780 



SCIENTIFIC SIDE-LIGHTS 



BABE, Sudden impulse of, to 



walk 3683 



BABYLON, Ancient culture of 804 

 BABYLONIANS, Imperish- 

 able records of 2846 



Built on mounds 924 



BACILLI Utilized in dairy. . 1222 



. (See also BACTERIA.) 



BACILLUS, Vitality of ty- 

 phoid, in soil 3661 



BACON, FRANCIS, LORD, 

 First proved water incom- 

 pressible 2387 



, Happy conjecture of. . 1663 



, Key of, philosophy . . . 3574 



. a Martyr of science .... 2089 



BACON, ROGER, the Scien- 



ific light of the Middle Ages 1663 



BACTERIA, Analysis of 3430 



, Antagonisms of 183, 2642 



, Antiseptic treatment 



for 439 



, Attenuation of viru- 

 lence of 287 



, Benefits conferred by . . 359 



, Bread contains few. . . 405 



Cannot thrive on nor- 

 mal living tissues 1883 



Capture nitrogen *303 



, Cold merely represses. 3341 



, Cooking destroys 655 



, Death-point of 3382 



of Decomposition 747-48 



not Destroyed by elec- 

 tric light 1935 



, Discoverer of 841 



, Disease a conflict be- 

 tween victim and 1914 



, Distinct species of. .1914, 3164 



, Economic value of. ... 3658 



Elude classification.. . . 513 



Essentially beneficial . . 3598 



Exciting cause of dis- 



2466 

 2338 

 2878 

 3140 

 2792 



, Exclusion of, in surgery 



, Fertility of 



Fix nitrogen in soil . . 



Float through the air . . 



Gain power by associa- 

 tion 



Generate own destroj'er 



, Ice contains 



Inconceivably minute. 



, Light of sun represses 



or destroys 



, Meat rarely contains. . 



, Milk commonly infest- 

 ed with 



, Multiplication of, rapid 



, Multiplication by divi- 

 sion of 2296 



Must find favorable 



medium 1040 



of Nitrification 303, 2621 



, Nitrogen supplied to 



plants by 



, Phosphoresence of ... 



, Place of, in nature. . . . 



, Plants destroyed by. 



, Poison by products of. 



Produce disease in dis- 

 ordered systems 



, Products of, more 



harmful than organisms 



, Putrefaction an impos- 

 sibility without 



, Reproduction of. 2296 ,2878-79 



Restore nitrogen to the 



soil 1988 



, Scientific control of . . . 1091 



, Soils fertilized by 3139-40 



, Struggle for life among 3261 



, Tenacity of life of 3374 



, Tetanus or lockjaw 



caused by 



, Their power and influ- 

 ence 



in Unclean feeding-bot- 

 tles. 



2850 



202 



1331 



2663 



1941 

 2794 



2177 

 2297 



2426 

 2585 

 2606 

 1887 

 2899 



2669 



1680 



792 



863 

 774 



422 



, Universal presence of. .*304-5 

 Useful as well as harm- 

 ful. . ,. *3584 



BACTERIA Utilized in dairy. 



, Virulence of 



. (See also BACILLI; 



GERMS; MICROBES ; MICRO- 

 ORGANISMS.) 



BACTERIOLOGY, I m p o r - 

 tance of 774, 



Studies prevention of 



BALANCE of Forces on our 



globe f 



of Happiness in the 



animal world 



, Rest due to a, of forces 



. (See also ADJUSTMENT.) 



BALLOpN, Fall of stone from 

 Different from bird, 



BALLS, Houdin's play with. 



of Seeds of buttonwood 



tree 



BALSAS Recovered from ir- 

 rigating ditches 



BAMBOO, Industrial value of 



BANANA Contrasted with 

 cactus 



BANANAS in Tropical zone . . 



BANK. (See RIVERBANK.) 



BANKSIA Burns slowly. . . . 



BARBARIAN, Antiquity not 



Divided from civilized 



man by writing 



. (See also SAVAGE.) 



BARBARIANS of Ancient 

 Europe 



, Europeans among 



, Our domestic animals 



spared by ancient 



BARBARISM, Cruelty a sur- 

 vival of 



, Intelligence and, co-ex- 

 isting 



, Nurseries of the Step- 



Relics of.. 

 Surpassing 



civilization 



BARK as Clothing. 



BARK-LOUSE Attacks ap- 

 ples 



BARLEY Raised by lake- 

 dwellers 



BARNACLES, Design in 

 structure of 



BAROMETER, The ethical. . 



