INDEX. 



Felspar, in Geology, 18 ; in Chemistry, 330. 

 Felt, felting, and felt-cloth, manufacture of, 381. 

 Fences, live, nature and treatment of, 607. 

 Fencing, as an exercise, 728. 

 Fenestra rotunda, part of ear, 1 28. 

 Fermentation, phenomena of, in Chemistry, 332, 



333- 



Ferns, 75. See Filices. 

 Fevers, treatment of, 779, 780. 

 Fiars prices, rents paid by, in Scotland, 536. 

 Fibrin, in Organic Chemistry, 336 ; in Dietetics, 



743- 



FICTILE MANUFACTURES, 353-368. 

 FIELD-SPORTS, BRITISH, 695-704. 

 Fig, character and cultivation of, 590. 

 Figure, an essential property of matter, 193. 

 Figworts (Scrophulariacea), one of the Jussieuian 



orders, of which the common foxglove (digitalis) 



may be taken as the type, 103. 

 Filbert, nature and cultivation of, 591. 

 Filices, one of the orders of flowerless plants, 75, 



ill. 



Fillibeg, or kilt, 800. 



Filters, Filtration, in Supply of Water, 502. 

 Finches, family Fringillidae, in Zoology, 174. 

 Finger and toe disease, in turnips, 516. 

 Finnan or Aberdeen haddocks, how cured, 707. 

 Fire-damp, a mining term for carburetted hydro- 

 gen, 324, 388. 



Fireworks, composition and construction of, 352. 

 Firs, varieties, growth, and culture of, 595. 

 Firth, or estuary, in Physical Geography, 52. 

 Fish as food, 705 ; when in season, 705. 

 FISHERIES, 705-720 ; salmon, 712 ; herring, 707 ; 



sprat, 712; white-fishery, 706; flat-fish and 



mackerel, 711 ; shell, 713, 715 ; oil, 716-720. 

 Fishes (Lat. pisces), class of, in Zoology, 155-166 ; 



osseous or bony fishes, 156; in Dietary, 747 ; 



modes of curing, 748 ; of cooking, 756. 

 Fishing-rod, 698. 

 Fishing-tackle, in Angling, 698. 

 Fishponds, how to construct and stock, 704. 

 Fistula, 771. 



Fistularidae (pipe-mouthed fishes), 158. 

 Fixed air, 307. 

 Fixed stars, 2, 15. 



Flail, a thrashing implement, in Husbandry, 531. 

 Flake, a floricultural term for carnations which 



possess but two colours, arranged in large 



stripes or flakes through the petals, 565. 

 Flame, 482 ; structure of, 491. 

 Flamingo, a remarkable wading-bird, in Zoology, 



169. 



Flannel, as an article of clothing, 786. 

 Flax, botanically and economically considered, 



94 ; growth and preparation of, for linen, 369. 

 Flea, family Pulicidae, in Zoology, 147. 

 Flensing, in whale-fishery, 718. 

 Flies, artificial, for angling, 700. 

 Flies (Mustida), in Zoology, 147. 

 Flint, its natural history and uses, 394. 

 Floriculture, monthly calendar of, 576. 

 Flotation, in Hydrostatics, 230 ; axis of, 232 ; 



stability of floating bodies, 231 ; metacentre of 



floating bodies, 232. 

 Flounder tribe, Pleuronectida, 157. 

 Flower, in Vegetable Physiology, 73. 

 FLOWER-GARDEN, 561-576 ; modes of laying out, 



561. 



Flowerless plants, cosmical functions of, 76. 

 Flower-pots and stands, 572. 



Flowers, character and treatment of, 563 ; for 



rooms, 571 ; pots and stands for, 572. 

 Flukeworm (Distcma hypaticum\ 140. 

 Fluorine, one of the elementary substances, 3^ 



Fluorspar, in Chemistry, 327, 365. 



Fluviatile, of or belonging to a river, 67. 



Flux. See METALLURGY, 406. 



Flying-fish, or Dactyloplerus, in Zoology, 1 58. 



Fly-wheels, in Practical Machinery, 221. 



Focus, in Optics, 245. 



Fogs and mists, character and constitution of, 36 



Foliation, in Geology, 18. 



Fomentations, partial bathings with warm fluids, 



772. 

 FOOD, 7 37-7 50 ; vegetable, 738-743 ; animal, 743- 



749 ; mineral, 749-75 ; table of constituents in, 



737 ; in Human Physiology, 113. 

 Foot-rot, in sheep, treatment of, 653. 

 Forces, in Natural Philosophy, 198 ; centrifugal 



and centripetal, 203. 



Fonnicidae (Ants), family in Zoology, 148. 

 Fossil (Lat fossus, dug up), 19. 

 Fountains, in Hydraulics, 281 ; in Supply of 



Water, 506. 

 Fowls, in Zoology, 171 ; as poultry, varieties of, 



662-671 ; management of, 648 ; diseases, 667 ; in 



Cookery, 759. 



Fox, family Canidae, in Zoology, 1 86. 

 Foxbats (Pteropida\ 189. 

 Fox-hunting as a British field-sport, 695. 

 Fractures, treatment of, in Surgery, 781. 

 Freezing, effects of, 204. 

 Friction, a retarding influence in the action of 



mechanism, 221 ; uses of friction, 222. 

 Frieze, in Architecture, 469. 

 Frogs, family of (Ranida), 162. 

 Fronds, in Vegetable Physiology, 76, 82. 

 Frost and hoar-frost, how produced, 37. 

 Fructification of plants, 75. 

 FRUIT-GARDEN, 577-592. 

 Fruits, fleshy, dietetic character of, 743 ; in 



Cookery, 764. 



Frying, as a mode of cooking, 754. 

 Fuel, 419, 481. 



Fulcrum or prop, in Mechanics, 209. 

 Fuller's-earth, its history and uses, 393 ; fulling, 



379- 



Fulminates, 352. 



Fumariaceae, order in Botany, 90. 

 Fungi, the Mushroom family, 76 ; in Botany, 1 1 1 ; 



in Medicine, 783. 



Fur and down, as articles of clothing, 787. 

 Furnaces, in Metallurgy, 406-411, 420. 

 Fusee, in Horology, 301. 

 Fusion, in Chemistry, 306. 



Gadfly, family Tabanidae, in Entomology, 147. 



Gaff, in Angling, 699. 



Galena, native sulphuret of lead, 330, 41 1. 



Gallflies (family Cynipsidaf^ 148. 



Gallic acid, basis of ink, 335. 



Galloway's patent boiler, 421. 



Gall-stone, treatment of, 776. 



Galvanic batteries, 270. 



Galvanic couple, in Galvanism, 268. 



Galvanism, or Voltaic Electricity, 267 ; historical 



sketch of, 286. 

 Galvanometry, 273. 

 Game, in Cookery, 7595 game-laws, 697; in 



Dietetics, 746. 



