INDEX. 



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Abbeys, ruined, 461. 



Abraiamain, or pearl divers, 418. 



Acetic acid, a product of vinous fer- 

 mentation, 247. 



Acetification, M. Blondeau on, 468. 



Acids, their influence on fermentation, 

 379. 



Acrocarpi, an order of mosses, 43, 355. 



Aerolites, 159. 



Africa, explorations in, 46; snowy 

 mountain peaks in, 385. 



African lakes, ancient knowledge of, 

 464. 



Agaricus, species of, 268, 279. 



Ailsa Craig and its birds, 114. 



Air not necessary for putrefaction, 102. 



Air, stratification of, 31. 



Albertite at Mountgerald, 145. 



Alcyonia digitata, or dead men's fingers, 

 11. 



Alexander Jannseus, coins of, 336_ 



Alexandra, coins of, 336. 



Algse and fungi, distinct classes, 238. 



Allotropy, 28. 



Almond oil, its effect upon camphor, 19. 



Ammonites, or ram's horns, 229. 



.Amoebae, Dr. Wallich on the, 388. 



Amcebse, princeps and villosa, 67. 



Amoeban rhizopods, the, 466. 



Anacharis alsinastrum, ophrydium at- 

 tached to, 25. 



Ananchytes, or fairy loaves, 229. 



Anagallis tenella, bog pimpernel, 275. 



Anatomy of Chimpanzee, 225. 



Andes, M. Pissis on the, 180. 



Anemones found at Llandudno, 10. 



Animalcules in melon, 379. 



Animal matter in coal, 317. 



■Animals, useful qualities of, 215. 



Anthea cereus, stinging powers of, 158. 



Antigonus, coins issued by, 337- 



Antiochus IV., tyranny of, 333. 



Apargia hispida, the rough hawk-bit, 

 268. 



Aplysia hybrida (sea hare), 85. 



Arboricula rufogularis (tree partridge), 

 196. 



Arc of the meridian, measurement of, 

 463. 



Aristobulus, coins of, 336. 

 TOL. IV. — NO. VI. 



Arithmetical recreations, 353. 



Artemia salina, crystals in, 94. 



Arterial system of slug, 110. 



Artificial tongue, 466. 



Ascarides in unfiltered water, 390. 



Ascaris lumbricoides, 462. 



Asmonsean dynasty, origin of the, 334. 



Asphaltes, 88. 



Assyria, cuneatic records of, 328. 



Asterias aurantiaca described, 254. 



Asthma, electricity of, 466. 



Astronomical telescopes, new stand for, 

 282. 



Asteon'omy. — Clusters of stars and 

 nebulse, 56 ; the surface of the moon, 

 62 ; falling stars and meteorites, 

 157 ; (he planet Mars, a fragment, 

 182 ; doable stars, 193 ; comets, 

 218 ; clusters and nebulae, 257 ; oc- 

 cultations, 266 ; on the method of 

 observing variable stars, 303 ; new 

 planet, 79th, 307 ; clusters, nebulae, 

 and occultations, 346 ; comets whose 

 orbits have not been calculated, 381 ; 

 clusters and nebulae, occultations, 

 the achromatic telescope, 448. 



Atmolyser, uses of the, 416. 



Atmolysis, 227, 414. 



Atmospheric changes, causes of, 301. 



Atmospheric currents and shooting 

 stars, 466. 



Atoms, elasticity of gaseous, 415. 



Augustus, treasures bequeathed to, 338. 



Aymestrey rock, 402. 



Azulene, 467. 



Babinet on the lunar eclipse, 147. 



Bacterium, a genus of infusoria, 177 ; 

 B. termo, 101 ; B. termo and vibrio 

 lineola the same animal, 378. 



Bacteriums and typhoid fever, 467. 



Bacteriums hi vinegar plant, 244. 



Bahrein, pearl fishery of, 418. 



Ballota nigra (black horehound), Coleo- 

 phora on, 6. 



Barcoeebas, silver coins issued by, 343. 



Basalt of Pouk Hill, 98. 



Battle stone at Hope Bowdler Hill, 400. 



Bayer's work on ancient money, 238. 



" Becket," disasters on board the, 80. 

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