348 



IXDEX. 



Coal-tar colors, new applications of. 192 



Cofl'ee ground, rs. coffee crushed . . 195 



" improved method of roasting 45 



Coloring, harmonious law of .... 1< 5 



Comet of 1810 310 



Comets, new, for 1863 



" . phenomena of 320 



Cooling, eli'ects of irregular, on met- 

 als 144 



Copper paint 25 



Coral islands, formation of 243 



Cryolite 244 



Cyclones, observations on 154 



Dams, vibrations of 147 



Dead -Sea water, bromine in 194 



Deaf and dumb, statistics of .... 2(i2 

 Death by drowning, cause of .... 296 

 " phenomena connected with . 250 

 Desiderata in science and art .... 159 

 Devonian period, flora of. . . . . .249 



Dictator, iron-clad ship 71 



Digestion, chemistry of 206 



Dinoruis of New Zealand 247 



Desease caused by fermentation . . . 185 



" epidemic spread of 333 



Dialysis, interesting application of . 195 

 Disinfectant agency of ozone .... 203 

 Distances and speed, estimation of. 87 



Dragon-fly, eye of 278 



Drift, human remains in .232 



Drift-period, submergence of the 



British islands during 242 



Drop, form of a 199 



Drowning, cause of death by .... 296 



Dust, atmospheric 333 



Dutch prizes for scientific investiga- 

 tion ., 



Eyes of bees 282 



"" " insects 275 



Explosions, steam boiler 21 



Ear-bones of fishes, fossil 



Ear, functions of the 



Earth, climate of in palaeozoic times 

 " mean density of 



secular cooling of, 



" recent changes in the climate 



of 



Earth's rotation 



Earthquakes, interesting observa- 

 tions on 



Earthquake waves 



Egg, fossil 



Eggs, origin of all animals from . . . 



Electricity of muscle 



" the blood 



Electricities, origin of the different . 

 Electrical phenomena, curious . . . 



Electrical summary for 1863 



Electric express ; . . . 



Electric illumination, interesting 



experiments on 



Electro-physiology, researches in . . 

 Elephants, approaching extinction 



of the 



structure of the 



Elevator, brick and mortar 



Engraving, new process for . . . . 



photographic 



wood, substitute for . . . 



Eye of the sperm whale 



reflective power of 



" influence of in 

 color . . . . 



163 



239 



147 



209 



85 



210 



92 



82 



222 



224 



246 



286 



93 



93 



93 



89 



91 



91 



90 

 93 



254 

 297 

 31 

 159 

 121 

 158 

 272 

 101 



107 



Fabrics, uninflammable 



Fermentation, a cause of disease . . 



Pasteur's researches on 



Files made by machinery ..... . 



Fire accidents, prevention of. . . . 



Fish, changes in the habits of . . . . 



" fertility of 



Fishes, fossil ear-bones of . . . . . 



" hearing of 



" vocal 



Flame, protection of fabrics against . 



Flint-nodules in chalk 



Force, nature of 



Fossils, interesting in Buenos Ayres 



primoidal 



Food, Liebig's theory of 



" use of sugar for 



Freezing, concentration of mineral 



Avaters by 



Furnace, Sieman's regenerative . 45, 



Gas, coal, manufacture of alcohol 



from 



improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of 



" purifying. . . 

 Gases, absorption of by charcoal . . 



in water 



" molecular mobility of. . . . 

 Ghosts, artificial production of ... 

 Gift'ard's injecior, explanation of. . 



Glaciers of the Himalayas 



overrated action of 



Glacial mummies 



Gold and Silurian rocks, association 



of 



Gold-fields of the Pacific 



Golden parallels 



Graham's researches on the molecu- 

 lar constitution of gases 



Granites, origin of the 



Great Britain, mineral statistics of. . 



Gun, Armstrong, the 



Guns, armor and projectiles, new ex- 

 periments in relation to . . 



" steel rifled 



" Whitworth's and Armstrong's 



trials with 



Gunnery and heat . , 



Gun-cotton, recent improvements in 

 Gun-powder, new method of pre- 

 paring 



Gypsies, origin of the 



Gyration of winds, laws of 



195 



182 

 24 

 26 

 270 

 29(5 

 239 

 271 

 295 

 195 

 241 

 79 

 243 

 245 

 207 

 205 



198 

 230 



181 



189 

 190 

 203 

 143 

 107 

 109 

 86 

 219 

 213 

 217 



222 

 221 

 221 



240 



243 



62 



55 

 63 



58 



142 



47 



34 



341 

 153 



Hail, formation of 332 



Heart, beating of the 262 



influence of inspiration of the 264 



Heat and gunnery 142 



" distribution of on the surface 



of the sun 323 



" dynamical theory of. / . . . . 141 

 " influence of on the galvanic bat- 

 tery 91 



internal of the earth 210 



" intense, effect of on liquids. . .142 



" Tyndall's researches on . . 138, 139 



Heliochromy, new researches on . . 120 



