Popular Scientific Recreations / in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. - Gaston Tissandier

Aberration, Chromatic, [104].
of sphericity, [105].
Absorption of light, [95].
Acid, Acetic, [411].
Citric, [414].
Formic, [415].
Lactic, [415].
Malic, [414].
Oxalic, [414].
Tannic, [414].
Tartaric, [414].
Acoustics, Instruments for, [180].
The science of, [166].
Actinozoa, The, [710].
Action and reaction, [35].
Catalytic, [328].
Electro-chemical, [220].
Adhesion of fluids, [25].
Aerolites, Meteorites or, [493].
Age, The great ice, [595].
Agricultural, Science in, [7].
Air, Composition of, [340].
Composition of the, [45].
As motive power, [57].
Experiments with, [45].
Movement by heat, [82].
Pressure of, in bodies, [292].
on mountains, [55].
the, [45].
Science in open, [6].
Weight of the, [50].
pump, Experiments, [45].
Description, [51].
Sprengel’s, [51].
Alarum lamp, A new, [760].
Albumen, [422].
Alchemists, Celebrated, [336].
Alchemy, [336].
Alcoholic thermometers, [80].
Alcohol, [419].
Alembic, The, [357].
Algæ, Mosses and, [688].
Alkali, Definition of an, [310].
Alphabets, Telegraphic, [238], [241].
Alps, Electric clouds in the, [291].
Alum, [440].
Aluminum, [393], [439].
Amber, [421].
Amebæ, The, [705].
Ammonia, Uses of, [361].
Ammonite, [18].
Ammonium, [393], [437].
never found, [365].
Amorphous crystals, [431].
Anæsthetic, A new, [13].
Analysis of chance, [726].
Spectrum, [145].
Anamorphoses, [135].
Anatomy of the eye, [102].
Anemones, Sea, [710].
Angles, how to measure, [474].
Animal electricity, [283].
Animals, Classifications of, [701].
Vertebrate, etc., [700].
Annelidæ, The, [714].
Annulosa, The, [714].
Anthelion, An, [300].
Antimony, Uses of, [404], [446].
Apparatus for Botanists, [17].
Geologists, [17].
Mineralogists, [17].
Appliances, Astronomical, [557].
Aqua regia, [325].
Aquarium, A home-made, [9].
Aquarius constellation, [540].
Aquatic experiments, [9].
Arachnida, The, [723].
Arc, Voltaic, [223].
Archimedes, Principle of, [68].
Story of, [68].
Areometer, Use of the, [27].
Aries, Constellation, [536].
Arsenic, [386], [446].
Artesian wells, [604].
Ascents, Celebrated balloon, [301].
Ascent, Gay-Lussac’s, [298].
Astatic galvanometer, The, [227].
Asteroids, The, [527].
Astræa, Discovery of, [528].
Astronomers, Celebrated, [468].
Astrology, Early practice of, [467].
Astronomy, Definition of, [466].
History of, [466].
Terms used in, [471].
Atmosphere, Composition of, [340].
the same, [628].
Atmospheric boat, The, [452].
electricity, [283].
Atom, Definition of an, [309].
Atomic or combining weight, [309].
theory, The, [309].
Attraction, Capillary, [25], [64].
Chemical, [25].
Molecular, [65].
of cohesion, [24].
Audiphone, The, [185].
Uses of the, [185].
Augites, [439].
Aurora borealis, Cause of, [646].
Autophone, Principle of, [184].
Use of the, [183].
Axis, Floral, [679].
Azimuth compass, The, [260].
Azote, [359].
Balance, Chemists’, [26].
Hydrostatic, [26].
Laws of, [25].
Balard, Experiments of, [27].
Ballooning, Sensational, [302].
Balloons, Accidents to, [297].
Early ascents in, [296].
Endeavours to steer, [306].
Filling, [305].
Principle of, [305].
Band, A phantom, [196].
Barium, [393].
Barometer, Aneroid, The, [53].
Glycerine, The, [54].
Pascal’s, [52].
Weather forecasts, [652].
Barometers, Various, [53].
Barytes, [393], [438].
Bases, Definitions of, [310], [415].
Batteries, Different galvanic, [222].
Battery, electric, Description, [208].
Beaches, Mirage on, [18].
Bear, The Great, [542].
Bell, diving, The, described, [56].
Bernard Palissy, Saying of, [1].
Bessemer process, The, [399].
Bicyclist, A toy, [765].
Binocular vision, [141].
Biology, Meaning of, [658].
Bird, M. Tatin’s artificial, [451].
Birds, Mechanical, [449].
Blue John, [395].
Lias, The, [586].
Boat, Atmospheric, [452].
Bores, or tidal waves, [613].
Boron, [386].
Mineral nature of, [435].
“Boss” puzzle, The, [731].
Botanists, Apparatus for, [17].
Botany, Introduction to, [657].
Boxes, Scientific money, [745].
Breezes, Sea and land, [630].
British Isles, Date of the, [593].
Bromine, where found, [367].
Bronze Age, The, [598].
Bulb, What is a, [667].
Wollaston’s, [91].
Bullets formed by electricity, [264].
Bunter formation, The, [585].
Buoyancy of water, The, [67].
Burglar-detector, A new, [195].
Butterflies, Capture of, [16].
Cabinets, Optical, [98].
Cadot’s clock, [752].
Cæsum, [393].
Calamine, [403].
Calcium, [393], [437].
Calculation, Machine for, [755].
Caloric, Theory of, [72].
Calyx, The, [675].
Cambrian system, [575].
Camera obscura, The, [140].
photographic, The, [151].
