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INDEX TO VOL XI. Š

MISCELLANEOUS.

[Under this head are included "Scientific Societies,' ""Reviews of Books," "Useful and Scientific Notes," "Extracts from Correspondence," and

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Domestic Recipes."]

Culture of the potato, 285

Curious discovery, 119; facts, 23, 47:

questions, 427; sentence, 475

Current of air for blowpipe, 143
Cutter-bar, plan for, 187
Cymbals, 576

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Indian: architecture, ancient, 212; medi-
cinal plants, 95; medicine, new,
Indigenous medicinal plants, 95
Induction coil, 258

Industrial art, schools of, 65
Influence of sewing-machines on health,
47: influence of the sun on glass, 225

Inspection of boilers, 309

Institution, National Lifeboat. 9
Instruments: brass, 498; optical, 359
Interesting facts, 23, 47, 65, 143

Inventor, the, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168,

192, 216, 239, 264, 288, 312, 336, 360, 384,

432, 456, 480; inventors' models, 504;
inventors, rewards to, 359
Lodine from Chili saltpetre, 621

Iron chimneys, 23; iron, electro-deposited,

43; iron, galvanisation of, 551; iron,
rusting. 431; iron ship-building, 431;
iron, spitting of, 503; iron and steel
rails, 407; iron, tinning, 359
Isthmus of Cornith, 23

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MADNESS in animals, 383

Machinery: exports of, 419; lubricating
apparatus for. 129; versus steam, 91
Machines: electric, 576; hydrostatic, 383;
for peeling potatoes, 203; sewing, 47,
379

Magnetism, effect of on gases, 23
Mahoe wood, blue, 139, 187

Making: barm, 65; bread, 43; butter, 23
Man, pre-Adamite, 475; man, weight of
in winter, 119

Manchester Steam Users' Association, 47

Manganese battery, 17; manganese in

milk, 359

Manufacture of: chloroform, 393; glass,

551; grape sugar, 431

Material for building, new, 504; material,

Measurement, standard of, 119

Mechanical movements, 523; Mechanical
Society, Amateur, 47, 383

Medical opinion, 17, 65

Medicinal plants, Indian, 95
Medicine, new Indian, 552
Medulla oblongata, 383
Meteorites, 115

Methods of copying statuary, 47; de-
termining focal length of concave lens,
309; obtaining air or gas for blowpipe,
143; obtaining gelatine, 23, 71; purifying
gas, 575

Microscopical, 355, 512

Milk, 263; milk, manganese in, 359; milk,
preserved, 552

Mortar, 23; mortar joints in brickwork

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[Many of the subjects under this head will also be found in "Letters to the Editor."]

ACCORDION stand, 262 452, 546
Acids: carbonic, 550, 572, 596; fluoric, 478,
501; hypochlorie, 20; nitric, 45; nitrous,
598; oleic, 142; picric, 550, 573, 596
Act, Metrical, 166, 335, 380

Adhesive material, 69, 117
Adjustment of microscope, 526, 549
Adulteration: food, 382, 594; oil, 406, 453;
turpentine, 166, 189

Eolian harp, 119, 165
Aerated waters, 335, 526
Aerostatics, 623

Affection of the teeth, 118, 141, 164
Africa (South), climate of, 214
Agricultural Exhibition, Oxford, 69
Ailanthus, 599

Air current, 623; air, foul, 502, 548, 595;
air gun, 238, 311, 404, 499, 550, 596; air,
speed of, 23, 68; air stove, 94; air
string pump, 335, 380; air v. steam, 575

Alabaster glass, 406

Alarum for Dutch clock, 238, 452

Albumen in milk, 21

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Apparatus: distilling, 478, 501, 521: gas
generating, 94; heating, 622; hydraulic,
623

