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Coal field, Pictou. By H. S. Poole 228 



Coal mines, Explosions in Nova Scotian. By E. Gilpin, jr., Ll.D 58 



Coals, Analyses of Nova Scotian, and other minerals. By E. Gilpin, jr. , Ll.D. 19 



Cobalt and nickel sulphates. Variation of density with concentration in 



weak aqueous solutions of. By A. M. Moriison 132 



Concretionary structure in various rock formations in Canada. By T. C. 



Weston 137 



Connecting rod, Graphical treatment of the inertia of. By Prof. J. G. 



MacGregor 193 



Cooper, N. E. — Experiments on building stone from Nova Scotia vii 



Cox, George H. — List of plants collected in and around town of Shel- 



burne, N. S 439 



Cypress Hills, North-West Territory, notes on niiocene tertiary rocks of. 



By T. C. Weston , 223 



Deep mining in Nova Scotia. By W. H. Prest 420 



Destroyers of submerged wood in Nova Scotia, Supplementary note on. 



By M. Murphy, D. Sc 215 



Doane, F. W. W. — Operation of Kennedy pipe scraper and cause of re- 

 cent failure 445 



Downs, Andrew, Obituary notice of xlviii 



Electrolytes, measurement of resistance of. By F. J. A. McKittrick 381 



Ells, R. \V., Ll.D — Recent sedimentary formations on the Bay of 



Fundy coast 416 



Exchange list. Institute of Science xv ; additions, xlv, liv, Ixix 



Explosions in Nova Scotia coal mines. By E. Gilpin, jr., Ll.D 58 



Explosive gas generated within hot- water pipes of house heating appara- 

 tus. By A. H. MacKay, Ll. D 374 



Fertilizers on sandy soil. By H. W. Smith 122 



Fletcher stone. By E.. G. T. Webster 208 



Fletcher stone, and other inscribed stones in Yarmouth Co. By R. B. 



Brown xxxvi 



Flora of Newfoundland, Labrador, and St. Pierre et Miquelou. [Ranun- 



culacece to Sapindacece.] By Rev. A. C. Waghorne 359 



Flora of Nova Scotia, Notes for a. [Ranunculacece to Anacardiacece.'\ By 



Prof. G . Lawson 84 



Flora. See also Plants. 



Forbes, John. — Remarks upon the coating of iron with magnetic oxide, and 



a suggestion of a probably new method of producing it 27 



Some modern methods in manufacturing, with certain ?inalogies sug- 

 gested by a partial study of the evolution and nature of some of 



the processes employed. [Iron and steel.] Ix 



Fossils, Silurian, from Cape George, N. S., with descriptions of four new 



species. By H. M. Ami, D. Sc 411 



Fuels, Steam boiler tests as a means of determining the calorific value of. 



By D. W. Robb 9 