Camphor, [421].
Campylometer, Construction, [750].
Use of the, [749].
Cancer, Constellation, [538].
Candle, The burning of, [155].
Capillarity, [25].
Description of, [64], [25].
Capillary attraction, [64], [25].
Capricornus, Constellation, [539].
Carbon, Importance of, [368].
Mineral nature of, [435].
Carbonic acid, [343].
Danger of, [374].
Carboniferous formation, The, [578].
Carbonization, Slow, [423].
Card, to perforate by electricity, [215].
Caseine, [422].
Castelli, Experiment of, [78].
Catalepsy, How to induce, [12].
in fowls, [12].
Cataleptic fowl, The, [12].
Cell, A botanical, [661].
Cells, Animal, [704].
Plant, [661].
Cellular tissues, [661].
Cementation, [398].
Centre of Gravity, [25].
magnitude, [34].
parallel forces, [34].
Centrifugal force, [43].
Cephalopods, [725].
Ceres, Discovery of, [528].
Chalk, Fossils of the, [589].
Chance, Analysis of, [726].
Chemical attraction, [25].
Chemistry, Early history of, [336].
Introduction to, [307].
Organic, [410].
Sleight of hand and, [335].
The science of, [22].
without a laboratory, [313].
Children,, Simply-made toys for, [764].
Trapeze and swing for, [763].
Chladni’s figures, [195].
Chlorine, [366].
Uses of, [367].
Chloroform, Use of, [420].
Chlorophane, [333].
Chlorophyl, Definition of, [660].
Chromatic aberration, [104].
Chromosphere, The sun’s, [499].
Chromium, [404], [446].
Chromograph, The, [748].
Chronograph, The, [478].
Chronometers, Solar, Use of, [563].
Circles, Optical illusions with, [131].
Circulating fountain, The, [454].
Cirripeds, The, [723].
Classification of animals, [701].
plants, [694].
Clay, Uses of, [321].
Cleavage attribute of minerals, [432].
Clepsydra, The, [479].
Climate, Differences in, [653].
Meaning of the term, [652].
Climatology, [651].
Clock, A cosmographical, [559].
Cadot’s, [752].
Houdin’s, [752].
Roberts’, [753].
Clock-lamp, A, [759].
Clocks, Ancient, [479].
Mysterious, [752].
Watches and, [479].
Clouds, Causes of, [634].
Classification of, [635].
Electricity in, [287].
Vapour and, [634].
Coal, Formation of, [375].
Coal found in basins, [581].
measures, Animal life of, [578].
period, Plants of the, [80].
Cobalt, Nickle and, [401], [445].
Cock, A cataleptic, [12].
Cohesion attribute of minerals, [431].
Attraction of, [24].
Coke ovens, [370].
Coleoptera, The, [720].
Collection of insects, [8].
Colouring of flowers, Artificial, [329].
Colours, Star, [548].
Coma, [416].
Combustion, [345].
Comets, Celebrated, [492].
distinguished by, [491].
Commutator, The, [236].
Compass, Azumith, The, [260].
Invention of the, [259].
Mariners’, To make, [201].
Ordinary form of the, [259].
Compensation in optics, [132].
Composition of the atmosphere, [340].
Conduction of electricity, [202].
Conductors, electric, List of, [210].
Heat, [89].
Constellations, Northern, [541].
Southern, [543].
The chief, [536].
Copper, [401], [445].
Coral insect, The, [620].
islands, [619].
Corals, [710].
Cords, Knots, and puzzles, [775].
Corolla, The, [675].
Cost of light, [101].
Crabs, [723].
Hermit, [723].
Crust, The earth’s, [566].
Crustacea, The, [722].
Crystallization, Instantaneous, [319].
Crystallography, [424].
The study of, [427].
Crystals, Definition of term, [426].
Forms of, [427].
Systems of, [427], et. seq.
Cucumbers, Sea, [714].
Cups, Volta’s crown of, [220].
Curiosity, The age of, [8].
Currents, Air, winds, and, [629].
Curves, Various sound, [176].
Cyanogen, [378].
Daguerreotypes described, [152].
Dark spot, The, [134].
Dazzling top, The, [128].
Dead Sea, Drowning in the, [67].
Decomposition, [423].
Definition of physics, [22].
Definitions, Scientific, [4].
Density, Laws about, [24].
Despatch, The pneumatic, [57].
Devonian system, [576].
Dew, Hail and, [641].
Diamonds, Cutting of, [369].
Dip, Magnetic, [256].
Discharges, Electric, [214].
Discoveries, Astronomical, [468].
Discs, Rotating use of, [108].
Distances, Measurement of, [482].
Distillation, Sublimation and, [86].
Dogs, New work for, [758].
Double stars, List of, [547].
Dress, Boyton’s swimming, [460].
Drops, Prince Rupert’s, [81].
Drummond light, The, [160].
Dunes, History of the, [615].
Dyes, Hair, [326].
Ear, Anatomy of the, [166].
Earth, Constitution of the, [568].
Crust of the, [566].
Facts about the, [508].
Formation of the, [566].
Form of the, [504].
Latitude and longitude of, [504].
Motion of the, [504].
Rate of motion of the, [504].
Stoppage of the, [507].
Track of the, [506].
Earthquakes, Motion of, [623].
Volcanoes and, [620].
Ebullition, [83].
Temperature for, [83].
Echo, Causes of, [171].
Definition of an, [171].
Eclipses, Causes of, [518].
Lunar, [519].
Solar, [519].
Ecliptic, The, [497].
Egg, electric, The, [214].
Elasticity, Motion by, [36].
