INDEX. 



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Salmon on the American coast, marked, 

 444. 



Salmon-breeding establishment at Bucks- 

 port, Maine, 443. 



SalmouidiB, blood corpuscles of, 299. 



Saltpeter in the blite plant, 3GG. 



Salviu, Mr. Osberr, Ixx., 340, 352. 

 & Godman, Messrs., 336. 



Samal & Beronson, Messrs., 002. 



San Francisco, Woodward's Gardens, 664. 



Sand from Africa to Italy, 233. 



Sanderson, Dr. Burdou, cv., 670. 



Sanson, Mr., 301. 



Santa Cruz, drying up of, 71. 



Sap in plants, movement of the, 361. 



Sars, Prof., xciii., xcv. 

 Mr. G. O., xcv. 



Saturn, nature of the rings of, 61. 



Sauerman, Mr., 469. 



Saussure, Mr., 114. 



Saxton, Joseph, 6S5. 



Scandinavian exhibition of fishery mod- 

 els, 429. 



Scaphirhyuchus in Turkestan, new, 336. 



Schacht, Messrs., cxiii. 

 Schaeffer, George C, 685. 



Scheerer, Prof., 514. 



Schelhass, Mr., 576. 



Scherzer, Dr., 549, 584. 



Schleseuinger, Mr. A., 572. 



Schliemanu, Dr. Henry, Ixxviii., 224. 



Schlumberger, Mr., 552. 



Schmeltz, Dr. J. D. E., Jan., 26S. 



Schmick, Dr., 92. 



Schmidt, Dr. Oscar, Iviii., 215. 

 Mr. Max, 253. 

 Mr. T., 229. 



Schneider, Prof., Ixxxvii., 179. 



Schuetzler, Mr., 184. 



Schorlemmer, Mr., xlii. 



Schreiber, Dr., 143. 



Schroeder, Mr. N., 512. 



Schroeter, Mr., xx., 269. 



observations of Mars of, 31. 



Schiibeller, Dr., 99. 



Schubler, Mr.,114. 



Schultz, Mr. Alexander, 459. 



Schultze, Mr., 494. 



Schutzenberger and Lalande, Messrs., G04. 



Schiitzleder, Mr., 562. 



Schwalke, Mr. Carl, 626. 



Schweinfdrth, Dr., Ixxiv. 



Schweizer, Prof. C. G., 685. 



Schwenderer, Mr., civ. 



Scientific research, aid to, 676. 



fund for, 670. 



Sclater, Dr.,267, 336, 340. 



Scotland, land shells introduced into, 322. 

 remnant of the ice period in, 

 197. 



Scott, Mr., 78. 



Screw, burglar-proof, 505. 

 railway brake, 521. 



Scudder, Mr., xcix. 



Scythia, antiquities of, 275, 



Sea-fish in fresh water, culture of, 435. 

 -serpent in the Bay of Panama, 273. 

 -water, gold in, 180. 

 -weed manure, value of, 395. 



Seal fishery, cxiii. 



oil, is it fish oil? 430. 



Seals, close time for, 430. 



Secchi, Prof., xxi., 2, 3, 4, 43, 53. 



Secular magnetical variation, 174. 



Secular variation of the level of the ocean, 



92. 

 Sedgwick, Prof., 685. 

 Seebach, Mr., xxvi. 

 Seebachite, a new material, 192. 

 Seeding-time, efl"ect on grain, 400. 

 Seedling plants, growth of, 374. 



plum-trees, 400. 

 Seeds, distribution of, by winds, 353. 

 Seeley, Prof., G70. 

 Seguin,Mr., 336. 

 Selache maximus, 328. 

 Selenium, sensibility of, to light, 127. 

 Selfridge, Commander, 250. 

 Sels, Dr., 472. 



Selwyn, Prof., Ixvi., 202, 230. 

 Senequier, Mr., 411. 

 Senfleben, Dr., 499. 



Sensitiveness in plants and cross-fertiliza- 

 tion, 371. 

 Septicaemia, Strieker on, 648. 

 Sequoias of California, 363. 

 Serpents of India, poison, 290. 

 Serrin, Mr., 535. 



Sewage irrigation, failure of, 409. 

 Sex in butterflies, 294, 329. 

 Seymour, Mr., 438. 

 Shad in California waters, 449, 

 in the Alleghany River, 462. 

 in the Altamaha River, 450. 

 in the Mississippi River, 448. 

 in the Sacramento River, 449. 

 multiplication of, cxvii. 

 Shaler, Prof. N. S., xci., 263, 266. 

 Shanly, Messrs., cxx. 

 Shark, food of the basking, 328. 

 Sharks, capture of, 461. 

 Shaw, Mr. W., 17. 

 Shellac, aqueous solutions of, 555. 

 Shelley, Capt., 336. 

 Shepard, Mr., 402. 

 Sherman, Senator, 666. 

 Ship's magnetisnii, recent observations on, 

 146. 

 place at sea, ascertaining a, 231. 

 Ships' compasses, protection of, 138. 

 Shooting-stars, altitude of, 55. 

 Shower offish-scales, 350. 

 Siberian explorations, 229. 

 Siderin-yellow, 551. 

 Siemens, Dr., 523, 541, 607. 



Mr., 537. 

 Siemens' gas furnace, 514. 

 pyrometer, 144. 

 Signal Corps of the United States, 63, 64. 

 lights, composition for, 540. 

 telegraph and herring fishery, 73. 

 Signal-oflice report on rivers, 64. 



-service Weather Bureau, 74. 

 Silber, Mr.,508. 



Silex in the-soil, importance of, 384. 

 Silicate of soda, antiputresceut qualities of, 

 557, 634. 

 of soda and fermentation, 184. 

 Silk, dyeing, 578. 



improvement in the manufacture of, 



570. 

 removal of gum from, 550. 

 without the silk-worm, 570. 

 yellow color of, 570. 

 Silk-worm disease, 391, 392. 



cure of, 392. 

 decrease of, 419. 

 houses, temperature of, 412. 



