. J., 605. 

 Erlenmeyer, Mr., 88. 

 Ernst, Dr., 179. 

 Eschrichtius davidsonii, 247. 

 Esparto grass, cultivation of, 362. 

 Espy, Mr., 61, 67. 

 Esquimaux, Rink on the, 234. 



settlements in East Greenland, 

 233. 

 Euphorbia, 112. 

 Europe, American birds in, 247. 



cost of salmon eggs in, 41 S. 

 cultivation of ink-plant in, 355. 

 its winter of 1871-72, 52. 

 laws of the winds in, 46. 

 smelt-breeding in, 423. 

 Western, traces of Eastlndian im- 

 plements and customs in, 313. 

 European and Massachusetts fauna, 304. 

 Evans, Mr. John, 225, 313. 



Professor, 609. 

 Exhibition in Japan, 614. 

 Exhibitions, great international, 613. 

 Exner, Mr., 77. 



Expedition, African Congo, 196. 

 German polar, 184. 

 in Beloochistau,161. 

 Nicaragua ship-canal, 185. 

 Northwest boundary, 186. 

 of 1872, Arctic, 203. 

 of Payer and Weyprecht, 144, 



172. 

 to the Rocky Mountains, 187. 

 Experiment for producing ice, 18. 



with lithofracteur, 4S3. 

 Explorations about Jerusalem, 230. 

 Arctic, 146,148. 

 by Professor Hayden in 1872, 



197. 

 in Africa, 1 62. 

 in Asia Minor, 160. 

 in Central America, 211. 

 in Greenland, 1SS. 

 in Mantchooria, 161. 

 in New Guinea, 168. 

 in the Bay of Fundy, 176. 

 in the North Pacific, 180. 

 in the Pacific, American,169. 

 in the Pacific, British, 166. 

 in the United States, 173. 

 near ancient Troy, 190. 

 north of Siberia, 146. 

 of Captain Blakiston in Ja- 

 pan, 165. 

 of Dr. Stimpson, 154. 

 of Lieutenant Wheeler in 



1S71, 152. 

 of Major Powell in 1S71, 152. 

 of Pavy, 141. 

 of Professor Hartt in Brazil, 



157. 

 of Professor Marsh in 1871, 



153, 187. 

 of R. Brenner in the Indian 



Ocean, 166. 

 ofSeybokl in Chile, 156. 

 of William H. Dall, 175. 

 of the Challenger, 181. 

 of the Colorado in 1872, 192. 

 of the Portsmouth, 196. 

 of the yacht Noma in 1872, 



150. 

 report of Hayden's, 126. 



Exploration Societv, American Palestine, 



177. 

 Explosion of gun-cotton, 484. 

 Express companies, Adams's, American 



and Merchants' Union, 412. 

 Extinguishing flame, 449. 



kerosene lamps, 449. 



F. 



Farquhar, Major, 176. 



Farwell,Mr.,430. 



Fat extracted by gasoline, 503. 



found in beer yeast, 98. 

 Faucon,Mr.,371. 



Faunas, brackish and marine mixed, 217. 

 Faye's comet, S. 



view of the physical condition of 

 the sun, 2. 

 Fayrer, Dr., 585. 

 Features, deformed, and defective brain, 



237. 

 Febrifuge, a new, 593. 

 Felt, Japanese, 528. 

 Ferment fungi, 350. 

 Fermentation, alcoholic, 111. 



evolution of gases under 



pressure, 105. 

 prevented by heat, 464. 

 Ferrel, Professor William, 41. 

 Ferry, Mr., 331. 



Fertilizing eggs, dry process of, 404. 

 Fibrine from albumen, 281. 

 Field, Cyrus W., 37. 



Filariain thebraiu of the water-turkey, 324. 

 Filing apparatus, 528. 

 Finger-nails, growth of, 2S2. 

 Fire and paper, 466. 

 Fire-engine, new, 4S6. 

 Fire-proofing compositions, 486. 



for wood, 525. 

 Fires caused by iron rust, 406. 



do they produce rain? 01. 

 Fish and sauce, 452. 



appropriation for propagation of, 401. 

 as manure in England, 426. 

 commissioners of Alabama, 406. 

 commissioners' report of Vermont, 



447. 

 commissioners' report of California, 



40S. 

 commissioners' report of Connecti- 

 cut, 409. 

 commissioners' report of Maine, 403. 

 commissioners' report of Maryland, 



433. 

 commissioners' report of New York, 



412. 

 commissioners' second report of New 



Jersey, 413. 

 hatching-house in Caledonia, 412. 

 nest-building, 259. 

 of Kansas cretaceous, fossil, 25S. 

 parasites and commensals of, 272. 

 respiration of, 261. 

 use of their pectoral fins, 259. 

 utilization of refuse, 444. 

 venomous, in the Mauritius, 263. 

 Fish-breeding establishment in England, 



414. 

 French, 399. 

 Fish-culture in California, 407. 



in New Hampshire, 405. 

 prizes in Massachusetts for, 

 406. 



