Subject Index 



675 



139-140, 141, 142, 147-148, 151-152, 157, 

 159-160, 161, 162-163, 164, 165-166, 168- 

 169, 170, 171, 172-173, 174, 175, 176, 177- 

 178, 192, 196, 197, 200, 202, 203, 204, 

 205-206, 213, 214, 215, 216, 223, 224, 241, 

 245, 326-327, 331, 371, 372, 374 

 Lyoluminescence 389 



Magnet and aurora borealis 257, 261 



Mahabharata 20 



Marmoritis 29 



May-flies 562 



Meat, see flesh 



Medusae, see jelly-fish 



Men, see human luminescence 



Mera (Meira) , goddess of luminescence 



13 

 Mercury phosphor 120, 271-277, 291 

 Meteors 83-84, 252-255 

 Mica 252, 293 

 Midges 562 

 Millipedes 557 



Minerals, see stones, jewels or phosphors 

 Mole-cricket 562 



Museums and Luminescence 100-103 

 Mushroom 28, 484 

 Myriapoda, see centipedes 

 Mythology 11-13 



Natural histories, early 72-80, 116-119 



Near East 13-15 



Negative fluorescence 399-400 



Nemertean worms 590 



Noctiluca 521-524, 563-565 



Noctiluca, icy, gummous and aerial 64, 



427-432 

 Northern lights, see aurora borealis 

 Nudibranchs 581 

 Nyctygreton or Nyctalops 29, 110 



Octopus, see squid 



Oils, luminescent 371, 448, 459 



Ostracods 159, 583-584 



Oxygen and luminescence 125, 184-189, 

 432, 436-440, 471-473, 487-493, 547-549, 

 592 



Oyster shell phosphor, see Canton's phos- 

 phor 



Oysters 111, 116-117, 575, 577-581 



Ozone and luminescence 442-444, 450-451 



Paussus (a beetle) 561 

 Penetrating radiation 416-419, 444, 522 

 Perpetual lamps 82-83 

 Phengodes 554 



Phlogiston 182-183, 186-189, 340 

 Pholas 69, 73, 74, 104, 105, 111, 116, 117- 

 118, 156, 158 



Phosphene 3, 24 



Phosphorescence duration 324-327, 354-357 



Phosphorescence and electric sparks 334- 

 337 



Phosphorescence, law of decay 356-357 



Phosphorescence of the sea, see sea phos- 

 phorescence or sea light 



Phosphorescence and phosphors 4, 5, 19, 

 53, 94-95, 106, 109, 119-121, 143, 145, 

 152, 153, 157, 158, 179, 180, 215, 218. 

 220, 292, 294, 305-365, 418, 525-526 



Phosphorescence and photoelectric effect 

 360-361, 414 



Phosphorescence and spectral colors 314, 

 333-334 



Phosphorescence and temperature 358- 

 359 



Phosphorescence, theories of 307, 310, 311, 

 313, 314, 318-320, 322. 323-324, 328, 329. 

 332, 337-340, 343-345, 361-365 



Phosphorescence and ultraviolet or infra- 

 red light 340-342, 352-354 



Phosphoroscope 354-356, 386 



Phosphors and combustion 337-340 



Phosphors and metal traces 317, 331. 345- 

 349 



Phosphors, medical use 309 



Phosphorus, commercial use 445-446 



Phosphorus, discovery 424-435 



Phosphorus, element 6, 63-64, 120, 127, 

 130, 144, 152, 153, 179, 181-182. 188, 

 424-488, 526-527, 593 



Phosphorus, medical use 446-448 



Phosphorus of urine, see phosphorus ele- 

 ment 



Phosphorus, periodic phenomena 432, 442 



Phosphorus and water vapor 440-441 



Photographic plate 454 



Photoluminescence, see phosphorescence 



Photons, see quanta 



Phrixothrix, see railroad worm 



Piddock, see Pholas 



Piezoluminescence. see triboluminescence 



Pigeon dung 118 



Plants or herbs 29, 32, 66, 85, 110, 459- 

 460, see also fungus 



Poetry and luminescence 63, 73, 189-192, 

 508-509, 578 



Polarized luminescence 359-360, 402-403. 

 413 



Popular science books 237-239 



Porcupine 478 



Potassium, 449 



Potatoes 485-486 



Prince Rupert drops 291-292 



Prize essays 151-155, 199-206 



Pteropod molluscs 590 



Pulmo marinus, see jelly-fish 



