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INDEX. 
Acid, Vanadic 110 
Aconcagua, Volcano of 113 
HSpyorius Maximus, Egg of .... 564 
Agriculture, Summary of. . . . 381, 514 
Ailanthus, the 286 
Air Breathers in Nova Scotia. . . . 257 
Air in Swim-bladder of Eish .... 138 
Albertite in Scotland, Discovery. . 127 
Alcohol and Olefiant Gas 254 
,, in Diseases, Action of . . 268 
Aldehyde, Method of Producing. . 523 
Alligator, Entozoa in Stomach of . 424 
Alps, Railway Tunnel through the, 
Plate YII 157 
Aluminium, Coating Iron with . . 404 
Alunite, Characters of the 127 
Amoebae, Reproductive Phenomena 284 
Amalgamator, New Form of ... . 545 
Amblygonite 126 
American Lakes, Origin of 531 
Angler-Naturalist, the 89 
Angina pectoris, Cause of 266 
Aniline Dyes. By Dr. Phipson, 
Plate XVI 429 
Animals, Production of Sexes in. . 427 
Annelida, Alternation of Genera- 
tions in 566 
Ansted, Professor, Physical Geo- 
graphy of the Ionian Islands . . 44 
Anthropology, Meaning of 423 
Anti-Darwinianism 501 
Antimony, Preparation of 123 
Apjohn, M.D., J., Manual of the 
Metalloids 231 
Aqueous Rock Groups, Synoptical 
Table of 95 
Arkansite, Reproduction of 126 
Armour Plates 116, 238, 538 
Arnott, Dr., Natural Philosophy 376 
Ascophora nigrans, Artificial De- 
velopment of 104 
Asphalte Oil, Substitute for Coal 271 
Asthma, New Remedy for 402 
Astronomy, Summary of, 97, 243, 382, 
515 
Atlantic Cable, New 559 
Atmosphere, Carbonic Acid in . . 109 
,, Organic Corpuscles in 104 
,, Rotation of Upper 
Currents 547 
Aymestry Limestone, Relation of 
to Lower Ludlow 115 
Azulene, Optical Properties of . . 421 
Bactekia, in Typhoid Fever .... 270 
,, Present * of in Blood . . 120 
Ball, J., Guide to th 3 Alps 224 
Banana, Chemical Composition of 
Brazil 249 
Barometers for Measuring Alti- 
tudes 70 
Barometer, Hicks’ Standard .... 557 
Beetles new to Science 288 
Belts, Voltaic 234 
Bird’s Australian Climates 509 
Bisulphate of Carbon, Substitute 283 
Blasting, Electric Fuse for ,404 
Blast-Furnace, Iron and Steel in 4 03 
Blood, Action of Electricity on . . 12 9 
„ Condition of, in Inflamma- 
tion 542. 
,, Corpuscle, Nature of .... 399 
,, Expulsion of Carbonic Acid 
from 542 
,, Fatty Degeneration of ... . 541 
Bodily Work and Waste, by F. T. 
Bond, M.D 149 
Body, Organic Principles of 267 
Boilers, Explosions of Steam. .117, 272 
Bond, F. J., Bodily Work and 
Waste 149 
Bone Cave newly discovered .... 394 
,, Growth of 119 
Bones and Flint Implements at 
Audley-end 395 
Boring Machine 124 
Botanical Exercises, by Rev. G. 
Henslow 358 
Botany and Vegetable Physiology 101 
„ Summary of 247, 386,518 
,, to Palaeontology, Relation of 101 
Bothriocephalus latus, Develop- 
ment of 291 
Bottles, Securing Corks in, Patent 80 
Brachiopods in Isle of Wight .... 258 
Brain of Insects, Functions of. . . . 140 
Brand and Mildew, Plate VIII. 178 
Brazil, Coal Measures in 398 
Bree, M.D., C. R., Birds of 
Europe 228 
Brookite, Reproduction of 126 
Buds, the Evolution of 104 
Byblus Rush, Distribution of ... . 520 
Caddis Wokm, Habits of 285 
Cadmium Alloys 124 
Calabar Bean, Uses of 269 
