INDEX TO VOLUME XXIII. 



Aritcles marked zvitk (*) afe illustrated. 



Acids, FXandling' of 



Action of Electricity on Dust 



Air, Exhaled, Poisonous Effect of : 



Air-Sliips, Navij^able 



Alcohol, Stimulating Effect of 



Algebraic Puzzles 132, 



Alloy, A New 



*Altar, A Miniature 



Alterion, To Prevent Corrosion in Boilers 



Aluminium in Glass 



Aluminium Salts, Constitution of 



American Posture, The 



American Association, Toronto Meeting of. 



Anesthetics, Facts Concerning 



Ana-sthetic Revelation, The 47 



Ancient Greeks and Romans, Scientific Knowledge of 



Animals, Deaf 



An Improvement Necessary 



Anti-Friction Metal, A New 



Antimony in Minerals, Detection of 



Antipyrine 



Apple Jelly 



Archaeological Discoveries, Modern 



Archaeological Relic found in Idaho_, 



Assimilation, Chemical Nature of. 



Astronomical Phenomena (Monthly).. .11, 28, 43, 59, 75, Oi, 



108, 124, 140, 155, 170, 



Assyrian Library, An 



Atomic Weights, The Revision of 



Auroras, Cause of 



Aztecs, Era of the 



•Bacteria, The Nitrogen 



Barometers 



Battery, A New Primary,. 35, 



Beans. 



♦Beard, An Extraordinary 45, 



Bearing- Year, Changing 



Bees . 



Bee-Veil, A Simple 



Birds, Insect Eating 



Black Snow 



Blood, Amount of Water in 



Boilers, Use of Bisulphide of Carbon in 



Bore-Hole, Transmission of Power Through.. . 



Botanical Puzzle, A 



Bottles , 



Brick Walls, Whitening of 



Bridge, Railroad, across the English Channel . 



British Museum of Natural History, The 



Brownian Movement, The 



Buckwheat 



Burns, How to Treat 



Butterflies, Some North Carolina 



♦Butterfly Decalcomania 



Cabbage-Worms, To Kill 



Camels' Humps, The 



Candles, Automatic 



♦Capillarity, Simple Experiments in ... . 



Carbolic Acid, To Liquefy 



Cauliflowers, Where Grown 



Cave-Dwellers in Mexico 



Celey, A I'ltalienne 



Celestial Space, Constitution of. 



Cements, Useful 



♦Champagne, Production of, in France . 



Charity, A Worthy P'orm ot 



Chemical Experiments, Simple 



Chemical Family, An Interesting 



Chemistry, The Mysteries of.. 



Cherry Stones in the Intestine 



Chevreul, Michel Eugene 



Chimney, Overturning a 



Chloride of Silver, Chemical Action of Light upon. 



Chocolate Cakes 



Christian Science and Credulity 



Chromium, Atomic Weight of. 



Cigarette Smoking 



Citric Acid in Cow's Milk 



Clocks, Japanese 



Clothing, Our 



Clothes-Moths, Protection from 



Clock to Run a Year Without Winding 



Climate, Extremes of 



Cloud Photography 



Clover, Four-Leaved, Crop of 



Cobalt, Passivity of 



Cobalt and Antimony, Origin of Names 



Cochineal Color 



Coco, Cacao, and Coca 



Coffee Alaking 



Coke and Graphite, Incineration of. 



Cold, Artificial, for Yellow Fever Hospital 



Cologne, Prize F'ormula for 



Coloration of a Coal Fire by Salt 



Combination, A Dangerous 



Confectioner's Colors 



Conflict Between a Rotifer and Infusorian 



Consumption of Opmm in Japan 



Cooking, Our Grandmother's 



Copper 



Copper Salts, A New Test for 



Coral ,.,,.,,., 



.135, 



21 



3(i 



142 



121 



41 



Ul 



37 



97 



119 



12 



73 



HI 



148 



15G 



. 70 



180 



120 



78 



134 



3<! 



