INDEX. 



609 



Vogt, 120. 



Volcanic ashes, origin of, 06. 



dust, 227. 



history of Ireland, 22T. 

 Vossius, Isaac, SI. 



Wagner, 296. ^^ 



Wahsatch Ran<?e, 2G0. 



Walker, Robert, 109. 



W^allace, Sir William, 34S. 



Walnut stain for light woods, 495. 



Waltenhofen, Prof. Von, 166. 



Waltershausen,Dr. Von, 546. 



Waltl, Dr., 485. 



Walz, Dr. Isidor, 198, 492. 



Ward, L.F., 262. 



Water, decomposition of, 195. 



diminution in springs, rivers, etc., 

 131. 



estimating color in, 156. 



or gas, theory of the How of, 141. 



resistance of, to motion of vessels, 

 139. 

 Water-glass for washing cotton, 514. 



-proof awnings, .511. 



dressing for leather, 4S8. 



-proofing fabrics, 4S9. 



umbrellas, 430. 

 Waters, G.F.,34S. 

 Watson, Prof., 27. 



Sereuo, 360. 

 Waves and vessels at sea, movements of, 



140. 

 Waxy matter on beech bark, 349. 

 Weather and insect life, 291. 

 Weatherby and Moore, 431. 

 Weber, 35,46, 211. 

 Weed, a new noxious, 354. 

 Weilemanu, 117. 

 Weiss, Dr., 57. 

 Welch, William, 399. 

 AVelger, 495. 

 Weiiham, 265. 

 Wesleyan University, 371. 

 Western State Fish Commissioners, 399. 

 Westminster, new aquarium at, 308. 

 Westwood, Prof., 331. 

 Wet and dry bulb thermometer, 96. 

 Wex, 131, 366. 

 Weyranch, 467. 

 Wheeler, Lieut. George M., 262. 



O. D., 257. 

 Wheels, construction of, 448. 

 Whitcher, 392. 

 White, Dr. C. A., 252, 255. 

 Whitefish eggs in California, 402. 



hatching in the Detroit River, 

 403. 

 Whitley, 73. 



Whitney, Prof. J. D., 303. 

 Whitworth, Sir Joseph, 453. 

 Whyte, Dr., 440. 

 Wibel, 149. 

 Wichmann, 33. 

 Wicklow and Waterford, 227. 

 Wild, Dr., 96. 

 Wilder, 347, 348. 

 Wiley, 514. 

 Will, Prof.,. 359. 

 Willemoes-Suhm, Dr. R. von, 546. 



Williams, 99. 



Williamson, Prof., 343. 



Willis, 479. 



Wilmot, Samuel. 404. 



Wilson, A. D., 243. 



Prof. P. B., 342. 



Wilson and Seabroke, 17. 



Wind, intliience of, on projectiles, 472. 



velocity and the barometric gradi- 

 ent of, 100. 



Winds and barometric pressure, 115. 

 and rains of India, 126. 



Wing, Rev. Augustus, 546. 



Winkelmann, 183. 



Winlock, Prof,51, 53. 



Winsor, Dr., 537. 



Wire ropes, cast-steel, 445. 



of phosphor-bronze, 440. 



Wisconsin Fish Commissioners' Report, 

 400. 



Wittstein,208. 



Witz 489. 



Wolf) Dr.*Rudolph, 40, 64. 

 Prof., 13. V 



Wolf and deer from the Upper Mississip- 

 pi, new extinct, 303. 



Worn; 376. 



Wolffhugel, 195. 



Wood engraving, French method of, 483. 

 pi'eservation of, 431. 



Wood-ashes as a fertilizer, 372. 



Woodward, Dr. J. J., 270, 271, 341. 



Wool and cloth from pine-tree leaves, 507. 

 removing vegetable substances from, 

 502. 



Woolen goods, fulling, 503. 



Wormley, Prof. T. G.,'308. 



Worms in the heart of dogs, 533. 



Wrangell, Baron, 129. 



Wright, A. W., 28. 



Dr. Thomas S., 546. 



Wullerstorff-Urbair, Von, 117. 



Wyman, Prof. JeflYies, 303. 



Wyndham, T. Heathcote G., 546. 



Xyliudciu, a new dye-stuff, 492. 

 Y. 



Yampah canon, 253. 

 Yarrow, Dr., 264. 

 Yellow dve, new, 493.' 



light preserves entomological spec- 

 imens, 275. 

 Youl, 408. 

 Young, 44, 133, 135, 146, 386. 



Zenger, Prof.,60. 



Zier, 451. 



Zinc, brownish patina on, 516. 



coating on brass and copi)er, 514. 



desilverization of argentiferous, 204. 

 Zittel,Dr.,110,130. - 

 Zittel's Hand-book of Paleontology, 297. 

 Zodiacal light, 35. 

 Ziillner, 7. 



Zoological station, 338. 

 Zoology and natural history, 205. 

 Zoospores, grouping in water, 351. 



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