INDEX. 



Acetylene, danger in preparing 611 



Acids and alkalies - • 538 



Acorns 290, 315 



Actinic light 748 



Aerolites 732 



Africa, explorations in * . 666 



Agricultural books 206, 370 



Agriculture in Denmark 274 



of Kansas and Nebraska. . m 



Alcohols containing silicon 546 



Alden's horse hoe, report committee on, 251 



Aldrich's fruit ladder 223,227, 508 



Albumen 746 



Alianthus 182, 295, 380 



Allen's scuffle hoo 404 



Alloys, Japanese 737 



Alum as a fertilizer 1 68 



Aluminum and Cadmium 642 



Magnesium 642 



leaf 918 



American Association for the advance- 

 ment of Science, meeting at Buffalo, 



Aug. 15, 1866 469 



American j'achts 649 



Amraoniacal gas, process for the con- 

 densation of 539 



Anatomy, plastic 671 



Anthistometer 447 



Ant, the 827 



Anthracite, origin of 668 



Appeal to generous and patriotic citi- 

 zens 23 



Apple seeds, planting of 386 



trees, cutting back 360 



moving of 99 



renovating old 185 



worms 268 



Apples 43, 112, 114 



experiment in growing 100 



failure of 221 



from Ohio 375 



half sweet and half sour 237 



Apricots 43, 99 



Arod 556 



Aroma, extraction of 963 



Artesian wells, deep 762 



Artichoke 354 



Asbestos gloves 514 



Asparagus 64, 7S 



Asteroids, formation of 684 



Astrolobe 919 



Atlantic cable 766, 918 



Page. 



Atmosphere, a healthy 623 



primeval 473 



Atomic relations 629 



Atoms, system of 820 



Australian trees 626 



Autumn leaves 246 



Avery's reacting steam engine 554 



Axles, cause of breaking 735 



B. 



Bache, obituary notice of 



Bananas 



Barks of Australia 



Barnard on college studies 



Barnard on illuminating opaque objects 



under powers of the microscope 



Barn cellars 



Barometers as weather guides, 87, 98, 



Barrels for salting meat 



without staves 332, 



Basin, Atlantic 



Columbia river 



Mississippi 



Pacific 



Sacramento 



St. Lawrence 



Beans 



Lima, how to plant 



Beef preserved forty years 



Beefsteak crasher 



Bee pasturage 



Bees 101, 364, 



Beets 



Sugar 



Beet sugar 743, 751, 



Belladonna 



Berlin ware 



Bernard on Education 



Belts' wire fence 



Bird houses 



Birds, benefit of 



do they ever die 



Bitumen 



Bituminous coal, deterioration of 



Blackberries 43, 



discussion on, 187, 205, 215, 



transplanting vrild 



Black lead 



Blasting with coal 



Bleaching powders 



Blight on raspberries 



801 



43 



627 



944 



477 

 418 

 127 

 254 

 299 

 738 

 840 

 837 

 842 

 806 

 837 

 839 



64 

 137 

 934 

 542 

 351 

 405 



G5 

 383 

 775 

 705 

 919 

 944 

 273 

 292 

 106 

 208 

 653 

 630 

 379 

 311 

 198 

 708 

 6(17 

 918 

 293 



[Am. Inst.] 



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