INDEX. 



Currants, in Botany, 98 ; in Gardening, 586. 



Currying, in Applied Chemistry, 347. 



Cursores, or running birds, order in Ornithology, 



170. 



Cuticle, in Vegetable Physiology, 71. 

 Cutlery, British, 410. 



Cuttings, propagation by, in Horticulture, 564. 

 Cuttle-fish (Dibranchiata), 154. 

 Cycles, in Chronology, 292. 

 Cyclops, water-fleas, in Zoology, 142. 

 Cylinder, in Steam-engine, 426. 

 Cystic worms (Cestoidea), 140. 



Dactylopterus, flying-fish, 158. 



Dahlia, character and treatment of, 567. 



DAIRY HUSBANDRY, 634-649. 



Daisy, in Floriculture, 567. 



Damask, in linen and silk manufacture, 380. 



Danasaceae, sub-order of ferns, in. 



Dancing, as a healthful exercise, 728. 



Darwinian theory, in Zoology, 131. 



Day, astronomical, 9 ; sidereal and civil, 289. 



Dead-reckoning, in Navigation, 461. 



Death-watch, beetle, in Zoology, 1 50. 



Decapoda (Gr. deca, ten, POUS, foot), order in 



Zoology, 143. 

 Deciduous (Lat. falling off) ; plants which lose their 



leaves in autumn are said to be deciduous, 73. 

 Declination, in Astronomy, 2. 

 Decorated Style, in Architecture, 474. 

 Decorative design, in Textile Manufactures, 384. 

 Deer family (Ceruidce), 182 ; deer-stalking, 695. 

 Deglutition, in Human Physiology, 114. 

 Degrees, in Physical Geography, 51. 

 Delirium-tremens, treatment of, 778. 

 Delphinidae (Lat. delphinus\ the Dolphin family, 



1 80. 

 Deltas, formation of, in Geology, 20 ; in Physical 



Geography, 59. 



Density of different bodies, 195. 

 Devonian System, in Geology, 26. 

 Dew, in Meteorology, described, 37. 

 Dextrose, term in Chemistry, 334. 

 Diabetes, treatment of, 776. 

 Dialysis, in Chemistry, 305. 

 Diamond, 322 ; natural history and uses of, 399 ; 



pastes, 365. 

 Diaphragm, the large transverse muscle which 



separates the chest from the belly, in Physiology, ! 



121 ; applied in science to any separating mem- 

 brane, 243. 



Diarrhoea, treatment of, 770. 

 Diathermanous bodies, 207. 

 Dichlamydeae, in Botany, 88. 

 Dicotyledon, dicotyledonous, in Botany, 75, 88, 



89. 



Didymium, a metallic element, 315. 

 Dielytra, in Floriculture, 567. 

 Diet, mixed, man designed to subsist on, 737. 

 Dietaries, 737. 



Diffusion of gases, in Chemistry, 306. 

 Digestion; digestive organs functions of, 115, 



1 1 6, 723. 

 Digitigrade, a zoological term for those carnivora 



which walk only on the toe-part of the foot, 185. 

 Dike, term in Geology, 19. 

 Dilatability, a property of matter, 194. 

 Dilleniaceae, woody plants having astringent qual- 

 ities, 90. 

 Dingo or Australian dog ; dhole, pariah, &c. dogs 



of Matin group, 690. 



Dinotherium (Gr. d fines, terrible, and 

 wild beast), an extinct genus of thick-skinned 

 quadrupeds of ,the Tertiary era of geologists, 

 figured, 31, 184. 



Dioscpreaceae, order in Botany, 108. 

 Dip, in Geology, the downward inclination of 



strata, 18. 



Diphtheria, treatment of, 773. 

 Dipodia or Jerboas, family, 188. 

 Diptera (two-winged), an extensive order of insects, 



to which the common house-fly belongs, 147. 

 Disintegrating agents, in Geology, 21. 

 Dislocations, in Geology, 19. 

 Dislocations, in Surgery, treatment of, 781. 

 Distemper, a disease in dogs, 694. 

 Distillation, 306, 351. 

 Distribution of animals, 1301 

 Distyle in antis, 470. 

 Divers (Colymbida), 168. 

 Diving-bell, 193. 



Divisibility, a property of matter, 193. 

 Dodo, an extinct bird in Zoology, 172. 

 DOG FIELD-SPORTSANGLING, 689-704. 

 Dog, family Canidae, in Zoology, 186 ; varieties of, 

 690 ; general management of, 693 ; diseases o 

 694 ; as a beast of draught, 434. 

 Dogues, group of dogs, 690. 

 Dolomite, or magnesian limestone, 391. 

 Dolphin (Delphtnidce), 180, 

 Dome, in Architecture, 475. 

 Doric order, in Grecian Architecture, 469. 

 Dormouse (Myoxida\ 188. 

 Dory tribe (Zeus fader), in Zoology, 159. 

 Double salts in Chemistry, 309. 

 Dovecots, proper construction of, 671. 

 Dover's powder. A compound of ipecacuanha, 

 opium, and sulphate of potash. Ten grains con- 

 tain one of opium and one of ipecacuanha, 772. 

 Doves (Columbida), 172. 

 Draco-volans (flying-lizard), in Zoology, i6& 

 Drainage and sewerage of cities, 506-5 ia 

 Drains and draining, in Agriculture, 524. 

 Drain-tubes, manufacture of, 353. 

 Dress, errors in, 731. 



Drilling and drill-machines, in Husbandry. 524. 

 Dromedary, 182. 



Drone, the male of the honey-bee, 675. 

 Dropsy, treatment of, 776. 

 Drowning, how to proceed in cases of, 782. 

 Duck, in Zoology, 168 ; domesticated, 670. 

 Ductility (LaL duco), a property of matter, 196. 

 Dulong and Petit's law, in Chemistry, 318. t 



Dumplings, in Cookery, 764. 

 Duodenum, 1 16, 723. 

 Duty, a measure of power, 432. 

 Dyad, in Chemistry, 318, 

 Dyeing, in Applied Chemistry, 344. 

 Dynamics (Gr. dynamis, power or force), the 

 science of force or power ; or the doctrine of 

 motion, which is the effect of applied force or 

 forces, 198. 



Dynamite, in Applied Chemistry, 352. 

 Dysentery, treatment of, 770. 

 Dyspepsia, treatment of, 77<x 



Eagles, order Raptores, in Zoology, 175. 

 Ear, the human, dissected and described, 127. 

 Early English architecture, 474. 

 Ear-shell family (Haliotida\ 152. 

 Earth, as a planet, 6 ; diurnal and annual motions, 

 8 ; general physical constitution of, 49-5 1. 



