INDEX. 



363 



Eclipses, lunar, of August 13, 1859, 35 ; lunar, of February 

 7, 1860, 250 ; general account of, 279 ; of Jupiter's satel- 

 lites, 35, 71, 107, 143, 179, 215, 250, 286, 322, 358. 



Eddystone lighthouse, erection of, 170. 



Efflorescence, curious example in porcelain, 216. 



Eggs of butterfles, 82. 



Egyptian fables, and their meaning, 82. 



Ehrenberg's researches on infusoria, 89. 



Eland, notes on, 224. 



Electric illumination, 360. 



Electrotypy, practice of, 275. 



Elephants, represented on ancient coins, 47, 100. 



Emeu, a brevipennate bird, 41. 



Empresses, commemorated by coins, 100. 



Endochrome of diatomacese, 86. 



Endogenous plants, 61. 



English copper coinage, 252. 



Entomological specimens, to remove grease from, 142. 



Entomology, night-flying moths, 25 ; preservation of spe- 

 cimens, 142 ; seasonal observation of, 153 ; history of 

 house-spider, 217; the first butterfly, 283; burying- 

 beetles, 306. 



Entomostraca, fossil forms of, 146. 



Epeira diadema, 221. 



Equatorial telescope, uses of, 4. 



Eternity, symbols of on coins, 48. 



Ethnology of Tuscany, 129 ; flint implements, 144. 



Etna, force of its eruptions, 258. 



Etruscan vase andEtruria, 129. 



Euglenae under microscope, 157 ; mode of swimming, 311. 



Eupator, coins of, 208. 



European group of volcanoes, 257. 



Exogenous plants, 63. 



Expansion of metal, 103. 



ExPEEiMENTS: preparation of water-glass, 22; illustrations 

 of centrifugal force, 34 ; in the laws of colour, 89, 175, 240, 

 241, 251, 288 ; expansion of metal, 104 ; natural magic, 172 ; 

 in electro-metallurgy, 275 ; in photography, 335. 



Explosive raphid-ceUs of arum maculatum, 244. 



Extraction of perfumes from flowers, 342. 



Exuviation of Crustacea, 97. 



Eyes, insertion of in stuffed birds, 120 ; multiple of spider, 217. 



Fables of Pluto and Vulcan, 253 ; representative of great 

 truths, 82. 



Failures in photography, causes of, 190. 



Falling-stars, periodical in appearance, 99, 130 ; history of, 

 and examples of their configuration, velocity, and attendant 

 phenomena, 131 — 133 ; list of remarkable, 136. 



Fancy-work in mosses, 212. 



Fault, example of in Ashby coal-field, 237. 



Faustina, Empress, consecratio coin, 101. 



Feathers, to preserve in stuffed birds, 120 ; structure of, a 

 lesson in natural theology, 261 . 



Feeding, mode of in rotifera, 312. 



Fern-cases, mosses for, 203. See also Wakdian Cases. 



Fekn s, in Wardian eases, 64 ; in aquaria, 73 ; list of aquatic 

 species, 76; their culture in glass-cases, 64; culture in 

 aquaria, 75 ; expansion of their fronds a subject for obser- 

 vation, 154. 



Fertility of animals, 108. 



Fibre of hemp, how prepared, 293 ; vegetable, how formed, 

 and its various uses, 61 ; specific gravity of, 63. 



Fire, traces of its effects in the geologic series, 254, 328 ; the 

 age of on the earth, 327. 



Firs and pines, 64. 



Fireside geology, coal, 233. 



Fishes, the art of taming, 14 ; causes of the death of gold- 

 fish, 51 ; preservation of in aquaria, 73, 228 ; fecundity of, 

 108 ; feeding in aquaria, 287 ; gold-carp, 51 ; to preserve 

 in confinement, 74. 



Fissures in the bed of the sea, 128. 



FlabeUina rugosa, 148. 



Flint, an ingredient in water-glass, 21 ; its organic history, 

 29 ; spicula in sponge, 29 ; implements in the drift, 36 ; 

 in the cuticle of plants, 61 ; examples in' upper chalk 

 formation, 113 ; fossils contained in flint petjbles, 113 ; 

 production of layers in chalk, 114 ; implements in drift, 144. 



