INDEX. 



647 



Ethnology of ancient Egypt, 331. 



progress of prehistoric, cxvii. 

 Eucalyptus globulus, 361. 

 Euler, Mr.,31. 

 Europe, hail-storms in, 124. 

 European savaus in American institu- 

 tions, 594. 

 Euverte, Mr., clxxvii., 210. 

 Evans, Mr., lxxv. 

 Evaporation of liquids, 169. 

 Exner, Mr., 295, 323. 

 Experiments, results of agricultural, 3S6. 



with hay on sheep, 413. 

 Exploration in China, 260. 

 in Cyprus, 332. 

 in Lapland, Russian, 260. 

 of Norwegian seas, 253. 

 of Terra del Fuego, 257. 

 of the Adriatic, 113. 

 of the Libyan Desert, 259. 

 Explorations by the Russian government, 

 259. 

 in New Guinea, recent, 249. 

 in Paraguay, 257. 

 in Rodriguez, 25S. 

 of Lake Okeechobee, 245. 

 of Lieutenant Wheeler, 267. 

 of Pinart in Alaska, 246. 

 of Prof. Orton,248. 

 of Prof. Powell, 262. 

 of Wm. M. Gabb in Costa 

 Rica, 246. 

 Explosion by permanganate of potash and 

 sulphuric acid, 201. 

 of gun-cotton, 46S. 

 Explosions of fire-damp in coal-mines, 



477. 

 Exposition at Chile, 604. 

 Extermination of buffaloes, 303. 

 Extinction of petroleum flames, 431. 

 Extract of sumac, 499. 

 Eye operations, anaesthesia in, 555. 



Fabrics, water-proofing of, 534. 

 Faidherbe, General, cxi., cxxx. 

 Faii-bairn, Sir William, 612. 

 Far West, geodesy in the, 240. 

 Faraday, Prof. M., 174, 201. 

 Farlow, Dr. W. G., clx., 364. 

 Fat in sheep-feed, 387. 

 Fatigati, Mr., xli., 146. 

 Fauna of New Zealand, 320. 



the deep-sea, cxxxvii. 

 Faye, Mr., xxvi., xxviii., 43, 602. 

 Fayrer and Brauton, Drs., 2S7. 

 Feathers, dyeing black, 503. 



economical use of, 403. 

 Feeding animals with flesh food, 390. 

 Feer,Mr.,237. 



Feet, prevention of damp, 561. 

 Feraud, Dr. Berenger, cxxxi. 

 Fermentation, acetous, 208. 

 Ferrel, Prof., xxxvi., 109, 123. 

 Ferrier, Prof., 291, 293. 

 Ferro-manganese, lxiii. 

 Fertilizers, analysis of, clxviii. 



manufacture of, 3S6. 

 Fertilizing plants, 409. 

 Fibres for spinning and weaving, 494. 

 Fiedler, Mr. J., 465. 

 Fig coffee, 453. 



Filling the depression in the Desert of Sa- 

 hara, 4S1. 



Filter for impure water, 502. 

 Filtering, hot, 214. 

 Filters from plastic carbon, 450. 

 Fines, Mr., 116. 

 Fink, Mr., 4S5. 

 Fire-proof joists, 460. 

 Fischer, Mr., liv., 506, 555. 

 Fish and invertebrates, fluids of the bodies 

 of, 291. 

 and poison, 313. 

 change of volume of, in swimming, 



348. 

 destruction by nitro-glyceriue, 42S. 

 embryos, malformation of, 294. 

 living in dried mud, 311. 

 "nerfling," the, 311. 

 restored to Otsego Lake, 426. 

 Fish, Sergeant C. P., S3. 

 Fish-culture in the Castalia springs, 425. 



-oil, clxxi. 

 Fisheries, clxix. 



and pisciculture, 419. 

 and sea-temperatures, 419. 

 French, 422. 

 of Maine in 1873, 420. 

 Fishery statistics in France, 423. 

 Fishes, longevity of, 312. 

 Fitz, Mr., 280. 



Fixing designs on glass, 4S5, 532. 

 Flame for photometric purposes, 142. 

 Flames, luminous and non-luminous, 144. 

 Fleischer, Mr., clxi., clxvii., 499. 

 Fleming, Mr. J. H., 146. 

 Flesh food for animals, 390. 

 Flies, keeping, off horses, 449. 

 Flight, Dr., lxvii. 

 Flora of British India, clix. 

 of Colorado, clix. 

 of Norway, clx. 

 of Spain, clx. 



of the Hawaiian Islands, clx. 

 Florida, occurrence of a Cuban crocodile 



in, 30S. 

 Flower, Mr., 290, 301. 

 Flowers, keeping fresh, 452. 



natural colors in dried, 452. 

 Floyd, Mr. T. G. B., exxviii. 

 Fluorescence of amber, 143. 

 Fog, effect on sound of, 15S. 

 Fog-signals, 467. 

 Fohteuay, Mr., lxiii., 536. 

 Food, influence of, on the milk production 

 of goats, 388. 

 of infants, 566. 

 of the oyster, 315. 

 Footprints in solid rock, 32S. 

 Forage plant in Guatemala, a new, 411. 

 Forbes, Mr., 262. 

 Fordos, Mr., Ixii. 

 Forel, Prof., 53, 320. 

 Foresite, a new mineral, 235. 

 Forest trees, new form of blight on, 394. 

 Formation of icebergs, 107. 



of the earth's crust, 223. 

 Formosa, Island of, 200. 

 Forssman, Mr., xxxi. 

 Forster, Mr., lvii. 

 Fossil bird, a new, 305. 



birds from the Sheppey clay, 354. 

 Ceratodus in Queensland, 309. 

 egg from the Chersonesus, 306. 

 hog of America, 340. 

 man of Meutone, 298. 

 phosphates of Bellegarde, 3S4. 



