INDEX. 



637 



Fish-culturists' association at Albany, 400. 

 Fisheries, British, 443. 



French, 1870, 39T. 

 of the Gulf of Naples, 300. 

 of the Shumagin Islands, 444. 

 on the coast of North Carolina, 



414. 

 on the coast of Norway, 423. 

 Fishery association, German, 308. 



exposition at Gothenburg, 400. 

 Fishes, blue coloring matter of, 302. 



change of color in, 310. 

 Fish-nest, pelagic, 260. 

 Fitzroy, Admiral, 45. 

 Fizeau, Mr., 2. 



Flame, substance for extinguishing, 449. 

 Flax, New Zealand, 523. 

 Flax-seed and tallow for cushious, 502. 

 Fleck, Professor A., 571. 

 Fletcher, Dr., 402, 405. 

 Flints in India, chipped, 229. 

 Flogel, Mr., 2T8. 



on Aurora, 13. 

 Flora braziliensis, 353. 



of British India, Hooker's, 340. 

 of the Canaries, 341. 

 recent and ancient, in North Amer- 

 ica, 352. 

 Florida, birds of, 320. 



mounds, objects from, 332. 

 introduction of palms into, 301. 

 ship-canal, 493. 

 Flourens, Mr.,275. 

 Flowering seasons, variation of, 342. 

 Flowers, to keep fresh, 461. 

 Flux, improved, 546. 



motor, Tommasi's, 475. 

 Fodder, prepared from beet-leaves, 364. 

 Fodder-plant, prickly comfrey as a, 364. 

 Food, influence of, upon pork, 360. 



influence of, upon poultry and eggs, 



350. 

 influence of, on woman's milk, 2S2. 

 of shad, 42G. 

 Forbes, Mr. George, 55. 

 Forestry discussed, 373. 

 Fossil birds in France, 260. 

 birds, new, 253,254. 

 birds of the Mascarene Islands, 



251. 

 deer, new, 301. 

 elephant in Alaska, 333. 

 fish of Kansas, 258. 

 fishes and insects from the Nevada 



shales, 308. 

 lemuroid from Wyoming, 326. 

 mammals from the West, 337. 

 mammals, synthetic type of, 244. 

 monkey from Italy, 239. 

 reptile, new, 256. 

 resin, new, 116. 

 sharks' teeth, perforated, 224. 

 sirenian, in Belgium, new, 246. 

 vertebrates, new American, 305. 

 Fossils from Wvoming, vertebrate, 246. 

 Foster, Dr. J. W., 331. 

 Fowler, Mr. W. W.,609. 

 Pox, Colonel. 316. 

 Fraas, Professor, 222. 

 France, fossil birds in, 250. 



small birds scarce in, 350 

 trout-breeding in, 420. 

 Franck, Mr., 387. 

 Franklaiid.'Dr., 1S2, 347, 599. 



Franklin Institute, 4, 5, 6. 

 Franks, Mr. A. W., 293. 

 Fraser, Professor John F., 620. 

 Fraunhofer lines B and C, 75. 

 Freezing apparatus of Meidinger, 463. 

 Fremy's phylloxauthine, 94. 

 French and American fisheries, 39S. 



botanical journal, new, 339. 

 fish-breeding establishment, 399. 

 fisheries for 1S70, 397. 

 Frenzel, Mi-., 117. 

 Frere, Sir Bartle, 17S. 

 Fresh-water lakes, 120. 

 Frescoes, glazing for, 502. 

 Friction, indication of heating by, 492. 

 Friedmann, Dr., 50. 

 Fritsch, Mr., 342. 

 Frogs, metamorphoses of, 257. 



viviparous, horned, 258. 

 Fruit, cause of rotting of, 360. 



juices, preparation of, 453. 



preserving in Russia, 453. 



sirups, decolorization of, 454. 



trees and lime, 369. 

 Frye, Mr. Isaac, 441. 

 Fuchs, Dr., 122. 

 Fuel from fine coal, 479. 

 Fiitterer, Captain, 81. 

 Fulminitine, a new explosive, 4S4. 

 Function of potassium in soils, 367. 

 Fundy, marine zoology of the Bay of, 201. 

 Fungi, ferment, 350. 

 Furnace, Dank's puddling, 479. 

 Furnaces, height of blast, 47S. 

 Fur seals, catch of, in 1872, 435. 



G. 



Galactine, 99. 



Galapagos, character of the, 312. 

 Galle, Dr. J. G., 16. 

 Galvanic lamp-lighter, 489. 

 Gamble, Dr., 603. 

 Gamgee, Professor John, 381. 

 Garden, the, a new journal, 339. 

 Garner, Mr., 270. 

 Garrod, Mr. A. Henry, 601. 

 Gas jet, action of, on water, 7^. 

 Gases, absorption of, by different soils, 375. 

 and salts, solubility in water, 106. 

 in the bladders of fishes, 104. 

 Gasoline for extracting fat, 503. 

 Gastric juice on calomel, action of, 560. 

 Gaudry, Mr. A., 333, 615. 

 Gautier, Mr., 99. 

 Gegenbaur, Professor, 336. 

 Geikie, Mr. James, 139. 

 Geissler tube, 11. 

 Gelatine moulding, 501. 



sizing, 523. 

 General physics, 71. 

 Generation of eels, 299. 

 < i.'iiesee River, shad-planting in, 429. 

 Genth, Dr. F. A., 605. 

 Geography, 141. 

 Geological fund, Murchison,615. 



survey of California, 128. 



survey of Indiana for 1870, 125. 



survey of Ohio for ls70, 125. 

 Geology of Canada, post-pliocene, 138. 

 of the Bermudas, 137. 

 of the West Indies, 135. 

 Geofge, -Mr.. 4S7. 

 Gerlach, Professor, 3S5. 

 Gerland, Mr., 04. 



