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Comets, new, for 1863. phenomena of. 105 .316 Fabrics, uninflammable . 320 Fermentation, a cause of disease. . 185 Files made by machinery. .144 Fire accidents, prevention of. 243 Fishes, fossil car-bones of. 244 . 154 . 147 Flame, protection of fabrics against. 195 hearing of . 194 Flint-nodules in chalk. Dead-Sea water, bromine in 66 epidemic spread of. ... ... • 206 . 185 .333 Dialysis, interesting application of . 195 .241 Fossils, interesting in Buenos Ayres 246 66 Food, Liebig's theory of use of sugar for . 245 Freezing, concentration of mineral Furnace, Sieman's regenerative .45, 230 Gas, coal, manufacture of alcohol . 278 Drift, human remains in. .232 Gases, absorption of by charcoal . 203 Drift-period, submergence of the British islands during. . 242 Drop, form of a.. . . . 199 Drowning, cause of death by. .296 Dust, atmospheric 333 Dutch prizes for scientific investiga- molecular mobility of. . 167 overrated action of. . 143 . 219 Gold and Silurian rocks, association |