INDEX. 
Fletcher’s Scientific Farming .... 509 
Flint Weapons, Scriptural Men- 
tion of 398 
Flourens’s Examen du Livre de 
M. Darwin 501 
Force and Matter, by Dr. Buch- 
ner 502 
Fossil Birds of Central France . . 114 
Fossil Bivalve Shells, Identifi- 
cation of. . 397 
Fossil Bones, Striae on 114 
,, from Caverns of Toul 113 
Fossil Insects of Carboniferous For- 
mation in Illinois 529 
Fossilization of West India Corals 532 
Fossil Reindeer of Ireland 532 
Fox, Dr., Parasitic Fungi 378 
Fresh Air, by Dr. Lankester .... 6 
Frogs, Habits of Australian Tree- 425 
Fucus, the Kilkee 389 
Funguses of England, the Escu- 
lent 90 
Fungus, Salt, Remedy for Vine . . 250 
Furnace, Gore’s New 419 
Furnaces, New Form of Siemen’s 272 
Furnace, Oil-lamp, for Melting 
Metals 405 
Galileo’s Weather-glass 420 
Galloway, R., Second Step in 
Chemisti*y 375 
Gamgee, J., Diseased Pork 141 
Gamma Andromeda; 244 
Gases 76, 132, 233, 247 
Generation, Spontaneous 389 
Geology and Palaeontology, Sum- 
mary of 110, 257, 394, 529 
,, of New Zealand 113 
,, of the Pyrenees 114 
Geranium Maculatum an Astrin- 
gent 121 
Ghost Apparatus, Plate X 236 
Glass, Ornamenting of, by Photo- 
graphy 131 
Globe, Aerial Currents of 407 
Glucinum and its Compounds .... 275 
Glyptodon, Vertebro-sternal .... 114 
Gold, Adulteration of Chloride of 415 
„ Inlaying in Glass 241 
Gore, G., New Furnace 419 
Granite, Chabasite in 408 
Grauite, How formed 397 
Granites of Ireland, Researches 
upon 394 
Granite, Slickensides in 260 
Greek Fire, by Dr. Richardson . . 164 
Greenlander, Upper Jaw of .... 563 
Griffith’s Text-book of Microscope 504 
Grotto of Laroque, Flint Weapons 
in 396 
Gummic Acid from Glucose .... 524 
Gunpowder 253, 391 
569 
Gun-Cotton 108, 528, 558 
Hailstones, Peculiar Form of . . 548 
Harrogate Water, Composition of 526 
Heat, Absorption and Radiation of, 
by Prof. Debus, Plate XIV. 351, 498 
Henslow, Rev. G., Botanical Exer- 
cises 358 
Herrings and Herring-Fishing, by 
the Editor 304 
High-pressure Boilers 536 
Hind, J. R., Introduction to As- 
tronomy 226 
Honey-Bees, Acclimatization of . . 139 
Home Walks and Holiday Ram- 
bles 96 
Human Skin, Absorptive Power of 117 
Hydrocyanic Acid, Properties of. . 528 
Hydrogen, Siliciuretted 252 
Hydro'ida, Classification of 565 
Hyaena, New Species of 398 
Hymenophyllurn andTrichomanes, 
Leaf Cells of 103, 248 
Ice, Peculiar Properties of 418 
Indium, Spectral Characters of . . 419 
Infusoria, Distribution of 138 
Insects and Crustacea, Homologies 
of 426 
Insulator, Improved Form of ... . 557 
Iodide of Ammonium 527 
Iodide of Mercury, Decomposition 
of 390 
Ionian Islands, Physical Geography 
of the 44 
Irish Crannoges 533 
Iron .... 122, 125, 404, 405, 421, 547 
Iron and Manna, Proto-iodide of 267 
Ironstone, Nickel and Cobalt in. . 276 
Iron Plates of Ships, Preservation 
of 124 
Isothermals of British Isle 406 
Jade, Nature of 126 
Jeffrey’s British Conchology .... 503 
Johnston’s Elements of Agricul- 
tural Chemistry, and Geology 5 OS 
Journal, New Mining 545 
Jerdon’s Birds of India 510 
Jupiter 100 
Jukes, J. B., Geology for Schools 222 
Kappa Cancri, Occultation of 9S, 244 
Kidney, Structure of 119, 266 
Kilkee Cliffs, Vegetation of .... 521 
Kirke’s Physiological Science .... 220 
Lankester, Dr., Fresh Air .... 6 
„ on Proper Clothing 338 
,, E. Ray, Fishes of Old 
Red Sandstone, Plate XVTI. . . 441 
