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Index: 



Teal, tamed by St. Colman, 319. 

 Teesta, hunting scenes of, 171. 

 Telescope, achromatic, 260. 

 Telescope stand, Berthon's, 203. 

 Thallic alcohols, 465. 

 Thick coal of Staffordshire, 412. 

 Thermal springs, 219. 

 Thunderstorms in Australia, 265. 

 Thread mosses, 155. 

 Tin plate, crystals of, 267. 

 Toad, inaccuracies respecting, 2S3. 

 Tobacco, poisoning by, 223 

 Torpedos in naval warfare, 223. 

 Travelling, effect of, on coinage, 275. 

 Treatment of the insane, 305. 

 Trematoda, physiology of, 195. 

 Trial plates of gold and silver, 82. 

 Tripartite division of rocks, 14. 

 Tumuli at Castle Howard, Worries Law, 



and Sarr, Isle of Thanet, 300 

 Twilight, duration of, 305. 



IItism Majoris, 81 M., nebula of, and 



82 M., 348. 

 TTnionidse, characters of, 67. 



Variable star, Lalande, 40, 65, 196. 

 Vega (a Lyrse), spectrum of, 396. 

 Vegetable mortars, 252. 

 Vegetation, how influenced by heat and 

 cold, 167. 



Vegetation of arctic and alpine regions, 



384. 

 Velocity of light and stellar motion, 111. 

 Venus seen near the sun, 225. 

 Vertebral displacement, cure of, 65. 

 Vertebrates, place of, in zoology, 369. 

 Vibratory origin of light, 80. 

 Victoria rTyanza, lake of, 383. 

 Vision, Berkleian theory of, 138. 

 " Vital force," a meaningless phrase, 163. 

 Volcanoes of Ireland, 175. 



Water barometer, how to make, 38. 



Water, influence of, on physical fea- 

 tures of the earth, 354. 



"Water, order of expansion of, by heat, 

 165. 



Water, passage of, through capillary 

 tubes, 78. 



Water, use of, in microscopy, 47. 



Weasel, a pet in the middle ages, 326. 



Weather, attempts to foretell, 103. 



Wildman's experiments with bees, 99. 



Window observatory, 414. 



Wine, fermentation of, 306. 



Winter fruiting Jungermannia, 330. 



Wood carvings, decay of, 352. 



Zierian thread-moss, 157. 

 Zoological classification, 362. 

 Zoology, see Natural History. 



