INDEX. 



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Blood of European and Bengalee, 172. 

 Spectrum-Analysis of, 45. 

 yields Albumen, 451. 

 Blowing a Fire, East Indian Method of, 3S6. 

 Blue Dye from Molybdenum, 437. 

 Bluefish, Schools of voung, 27S. 

 Blyth, Mr. Edward, 150. 

 Boards of Leather, 373. 

 Bocmeister, Dr., 103. 

 Boeck, Mr. Axel, 20S. 

 Boettger, Prof., 43, 45S. 

 Boiling-point of unmixible Acids, 47. 

 Boletus ^Eueus, 290. 

 Bond, Prof., 8. 



Bone Black as Antidote, 563. 

 Cave, Port Kennedy, 249. 

 Felon, Cure of, 555. 

 Permanence of, 165. 

 Pre-historic Engraving on, 1S3. 

 with Strontium, etc., substituted for 

 Lime, 164. 

 Bones, Human, Indestructibility of, 105. 



in Paralytics, 167. 

 Borate of Manganese, 493. 

 Borax and Alum for preserving, 359. 



and Cockroaches, 3S2. 

 Boreal Region, 151. 

 Borelli, M., 15. 

 Borings, Deep, 92. 

 Botalin, Mr., 290. 

 Botany and Horticulture, 279. 

 Boussingault, Mr., 29. 

 Brachiopod, supposed new, 223. 

 Brain a Galvanic Battery, 175. 



and Spinal Marrow, Ratio of, 164. 

 in Man and other Mammals, 240. 

 removed from Frog, 204. 

 Bran, Nutritious Value of, 170, 303. 

 Brandt, Prof., S9. 

 Brass Kettles and Acids, 451. 

 Bread as only Food, 363. 

 Preserved, 364. 

 Orange Fungus of, 286. 

 Bread Diet, Effect of a continued, 169. 

 Breeding Ostriches in Captivity, 193, 194. 

 Brevoort, Mr. J. Carson, 264. 

 British Government and Science, 602. 



Museum, new Site for, GOO. 

 Brockbank, Mr., 394. 

 Bromide of Potassium, 555, 575, 576. 

 Bronner and Gutzkow, Messrs., 434. 

 Bronze, Blue, 437. 



Malleable, 55. 

 Phosphorus in, 55. 

 with Phosphorus, 532. 

 Bronzing of Copper Articles, 446. 



of Wood, etc., 452. 

 Brown, Mr. Robert, S4, 96, 167. 

 Bruniquel, Cavern of, 1S6. 

 Brunnow, Dr., 10. 

 Bryan, Mr., 125. 

 Bryant, Dr., 121. 



Bryozoa and Parasitic Crustacea, 225. 

 Buchan, Mr., 179, 279. 

 Buckland, Mr., 212, 215, 259, 270. 

 Buhsa as a Narcotic, 568. 

 Bushmen, Paintings of, 241. 

 Butler, Capt., 133. 

 Butter, Coloring for, 362. 



Preparation of, 343. 

 Preserving its Flavor, 361. 

 Buttermilk for Infants, 594. 

 Butyric Acid in Glycerine, Detection of, 72. 

 Buyon, Dr., 595, 596. 



C. 



Cabbage Butterfly, 270. 



Cable, China Submarine, Injury to, 272. 



Cable, Florida, and Sea-turtles, 271. 



Calauus, 209. 



Calcite, 166. 



California, Fossil Mammals in; 251. 



Production and Exportation 

 of Silkworm Eggs from, 330. 

 Californian Province, 152. 

 Qalabar Bean, 5S0. 

 Calandra Oryzae, 331. 

 Callophis Intestinalis, 203. 

 Calm in a Storm, 31. 

 Calomel against Mice, 564. 

 Calvert, Mr. Crace, 51, 162, 392, 545, 570. 



on Spontaneous Generation, 162. 

 Camp, Mr., 2S7. 

 Canal across Cape Cod, 422. 



across New Jersey, 423. 

 Cancer and Cunduraugo, 579. 

 Caudles, Fitting into Sockets, 3S1. 

 Cannel Coal, new Variety of, 100. 

 Cannibalism in Europe, 160. 

 Cannon for killing Whales, 411. 

 Cape Cod, S4. 



Carbolic Acid Gas on Vegetation, 292. 

 and Rinderpest, 339. 

 and Small-pox, 5S1. 

 Antidote, 525. 

 as a Disinfectant, 573, 592. 

 as a Preservative, 572. 

 for Preserving Meat, 359. 

 for Rubber Hose, 508. 

 for Wounds, 572. 

 from Andromeda Plant, 2S4. 

 in Dry Rot, 375. 

 in Snake Poisoning, 573. 

 in Tannery, 506, 571. 

 Paper, 57 L 

 Poisoning, 564. 

 removing its Odor, 525. 

 Carbon in Plants from the Atmosphere, 

 299. 



in Steel, Determination of, 66. 

 Carbonic Acid and Rabbits, 332. 

 Acid in Tanning, 506. 

 Acid, Purifying, 525. 

 Oxide for Meat-preserving, 358. 

 Carbo-oxygen Lamp, 511. 

 Carmine Purple, 42S. 

 Carnine in Meat Extract, 593. 

 Caro, Mr., 77. 

 Carpenter, Dr. William B., 37, 111, 113, 14S, 



229. 

 Carnitine, 362. 

 Cars heated by Sand, 512. 



Railroad, Warming of, 395. 

 Carter, Dr. J. Van A., 252. 



Mr. II . J., 229. 

 Carthamus Tiuctorius, 436. 

 Cat, Antiquity of, 1S4. 

 Caterpillar Disease, New, 223. 

 Cattell, Dr., 484. 

 Cattle, Aphthous, Eatable, 35S. 

 eating Green Flax, 335. 

 Improvement, of Breed, 335. 

 Plague in Ceylon, 232. 

 Caves in Denbighshire, 242. 

 Cedar, Imitation of, 381. 

 Celestial Origin of Positive Electricity, 43. 

 Cement for Bottle-corks, 460. 

 for Metals, 458. 



