K. DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY..

(a.) THE DWELLING AND ITS FURNITURE.

...(ccxxix) 441

Treatment of New Wooden Utensils, etc., 442; Improved Dwellings and

their Effect on Health and Morals, 453; Beautiful Ornament for Rooms,

457; the Construction of Winding Staircases, 468.

(b.) LIGHTING, HEATING, AND VENTILATION.

A New Light, 442; Lamp for Burning Nitric Oxide Gas, 443; Nitric Oxide-

bisulphide of Carbon Lamp for Photographic Use, 444; New Luminous

Mixture, 445; Glycerin as an Illuminant, 451; Use of Gas for Light-houses,

441; Price of Burning-gas, 442.

(c.) CLOTHING AND ADORNMENT.

Merriman's Water-proof Life-saving Dress, 444; Peroxide of Hydrogen

for Changing Black Hair to a Golden Yellow, 445; Dust-spectacles for

Protection of the Eyes in Various Occupations, 446; Renewing Wrinkled

Silk, 455.

(d.) THE LAUNDRY.

Starching Linen, 522; Transparent Soap, 441; Bohlken's Washing-ma-

chine, 452; Washing Woolen Clothing, 455; Washing Muslin, Cambric,

French Lawn, etc., 456.

(e.) THE TABLE.

Preservation of Meat, Vegetables, etc., by Acetate of Ammonia, 446; Pre-

venting the Curdling of Milk by Oil of Mustard, 446; New Method of Pre-

serving Meat, 449; Preservation of Cooked Meat, 449; Patent Cooling

Apparatus for Liquids, 450; Improved Refrigerators, 451; Method of Pre-

serving Eggs, 456; New Mode of Making Bread, 452; Artificial Vanilla,

457; Effect of Washing upon Vegetables, 458; Cheap Preparation of Good

Vinegar, 447; Removing Fusel-oil from Liquors, 452; Extract of Meat in

Bread, 457; Convenient Preparation of Carbonated Water, 447; Pasteur's

Process with Wine and Beer, 450; a New Substitute for Coffee (Sacca Cof-

fee), 453; Australian Method of obtaining Cool Water, 455; Yaupon Tea,

457; Cover for Water-coolers, 458.

L MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING......

(a.) MATERIALS.

..(ccxxix) 459

Mortars, Cements, and Slags: Utilizing Furnace Slag, 460; Increasing

the Adhesive Power of Cement, 465; Cement for Marble and Alabaster,

487; the Strength of Cements and Mortars, 492.-Metals-Iron: Pig-iron

Production of the United States in 1874, 459; Iron Production in France,

460; Manganiferous Iron, 460; Steel Direct from the Ore, 461; Crampton's

Revolving Furnace for Puddling Iron, 462; Schmitz's Revolving Furnace-

bars, 484; Magnetic Ore Separator, 462; Discovering the Character and

Composition of Iron and Steel by Etching, 463; Novel Phenomenon dur-

ing the Forging of Metallic Bars, 463; Tungsten-steel, 464; Etching Iron,

482; Organization of the United States Board for Testing Iron and Steel,

489.-Wood: Preservation of Timber, 465; Preservation of Timber by

Lime, 466; Preservation of Wood by Means of Iron, 466; Use of Carbonic-

acid Gas in Drying and Seasoning Timber, 467; the Strength of Wood

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and the Efficiency of the Axe, 467.-Brick and Stone: Increasing the Hard-

ness and Durability of Sandstone by Impregnating it with Silicate of

Alumina, 464.

(b.) CONSTRUCTIONS.

Vessels: Construction of Steel Vessels to Resist Pressure, 493.--Canals

and Rivers: Report on the Reclamation of the Alluvial Basin of the Mis-

sissippi River, 476; Hydraulics in the Adirondack Plateau, 478; the Thrust

of Embankments, 495; the Suez Canal, 511.-Harbors and Docks: Pres-

ervation of Harbors and Roadsteads, 496; an Improved Dry Dock, 508.-

Tunnels: the Channel Tunnel, 512.-Mines: Gold-mining in the Philip-

pine Islands, 474.

(c.) MOTORS,

The Waves: Utilization of Waves as a Motor Power, 505.-Steam: Casing

for Steam-pipes, etc., 473; Jesty's Anti-fouling Composition, 478; Prevent-

ing Incrustation in Steam-boilers, 487; Copper Lining for Steam-boilers,

487; the Evaporation of Water in Steam-boilers, 497; New Adaptation of

Screw Propulsion, 504; Consumption of Wood by Railways, 473.-Road-

ways and Vehicles: Walker's Patent Rolling Cars, 468; the Adhesion of

Locomotives to Railway Tracks, 504; Electricity for the Head-light of

Locomotives, 512.-Telegraphs: History of Duplex Telegraphy, 471.—

Balloons: Balloon Voyage from Buffalo to New Jersey, 472; Disastrous

Trip of the Balloon "Zenith," 472; Successful Scientific Ballooning, 500;

Aerial Navigation, 502.-Explosives: Apparatus for Recording Signals

Automatically, 470; Heat and Products of Gunpowder Explosions, 479;

Explosive Agents, 479; New Monster Cannon of England, 486; Electric

Fuses, 488; a Monster Blast, 508.-Miscellaneous: New Carbonic Engine,

474; Liquid Carbonic Acid as a Motive Power, 506.

