SUBJECT INDEX 



Important references only to the various types of luminescence and reportedly lumi- 

 nous animals and objects, together with a few other categories, are included. Class 

 rather than specific names (jewels instead of diamond and carbuncle) have been 

 indexed. 



Afterglow in gases 301-302, 449-451 



Aglaophotis terrestris and marina 32 



Air gun 292 



Alchemy 63 



Alpha rays, see radium rays and Anode 



rays 

 Amber 271, 280 

 Amphipods 584-585 

 Anodoluminescence 4, 415-416 

 Ants 562 



Arab writers 47-49 

 Arrow-worm 589 

 Arum spadix 459 

 Aurora borealis 3, 11, 19, 37-40, 44-45, 56, 



68, 83-84, 86, 252, 253, 255-263, 399 



Baaras 32, 110 



Bacteria, parasitic 506-507, 561-562, 584- 



585, 586, 597 

 Bacteria, saprophytic (see also flesh and 



dead fish) 227, 503-506, 590 

 Bacteria, symbiotic 507, 582, 591-592, 597 

 Balanoglossus 590 

 Balanus, see Pholas 

 Baldewinian phosphor 120, 321-323 

 Barometer light, see mercury phosphor 

 Beta rays, see cathode rays or electrons 

 Bible 12, 13, 14, 15, 111, 115, 264 

 Bibliographies 108, 198-199 

 Bioluminescence 4, 5, 222-246, 459-597 

 Bioluminescence chemistry 593 

 Bioluminescence and drying 568, 579, 593 

 Bioluminescence, inhibition by light 596 

 Bioluminescence, physical nature 551-552 

 Birds, Hercynian 29, 47, 52, 67, 111 

 Bolognian Institute 99, 156-158, 324-327 

 Bolognian phosphor 94-95, 306-320 

 Breath 478 

 Brittle-stars 587-588 

 Bryozoa 590 

 Burning bush 15 



Cadaver, see corpse 



Calcium sulphide phosphor 323. See also 



Canton's phosphor 

 Candoluminescence 6, 377 

 Canton's phosphor 180, 329-331. 369 



Caterpillars 58, 562 

 Cathode rays 410-414 

 Cathodoluminescence 4, 251, 353-354, 410- 



414 

 Centipedes 52, 58-59, 76, 78, 129, 556-557 

 Cephalopoda, see squid 

 Chara 373 

 Cheese 486 

 Chemiluminescence 4, 5, 207, 211-212, 228, 



251, 423-456 

 Chemiluminescence of organic compounds 



453-456 

 Chenomyce 29 

 China 16-20 

 Chromophyton 3, 460 

 Cicindela, see glowworm 

 Classics of China 16-17 

 Clouds 15, 262 

 Cobra stone 22 

 Cold flames 423, 448, 449-452 

 Collembola 562 

 Comb-jellies, see ctenophores 

 Copepods 584 

 Corposants, see ignis fatuus 

 Corpse 111, 478, 493-494, 501-503 

 Cow, luminous 18-19 

 Crustacea 116, 117. 470, 519, 583-586 

 Crystalloluminescence 4, 5, 189, 379, 387- 



389 

 Ctenophores 159, 570 

 Cucujo 60-63, 125, 554-556 

 Cuttlefish, see squid 



Dactylus or dattes, see Pholas 



Dail, see Pholas 



Deep-sea exploration 239-241 



Deep-sea luminescence 239-241, 582-583, 



584, 586, 590-592 

 Dictionaries and lexicons 159-161, 179, 242 

 Dilyxnos of Strabo 26 

 Dinoflagellates 534-539, 563-565 

 Diplocladon 554 

 Dittany 459-460 



Earthworms 52, 557-559 

 Effluvia, see virtues 

 Eggs 119, 476-478 



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