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INDEX. 



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Lime and magnesia, formation of the 



carbonates of, 264 



Liquids, corrosive, filtration of, 217 



Locomotion, improvements in, 

 Locomotive truck, improved, Bis- 



^el s, 31 



Looking-glasses, poisoning by, 

 Lungs, capacity of, 369 



Magnetic chart of Europe, 13 



' phantoms, fixation of, 131 



Magnetism and the moon, 130 



" influence of electricity on, 116 



Magnesium, employment of as an 



illuminating agent, 203 



Man, antiquity of, , 



" geological age of, 326 



" primeval, reported traces of, 331 

 Maps, reduction of, by photography, 154 

 Marble, plastic composition in place 



of, 97 



Marsupial animals of Australia, 315 



Mauve, the new dye, 214 



Meat, fresh, preservation of, 246 



Medicine, application of the physical 



sciences to, 248 



Mental disease, conditions of, 367 



Mercury, waves on the surface of, 171 

 Metals, 'electric and calorific conduc- 

 tion of, 131 

 Metal, new fusible, 205 

 Meteoric phenomena for 1860, 395 



new theory of the forma- 

 tion of, 400 

 Micrometer, new, 67 

 Micrometers, construction of, 156 

 Minerals, formation of in the humid 



way, 281 



Mines, arrangements for the dis- 

 charge of, 57 

 Moa of New Zealand, remains of, 313 

 Molluscs, fecundity of certain fresh- 

 water, 357 

 Moon, influence of on terrestrial 



magnetism. 130 



vegetation on the surface of, 381 

 Moon's motion, acceleration of, 406 



Moore's improved car-wheel, 

 Mountains, causes of cold on, 166 



Muscle-forgetfulness, 366 



JIuseum of Comparative Zoology at 



Cambridge, 14 



Music, new method of printing, 70 



Musical pitch, uniformity of, 180 



Kails, improved, 101 



Nebraska, geology of, 300 



New England, interesting pala?ontp- 



logical discoveries in, 306 

 synchronism of the 

 coal-fields of with those of the 

 West, 297 



Nervous system, peculiarities of, 366 

 Newspaper-addressing machine, 84 



Nitrogen of the atmosphere, produc- 

 tion of ammonia from, 261 

 source of, in plants, 261, 262 

 Norwav, geological survey of, 13 



Numerical relations, curious, 138 



Ocean, life at great depths in, 369 



(Enauthic ether, 223 



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Oil, coal, 87 



" rock, or petroleum of Pennsyl- 

 vania, 305 

 Organic matter, determination of, in 



water, 253 



oxidation of, 224 



Organic matters, products of the dis- 

 tillation of, 230 

 Oxalic acid in the pie-plant, method 



of treating, 223 



Oxygen, action of, in a nascent state, 264 

 Ozone, production of, by electrical 

 incandescence, 264 



Pacific, extinction of the aboriginal 



races of the, 18 



Paints, tire and damp proof, 



" new mineral, 97 



Painting, miniature and enamel, 74 



Palaeozoic floras, 304 



Panoramic stereoscopes, 157 



Paper, copying, 



" impervious to water, 222 



" parchment, 



" pipes, bitumenized, 86 



Paper-stock, use of carbonic acid in 



bleaching, 216 



Parasitic animals, reproduction of, 

 : Parasites on flies, 



I Pearl, cocoa-nut, 237 



Pearly lustre, process of imparting 



to objects, 215 



Peat-bogs of Ireland, 



350 



Pebbles, curved and elongated in 



conglomerates, origin of, 282 



Pencils, new material for, 223 



Petroleum wells of Pennsylvania, 305 



Phonoscope, the, 182 



Phosphorus, antidote for, 250 



in the animal economy, 368 



Photographs, charcoal, 155 



colored, production of, 159 



Photography, new applications 



of, 150-156 



Physics, as a branch of the science of 



motion, 103 



Pichincha, volcano of, 310 



Pile, electric, new, 120 



Pipes, bitumeuized paper, 86 



'' new method of joining, 85 



Pitch, uniform musical, 180 



Pleistocene history of Scotland, 319 



Planet, new. " Vulcan," 382 



Planets, nevy, for 1860, 381 



Plants forming peat, growth of, 350 



sources of nitrogen for, 261, 262 

 Platinum and iridium, use of alloys 



of, 92 



metallurgy of, 195 



Ploughing machine, new, 95 



Poison, application of for the cap- 

 ture of whales, 90 

 Poisons in alcoholic spirits, 254 

 Poisoning by looking-glasses, 371 

 Population, statistics of, 17 

 Porcelain, ornamentation of, by pho- 

 tography. 154 

 Porous bodies, movements of fluids 



in, 175 



Printing in imitation of embroidery, 82 



" of music, new method of, 70 



Putrefaction, products of, 236 