(d.) MISCELLANEOUS.

Improved Clock-work Governor, 469; Improvements in Miners' Safety-

lamps, 469; Inhalation of Oxygen Mixed with Air, by Divers, etc., 470;

New Speaking and Hearing Trumpet for Divers, 470; the Pyroleter, 482;

Cork as a Non-conductor of Heat, 485; Carbonic Acid for Extinguishing

Fires in Mines and on Ships, 498; the Proposed Flooding of the Sahara

Desert, 509.

M. TECHNOLOGY.............

(a.) THE LIBERAL ARTS.

. (cclxxix) 513

Printing and Stamping: Stamping-ink, 513; Photostereotypy, 557.-

Engraving and Lithographing: a New Process of Engraving on Cop-

per, 514; Slate for Engravers, 514; French Method of Engraving on Wood,

514.-Writing: Xerography, a Manifold Writing and Printing Process,

513; Writing Pigments of Ancient Manuscripts, 516; to Restore Old Writ-

ing, 516; Red Marking-ink for Clothing, 518; Substitute for Ink, 519; a

Writing-machine, 546.-Photographing: an Oil-lamp as a Substitute for

the Magnesium Lamp in Photography, 517; Composition for Non-actinic

(Amber-yellow) Glass, 517; Advances in Photography, 517.-Modeling

and Casting: Improvement in the Manufacture of Stucco, 518; the Hard-

ening of Plaster of Paris, 519; Setting of Plaster of Paris, and Mixture of

Lime with it, 519; Color of Chinese Bronzes, 520.-Painting and Interior

Decoration: Artificial Decoration and Hardening of Sandstone, 520; Pro-

tection of Patina, of Different Colors, on Bronze, 521.

(b.) THE MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL ARTS.

Sizing and Dressing: Starching Linen, 522; Paste for Photographs, 523.

-Water-proofing: Water-proofing Composition for Boots, 523.-Cleaning

and Bleaching: Rapid Bleaching of Linen, 524; Rapid Bleaching Proc-

ess, 524; Removal of Stains of Nitric Acid from Woolen Goods and the

Fingers, 525; Whitening Wool without Sulphur, 526.-Dyeing and Print-

ing: Chrome-yellow, or Green upon Indigo Ground, on Cotton, 525; Dye-

ing Feathers Green, 525; Violacein, a New Blue Dye-stuff, 527; Stamping-

ink, for Cotton and Linen unaffected by Chlorine, 527; Dyeing Horse-

hair, 527; New Black Printing Color, 528; New and Durable Colors, 528;

Iodine Green on Woolen Yarn, 528; Improved Chrome Green, 529; Be-

havior of Aniline Colors toward Infusorial Earth, 529; New Dyes of Crois-

sant & Brétonnière, 529; New Colors of Croissant & Brétonnière, 549;

Tests for the Principal Dye-stuffs in Colored Fabrics, 550.-Antiseptics:

Antiseptic and Physiological Effects of Salicylic Acid, 530.-Painting,

Staining, and Varnishing: Coloring Copper Alloys and Silver a Deep

Black, 526; Imitation of Walnut, 530; on Paint as an Engineering Mate-

rial, 531; Varnish for Imitating Gilding on Brass and Bronze, 531; Golden

Varnish for Leather, 532; Prevention of Yellowing of White Paint, 532.—

Oils and Wax: Mucyline, a Composition for Oiling Wool, 523; Purifica-

tion of Hydrocarbons employed in Dry or Chemical Cleaning, 526; Kekune

Oil, or Huile de Bancoul, 534; Oil from the Carapa-tree, 534; Vaseline, a

New Petroleum Product, 534; Manufacture of Stearic Acid, 537.

Plating and Coating with Metals: Tinning various Metals in the

Humid Way, 535; Gilding Glass, 535; Plating with Aluminium, 537;

Rendering Iron Wire of a Silvery Whiteness, 539.-Alloys: Color of Chinese

Bronzes, 520; New Phosphor-bronzes, 535; a New Silver-like Alloy, 537;

Phosphor-bronze, 558.-Welding and Soldering: Soldering Platinized

Glass Surfaces to Metals, 545.-Polishing: Gaudin's Polishing Paper, 538;

Polishing-cloth for Brass, 544.-Cementing: Cement for Marble and Ala-

baster, 538.-Casting and Fusing: Filling Hollow Brass Articles with

Molten Iron, 538; Manufacture of Copper and Brass Wire, 546.