16 



24 



14(i 



183 



54 



186 

 130 

 57 

 137 

 IIG 



151 



97 

 164 

 40 

 76 



165 



56 



88 



84 



12S 



149 



119 



103 



86 



70 



183 



160 



4 



120 



112 



91 



66 



68 



86 



159 



150 



166 



100 



56 



132 



, 70 



181 



171 



33 



179 



9 



138 



73 



134 



1S3 



56 



112 



89 



89 



56 



119 



119 



165 



9 



69 



53 



8S 



164 



84 



158 



161 



37 



16 

 158 

 36 

 48 

 136 

 132 

 48 

 87 

 41 

 54 



PAGE. 



Corn, Smut in 72 



Corporation, A I-arge 71 



Cotton Mill, The Largest 86 



Cotton Seed, Transmutation ot 40 



Country Life, Hygienic Advantages of 29 



Culinary Recipes 104, 166 



Culture, Deep x-^rswi Shallow 104 



Cuneiform Inscriptions 161 



Curious Plants, Two 136 



Currants are Small Grapes 72 



Dark Chamber, Light for Photographers 102 



Dentists, Chinese 144 



♦Derrick, A Chinese 101 



Devilled Turkey 24 



Diseases, Modern 125 



Distillation l&i 



Distillation, To Avoid Bumping in 102 



Doctor at Home, The 14 



Doctors who Talk Shop 32 



Dreams, Time of Occurrence 137 



Drinking Water, Constituents of. 37, 53 



Dust Particles in the Air 100 



♦Dynamo, An Immense 37 



78 



18 



121 



138 



136 



183 



136 



66 



, 44 



56 



72 



97 



183 



162 



88 



25 



25 



, 69 



164 



167 



41 



Earth Closet 



Economy of Animal Life, Division of Labor in 



Education, Practical 



Education, Scientific, What it is 



Eggs, Broken, Removing 



Egg, A Curious 



Eggs, Food Value of 



Eggs a la Baldwin 



Eggs, Curious 12, 



Eggs, Swiss 



Egg Lore, Miscellaneous 



♦Eiffel Tower, The 



Electric Light Wires, Danger from 



Electric Fishing 



Electrical Currents, Effect of, on Plants 



Electrical Duel, A Novel 



Electric Light Towers 



Electric Light, A New Use for the 5, 20, 



Electrical Notes 



Electrical Railroad, New Style of. 



Electrical Railway 



Electrical Postal Railroad 



Electricity, Cooking by 



Electricity, Engraving by 



Electricity for Snakes 



♦Electric Sparks, Photographs of 



Electricity f<jr Executing Criminals 137, 



Electricity in Medicine 



Electricity, Lighting Trains by 



Electroplating and Electrotyping 



Elements, Alleged Decrease in Number 



Elementary Substances, Is There More Than One? 



Elixir of Life, The 



Emeralds, Artificial 



Ener;^y, The Transformations of 



English and American Railroad Improvements 



Ensilage 



Ericsson, Captain John 



Erysipelas 



Etching Liquid for Steel 



Ether, Experimental Proof of its Existence 



Etruscan Race, Origin of. 



Evolution 50, 67, 82, 



Expansive Metal 



Experts 



Eye, Injuries to the 



Falstaff, Death of 77 



Fattening Cattle 24 



Fermentation, Oxalic 116 



Filtering Paper, Testing 102 



Fires, Colored 102 



♦Fish, A Hibernating 106 



♦Fish, A Walking , 73 



Fistula, A Remarkable 128 



Flange Joint, To Make a Tight 6 



Flower, A National 137 



Flowers, Cut 166 



Flowers, Early Blooming of 153 



Flowers, Natural Scent of 152 



Flowers, To Preserve 166 



Fluorine, Occurrence of, in the Organism 47 



Fly's Wing, Flapping of. 116 



Fools' Gold 66 



Forces, The Immaterial 25 



Foundlings 174 



Fourth of July 105 



Frost, To Forctell 40 



♦F"ruit, Curious Ways of Cutting 66 



P'ruit, To Protect from Birds 40 



Fuller's Earth 180 



Garden, A Lofty 182 



Garden Products, Ancient 120 



Gases, Compressibility of , 84 



♦Gases, Weight of 145 



Geissler's Tube, A Home-made 164 



Gems, American 167 



Geological Congress, The International 3 



PAGE. 



