994 



INDEX. 



Page. 



Blind fastener 367 



Blue jay 92, 105 



Bode's law 688 



Boiler, Harrison's 855 



Hicks' 910 



Raid's 345, 711 



Boilers, to prevent incrustations in .... 971 



Bone manure 109 



Botany, study of 116 



Borax 76.> 



Bradley on the anthistometer 447 



Brakes, how to exterminate 303 



Brazil, seed from 247 



Bread, effects of alum in making 480 



making 131 



Breech loaders and the Prussian needle 



gun 548 



Bridge building 825, 870 



over the East river 893 



Bridges, suspension 898 



Brinkerhoff's corn sheller 282 



Broadway underground railway 830 



Browne's address on rinderpest 402 



trichinae 409 



Brown's stove damper 336 



Broccoli 353 



Brussels' sprouts 354 



Buckman's farm and fancy gates 376 



hay fork 355 



Buckwheat as food 285 



in hop grounds 180 



Busts, new mixture for 666 



Butter making, directions for 376 



packer 367 



c. 



Cabbage 65 



how to winter 241 



remedy for club foot 91 



Cables, submarine 939 



Cadmium and aluminium 642 



Caesium 461 



Calculating tables 671 



Camel in Australia 851 



Cameras 851 



Campbell and Labaws' truck springs,390, 411 

 report of committee on. .. . 411 



Camphor, experiments with 591 



Canal boats, mode of moving 706 



Canals, steam power on 644 



Canc-^r, cure for 606 



handles, moui ning 962 



Canned fruit 375,399, 423 



Cape Horn currants 688 



Car axles, cause of breaking 735 



Carbolic acid. 198 



for internal disinfection. . . 692 



Carbonate of lead 630, 810 



soda 607 



Carbonic acid, how to prepare pure 455 



Card holder 542 



Carpet sweeper, revolving 407 



Carpenter on farming operations in 



spring 338 



Carpenter's corn sheller 367 



Carrots 66, 149 



Cashmere goats and their wool 402 



Caterpillar exterminator 134 



Cattle, hollow horn in 375, 41 1 



plague 435, 733 



Caulkins' farm gate 386 



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Cavenach on fruits for the family garden, 338 



strawberries I57 



the origin of potatoes 345 



vegetables 352 



Cavier 443 



Cedar groves, how to produce 324 



Celery 67 



Celibacy, effects of 962 



Cellars, to keep dry I35 



Cell formation 921 



Chemical symbols 425 



Chemistry, animal 759 



Cherries 43, 380 



Cherry trees, black knot on 3go 



Chestnuts, how to plant 324 



Chignons, a pest in 909 



Chimneys, draft of 5ii 



China, cement for I43 



Chinese yarn 3l4 



Chloride of carbon 556 



lead 909 



thioxyl 846 



zinc 557 



Chole ja, cure of 920 



Churn and ice-cream freezer 350 



Cions, saving of 340 



Cisterns, cheap 392 



how to make cement 143, 243 



wooden 1 44 



City garbage as a fertilizer 166, 346 



Classification of the Annual Exhibitions, 984 



Clean cultivation 344 



Clematis from feed 259 



Climate of early times 805 



Climbing plants 60 



Clock, a complex 936 



Coal and wood 296 



deterioration of 630 



near Mobile, Ala 907 



tar, as a disinfectant 159 



products of 764 



Coast survey 73 1 



Cochrane's improved stove 431 



Coffee, how to make 129, 707 



Coins, waste of 850 



Cold, absolute 934 



bleaching 557 



Colds in the head, remedy for 560 



College, preparation for 944 



Collodion 558 



substitute for 709 



Color a new blue 510 



Coloring, new use of chrome compounds, 514 



Colors from artificial light 872 



Combustion, experiments in 552 



Communication to the Legislature 1 



Concord grape 387 



Concrete for foundation walls 82, 130 



houses 90 



Cooking apparatus 653 



Copal resin? 607 



Copper absorbing hydrogen 872 



peroxide of 628 



tube, flexible 809 



Coral ligniiie 837 



Corn .' 68 



cobs for feed 223 



for distribution 95, 271 



husking machine 356, 384 



husks utilizing 385 



stalks weak 592 



sweet, preserving of 211, 239 



