# Popular Science Monthly/Volume 20/Index

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| Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan | 340 |
| Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan | 794 |
| Academy, The Philadelphia | 531 |
| Alcohol, Disinfection of | 428 |
| Allen, Professor Grant | 591 |
| Allen, Professor Grant | 817 |
| American Climate and Character | 109 |
| American Scientific Association | 267 |
| Ancient Masons' Marks, Significance of | 426 |
| Anecdote, The Anatomy of an Old | 369 |
| Animal Retribution | 861 |
| Animals and the Telegraph | 574 |
| Animals, How they Breathe. (Illustrated.) | 448 |
| Animals, How they Breathe. (Illustrated.) | 742 |
| Animals, The Reversion of Domesticated, to the Wild State | 716 |
| Animals, Wild, as Man's Associates | 528 |
| Anthrax, Vaccination for | 142 |
| Anti-Resonators, Metallic | 140 |
| Archæologists, German and Austrian, Congress of | 571 |
| Architecture, Acoustics in | 572 |
| Armsby, H. P | 378 |
| Astronomy in High-Schools | 300 |
| Bacheler, A. W., Letter from | 843 |
| Ball, Professor Robert S | 479 |
| Beebe, William S., Letter from | 403 |
| Bellows, Henry W. | 700 |
| Bigelow, Albert, Letter from | 843 |
| Billson, William W. | 369 |
| Biology in Public Schools | 713 |
| Birds, Jurassic, and their Allies | 312 |
| Birgham, Francis | 83 |
| Blood, Circulation of, in the Brain | 718 |
| Books noticed: | |
| "Ancient Bronze Implements of Great Britain and Ireland" (Evans) | 127 |
| "The Journal of Physiology | 128 |
| "Volcanoes" (Judd.) ("International Scientific Series.") | 129 |
| "The Bible and Science" (Brunton) | 129 |
| "Sorghum and Corn-stalks" (Collier) | 131 |
| "Naso-Pharyngeal Catarrh" (Coomes) | 131 |
| "The Hysterical Element in Orthopedic Surgery" (Shaffer) | 132 |
| "Industrial Applications of Chemistry" (Mallet) | 132 |
| "Educational Journalism" (Bardeen) | 132 |
| "Septicæmia in the Rabbit produced by Human Saliva" (Sternberg) | 132 ​ |
| "What shall we do with the Inebriate?" (Crothers) | 132 |
| "Report of Wisconsin State Board of Health" | 132 |
| "Synopsis of the Fresh-Water Rhizopods" (Hitchcock) | 133 |
| "Mineral Resources of the Hocking Valley" (Hunt) | 133 |
| "Butterflies, Structure, Changes, etc." (Scudder) | 133 |
| "Primitive Industry" (Abbott) | 133 |
| "Hygiene of Bright's Disease" (Edwards) | 134 |
| "The Figure of the Earth" (Merriman) | 134 |
| "Rugby, Tennessee" (Hughes) | 134 |
| "Pharmacology and Therapeutics" (Brunton) | 134 |
| "Suicide" (Morselli). ("International Scientific Series.") | 275 |
| "The Foreigner in China" (Wheeler) | 279 |
| "A Hand-book of Vertebrate Dissection" (Martin and Moele) | 280 |
| "Algebra for Schools and Colleges" (Newcomb) | 281 |
| "Man's Origin and Destiny" (Lesley) | 282 |
| "The Microscope and its Revelations" (Carpenter) | 283 |
| "Artificial Anæsthesia and Anæsthetics" (Lyman) | 409 |
| "Teaching Chemistry and Physics in the United States" (Clarke) | 411 |
| "Illustrations of the Earth's Surface. Glaciers" (Shaler) | 411 |
| "Synchronological Chart of Universal History" (Adams) | 412 |