Geology, A Short Study in 83 



Germany, Prehistoric Relics in 20 



Glass, For Writing on 6 



Glass, Opacity of ]G4 



Gleanings 8,34,40,56,72,88, 104, 120,136, 166, 1S2 



Glue, Liquid 150 



♦Gold Nugget, A French 129 



Gold Solder, To Make (i 



Gum Chewing Therapeutically Considered 47 



Hair, Care of the 



Half Molecules 



Hanging Baskets 



Hanging, Physiology of 



Harebell, The Common 



Hay Fever 



Health, Hints About 



Heat, The 



Heat and Cold in Chemical Reactions 



Height, Magnifying Effect of 



Hen Manure. 



153 

 70 



158 

 36 

 57 

 25 



104 



73 



16 



6 



3 



184 



, 98 

 70 

 34 



18S 



Hens, Sunlight for. . 

 Highways, Country. 

 Hogs. 



Home, The American 



Honey, Composition of 



Horse Cars, Stopping and Starting 



Horticultural Hints 15 



Hot Baths, Public, in China 



Hot Iron and Cold Water 



House Fly Epidemic, A 



Human Heart, The 



Humors 16, 48, 1 13, 128, 



Hydrophobia 



Hypnotism 43, 



Hypnotism in Animals 



Ice, Artificial, A Swindle 41, 



Ice Pitcher, The Science of the 



♦Inertia, Experiment in 



Indian Corn, or Maize 



104 

 41 



136 

 141 

 100 



32 

 109 

 121 



74 

 153 

 136 



40 



167 



8 



165 



56 

 150 

 166 

 142 

 100 

 116 



48 

 190 

 109 

 . 93 

 171 



105 

 49 



159 

 40 



184 



134 



ISO 

 86 

 8 



102 

 70 

 70 



118 

 73 

 36 

 10 



172 

 9 



134 

 73 

 16 



100 



180 

 66 



♦Indian Jewelry 



India Rubber, Mineral 



Industrial Memoranda 70, 86, 118, 134, 



Ingots, Hollow 



Ink, A Drop of 



Ink, Indelible Aniline 



Ink, Indian 



Ink, Marking 



Ink, Vanadium 



Insect Nests, Torcli for 



Insects, Apparatus for Studying Underground 



♦Insects, The Protective Mimicry of 



Instinct the Guide to Diet 



Insurance, The System of Compulsory 



Invention, A Curiously Considerate 



Inventions, Recent Failures of 



Iodoform, Deodorant for 



Iron Age in Norway, Relics of 



Iron, Ancient Specimens of. 



Iron Pyrites 



January, Month of 41 



Japanese Scientific Report, A 137 



Jardin des Plantes, The 33 



Jersey Cattle 182 



John Bright, Medical and Sanitary Views of 94 



♦Kaleidoscope, A Monster 176 



Kitchen Garden, The 7 



Laboratory Notes -^ 37, 54, 



Land, Productiveness of 



Lark Puffs 



Latent Color of Materials, The 



Lawn, Exterminating Weeds in. 



Lead and Tin, Separation of 



Leaves, Their Forms and Uses 



Licorice Root 



Lighting System in Paris, A Novel 



Lightning Stroke at the Jefferson Laboratory 



Lightning Stroke followed bv Jaundice 



Lights, Signal, for Ships and Lighthouses 



Lignite 



Literary Notes. . ..12, 28, 44, 60, 76, 93, 108,125, 140, 155, 171, 



Lithia, Determining 



Locomotives, English Compound 



London Smoke 



Macaroni with Gravy 



Magnetism, Relation of, to Light 



♦Maize 7, 



Man, Prehistoric 



Man, Zoological Classification of 



Marble, Antique 



Matter and Force ■ 



Medical Institutes 



Medical Memoranda 16,33,48, 128,144, 



Medical Practice, State Regulation of. 



Mercuric Chloride, Action of Hydric Sulphide on 



Mercury 



Mercury, Purification of 



Metal, ANew 



Metals, Molecular Weight of 



36 



88 

 69 

 88 

 112 



137 

 128 

 134 



20 

 ISO 

 118 

 150 



12 



56 

 73 

 22 

 178 

 161 

 163 

 115 

 171 

 174 

 57 

 70 

 85 

 37 

 41 

 105 