Electric egg, The, [214].
light, How to produce, [265].
machine, To make an, [207].
pen, The, [248].
toys, [279].
Electricity a mystery, [197].
Animal and other, [282].
Conduction of, [202].
decomposes water, [226].
Derivation of, [197].
Domestic lighting by, [271].
in clouds, [287].
in medicine, [230].
Negative and positive, [203].
Novel applications of, [250].
not to be played with, [205].
Static and dynamic, [209].
Velocity of, [212].
Electro-magnetism, [255], [260].
Electro-motograph, The, [262].
Electroplating, [227].
Electrotyping, [229].
Electrodes, Poles or, [221].
Electrolysis, [226].
Electrometer, Torsion, The, [209].
Electrophorus, How to make, [198].
Peiffer’s, [279].
Electroscope, To make an, [206].
Elements, Definition of the, [307].
Electrical relation, [410].
Phial of the four, [47].
Table of the, [308].
Emulsion process, The, [153].
Encrinites, The, [713].
Endless rails, Use of, [771].
Endogens, Enogens and, [665].
Endosmose, [663], [692].
Energy changed into heat, [91].
Entozoa, The, [716].
Eocene formation, The, [591].
Epidermis of plants, [664].
Epsom salts, [395].
Equator, Magnetic, [256].
Equilibrium, Laws of, [28].
Equatorial, The, [478].
Equinoctial, The, [495].
Equinoxes, Precession of the, [497].
Solstices and, [496].
Eruption, Signs of an, [621].
Estimation, ocular, Illusions of, [116].
Ether, [419].
Stillness of, [168].
The nature of, [93].
Eudrometer, Use of the, [353].
Europe, Geological date of, [593].
Eusthenes, Experiment by, [38].
Evaporation defined, [83].
Laws of, [84].
Exogens, Endogens and, [665].
Experiments, Some of Edison’s, [269].
Eye, Accommodation in the, [103].
Light in the, [142].
The, an optical instrument, [102].
Faculae, what they are, [498].
Fata Morgana, The, [649].
Felspars, [442].
Fertilization of plants, [682].
Fibrine, [422].
Figures, Chladni’s, [195].
Fiords, Norwegian, [615].
Fire, Green, [393].
Red, [395].
Fish, A fossil, [577].
Electric, [284].
Magic, [281].
New swimming toy, [765].
Star, [713].
Fishes, how they breathe, [358].
Fixed stars, The, [535].
Flames, Sensitive, [195].
Singing, [195].
Flowers, artificial, Colouring of, [329].
what are they, [675].
Fluorine, [368].
Flying, Earliest attempts at, [294].
Foraminifera, The, [705].
Force, Centrifugal, [43].
Definition of a, [4].
Forces, Natural, [22].
Parallel centre of, [34].
Formation, Carboniferous, [578].
Eocene, [591].
Jurassic, [586].
Lias, [586].
Maestricht, [590].
Miocene, [593].
Oolite, [586].
Permian, [582].
Trias, [585].
Wealden, [588].
Fountain, Circulating, [453].
Fracture, attribute of minerals, [433].
Franklin, Experiments of, [205].
Fraunhofer, Discovery of, [143].
Freezing machinery, [363].
mixtures, [89].
Friction, Definition of, [40].
Inertia and, [35], et sq.
Frogs, Electrified, [217].
Tree, [11].
Fruit, Definition of, [684].
How formed, [683].
Fruits produced by one carpel, [685].
several, [685].
Fulgarites, [644].
Fungi, [690].
Destructive, [690].
Edible, [691].
Propagation of the, [692].
Fusee, The, [481].
Fusion, Definition of, [88].
Future ages, The, [599].
Galaxy, The, [553].
Galena, Use of, [401].
Galileo, Tube of, [148].
Galleries, Whispering, [172].
Galvani, defeated by Volta, [218].
Discovery of, [217].
Galvanometer, Astatic, [227].
Pungent, [227].
, Use of the, [223].
Galvanoscope, The, [227].
Game, The needle, [729].
Games, Mathematical, [726].
Garnets, Mineral nature of, [442].
Gas, Coal, [375].
companies’ profits, [377].
Definition of, [4].
harmonicon, The, [351].
Laughing, [361].
Marsh, [347].
Gases, Liquids and, [44].
Gauges, Rain, [638].
Gazogene, Use of the, [373].
Gemini, Constellation, [537].
Gems, The precious, [443].
Generation of heat, [77].
Generator, gramme, The, [268].
Geography, Geology and, [564].
Physical, [601].
Sources of, [603].
Geologists, Apparatus for, [17].
Geology, what it teaches, [565].
Germany, experiment in, [13].
Geysers, The, [605].
Theory of the, [84].
Ghost, Pepper’s, [138].
stories, [161].
Ghosts, Explanations about, [161].
substantial, [142].
Gilding, Processes of, [407].
Glacial period, Cause of the, [595].
The, [595].
Glaciers, Ice-rivers and, [606].
Glass, Facts about, [384].
perforated by electricity, [215].
Glauber’s salt, [393].
Globe, Motion of the, [504].
Spherical form of the, [504].
Globes, terrestrial, Use of, [562].
Gold, Nuggets of, [407], [447].
resists acid, [325].
the king of metals, [325].
Goniometer, Use of the, [431].
Gramme generator, The, [268].
Grapes, method of preserving, [768].
Grapes, Room for preserving, [768].
Graphite, Plumbago or, [370].
Gravitation, Force of, [4], [486].
Laws of, [2].
Gravity, Centre of, [25].
less in the air, [24].
same in all bodies, [24].
Green fire, [393].
