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Microtome . 214 Paper, To Split . 130 
Microtome, Freezing 120, 138 Parasites, Mounting 140, 231 
Microscope 119, 136, 137, 152 Parasites on Hedgehogs... 58, 97 
Microscope, Good Objects for ... 7 Paste, Gum, or Mucilage 30) 
Microscope Lamp 157, 175,176, 191 _—‘Pear Grafting 140, 155, 175 
Microscopes, Ancient .. 44 Penicillium Glaucum 75, 114 
Minerals, Book on 199, 234, 235  Phosphorescence AS 
Minute, A : .. 187. Photogenic Powder, Combustible. 15 
Mounting Crystals 199, 235  Photographer’s Paste ... Fores) 
Mounting in Alcohol ... 219 Photo. Micro. Stereographs eee 
Mounting in Balsam _... 198, 218, 234 Photographic Notes 14, 34, 51, 76, 90, 
Mounting Parasites 140, 231 107, 128, 150, 171, 189, 213 
Mounting Photographs . 129 Photographic Prints, A Mucilage for 128 
Mounting Specimens ... 219 Photographic Prints on Wood for 
Mounting Tongues of Flies scaeel3 Engraving sas) 20) 
Mosaics, Imitation of ... .. 79 Photographing Micro. Objects ae ela 
Mouse, White Shrew ... ... I2 Photographs, Mounting 129 
Mucilage, Flexible mae ... 53 Photographs, To Restore 58 
Mucilage for Mounting Prints . 128 Photography, Magnesium Light for 171 
Mucilage, Good . I90 ~—s— Phylloxera, Destruction of the ... 66 
N Pictures for Engraving, To Transfer 13 
' Pictures, Transferring 198, 234 
Names of Fish 140 Pineal Eye... 140, 159 
Natural Colour of Flowers, Pre- Pineal Gland ... on JE 
serving + I10 Pins, Double-pointed 57, 230 
Natural Flowers, To Preserve . ITO Plant Constituents 99, 136 
Negatives, Halation in 77 
Negatives, Retouching Unvarnished gI 
Negatives Stained, To Clear 150 
Neophytes.... a 720 
Nitrogen, Chloride of ... FeLOA! 
Noctiluca Miliaris 120, 137, 155 
Norway, How Telegraph Poles are 
Preserved in 185 
Nutritive Solution for Plants meet Oe 
O. 
Oak Furniture, POLES Son. VAs} 
Oak Shading ... 148 
Objectives soe AS) 
Objects for Microscope, (Geod wuik 7 
Observatory, The Lick son 107, 
Octopus 20;e0r3 
Odontomes 158, 194 
Oil of Anise peace 5A) 
Olfactory Mucous Membrane 75, 115, 
132 
Onions, Medicinal Qualities of ... 87 
Opacity ibs 179, 231 
Optics, Experimental iS bebe ee }8} 
Orchards, Evolution in the hae ei 
Otter at Home, The ... 104 
Oyster Shells, Cairns of ores eis 
P, 
Paint, Cheap 
Paintings on Canvass, To Mellow 
the Colours of « 148 
Plant Crystals 120, 137) 1305 £55,290 
Plant Hairs .. . 120, 138, 155 
Plants a oy iy LS: 
Plants, Drying, in Natural Colours 186 
Plants, Labels for x 
Plants, Nutritive Solution for .., 92 
Plants, Raphidesin ... Boe te 
Plants, Sudden Appearance of ... 2 
Plaster Casts, Gelatine ... a 106 
Plates, Slow wv. Quick ... ae 72) 
Pocket Glue, Dry ce 35 
Poison of Bees, Wasps, etc. 138; 231 
Polariscopic Object, Good ie) 58. 
Polish for Furniture, Good hore «gyi! 
Polishing Oak Furniture Sey ks) 
Pollen 76, 115 
Polycistina, Cleaning and Mounting 71 
Pork and Bacon, Rusty én 08 
Portland Cement 218, 235 
Potassium, Explosion of 76, 118 
Practical Hints 16, 35, 53, 78, 92, I10, 
130, 148, 173, 189, 214 
Print on Eastman Paper converted 
into a Platinotype 1 72 
Printing from Broken Negative ... 77 
Prints, A Mucilage for Mounting 128 
Prints, Simple Method of Gelatin- 
ising a 203 
Ge 
Queen Bee 
MS 120, 138 
Queen Bee, Sting of 
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