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INDEX. 



Aniline bine on wool, 504. 

 green on wool, 503. 

 red, poisoning with, 570. 

 staining for the microscope, ci. 

 Animal life in the Mediterranean, 2S4. 



matter for fertilizers, 3S6. 

 Annals of New York Lyceum, 5S5. 



of Paris Observatory, xxiii. 

 Anona odoratissima, Ixiv. 

 Anstie, Dr. Francis Edmund, 559, Oil. 

 Antarctic whaling, 303. 

 Authoskoff, Count, 360. 

 Anthropology, notes and queries on, ex. 

 Antidote to carbolic acid, 5GS. 

 Antiseptic, calcium iodate as an, 5T1. 

 Ants, habits of white, cliii. 

 Apjohu, Mr., xlviii. 



Apparatus for moistening labels, etc., 450. 

 Aquaria, cement for, 2S3. 

 Aquarium, Manchester, COO. 

 Arago, Mr., 138. 



Archaeological survey of British India, 332. 

 Architecture, morphology in, 5. 

 Arctic continent and Polar Sea, 252. 

 exploration in England, 253. 

 laud and Polar Sea, 265. 

 Ocean, tides in the, 55. 

 regions, lxxxii. 



seas, physical condition of the, 50. 

 wreck of the whaler, 610. 

 Argelander, Prof., 7, 10. 

 Argentine Confederacy, astronomy in the, 



3T. 

 meteorology of 

 the, 68. 

 Armadillos, teeth in, clvii., 2S9. 

 Armatures in magnets, 173. 

 Army Signal-office, xxxv.,420. 



worm, an, 344. 

 Arnold Arboretum, 5S2. 

 Arnold, Dr. J. W. S., ci. 

 Mr. James, 5S3. 

 Arnott, Dr. Neil, 611. 

 Arsenite of copper, 392. 

 of potash, 398. 

 Artesian wells, 466. 



Artificial hatching of silkworms' eggs, 400. 

 Arthrolycosa antiqua, 317. 

 Ascherson, Dr., xcv. 

 Ashantee war, accounts of, exxxi. 

 Ashes of anthracite coal, 3S4. 

 Asiatic birds, geographical distribution of, 



341. 

 Asphyxiating burglars, 449. 

 Assaying with the - spectroscope, 215. 

 Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, meeting of the, 574. 

 Asteroids discovered, xxvii. 

 Astronomical instruments, xxiv. 



observatories and electrical 

 clocks, 147. 

 Astronomy, xix. 



and mathematics, 1. 

 in the Argentine Confedera- 

 cy, 37. 

 Notes added to, cciii. 

 Atkins, Mr. Charles G., clxx. 

 Atlantic surface, temperature of, 62. 

 Atmosphere, acoustic transparency of, 159. 

 as a source of nitrates for the 



soil, 381. 

 as a vehicle of sound, 1S1. 

 of Jupiter, 39. 

 pollen in the, 350. 



Atmosphere, protecting influence oT the, 



120. 

 Atmospheric air, carbonic acid in, 110. 

 dust, 22S. 



pressure, influence of the sun 

 on, US. 

 Atomic heat, 171. 

 Aubin, Mr., 602. 



Audubon & Bachman, Messrs., 339. 

 Aurora, nature of, 31. 

 Auroras, observation of, 30. 



origin of, 29. 

 Auscultation of the chest for brain disease, 



504. 

 Australia, mixed races of, exxxii. 

 Australian cure for diphtheria, 547. 

 Austria, experimental stations in, clvii. 

 Austrian Polar Expedition, lxxxiii. 

 Autographic reproduction of drawings, 



532. 

 Automatic gas-lighter, 455. 

 telegraphy, 475. 

 Auwers,Prof.,9,lS. 

 Auvergue, lithia in the soil of, 37S. 

 Ayrton, Prof., 116. 

 Azcarte, Capt. Kamon, 463. 



B. 

 Bachc, Prof., 110. 

 Bachman, Rev. John, 611. 

 Bacillus authracis, lxi. 

 Baeyer, Mr., lxxvi., 251. 

 Bail, Mr., 2S0. 

 Bailey, Prof., 374. 

 Baillou. Mr., clix. 

 Band, Mr., 525. 



Prof., exxxvii., cxlvi., clvii., clviii., 

 61, 333, 341, 593. 

 Baker, Captain J. G., lxxxvii., clix. 



Mr. Marcus, Ixxxv. 

 Bakhuysen, Mr., xxii., 145. 

 Balbani, Mr., 314. 

 Bald Mountains, 47. 

 Balfour, Mr., cliv., 349. 

 Ball, Prof. Fu, xxiii. 



Mr. V., 299. 

 Balloon ascension, scientific, 4S0. 



ascents, French encouragements 



to, 604. 

 voyages, xxxvii. 

 Ballooning, scientific, 41. 

 Balzana, Mr., xcii., 257. 

 Bandages, magnesite for surgical, 54S. 

 Baranetzky, Mi., 3G4. 

 Barcena, Signor, lxvii., 235. 

 Barclay, Deputy Surgeon-general, 611. 

 Barking trees with steam, 409. 

 Barley, continual growth on the same 



land, 410. 

 Barnard, General, 219. 

 Barometer, Joule's new, 102. 



measurement of altitudes, 241. 

 reduction to the sea-level, SS. 

 self-recording, 117. 

 sensitive, 119. 

 Barometric depressions in England, 89. 



diurnal variations, 119. 

 Barral, Mr., 375. 

 Barrande, Mr., cxlix. 

 Barrett, Prof., 125. 

 Barthelem}', Mr., clxi., 159, 194. 

 Baryta green, 499. 



sulphate of, in silk, 537. 

 Basaron,Mr.,xlix. 



