INDEX. 



Abstinence and prolonged sleep, 385. 



Accidents and failures of pkofcoeranhy, 

 291. l J 



Acetate of copper, crystals of, 441 . 



Achromatic telescope, 260, 451. 



Action of aromatic plants on silk- 

 worms, 466. 



Adelaide, Australia, explorations in, 

 463. 



Adherence of bodies under pressure, 75. 



African exploration, Livingstone's, 302. 



Aids to microscopic inquiry, 44, 75, 

 163, 420. 



Alcohols, thallie, 465. 



Alclebaran, physical character of, 395. 



Alpine bog thread moss, 160. 



Alps, how modified by glaciera, 358. 



Amazons, delta of, 224. 



American rodents, 417. 



Amnion, importance of, in classifica- 

 tion, 370. 



Anatomy of swan-mussel, 67. 



Aneroid barometer, Browning's, 38. 



Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Sarr, 300. 



Anglo-Saxon pottery, 119. 



Animal mechanics, 50. 



Animalcules, fission of, 66. 



Annelida, place of, in zoology, 368. 



Anobium striatum and tesselatum, 

 destroyers of wood carvings, 352. 



Anodonta, characters of, 67. 



Anguillula, species of, parasitic on the 

 cockroach, 341. 



Ape, anecdotes of, from Neckam, 321. 



Aphi3, generation of, 191. 



Apiarian experiences, 96. 



Aplodontia leporina, 422. 



Apparatus for spectral analysis, 390. 



Aquarius, star cluster in, 209. 



Aquatic coleoptera, 422. 



Aranea diadema, 285. 



Aech.eo:logy. — Anglo-Saxon pottery, 

 119 ; Aquse Solis, remains of, 217 ; 

 Rutupiee of the Romans, site of, at 

 Rickborough, 218 ; Roman Samian 

 ware, 227 ; barrows in Yorkshire 

 and Scotland, 300 ; Anglo-Saxon 

 cemetery at Sarr, 301 ; kitchen 

 middens and deposits in Nova Scotia, 

 306; site of the Roman Othona, 

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374 ; site of the Roman Raise at 

 Leicester, 375, 458 ; early hill settle- 

 ment in Scotland, 375 ; ancient 

 canoe found in Lough Owel, 376 ; 

 forged antiquities, 377 ; kitchen 

 middens of Caithness, 456, 461 ; 

 cist found in Unst Island, 457 ; 

 Roman villa at Chedworth Wood, 

 458. 



Arctic and alpine vegetation, 384. 



Arcturus, physical character of, 396. 



Aristotle on the May fly, 150. 



Aromatic plunts,efFects of, on silkworms, 

 466. 



Arretium, ancient pottery of, 228. 



Arsenical pigments and health, 385. 



Artemisia absinthium, contra, mari- 

 tima, judaica, and vulgaris, effects of 

 on vision, 88. 



Ascidian3, place of, in zoology, 36o. 



Ascobolus furfurascens, 256. 



Asparagine, crystals of, 441. 



Astro-meteorology, 104. 



Astronomical Observer, review, 378. 



Astronomy. — Double stars and co- 

 lours of stars, 58, 108 ; new metrical 

 globs, 65 ; variable star Lalande, 

 40, 65, 196 ; physical constitution 

 of the sun, stars, etc., 66, 108, 238, 

 303, 346, 387; comets, the orbits of 

 which have not been calculated, 131, 

 298, 373 ; sun spots and planetary 

 positions, 144 ; new planet Sappho, 

 144; Comets I. and II., 1864, 144; 

 new telescope stand, 146 ; clusters, 

 nebulse, and occultations, 343 ^ lunar 

 scenery, 204, 257 ; ellipticity of Mars, 

 220 ; luminous meteors, 220 ; spec- 

 trum of Comet II., 1864, 225 ; fifth 

 satellite of Jupiter, 225 ; Venus 

 seen near the sun, 225 ; balcony 



* observatory, 278 ; the eighty-first 

 planet, 305 ; new variable star, 305 ; 

 planet Mars, 351 ; Astronomical 

 Observer, 378 ; Astronomical Regis- 

 ter, 379 ; celestial chemistry, 387 ; 

 substitutes for an observatory, 444 ; 

 atmospheres of the earth and planets, 

 465 ; eighty-second planet, 465. 



Alkaloids of opium, 225. 



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