Grit, Millstone, [581].
Grotto del Cave, The, [374].
Gulf Stream, The, [618].
Gum, [418].
Gymnotus, Electricity of the, [284].
Gyroscope, Principle of the, [277].
The, [742].
The electric, [743].
Hail, Dew and, [641].
Halos, Lunar, [648].
Harmonograph, Construction, [175].
Havre, Mirage at, [19].
Heat, a series of vibrations, [74].
Absorption of, [75].
Conduction of, [89].
Definition of, [72].
Development of, [77].
Expansion by, [81], [82].
Generation of, [77].
How to study, [75].
Latent, [89].
light and, Connection of, [94].
Mechanical equivalents, [74].
Material theory of, [72].
produces changes of state, [89].
Radiant, [90].
Reflection and refraction, [92].
Science of, [72].
Sources of, [77].
Specific, [88].
spectrum, The, [146].
the movement of particles, [91].
Theory of, [72].
History, Natural, [4].
Holland, Sailing on land in, [463].
Home-made aquarium, A, [9].
Hope, Mathematical, [727].
Moral, [727].
Horn, Alexander’s, [183].
Hornblend, [439].
Horoscopes, Early study of, [467].
Horses, Electric government of, [250].
Houdin’s clock, [752].
Household, Scientific objects for, [747].
Hydraulic Lift, The, [71].
press, The, [61].
Hydraulics, [70].
Hydrogen, Apparatus for, [322].
Bubbles of, [351].
How to generate, [350].
Hydrometers, Table of, [420].
Hydrophilus, The, [10].
Hydrostatics, Principles of, [61].
Hydrozoa, The, [708].
Hymenoptera, The, [721].
Hypnotism, [13].
Ice, How to freeze, [76].
The age of, [595].
Ice-rivers, Glaciers and, [606].
Ice-yachts, Canadian, [463].
Iceland, Geysers in, [605].
Igneous rocks, [571].
Illusions, Optical, [116].
More about, [129].
Images, Accidental, [112].
Implements, Neolithic, [598].
Palæolithic, [598].
Inclination, Magnetic, [256].
Indicator, Use of the celestial, [558].
Inertia, Definition of, [5].
Experiments in, [37].
Friction and, [35], et sq.
Laws of, [35].
Inflorescence, [679].
Varieties of, [680].
Infusoria, Divisions of the, [707].
How to capture, [15].
Origin of, [707].
Study of, [7].
Inks, how made, [414].
Insects, [717].
Anatomy of, [717].
Collection of, [8].
Eyes of, [718].
Feet of, [718].
Orders of, [720].
Palace for, [10].
Preservation of, [8].
Transformations of, [719].
Insulators, electric, List of, [210].
Integrator, Boys’ mechanical, [264].
Intensity of sound, [171].
Iodine, [368].
Iron age, The, [598].
Bar, [397].
Mineral nature of, [443].
Ores of, [444].
Pig or cast, [397].
Pyrophoric, [322].
unites with oxygen, [321].
whence obtained, [396].
Irradiation, Laws of, [106].
Islands, Coralline, [619].
Isoclinic lines, [257].
Isodynamic lines, [257].
Isogenic lines, [257].
Jar, Leyden, Home-made, [199].
Jardin, The, near Chamouni, [607].
Jelly-fish, [709].
Jersey, Mirage in, [19].
Juggling, Balance experiments, [31].
Juno, Discovery of, [528].
Jupiter, Appearance of, [530].
Moons of, [529].
The planet, [528].
Jurassic formation, The, [586].
Keuper formation, The, [585].
Kinetic theory, The, [72].
Kite, A new, [448].
Franklin’s, [286].
Knots and cords, Puzzle of, [775].
Laboratory, Chemistry without, [313].
Lactoscope, The, [157].
Ladd, Lontin and, [275].
Lakes, [627].
Lamp, A good petroleum, [761].
A new alarum, [760].
Dobereiner’s, [408].
Gay-Lussac’s, [327].
The Edison, [269].
The safety, [347].
The Swan, [271].
Land, Sailing on, [463].
Water and, [603].
Lantern, Magic, [158].
Lapis-lazuli, [442].
Latent heat, [89].
Latex, what it is, [663].
Latitude, Longitude and, [505].
Laughing gas, [361].
Laurentian system, The, [573].
Lead, [401], [446].
Crystallization of, [323].
Leaning, Laws concerning, [33].
towers, Laws of, [33].
Leaves, Anatomy of, [671].
Arrangement of, [673].
The, [670].
Varieties of, [671].
Various, [150].
Leech, The, [714].
Lenses, Description of various, [150].
Leo, Constellation, [538].
Lepidoptera, The, [721].
Leyden jar, To make a, [199].
Lias, The, [586].
Libra, Constellation, [539].
Lichens, [689].
Lift, Hydraulic, [71].
Light, a vibratory motion, [93].
Absorption of, [95].
and its sources, [93].
Cost of, [101].
Decomposition of, [143].
Definition of, [93].
Lightning, Different kinds of, [289].
Light distributed in rays, [94].
electric, How to produce, [265].
First discovery of, [221].
heat and, Connection of, [94].
in the eye, [142].
of an electric spark, [119].
oxy-hydrogen, The, [160].
Polarization of, [155].
producer of life, [660].
Reflection of, [95].
Refraction of, [96].
Velocity of, [94].
what made up of, [143].
Zodiacal, [500].
Lightning, Forked and sheet, [289].
Colour of, [288].
Lights, Bengal, how made, [404].
Comparison of, [99].
Lime, Salts of, [393], [437].
