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INDEX. 



Fossil sirenians in Great Britain, 301. 

 spicier, a new, 317. 

 vertebrates in Ohio, 322. 

 Fountaiu-peu, a simple, 544. 

 Fox, Colonel Lane, ex., cxiii. 



Sir Charles, 613. 

 France, a bismuth mine in, 220. 

 new zeuglodon in, 302. 

 rearing American turkeys in, 



302. 

 statistics of the fisheries of, 423. 

 use of horse-flesh in, 447. 

 zoological stations in, 319. 

 Franchet & Savatier, Messrs., clix. 

 Francis, Mr. Francis, 296. 

 Frankel, Prof.,4S3. 

 Franks, Mr., ex. 

 Franz-Joseph's Land, Ixxxiii. 

 Fraser, Prof., 547. 

 Fremy, Mr., lxiii. 



French Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, 601. 

 encouragement to balloon ascents, 



604. 

 fisheries, 422. 



Museum of Physical and Mechan- 

 ical Science, 600. 

 Frere, Sir Bartle, 254. 

 Fresenius, Dr.,213. 

 i >esh eggs, fungus inside of, 357. 

 1 riction sealing-wax, 490. 



within rifled guns, 525. 

 Friends, Association of, in Baltimore, 



60S. 

 Fritsch & Hitzig, Messrs., 293. 

 Fritz, Mr., xxxii. 

 Fruit-culture, the Hooibreuk sj-stem of, 



408. 

 Fuchsine, detecting, in wine, 214, 524. 

 Fuel, a new, 474. 



sawdust as, 46S. 

 without smoke, 471. 

 Fulgurites, composition of, 22S. 

 Fungi, models of German, 594. 

 Fungus inside of fresh eggs, 357. 

 Fur-seals in Alaska, clxxh. 



G. 



Gabb, Prof. William M., xci., cxvii., exxx., 



230, 246, 312. 

 Gadus luscus, 312. 

 Gal, Mr., Ixiv. 

 Galenite for painting, 507. 

 Galileo, observation in acoustics by, 134. 

 Galle, Prof., xxvi., xxx., 37, 42. 

 Galton, Sir Francis, 87. 

 Galvanic cell, new contact theory of the, 

 146. 

 current, effect on the conducting 



wire of the, 167. 

 currents, measurement of, 165. 

 gas-lighter, 429. 



polarization in liquids free from 

 gas, 139. 

 Galvanism, effect of, on a magnetized wire, 



171. 

 Ganneau, Mr. Clermont, exxiv. 

 Gannett, Mr. Henry, 276. 

 Gardner, Mr. J. T., Ixxvii., 23S, 275. 

 Garneri, Mr., 211. 

 Garrett, Mr. Andrew, 2S3. 

 Garrod, Mr. A. H., 2S5, 2S6, 307. 

 Gas from pine, a very brilliant, 431. 

 furnace, an improved, 455. 



Gas-burner with platinum, 430. 



-lighter and extinguisher, an automat- 

 ic, 455. 

 Klinkerfues's galvanic, 429. 

 -making, Gwynne- Harris process of, 

 clxxxiv. 

 Gases, diffusion of, 142. 



extracting from sea-water, 207. 

 liquefying, xlix. 

 specific heat of, 145. 

 Gastrea theory of E. Haeckel, civ., 2S1. 

 Gaugin, Mr., 152. 

 Gautier, Mr., liii., 14, 55. 

 Gauze, stiffening, 496. 

 Gavitt, Mr. John E., 613. 

 Gay, Mr. Claude, 613. 

 Gayon,Mr.,550. 

 Geikie, Mr. James, exxvii. 

 General Summary, xix. 

 Genesis of the horse, 301. 

 Geneva, tides of Lake, 53. 

 Genth, Dr., lxv., 22S, 231, 232. 

 Geodesy, lxxvi. 



in the Colorado River, 239. 

 in the Far West, 240. 

 of the Island of Corsica, 250. 

 Geographical distribution of Asiatic birds, 



341. 

 of the cupulife- 

 rse, 367. 

 Geography, lxxvi., 237. 

 Geological collection at the Centennial 

 Exposition, 228. 

 survey of California, 225. 



of Indiana, fifth report 



of the, 236. 

 of Louisiana, 2S2. 

 of Pennsylvania, 230. 

 of Wisconsin, 231. 

 Geology, lxvii. 



and mineralogy, 219. 

 of Ohio, final report upon the, 234. 

 of the Siberian steppes, 235. 

 Gerbe, Mr., 319. 

 Gerhard, Mr. F. W.,459. 

 German agricultural journals, 377. 

 agriculture, clvii. 

 commission, Ixxxi. 

 Society for Polar Exploration, 253. 

 in Japan, 115, 604. 

 Germany, earthquake in, March 6, 1872, 48. 



maritime meteorology in, 603. 

 Germination and camphor-water, 35S. 

 at low temperatures, 359. 

 Gernez, Mr., xlvi., xlviii. 

 Gerstaecker, Dr., cli. 

 Gervais, Mr., 290, SOS. 

 Geyer, Mr., 501. 

 Gfal, Mr., 444. 



Giard, Prof., cxlvi., 319, 34S. 

 Gibbs, Prof. Wolcott, 1., 204. 

 Gill, Prof., clvii. 



Gilliss's southern zone of stars, 8. 

 Gilman, Mr. Henry, cxvir. 

 Gilt articles, cleaning, 454. 

 Giudice, Mr., 494. 

 Glacial agency, lxxiv. 



period and man's existence, 224. 

 Gladstone & Tribe, Messrs., li. 

 Glaisher, Mr., 133. 



& Gregg, Messrs., xxix. 

 Glass, casting cylinders, etc., of, 540. 

 magnetization of, 152. 

 tubes, bending, 452. 



