628 



INDEX. 



Newton, Prof. Alfred, 272. 

 New Zealand Flax,4S3; Frogs, 203; Zool- 

 ogy, 152. 

 Nickel and Aniline, 516. 



and Cobalt Plating, Wet, 57. 

 Night-soil, Removing of, 587. 

 Niles, Mr., 101. 

 Nitrate of Ammonia, 509. 

 Nitrogen, Elimination of, in Fever, 589. 

 Elimination of x 170. 

 in Mulberrj' Leaves, 28S. 

 of Manure, 341. 

 Nitrous aud Nitric Acids in Soil, 341. 

 Nobbe, Prof., 323. 



Noma, Yacht, Explorations of the, 273. 

 North American Coast acted on by Ice, 84. 

 America in the Pliocene Period, 91. 

 Atlantic, Bed of the, 126. 



Meteorology of the, 33. 

 Northwest Passage by a Whale, 125. 

 Nova Zembla, 122. 



O. 



Ocean Currents, Carpenter on, 113. 



Ogle, Dr. William, 23S. 



Ohio, Extinct Batrachian Fauna of, 252. 



Oidium Aurantiacum, 2S6. 



Oil-cloth, Cleaning of, 37S. 



from Birds, 460. 



from Eggs, 362. 



from Ground-nut, 317. 



from Sunflower Seed, 317. 



in Nova Scotia, 100. 



Lubricating, Test for, 4G7. 



of the Petrel, 191. 

 Oils, Poisonous Vegetable, 565. 



Theory of Boiled, 472. 

 Olbers, Mr., 16. 

 Olive-oil, Purification of, 469. 

 O'Neill, Mr., 4S6. 

 Oneiroides, 215. 

 Opossum Skin for Gloves, 373. 

 Oppolzer, Prof., 13. 

 Orcynns Secundidorsalis, 263. 

 Oregonian Province, 152. 

 Organic Matrices, Galvanoplastic Copies 



from, 60. 

 Ornithological Publications in 1S70, 256. 

 Ornithosauria, 199. 

 Orton, Prof., 142. 

 Osborne, Capt. Sherrard, 126. 

 Osteoglossum, 248. 

 Osteology of the Mammalia, 244. 

 Ostrich Breeding in Captivity, 193, 194. 



Geographical Distribution of the, 

 192. 

 Otngo, Province of, 197. 

 Otolithus Regalis, 264. 

 Owen, Prof., 1S6. 

 Owsjannikow, Mr.. 213. 

 Oxalic Acid and Chloride of Sodium for 

 Bleaching, 447. 



and Explosiveness, 5^9. 

 Oxygen in Illumination, 510. 

 Oyster-beds of Germany, 270. 

 Fisheries, Irish, 352. 

 -spat, Enemies of, 270. 

 Ozone, Development of, 43. 

 Ozonometry, 22. 



Packard, Dr., 228, 269. 

 Paint, < lleaning, 470. 



Silicious, 406. 



Paint with Chloride of Zinc, 470. 



with Soluble Glass, 472. 

 Paintings by Bushmen, Ancient, 241. 

 Palaeolithic Age classified by means of the 



Mammalia, 90. 

 Palmer, Capt., 47, 48. 

 Panaman Province, 152. 

 Panceri, Mr., 211. 

 Paper and Leather Scraps, 4S7. 

 Burnt, 4^7. 

 from Oat-refuse, 4S8. 

 Parchment, 4S8. 

 Pulp from Wood, 484. 

 with Carbolic Acid, 571. 

 with Sponge, 551. 

 Papillon, M., 164. 

 Paraftine, Refining, 474. 

 Paralytics, Composition of the Bones of, 



167. 

 Parasite, New, on the Elephant, 221. 

 Parchment Paper, Glue for, 461. 

 Parent Process for Wine, 505. 

 Parkes, Dr., on Effect of Diet, etc., 170. 



Mr., 392. 

 Parry, Dr. C. C, 310. 

 Partera, Mr. A., 375, 376. 

 Parthenogenesis in Diptera, 221. 

 Paste for Wall Papers, 385. 

 Pasteur, Mr., 364, 367. 

 Payer, Lieut., 124. 



Payer and Weyprecht, Messrs., 119, 120. 

 Peale, Mr. Titian R., 192. 

 Pearl-hardener, for Paper, 481. 

 Pease, Mr. Richard L., 246. 

 Peat, Preparation of, 340. 

 Pelobius, a new Fresh-water Rhizopod, 



230. 

 Pelouze, Mr., on Meat-preserving, 312, 35S. 

 Pemphigus Vitifolia, 353. 

 Pendulum Experiments in India, 39. 

 Pengelly, Mr., 30, 90, 166, 179. 

 Penicillium Glaucum, 544. 

 Pentacrinus, a Living, 123. 

 Pepper, Prof., 48. 

 Pepsin and Glycerine, 574. 



Liebreich's, 574. 

 Percy, Dr., 539. 

 Pereira, Dr., 310. 

 Perc-ne River Exploration, 145. 

 Perforating Machinery? 493. 

 Permanganate of Potash, 529, 5S8. 

 Perrin, Mr., 171. 

 Perry, Mr. John B., 229. 

 Peru, Antiquities from, 243. 



Climate of, 24. 

 Peruvian Province, 153. 

 Perutz, Mr., 72. 

 Peschel, Dr., 103. 

 Petermann, Dr* 116, 118, 119, 121. 

 Peters, Dr., 10, 15. 

 Petis, Flesh Extract in Java, 357. 

 Petrel Oil, 191. 

 Petrie, Mr., 242. 



Petroleum against Insects, 331. 

 Animal Origin of, 87. 

 Deodorizer for, 469. 

 exposed to Light, 78. 

 in Dry Rot, 375. 

 Influence of Light on, 45. 

 New Rectifier for, 469. 

 removing Smell from, 474. 

 Petromvzon Fluviatilis, 213. 

 Pettenkofer, Mr. Von, 2S9. 

 Pfundheller, Mr., 450. 