| "Mexican Paper: An Article of Tribute" (Valentini) | 413 |
| "Noxious and Beneficial Insects of Illinois" (Thomas) | 413 |
| "The Landa Alphabet" (Valentini) | 413 |
| "Outlines of Morphology, Physiology, and Classification of Plants (McNab) | 414 |
| "Seedless Fruits" (Sturtevant) | 414 |
| "Loxolophodon and Uintatherium" (Osborn) | 415 |
| "Ancient Philosophy from Thales to Cicero" (Mayor) | 415 |
| "Report of the Chief Signal Officer for 1879" | 416 |
| "Report of the Horological and Thermometric Bureaus of the Winchester Observatory, Yale College" (Waldo) | 416 |
| "Field Experiments with Fertilizers" (Atwater) | 416 |
| "Smithsonian Institution Report for 1880" (Baird) | 417 |
| "Short History of the Bible" (Keeler) | 417 |
| "The Spelling Reform" | 417 |
| "English History for Young Folks" (Gardiner) | 417 |
| "Maximum Synchronous Glaciation" (McGee) | 417 |
| "Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education" | 418 |
| "The Disposal of the Dead" (Bermingham) | 418 |
| "Pliocene Man in America" (Southall) | 418 |
| "Cotton Production of Louisiana" (Hilgard) | 418 |
| "The Young Folks' Astronomy" (Champlin) | 418 |
| "The Total Solar Eclipse of July, 1878" (Langley) | 419 |
| "Papers on American Archaeology" (Bandelier) | 419 |
| "Materialism, Ancient and Modern" | 419 |
| "Sea-Mosses" (Hervey) | 419 |
| "Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics" (Stallo) | 557 |
| "The French Revolution" (Taine) | 560 |
| "The Harrowgate Waters" (Lewis) | 562 |
| "Report of Commissioner of Education for 1879" | 562 ​ |
| "Mechanics' Liens" (Hoyt) | 562 |
| "Report of Geographical Surveys west of the One Hundredth Meridian" | 563 |
| "English History for Students" (Gardiner and Mullinger) | 563 |
| "First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey" (King) | 563 |
| "Manual of Sugar Analysis" (Tucker) | 564 |
| "Book of the Black Bass" (Henshall) | 564 |
| "The Human Figure" (Warren) | 564 |
| "The Wandering Jew" (Conway) | 564 |
| "Comparative Mythology and Folk-lore" (Cox) | 565 |
| "Uranometria of the Southern Heavens" (Gould) | 700 |
| "The Law of Personal Rights (Willard) | 701 |
| "The First Book of Knowledge" (Guthrie) | 702 |
| "Ecce Spiritus" | 702 |
| "The Land of the White Elephant" (Vincent) | 703 |
| "The Honey-Ants of the Garden of the Gods," etc. (McCook) | 703 |
| "Suicide" (O'Dea) | 704 |
| "Nature and Function of Art" (Eidlitz) | 705 |
| "Dangers to Health" (Teale) | 706 |
| "A Study of the Pentateuch" (Stebbins) | 706 |
| "The Opium-Habit and Alcoholism" (Hubbard) | 706 |
| "Autobiography of Mark Rutherford" (Shapcott) | 707 |
| "The League of the Iroquois" (Hathaway) | 707 |
| "Zoölogical Atlas" (McAlpine) | 707 |
| "The Verbalist" (Ayres) | 708 |
| "New System of Ventilation" (Gouge) | 708 |
| "Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes" (Webb) | 708 |
| "The Labor Question" | 708 |
| "Elements of Quaternions" (Hardy) | 708 |
| "The Brain and its Functions" (Luys.) ("International Scientific Series.") | 847 |
| "Text-Book of Organic Chemistry" (Strecker) | 849 |
