CHRONOI/OGICAL CATALOGUE. 215 



1879. Baird, Spexcer F. — Continnod. 



A. Station on the Susqufhanna River near Havre do Grace, Mrt 847 



B. Station on the Connecticut River at South Hadley Falls, Mass 849 



C. Tables of shad propagation in 1877 850 



XVI. R. ECKIIAHUT. The experiments iu propagating the Maitisch {Alosa vrd- 



gari.s), in 1870 and 1877. By R. Eclthardt 853-863 



XVII. Feed MAtheii. The exjieriment of transporting turbot and sole from Eng- 

 land to America. Dy Fred Mather . : 807-887 



XVm. Kai:l Mobius. How can the cultivation of the oyster, es})ecially on the Ger- 

 man coast, be made permanently protit.able? By Karl Mobius, 



translated from the German by H. Jacobson 875-884 



Appendix C. — Miscellaneous. 

 ' XIX. L. A. Beaudslee. Experiment upon the time of exposure required for accu- 

 rate observations with the Casolla-Miller deep-sea thermometer. 



By Commander L. A. Beardslee, United States Ifavy 887, 900, 901 



XX. John Gamgee. On artificial refrigeration. By John Gamgee, London, Eng- 

 land 901 



A. Introduction 901 



B. Importance of fish-culture in Great Britain 903 



C. Origin of knowledge of artiticial cooling 903 



D. Definition of an ice-machine 906 



E. Types of ice-machines 907 



E. Thermodyn.amic laws 907 



G. On cryogcns or cold-generating salts 908 



H. Special examples of cryohydrates » 910 



I. Table of freezing-mixtures (Guthrie) 912 



J. Organic crystalloids in water 913 



K. Cryogen machines : .-. 914 



L. Chloride of calcium ice-machine 915 



M. Gases and their liquefaction 917 



N. OjI ammonia 922 



O. The progi'essive stages iu ice-making inventions 925 



P. Air-machines 940 



Q. Gas ice-machines of new type 943 



R. Engines and pumps 944 



*R. Refrigerators and condensers 948 



S. Thei-mo-glacial engine 950 



T. Dry cold air as a preservative 951 



U. Does ice dry air 959 



V. Proposed improvement in freezing fish 959 



"W". Preservation of bait and fish 960 



X. Preservation of salmon, cod, halibut, &c : 964 



T. Dry cold without ice 967 



Z. Theglaciarinm... 968 



ZZ. On rendering sea-water potable 969 



Conclusion 972 



Illustrations. 



Ice-making machine, Perkins's specification ; plate to face page 926 



• Carrie's apparatus, figure 933 



Tellier's British patent, plate to face page 936 



Sudlow's engine. Figure 1 946 



Sudlow's engine. Figure 2 947 



Sudlow's engine. Figure 3 948 



Gamgce's condenser and refrigerator, plate to face page 949 



1032. 



1879. Baird, Spexcer F. U. S. Commission of Fish aud Fisheries | and | Census of 

 1880. I — I * * * I — I Circular inviting co-operation. | [Letter size, 1 p. — . 

 July 1, 1879.] [U. S. F. C.,40.] 



1033. 



1879. Baird, Spencer F. The National Fish Commission. <^Forest and Stream, xiii, 



1879, p. 7-25. 

 Summary of work at Gloucester, Mass. 