Apparent anomaly, 95, 117, 140

Apparent paradox, 43, 91

Appold's centrifugal pump, 94, 140

Aquariums, 20, 66, 70, 93, 117, 883, 406,
454, 594

Aquatic botany, 215, 260

Archery, 166

Archimedes' lever, 143

Architecture, naval, 191, 259, 285, 382

Area of safety valve, 214, 259, 260, 283

Arithmetical queries, 189, 213, 236, 262,

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Bankal wood, 94, 117

Banner, regilding, 142

Bar, boring, 358, 547; bar, cutter, 143,

165, 285; bar micrometer, 22, 382

Barley grown from oats, 527, 549

Barometer tubes, 22, 190, 191, 235, 310,

356, 427, 452, 498; barometer, water,

479, 502, 526, 575; barometers, 431, 498,

502, 525, 526, 548, 571, 595, 621

Barrel organs, 287, 475, 523; barrels, gun,

287, 475, 574, 620

Barton's buttons, 142; Barton's feed-water

heater, 430, 476

Barytas, borate of, 22

Bat handles, 119; bats, cricket, 22, 287,

334

Bath: ebonite, 478; hot or cold, 575;

painting, 623; shower, 69; toning, 573,

574, 597, 620: baths, 118

Batteries: bichromate, 479, 527, 575, 598,

620; Bunsen's, 502, 595; Callaud's, 358,

381; connections for, 623; Daniell's, 406,

454; defective, 142, 165, 118, 382, 406;

electro-magnetic, 599: Faure's, 622;

galvanic, 69, 93, 118, 141, S11, 334, 407,

454; gilding. 118, 164, 187, 215, 335;

Halse's, 550: Leclanche, 166, 189, 213;
magnetic. 406, 454, 502; manganese, 69,
93, 118, 502, 525, 550, 574, 596, 597, 598,
620, 623 plumbago bottle, 479, 502;
Remak, 502: Smee's 527; sulphate of
copper. 455, 501; sulphate of lead, 22,
67, 115, 142, 188; sustaining, 599, 622;
zinc plate for, 20; batteries, 212, 215,
501, 571, 622

Beads, amber, 454, 477, 499
Beam, oak, 69, 93

Bearings for turning harmoniums, 94;
bearings, white metal, 18

Beech, 20

Beer, 117; beer, ginger, 238, 261; beer from

herbs, 599

Bees, 262, 286, 310, 334, 335, 355, 358, 379,

381, 428, 478, 550, 573, 575, 597, 598, 620;

bee's-wax, 22, 142, 574

Belgian and French periodicals, 18

Bellows, 262; bellows for harmonium,

287, 499, 550

Bells: dumb, 215, 260; electric, 43, 69, 212

Bench, carpenter's, 45

Bennett's chuck, 21, 94, 117

Beverages, summer, 91, 117, 140

Bible herbal, 119, 164

Bichromate batteries, 479, 527, 575, 598,

620

Bicycles, 310, 356; bicycles: hack-wheel.

480; brake for, 382, 429; “Kilmarnock,"

430; painting, 21, 66; tires for, 262;

wheels for, 44, 142, 188

Billiard board, 46

Bills, mill, 21, 43, 551, 573

Binders' cutting press, 21, 44; binders

tools, 600, 622

Binding: books, 287, 334, 383, 427; magnetic

wire, 575

Birds' eggs, 143, 189

Birds, stuffed, 287

Biscuits, charcoal, 359, 405

Bisulphide of carbon prism, 262, 475

black cloth,

Bookbinders': glue, 238, 261, 427; plough,

190, 259; bookworms, 287, 379

Boomerang, the, 46, 92
Boots, kid, 215, 404, 542, 475
Borate of barytas, 22
Boring: bar, 358, 547; cylinders for model
engine, 454, 477; ears, 214: glass, 119,
141, 235; model cannon, 21; wooden
handles in lathe, 142, 165, 188

Botany, 167, 189, 190, 237, 310, 358; botany,
aquatic, 215, 260

Bottle battery, plumbago, 479, 502; bottle

caps, fastening, 359; bottles, steaming,

358; bottle, Woulffe's, 287, 499

Bottling fruits, 335, 499

Bourne on the steam engine, 574, 598
Bow, spring, 69, 117

Boxes: iron moulding, 311; musical, 118,
164, 187, 235, 259, 311, 357

Brace bits, tempering, 454, 477, 500

Brake, bicycle, 382, 429; brake-piece, 574,
620

Brass: bronzing, 67; circle, graduating,

238, 404, 618: coins, 215, 260, 262, 527,

549, 572; flannel and, 478, 501, 547; flux

for,599; fret-cutting rolled, 94. 117; in-

struments, 238, 261, 285; mixing, 45;

moulds, 166, 213, 498; Parsons's white,

311; plates, 94, 527, 596; soldering, 335,

380; stamping sheet, 22; tubes, 502,

526; brasswork, lacquering., 190 427,

451, 623; brass work of microscope, 549,

396

Burning: glass, 94, 430, 476, 599: lead,
622; smoke, 358, 547
Burnishing-plate, 215, 427