Lines, Isoclinic, [257].
Isodynamic, [257].
Isogonic, [257].
Isothermal, [653].
oblique, Influence of, [121].
Linnæan system, The, [695].
Liquids, Definition of, [4].
Displacement of, [69].
Gases and, [44].
Lithium, [393].
Longitude, Latitude and, [505].
Lontin, Ladd and, [275].
Ludion, The, [57].
Luminous paint, [160].
surfaces, Laws of, [107].
Machine, electric, To make an, [207].
Tree-felling, [767].
Writing, [246].
Machines, Electro-magnetic, [272].
Maestricht formation, The, [590].
Magic squares, [732].
top, The, [740].
Magnesian limestone, The, [583].
Magnesium, [395], [439].
Magnet, A natural, [231].
Definition of a, [231].
Magnetic dip, The, [256].
inclination, [256].
Magnetism, Electro, [255].
Terrestrial, [645].
Magnetization, [232].
Magnets in ancient times, [254].
Magnitude, Centre of, [34].
Man, cave, The, [598].
during the Glacial Period, [597].
prehistoric, [597].
river-drift, The, [598].
Manganese, [400], [445].
Mars, Moons round, [526].
The planet, [523].
Mathematical games, [726].
Matter, Definition of, [4].
Medullary rays, The, [669].
Medusæ, The, [709].
Phosphorescence of, [740].
Megaphone, Mr. Edison’s, [183].
Membrane tympani, The, [166].
Menagerie for insects, [10].
Menisques in a barometer, [65].
Mercury, All about, [521].
Fulminating, [420].
Uses of, [405], [446].
Mesozoic period, The, [584].
Metals, Characteristics of, [388].
Classification of, [389], [409].
Common and precious, [320].
in the spectroscope, [146].
Noble, [405].
Specific gravity of, [389].
what they are, [388].
Meteorites, aerolites, or, [493].
Meteorology, [628].
Phenomena of, [20].
Meteors, what are they? [490].
Mica, [443].
Microscope, Invention of the, [149].
periscopic, The, [150].
The spectrum, [147].
Microscopes, Reflecting, [150].
Milk, Constituents of, [422].
Sugar of, [423].
Milky way, The, [553].
Millstone grit, [581].
Mineralogists, Apparatus for, [17].
Mineralogy, Crystallography, [424].
Mineral waters, [372].
Minerals, Amorphous, [431].
Classification of, [424], [425].
Definition of the term, [424].
Synoptical table of the, [435].
Miocene formation, The, [593].
Mirage at Havre, [19].
Cause of, [649].
in Jersey, [19].
on beaches, [18].
Mirrors, Remarks on, [95].
Mistral, The, [631].
Mixtures, Freezing, [89].
Molecule, Definition of a, [309].
Molluscs, [724].
Money-boxes, Scientific, [745].
Montgolfier, Discovery of, [2].
Early balloons of, [295].
Monsoon, The, [630].
Moon, Description of the, [510].
Eclipses of the, [519].
Influences of on weather, [652].
its influence on the tides, [517].
Motion of the, [513].
Phases of the, [515].
Rate of progression of the, [513].
Superstitions concerning, [510], [513].
Surface of the, [511].
Planetary, [489].
Morphine, [416].
Morse system, The, [241].
Morse’s telegraph, [233].
Mosses, Algæ and, [688].
Motion, Causes of, [40].
Definition of, [40].
Perpetual, [41].
Mould, Vegetable, [690].
Mountain strata, Contortion of, [625].
What is a, [624].
Mountains, Causes of, [624].
Slopes of, [625].
Movements, Synthesis of, [124].
Multiplier, First use of the, [232].
Mural circle, The, [478].
Musical pitch, [193].
Muslin, Incombustible, [313].
Myriapoda, The, [716].
Natural History, [4].
Philosophy, [4].
system, The, [699].
Nature, Balance of, [617].
Forces of, [22].
Need for knowing about, [3].
Nothing mute in, [21].
Smooth polish of, [14].
Phenomena of, [3].
what it is, [2].
Near-sightedness, [140].
Nebulæ, [551].
Needle, Game of the, [729].
The magnetic, [231].
machine, The, [238].
Negative and positive electricity, [202].
Neptune, The planet, [534].
Nichol’s prism, [156].
Nicholson’s classes of plants, [702].
Nickel, cobalt and, [401], [445].
Nicotine, [416].
Nina, The, [773].
Nitrogen, [359].
Compounds of, [359].
Monoxide, [361].
Nitrogenous substances, [422].
Nodal points, The, [194].
Nodes of sound waves, [169].
Noise distinguished from sound, [167].
Nomenclature, Astronomical, [471].
Normandy, A trip in, [6].
Object, A natural, [3].
Oils, Fats and, [421].
“Old Red” a fresh-water deposit, [577].
Oolite formation, The, [586].
Opium, [416].
Optical cabinets, [98].
Optics, The science of, [93].
Organic chemistry, [410].
Orion constellation, [544].
Orthoptera, The, [721].
Oxidation, [349].
Oxygen, Discovery of, [348].
consumed by breathing, [342].
How to obtain, [348].
Oysters, Light from shells of, [160].
Ozone, Use of, [344].
Paint, Luminous, [160].
Palace, Insects, [10].
Palæozoic systems, [573].
Pallas, Discovery of, [528].
Paper wheel toy, [764].
Parachutes, Descents by, [304].
Parallax, Explanation of, [484].
Illustrations of, [483].
Use of, [485].
Para-magnetic and dia-magnetic, [258].
Paraselenæ, Cause of, [648].
Paris, Great snowfall in, [20].
