Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures / A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science
Arabella B. Buckley
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  • Kant on nebular hypothesis, [152]
  • Kent's Cavern, rough stone implement from, [213]
  • Kepler, a lunar crater, [10]
    • streaks around, [17]
  • Kertag, or wild horse, [202]
  • Kew, sun-storm registered at, [143]
  • Kiang or Kulan, [200]
  • Kirchhoff, Prof., on sunlight, [128]
  • Kulan or Kiang, [200]
  • Labrador felspar artificially made, [113]
  • Langley, Prof., sun-spot drawn by, [141]
  • Laplace, nebular hypothesis of, [152]
  • Lava, aspect of flowing, [99]
    • reservoirs of molten, [101]
    • nature of, [107]
    • artificially made, [113]
    • two periods of crystallisation in, [115]
  • Lava-stream, history of a, [100]
    • section of a, [108]
    • rapid cooling of surface, [108]
  • Laver or sea-lettuce, structure of, [176]
  • Leo, the constellation, [155]
  • Leucotephrite artificially made, [113]
  • Lens, natural, of the eye, [31]
    • simple magnifying, [35]
  • Levy, M., artificial lava made by, [112]
  • Lichens, specimens of from life, [77]
    • the life-history of, [80]-[84]
    • sections of, [81]
    • distribution of [82], [95]
    • fructification of, [83]
    • causes of success of, [94]
  • Lick telescope, magnifying power of, [46]
  • Light, lurid, on moon during eclipse, [24]
    • sifted by spectroscope, [126]
  • Light-granules on sun's face, [123]
    • supposed explanation of, [141]
  • Lime-tree, fungi on the, [64]
  • Liss, bronze bracelet from, [223]
  • Little Bear, pole-star and guards in the, [162]
  • Lockyer, Mr., on sun-prominences, [131], [136]
  • Lunar Apennines figured, [19]
  • Lyræ ε, a double-binary star, [166]
  • Machairodus, tooth of, [213]
  • Madeleine, La, carvings from cave of, [216]
  • Magic glasses and how to use them, [27]
    • what can be done by, [28], [53]
  • Magician's chamber, [1]
    • his pupils, [4]
    • spells, [28]
    • his dream of ancient days, [209]
  • Magnetic connection of sun and earth, [142]
  • Magnifying-glass, action of a, [35]
  • Mammoth engraved on ivory, [216]
  • Maps of constellations, [148], [156]
  • Marasmius oreastes, fairy-ring mushroom, [55], [72]
  • Mazeppa, quotation from Byron's, [201]
  • Men of older stone age, [212]
    • of Neolithic age, [218]
  • Mesohippus, a toed horse, [205]
  • Microliths in volcanic glass, [109], [110], [113], [115]
    • formed in artificial lava, [113]
  • Microscope, [3]
    • action of the, [36]-[38]
  • Mildews are fungi, [60]
  • Milky Way, [149]
    • Cassiopeia in the, [163]
  • Minerals crystallising in lava, [108]
  • Mines, increase of temperature in, [101]
  • Miohippus, or lesser toed horse, [206]
  • Mizar, a double-coloured star in the Great Bear, [158], [168]
  • Monads, size and activity of, [183]
  • Monks, ancient, of Dartmoor, [196]
  • Monte Nuovo thrown up in 1538, [103]
  • Moon, phases of the, [6]
    • course in the heavens, [8]
    • map of the, [10]
    • craters of the, [10], [13], [17], [19], [20]
    • face of full, [11]
    • a worn-out planet, [21]
    • no atmosphere in the, [21]
    • diagram of eclipse of, [23]
    • lurid light on during eclipse, [24]
  • Moss-leaf magnified, [87]
  • Moss, life-history of a, [84], [92]
    • a stem of feathery, [85]
    • protonema of a, [86]
    • modes of new growth of a, [88]
    • fructification of a, [89]
    • urns of a, [89], [91]
  • Mosses, different kinds of, [77]
    • advantages and distribution of, [94]
  • Moulds are fungi, [60]
    • how they grow, [63]
  • Mountains of the moon, [19]
    • formation of, [21]
  • Mucor Mucedo, figured, [61]
    • growth of, [63]
  • Mull, volcanic dykes in the island of, [111]
  • Mushroom, early stages and spawn of, [67]
    • mycelium of, [67]
    • later stages of, [68]
    • section of gills of, [69]
    • spores of, [70]
    • fairy or Scotch bonnet, [72]
  • Mycelium of mould, [63]
    • of mushroom, [67]
    • of fairy rings, [72]
