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INDEX. 



Northern hemisphere, change of tempera- 

 ture in, 54. 

 glacial period of, 

 139. 

 Northwest boundary expedition, 186. 

 Norway coast, peculiar herring of, 426. 

 fisheries on the coast of, 423. 

 preserving telegraph poles in, 4S5. 

 Viking boat discovered, 225. 

 Notarie, Professor, 619. 

 Nova Scotia salmon, 446. 

 Nyctitherium velox and priscus, 306. 



O. 



Object-glass of Alleghany Observatory, 



612. 

 Objectives, nomenclature of, 76. 

 Observatories, Proctor on physical, 29. 

 Observatory, Alleghany, 612. 



at Naples, zoological, 219. 

 Greenwich, 76. 

 Ocean circulation, Croll on, 42. 



currents, Carpenter's theory of, 41. 

 Octopus, new species of, 203. 

 Odors, classification of, 87. 

 Oersted, Professor A. S., 621. 

 Ohio, capture of Bassaris, 240. 



geological report, 125. 

 Oil and varnish drying by borax, 545. 



kerosene, upon water, 462. 

 Oil-works on Unalaschka, 436. 

 .Oils, volatile, and malaria, 573. 

 Olive-oil acted on bv light, 90. 

 Oliver, Mr. J. E., 605. 

 Olney, Jesse, 621. 



Mr. Stephen T., 342. 

 Ophir, the land of, 102. 

 Opium, alkaloids of, 552. 



atropia an antidote to, 587. 

 Orcine, synthesis of, 90. 

 Oiv,Dr., 5S3. 



Oriental Society, American, 305. 

 Origin of malaria, 573. 



of the domestic dog, 317. 

 of tubercular consumption, 579. 

 Ornithological periodical, new, 311. 

 Orton, Professor, 126, 155. 

 Osborne, Admiral Sherrard, 149. 



Mr., 1S7. 

 Oscar, Prince, of Swedeu, 294. 

 Osmic acid for preserving jelly-fish, 291. 

 Otsego bass, raising, 423. 

 Ott, Dr. Adolph, 537. 

 Ovid on the weather, 55. 

 Owen, Professor, 224, 252. 

 Owsjannikow, Professor, 442. 

 Oxford University, 617. 

 Oxvgen from plants, eliminated by light, 

 75. 

 illumination, 4S9. 

 Oyster fishery in 1S71, Virginia, 432. 

 shells, waste of, 434. 

 trade in Baltimore, 433. 

 Oysters, American, 270. 



in Chesapeake Bay, green color 



of, 432. 

 origin of pearls in, 270. 



Paalzow, Mr., 567. 



Pacific, American explorations in, 169. 



British explorations in, 166. 

 Pacific coast, iron sand on the, 133. 



cyclones in the, 54. 



Packard, Jan., Dr. A. S., 202, 377, 605, 609. 

 Packard's report on the Massachusetts in- 

 sects, 377. 

 Packing, asbestos, for piston-rods, 476. 

 Page, Mr. George Sheppard, 401, 402, 404. 

 Paget, Captain, 167. 



Dr., 554. 

 Paine, Mr. Robert T., 7. 

 Paint and varnish dryer, 50G. 



improved composition, 507. 

 Painting, decorative, 531. 

 Palatine orange, a new dye, 532. 

 Palestine, discoveries in, 158. 



expedition, British, 187. 

 Exploration Society, 159. 



American, 

 177. 

 Palladius, Archimandrite, at Pekin, 101. 

 Palm, Mr. R., 84. 



Palmer, Dr. Edward, 152, 235, 316. 

 Palmieri's law respecting atmospheric 

 electricity, 55. 

 Professor, 55. 

 Palms to be introduced into Florida, 361. 

 Panceri, Professor, 2S9, 290. 

 Paper and fire, 466. 



dendritic marks on, 534. 

 size, new, 546. 

 wood pulp for, 539. 

 Paraffine for glazing frescoes, 502. 



for preserving flowers, 462. 

 for preserving wood, 52S. 

 upon labels, 458. 

 Parasite of the beaver, 300. 



of the spruce, new, 343. 

 Parasites and commensals of fish, 272. 



. of bats, 242. 

 Paris Museum, damage to, 601. 



scientific appointments in, G15. 

 Parnaby, Mr., 414. 

 Parry, Dr.C. C, ISO. 

 Parthey, Mr. Gustav, G21. 

 Pasqnale, Signor G. A., 122. 

 Pasteur, Mr., 347, 464. 

 Patagonian coast, upheaval of, 131. 

 Patterson, Dr., 564. 



Mr. Robert, 621. 

 Paul-Henry at Paris, 36. 

 Paullinia sorbilis, 586. 

 Pausch, Herr, 233. 

 Paw, Mr. E., 528. 



Mr. Octave, 141. 

 Pavy's explorations, 141. 

 Paxton,Mr.,435. 



Payer, Lieutenant, 145, 146, 147, 149, 172. 

 Payer and Weyprecht, 204. 



discoveries, 180. 

 expedition, 144,172. 

 Payne, Professor John A., 177. 

 Peabody Academy, report of, 60S. 

 Mr. George, 608. 

 Musjeum, Cambridge, 60S. 

 Pearls in oysters, origin of, 270. 

 Peat, improved, 494. 

 Pecten, a living, 216. 

 Pedalion mira, a new microscopic animal, 



325 

 Peirc'e, Professor, 33, 34, 44; 130, 131, 202, 



214, 215, 259. 

 Peuicillium glaucum, 369. 

 Pentacrinus caput medusae, 155. 

 Periosteum, transplantation of, 280. 

 Perkins, Mr., S9, 406. 

 Perrine, Dr., 361. 