| "Sensation and Pain" (Taylor) | 849 |
| "Antiseptic Surgery" (Championnire) | 851 |
| "Origin of Primitive Superstitions" (Dorman) | 851 |
| "Calendar of the University at Tokio" | 852 |
| "English Philosophers: Bacon" (Fowler) | 852 |
| "Elements of Geometry" (Newcomb) | 853 |
| "History of Settlements along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers" (Fernow) | 853 |
| "Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines" (Morgan) | 853 |
| "Geology of the Environs of Tokio" (Brauns) | 854 |
| "Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota" (Newton and Jenney) | 854 |
| "Measurements of the Force of Gravity at Tokio" (Mendenhall) | 854 |
| Botanist, A, of the Ninth Century | 523 |
| Bowen, Eliza A. | 300 |
| Broca, M. Paul, Sketch of. (Portrait.) | 261 |
| Brocks, Margarette W., Letter from | 268 |
| Brush, Professor George Jarvis, Sketch of | 117 |
| Bryant, Charles S., Letter from | 553 ​ |
| Bucknill, Dr. | 806 |
| Buildings, Prevention of Damp in | 712 |
| Burns and Scalds, Soda a Remedy for | 663 |
| Calendar, The Javanese | 820 |
| Cañon, The Unaweep | 781 |
| Carpenter, F. D. Y. | 225 |
| Carpenter, Dr. William B | 244 |
| Catholicism, Protestantism, and Suicide | 220 |
| Cemeteries, Sanitation of | 422 |
| Chinese Immigration: A Sociological Study | 721 |
| Climate and Character, American | 109 |
| Coal-Dust, Explosive Force of | 425 |
| Coal Production of the World | 138 |
| Coal, Spontaneous Combustion of | 717 |
| Coffee and Tea, The Chemistry of | 359 |
| Color-Blindness, Tests for | 859 |
| Colorado Desert, The | 384 |
| Comet b, 1881, Constitution of | 427 |
| Comets' Tails, Theories of | 860 |
| Convulsions, Epidemic | 498 |
| Copper-Mines of Isle Royale | 122 |
| Copyright Law, Progress of | 340 |
| Correction, A | 267 |
| Correction, A | 403 |
| Correspondence | 122 |
| Correspondence | 267 |
| Correspondence | 403 |
| Correspondence | 553 |
| Correspondence | 842 |
| Cremation in Italy | 422 |
| Davis, Dr. J. B., Death of | 570 |
| Deer-Horns, Evolution of | 859 |
| Delauney, G | 184 |
| Desert, The Colorado | 384 |
| Deville, M. Henri Saint-Claire, Sketch of. (Portrait.) | 543 |
| Discoveries, Recent German Archaeological | 712 |
| Disease-Germs | 244 |
| Diphtheria-Poison, Nature of | 714 |
| Dreams and the Making of Dreams | 461 |
| Drechsel, Dr. Edmund | 512 |
| Du Bois-Reymond, Emil | 433 |
| Earth-Worms and their Wonderful Works. (Illustrated.) | 289 |
| Editor's Table | 123 |
| Editor's Table | 268 |
| Editor's Table | 404 |
| Editor's Table | 554 |
| Editor's Table | 696 |
| Editor's Table | 844 |
| Education, Physical (Hygienic Precautions Popular Fallacies) | 56 |
| Education, Physical (Hygienic Precautions Popular Fallacies) | 156 |
| Eggs, About | 855 |
| Egyptian Marriage and Animal Worship | 717 |
| Electrical Exhibition, The International | 141 |
| Electricity, The Recent Wonders of | 669 |
| Electricity, The Recent Wonders of | 786 |
| England, Decline of Country Population in | 140 |
| Engler, Edmund A | 304 |
| Entertaining Varieties | 398 |
| Entertaining Varieties | 548 |
