ENGLISH MECHANIC AND WORLD OF SCIENCE. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "THE MECHANIC,” “SCIENTIFIC OPINION," AND "THE BRITISH & FOREIGN MECHANIC." ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS PRACTICAL ENGRAVINGS. VOLUME XXXVI. PUBLISHED (FOR THE PROPRIETOR) BY E. J. KIBBLEWHITE, AT THE OFFICE: 31, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C. SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS AND NEWSAGENTS IN THE KINGDOM. 1883. INDEX TO VOL. XXXVI. ENGLISH MECHANIC. ABDANK'S new arc lamp, 32 Ammonia, 97, 505 Aberration of focus caused by a flat being Ampère v. Coulomb, 299 round, 68 at Liverpool central station, Accidents, reeent, and continuous brakes, Accumulator, Faure, 70 Accumulators, electrical, 180, 153, 332 Achromatism: crown-glass, 16, 38, 66, 90, of eyepiece, 88 Analysis butter, 211 chemical, simple processes in, 287, 376, of binoxide of manganese, 389 of limestone and ronstone, 422 of potassium chromates, 91 Angles of pyramids, 258, 279, 301, 323,341, Accidents, railway and continuous brakes, Aniline: black, dyeing with, 587 dyeing, 554 dyes, 43 ink, black, 474 Animal charcoal, 366, 436 doctors, 542 partnerships, 244 Ankle, child's, 121 Annuity, mar ied woman's, 273 Anthropology, address in, at British Asso- Bankruptcy of town councillore, 14 Antiseptics, putrefaction and, 8 4:56in divided by, 11 heating, 324 Appetite, depraved, 499 Apprentice: bours of, 231 misconduct of, 14 Archibald, Prof., the Standard, and sun- spottery, 357, 404 Archimedean screw-pump, 554 Area of yacht sails, 132 Arietis, epsilon : 110, 159 Arm, enlarged, 273 Arnold, M., on lucidity, 105 Artful dodger as an amateur print: r, 160 leg, 458 moon, an, 38 Artists, to, 191 Asbestos and plumbago, 529 Astronomer: an old, 263 outfit for an iocipient, 356 Astronomical: 37, 66, 111, 160, 189, 341, 364, 367, 507, 521 notes, 80, 174, 265, 373, 470, 560 Society, new council list of the Royal, 451 Astronomy ancient, and Arabic star names, 315 legendary, 110 progress of, in 1882, 895 Atmosphere, some constituents of the at Atmospheric; burner, regulating, 531 - and five, 589 Aurora: 294 Bar, thermostatic, 390 Barium bioxide of, 508, 525, 530 compounds, 73, 96 Barker's mill, 144 Barley-sugar for bee3, 553 Barometer wheel, 119 Barrel organ, 577 Barrels, browning gun, 42 Bass, thorough, 44, 71 Bassnett's sounding apparatus, 29 Bassoon, 530 Bath: boiler, 234, 257 electric, 44, 71 electro-plating, 599 painting, 345 t ning, 412 Bathing, warm, 344 Batteries: chloride of silver, 73 electric lighting from, 402 Higgin's, 31 manganese, 459 of lowesistance, testing, 85 - electrical accumulators or, 130, 153, 332 improvements in, 243 storage, Mr. Edison on, 583 Battery: Bennett's, 211, 99 bichromate, 458, 525, 530, 552, 574 Binko's electric bell and, 309 constant, 488, 482, 505 for bell, 214, 233, 256 Fuller's mercury bichromate, 20 of one Volt, 412 power, 345, 366 power for Swan lamps, 190 Skrivanoff's dry, 82 tinpot, 192, 414 without manganese, Tolman's, 275 Bed garden, 234, 278, 300 Before it happened, 83 Bell: battery for, 214, 233, 256 - Binko's patent, 309 - for electric, 187, 211 Bellows for camera, leather, 145 musical, 168 Belly, new method of fashioning violin 429, 453, 476 letter bible, 596 transfer paper, 42 Blacksmith, the Indian, 40 Blackwell accident, 549, 595 Blast and exhaust in flour-mill, 5 solution, testing strength of, 50 Blind mau's vision, 13 Blindness, tobacco and, 69 Block system, the, 316 Blood corpuscles, double staining of 181 lathe, casting, 364, 365, 434, 457, 481, Blow, force of, 326, 344 |