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INDEX. 



Pyrosoma, phosphorescence of, 290. 

 Pythononiorpha, Cope on, 254. 



Q. 



Quadruped dredged by the Australian 



eclipse expedition, 275. 

 Qnaii:, Dr., 554 



Queensland, new Avingless bird from, 252. 

 Quinine, 551. 



action of, on white blood corpus- 

 cles, 276. 

 physiological action of, 2S4. 



R. 



Rabbits, temperature lowered by swing- 

 ing, 279. 

 Rabuteau, Mr., 552. 

 Radde, Herr, 1S4. 

 Rae, Dr., 234. 



Railway indicator of stopping-places, 4S0. 

 Rain, is it produced by fires ? 81. 

 Rain-water, nitrous and nitric acid in, 374. 

 Ramsay, Professor Andrew Crombie, 616. 

 Rankine, Mr., 2. 

 Rasch, Professor, 415. 

 Rat-catching, 45!t. 

 Rath, Professor, 133. 

 Rats, etc., and chloride of lime, 45S. 

 Ran, Dr., 221. 

 Rauch, Mr. John H., 578. 

 Ravenel, Mr. Edmund, 622. 



Professor, 3S2. 

 Ray, Dr. John, 142, 



Rays, colored, on the respiration of ani- 

 mals, 313. 

 effect of red, on plants, 346. 

 Read, Commodore J. J., 196. 



Mr. M. C., 126. 

 Reaume, Mr. B., 435. 

 Red and other colors poisonous, 581. 



color of aphis, 95. 



Sea, physical geography of, 64. 

 Red-lead, improved manufacture of, 497. 

 Redding, Mr., 430. 

 Reducing agent, new, 83. 

 Reed, Mr., 402. 

 Reess, Dr., 350. 

 Refraction of light, 76. 

 Regianine, 512. 



Registering passengers in cars, 481. 

 Reichardt, Professor, 375. 

 Reichenow, Mr., 162, 212. 

 Reimaun,Dr., 17. 



Mr., 523. 

 Reiuke, Dr., 342. 

 Reiss, Mr., 155. 

 Relics, Indian, for sale, 236. 

 Remains in Unalashka, prehistoric, 327. 

 Renault, Mr., 471. 

 Reproducing manuscript, 518. 

 Reptile, new fossil, 256. 

 Reptiles, structure of mosasauroid, 25S. 

 Resanite, 137. 

 Respighi, Mr., 3, 5. 

 Reuter, Mr. G. F., 622. 

 Rcvacciuation, 561. 

 Revue, maritime et colonial, 397. 

 Rey, Mr., 312. 

 Rhiuantin, 464. 

 Rhiue and Weser, canal between, 473. 



salmon, capture in Holland, 416. 

 Rhinoceros in England, hairy, 246. 

 Rhinopithecus, 31S. 

 Rhode Island, alga; of, 342. 



Rhone water, filtered naturally, 491. 



Riault, Mr., 98. 



Richardson, Dr., 455, 53S. 

 Mr., 555, 565. 



Ridgway, Mr. Robert, 128. 



Rigter's Manual of Domestic Economy, 

 468. 



Riley, Mr. Charles V., 302, 378. 



Riley's report on Missouri insects, 378. 



Rinderpest, inoculation for, 3S2. 



Rink, Dr., 234. 

 map, 189. 

 on the Esquimaux, 234. 



Rising of the surface of the earth near the 

 North Pole, 115. 



Ritter, Mr., 277. 



Riviere, Dr. E., 294. 



Rivot method of extracting gold and sil- 

 ver, 86. 



Road ballast, slag for, 475. 



Robinson, Dr. Edward, 159. 

 Mr. W., 339. 



Rogers, Professor W. B., 605. 



Rohlfs, Mr. Gerhardt, 212. 



Rohrig, Mr., 507. 



Roloff, Mr., 3S7. 



Roofs, non-conducting composition for, 

 474. 



Roscoe & Thorpe, Messrs., 90. 



Rosenthal, Mr., 145. 



Ross, Dr. Alexander M., 303. 



Rosthornite, a new fossil resin, 116. 



Rotting of fruit, its cause, 369. 



Rousset, Mr., 509. 



Rouwenhoff, Mr., 94. 



Rowley, Mr. G.E., 250. 



Royal commission on scientific instruc- 

 tion, second report of, 600. 



Royal Society's catalogue, 597. 



circumnavigation commit- 

 tee, 193. 



Rubber, fastening, to metal, 506. 



Ruminants, albnininous food for, 394. 



Rungard, Mr., 22. 



Russell, Mr., 67, 187. 



Russia, fruit preserving in, 453. 

 sheet iron, 477. 



Russian corvette Witjas, 107. 



preparations for the trausit of 

 Venus, 12. 



Rust, Mr., 497. 



in wheat, 360. 



Rusting prevented, 373. 



Rutherford, Mr. L. M., 40. 



Rye-bread, abnormal coloration of, 464. 



Sable Island, light-houses on, 493. 

 Sacc, Dr., 5S9. 



Saccharate of lime for glue, 547. 

 Sachs, Mr., 344. 



Sacramento River, transferring shad to, 

 430. 

 salmon, capture with the 

 hook of, 441. 

 Safety lamp, new, 547. 

 Sahara, was the North Pole there ? 122. 

 St. Denis, Bourbon Island, IS. 

 St. John & Buck, 435. 

 St. Louis Academy of Sciences, 612. 

 Salem, Peabody Academy at, 608. 

 Saline waters in dveing, 514. 

 Salkowski, Mr., 5S7. 

 Salmi & Piaceutini, Messrs., 314. 



