1 8780] 
INDEX, 
57 * 
Fire-damp in coal-mines, preventing 
explosions of, 144 
“ Fish and Fisheries, United States 
Commission on,” (review), 107 
“ Flints from Brixham Cavern ” (re- 
view), 271 
Flower ? what is a, 484 
“ Flowers” (review), 554 
“ Flowers and Plants of the same 
Species, Different Forms of” (re- 
view). 125 
Fontaine, H., “ EleCtric Lighting ” 
(review), 548 
Food, biscuits containing preserved 
solid and liquid, 426 
G ALLIUM, description of the new 
metal, 288 
Genesis of matter, 491 
“ Geographical and Geological Survey 
of the Territories ” (review), 137, 
273 . 4 X 9 » 421 , 430 
“ Geological Record for 1875 ” (re- 
view), 131 
“ Geological Society of Edinburgh, 
Transactions of” (review), 41 1 
“ Geological Survey of India ” (re- 
view), 277, 405, 412, 421 
*' Geological Survey of Victoria ” 
(review), 275 
“ Geology, Acadian ” (review), 402 
“ Geology and History, Border Lands 
of ” (review), 88 
Giffard, M., scientific experiments 
with the captive balloon, 429 
Glacial drift in North America, stone 
implements in, 55 
Gladstone, J. H., examination of 
Dutch candles from Vigo Bay, 
426 
Gold and placer mines of Wicklow, 
189 
- — in old toning-baths, precipitating, 
425 
Gore, J. E., “ Southern Stellar Ob- 
jects for Small Telescopes” (re- 
view), 1 15 
Gravels and clays, superficial, 317 
Groves, J. W., method for keeping 
glass slides for the microscopical 
objects clean, 284 
Gundlach, E., examination of ob- 
jectives, 143 
H AUGH, F., precipitating gold in 
old toning-baths, 425 
Halo in the Zenith, and the halo of 
90°, 140 
“ Harmonics, Spherical ” (review), 114 
Harrison, W. H., “ Lazy Lays and 
Prose Imaginings ” (review), 108 
Hayden, F. V., “ Atlas of Colorado, 
428 
— “ Origin and Progress of the 
United States Geological and 
Geographical Survey of the Ter- 
- ritories ” (review), 273 
— “ Report of United States Geolo- 
gical Survey of the Territories ” 
(review), 137, 273, 419, 421, 430 
Health and comfort, relation of 
moisture in air to, 195 
“ Health, Board of, Report for City of 
Nashville ” (review), 272 
“ Heat-Engine, Steam-Engine consi- 
dered as a ” (review), 564 
“ Heaven and Hell ” (review), 422 
Henry, Professor, death of, 429 
“ Historic Naturalis Catalogus Poly- 
glottis ” (review), 105 
“ History and Geology, Border Lands 
of” (review), 88 
Hoopes and Townsend, Messrs., 
“ Improvements in certain Iron- 
work ” (review), 564 
Howitt, Mr., “ Survey of Victoria,” 
(review), 275 
Hughes, Prof., microphone, 424 
Hunt, R., “ Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, 
Manufactures, and Mining” (re- 
view), 414 
Huxley, I. IT, “ Physiography ” 
(review), 262 
Hydrogen, liquefaction of, 287 
J^NDIA, famines in, 433 
“ India, Geological Survey of” (re- 
view), 277, 405, 412, 421 
“ Indians, North-American, Descrip- 
tive Catalogue of Photographs 
of” (review), 406 
“ Industrial Applications, Metals and 
their Chief” (review), 410 
“Industrial Chemistry” (review), 
408 
“ Industry and Science, Annual Re- 
cord of” (review), 99, 556 
“ Institution, Smithsonian, Report of” 
(review), 97, 257 
Iridescent glass, 143 
“ Iron-work, Improvements in cer- 
tain ” (review), 566 
J ACKSON, W. H., “ Descriptive 
Catalogue of Photographs of 
North-American Indians ” (re- 
view), 406 