Burnt clay, 502, 526

Butter-making, 166, 213, 262, 594

Buttons: Barton's, 142; lace and, 190; for
keyless watches, 70

Calculating: boiler pressure, 358; power

of spiral springs, 22

Calculus, differential, 599, 621

Calico: bleaching, 574, 620; waterproof-

ing, 623

Callaud's battery, 358, 381

Callipers, 455, 501

Camera, 191, 259, 309

Camphorated colza oil, 117, 164
Canada, 238

Canary, 167, 189, 213, 238, 286, 333, 427;
canary cage, 69; canary, stuffed, 238

Candles, hollow, 430, 618

Cannon, 623; cannon, model, 21

Canoes, 22, 46, 238; canoes: building, 46,

116, 166, 189, 213; canvas, 18; engine

for, 287, 427; plan of, 335; strakes of,
143, 213

Cantharides, 191, 214, 237, 259

Canvas: for canoe, 18; preparing, 238,

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Clarionet, 69

Clay: burnt, 502, 526; flre, 358, 453, 455,
499

Clean castings, 215; cleaning: barometer
tubes, 191, 452, 498; blue tiles, 69;
casks, 23, 45; coins, 215, 237, 285, 575,
598, 620; diatoms, 142, 188, 213, 235;
flags, 167, 189, 213; furs, 622; galvanised
vessels, 358, 381; gilt frames, 574; gun-
barrels, 287, 475, 574, 620; piano keys
and teeth, 66; prints, 502. 526; saddles,
285, 355, 452; slippers, 43; soft waste,
94; steel ornaments, 19; watches, 215,
237; white coral, 166, 335, 380

Clerk of works, 19

Cleveland ironstone, 430

Climate: South African and Australian,
214; tropical, 335

Clinton's flute, 287

Clocks: chiming, 119, 165, 235; dials for,

68, 116, 235, 407, 454, 527, 618; Dutch,

238, 452; electric, 238, 287, 551, 597;

turret, 22

Clog-iron machine, 335
Closets, earth, 44

Cloth finishing black, 575; marking cot-
ton, 478, 524; stains on, 358, 381, 405;
tracing, 287, 285, 309; waterproofing,
238, 260, 261, 285

Clothing iron rollers, 21

Club, Amateur Turners', 166, 189

Couch-painting 550, 619; coach-work,

black japan for, 479

Coal, compressed, 94; coals, consumption

of, 575

Cochineal, precipitating, 359, 571

Cocoa nut, 118

Cod-liver oil, 383, 454, 477, 500, 571, 594
Code, Hogg's, 527,595

Coffey's distilling apparatus, 478, 5)

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Coils 21, 44, 45, 47, 67, 68, 69, 93, 94, 95,

116, 117, 140, 142, 166, 190, 311, 382, 404,

429, 454, 478, 502, 526, 527, 549, 550, 572,

574, 575, 597, 623; coils: intensity, 22,

502, 547; medical, 45, 68, 166, 189, 310,

311, 334, 382; Rhumkorff's, 45, 68, 69,

142; Varley's patent, 20

Coin moulds, 479, 501, 525; coins, 18, 20

21, 44, 66, 67, 94, 117, 118, 119, 141, 142,

165, 187, 188, 190, 213, 214, 215, 236, 237,

238, 239, 259, 260, 261, 262, 285, 286 287,

310, 335, 357, 358, 359, 380, 381, 382, 405,

406, 430, 454, 475, 476, 478, 502, 523, 524,

527, 547, 548, 549, 550, 572, 573, 574, 575,

594, 597, 598, 619, 620, 623

Cold or hot baths, 575

Collars and cuffs, paper, 190, 237

College of Preceptors, 69; College of Sur-

geons' examination, 287, 357, 406, 454,

477

Collodion, 502, 526, 548

Colours, 69; colours: aniline, 69; cake,

597; coral, changing, 478; in cotton,

fixing, 310; for glass painting, 167;

moist, 118; primroses, 215, 260, 309, 333;

