428 



INDEX. 



PACK 



Litrht, production of, 156 



Lightning at sea. statistics of, 119 



Limestone, 1'ossililerous, overlaid by 



granite, 324 



Lithographic-photo, process, 165 



Lizard, gigantic fossil, from Austra- 

 lia, 352 

 Locomotives, improved, 48 

 " increasing the traction 



of by magnetization, 139 

 London, sewerage of, 35 



LOUGHRIDGE'S patent brake, 43 



Lubrication, experiments on, 104 



Lye. condensed, or portable alkali, 231 

 LYELL. Sir C., 011 the geological age 

 of man, 5 



Maelstrom, the, 



Magnets, cast-iron, 



Magnetic action of the sun, 

 declination, 

 storm, Aug 2S, 1S59, 



Magnetization of locomotive wheels, 



Mammals, fossil, Owen ou, 



Man, geological age of, 

 ' remains of in geological forma- 

 tions, 



Manganese ores of Arkansas, 



Manuring, surface, 



MARSH. 1., on the strength of wood- 

 en water pipes, 



Marsupial, extraordinary fossil from 

 Australia, 



Matches, friction, improved prepara- 

 tion of, 



MAURV, 'Commander, 



Men with tails, 



Metals and alloys, hardness of, 

 " electric conducting power of, 

 " heat ' " " 



Metamorphism of rocks, 



Meteors, remarkable in 1859, 



Miasma, action of growing vegeta- 

 tion in neutralizing, 



Michigan, Lake, lunar tide on, 



Microscope, use of in 'natural his- 

 tory, 



Milk," new method of preserving, 



Mine, deep, 



Mining, application of geological sci- 

 ence to, 

 " enterprise, 



Moon, traces of irruptive action in, 



Mordants, action of, 



Mortars, Mallet's 36-inch, 



Museum, new geological, at Oxford, 



Music, uniform diapason in, 



Musical instruments, improvements 

 in. 



Naphtha, coal, production of, 

 Nervous system, researches on, 

 NIEPCE, St. Victor's, researches 



Light, 

 Notation, unitary, in chemistry, 



on 



Obituary for 1859, 



Ocean, temperature of. 



Odors, classification of, 



Oil, palm, mode of using and purify - 



291 

 139 

 140 

 142 

 414 

 139 

 329 

 5 



342 

 329 



263 



60 

 352 



105 

 372 

 390 

 211 

 120 

 169 

 277 

 415 



372 

 194 



379 



253 



65 



316 

 65 



mo 



270 

 76 

 15 



186 



111 



227 

 379 



157 



198 



421 

 176 

 274 



106 



PACE 



Oil, substitute for linseed, 103 



Oils, action of chloride of sulphur 



on, 2?3 



" artificial fruit, 272 



" vulcanization of, 234 



Oil-paint, sulphurized, 103 



Oiled paper, substitute for oiled silk, 101 



Optic nerve, position of in different 



animals, 150 



Optical phenomena, curious, 156 



Ordnance survey of Great Britain, 36 

 Organic matter of the atmosphere, 239 

 OWEN, Prof., on fossil mammalia, 329 

 Oxygen, Schonbein's views on, 9 



Ozone, action of on albumen, etc., 203 

 " new facts respecting, 204 



" observations on in the Cri- 

 mea, 205 

 preparation of. 204 

 " fcjchonbeiu's researches on, 199 



Paint, use of sulphate of barytes for, 254 

 Pala3outological discoveries, interest- 

 ing, 325 

 Paper, -oiled, a substitute for oiled 



silk, 101 



Paper, straw, improvement in manu- 

 facturing, 270 

 Parchment, vegetable, 248 

 Pear, Jargonelle, oil, preparation of, 272 

 Pearl, mother-of, iridescence of, 153 

 Pebbles, elongated, inconglpmerate, 322 

 Peccary, extinct remains of, 326 

 Perfumes, on the odors of, 273 

 Phenic acid, production of, 228 

 Phonautograph, the, 182 

 Phosphorus, peculiar psychological 



effects of, 277 



Phosphorescence and fluorescence, 145 

 Photograph of a bursting shell, 167 



Photographs by the British Govern- 

 ment, 13 

 in natural colors. 159, 150 

 " of fluorescent sub- 

 stances, 162 

 Photographic engraving, Fizeau's 



process, 165 



engraving, Sella's 



process, 165 



influence of radiant 



heat, 161 



novelties, 166 



Photography and time, 162 



applied to wood engrav- 

 ing, 163 

 applied to war pur- 

 poses, 168 

 prize for improvements 



in, 12 



use of carbon in, 12 



Photo-lithography, 165 



Photo-meter, new, 154 



Physiological knowledge, gained 



through chloroform, 380 



Pine-apple oil, 272 



Planet, new asteroidal, 409 



" supposed, between Mercury 

 and the sun, 409 



Planetoids, numbering, 409 



Plants, ameliorations of from the 



seed, 376 



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