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Table of Contents

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May 1883
The Remedies of Nature I	1
Science and Conscience	13
Physics in General Education	20
Microscopic Life in the Air	28
How Much Animals Know	39
Chemistry and Pharmacy	46
Position and Stroke in Swimming	54
How the Ancient Forests Became Coal	56
A Superstitious Dog	63
From Buttercups to Monk's-Hood	65
On the Colors of Water	68
A Wonder from the Deep-Sea	75
Gymnastics	77
Why are We Right-Handed?	86
Lengthening the Visible Spectrum	88
The Boundaries of Astronomy I	94
On Brain-Work and Hand-Work	104
Sketch of Professor Richard Owen, F.R.S.	109
Correspondence	114
Editor's Table	116
Literary Notices	123
Popular Miscellany	137
Notes	144
June 1883
Medical Quacks and Quackeries	145
Recent Magnetic Storms and Sun-Spots	163
Vivisection in the State of New York	169
Quartz: Its Varieties and Formation	180
The Remedies of Nature II	187
A German View of the Data of Ethics	195
Cost of Life	202
Science-Teaching in the Public Schools	207
The Chemistry of Cookery I	214
Our Marriage and Divorce Laws I	224
Evolution	237
The Boundaries of Astronomy II	239
Darwin and Copernicus	249
Whistling	251
Sketch of Professor Benjamin Silliman, LL.D.	259
Correspondence	267
Editor's Table	268
Literary Notices	273
Popular Miscellany	281
Notes	287
July 1883
The Railroad Problem in the United States	289
The Remedies of Nature III	303
Unwritten History	317
Machines Driven by Solar Rays	337
The Great Bridge and its Lessons	339
Selection in Grain-Growing	354
The Cause of Sea-Sickness	362
Meters for Power and Electricity	365
The Chemistry of Cookery II	373
Insectivorous Plants	382
Constructive Elements of the East River Bridge	385
The Industrial Position of Women	388
African Psychology	399
Sketch of Dr. William Farr	404
Correspondence	408
Editor's Table	409
Literary Notices	416
Popular Miscellany	425
Notes	431
August 1883
Changes in New England Population	433
The Anarchy of Modern Politics	444
Rank and Title	453
On Radiation	456
The Little Missouri Bad Lands I	468
Technical Education	475
The Remedies of Nature IV	477
Association of Colors with Sounds	490
The Formation of Sea-Waves	492
Mental Capacity of the Elephant	497
The Chemistry of Cookery III	509
The Geological Distribution of North American Forests	517
Perrier on the Theory of Descent	524
Our Indian Mythology	527
Locusts as Food for Man	531
A Natural Sea-Wall	536
The Telephone, with a Sketch of its Inventor, Philipp Reis	540
Correspondence	552
Editor's Table	554
Literary Notices	559
Popular Miscellany	569
Notes	575
September 1883
The Germ-Theory of Disease	577
The Chemistry of Cookery IV	586
Agricultural Experiment Stations	596
The Remedies of Nature V	604
Fire-Proof Building Construction	613
Ways of Preserving Food	623
Insanity	627
The Little Missouri Bad Lands II	634
Faculae and Sun-Spots	642
Insects and Disease - Mosquitoes and Malaria	644
The Growth of Hygienic Science	658
Our Marriage and Divorce Laws II	663
Woodland and Water-Course	669
How the Earth was Peopled I	673
Primitive Map-Making	682
The Granule of Starch	687
Sketch of Sir William E. Logan, LL.D., F.G.S.	691
Correspondence	698
Editor's Table	701
Literary Notices	709
Popular Miscellany	715
Notes	720
October 1883
Matter Living and Not-Living	721
Homoeopathy as a Science	732
The Liver-Fluke of Sheep	741
Cyclones and Tornadoes	748
How the Earth was Peopled II	753
The Remedies of Nature VI	760
The Aim of Thermo-Chemical Investigations	770
The Historical Development of Modern Nursing	773
Clothing and the Atmosphere	787
The Sayings of Science	798
Symbiosis and Vegetating Animals	811
The Chemistry of Cookery V	818
Some Unsolved Problems in Geology I	827
The Colors of Flowers	837
Sketch of Dr. Max von Pettenkofer	841
Correspondence	845
Editor's Table	849
Literary Notices	852
Popular Miscellany	858
Notes	863
Index	865