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INDEX. 



Fisheries in 1S75, Gloucester, 439. 



of the arctic regions, 439. 

 Fisherman's Peak, 296. 

 Fishes, effect of polluted water on, 416. 

 fossil, cc. 

 in Lake Utah, 65. 

 Fittbogen, Mr., lxxviii., ccxxi., ccxxii. 

 Fitzhugh, Mr. D. H., 344. 

 Fitzinger, Dr. L. J.,41S. 

 Fiume, tides in the roadstead of, 107. 

 Fixed stars, xxix. 



as visible through minute ap- 

 ertures, 139. 

 Fizeau's method, 147. 

 Flame of burning glycerin, 137. 

 Flames, luminosity and non-luminosity of, 



156. 

 Flammarion, Mr., xxvii., xxxi., 8. 

 Fleischer, Mr., ccxxiii. 

 Fliegner, Prof., 1S6. 

 Flight and Maskelyne, Messrs., 144. 

 of birds, the, 340. 

 of butterflies, 354. 

 Floods in Southern France, 98. 

 Flora of Guadalupe, ccxix. 

 Floras, modern and tertiary, 361. 

 Florida, climatology of, 117. 



new serpent from, 342. 

 Flower, Prof., 582. 

 Flowers, influence of ammonia on the 



color of, 376. 

 Fluorescence and absorption, 170. 

 Fog-signal by gas gun, 129. 



efficiency of, ISO, 181. 

 new, 130. 

 -whistles, steam, 129. 

 Fohl, Mr. F., 550. 

 Fol, Mr., clxxxi., 176 

 Fondouce, Mr. P. Cazalis de, clxxi. 

 Food for trout, 433. 



of the mastodon, 339. 

 potash and soda in, 233. 

 Foote, Prof., 244. 

 Forbes, Mr. D.,5S8. 



Prof. S. A., 572. 

 Fordos, Mr., xciv., 210. 

 Forel, Dr., 69. 



Mr., cxci. 

 Forest, a buried, in Orwell, England, 



372. 

 Forests, influence of, on climate, 74. 

 Formula for altitude from barometer, 2. 

 Forrest, Mr. John, clxix., 257. 

 Forrest's exploration of Australia, 257. 

 Forster, Mr., 114. 

 Forsyth, Sir Douglas, cxxvii. 

 Fossil flora of the Western Territories, 

 364. 

 lepidosteus, 347. 

 man from La Madelaine, clviii. 

 salamander, 343. 

 Fossils from the coal-measures of Ohio, 

 308. 

 invertebrate, 291. 

 Foster, Mr., Ixxiii. 

 Foucault's gyroscope, 78. 

 regulator, 37. 

 siderostat, 30. 

 Foucheux, Mr., cliii. 

 Foutal, Mr. Albert, clxvi. 

 Fox, Colonel A. Lane, clxxiii., 331. 

 Fraas, Mr., clxxi. 



France, cultivation of asparagus in, 394. 

 floods in Southern, 9S. 



France, growth of oysters in, 439. 



iron production of, 460. 

 Frankland and Lockyer, Messrs., 135. 

 Franklin Institute, cclxvi. 

 Franklin, Lady, 592. 



Sir John, cxx. 

 Frazer, Jun., Prof., 218. 

 Frebault, Mr., lxxxiii. 

 Frederick VII. of Denmark, clxxiii. 

 Freeman, Mr., clvi. 

 Freezing of salt water, 194. 

 French Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, 5S1. 



method of engraving on wood, 

 514. 

 of oyster-culture, 420. 



prizes for American fish, 426. 

 Frenzel, Mr., xcviii., 244. 

 Frerichs, Mr., cxli., 319. 

 Fresenius, Mr., ccxc. 

 Fresnel's formula, 139. 

 Freund, Mr., Ixxxv. 

 Friedel, Mr., lxxvi. 

 Fries, Prof. Theodore, ccxvi. 

 Fritsch, Dr., 8S, 368. 

 Fritsche's travels in China, 297. 

 Fritz, Prof., xxxv., 26, 116. 

 Frog-eggs and electric currents, 316. 

 Froment, Mr., xlix. 

 Fruit, preservation of, 391. 

 Fruit-trees, best shape for, 392. 

 Fuhg, Mr., xxv. 

 Fundula cyprinodonta, 425. 

 Fungus, hollyhock, 376. 



on orange and olive trees, ccxi. 

 Furnace for puddling iron, revolving, 



462. 

 Furnace-bars, revolving, 484. 



-slag, utilizing, 460. 

 Fur-seal of the Pacific, ccxxvii. 

 Fuses, electric, 4S8. 



G. 



Gabb, Prof., cxxvi., 241. 

 Gaillardot, Mr., 329. 

 Galilee, Lake of, 64. 

 Galippe, Dr., 56S. 

 Galle, Dr., xxv., 44. 

 Gallium, a new element, 223. 

 Galton, Mr. Francis, clxxi. 

 Galvanic arch, influence of a magnet upon, 

 166. 

 currents, heat by, 126. 

 Galvanism acting on medicines, 561. 

 Galvanometer, new absolute, 162. 

 Gamond, Mr. Thome de, cclv. 

 Gannett, Mr. Henry, 272. 

 Garbich, Mr., 201. 



Gardner, Mr. James T., 277, 302, 574. 

 Garibaldi, General, ccli. 

 Gariel, Mr., lxi. 

 Garman, Mr. S.W., 342. 

 Garrod, Prof.,5S2. 

 Gas analysis, cclxxxiii. 



flames form sulphates, 228. 



for light-houses, 441. 



fuel, cclxvii. 



gun for fog-signals, 129. 



price of, 442. 

 Gas-lamp for laboratories, universal, 553. 



-wells of Pennsylvania, 247. 

 Gases and liquids, molecular constitution 

 of, 127. 



