INDEX. 



A. 



Aagarp, Mr.,118. 



Abbay, Mr., 4. 



Abel, Mr., 69, 416, 420. 



Abiogenesis, Haeckel on, 153. 



Absorbent Powers of Charcoal, 67. 



Acacia Lophanta, 26. 



Mollissima, 26. 

 Acclimatization Society of Palermo, 324. 

 Acetate of Zinc precipitates Haemin, 66. 

 Achlya Prolifera, 267. 

 Acid, Acetic, and Germination, 300. 

 Carbonic, acts on Iron, 392. 

 Picric, 413. 



Sulphuric, in Mortar, 404. 

 Acids, Action of. prevented, 451. 



and Corks, 3S4. 

 Aconite, Physiological Action, 590. 

 Acorns poison Cattle, 564. 

 Acoustic Phenomena of Mount Sinai, 47. 

 Acridine from Anthracene, 77. 

 Actinia, 224. 



Action in Nature, Least, 389. 

 Acupuncture, Electric, 552. 

 Adams, Mr., 57. 



Prof.W. G.,5. 

 Adansonia Digitata, 4S4. 

 Adriatic, Deep-Sea Sounding in the, 126. 

 Aeby, Carl, 165. 

 ^Ethylide, Chloride of, 566. 

 Agassiz, Mr. Alexander, 225. 



Prof., 86, 104, 206, 210. 



Prophecy, 105. 

 Agriculture and Rural Economy, 313. 

 Aguiar & Bayer, Messrs., 42S. 

 Agulhasia Davidsoni, 224. 

 Ailanthus-tree, 281. 

 Air-cushion for the Feet, 3S6. 

 Air, Pressure of, on Animals, 235, 23G 

 Airy, Prof., 126. 

 Alaska Cod-fisheries, 259. 



Fossil Ivory in, 253. 

 Alberttype Process, Improvement on, 500. 

 Albumen and Arsenious Acid, 433. 

 Charcoal, 489. 

 from Blood, 451. 

 from Fish-eggs, 520. 

 Removal of dried, 434. 

 Albuminous Substances in the Bodies of 



Animals, 344. 

 Alcohol and Gun-cotton, 69. 



and Lycopodium, 4S9. 



Effects of, 169. 



Filtering, 505. 



from Lichens, 504. 

 Alcoholism, Effect on Sight of,5S0. 

 Algae, huge Fossil, 286. 

 Algiers, Cinchona-tree in, 2S2. 

 Alizarine, Artificial, 516. 



Preparation of, 434. 

 Alkaline Salts and Plaster Paris, 455. 



Allen, Mr. J. A., 271. 



Alligators, Weight of, 199. 



Allios in Southern France, 329. 



Alloway,Mr.,340. 



Alloy for joining Brass and Iron, 532. 



of Sodium and Potassium, 55. 

 Allport,Mr.,83. 

 Alps, Geology of the, 99. 

 Altai, Remains in the Caves of, 89. 

 Alum and Borax for preserving Food, 359. 

 Aluminium for small Weights, 51. 

 Amalgam, Improved Electric, 43. 

 Ambrosia Artemisiaafolia, 2S4. 

 America, Faunal Provinces of West Coast 



of, 152. 

 American Lakes, Chronology of, S3. 



Tapirs, 27S. 

 Ammocoetes, 213. 

 Ammonia Engines, 551. 



for curing Snake-bites, 175, 176. 

 Humate of, 340. 

 in Flour-paste, 441. 

 Injection, 560. 



on the Color of Flowers, 296. 

 Salts on Plants, 323. 

 Vapor for copying Drawings, 

 499. 

 Amory, Dr., 575. 



Ancient City in New Mexico, 241. 

 Andrews, Prof., 83. 



Andromeda Plant and Carbolic Acid, 2S4. 

 Aneroid and Mercurial Barometers, 35. 

 Angora Goat in Australia, 347. 

 Anguilla.West Indies, 247. 

 Aniline, Adulteration of, 427, 440. 

 Black, Oxidized, 520. 

 Blue for Wool, 449. 

 Dyes, Removal of, 430. 

 for Cotton, 439. 

 Red for Wood, 439. 

 Animal Economy influenced by Climate, 

 167. 



Emanations, Poisonous, 562. 

 Animals and Plants, no Distinction be- 

 tween, 163. 



Dead, for Manure, 322. 

 Fattening of, 336. 

 Mind in, 174. 

 Aunelids, 226. 

 Anomalocera, 209. 

 Anson, Mr.,10S. 

 Antarctic Exploration, 109. 

 Authropodae, 158. 

 Anthropology and Ethnology, The Italian 



Journal of, 164. 

 Antiflamine, 480. 

 Antimony, Bigallate of, 76. 

 Antiquities from Peru, 243. 



of the Black Sea, 127. 

 Antiquity of Man, 17S, 180. 

 of the Cat, 1S4. 

 of the Pig, 1S4. 



