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INDEX. 



Stevenson, Mr. James, 275, 420. 

 Stewart, Prof. Balfour, 171. 

 Stiecla, Dr., cxlv., 310. 

 Stiffening gauze, 49G. 

 Stillman, Mr., 543. 

 Stimpson, Captain, 299. 



Dr. William, 592. 

 St hide, Mr. J., 450. 

 Stingl, Mr., 471. 

 Stoddard, Prof., Ixxxviii., 257. 

 Stohmanu, Mr., 38S. 

 Stokes, Prof., 1SS. 

 Stoliczka, Dr., xciv., 016. 

 Stolotow, Colonel, 259. 

 Stone, Dr. W. H., 195. 

 Mr., xxvi., 40. 

 Mr. Livingston, clxx. 

 & Donkin, Messrs., 11. 

 Stonev, Mr., 120. 



Storer, Prof. F. H., clxv., 3S4, 583. 

 Storm-centres, movement of, 76. 

 Storms in North America, 111. 

 violent, in 1S74, xxxvi. 

 Stow, Mr., 19. 



Strasburg Observatory, xxiii. 

 Streckerj Mr.,xlvi. 

 Streintz, Mr., xliv., 167. 

 Strong, Mr. Moses, 231. 

 Structure of the earth, 219. 



of the eggs of bony fishes, 314. 

 of the lancelet, 310. 

 Struve, Prof. Otto, xxx., 7, 9, 145. 

 Strychnine, effect of, on fish,' 313. 

 Sturgeon, spinal column of the, 447. 

 Submarine photography, 531. 

 Substitute for ivory, 543. 

 Suez Canal, saltness of its water, 257. 

 Sugar, crushed, contaminated by lead, 562. 



diffusion process in making, 520. 

 Suint, composition of, 213. 

 Sullivant, Mr. W. S., 374. 

 Sulphate of ammonia from refuse, 522. 

 Sulphide in lead water-pipes, 497. 



of carbon for phylloxera, 395. 

 Sulphite of soda in distilleries, 443. 

 Sulphur in Iceland, 227. 

 Sulphuric acid and permanganate of pot- 

 ash, 201. 

 in diphtheria, 566. 

 Sumac, extract of, 499. 

 Sun, apparent diameter of the, 22. 

 constitution of the, 17. 

 influence of the, on the barometer, 



US. 

 spectroscopic observations of the, 



xxvi. 

 temperature of the, 19. 

 variability of the diameter of the, IS. 

 Young's views of the constitution of 

 the, 44. 

 Sun's crust, theory of the, 38. 

 diameter, xxv. 

 parallax, xxvi. 

 spots, xxv., xxvi. 



nature of the, 43. 

 Sun-dial, a conical, 41. 

 ancient, 40. 

 a striking, 45. 

 Sundevall, Mr., 307. 

 Sunset tints and arcs, 6S. 

 Sun-spots and meteorology, 79, SO. 

 Superphosphates, poisonous, 412. 

 Surgical bandages, magnesite for, 548. 

 Survey of Massachusetts, a new, 573. 



Susani, Mr., 400. 



Swan, Mr. James G., cxxix. 



Swank, Mr. James M., clxxxviii. 



Swatara, U. S. ship, xx. 



Swinhoe, Mr., clviii. 



Switzerland, a new bone cave in, 296. 



experimental stations in, 

 clxvi. 



the topographical charts of, 

 237. 

 Sydenham, Mr., 552. 

 Sylvester, Mr., xx., 605. 

 Symbranchides, 311. 

 Symons, Mr., xxxvii., 124. 

 Synthesis by electrical action, 147. 



T. 



Tabourin, Prof., 562. 

 Tacchini, Prof., 20, 21. 

 Tahiti, tides of, 109. 

 Taillis, Mr., 400. 

 Tailly, Mr.,532. 

 Taming the zebra, 352. 

 Taunate of the protoxide of iron, 476. 

 Tannic acid, determination of, 212. 

 Tannin, amount of, in bark, 409. 

 Taplin, Rev. George, cxxxii. 

 Tarapaca guano, SS3. 

 Tarsus in the cervidos, 290. 

 Tatusia peba, 289. 

 Taussig, Mr., 494. 

 Tayler, Hon. R. W., 593. 

 Taylor, Mr. Alexander S., 602. 

 Mr. Isaac, cxxii. 

 Prof. Sedley, 134. 

 Technology, clxxiii., 485. 

 Teeth in the armadillo, 2S9. 

 Tegethof, the steamer, lxxxiii. 

 Telegraphic standard time, 33. 

 Telegraphy, automatic, 475. 



improvements in, cxcviii. 

 optical, 475. 

 Tellurium in Colorado, native, 219, 227. 

 Temperature and pressure during the 

 monsoon months, 117. 

 change of, with altitude, 97. 

 effect of high, on wheat, 



360. 

 effect of, on iron, 166. 



on spectroscope, 

 14. 

 germination at low, 359. 

 mean, at Helsingfors, 100. 

 of Atlantic surface water, 



62. 

 of country and city, 116. 

 of rain-water, 121. 

 of St. Petersburg, 99. 

 of the clouds, 98. 

 of the earth, xxxiii. 

 of the South Atlantic, 56. 

 of water in rivers, etc., ob- 

 served, 61. 

 on the creaming of milk, 



399. 

 the upward diminution of, 



raises the sound, 1SS. 

 to keep uniform, 432. 

 Temperatures in pneumatic steel-making, 



217. 

 Tempering steel, 513. 

 Terebratulina, embryology of, 314. 

 Terquem, Mr., 130. 

 Terqnem's tonometer, 130. 