for sheepskins, 262; stamping, 19; for

ticket-writing, 526; water, 551

Coloured: object-glass, 91, 139; prints for

decoration, 166, 404, 406

Colouring: grass and leaves, 238; size,

599, 618; tiles, 382, 453; tracing paper,

285; wire, 358, 381

Columns, pressure on, 21, 67

Colza oil, 117, 164, 454, 500, 523, 571, 575

Combs india-rubber, 239; tortoise-shell,

527, 549

Comet, Encke's, 22, 44; comets, 335, 358,

380, 430

Commissions, army, 287

Compass, regulating, 623

Composition for iron and stone, 69, 116

Compound: explosive, 118; compound

microscope, 526, 549

Compressed coal, 94

Concertinas, 118, 335, 431, 499, 502

Condenser, 359, 381; condenser for medi-
cal coil, 310

Conic sections, 431, 454; conical winding

drums, 262, 599

Connections

of: battery, 623; prime

Copper: boiler, 69, 90, 263; coins, 21, 67,

118, 119, 141, 190, 213, 236, 238, 239, 259,

261, 286, 335, 357, 454, 502, 523, 527, 548,

572; on cast-iron, 166, 187, 451; die, 92;

medal, 454; metallurgy of, 68; plate
printing, 94; plates, 167, 236; polish-
ing, 311; sheathing. 94, 140, 359; turn-
ing, 502, 526; urns, bronzing, 599, 621
Copping mule, 166

Copyright, 622

Coral: cleaning, 166, 335, 380; red and
pink, 478

Corn: flour, 55; plant for, 215

Cornish: engine, 406, 453, 476; valves,
311, 356

Cotton, 190; cotton: cloth, marking, 478,

524; fixing colours in, 310; gun, 599,

621; spinning, 190, 237, 406, 478; waste

19; works on, 550

Counters or coins, 66

Court plaster, 454, 500, 523

Covering wire, 46, 215

Cow: food for, 263, 310; milking ma-

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Cylinder, 46, 287, 427; cylinder: friction
in, 406; Geneva, 45, 139, 190, 214; model
engine, 454, 477; mounting large, 93,
117, 140; oscillating, 622; pattern for,
215, 260; vacuum in, 22, 44, 167; valve-
facings, 574, 620

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Echo, 118, 141

Eclipse of moon, 430, 477

Economical gasworks, 21

Edinburgh velocipede, 262

Effects of carbonic acid, 550, 572, 596
Egg: boiler, 550; hatching machine, 94,
358, 499; eggs: birds', 143, 189; silk-
worms', 430, 476

Electric: attraction, 454, 500; bells, 43,

69, 212; clocks, 238, 287, 551, 597; en-

gine, 118; locomotive, 166, 404, 427;

motor for sewing-machine, 287; time
gun and ball, 526

Electrical, 142, 188, 598, 622; electrical

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Emigration, 118, 262, 335, 358, 359, 405,

430, 454, 477, 547

Emulsion, pancreatic, 574

Enamel, 18, 118, 262, 475; enamelling:

cast iron, 46; slates, 622; watch cases,

549

Encke's comet, 22, 44

Engine chimney, 166, 427: engine and

boiler for launch, 22; engine indicating,

287, 523

Engineer, gas, 550, 572; engineering, 406;

engineering in Germany, 21, 67, 91; en-

gineers' examinations, 574.

Engines: back draught in, 190; bogie,

479; for canoe, 287, 427: carding, 166,

213; condensing, 215, 475, 478; Cornish,

406, 453, 476; dimensions of, 143, 189;

electric, 118; faulty, 191; galvanic, 94,

140; horizontal, 166, 430, 476; lead for,

118; model steam, 21, 143, 166, 213, 236,

454, 477; portable, 94, 140: power of,

574, 598; reversing, 478; side lever, 18;

steam, 474, 598

English; concertina, 335, 499, 502; veloci-

pede, 142, 188, 190

Engraved brass plates, 94, 527, 596

steel plate, 358, 381

Engraving: balance metal plates, 502;

on metal, 45, 68; on slate, 22, 44, 115;

on wood, 262, 527; engravings: mildew

on, 22; transferring to wood, 527, 547

Enlarging cartes-de-visite, 311

Entomological, 237, 427, 452

Epilepsy and electricity, 358, 381, 383

Equal temperament, tuning by, 431, 477

Equations, 18, 23, 45, 68, 69, 93, 117, 139

Equatoreal mounting, 142

Equisonant flute, 382, 429

Equivalents, 527

Escape of gas, 527, 596; escapement,

lever, 215, 260, 335

Etching on glass, 46, 68, 116; razors, 66

Ethereal solution, 46, 68, 164

Examination papers: Customs', 189, 213;

