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Agriculture, steam applied to .... 8 



Aiianthus, silk- worm 297 



Air, fresh, necessity of during sleep ? 268 

 " propagation of sound in . . . . 147 



Air-light. Smith's 28 



Albumen, artificial, conversion into 



ti brine 167 



new substitute for . . . . 193 

 Alcohol, manufacture from coal gas . 181 



Alps, conformation of 215 



Alpine Peaks, forms and waste of . . 214 



Aluminum bronze 23 



from cryolite 244 



American iron-clad fleet 70 



Andaman Islanders ......... 291 



Animal epidemics 272 



" kingdom, new classification . 255 



Animals, brains of 290 



gigantic in Siberian ice . . 219 

 origin of, from eggs . . . 280 

 why killed to be eaten ? . . 294 



Ants, peculiarities of 294 



Apes and men, brains of 291 



Archipelago, Malagan . 336 



Architecture, novelty in '9 



Arctic plants, geographical distribu- 

 tion of 251 



Armor for war-ships 55 



" inclined for vessels, experi- 

 ence with 77 



plates corrugated 56 



Arms, rifled, small, experiments with 66 



Armstrong gun, value of 62 



Art and photography Ill 



Artillery, extraordinary range of . . C7 

 heavy, new views respect- 

 ing" 68 



new vent-holes for .... 05 

 Asia and Australia, animal and vege- 

 table characteristics of 255 



Asteroids, new, for 1863 316 



Astronomical investigations, accu- 

 racy of modern 6 



Astronomical memoranda 7 



Atmosphere, actinic qualities at high 



altitudes 119 



earth's radiation through . 137 



life in the 332 



pressure of the 155 



vapor in at great heights . 150 

 Atmospheric pressure, new utiliza- 

 tion of > 21 



Atoms, new views respecting .... 168 



Attraction and adhesion 85 



Auroras and sun-spots 92, 324 



Australia, acclimatization of animals 



in 8 



Automolysis 171 



Aye- Aye, the 



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Babies, mental condition of 260 



Balloon ascensions, scientific .... 149 

 Barometrical observations, new . . . 331 



Beau, ordeal of Calabar 308 



Bees, cells of, new facts concerning . 158 



" eyes of 282 



Bee-hive mathematics of the 158 



Bessemer's process for producing 



steel . . 178 



Birds, curious fact in relation to ... 280 



" gigantic of New Zealand, . . .247 

 Blood, cause of coagulation 193 



" corpuscules, plasticity of. .295 



" electricity of 93 



" mechanis'm of the circulation 



of 264 



Blue-fish, observations on 270 



Boilers, explosions of 21, 85 



Bones, growth and waste of 259 



Book-illustration, photographic . . . 121 

 Boots and shoes, manufacture of by 



machinery 43 



Brain, wounds of the , ?9J 



Brains of men and animals 290 



" apes 291 



Brewsterian light figures 102 



Bromine, new medical use of . . . .166 

 in the Dead Sea water , . 194 



Bronze, aluminum . 23 



Brick and mortar elevator 31 



British Association for 1863 ..... 3 



" Islands, submergence during 1 



the drift epoch 242 



Butter-milk, physiological action of . 294 



Calabar, ordeal bean of 314 



Camphor, motions of on water ... 87 

 Cannon, India-rubber breech pieces 



for 66 



Casks, new method of constructing . 30 



Cat-gut, manufacture of 32 



Cattle-breeding, novelties in .... 292 



" disease 292 



Cement of casein 195 



Charcoal, absorption of gases by . . 203 



Charleston, naval action oft' 70 



Chemical memoranda 191 



science, recent progress of 9 

 terms, remarkable .... 191 

 Chemistry, organic, recent progress 



of 1G4 



Chloroform, new application of . . . 193 



Chromatoscope, the 100 



Cinchona bark, from India 8 



Circle, squaring of the 30 



Clouds,how to ascertain the height of 153 



Coal-mining, curiosities of 227 



Coal-mines of Great Britain, ex- 

 haustion of 228 



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