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INDEX. 



Organ, great Boston 42 



Organic life, progressive develop- 

 ment of 241 



" substances, artificial pro- 

 duction of 167 



Oxygen, sourcs of in the animal or- 

 ganism 191 



Oxy-liydrogen light, new form of . . 28 

 Oysters, artificial breeding of .... 274 



Ozone as a disinfectant 203 



" composition of 203 



" exhaled by plants 314 



" new researches on 202 



Paint, copper 



Palaeozoic climate 



formations, breaks in . . 



Paris, sewage of 



Pasteur's researches on fermentation 



Pestilence in India 



Petroleum, effects of on health . . . 

 Pennsylvania, source of. 

 trade of the United States 



Poison, new 



Poisons in the circulation 



Porcelain, ornamented of by photo- 

 graphy 



Port-hole closer for iron-clads . . . 

 Prairies of Illinois, change in . . . . 



Precious stones, cavities in 



" " odors of 



Pressure, deep-sea 



effects of on chemical ac- 

 tion 



Primoidal fossils, localities of . . . . 

 Provisions, new mode of preserving . 



Pulse of different animals 



Putrefaction, Pasteur's researches on 

 Pyrethrum, destruction of insects by 



Phosphorus in vegetation 



Philosophy of to-day 



Photo-lithography 



Photographic engraving 



" lenses 



miniature, new . . . . 

 " pictures, transference 



to glass, etc 



portraiture 



Photographs, lunar 116, 



new agent for fixing . 



permanence of . . . . 



" at high altitudes . . . 



Photography for book-illustration . . 



in connection art . . . 



novelties in 



" who discovered? . . . 



Physiology of reproduction 



Pigments from coal-tar 



Pipes, tinned-lead 



Planet, gutta-mercurial 



Planets, new, for 18G3 



Plumb-line, curious deviations of the 

 " " influence of sun and 



moon on . 



Planetary systems among the stars 

 Plants, artificial fecundation of . . 

 distribution of Arctic . . . 

 existence of muscles in . . 



nutrition of 



" ozone exhaled from .... 



Platinum, porosity of 



Pleiades, visibility of stars in the . 



25 

 209 

 242 



15 



182 

 188 

 193 

 247 

 248 

 192 

 2C5 



123 

 78 

 250 

 245 

 245 

 231 



216 

 245 



45 

 204 

 182 

 305 

 315 



79 

 121 

 121 

 121 

 125 



123 

 112 

 119 

 121 

 121 

 118 

 121 

 111 

 121 

 114 

 258 

 192 

 194 

 316 

 310 

 .83 



, 84 

 316 

 309 

 251 

 304 

 201 

 314 

 197 

 320 



Pleuro-Pneurnonia, inoculation for . 292 

 Pneumatic despatch 21 



Races, extinction of 238 



Radiation, Tyndall's, new discover- 

 ies concerning 137 



Railways, notes on the history of . . 3 



Railway incline, steep 20 



tunnels 20 



Rams, iron-clad, American 72 



Range, extraordinary for artillery . 69 



Rattlesnake, rattle of 295 



Red-Sea, coloring matter of 201 



Refraction, curious phenomena of . 101 

 Relations, marriages between .... 201 

 Reproduction, physiology of .... 258 

 Resin, use for soaps, substitute for . 199 

 Respiration, Flouren's, observations 



on 296 



Rivers, course influenced by rotation 



Qf the earth 83 



Rocks, stratified, forms of 211 



" structural origin of 216 



Rubidium and Caesium 174 



properties of 175 



Ruskin, John, on the forms of strati- 

 fied rocks 211 



Rust, protection of iron from .... 23 

 Russia, steel-iron 22 



Safes, construction of 35 



" experiments on the fire-resist- 

 ing qualities of different . 37, 38 

 Salt rock, remarkable deposit in 



Louisiana 220 



Scene painting, new device for ... 29 



Schist, mica, origin of 241 



Science and art, desiderata 159 



notes on the orogress of . . . 3 



Sea, deep, pressure ot 231 



Sea-weed, new material from .... 31 

 Secretions, animal, effects of temper- 

 ature on 192 



Senses of smell and taste 2'.)8 



Sewage, deodorization of 205 



Sewers of London 16 



" Paris 15 



Sexes, production of at will 292 



Shasta, Mt., California, height of . . 243 



Ships, unsinkable timber 19 



Shoes and boots, manufacture by ma- 

 chinery 43 



Siberia, mammoth remains from . .219 

 Sieman's regenerative gas furnace . 45 



Silicon, new compound of 179 



Silk, solvent for 188 



" woolen and cotton, to detect 



mixture of 189 



" trade of Europe 189 



" worm, ailanthus 297 



Silver, new method of collecting 



from solution 194 



Sirius, companions of 316, 317 



Skin, absorbing power of 2f>7 



" effects of suppressed action of 206 



Sleep and fresh air 268 



" of insects 279 



Smell and taste, senses of 298 



Soap, use of soluble glass in manu- 

 facturing 199 



Soda, carbonate, natural formation 

 of 244 



