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INDEX. 
PAGE 
India-Rub-ber, Preservation of 95 
inertia, Illustration of i 
Ink, Dlue and Black Indelible 59 
Ink for >Ce3 1 uloid 15 
Jnventors, Boy 125 
Jriduimfor Electric Lamps 45 
Iron, 'i'o Silver. 71, 143 
Ivory, Dyeing 30 
Ivory, Restoring 95 
Joke, A Scientific 71 
Iveely Outdone 142 
knives. Pocket 83 
Knots, To Xill 119 
Lndies' Shoes, Dref^ing for 15 
Lamp Shade, Autumn 112 
[L.antern, Tracings ou Glass for 95 
I -athes. Cheap, and How to Use Them 17 
H-atin Puzzle 119 
L'-ad I'ipe, 'J'o Join 113 
Lily, Cultivating the Water 42 
Lime-Encnisted Pipes, To Clean 47 
Liquid Films, Flowers Made of 3 
Lubricator, Sulphur as a 31 
],ucifer Match 33 
Tuminous Paint 82 
"Makesliifts for IMicroscopists 8, 22 
1\ I aj'S, "Varnish for. 60 
ZATars, Curious Changes in 130 
Marvels of Pond Life. (See Pond Life.) 
I^Iatch, Lucifer - 33 
JMeasure, How Closely Does the Machinist 138 
Meridian Line 54 
Metrical Abbreviations 143 
JJi' jToscopists, Makeshifts for 8, 22 
j\lin,ute Workmanship 106 
MisTorfor iMicroscope 22 
Monogram, To Design a 37 
IMonolith, A Large i'9 
Mosaics 8r 
!Nautilus.and the Ammonite 76 
Newisforthe Aquarium 100 
Nicknames jof the States 46 
'Observatory on Mount Etna 106 
Paint, To Clean 71 
iPaint, Luminous 82 
i'aper for Silverware. 47 
Periodicals. 
The Bo«ton Journal of Chemistry 12 
The Builder and Wood-Worker 12 
The Phren-oiogical Journal 27 
Ward's Natural Science Bulletin 27 
Pharaoh's Serpents — Non- Poisonous. 104 
Photographs that Wink 143 
Pipe, 'I'o Bend a 152 
Pipes, Lime- Encrusted, To Clean 47 
Plantingfor Timber and Fuel 118 
Plants, Preserving Colors of 143 
PlasterCasts, To Bronze 47 
Plate, Polishing Paste for. 31 
Plating, Cold Gold 131 
Polish, Starch 46 
Polishing, F-'-nck 46 
Polishing Glass 83 
Polishing Paste for Plats 31 
J'oli-hing Woodwork 107 
Pond Life, Marvelsof. .. 5,23,39, 56, 66, 77, 89, 101, 
114, .126, 139 
Postage-Stamp F raiids 93 
il^ower, Ocean Wave 31 
Pi inter' -s Display, Effect of 105 
Prints, Blue 31 
Putty, Haid - r 15 
Pats, Fishing for. 94 
Readers, To Our - 11 
Rifle, A Premium 11 
Piverof Hot Water 130 
Rupert's Drops 35 
PAGE 
St. Elmo's Fire 47 
Saws, Small, How to Make 53 
Sciences, Songs of the 39 
Scientific Absurdities 117 
Scientific Blunders 26 
Scientific Drama 97 
Screw-Driver Improvement - 83 
Scroll-Sawing 150 
Sea, A Story of the 109 
Seemgand Signalling 106 
ks HQ 
Shf 
Shells 
Shells and Corals. 
Shoes, Dressing for 
Silk Culture 
Skeletons, To Bleach 
Skins, To Remove Grease fr^ m 
Skins, Bird, To Soften . 
Silver, Aluminium 
Silverware, Paper for 
Silvering L-on 71, 
Snow Crystals...- 
Soap-Bubble ]?alloons 
Solomon and the Blacksmith 
Songs of the Sciences 
Sound 
Span of Wire, 'I'he Longest 
Sparrows, Persecution of the 
Spiders Obstructing the Telegraph 
Springs, Brass 
Stains of Nitrate of Silver, To Remove 
Starch as a Wood Filler 
Stars, Light of the 
States, Nicknames of the 
Statues, Bronze, To Clean 
Steel, Damascus 
Stove Polish 
Straw, To B'each 
Story of the Sea. . .' 
Sulphur : s a Lubricator. 
Sun, An Artificial 
Telegraph, Spiders Obstructing the 51 
Telescope, A Great 31 
Telescope, 'J he Largest 4'- 
'I'empering, Liquid tor 16 
Thermometers and Hydr meters, Deterioration f f . ... m8 
Timberan.l P'liel, Planting for iiS 
Tin, Absorption of Met- 1 by 107 
Transporting Aquatic Animals 74 
Trees, Growth of. 95 
Unconscious Effort 35 
50 
16 
15 
95 
105 
131 
19 
107 
47 
M3 
43 
15 
148 
39 
106 
13' 
94 
31 
15 
119 
29 
3' 
46 
Varnish, Amber 
Varni.sh for Maps and Drawings 
Varnishe.s, Alcoholic. . . 
Veneering with the Hammer 
Vermin, Carbolic Acid for 
Victoria Regia 
Violin, Construction of 52, 62, 
Wall-Papers, Poisonous 
Watch, How to Wind a 
Water-Lily, Cultivating the. . . 
Waterproof, To Render '1 issue 
Wheels, Reversing the 
Wires, Covering Electric 
Women, Art College for 
Woman as an Architect 
Wood, Black Dye for 
Wood-Carving, Amateur 
Wood, Ebonizing 
Wood-Filler, Starch as a 
Wood, A Useful 
Woods, Scroll-Sawing 
Woods, To Exhibit 
Wound, Nature's Dressing f >r 
Wounds from Hydrofluorij Acid 
Writing with I.emon-Juice 
Worms, To Kill 
119 
93 
42 
143 
143 
107 
4 
I 
46 
64 
81 
29 
59 
133 
134 
105 
46 
7^ 
126 
