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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Ale, froth increased by 



heat 268 



Alkali 45 



Anenometer 314 



Anglers hate a magpie 153 

 Angle of incidence .... 370 

 of reflection .... 370 

 Animal heat 83, 85, 243, 277 

 Animals and vegetables 



co-dependent 244 



Ants love honey dew . . 221 



Appetite 89, 90, 91 



(See hunger,) 

 Apples full of air .... 105 



roasted 105 



soft 106 



April showers 307 



Aqua fortis 426 



Argand lamps 83 



Arnott's stoves smell of 



sulphur 56 



smoke 69 



Ascent in balloons pain- 

 ful 145 



Ashes soften water . . 345 



Assesbray in wet weather 148 



Aurora borealis . . 142, 285 



coloured .... 143 



white 142 



a prognostic 143 



Avenues 380 



Azote, see nitrogen 



Bales catch fire sponta- 

 neously 57 



Balloons 146 



inflated 109 



rise 110 



Balls of fire . 6 



PAflK 



Banisters wet 216 



Barley malted 270 



BABOMETEB 317 



affected by cold . . 328 



frost.. 329 



heat . . 328 



thaw.. 329 



wind.. 327 



rules for its rise 



and fall 330 



sudden change in 330 



use of 319 



varies most in winter 327 

 least in summer 327 



when highest 328 



lowest .... 328 

 Barren land collects no 



dew 209 



Bass notes in music . . 412 

 Bass preserves flowers 



from frost 206 



Bathing, danger of . . 387 

 with ether for in- 

 flammation . . 157 

 Beakers broken by hot 



water 126 



Beasts covered with hair 176 



Beds damp 157 



BEER, fermentation of 269 



flat 273 



froth increased by 



bottling 268 



froth increased by 



heat 268 



raisins and rawmeat 

 improve it .... 273 



stale 275 



soured by lightning 27 

 not old beer . . 27 



