INDEX. 



597 



F. 

 Falb, Di-.,95. 



'Faraday," soundings onboard of the, 236. 

 Farini, 331. 



Farlow, Prof. W.G., 304. 

 Farwell, 401. 

 Fatio, 323. 

 Faulquier, 19G. 

 Fauna of the deep seas, 240. 

 Fautrat, 17. 

 Faye, 86, 87, 89, 93. 

 Faye's theory of storms, 84, 86. 

 Fearu, Thomas, 542. 

 Feathers, cloth from, 422. 

 Feeding value of salt-marsh and bog hay, 



377. 

 Feilner, Captain, 312. 

 Female clothing in the bronze period, 294. 

 Ferrel, Prof., 65, 98, 100, 106. 

 Fertilizers, German potash salts, wood- 

 ashes, etc., 372, 373. 

 Fertilizing material, new, 383. 

 Fichtner,479. 



Field mice, destruction of, 381. 

 Filter, new form of paper, 519. 

 Filtration, metallic, 174. 



rapidity of, 518. 

 Fir and pine tree leaves, new products 



from, 507. 

 Fire-engines, relief valve for, 438. 

 -hydrant and street-lamp, 414. 

 -places, improvement in, 420. 

 -proof paper and ink, 4S4. 

 Fischer, Prof., 295, 430. 

 Fish, the rainbow, 321. 

 Fish Commission of California, 401. 

 Commissioners of Arkansas, 401. 



of Connecticut, Ee- 



port of, 394. 

 of Iowa, Report of, 



399. 

 of Kentucky, 398. 

 of Maine, Report of, 



392. 

 ofMassachnsettSjRe- 



port of, 393. 

 of Minnesota, Report 



of, 400. 

 of New Hampshire, 



Report of, 393. 

 of New Jersey, Re- 

 port of, 397. 

 of New York, Report 



of, 395. 

 of Wisconsin, Report 

 of, 400. 

 Fish-bones, utilization of, 372. 



-culture, warmed waters in, 406. 

 Fisher, Osmond, 121. 

 Fisheries and pisciculture, 385. 



of Canada, Report of, 391. 

 Fishes, curious habits of, 324. 



of the Ohio, Rafinesque's, 818. 

 remarkable structure of young, 



323. 

 some curious Australian, 319. 

 Flames, non-luminous, 149. 

 Flammarion, 24, 27. 

 F]eitmann,Dr.,518. 

 Fletcher, Prof., 338. 



Fleurcote de Lan2le,Vice-Admiral, 112. 

 Flies, the eye of, 326. 

 Floating seeds, 353. 



Flood-marks and gravel banks, 230. 



Floor oil-paint, 497. 



Flora of Guadalupe Island, 360. 



Flour-mills, explosions in, 428. 



Flow of metals, 137. 



Flowers and bouquets, preserving, 35T. 



changing colors of, artificially, 

 356. 

 FlUckinger and A. Kijpp, 349. 

 Fluid columns, vibration of, 140. 

 Fluids, causes of coagulation of, 285. 

 Fluke-worm, large human, 337. 

 Fluorescence of solutions in castor-oil, 156. 

 Fodder value of apples, 382. 

 Fog-signaling, 402. 



-whistles, steam, 459. 

 Folsom, Dr., 537. 

 Foramiuifera, 343. 



cleaning, 342. 

 Forbes, 128. 



David, 542. 

 Force of sea waves, 123. 

 Forchhammer, 227. 

 Forcot, 451. 



Fordas and Rommier, 492. 

 Forestier, 420. 



Forests, covering the slopes of the Alps 

 with, 365. 



destruction of, 366. 



influence of, on water-flow and 

 moisture, 77. 

 Formation of basalt columns, 70. 



of natural magnets, 158. 

 Formhals' patent, 495. 

 Fossil birds in America, 311. 



elephants, dogs, etc., of New Mex- 

 ico, 303. 

 giant birds, new, 313. 

 insects, American, 330. 

 reptile with mammalian characters, 



316. 

 France, cremation in, 185. 



cultivation of bamboo in, 366. 



hail-storms in, 125. 



magnetic map of, 162. 



maritime fislieries of, 1874, 385. 

 Frankland, Prof., 149, 359. 

 Franklin Institute, 432, 438. 

 Fraser, Prof., 410. 

 Frecher, Siemens, and Halske, 168. 

 Freden,Von, 387. 

 Freezing, effect of, on the color of ftibrics, 



4SS. 

 French investigation of hay-fever, 534. 

 Fresh-water fishes, new work on Euro- 

 pean, 319. 

 rhizopods, 345. 

 Fresnel, 151. 



Frictional resistance of water, 139. 

 Friedelite, 221. 

 Frink, 179. 

 Fripp, W. E., 265. 

 Fritz, Prof., 13, 96. 

 Frogs, remarkable habit of, 316. 

 Frost, smoke protection against, 369. 

 Fruit, protecting preserved, 427. 

 Frustulia saxonica, 341. 

 Fuckel, Leopold, 542. 

 Fuel, peat as locomotive, 447. 

 Fulling woolen goods, 503. 

 Fulton, Charles, 507. 

 Fumago salicina, 364. 

 Fungi, development of, 362. 

 Furnace for burning hay, straw, etc., 376. 



