INDEX. 



[The Roman Letters refer to the Summary at the beginning of the Volume.] 



Aisise, Prof., cvii., 9, 02, 70, 90. 

 Abbe, Prof, (of Jena), 27S. 

 Abbott, Mr., 41. 

 Abel, Mr., 1., 468. 



& Nobel, Messrs., xli. 

 Abich, Mr., 64. 

 Abiquiu, ancient village on the Chama, 



273. 

 Absorption, dielectric, 174. 

 Absorption -spectra at low temperature, 



45. 

 Acetous fermentation, cause of, 20S 

 Acid, stearic, 517. 

 Acipenser huso, 446. 



Acoustic cloud and optical transparency, 

 1S3. 

 transparency of the air, 7S, 159. 

 Acoustics, sxxviii. 



Action of different wires of induction coil, 

 552. 

 of the nerves, rapidity of, 295. 

 Adams, Capt., lxxxiv., 010. 



Prof., xxiii. 

 Admiralty charts, new, 114. 

 Adriatic, exploration of the, 113. 

 Aerophore, the, 40. 



Agassiz, A., and Count Pourtalcs, Messrs., 

 581. 

 Mr. Alexander, xcii.,cxli., 375,570, 



577, 578, 5S0, 5S2. 

 Prof., 575, 570, 580, 5S2. 

 Agricultural periodicals abroad, 377. 



science, aid to investigations 



in, 004. 

 value of anthracite ashes, 3S4. 

 Agriculture, clxv. 



and rural economy, 375. 

 Aiken, Mr., 273. 

 Ailantus as a remedy, 500. 

 Air, compressed, action on meat, 572. 

 microscopical examination of, 277. 

 moves faster above than below, 187, 

 pressure for sounding wind instru- 

 ments, 195. 

 Airy, Prof., xxvi., 27. 

 Airy's method of correcting the compass, 



150. 

 Alaska, agent to visit the islands off the 

 coast of, lxsxvi. 

 birds of, 340. 

 climate of, S2. 

 cod-tishcries, 424. 

 ethnological explorations in, 329. 

 explorations, 240. 

 reconnoissance of the coast, lxxxv. 

 seals in, 421. 

 Albumen which does not coagulate, 292. 

 Alcohol, as a remedy for burns, 552. 

 casks, varnish for, 508. 

 new process for estimation, 213. 



Alcoholic fermentation by mould, 2S0. 



liquors, changes by cold in, 200. 

 Aleutian Isles, tribes of, cxxviii. 

 Alexander, Prof., xxviii., 24. 

 Alizarine red on cotton, 501. 

 Alkali, new process of making, 517. 

 Alkalies on cotton and linen goods, 527. 

 Allegret, Abbe, 45. 



Allen, Mr. J. A., clvi., cxxxvii., 332, 594. 

 and G. M. Dawson, Messrs., Ixx. 

 Alligator heterodon, 353. 

 Allman, Prof., cxliii., 354. 

 Alloy resembling silver, 512. 

 steel, 511. 

 Allport, Mr., lxxi. 



& Hull, Messrs., lxvi. 

 Altitudes, change of temperature with, 97. 



measurement by barometers, 

 241. 

 Alumina in mucilage, 513. 

 Aluminium in plants, 217. 



preparation of, 211. 

 Amagat, Mr., 145. 

 Amaknak Island, cave in, 329. 

 Amber, fluorescence of, 143. 

 American birds, catalogue of, 343. 



coal-cutting machine, 473. 



deer, relationship to their Brit- 

 ish analogues, 335. 



king - crab on the European 

 coast, 344. 



lakes, change of level in, 54. 



Naturalist, xcviii., xcix. 



Society of Paris, 002. 



squirrels, species of, 332. 



turkey,reariugof, in France,392. 

 Amigues, Mr., 42. 

 Ammonia, phenate of, 557. 



sulphate from refuse, 522. 

 Ammoniate carbolate, 558. 

 Ammonio-cobalt compounds, 205. 

 Ammonites, studies ou, cxxxvi., cxlv. 

 Amreboid, new, 310. 

 Amphibia, respiration in, 350. 

 Amphioxus, 310. 

 Amsler's planimeter, 6, 4S3. 

 Anaesthesia in operations on the eye, 555. 

 Ancient stone fort in Indiana, 329. 



sun-dials, 40. 

 Anderson, Dr. Thomas, 011. 



Mr., 528. 



Mr. John, 577, 579. 



Mr. William, 331. 



School of Natural History, First 

 Report, 570. 

 Andrews, Dr., 204. 

 Anemometry, 104. 

 Angstrom, Prof. A. J., 13, Gil. 



maps of, 13. 

 Aniline black, dyeing with, 530. 