| Entertaining Varieties | 688 |
| Entertaining Varieties | 830 |
| Eocene Strata of Alabama, The | 566 |
| Error, A Typographical | 403 ​ |
| Ether, The Interstellar | 142 |
| Explosives, Modern | 794 |
| Explosives, Speed of | 429 |
| Fairchild, H. L. | 448 |
| Fairchild, H. L. | 742 |
| Fallacies, Popular | 156 |
| Farnsworth, P. J. | 267 |
| Fauna, Deep Sea, Characteristics and Diversities of | 285 |
| Feature, A New | 556 |
| Forces Inorganic, Balance and Compensation of | 123 |
| Fossils, New Carboniferous | 861 |
| France, New Conditions affecting Life in | 860 |
| Gannett, Henry | 781 |
| Gardens, The Floating, of Cashmere | 284 |
| Garretson, Frederick, M.D. | 541 |
| Geikie, James | 665 |
| German Naturalists and Physicians, Association of | 574 |
| Gesture-Speech | 135 |
| Gould, Professor B. A., Sketch of. (Portrait.) | 683 |
| Government, Elective, The Machinery of | 628 |
| Granville, Dr. J. Mortimer | 102 |
| Granville, Dr. J. Mortimer | 461 |
| Guébhard, Adrien | 175 |
| Hakim ben Sheytan, Travels and Adventures of | 688 |
| Hakim ben Sheytan, Travels and Adventures of | 830 |
| Hardaker, Miss M. A. | 577 |
| Hartwich, C. | 523 |
| Health, Heat and | 573 |
| Heart-Disease, Hope for Sufferers by | 711 |
| Heat and Health | 573 |
| Hildebrand, F. | 657 |
| Hitchcock, Professor C. H. | 229 |
| Hitchcock, C. H., Letter from | 403 |
| Houses, Ancient Aboriginal | 287 |
| Hovey, H. C., Letter from | 403 |
| Human Life, The Duration of | 95 |
| Human Life, The Duration of | 553 |
| Huxley, T. H. | 165 |
| Hyacinth-Bulbs | 817 |
| Hygienic Precautions | 56 |
| Ice Period, North America in the | 229 |
| Images of the American Stone Age | 286 |
| Indian Burial-Caves | 711 |
| Infectious Organisms, Cultivation of | 424 |
| Irving's Works, Copyright of | 554 |
| James, Joseph F. | 384 |
| Jews, Physiological Immunities of the | 426 |
| Jones, Louise Coffin, Letter from | 123 |
| Jurassic Birds and their Allies | 312 ​ |
| Kafiristan, The Kafirs of | 138 |
| Kingsley, J. S. | 531 |
| Lake Erie, Origin of | 136 |
| Lamp, The Bunsen. (Illustrated.) | 378 |
| Lansing, Gerrit L. | 721 |
| Larrabee, W. H. | 289 |
| Larrabee, W. H. | 621 |
| Lawes, Rev. W. G. | 324 |
| Leprosy, Hawaiian | 567 |
| Le Sueur, W. D. | 615 |
| Libraries, Free Circulating | 698 |
| Life, Human, The Duration of | 95 |
| Literary Notices | 127 |
| Literary Notices | 275 |
| Literary Notices | 409 |
| Literary Notices | 557 |
| Literary Notices | 700 |
| Literary Notices | 847 |
| Lockwood, Professor Samuel | 477 |
| Longevity, Antediluvian | 842 |
| Lounsbury, Professor T. R. | 117 |
| Lubbock, Sir John | 65 |
| Lubbock, Sir John | 193 |
| Lyell, Sir Charles. (Portrait.) | 591 |
| Macleod, H. Duncan | 735 |
| Malarial Organisms | 857 |
| Mammalian Foot, Development of the | 572 |
| Mammoth Cave | 284 |
| Mammoth Cave, Scientific Exploration of | 403 |
| Map, A Review | 225 |
| Marriage and the Family, are they in Danger? | 713 |
| Marsh, Professor O. C. | 312 |
| Materialism and Positivism | 615 |
| Matter, A Little | 538 |
| Mead, C. M., Letter from | 842 |
