—, delicate test of, in a gaseous mixture, xvi, 397.

—, a means of resuscitating from drowning, xvi, 250.

—, respiration of, i, 95.

—, action of oils upon, xxiii, 190.

Oxygenized water, iii, 369.

Oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, see under [Blowpipe.]

— - — illumination in light-houses, xxviii, 355.

Oxyria reniformis, xlv, 29.

Oysters, ancient and modern history of, xxxii, 211.

—, fishery of, xxxii, 245.