  • Naples, volcanic eruption seen at, [96]
    • Monte Nuovo thrown up near, [103]
  • Nasmyth on bright lunar streaks, [16]
  • Nebula of Orion, [149]
    • spectrum of, [151]
    • photographs of, [152]
    • of Pleiades, [153]
    • of Andromeda, [163]-[164]
  • Needle, bone, from a cave, [212]
  • Neolithic implements, [219]
    • industries and habits, [218]-[220]
    • burials, [221]
  • Neptune, invisible to naked eye, [35]
  • Neison, Mr., his drawing of Plato, [20]
  • Nostoc, growing on stones, [79]
  • Oak, fungi on the, [64]
  • Observatory, the Magician's, [2]
    • astronomical on Vesuvius, [97]
    • cascade of lava behind the, [99]
  • Obsidian, or volcanic glass, [109]
  • Occultation of a star, [22], [25]
  • Onager, or wild ass of Asia, [203]
  • Optic nerve of eye, [34]
  • Orion, constellation of, [147], [149]
    • great nebula of, [149]
    • photographs of Nebula of, [152]
    • coloured double stars in, [168]
  • Orionis θ, or Trapezium, [150]
  • Ornaments of ancient Britons, [222]
  • Orohippus, a toed horse, [205]
  • Oscillariæ, growth of, [79]
  • Palæolithic man, [212]
    • relics, [213]
    • life, [214], [216]
  • Pampas, wild horses of the, [198]
  • Penicillium glaucum, figured, [61]
    • growth of, [63]
  • Penumbra of an eclipse, [23]
    • of sun-spots, [140]
  • Perithecia of lichens, [84]
  • Petavius, a lunar crater, [10]
  • Photographic camera, [3], [47]
    • attached to telescope, [121]
  • Photographs of the moon, [13], [19]
    • of galloping horse, [48]
    • of the stars, [49], [161]
    • of the sun, [121]
  • Photosphere of the sun, [123]
  • Philadelphia, electric shocks at during sun-storm, [143]
  • Pixies of plant life, [59]
  • Plains of the moon, [10]
    • nature of the, [12]
  • Plants, colourless, single-celled, [65]
    • single-celled green, [78]
    • two kinds of in lichens, [80]
    • with flint skeletons, [185]
  • Plato, a lunar crater, [10], [24]
    • figured, [20]
  • Pleiades, the, [153]
    • nebulæ in, [153]
  • Pleurococcus, a single-celled plant, [78]
  • Plough, the, or Charles's Wain, [157]
  • Pointers, in Charles's Wain, [161]
  • Pole-star, the, [161]
    • a yellow sun, [166]
  • Pollux, a yellow sun, [166]
  • Polysiphonia, a red seaweed, [175]
    • fruit of, [177]
  • Polytrichum commune, a hair moss, [88]
    • its urns protected by a lid, [91]
  • Pool, inhabitants of a seaside, [172]-[174]
  • Precious stones, formation of, [116]
  • Proctor, his star atlas, [146]
    • on drifting of Charles's Wain, [159]
  • Prominence-spectrum and sun-spectrum compared, [134]
  • Prominences, red, of the sun, [125]
    • seen in full daylight, [131]-[133]
    • shape of, [135]
  • Protococcus nivalis, [79]
  • Protonema of a moss, [86]
  • Przevalsky's wild horse, [202]
  • Ptolemy, a lunar crater, [10]
  • Puffballs, [67], [70]
    • use of in nature, [73]
  • Pupil of the eye, [30]
  • Puzzuoli, eruption near, 1538, [103]
  • Quaggas, herds of, [203]
  • Rain-band in the solar spectrum, [130]
  • Rain-shower during volcanic eruption, [107]
  • Readings in the sky, [53], [127], [151], [168]
  • Red snow, a single-celled plant, [79]
  • Regulus, the star, [155], [166]
  • Reindeer, carving on horn of, [216]
  • Reservoirs of molten rock underground, [101]
  • Resina, ascent of Vesuvius from, [98]
  • Retina of the eye, [31]
    • image of object on the, [33]
  • Richmond, Virginia, infusorial earth of, [186]
  • Rigel, a star in Orion, [149]
    • a coloured double star, [168]
  • Rings, growth of fairy, [73]
  • Roberts, Mr. I., his photograph of Orion's nebula, [152]
    • and of nebula of the Pleiades, [153]
    • and of nebula of Andromeda, [164]
  • Rosse, Lord, his telescope, [46]
    • on Orion's nebula, [150]
    • stars visible in his telescope, [160]
  • Rue, De la, his photograph of the moon, [13]
  • Rust on plants, [61]
  • Sabrina island formed, [102]
  • Saturn, distance of, [40]
  • Saxons, invasion of the, [224]
  • Schwabe, Herr, on sun-spots cycle, [137]
  • Scoriæ of volcanoes, [108]
  • "Scotch bonnet" mushroom, [72]
