INDEX. 



[The Roman Letters refer to the Summary at the begiuniug of the Volume.] 



Abbe, Prof., xxxii., 15, 49, 75, 101, 108. 

 Abbott, Mr., xix., 30. 

 Abel], Prof., 522, 543. 

 Abiogeuesis, Huizinga on, 299. 

 Aboriginal money, 810. 

 Acclimatation Society, Paris, 33S. 

 Acclimatization Society in Cincinnati, 265. 

 Aceratherium megalodus, 315, 34S. 

 Acetate of soda for preserving, 476, 498. 

 Acoustics in large rooms, 176. 



of public buildings, 519, 528. 

 recent discoveries in, 129. 

 Acrididae, report of Dr. Thomas upon, 236. 

 Actinic power of light, 175, 

 Actinism of a bichromate image, 575. 

 Actual glaciers, 197. 

 Adams, Mr., appointment of, 678. 



President, 058. 

 Adirondack State Park, S3. 

 Adriatic, explorations in the, 215. 

 Adulterations of madder, 573. 

 Advancement of science, influencing the, 



C79. 

 .^lurodon mustelinus, 315, 348. 

 ^lurus fulgens, 2G7. * 



Agassiz, Mr. Alexander, xci., xciv., 285. 

 Natural-History Club, 655. 

 Prof. Louis, xci., 316, 660, 681. 

 Agriculture and rural economy, cvi., 381. 

 Ains worth, Mr. B. J., 253. 

 Air brake of Westiughouse, 532. 

 Air, relation of the, to clothing and soil, 



492. 

 Airy, Prof., xxi., xxvii., 50, 121. 

 Albertis in New Guinea, 237. 

 Alcan, Mr., 570. 

 Alcohol, sensation of cold, 643. 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 184. 

 Alcohols from flint and quartz, 185. 

 Aleutian Islands, explorations in the, 246. 

 Alexander, Prof. Stephen, 6. 

 Algae, growth of, in aquaria, 369. 

 Algiers, explorations on the coast of, 242. 

 Alizarine, artificial, 582. 

 Alleghany Observatoiy, report of the, 21. 



River, shad in the, 462. 

 Allen, Mr. J. A., Ixviii., cvi., 261. 

 Mr. J. F.,613. 

 Mr. T. F., 654. 

 Allison, Mr., 78. 

 Allman, Dr., xcv., 226, 296. 

 Alloys of manganese, 613. 

 of white metal, 563. 

 Altamaha River, shad in the, 450. 

 Altitudes, barometric determination of, 91. 

 Alum as a mordant for woolens, 552. 

 Alumina, sulphate of, in mucilage, 005. 

 Amarantus blitum, 366. 

 Amateur astronomy in America, 2. 

 America, the prehistoric races of, 311. 



American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, 659. 

 birds, number of, 340. 



department.Vieuna Exposition, 



662. 

 Fish-Culturists'Association,434; 



second meeting of the, 463. 

 scientists, honors to, 674. 

 star catalogue, 1. 

 Ammen, Commodore, Ix. 

 Amount of blood in animals. .S26. 

 Amphiuma tridactymm, 325. 

 Amsler, Prof., 612. 

 Amj'l, nitrite of, 621. 

 Anaesthetic, methylene ether as an, 619. 

 Analysis of a flash of lightning, 127. 



of compound sounds, 156. 

 Anatomical preparations in carbolic solu- 

 tions, 270. 

 Anchippodus, 285. 



Ancient vegetation in England, 370. 

 Anderson, ISIr. John, xci., 266. 

 Prof. Thomas, 671. 

 School of Natural History, xc. 

 opening of, 266. 

 Andrae, Herr Uernhard, cxxviii, 

 Andrews, Mr. E.B., 206. 

 Angstrom, Mr. A. J., 671. 

 Aniline, black, for ink or varnish, 546. 



black with tungstate of copper, 



584. 

 colors, fixing, 5S0. 



mordants for, 580. 

 green for straw, 581. 

 red, new, 580. 

 Animals and plants, distribution of, 263. 

 Anthrapurpurine, new dye, 577. 

 Anthropological Institute, the British, 274. 

 Anthropology, Ixxv. 

 Anti-Gulf-Stream, the, in the West Indies, 



121. 

 Antimony, explosive, 181. 

 Antique patina on bronzes, 548. 

 Antiquities of the Southern Indians, 348. 

 of the Scythia of Herodotus, 



275. 

 protection of, 673. 

 Antiquity of the Guadaloupe bone breccia, 

 197. 

 of man in Britain, 278. 

 in Corsica, 279. 

 Antiseptics and putrefiers, 639. 

 Apparatus for drying grain, 416. 

 Apple-juice for fixing colors, 552. 

 Aptychus, nature of, 334. 

 Aqua ammonia against mercurial poison- 

 ing, 627. 

 Aquaria, algse in, 369. 

 Aquarium, Brighton, 267, 336. 



for Central Park, 33T. 