Pedometer, The, [756].
Peiffer’s electrophorus, [279].
Pen, electric, The, [248].
Pencil, Edison’s Pneumatic, [454].
Pendulum, Description of the, [42].
The, [481].
Variations in the, [42].
Period, The Glacial, [595].
Permian formation, The, [582].
Fauna of, [582].
Phantom band, A, [196].
Pharaoh’s serpents, [315].
Phases of the Moon, [515].
Phenakistoscope, The, [110], [121].
Phenomena, Atmospheric, [642].
Chemical, [22].
Meteorological, [20].
Nature, [3].
of contrast, [112], [113].
Physical, [22].
Phial of the four elements, [47].
Philosophy, Natural, [4].
Phonograph, Edison’s, [190].
Phosphorescence, [331].
Phosphorus, Bologna, [333].
how obtained, [381].
Photography, Camera for, [151].
Instantaneous, [153].
Photometers, [101].
Photometry, [101].
Photophone, The, [155].
Photosphere, The, [499].
Phraseology, Chemical, [338].
Physics, Meaning of, [22].
Mechanical, [31].
Pile, A microscopic, [200].
hermetic, The, [283].
Volta’s first, [219].
Zamboni, [221].
Pins, scarf, Electrical, [281].
Pisces, Constellation, [540].
Pistil, The, [678].
Pistils, Use of, [665].
Pitch, Musical, [193].
Plains, [626].
Planet, The giant, [528].
Planets, Comparative sizes of, [487].
List of the, [487].
Minor, [489], [527].
Moons of the, [489].
Plant, Definition of a, [661].
Plants, Classification of, [694].
Flowering, [664].
Growth of, [665].
Monœcious, [681].
Non-flowering, [686].
Similarity of, to animals, [658].
Structure of, [661].
Plateaus, Tablelands or, [626].
Plating, Electro, [227].
Platinum, All about, [327].
Uses of, [408], [447].
Plumbago, Graphite or, [370].
Plutonic rocks, The, [601].
Pneumatic despatch, The, [57].
Polaris, The star, [542].
Polarization of light, [155].
Polarizer, Use of a, [156].
Poles, Electrodes or, [221].
Pompeii, Paintings at, [121].
Porcelain, Manufacture of, [441].
Porosity, Definition of, [5].
Positive and negative electricity, [202].
Portuguese man-of-war, The, [709].
Potassium, [390], [437].
Compounds of, [391].
Praxinoscope, The, [110], [123].
theatre, The, [126].
Prehistoric man, [597].
Preservation of insects, [8].
Press, Hydraulic, [61].
Pressure, Fluid application of, [63].
on the ocean bed, [616].
Prism, Nichols’, [156].
Probabilities, Science of, [726].
Protoplasm, Definition of, [659].
Protozoa, Definition of, [704].
Protractor, Use of the, [475].
Pump, The common, [57].
Punctum cæcum, The, [134].
Puzzle, The “Boss,” [731].
Pyrites, Crystallized, [18].
Iron, [444].
Pyrometer, The, [91].
Quadrant, Use of the simple, [476].
Quarry, Derivation of the term, [427].
Quartz, Varieties of, [436].
Quicksilver. See Mercury.
Quinine, [416].
Radiant heat, [90].
Rain, Causes of, [637].
Distribution of, [637].
Measurement of, [638].
water, The, [71].
River-beds, Slope of, [626].
Rainbow, The, [647].
Rays, Medullar, [669].
Reaction, Action and, [35].
Recreation, Science and, [1].
Red fire, [395].
Reflection of heat, [92].
light, [95].
sound, [171].
Refraction of heat, [92].
Reaction of, light, [96].
sound, [171].
Refractions, Table of, [479].
Reptiles, The age of, [585].
Repulsion in air-particles, [48].
Ruins, [421].
Rest, No absolute, [40].
Rhizome, Definition of, [667].
Rhone, Colours of the, [570].
Robert’s clock, [753].
Robin’s spectres, [138].
Rocks, Acidic, [602].
Basic, [602].
Igneous, [571], [601].
Plutonic, [601].
Sedimentary, [570].
Volcanic, [601].
Roots, Various, [666].
Rubidium, [393].
Sagittarius, Constellation, [539].
Sailing on railroads, [465].
Salt, Glauber’s, [393].
Epsom, [395].
what meant by in chemistry, [311].
Sandstone, Old Red, [576].
Upper Red, [585].
Sassoline, Boron or, [435].
Satellites, Planetary, [489].
Saturn, Rings of, [532].
Satellites of, [532].
The planet, [532].
Tree of, [323].
Sawing, Machine for, [767].
Scale, diagonal, Use of the, [477].
Scarf-pins, Electrical, [281].
Scavengers, Nature’s, [713].
Scenograph, Description, [153].
Scheele, Apparatus used by, [28].
Science and Recreation, [1].
Definitions of, [1]-5.
Domestic economy and, [757].
in the open air, [6].
Scorpio, Constellation, [539].
Sea, At the bottom of the, [615].
Saltness of the, [610].
The, [610].
anemones, [710].
bed, Irregularity of the, [617].
cucumbers, [714].
urchins, [712].
water, Buoyancy of, [67].
Composition of, [610].
Sealing-wax, Experiments with, [197].
Seasons, Recurrence of the, [507].
Sedimentary rocks, [570].
Selenium, [386].
Mineral nature of, [435].
Selenography, [510] et sq.
Semaphore, The, [232].
Serpents, Pharaoh’s, [315].
Sewing-machines, Motive power, [758].
Shadows, comic, [158].
Shot, how made, [403].