Florin, to electrotype, 275. 



Flower, structural diagram of, 164. 



Flower-farms, 341. 



Flowers, odours of, 340 ; seasons of their appearing, 151, 152. 



Focussing in photography, 339. 



Food, a new source oft 224. 



Foraminifera, fossil forms of, 145; beds of, 146; hyaline- 



sheUed, 148. 

 Forest of coal-producing plants, 234 ; of odoriferous trees, 



341. 

 Fossil fuel under the microscope, 344. 

 Fossils of the Isle of Wight, 127 ; of the coal strata, 233. 

 Foundation rocks of earth's crust, 326. 

 Fowkes's photographic camera, 337. 

 Fractured beUs, restoration of, 324. 

 Fragrance of flowers, variety of, 340. 

 PringUlse spinus, natural history of, 302. 

 Frondicularia annularis, 148. 



Frost, its action on chalk-cuff's, 128 ; examples of early, 180. 

 Fruits, seasons of their ripening, 151, 152. 

 Frustules of diatomaceae, 70. 

 Fuchs, Dr. Johann, the inventor of water-glass, 20 ; the 



story of his life, 21 ; his death, 25. 

 Fuel, fossil, essay on, 233. 

 Funereal pyre on consecratio coins, 102. 

 Fungi, collecting and preserving, 65 ; edible species, 63 ; 



dehquescent kinds, 66 ; instance of large production, 108 j 



acieular crystals of, 246. 

 Fungus, growth of in a decayed nut, 356. 

 Furnace, portable, 180. 

 Future of the habitable globe, 332. 



Galena, how oxydized, 350. 



Galena in quartz formation, 291. 



Gales of October, 1859, 180. 



" Gangue," separation of lead galena from, 292. 



Gas regulator, 287. 



Gelatinous substance of sponges, 111. 



Gems representing Cupid, 84. 



Gemmation of foraminifera, 148. 



Geographical distribution of volcanoes, 259. 



Geologic phenomena illustrated by the aquarium, 229. 



Geology : flints in the drift, 36, 144, 216 ; rock strata and 

 their materials, 37 ; flints of upper chalk formation, 113 ; 

 geology of Isle of Wight, 126 ; limestone and the fora- 

 minifera, 145 ; history of a roUed pebble, 201 ; geology 

 of coal and coniferous wood, 233, 343 ; physical evidences 

 of the internal he?it of the earth, 253, 325 ; metalliferous 

 products of quartz, 290, 349. 



Geometry of cube, 271. 



Geometry of leaves, 140. 



Geraniums, British, botany of, 54. 



German brown coal under the microscope, 346. 



Geysers of New Zealand, 114. 



Geysers, theoretic structure of, 327. 



Greek personification of the soul, 82. 



Gizzard of Notommata clavulata, 313. 



Glendalough, lead mines at, 290. 



Globe, volcanoes of, how distributed, 258. 



Glomerulus, a form of inflorescence, 319. 



Gold coins of ancient sovereigns, 46. 



Gold-fish, causes of their death, 51. 



Gradations of tone in colour, 241. 



Graduated lines, a test for the microscope, 334. 



Granite the foundation of the world, 244, 325. 



Grantia, a marine sponge. 111. 



Granules, circulation of in diatoms, 87. 



Grasses, examples of eiogens, 63 ; flowering of, 154. 



Gravel, fossils of, 116. 



Gravitation, its influence on planetary motions, 5. 



Grease in the cabinet, 142. 



Great tide of March 8, 1860, 324. 



Green stuff" under microscope, 156. 



Green tree-frog, its history and habits, 49. 



Gromia oviformis, 145. 



Gyroscope, inviention of, 33 ; description of, 33 ; rotary mo- 

 tion of, 33 ; experiments with, 33 ; illustration of centri- 

 fugal force, 34 ; apparent nulhty of the force of gravita- 

 tion, 34. 



Habits of birds, to observe, 36 ; the apteryx cuckoo, 72. 

 Halo, photographic, 188. 