BARRENNESS amid Beauty 

 and sublimity 



, Fertility turned to .... 



Self -perpetuating 



BARRIERS, Herschel burst 



the, of Heaven 



BASIN, Lake, once bed of 

 glacier 



BASIS, Cells the, of all life. . . 



, Scientific, of strange 



tale 



BASKET-MAKER, Woman 

 the primitive 



BASKET-MAKING of Primi- 

 tive peoples 



, Work of, for woman. . 



BASKET-WORK, Ancient 

 pottery modelled on 



BAS-RELIEFS of Nineveh. . 



BATRACHIANS as Food for 

 chicken-hawk 



BATS Heavier than air 



BATTERSEA PARK, Mistak- 

 en impression of 



BATTERY, Action of Voltaic 



of the Electric ray. 



BATTLE Influenced by su- 

 perstition 



, Layman helpless at. . . 



Stopped by eclipse .... 



BATS, Dusky color of 



BAN, Science under, of 



church 



BEACH, Discovery of an an- 

 cient 



BEACHES, Ancient, become 

 highways 



BEAM of Light in darkness . . 



1222 

 3649 



( *306 

 2994 

 *307 



*308 

 2890 



3333 



1402 



69 



872 



1768 

 2780 



3707 

 3575 



1237 

 189 



3790 



*309 

 3288 



505 



705 



1716 



*310 

 499 



3468 

 524 



1009 

 121 



1861 

 *311 



323 



1226 

 *312 



579 



2320 

 446 



1570 

 3091 



*313 

 3769 



2648 

 *314 



1445 

 1554 



3292 



1844 



991 



3324 



3591 



260 



2417 



1743 



852 



1496 

 *315 



BEAM, the Terms, "Ray" 



and 838 



BEAR, Attack by 39 



in England and France 2040 



in New and Old World. 1977 



in Northern Europe. . . 1536 



. (See also POLAR BEAR.) 



BEARINGS, Practical, of sci- 

 ence 2989 



, Wasp takes 1726 



BEAST, Mind 9f.... 2202 



Sympathizes with storm 



and darkness 3350 



BEASTS Excel man in many 

 ways 



, Kinship with, cannot 



satisfy the soul 



, Moral sense takes no 



cognizance of actions of. . 



BEATING of the Heart- 

 Reflex action. 



BEATS Due to interference 



of sound-waves 3153 



BEAUTIES of Nature neglec- 

 ted. . . 



52 



1784 



2053 



399 



*316 



de- 



332 

 1352 

 3464 



238 

 *335 

 *329 

 1322 



*318 

 914 



*319 

 *330 



BEAUTIFUL, Utility might 



dispense with the 



BEAUTY of Alaskan glaciers 



Arises from destruction 



in Art due to elimina- 

 tion 



of Crevasses in glaciers 



Defies definition 



, Description of natural . 



amid Desolation 



Alaskan glacier *317 



amid Desolation 



Sunset in desert 



, Dust gives mellow 



of Earth due to 



spised organisms 



Embowered amid in- 

 hospitable mountains 



an End in the divine 



mind *327-28 



an End in nature 



*324, *325, *326 



Enhanced by mystery . *331 



an Experience of the soul 3276 



Inaccessible *323 



, Luxuriance of 2446 



with Majesty in palm . . *321 



not Matched by intel- 

 lect Humming-bird 



of Mathematics 



, Natural, moulds nation 



of Nature in Greek 



poetry 



in Nature, objective. . 



of Orchids *337 



of the Palm *322 



Resulting from inter- 

 ference of waves 



Revealed by subdued 



light 



of Sea-gulls transforms 



ocean 



, Sense of natural 



in the Soul 



, Struggle behind, of na- 

 ture 3258 



Subserves a purpose. . 537 



, Utility combined with . 3575 



, Utility more than 3580 



, Wealth of celestial .... 1968 



of Wild plant fails 



under cultivation *338 



BEAVER in England 3279 



, Teeth of 63 



BEAVERS Change surface of 

 continent 



, Dam made by, 1,000 



years ago 



, Design in work of men 



or 



BECLOUDING of Judgment. 



BED, Lake basin once the, of 

 a glacier 



BEE, Perfection of cell of ... 

 Prevision of the Car- 



*334 

 2107 

 *333 



*336 

 *332 



*339 

 *340 



2962 

 2343 

 *320 



1899 

 190 



788 

 1520 



2320 

 2545 



penter-bee 2727 



