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Index. 



poisonous fungi, 244 ; hybernation 

 of fungi, 288; fertilization of orchids, 

 320, 327 ; vegetable amoeboid bodies, 

 403. 



Brain-ease of Bos buffalus, 458. 



Brighton well, 404. 



Burial customs of the Romans, 36. 



Burke's exploring expedition, 7, 78. 



Cjesittm, how discovered, 365. 

 Caloric-engines at International Exhibi- 

 tion, 426. 

 Cambodia, 239. 



Camphor, movements of, on water, 235. 

 Cainpylodiscus - ecclesianus, ambiguus, 



cribrosus, and hnperialis, 193. 

 Canine madness, 482. 

 Carbolic acid, 162. 

 Carbon and hydrogen, 324. 

 Carbonic acid as an anaesthetic, 483 

 Carpenter bees, 336. 

 Cartilaginous fishes, 226. 

 Castration, effects of, on individuals and 



races, 257. 

 Cemetery of Uriconium, 34. 

 Central valley of Scotland, last elevation 



of, 319. 

 Centris fiavopicta, 337 ; denudans, 338. 

 Cephalosiphon limnias, 49, 234. 

 Cepbalopods, gigantic, 82. 

 Cesia eumenoides, 173. 

 Champollion's researches on cuneatic 



inscription?, 99. 

 Chemical analysis by diffusion, 5. 

 Chemistry. - Recent discoveries in, 5 ; 

 artificial crystals, 83 ; absorption of 

 heat by gases, 155 ; formation of sili- 

 ceous minerals, 156 ; adulteration of 

 tinfoil, 161 ; carbolic acid, 162 ; pe- 

 troleum springs, 163 ; heliochromy, 

 163; action of iodine on tin, 16i; 

 aluminium, 176 ; oxidized oil, 320 ; 

 sodium spectrum, 323 ; carbon and 

 hydrogen, 324 ; spectrum analysis, 

 362 ; dialysis, 381 ; portable styptic, 

 403 ; experiments on solubility, 481 ; 

 paraffin oils, 482 ; logwood as a disin- 

 fectant, 483 ; carbonic acid as an 

 anaesthetic, 483 ; action of mordants 

 in dyeing, 475 ; oxide of ethylene, 476. 

 Chinese literature, derivative character 



of, 84. 

 Chirocephalus diaphanus, 451. 

 Chloride of aluminium, production of, 180. 

 Chloride of sodium, discovered by the 



spectrum, 3 G 1. 

 Chydorus sphocricus, 446. 

 Choroid gland, muscularity of, 200. 

 Chromic acid, use of, in examination of 



eye- 1 all, 199. 

 Chronograph, new, 402. 

 Chrvsantb.edu, a species of bee, 338. 



Circulatory system of fishes, 225. 



Climates of the earth, changes of, 332. 



Cocconeis scutellum on Cladophora, 195 ; 



■ Thwaitsii, 197. 



Cod-fish, eye of, 199. 



Coinage of the ancients, 406 ; of early 



English period, 408. 

 Coins found at Uriconium, 45. 

 Colletonema eximium, a rare diatom, 195. 

 Colour blindness, instances cited, 112. 

 Colour and vision, 103. 

 Colymbus glacialis, 357. 

 Coma of comets, 64. 

 Combustion, a generation of force, 14. 

 Comets, density of, 66. 

 Comets, new theory of, 242. 

 Comet of 1S61, 162 ; of 1860, 244. 

 Companion of Sirius, 401, 482. 

 Complementary colours of double stars, 



149. 

 Cone, structures in eye of cod-fish, 205. 

 Consanguinity a key to varieties, 253. 

 Cookery in the Middle Ages, 141. 

 Copper, joti ings on, 67. 

 Coral, development of, 402 ; growth of, 



161. 

 Corticium arachnoideum, a sclerotoid 



fungus, 293. 

 Coscinodiscus subtilis on Dutch rushes, 



192. 

 Cosmical phenomena investigated, 3. 

 Cremation, how performed by the Ro- 

 mans, 37. 

 Crocisa picta, a South American bee, 173. 

 Cryolite, a source of aluminium, 182. 

 Cryptogamic botany, advance of, 294. 

 Crystallizations for polariscope, 404. 

 Crystalloids, behaviour of, 383. 

 Cuckoo bees, 165. 

 Cuneatic characters, how first explained 



98. 

 Currencies of the ancients, 405. 

 Cuttle-fish, shell of, 174. 

 Cuvier and Linnaeus, their respective 



labours, 245. 

 Cuvit-r's " Regne Animal" cited, 246. 

 Cyclops, a modern, 403; quadricornis,446. 

 Cyclotella opereulata, habitat of, 197 ; 



punctata, valves of, 195. 

 Cysts of diacoms, 402. 



BArnNiA rotunda, ephippitim of, 450. 

 " Darics" and "Philips," coius so culled, 



405. 

 Deep i-ca life, curiosities of, 6. 

 Deglutition of ophidians, 127. 

 Designs for manufactures suggested, 113. 

 I 'csign, use of microscope in, 111. 

 Development of life on the globe, 330. 

 Dialysis, 381 ; principles of, 6. 

 Diatoma hyalinum in timber ponds, 192 ; 



vulgare and clongatuni, 196. 



