Index. 



483 



Brown bear, 202. 

 Brown hair streak, 330. 

 Brown-tail moth, 328. 

 Brute Chronicle, extract, 170. 

 Bucconidee, 241. 

 Buff tiger moth, 328. 

 Burying beetles' eggs, 323. 

 Bythocythere, 124. 



Cabinet of earth unlocked, 386. 



Caen stone hardening, 238. 



Calcar, or spur of rotifer, 283. 



Caloric engines, 473. 



Candona, 118. 



Canidse family, characteristics of, 355. 



Cannon, new, 392. 



Cantharus griseus, 250. 



Capitonidae, 243. 



Caranx trachurus, 250. 



Cathedral rocks of Cheddar, 31. 



Caves and coves of Forfarshire, 26. 



Cave bear, 202. 



Cave hyaena, 202. 



Cave lion, 202. 



Celtic period, 181. 



Cemeteries of the Romano-British 

 periods, 349. 



Chambered tumuli, 187. 



Change in position of Jupiter's satel- 

 lites, 145. 



Changes in appearance and position of 

 milky way, 1. 



Characteristics of rotifers, 281. 



Cheddar cliffs, 30. 



Chemical constituents of eggs, 324. 



Chemistet. — Economic production of 

 formic ether on large scale, 74; 

 manufacture of steel, 74 ; galvanic 

 batteries, 75; plating and gilding, 

 75 ; magnetism and diamagnetism 

 of gases and vapours, 78 ; medi- 

 cines through the nose, 79; func- 

 tions of the blood, 86; colouring 

 matter of blood corpuscles, 87 ; 

 animal oxidation, 88 ; identification 

 of blood stains, 89 ; poisonous action 

 of carbonic acid gas, 89 ; mineralized 

 blood, 89 ; test in case of suspected 

 poisoning, 90 ; oxidation, 91 ; nu- 

 trient fluid, 92 ; muscular currents 

 of electricity, 94 ; Bologna phos- 

 phorus, 137 ; prismatic colours, 138 

 chlorophane, or calcic fluoride, 139 

 luminous action of sulphide, 140 

 phosphorescent compounds, 140 ; ap 



; plication of superheated steam, 150 

 renovation of polished surface on 

 glass, 151 ; application of electro- 

 magnetism to the manufacture of 

 iron, 151 ; application of sulphuret 

 of carbon to the extraction of olea- 

 ginous matters on the larger scale, 



152; utilization of aluminium bronze, 

 152 ; preservation of liquors con- 

 taining alcohol, 153 ; new application 

 of electricity, 153 ; latent image, 

 153 ; substitution of electric current 

 for a fulminate with fire-arms, 237 ; 

 absorption of obscure heat, 240 ; 

 bichromate of potash and albumen, 

 240 ; novel action of light, 308 ; 

 iodide of silver, 309 ; artificial meer- 

 schaum, 313 ; starch, 314 ; blasting 

 powder, 315 ; preservative com- 

 pound, 316 ; explosive compound, 

 316 ; photography, new application, 

 317 ; colour of water, 319 ; sul- 

 phuric acid formed by a mollusk, 

 319 ; micro-crystals of alkaloids, 320; 

 hydraulic cement, 391 ; printing on 

 glass, 391 ; galvanic battery, 393 ; 

 gelatine, new application, 393 ; new 

 photometer, 393 ; test for ozone, 

 399 ; free sulphuric acid in mollusks, 

 399 ; electricity and vegetation, 399 ; 

 electro- capillary currents in plants, 

 400 ; sulphuric acid, 474. 



Chladni's figures, 47. 



Chlorophane or calcic fluoride, 139. 



Ciliary organs of rotifers, 289. 



Cinerary urns, 260. 



Circles of stones at Stonehenge, 235. 



Clefts, lunar, 52. 



Clefts in the moon, 215. 



Clouds, of what they consist, 333. 



Clupeidse, 110, 250. 



Clupea pilchardus, 253. 



Clusterings in the milky way, 10. 



Cluster and nebula?, 380. 



Coal-fields of Brazil, 80. 



Coccus eggs, 327. 



Coccus Persicse, 326. 



Cock-roach's eggs, 322. 



Cod-fish tribe, 250. 



Coinage of Japan, 14. 



Coinage remodelled by Sir Isaac New- 

 ton, 351. 



Coinage standard, 297. 



Coins found in Derbyshire, 347. 



Coins, Roman, 313. 



Coleopterous insects eggs, 322. 



Colour of Mars, 82. 



Colour of the moon, 225. 



Colours of the stars, 315. 



Colour of water, 319. 



Colour question and lunar eclipse, Sept, 

 13, 319. 



Colours seen during the lunar eclipse, 

 Sept. 13, with remarks on the pre- 

 ceding communication, 226. 



Coloured utricles, 210. 



Colouring matter of blood corpuscles,, 

 87. 



Comber fish, 250. 