Sundry Chemical Processes: Preparation of Absolute Alcohol, 538;

Caustic Soda and Potash, 540.

Treatment of Raw and Simple Materials used in the Arts: The

Microscopic Study of Fibres used in the Fabrication of Paper, 541; Use

of the Wild Rice Plant in Paper-making, 542; Value of the Milk-weed as

a Fibre-plant, 542; Preparation of Wood-paste for Plates, etc., 543; Vul-

canizing of Caoutchouc at Common Temperatures, 539; Preparation of

Artificial Caoutchouc, 542; Preparation of Ebonite, 543; the Japanese

Leather-paper, 548; De la Bastie's Hard or Tempered Glass, 554; De la

Bastie's Experiments in Tempering Glass, 556; Explanation of so-called

Hardened Glass, 557; Glass manufactured from Sulphate of Soda, or Cal-

cined Glass, 540.-Utilizing Waste Products: Utilization of Leather

Waste, 545.-Tanning and Dressing: New Treatment of Hides in Tan-

ning, 546.-Miscellaneous: Glazing Paper by Paraffin, 544; Improved

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Mode of Closing Barrel Hoops, 545; Cutting and Boring Caoutchouc Corks,

546; Universal Gas-lamp for Laboratories, 553.

N. MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS, AND HYGIENE.......................... 559

(a.) MATERIA MEDICA,

The Poisonous Properties of Alcohols, 559; a New Sedative, 559; Ground-

wort as a Febrifuge, 560; Effect of Morphia on Secretions, 560; Therapeu-

tical Uses of Hot Baths, 561; Introducing Medicines into the System by

Galvanism, 561; Action of Jaborandi, 562; Jaborandi, a New Brazilian

Remedy, 570; Intravenous Use of Chloral for Anæsthesia, 563.

(b.) DISEASES AND THEIR CURE.

Diabetes Hereditary, 562; Pernicious Anæmia, a recently defined Dis-

ease, 564; De Chégain on Headaches, 565; Curability of Pulmonary Dis-

ease, 566; Danger of Eating Fish Improperly Cured, or Caught immediately

after the Spawning Season, 567; Picric Acid as a Test for Albumen in

Urine, 568; Action of Air on the Lungs in Certain Cases, 570; Hydrate of

Chloral in Infantile Convulsions, 570.-Miscellaneous: New Process in

Dental Surgery, 563; Cause of Discomfort in Tobacco-smoking, 564; Re-

lation of Bacteria to Putrefactive Disease, 566.

(c.) THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The Poisonous Properties of Alcohols, 559; Detection of Arsenic in Tissues,

559; Detection of Fusel-oil in Alcohol, 560; Salicylic Acid, 568; Compara-

tive Antiseptic Effects of Carbolic and Salicylic Acids, 569; Selection of

the Water Supply of Cities, 567.

O. MISCELLANEOUS...........

(a.) INSTITUTIONS,

571

America: Meeting of the American Fish-culturists' Association, 585; Pro-

ceedings of the Centennial of Chemistry, 585; National Park in the Island

of Mackinaw, 586; Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, 586; An-

nual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of

the Territories for 1873, 573; Annual Report of the Peabody Museum of

Archæology and Ethnology, 589; Report of the American Museum of

Natural History, New York, for 1874, 571; First Annual Report of the

Zoological Society of Cincinnati, 572; Bequest to the Cincinnati Society

of Natural History, 577; Kirtland School of Natural Sciences, 571; Normal

(Illinois) School of Natural Sciences, 572; Arrangements for a Botanical

Garden in Chicago, 574; First Annual Report of the Geological and Agri-

cultural Survey of Texas, 573.

Other Countries: Fourth Meeting of the French Association, 581; An-

nual Report of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, 581; Re-

port of the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction, 582; Royal So-

ciety's Catalogue of Learned Societies and Scientific Papers, 1864–73, 584;

Belgian Exhibition of 1876, 583; Twelfth Congress of the Italian Scientific

Association, 584.

(b.) MISCELLANEOUS.

The Chess Problem of the Eight Queens, 574; Report on the Population
of the Earth, 575; Japanese Game of Chess, 575; Report of the Icelandic

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Commission to Alaska, 576; Scientific Balloonists, 577; Index of Patents

from 1790 to 1873, 579; Deciphering Charred Manuscript, 579; Astronomy

in Brazil, 579; Sums Voted by the British Parliament for Scientific In-

struction, 580; Meteorology in China, 580; International Congress of Silk-

culturists, 582; Additional Pay to the Survivors of the "Polaris," 587; the

Lyell Medal, 587; Annual Record of Publications in Geology, Mineralogy,

and Paleontology, 587; Loan Exhibition of Scientific Apparatus, 588; List

of the Merchant Vessels of the United States, 588; International Astro-

nomical Society, 589.