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INDEX 



Bridge. Mississippi 48 



" ■ Dusseldorf 48 



'• at Omulia, U. S 49 



" 3Ii3souri, iron 53 



*' concrete 49 



" Blackfriars new 50 



Briquettes ^ 38 



hroiizes r 86 



Bunsen'8 method of filtration 210 



liuilding, concrete 119 



Buildings heated by gas 92 



" eart hquake-proof ^ 122 



Burial of the dead 273 



Cable, French 54 



" " Atlantic 106 



" the Black 8ea 107 



" fleet, signalling on board of. . 101 

 ** insulation of tne Atlantic... isr> 



Canals 60 



" steam power on 61 



Canal, Suez 62 



Caudle flame, bli\e cup of 174 



Cape Feur Kiver, bridge over 54 



Captive balloon 330 



("ar-wheels 27 



Cast-irOn tubes 130 



" stoves 67 



Caucasus, highest peaks of the 264 



Cavern, Kent's 342 



Cave of Bruniquel, human remains 



from the 341 



Cell-structure of metals 195 



Cement for leather 130 



♦' " iron and stone, very du- 

 rable 133 



Cement for stone 130 



Cereals, growth of 298 



Cetacea extinct 255 



Channel railway, the 19 



Change of color in autumnal foliage.296 



Changes of level of seashores 237 



Charcoal, seaweed 130 



Chinese geology and mineralogy. . . .243 

 Chlorate of potassium as blowpipe. .230 



Chloride of silver pile 154 



Chlorine, absorption lines produced 



by 146 



Chlorine in gold refining 197 



" manufacture of 210 



Cholera, influence of trade on 301 



( holesterine 300 



Chrome alum, utilization of. 200 



" green 207 



Chromium 223 



Churches warmed bv gas 90 



(lay, Terra Cotta..! 258 



Climate, efTects of removal of for- 

 ests on 339 



Coal fields, denudation of 262 



" in the Kocky Mountains 243 



" fields of the North Tacifie 



coast 240 



Coke 130 



Cold, curious production of 191 



Colloid substances, transmission of 



gases through 189 



Colorado expedition 265 



Colors, coniplementary 146 



Color, change of in autumnal foli- 

 age 296 



Coloration of glass under influence 



of sunlight 189 



Concrete building 119 



Conducting power of materials 164 



Continents, elevation of. 232 



Constitution and motion of glaciers. 190 

 " of flames, method of 



ascertaining 175 



Conservation of wood 129 



Combustion, increase of weight dur- 

 ing 174 



Comet, Tempel's 325 



" "Wiunecke'a 329 



Comets 329 



" Tyndall's theory of 328 



Communication between guard, driv- 

 er, and passengers 18 



Complementary colors 146 



Composition of milk of different an- 

 imals .302 



Compound of lime and sugar 199 



Copper in the animal kingdom 271 



*' mines of I.ake Superior 264 



" in the Daniell's battery, sub- 

 stitute for 156 



Cornish engines, average duty of ...134 



Corona, polarization of the 321 



" observation on the 318 



Cotton, tunned 129 



Counter-pressure steam as a brake.. 24 



Cranial capacity vs. crime 303 



Crime vs. cranial capacity 303 



Currents, electric, velocity of 154 



Crystals in diamonds 222 



Cutting glass with steel. The magic 



diamond 82 



Cyanogen in coal-gas 226 



Daniell's battery, substitute for cop- 

 per in the 156 



Dead, burial of the 273 



Decomi)osition produced by light... 147 

 Denudation of the Shropshire and 



iStafTordshire coal-fields , 262 



Decrease in the production of gold.. 246 



Detection of alcohol 230 



" " phospliorus 230 



Determination of silver 231 



Decomposition of alkaline chlorides. 223 



Determination of free oxygen 1.S4 



Deflection of beams '. 184 



Depths, sea 267 



Deep-sea dredgings 293 



Death, method of ascertaining 302 



" occasional cause of sudden.. 301 



Development in vertebrates .304 



Decrease of temperature caused by 



dissolving salts in water 214 



Disposition of gas-burners 91 



Distribution of copper in the animal 



kingdom i 271 



Discovery of a new planet 325 



Discharges, duration of electric H9 



Distance of the sun 325 



Diatoms 309 



" reproduction of 308 



" or brittleworts 297 



Direct oxidation of hydrocarbons.. .220 

 Distribution of the large American 



m.immals 251 



Dre(l,i,Miig.i, deep-sea 20.3 



Drift, phcuomeuu in the 260 



