CIS 



INDEX. 



Antiseptics. Value of various, 570. 

 Ants, Destroying of, 331. 



White, in St. Helena, 209. 

 White, Remedy against, 383. 

 Apjohn, Mr., 491. 

 Apocvnum, 4S3. 



Apteuite, a new Building Material, 400. 

 Apomorpliia, 5GS. 



Apples and Pears, Raising, in Dry Sea- 

 sons, 302. 

 Apteryx, 152. 



Aquarium at Sydenham, 009. 

 Aqueous Solutions, Heat evolved in, 49. 

 Arachis Hypoga}a (Pea-nut), 317. 

 Arancanian Province, 153. 

 Archer, Prof., 332, G01. 

 Archives of Science, 004. 

 Arctic Ice in Scotland, 84. 

 Argentine Republic, Guano in, 342. 

 Arragonite, 100. 

 Arsenic against Ants, 331. 



in Agriculture (China), 024. 

 Arsenious Acid and Albumen, 433. 

 and Glycerine, 433. 

 Arum, 290. 

 Ascherson, Dr., 311. 

 Asellus, 227. 

 Aseptiu, 359. 



Ashes, Leached, as Manure, 342. 

 Asia, Exploration of Eastern, 117. 

 Asparagus, Cultivation of, 302. 

 Aspergillus Glaucus, 544. 

 Asphalt for Paving, 408. 

 Asteroids, New, 15. 



Atmosphere, Microscopic Forms in, 2G9. 

 Rain-produciug Disturbance 

 of the, 22. 

 Atmospheric Germs, Theory of, 101. 

 Auckland, Province of, 19S. 

 Auk, existing Specimens of, 25S. 

 Aurora and Sunday Islands, 109. 



visible in Daylight? Is the, 10. 

 Australia, Angora Goat in, 347. 

 Australian Region, 151. 

 Australia, Vertebrata of, 149. 

 Avicularia, 225. 



Axles, Railway, Rolling of, 393. 

 Railway, Testing of, 393. 

 Azores, Fauual Peculiarities of, 149. 



B. 



Bacteria and Fungi, 2G8. 

 Badger, European, 172. 

 Bayer, Prof., 438. 

 Baird, Prof., 140, 260. 

 Bailliere, Mr.J. B.,007. 

 Baillv, Mr.,179. 

 Balestra, Mr., 543. 

 Balloons, Explosive, 419. 

 Ballot, Dr. Buys, 34. 

 Baltic, Currents of the, 113. 

 Explorations in, 12S. 

 Baobab Bark, Fibre of, 4S4. 

 Barcelli, The, 153. 

 Bar-iron from Phosphurcted Cast-iron, 



G3. 

 Barker, Mr., 408. 



Barometers, Aneroid and Mercurial, 35. 

 Barometer and the Weather, 33. 



for measuring Heights, 34. 

 Barometric Pressure on Tides, 37. 

 Barry, Mr., 48. 

 Baryta, Carbonate of, 374. 

 Sulphate of, 375. 



Baryta, Sulphate of, in Cochineal, 440. 

 Barytes White, 450. 

 Basevi, Capt.,39,40. 

 Bass, Black, in the Potomac, 204. 

 Bastian, Dr., 160, 103, 269. 

 Bathybius, 126, 230, 231. 

 Batrachian Fauna of Ohio, Extinct, 252. 

 Baudet, Mr., 359, 571. 

 Bauer, Mr., 312. 

 Baumhauer, Mr. E. F., 343. 

 Bauxite a Hydrate of Alumina, 411. 

 Bayne,Mr.,130. 

 Beale, Dr. Lionel, 232. 

 Beau, Clearing, of India, 309. 

 Beauce, Limestone of, 181. 

 Beaumont, Mr. Elie de, 99, 179. 

 Becker, Miss Lydia, 370. 

 Becquerel, Mr., 43, 57, 296. 

 Beech-nuts, Manganese in, 2SS. 

 Beef Bouillon and Tapioca, 360. 

 Beer and Tannin, 360. 

 from Rice ? 366. 

 Preservation of, 364. 

 Sour, Restoring, 305. 

 Beer-bottles, Cleaning of, 306. 

 Beet-leaves for Fodder, 316. 

 Beet-sugar, Problem relating to, 301. 

 Beluga Vermontaua, 1S9. 

 Benzine aud Gun-cotton, 69. 



on Bones, 400. 

 Benzole, Purifying of, 524. 



Test for, 72. 

 Berard process for makinc Steel, 03. 

 Berkeley, M. J., 2S7. 

 Bernard, Prof., 234. 

 Berthollet,M.,64. 

 Bert, Mr., 235, 236, 265. 

 Berzelius, Prof., 52. 

 Bessels, Dr., US, 125. 



Bessemer & Heaton Process, Theory of, 64. 

 Mr., 557. 

 Steel, 63. 

 Bialoblocki,Mr.,29S. 

 Bichromate of Potash, Price of, 51S. 



Substitute for, 519. 

 Billimrs, Mr. E., 1S9, 22S. 

 Bird, Dr., 172. 

 Bird-lime, Improved, 3S5. 

 Bird-oil, 466. 

 Birds of East Florida, 271. 



Raptorial, in Scotland, 1S9. 

 Recording their Flight, 194. 

 selecting Insects for Food, 219. 

 Variation of Color in, 190. 

 Bird-trade of Germany, 257. 

 Bischof, Dr. Carl, 422. 



Dr. G., 593. 

 Bisulphide of Carbon and Gun-cotton, 09. 

 Black, Dr., 544. 

 Black color to Horn, 449. 



to Copper, 440. 

 Black Sea, Antiquities of, 127. 

 Blake, Mr., 454. 



Mr. James, 105. 

 Blasting, Triangular Holes for, 422. 

 Blatchford, Mr.,277. 

 Bleaching, new Process of, 447. 

 of Wood-pulp, 448. 

 Wool, 438. 

 Bleekrodc, Dr., 69. 

 Blight in Plants, 2S7. 

 Bliss, Dr., 595. 



Blood and Milk, Manganese in, 68. 

 Blood, Coagulated Human, 171. 



