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JEthesiometer, 192 



Africa, explorations in, 16 



" geological structure of South- 

 ern, 309 

 Agricultural implements, recent im- 

 provements in, 93 

 Air-balance, 190 

 Air, detection of organic impurities 



in, 262 



Air, inspiration of, under different 



circumstances, 253 



Alcohol, amylic, 243 



Alcoholic beverages and their falsifi- 

 cations, 237 

 Alcoholic liquors, test of their ori- 

 gin, 249 

 Alkaloid poisons, detection of 258 

 Alloy for the formation of medals, 



etc., 77 



Alloy, new, for sheathing ships, 75 



Alloys of nickel and iron, strength of, 75 

 Alps, tunnel under. 60 



Aluminum, new facts respecting, 212 

 Ammonia, animal, its formation and 



office, 282 



Anesthesia, action of, 251 



produced by electricity, 108 

 Anesthesis by carbonic acid, 252 



Animal creation, law of types in, 362 

 Animals, domestic, remains of, dis- 

 covered in the Tertiary of South 

 Carolina, 317 



Animals, on the changes in the color 



of, 360 



Animals, psychological views of the 



motions of, 364 



Apartments, influence of wall-paper 



011 the temperature of, 88 



Appalachian Chain, structure of in 



western Massachusetts, 303 



Arctic Geology, 312 



" Regions, fauna of, 

 Arsenic and antimony, detection of, 255 

 Artesian Well at Nionderf, Ger- 

 many, 341 

 Artillery, novel, 84 

 Asia, mountains of eastern, 11 

 Association, British, address before, 



by Prof. Owen, 19, 



Association, British, meeting of for 



1858, 4| 



Assyrian civilization, 96 



Asteroids, discovered in 1858, 383 



" theory of, 3951 



Atlantic Cable, 115 



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Atlantic slope, classification of the 



metamorphic strata of, 300 



Atmosphere, heating by contact with 



the earth's surface, 166 



Atmospheric movements, 399 



Aurora Borealis, connection of with 



the sun, 122 



Aurora, fluorescence produced by, 126 

 Australia and New Guinea, former 



connection of, 



Australia, explorations in, 16 



Azores and the Canary Islands, 

 probable origin of organized be- 

 ings on, 315 



Barometer, new form of, 190 



" variation of at the equa- 



tor, 10 



Basalt, experiment on the melting 



and cooling of, 312 



Bees, on the formation of the cells of, 362 

 Bee-hives, self-indicator, 92 



Beryl, gigantic crystals of, 341 



BESSEMER process, new light on, 224 



" " on some points of 



chemical interest connected with, 226 



BINKS, on the manufacture of steel, 213 



Binocular vision, 151 



Birds, on the change of color in, 360 



Blood, coagulation of, 284 



' variations in the color of, 376 



Boat, life, Camp's, improved, 46 



Boiler-feeder, Fitts's automatic, 50 



Boiler incrustations, 52 



" steam, improved, 50 



Boilers, steam, experiments, 54 



Bone, molecular formation of, 367 



Bone cavern, interesting exploration 



of, 324 



BONELLI'S autographic telegraph, 114 

 BotrssiNGAULT's researches on nitro- 

 gen and the nitrates, 287 

 Bread-making, new process of, 275 

 Bricks, on the shape of, 77 

 Bronze powders, composition and 



preparation of, 228 



Butterfly vivarium, 381 



Calcium, on the preparation of, 212 



Caffeine in coffee beans, 261 



Camera-obscura, on the phenomenon 



of relief of the image formed in, 153 

 Canada, geological causes which have 



influenced the scenery of, 302 



Carbonic acid, auesthesis by, 252 