South Kensington, 551, 573, 597; exa-

minations: Civil Engineers', 574: Civil

Service, 599;

College of Surgeons,

287, 357, 406, 454, 477; microscopical,

311; Science and Art, 575, 597, 622;

University, 239, 261

Exhausted electrical tubes, 502

Exhibitions: Agricultural, 69; Working,

Men's, 21, 44

Expansion of steam, 599

Experience with aquariums, 70, 93

Explosive compound, 118

Extract of dandelion, 238, 285; extracting

honey from the comb, 526 549, 571, 595

Eye, the, 94; eyepieces: for Gregorian

telescope, 311; Huyghenian, 382; eyes,

weak, 455, 477, 501

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Feathers, 70; feathers: dye for, 142; in

wood, 17

Feed-water heater. 430, 476, 478, 547;

feeding boilers, 358, 381, 405

Feet, tender, 550, 572, 596, 619

Felt and amadou plaster, 21 felt hats,

526, 595; for pianos, 238; skirts, seam-

less, 190

Fern cases, 23, 214, 259, 358, 381, 431, 618;
fern leaf, impression of, 600, 622; ferns,
69, 93

Ferrycyanide of potass, 501
Fertilisation of stock seed, 382

Fibres: Gomutuh, 262, 286; rhea, 94;
tropical, 335, 380, 618

Field of barley grown from oats, 527, 549
Figures, lay, 623

Filter, large, 119; filtered water, 479, 501,
525

Finding sizes of wheels, 310, 356

Fine charcoal, 22

Finishing black cloth, 575

Fireclay, 358, 453, 455, 499

Fires. Kapper's, 191

Firing stained glass, 66

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GALENA, siliceous, 22

Galvanic cells, 262, 286, 310; bands, 47,

94, 235, 262, 452, 618; batteries, 69, 93,

118, 141, 311, 334, 407, 451; engine, 94,

140

Galvanised vessels, 358, 381; galvanising:
cast-iron, 166, 236, 287, 310; nails, 451;
galvanism, 335, 499

Galvanometers, 45, 68, 310, 381, 407, 454

Garden: paths, 479, 501, 525; watering,

287, 331; gardening, town, 550, 572, 596,

619

Gas: for balloon, 166, 427, 451; burners for,

18; cheap, 215, 260, 388; for cooking,

214; engineer, duties of, 550, 572;

escape of, 527, 596, furnace, blast, 455,

501; generating apparatus, 94; for heat-

ing boilers, 287, 475; for heating green-

houses, 66; holder, 551, 618; pressure

gauge, 599; joint, swivel, 622; lighting

by electricity, 21; meters, 335, 406, 454,

499, 551, 571; muffle furnace, 406, 430;

pressure-gauge, 599; stoves, 69, 93,

359; tar, 598, 621; from vegetables, 358;

weight of, 286; works, 21, 215

Gasketing, square, 118

Gates, wrought-iron, 45

Gauges: gas pressure, 599; kitchen boiler,

118, 235; steel, 358

Gearing: bucket, 623; internal, 524;

wheel, 310, 356, 383

General fishing rod, 382, 406

Generating: electricity, 45, 68, 92; gas, 94

Geneva cylinder, 45, 139, 190, 214

Geographical, 167, 189, 213, 236

Geology, 46, 92, 116, 358, 523, 547, 549, 596,

619, 621

Geometrical: drawing, 262; metaphysics,

45: geometry, 22, 67, 69, 93, 116, 622

Geranium propagation, 599

German silver, 237, 260; Germany, en-

gineering in, 21, 67, 91

Germs, destroying, 527

Gilding, 406; gilding: batteries, 118, 164,

187, 215, 335; book edges, 550, 572;

electro, 574; plateglass, 166, 213; water

406

Gilt: frames, 574; mouldings, 69

Ginger-beer, 238, 261

Girder patterns, 166, 213, 259

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Glass: alabaster, 406; analysis, 623; black,
430; boring, 119, 141, 285; burning, 94,
430, 476, 599; chandelier, 526; etching
on, 46, 68; fixing prints on, 406; gilding,
166, 213; object glasses, 21, 22, 44, 67,
70, 91, 139, 335, 358; paintings, 167, 335,
380; solder for, 23; stained, 22, 66, 67,
115; stencilling on, 142; water, 478, 501;
writing on, 69, 93, 116
Glaze for pottery, 190, 236
Glazier's diamond, 119