| Meteoric Stones, Discovery of Organic Remains in | 83 |
| Meteorites, Organic Remains in | 568 |
| Meunier, Stanislas | 655 |
| Meunier, Stanislas | 778 |
| Microbes, A Glossary of | 718 |
| Militancy and Industrialism in Virginia | 271 |
| Mind, The Practical Study of | 554 |
| Moon, Mountains of the | 688 |
| Moon, Mountains of the | 830 |
| Morality? Has Science yet found a New Basis for | 753 |
| Morality, Scientific, Goldwin Smith on | 844 |
| Morris, Charles | 609 |
| Morse, Professor Edward S. | 528 |
| Morselli, Henry, M.D. | 220 |
| Mound-Builders, Identity of the Indians and the | 267 |
| Mound-Builders, Inscriptions of the | 421 |
| Mound-Builders, Who were the | 137 |
| Nature, The Available Energy of | 87 |
| Negro, Intellectual Condition of the Savage | 139 |
| Nervous Conditions, Muscular Expression of | 584 |
| New Guinea and its People. (Illustrated.) | 324 |
| North America in the Ice Period | 229 ​ |
| Notes | 143 |
| Notes | 288 |
| Notes | 430 |
| Notes | 574 |
| Notes | 719 |
| Notes | 862 |
| Nuisance, An Electrical | 843 |
| Number-Forms and Colors, Letter on | 123 |
| Obituary, Professors L. H. Morgan and John W. Draper | 569 |
| Organic Remains in Meteoric Stones | 83 |
| Oswald, Dr. Felix L. | 56 |
| Oswald, Dr. Felix L. | 156 |
| Oudemans, J. A. C. | 820 |
| Outerbridge, A. E., Jr. | 538 |
| Oyster-Beds, Deterioration of American | 29 |
| Oyster-Beds, Deterioration of American | 145 |
| Oyster, Longevity of the | 477 |
| Oysters, Sewage in | 857 |
| Paleontology, Rise and Progress of | 165 |
| Panama Canal, Our Policy respecting the | 273 |
| Panama Canal, The Gulf Stream and the | 665 |
| Paris, Time-keeping in. (Illustrated.) | 304 |
| Pasteur, M. Louis, Sketch of. (Portrait.) | 823 |
| Pathology, Scientific and Popular Experiments in | 714 |
| Peach-Trees, The Yellows in | 856 |
| Peppercorne, F. | 663 |
| Pettenkofer, Dr. Max von | 332 |
| Pettenkofer, Dr. Max von | 468 |
| Photometry | 428 |
| Physiological Chemistry, The Fundamental Problems of | 512 |
| Plants, Fifty Years' Study of the Distribution of | 710 |
| Plant-Life, Influence of Electric Light on | 569 |
| Plants, Longevity of | 657 |
| Plants, Movements of | 421 |
| Popular Miscellany | 135 |
| Popular Miscellany | 284 |
| Popular Miscellany | 420 |
| Popular Miscellany | 566 |
| Popular Miscellany | 710 |
| Popular Miscellany | 855 |
| Popular Science Monthly, Charges against the | 404 |
| Population, Finding the Center of | 420 |
| Positivism and Materialism | 615 |
| Powell, Professor John W., Sketch of. (Portrait.) | 390 |
| Preece, W. H. | 669 |
| Preece, W. H. | 786 |
| Prescott, Albert B. | 359 |
| Publications received | 135 |
| Publications received | 283 |
| Publications received | 420 |
| Publications received | 565 |
| Publications received | 709 |
| Publications received | 854 |
| Putnam, G. P.'s Sons, Letter from | 554 |
| Quackery within the Profession | 681 |
| Question, An Archæological | 403 |
| Railroads, Safety on Suburban | 716 |
| River-Antelope, A South African | 427 |
| Rocks and Soil, Effects of Lightning on. (Illustrated.) | 655 |