Signalling, [183].
Silicon, Silica and, [383], [436].
Silurian system, [575].
Silver dissolved by nitric acid, [326].
how obtained, [406], [447].
Uses of, [406].
Simoon, The, [631].
Sky, How to read the, [555].
why blue, [647].
Sleet, Cause of, [640].
Sleight of hand, Chemistry and, [335].
Smelting, Melting and, [396].
Snow, Causes of, [639].
Great falls of, [20].
what it is, [639].
Soap, how made, [391].
Soap-bubbles, Notes on, [98].
Sodium, [392], [437].
Experiments with, [317].
Solar chronometers, [563].
spectrum, The, [143].
Solid, Definition of, [4].
Solitaire, explanation of puzzles, [736].
The game of, [735].
Solstices, Equinoxes and, [496].
Sound impossible without air, [163].
Intensity of, [171].
Reflection of, [171].
Refraction of, [171].
transmitted by solids, [174].
Velocity of, [169].
Velocity of, varies, [170].
what it is, [167].
whence it arises, [167].
Sound-waves, Nodes of, [169].
to see, [173].
Sounds, musical and unmusical, [167].
Sources of heat, [77].
Space, what it is, [4].
Spar, Derbyshire, [395].
Spark, Electric duration of, [213].
Light of an electric, [119].
Speaking tubes, [172].
Specific gravity, [68].
Huxley’s definition of, [70].
of metals, [389].
Specific heat, [88].
Spectacles, Different glasses for, [150].
Spectra, Composition of, [147].
ocular, [143].
Spectral illusions, [161].
Spectre, a visible, [161].
of the Brocken, The, [650].
Spectres, Impalpable, [126].
M. Robin’s, [138].
Spectroscope, Discovery of the, [145].
Uses of the, [145].
Spectroscopy, Science of, [145].
Spectrum analysis, [145].
heat, [146].
solar, [143].
Sphericity, Aberration of, [105].
Spider tribe, The, [723].
Sponges, Nature of, [706].
Reproduction of, [706].
Spots, Sun, [498].
Springs, Causes of, [604].
Squares, Magic, [731].
Stamens, The, [677].
Uses of, [665].
Starch, Notes about, [417].
Star, pole, The, [494].
Star-fish, [713].
Stars, Clusters of, [551].
Colours of the, [548].
Distance of the, [544].
Double and multiple, [546].
Falling, [490].
Fixed, [535].
Lost, [550].
Magnitude of the, [554].
Motions of, [535].
New, [550].
Number of the, [536].
Radiating form of, [105].
Showers of, [491].
State, Changes of, produced by heat, [89].
Static electricity, [209].
Steam, Definition of, [91].
Tree-felling by, [766].
Steamer, The smallest, [773].
Stem, Parts of the, [667].
The, [667].
Varieties of the, [667].
Stems, Tree, [668].
Stereoscope, Principle of the, [141].
Reflecting, [141].
Refracting, The, [141].
Stone, Pudding, [568].
Stories, Ghost, [161].
Strata, List of geological, [573].
Strepsiptera, The, [721].
Strings, Vibration of, [170].
Strontium, [395], [438].
Strontium, Luminous sulphates, [333].
Structure of plants, [661].
Strychnine, [416].
Sublimation and distillation, [86].
Substances, Indifferent, [417].
Substances, Nitrogenous, [422].
Sucker, The school-boy’s, [48].
Sugar, Refining of, [418].
Sulphur, Mineral, [435].
Uses of, [379].
Sun, Density of the, [503].
Distance of the, [503].
Eclipses of the, [519].
Form of the, [498].
Motion of the, [496].
Power of the, [503].
Spots on the, [498].
Volume of the, [503].
Suns, mock, Cause of, [648].
Sunset, Colours of the, [655].
Surfaces, luminous, Laws of, [107].
Swan lamps, The, [271].
Swimming, New apparatus for, [458].
Swing, Simple child’s, [763].
Symbols, Chemical table of, [308].
Synthesis of movements, [125].
Syphon recorder, Thomson’s, [244].
Syren, The, [194].
Syringes, An effect of atmospheric pressure, [63].
System, Cambrian, [575].
Coal, [578].
Devonian, [576].
Laurentian, [573].
Silurian, [575].
The Solar, [487].
Systems, Palæozoic, [573].
Tablelands, Plateaus or, [626].
Tadpoles in aquaria, [10].
Talking head, How to work, [135].
Tangent galvanometer, The, [227].
Tanning, [414].
Tanning, Process of, [414].
Tap, A new kind of, [762].
Tape-worms, [716].
Tar, Uses of, [378].
Taurus, Constellation, [537].
Telegraph, Automatic, [243].
electric, Discovery of, [232].
Ordinary form of, [234].
Telegraphic system, New, [244].
Telegraphs, Early, [232].
Telegraphy, Practical, [239].
Submarine, [243].
Telephone, Description of the, [186].
Invention of the, [186].
Telescope, Achromatic, [149].
Description of the, [147].
Divided, explained, [135].
Introduction of the, [469].
reflector, The, [149].
Telescopes, [149].
Tellurium, [386].
Terminations, Chemical, [337].
Tertiary period, The, [591].
Thaumatrope, The, [110], [121].
Theatre, The praxinoscope, [126].
Theory, atomic, The, [309].
Thermo-dynamics, Definition of, [73].
Thermometer, How to make a, [79].
Invention of the, [78].
Thermometers, Alcoholic, [80].
Thunder, Causes of, [291].
Thunderstorms, Precautions, [283].
Tides, Ebb and flow of, [612].
Influence of the moon, [517].