Globe, celestial, 622; globes, reading from,
311, 357, 430, 477

Glue: bookbinders', 238, 261, 427; drying,

311, 357; liquid, 18; marine, 43; melt-

ing, 550, 572, 573, 596; water-resisting,

Goma oil, 550

Gomutub fibre, 262, 286

Good reed or organ pipe, 622

Governors, 69, 215, 260

Graduating brass circle, 238, 404, 618
Graining stuff, 287, 334

Grand piano, Dr. Kitchener's, 94
Granite: cutting, 355, 359, 382; polishing,
45, 164

Grass: China, 18, 22, 45, 139, 142, 188:
dyeing leaves, and, 233; grassplot and
goat, 190, 309

Gravity battery, 358, 381

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Hard soap, 479; water, 119; white

metal, 550; white paint, 262, 452

Hardening: mill chisels, 21; mill bills, 21,

43; plaster 190

Harmonicon, 311

Harmonium: bellows, 287, 499, 550; keys,

46; reeds, 69, 382; tongue rivets, 69

tuning. 94, 407; harmoniums, 21, 69,

119, 213, 287, 311, 407, 499, 527, 550, 574
Harness, 238, 261, 404, 498; harness
blacking, 479, 525

Harp, Eolian, 119, 165

Hatching machine, 94, 358, 499
Hats, felt, 526, 595

Hautboy, 454

Health and guano, 94, 177

Heater for feed-water, 430, 476, 478, 547
Heating: apparatus, 622; boilers with
gas, 287. 475; greenhouse, 66, 142;
house with hot air, 431; journals, 69,
116; moulds, 527; water in baths, 118
Height of object, 478, 524
Hem-stitching machine, 599

Herb beer, 599; herbal of the Bible, 119,
164

Herrings, curing, 287, 427, 475

High Peak velocipede, the, 166

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Incrustation: of boilers, 382, 571; on
porons cells, 118, 285

Incubator, 551

India-rubber: 118, 141, 214, 237, 262, 406,

455, 547, 550, 599, 623; india-rubber:

brittle, 287; combs, 239; solution, 262,

286; tires, 262

Indian coin, 550, 572, 574, 620

Indicating, engine, 287, 523

Indicators: coils, 166, 404; diagrams of,

454, 499; electric bells, 43; steam, 46,

92

Induction coil, 69, 93, 95, 116, 117, 166, 382,

429, 549, 572, 623

Influence of the atmosphere on electric

clocks, 287

Inhalation of iron dust, 94, 117, 164

Inks: marking, 262, 286, 333: violet, 45,

92, 116; writing, 478, 501, 502, 524, 526,

548

Inlaying fancy wood, 167

Inquiries, emigrants', 190, 191, 214, 236,

335

Inscription on stone, 310, 380

Insects in water, 454

Instructor for plate-layers, 21

Instruments: brass, 238, 261, 285; mathe-

matical, 527, 549, 619; wind, 69

Insulating power of gutta-percha, 69, 93;

insulating varnish, 502; insulation, 474

Intensity coil, 22, 502, 547, 597

Internally-geared lathe, 455, 478, 524

International Working Men's Exhibition,

21, 44

Inventor of manganese battery, 118

Ireland, history of, 46, 68

Iris diaphragm, 502

Irish moss, 430, 455, 477

Iron: brazing, 68, 118, 213; bronzing, 550;

cast, 21, 115, 286, 407; cement, bullion,

335, 380; cisterns, 23; copper on, 166;

cramps in stone, 455, 501, 524; dust, 94,

117, 164; enamelling cast, 46; galvanis-

ing, 166, 236, 287, 310; hoops, angle,

115; hypophosphite of, 262; Lincolnshire,

18: malleable cast, 358, 428, 478, 501;

moulding boxes, 311; ore, 46; palisad-

ing, 166, 189, 236; pans, contents of, 19,

20, 66; patterns, varnish for, 18, 66, 91;

pig, 70, 139; prism, 166, 427; re-tinning,

238, 382, 404, 427; rods, holding, 191;

rollers, clothing, 21; room, cement for,

43, 66; rudder, 118, 212; secondary, 47;

ship, 622; ships' sheathing, 94, 140, 359;

softening, 21, 115; stains, 287, 310, 334;

stone and iron, composition for, 69, 116;

tanks and alum, 12; tincture of, 22, 44;

turning cast, 262, 310; wire, colouring,

protecting, 70;

