1873.] 
( 5 6 9 ) 
INDEX. 
A CADIAN Geology ” (review), 
402 
Air, atmospheric, liquefadion of, 2S7 
— relation of moisture in, to health 
and comfort, ig5 
Algse in balsam, chloroform as a pre- 
paration for mounting dried, 
143 
Allen, J. A., and E. Coues, “ Repoit 
of the United States Geological 
Survey of the Territories” (re- 
view), 421 
— “ History of the American Bison ” 
(review), 95 
“ Altitude Tables, Pocket ” (review), 
267 
“ Analysis, Spedrum, Studies in ” (re- 
view), 407 
Animals, senses of the lower, 289 
“ Anthropological and Medical Sta- 
tistics ” (review), 106 
“ Arts, Manufactures, and Mining, 
Dictionary of” (review) 414 
Astronomical observatory at Meudon, 
new, 429 
Atkinson, E., “ Elementary Treatise 
on Physics ” (review), 265 
— Natural Philosophy for General 
Readers and Young Persons ” 
(review), 548 
— “ Treatise on Physics ” (review), 
112 
Atmospheric air, liquefaction of, 287 
Axes of doubly refracting substances, 
new arrangement for distinguish- 
ing the direction of, 284 
B AIRD, S. F., “ Annual Record of 
Science and Industry for 1876 ” 
(review), 99, 556 
— appointment as secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution, 430 
Balloon, captive, scientific experi- 
ments with, 429 
Barber, S., the halo in the Zenith, 
and the halo of go 3 , 140 
Barnard, C., and A. M. Mayer, 
“ Light ” (review), 551 
Barrett, W. F., telephone, 2S5 
Basin, M., prevention of explosions 
by fire-damp in coal mines, 144 
Battery, new powerful, 425 
Bauer, B., “ Influence of English 
Quakerdom cn German Culture, 
&c.” (review), 107 
Baxter, J. H., “ Medical and Anthro- 
pological Statistics ” (review), 
106 
Beauty, evolution of, 374 
Belt, T., stone implements in glacial 
drift in North America, 55 
— superficial gravels and clays, 317 
Biological point of view, “ Woman’s 
Rights ” question considered 
from, 469 
Biscuits, &c., containing solid and 
liquid food, 426 
“ Bison, History of the American ” 
(review), 95 
Book-bindings, destrudion of by coal- 
gas, 143 
“ Border Lands of Geology and 
History ” (review), 88 
Botany ” (review), 269 
Bothamley, C. H., residual pheno- 
mena, 282 
Bottomley, J. T., “ Dynamics” (re- 
view), no 
Briggs, R., relation of moisture in 
air to health and comfort, 195 
“ Bristol Naturalists’ Society Pro- 
ceedings ” (review), 95 
British Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, 499 
“ Brixham Cavern, Flints from ” (re- 
view), 271 
Browning, J., “ How to Work with 
the Spedroscope ” (review), 267 
“Building Construction” (review), 
268 
“ Bulletin of the United States Geo- 
logical and Geographical Survey 
of the Territories” (review), 274 
Burn, R. S., “ Building Construc- 
tion ” (review), 268 
Burton, R. A., visit to the Land of 
Midian, 429 
