Esquimaux love blubber, 92 Equatorial current, 298 ETHER, 47 boils, 119 used for freezing, 360 used for inflammation, scalds, burns, 157 European skin white, 191 EVAPORATION, 156 freezes, 360 EVENING CLOUDS, 132 grey, 140 red, 138, 399 EVENING RAINBOW, 141 Evergreens frost-bitten, 230 Ewers broken by frost, 349 EXPANSION by HEAT, 103 Extinguishers, 79 made of paper, 79 Eyes, two, 368 see single, 369 affected by blue glasses, 407 fire-light, 407 the sun, 407 Face soon scorched, 196 Fanning, 179, 313 Far sight, 390 spectacles for, 391 Farriers apply hot shoes, 123 Fat men swim best, 362 Feathers warm, 176 Feeling, 425 Feet cold before a fire, 53 wet dangerous, 157 FERMENTATION, 269 of dough, 276 Fender and fire-irons cold, 185 Fiddle-strings musical, 411 snap from wet, 339 Fine weather braces, 147 Finger feels cold when wet, 157 FIRE black and red, 38, 40 blazes, 39 not in frost, 48 burns blue, 148 cause of, 36 charcoal, 72 damp, 280 effect upon the eyes, 407 extinguished, 54 by water, 107 fiercest in winter, 49 out of doors, 50 grotesque figures in, 40 heat of, 280 how increased, 63 hot, 37 kindled at the bottom, 42 light dazzles, 366 lighted with paper and wood, 41 luminous, 46 poker draws up, 52 radiates heat, 196 red hot, 38 reflected on windows, 379 sun dulls it, 49 thaw dulls it, 50 wind intenses it, 51 _See combustion._ Fire-irons cold, 185 rust, 257 prevented, 258 Fishes ascend and dive, 363 seem nearer than they are, 388 cold, 94 FLAME of a CANDLE, 76 described, 77 blown out easily, 78 damp, 78 hollow, 76 hottest above, 79 pointed, 77 purple and yellow, 76 smokes, 81 Flame of a fire between the bars of a grate blue, 46 green, 45 yellow, 46, 47 Flannel warm, 94 used for foot-warmers, 173 Flash, _see lightning_ Flat beer, 273 improved, 273 Flavour discerned by the taste, 425 Flint and steel, 97 FLOWING WATER freezes slowly, 354 makes rough ice, 354 oscillates, 348 pure, 347 Flower awnings arrest dew, 205 purify air, 253 Flowers smell sweetest at night and before rain, 152 Flues blacked, 238 _See chimney._ Flutes, 412 Fly-poison, 422 FOGS, 225, 226 arrest sound, 413, 414 cause of, 129 differs from cloud, 128, 227 mist, 227 dispersed by wind, 228 by sun, 227 frozen, 231 in autumn, 228 in marshes, 226 valleys, 228 none in a frosty night, 227