Science of the, [614].
Time, Ancient measurements of, [479].
Equation of, [482].
Sidereal, [478].
Tin, Crystallization of, [324].
Uses of, [403], [446].
Tissues, Cellular and vascular, [661].
Top, The dazzling, [128].
The magic, [740].
Topophone, Description of the, [180].
Invention of the, [180].
Tops, Chromatic, [109].
in optical physiology, [108].
Torpedo, Electricity of the, [285].
Torsion electrometer, The, [209].
Towers, leaning, Laws of, [33].
Toys, Electric, [279].
Simple, [764].
Tramways, Electric, [272].
Transit, Curious modes of, [770].
instrument, How to use, [477].
Trapeze, Simple home-made, [762].
Tree-felling, Steam power for, [766].
frogs, [11].
Trias, The, [585].
Upper and lower, [585].
Trolly-sailing, [465].
Trumpets, Speaking, [172].
Tube, Galileo’s, [148].
Tube well, The, [455].
Tuber, Definition of the, [667].
Tubes, Speaking, [172].
Tuning-fork, The, [193].
Type casting, [405].
metal, [404].
Union, Chemical, involves heat, [311].
Uranus, The planet, [533].
Vacuum, Torricellian, [51].
Vanessa algina, [16].
Vapour, Clouds and, [634].
what it is, [629].
Variations of the compass, [257].
Varnishes, [421].
Vascular tissues, [661].
Vehicle, A new two-wheeled, [770].
Velocipede, New water, [461].
Velocipedes, Ancient, [775].
Velocity, Acceleration of, [41].
Definition of, [23].
Facts about, [23].
of Electricity, [212].
of light, [94].
Retarded, [41].
Ventilation, Notes on, [344].
Venus, The planet, [522].
Vessels, connected, Laws of, [62].
Vesta, Discovery of, [528].
Views, Dissolving, [160].
Vinegar, how prepared, [418].
Virgo, Constellation, [538].
Vision, Binocular, [141].
Definition of, [103].
Field of, [140].
The eye and, [140].
Vivaria, [16].
Volcanic rocks, The, [601].
Volcanoes, Earthquakes and, [620].
Formation of new, [623].
Number of, [621].
Voltaic arc, The, [223].
Volume, Weight and, [59].
Waste, none in nature, [341].
Watches, Clocks and, [480].
Water a compound body, [353].
a form of matter, [59].
Action of, in Geography, [608].
All about, [59].
as ice, [355].
as steam, [355].
Buoyancy of, [67].
Chemistry of, [352].
decomposed by electricity, [226].
Distillation of, [356].
Effects of heat on, [82].
Evaporation of, [7].
freezing by evaporation, [85].
Fresh, in the sea, [611].
hot, grows lighter, [81].
Land and, [603].
Mineral, [372].
Petrification of, [357].
Pressure of, [60].
Sea, composition of, [610].
Spring, [353].
sustained by air, [59].
The force of, [60].
the unit of specific gravity, [70].
Water-press, The, [61].
Water-ram, The, [71].
Waterspout, Cause of the, [643].
Waterspouts, How to destroy, [643].
Water-wheels, [71].
Waves, Height of the, [613].
Hurricane, [613].
Movement of the, [612].
Standing and progressive, [169].
Tidal, [613].
Way, Milky, [553].
Wealden formations, The, [588].
Fauna of, [589].
Flora of, [589].
Weather, Danger of forecasting, [655].
forecasts, [651].
indications, [656].
Rules for prophesying, [656].
Weather-glass, The, [53].
Weight, Combining or atomic, [309].
Definition of, [22].
Well tube, The, [455].
Wells, Artesian, [604].
Gas, [606].
Instantaneous, [457].
Oil, [606].
Wheatstone’s telegraph, [242].
Whispering galleries, [172].
Wind, Pressure of the, [632].
Use of the, [633].
Wind, Velocity of the, [630].
Windows, Double, [757].
Winds, Air currents and, [629].
Cause of, [629].
List of local, [631].
Trade, [630].
Wine, Spirits of, [418].
Wire-drawing, [398].
Wollaston’s bulb, [91].
World, Study of the, [1].
Worms, The, [714].
Writing machine, The, [246].
Wings, Best form for, [450].
Yachts, Canadian ice, [463].
Double sailing, [462].
Yellow spot, The, [140].
Zamboni pile, [221].
Zeolites, [440].
Zinc, Use of, [403], [446].
Zodiac, Signs of the, [471].
Zodiacal light, The, [500].
Zoology, Definition of, [700].
Zootrope, The, [121].

[FOOTNOTES:]

[1] It is well known that ants, by touching the skin of aphides, extract therefrom a secretion of viscous matter, which nourishes them. They will frequently carry off the aphides to their habitations, and keep them there; thus one may say they keep a cow in their stable.

[2] The preservation of insects, and their preparation for collections, necessitates some precaution. Entomologists are in the habit of spreading them out on a small board, and arranging the legs and antennæ by means of large pins. The wings should be dried by placing them on strips of paper, which preserves them. These precautions are indispensable if it is wished that the insects in a collection should retain their distinctive characters. Worms and caterpillars can be raised in pots filled with earth, if carefully covered over with muslin or wire gauze with very fine meshes. The process of hatching may give rise to many interesting observations.

[3] It frequently happens that in a small aquarium, constructed after this fashion, the animals escape. This is avoided by covering the vase with a net.

[4] The infusion of parsley has the advantage of not sensibly obscuring the water.

[5] Detailed accounts in Vol. lxxxiii., pp. 243 and 292 of “La Nature.”