Index. 



1123 



Page. 



Report of s p e c i a 1 committee on 



Park's milk cooler ^yi 



special committee on 

 poultry show • • • • 



special committee on Rog- 

 er's broadcast seeder.. 



special committee on Ro- 

 meyn's seedling straw- 

 berry 



special committee on 

 Spears's preparation for 

 preserving 



special committee on 



stmnp macliine ^>55 



special committee on 



tobacco soap 



special committee on 

 vineyards and cran- 

 berry gardens of south 



Pagb. 



647 

 839 



379 



357 



393 



Shavings on wet lands. •••••••• • • • '^^ 



Silliman on the philosophy ot the 



tea-kettle 

 Sivius 



61 



;;•■;■;;;.";;;.. 715, 756 



Slate, plastic, for roofing g^ 



Slocum's milk shelves • • '^^^ 



Smith on the affections of domestic 



animals \:"J 'W" 



Sodium salts formed synthetically. 



Soils, exhausted ^|' 



Solar eclipses ° 



Solar gaseous spectrum j^o' 



Solar spots ..•••• ^"'^ 



Soles for boots and shoeS .......... y^o 



Sorghum syrup, classitcatiou of . . . ^U^ 



ationof, m tubes.. . »lo 



319 



801 



80 



Sound, propagation 01, miuueb... ^x" 



South Carolina • '"*'' 



Southern shippers and growers, ^^^ 



need of .^^prj 



Sparrow, the English ; • • ''^" 



Spear's preparation for proservmg ^^^ 



fruit •. «2j^ 



Spectacles, mica |gg 



"^ -" •• g^g 



... 1113 



JsrsGY 

 special committee on 



Walter grape ^|- 



Resin, fragrant substance from .... -l« g- ^.^..^pe. 



Revolving turrets ^ i^ astronomy 



Rhubarb pies in winter • • • Snirit Dhotographs 



Rich on East river mprovements. . 96o |P [^ ^^^X |.oidon bush ^«; 



Riiig for mending chains • • • • ol5 squas , ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 33, 



Road roller, steam ' i»' ^^^ Squier on photography for travelers 



scraper. . ..... • • ^^^ I g^^j.^j^ ^^ ti^g yoik of eggs. . . . ... • 



... , Steam engines, best mode ot testmg, »du 



Rocking chau- springs • • • • y"" i ^ * ;„ri;r.ntnrs 1078 



"' strawberry 379, dil, 0*50 



Robinson's valedictory 455 ^ 



Romeyn seedl'g strawberry Ziv, 01 1, 335 



Root culture ' ^ 



Roots for food ^^^ 



Rose slug :"A'"f fii7 



Rowell, Warren, death of 01 < 



s. 



579 



Sage, growing tor market . . . .513, 



Satfron, dangerous artihcial -i^y 



Sand and its uses .......;••• ^"'^^ 



Sandwich Islands, earthquakes in. . 



Sash fastener • • • • • • • • 



Scab in sheep 30.<J, bl». 



Scientific lectures on— 



Barometer 



Comparative zoology .. • • 



Geological history of N. A. con- 

 tinent • • 



Microscope and its revelations . 



Modern engineering ^"^ 



Philosophy of the oven. ...... -f-^ 



Philosophy of the tea-kettle 



Photometer .^ 



Primeval chemistry ^jtq 



Primeval fiora ^^ 



Spectroscope ^%^ 



Telescope • „^„ 



Screw-driver, improved ^'^'^ 



760 



398 

 677 



145 



77 



18 



169 



61 

 139 



484 



35 



1087 



834 



^, 830 



indicators • • 1 



regulating speed of. »bU 

 Steam indicators for boilers . . . .... 86b 



road roller '1"^' . ^^° 



Steel casting under pressure '695 



iiigots, bottom-cast ^].^^ 



new process for making . . . - ■ 



tempering of ^ < o 



Stevens on sold fields • • • • 



Stetrn, papers by . ., 806 898, 984, 103,S 



Stock sheds, ventilation of ■f i| 



Stone, artificial • • • ^"Z 



varieties of building ' brf 



Stove-pipe joint, new ^^Jl 



Straw, use of 



Strawberry beds, plaster on . 



crates 



show 



vines, enemies to 



760' 

 898 

 702 



634 

 313 

 392 

 353 



1077 



Street sweeper ^"- ■ 



Stump extractor ^^^ 



Sugar, refining of o-^ 



Sulphur, crystallization ot - W 



Sumac , • • • 51^' ■;' ; 



Superphosphates, home made • b-J^ 



Surface condenser, 



water 



aftected bv salt 



832 



Swamps, 



i3cre\\-uiiv^M — f - . r>-,o Swinton on earthquakes 



Screw versus paddle wheels ^'^^ Srkes' reversible plow. . 



Sea, curiosities from the ^^ ' 



Sea weeds, charcoal from l^o« T. 



Seeder, broadcast ^^"^ 



Seeds from China and Japan 



reclaiming of 466 



.356, 



659 

 376 



Tanning, new discovery m 

 Tea float 



.383, 



83 

 .349 



830 



817 



