INDEX. 
547 
Iron, its History, Properties, and 
Process of Manufacture, by 
W. Fairbaim, C.E. (Review) .. 121 
Iron Plates for Vessels, Experi- 
ments made upon 394 
Iron-producing Power in England 66 
,, Sources whence obtained . . 64 
Jesse’s Gossip about Dogs .... 118 
,, Lectures on Natural His- 
tory (Review) 122 
Jukes’s Manual of Geology (Re- 
view) 506 
Kerosolene 264 
Kcelliker, Prof., on Glowworm . . 296 
Lamps, Oil, their History and Use 83 
Lankester, Dr., on Cotton 170 
,, on Food 245 
Lankester, Mrs., on the Daisy . . 17 
„ on White Clover 337 
,, on Wild Flowers 
worth Notice 121 
Lectures on Natural History, by 
E. Jesse 122 
Lewes, G. H., Reflex Theory .... 196 
Lewis, Sir G. C., on the Astro- 
nomy of the Ancients (Review), 509 
Light and Colour, by Robert 
Hunt 310 
Light, its Nature 312 
,, Analysis of a Ray of .... 313 
Light, Artificial, by D.T.Ansted 80 
Lowest Forms of Life, by the 
Editor 50, 145 
Magnetism 268 
Maling’s In-door Plants, and How 
to Grow them (Review) 121 
Marvels of Pond-life, by H. J. 
Slack (Review) 122 
Melicertadse, Builder Animalcules 474 
Metallurgy 261, 398, 530 
Meteorology 270 
Meteors 381 
Microscope, the, by Dr. Colling- 
wood 461 
Microscopic Life in the Island of 
St. Paul 516 
Microscopy, Summary of 258, 394, 527 
Mineralogy, „ . . 261, 398, 530 
Miscellanea 123, 223, 362, 502 
Mitchell’s Orbs of Heaven 506 
Mitchell, on Popular Astronomy 506 
Monkshood, Common, Description 
of the 375 
Moon, Mountains on the 512 
Mosses, British, new 516 
Nardoo Plant 515 
Natural History, Lectures on, by 
E. Jesse (Review) 122 
Nebula, Missing, the 379, 511 
Oats, Wild ( Avenafatua ) ...... 10 
Ophthalmoscope, the, by J. W. 
Hulke (Review) 242 
Orbs of Heaven, the, by O. M. 
Mitchell (Review) 506 
Page’s Past and Present Life of 
the Globe (Review) 116 
Palaeontology, Summary of . . 390, 524 
Paraffine 84 
Paraffin Oil, Properties of ...... 388 
Paraselenae, or Mock Moons .... 218 
Parhelia, or Mock Suns 218 
Percy’s Metallurgy (Review) .... 370 
Petroleum Wells 264 
Philosophy, Natural, Elements of 378 
Phosphorescence of the Sea, by 
A. de Quatrefages, translated 
by the Editor 275 
Phosphorescence of the Sea, Causes 278 
,, Descrip- 
tion of 275 
Phosphorescent Animals, List of . 295 
Phosphorus, Photography on ... . 267 
Photographic Image, Composition 266 
Photography, Summary of, 265, 400, 532 
,, Stained Glass used in 267 
Physics, Summary 267 
,, Elementary Treatise on . 377 
Physics of a Sunbeam, by R. 
Hunt 438 
Planets, New 382, 513 
Plough, Steam 409 
Poisonous Plants, British 375 
Polyzoa, Mounting of 529 
Precious Stones, Artificial 332 
Primitive Astronomy, by the 
Editor 426 
Protophyta, or First Plants .... 50 
Pi-otozoa, or Lowest Animals .... 145 
Provincial Institutions and So- 
cieties 123, 229, 862, 505 
Pyroxylin, or Gun-Cotton 175 
Pythagorean, or Philolaic System 
of Astronomy 435 
Pythoness, the 538 
Quarterly Retrospect, 128, 247, 
379,511 
Quatrefages on the Phosphores- 
cence of the Sea 375 
Quatrefages on the Unity of the 
Human Species (Review) 232 
Reed, H., on Agricultural Imple- 
ments 407 