  • Sea-mat, see Flustra
  • "Seas" lunar, so-called, [10]
  • Seaweeds, a group of, [175]
    • fruits of, [177]
  • Secchi, Father, on depth of a sun-spot, [139]
  • Selwyn, Mr., photograph of sun by, [122]
  • Senses alone tell us of outer world, [29]
  • Sertularia tenella, structure of, [180]
    • cupressina, [181]
  • Sertularian and coralline, resemblance of, [179]
  • Shakespeare on fairy rings, [57]
  • Shipley, Mr., saw volcanic island formed, [103]
  • Sight, far and near, [35]
  • Silkworm destroyed by fungi, [66]
  • Sirius, [146]
    • a bluish white sun, [166]
    • irregularities of caused by a companion, [169]
  • Skeleton of the horse, [206]
  • Skin diseases caused by fungi, [61], [66]
  • Sky, light readings in the, [53], [127], [151], [168]
  • Smut, a fungus, [61]
  • Sodium lime in the spectrum, [128]
  • Somma, part of ancient Vesuvius, [97], [104]
  • Spawn of mushroom, [67]
  • Spectra, plate of coloured, [127]
  • Spectroscope, [3]
    • Kirchhoff's, [51]
    • gases revealed by the, [52]
    • direct vision, [127]
    • sifting light, [126]
    • attached to telescope, [132]
  • Spectrum of sunlight, [127], [130]
  • Sphacelaria, a brown-green seaweed, [175]
    • fruit of, [177]
  • Sphagnum or bog moss, [77], [93]
    • structure of leaves of, [93]
  • Spindle-whorl from Neolithic caves, [219]
  • Spore-cases of mosses, [89], [91], [93]
  • Spores of moulds, [63]
    • of mushroom, [70]
    • of lichens, [83]
    • of mosses, [91]
  • Star, occultation of, by the moon, [24]
    • a double-binary, [166]
    • a dark, travelling round Sirius, [169]
  • Star-cluster in Perseus, [162]
  • Star-depths, [160], [171]
  • Stars, light from the, [40], [42]
    • visible in the country, [145]
    • apparent motion of the, [146]
    • maps of, [148], [156]
    • of milky way, [149]
    • binary, [154]
    • real motion of, [159]
    • drifting, [159]
    • number of known and estimated, [161]
    • colours of, [166]
    • double coloured, [167]
    • cause of colour in, [168]
    • are they centres of solar systems? [170]
  • Statur or wild horse, [202]
  • Streaks, bright, on the moon, [14]-[17]
  • Suffolk, bronze weapon from barrow in, [223]
  • Sun, path of the moon round the, [8]
    • one of the stars, [119]
    • how to look at the, [119]
    • face of, thrown on a screen, [120]
    • photograph of the, [122]
    • prominences, corona, and faculæ of, [122]-[125]
    • mottling of face of, [123]
    • total eclipse of, [124]
    • zodiacal line round, [125]
    • dark lines in spectrum of, [128]
    • reversing layer of, [131]
    • metals in the, [131]
    • sudden outburst in the, [142]
    • magnetic connection with the earth, [143]
    • a yellow star, [166]
  • Sun's rays touching moon during eclipse, [24]
  • Sun-spots, cycle of, [137]
    • proving sun's rotation, [138]
    • nature of, [139]
    • quiet and unquiet, [140]
    • formation of, [142]
  • Sundew on Dartmoor, [56]
  • Tarpan, a wild horse, [199]
  • Tartary, wild horses of, [199]
  • Tavistock Abbey, monks of, [196]
  • Telescope, clock-work, adjusting a, [2]
    • an astronomical, [41]
    • magnifying power of the, [43]-[46]
    • giant, [46]
    • terrestrial, [47]
    • what can be seen in a small, [46]
    • how the sun is photographed in the, [122]
    • how the spectroscope is worked with the, [132]
  • Teneriffe, peak of compared to lunar craters, [15]
  • Tennant, Major, drawing of eclipsed sun by, [123]
  • Temperature, underground, [101]
  • Thuricolla follicula, a transparent infusorian, [182]
  • Tiger, sabre-toothed, [211], [213]
  • Tilletia caria or bunt, [64]
  • Toadstools, [67], [70]
    • use of in nature, [73]
  • Tools, of ancient stone period, [214], [215]
  • Tooth of machairodus, [213]
  • Torquay, the Magician's pool near, [172]
  • Tors of Dartmoor, [197]
  • Trapezium of Orion, [150]
  • Tremella mesenterica fungus, [71]
  • Tripoli formed of diatoms, [35]
  • Tundras, lichens and mosses of the, [82], [95]
  • Tycho, a lunar crater, [10]
    • description of, [13]
    • bright streaks of, [14]