INDEX. 



029 



Phenyl Brown, 435. 

 Phillfpeaux, Mr., 1T3. 

 Phillips, PrOf., 199, 259. 

 Phipson, Dr., 51, 74. 

 Phosphate Beds of South Carolina, 87. 

 Phosphates and Fungi, 535. 

 in Medicine, 557. 

 Mineral, 326. 

 Phosphide of Calcium, 527. 

 Phosphorescence by tearing Muslin, G03. 



of Dead Fish, 211. 

 Phosphorus and Turpentine, 564. 

 Bronzes, 55, 532. 

 in Animal Substances, 239. 

 Matches, 514. 

 Photographic Processes, Improved, 501. 

 Photographing Magnetic Curves, 41. 



on Wood, 496. 

 Photographs, Recolorinj, 503. 

 Phrynosoma, 198. 

 Phthisis on the Central American Plateau, 



593. 

 Phylloxera Vastatrix, 222. 

 Pickering, Prof., 5. 

 Pickles, Green Color in, 368. 

 Picrate of Potash, 413. 

 Picric Acid and Wool, 4S1. 

 Pictet, Prof., 184. 

 Pig and Serpent Bites, 255. 



Antiquity of the, 1S4. 

 Pigeon, Dodo, 192. 

 Pincus, Dr., 554. 



Pitch a Test fur genuine Benzole, 72. 

 Pith of Woody Matter, 294. 

 Plane-tree, European, 283. 

 Plant and Heat of Soil, 298. 

 -labels, Wooden, 293. 

 Plants, Action on by Light, 290. 



and Variable Temperature, 297. 

 Circulation in, 291. 

 how are they killed by Frost? 291. 

 in Aqueous Solutions, 298. 

 watered hot, 297. 

 Wild, Colors from, 380. 

 Plaster and Clay against Moss, 301. 

 Casts, 455. 



Preparation of Court, 3S4. 

 Paris and Alkalies, 455. 

 Platanus Occidentals, 2S3. 

 Plateau, Prof., 226, 227. 

 Platinized Mirrors, 508. 

 Playfair, Colonel, 211. 

 Pliocene Period, North America in the, 91. 

 Plosz, Mr., 240. 

 Plumbago, Formation of, 65. 

 Poey, Prof., 24, 30, 141, 211. 

 Poison from Shade of Manzanilla, 2S9. 

 Mboundou, 177, 503. 

 of the Scorpion, 177. 

 Poisonous Acorns, 564. . 

 Poisons, Effect on different Animals, 561. 

 Polatti,Mr.,G8. 

 Pole, Dr., 68. 

 Poleck, Prof., 302. 

 Polycotylus, 134. 

 Polynesian Region, 151. 

 Pompano, Occurrence of Northward, 260. 

 Pond Creek Station, Pacific Railroad", 279. 

 Ponsard, Mr., 457. 

 Pontia Brassicse, 270. 

 Porcelain, Restoring cracked, 382. 

 Porcupine, Expedition of the, 127. 

 Porphyry, Artitical, 409. 

 Portheus Molossus, 134. 



Portland Cement, 407. 

 Port Logan, 212. 

 Portuuidae, 276. 

 Potash applied to Plants, 323. 



a Test for Hydrate of Chloral, 72. 



Carbonate of, for drying, 293. 



on Fruit-trees, 322. 



Permanganate of, 559. 

 Potassium, Bromide of, 575, 576. 

 in Tobacco-smoke, 73. 

 Sulphide, and Lead Pipes, 502. 

 Potato-ash, Analysis of, 318. 



Disease, Report on, 321. 



Flour, 434. 



Giant Marmont, 320. 

 Potatoes as Horse-feed, 319. 



in Germany, new Varieties, 320. 

 tested by Specific Gravity, 320. 

 Utilization of surplus, 319. 

 Pott, Dr., 357. 

 Potts, Mr., 257. 



Pourtalus, Count, 97, 105, 224, 225, 276. 

 Powder for polishing, Best, 454. 



(Pertuiset),419. 

 Powell, Prof., his Explorations, 132. 

 Prairies, Tree-planting on, 279. 

 Presbytis Entellus, 561. 

 Preservative Fluid, New, 529. 

 Preserves aud Germ Theory, 370. 

 Prestwich, Mr., 179. 



Printers' Ink and Binoxide of Manganese, 

 473. 



Drving, 493. 

 Printing on Tin, 493. 



-paper, Wetting of, 4S7. 

 Pritchard, Mr. Andrew, 603. 

 Proctor, R. A., Sun's Corona, 1, 2. 

 Proteles, 172. 



Protohippus, Species of, 251. 

 Protostega Gigas, 134. 

 Prunus Laurocerasus,-296. 

 Prussian Blue, new Method, 442. 

 Psychic Force, 603, 610. 

 Pterodactyl, 134. 



Systematic Position of, 199. 

 Puscher, Mr. C, 56, 441, 453. 

 Putty.Window, 459. 

 Puydt, Mr. De, 144. 

 Pyrometer, Electrical, Siemens's, 418. 

 Pyrula, 229. 



Q- 



Quartz Crystals, Smokv, 93. 



Quass, Alcohol from Milk, 336. 



Quatrefages, Mr., 226. 



Quicksilver in a freezing Mixture, 510. 



Sublimate in Brass Kettles, 

 452. 

 Quinine, Action of, 5S5. 



Sulphate of, as a preservative,4Gl. 



R. 



Rabbits and Sulphur, 332. 

 Radiation and Zodiacal Light, 37. 

 Radishes, speedy Growth of, 324. 

 Ragweed, Dwarf, 284. 

 Railroad Cars, Warming, 3C5. 

 Railway Brake, Exter, 396. 

 Railways, Size of Narrow-gauge, 396. 

 Rain, Amount of, in different Heights, 30. 

 Ramie Fibre, Value of, 482. 



in California, 318. 

 Ramsay, Prof., 603. 

 Rankin, Prof., 19. 