381; wood and iron

work of sewing machine, 382, 429, 453;

irons, clog, 335; ironstone, Clevand, 430

Irrigation, 359, 405; pump for irrigation,

406, 594

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Ley's tricycle, 238

Leyden jar, 165

Lid, cabinet, 466, 476, 523
Lifebelt, 22, 44, 67

Lifting: power, 21, 44; sacks, 69, 93, 140
Light, 20; light, polarised, 311, 357, 380,
428: lighting gas by electricity, 21
Light-houses, 214, 237

Lightning conductors, 479, 501, 525
Lime: phosphate of, 335, 380; refuse,
311; limewash on masonry, 454, 477,

499

xiii

Manganese batteries, 69, 93, 118, 502, 525,
550, 574, 596, 597, 598, 620, 623

Manufactures: ceramic, 22, 67; gas from

vegetables, 358; hard soap, 479; oxygen,

238, 285; spice, 118; starch, 452

Manure, bone, 574

Map, 622; map projections, 166, 213, 406
Marine glue, solvent for, 43

Marking: boiler plates, 359; cotton cloth,
478, 524; ink, 262, 286, 333, 427

Marks, hall, 335, 357

Masonry, limewash on, 454, 477, 499

Matchmaking, 18

Material, adhesive, 69, 117

Mathematical, 406, 429, 453; mathemati-
cal: instruments, 527, 549, 619; tables,
119

Mather and Platt's patent piston, 478,

525

Matrix moulding, label, 238, 404

Matting, 46; Madagascar matting, 407

Measuring: labourers' work, 70, 98; live

stock, 262, 286; patterns, 43; roads,

431, 477; timber 20.

Meat preserving, 94, 143

Mechanical movements, strange, 45

Mechanics, 455, 478, 501

Medal die, 69, 117; medal, copper, 454:

medal or coin, 358, 381

Medical, 623; medical: coil, 45, 68, 166,

189, 310, 311, 334, 382; electricity, 287,

475: works, 70, 93

Melting: casting and melting metal, 287,

382, 452; cast steel, 46; glue, 550, 572,

573, 596; point, 527; spelter, 455, 478

Mending: ebonite bath, 478; gutta-porcha,

19; tortoise-shell, 69

Mendoza pulley, 215

Mensuration of superficies, 502, 526, 548

Mercurial contact breaker, 69, 116

Meridian, true, 479, 547

Metal: bath, painting, 623; engraving on,

45, 68; hard white, 550; melting, 287,

382, 452; pencil for lathe, 94; plates,

380;

soldering, 311,

balance, 502;

soldering, soft, 311; twisting, 189, 259,

285; metal and wood-cutting machine,

22; metals, weight of, 551, 619

Metallurgy, 18; metallurgy of copper, 63

Metaphysics, geometrical, 45

Meters: gas, 335, 406, 454, 499, 551, 571;

water, 166, 475

Method of testing oil, French, 406, 453
Methylated spirit, 454, 477, 499, 528, 549,
571, 572, 594, 596, 618
Metrical Act, 166, 335, 380
Metronome, 69, 164
Micrometer, bar, 22, 382

Microscope, Perry's 335; microscopical,
21, 70, 117, 119, 143, 165, 311, 357, 380,
428, 430, 454, 455, 476, 478, 479, 525, 526,
549, 574, 596

Mildew on engravings, 22

Milk: albumen in, 21; testing, 43; milk-
ing cows, machine for, 502

Mill: bills, 21, 43, 551, 573; chisels,
hardening, 21; mill and forge work,
167; model mill, 430; portable mill, 550,
596

Millers, questions for, 594; millstones,

406

Mirror, mounting plane, 527, 549

Mitrailleur, 455, 501

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NAIL-BAGS, 262; nail-making

chine, 598; nails: galvanising,

wire, 190

Names: of parts of bellows, 262; on
118, 141, 187

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