| Rocks, Vibration of, in Patapsco Valley | 541 |
| Rodents, Fossil and Living | 423 |
| Salt Lake, Freezing of a | 858 |
| Sanitary Relations of the Soil | 332 |
| Sanitary Relations of the Soil | 468 |
| Science, A Dangerous Tendency in | 715 |
| Science, A Half-Century of | 65 |
| Science, A Half-Century of | 193 ​ |
| Science and Party Government | 696 |
| Science and the Woman Question | 577 |
| Science-Teaching, An Experience in | 242 |
| Science, Modern, The Scholastic Prelude to | 735 |
| Scientific Instruments, A Collection of Quaint | 858 |
| Sea-Water, Does it contain Free Carbonic-Acid Gas? | 428 |
| Sea, The Sirens of the. (Illustrated.) | 621 |
| Seeds, Fossil. (Illustrated.) | 778 |
| Sex, Equality and Inequality in | 184 |
| Shells, Ancient and Modern | 136 |
| Sheytan, Hakim Ben, Travels and Adventures of | 688 |
| Sheytan, Hakim Ben, Travels and Adventures of | 830 |
| Shipman, Paul R. | 315 |
| Signal Service, Extension of the | 507 |
| Sketch of Professor B. A. Gould. (Portrait.) | 683 |
| Smith, Professor Goldwin | 628 |
| Smith, Professor Goldwin | 753 |
| Snakes, Australian | 567 |
| Society, The Industrial Type of | 1 |
| Soda, A Remedy for Burns and Scalds | 663 |
| Soil Analysis, Value of | 566 |
| Soil, Sanitary Relations of the | 332 |
| Soil, Sanitary Relations of the | 468 |
| Solaville, M. de | 95 |
| Soldering by Pressure | 862 |
| Sound and Radiant Heat | 650 |
| Spectrum, Action of the Different Rays of the | 139 |
| Spectrum Analysis, The Real Discoverer of | 568 |
| Spencer, Herbert | 1 |
| Sponges, Propagating, by Cuttings | 141 |
| Suicide, Catholicism, Protestantism, and | 220 |
| Sulphurous Acid, Disinfecting Powers of | 429 |
| Swift's, Dean, Disease | 806 |
| Telelogue, The | 286 |
| Temperature, Influence of, on the Chirp of the Cricket | 268 |
| Thomson, Sir William | 87 |
| Tiflis, The Archæological Congress at | 572 |
| Time, A Glimpse through the Corridors of | 479 |
| Time-keeping in Paris. (Illustrated.) | 304 |
| To Eat and to be Eaten | 609 |
| Towne, Edward C. | 109 |
| Transcendental Physics | 315 |
| Trees, Fossilized Standing | 429 |
| Trouve's Electric Canoe | 137 |
| Trowbridge, C. A., Letter from | 122 |
| Trowbridge, Professor John | 507 |
| Tyndall, Professor John | 650 |
| Typography and Eye-sight | 424 |
| Vegetable Structures, Permanence of | 861 |
| Venus, Approaching Transit of | 857 |
| Vision, Experiments in | 142 ​ |
| Volcanic Products. (Illustrated.) | 347 |
| Volcanoes, The Supposed, in Central Asia | 715 |
| Volcanoes: Their Action and Distribution. (Illustrated.) | 43 |
| Vortex-Rings, Studies of. (Illustrated.) | 175 |
| Ward, Stanley M. | 242 |
| Warner, Dr. Francis | 584 |
| Whales and their Habits | 423 |
| Winslow, Erving | 683 |
| Winslow, Lieutenant Francis | 29 |
| Winslow, Lieutenant Francis | 145 |
| Woman Question, The, from an Anthropological Point of View | 275 |
| Word-Blindness | 570 |
| World-Problems, The Seven | 433 |
| Worry | 102 |
| Yandell, David W. | 498 |
| Yorktown Centennial, Further Lessons of the | 268 |
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