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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS, 



Parallel lines, on a method of treating the 

 doctrine of, by Prof Stevelly, 1856, 8. 



Paralysis, Dr. Carson on a case of unusual, 

 1842, 85. 



, R. Gamer on alterations in the me- 

 dulla oblongata in cases of, 1860, 129. 



Paramecium bursaria, Prof. Allman on, 



1854, 105. 



Parasites, remarks on some, 1857, 108. 

 Parasitic plant, on a, 1848, 84. 

 Parasitism among the Pycnogonidae, Prof. 



Allman on a form of, 1859, 143. 

 Parchment, on the conversion of paper into, 



bv Dr. Daubeny, 1857, 45. 

 Parlielia observed at St. Ives, J. K. Watts 



on, 1853, 33. 

 Paropamisus, Dr. Latham on the languages 



of the, 1851, 89. 

 Parrots, grey, notice of a pair hatching and 



rearing a young bird in England, 1843, 7 r. 

 Parthenogenesis in plants and animals, Dr. 



Lankester on, 1857, 113 

 Partridges of America, J. Gould on the, 



1844, 61. 

 of the great watershed of India, Prof. 



Strickland on the, 1853, 71. 

 Parus melanotus, a new species of titmouse, 



notice of, 1837, 99. 

 Patella ancyloides, found on the coast of 



Arran, 1840, 137. 

 pellucida and P. laevis, C. W. Peach 



on the nidus and growth of the, 1842, 66. 

 Patellacea, British, Prof. E. Forbes on the 



genera of, 1849, 75. 

 Patent laws. Prof. W. J. M. Rankine on the, 



1855, 208. 



Patents, on the cost of obtaining, in dif- 

 ferent countries, by Prof. Hancock, 1850, 



H9- 

 Pathological cell-development, Dr. Gairdner 



on, 1850, 131. 

 drawing, Dr. Paxton on improvements 



in, 1849, 79. 

 Pauper labour: should Boards of Guardians 



make it self-supporting, or should they 



investigate the causes of pauperism ?, by 



Prof. W. N. Hancock, 1851, 104. 

 Paupers, Prof. Alison on tlie state of the 



law of settlement and the removfd of, in 



Scotland, 1852, 114. 

 Paving roads and streets with wood, J. I. 



Hawkins on, 1839, 127. 

 Pawnbroking in Ireland, Mr. Porter on, 



1840, 181. 

 , statistics of. Prof. W. N. Hancock on 



the, 1849, 93. 

 Pearls of the Conway river, R. Gamer on 



the, 1856, 92. 

 Peat of the vallev of the Bourne, Rev. W. D. 



Clarke on the' 1837, 94. 



, Prof. Johnston on some varieties of, 



1840, 83. 

 , R. Mallet on bleaching it for the manu- 

 facture of paper, 1835, 47. 

 • on illuminating gas from, by R. L. 



Johnson, 1857, 51. 



Peat, on the presence of several acids of the 

 series C^ Hn O* among the products of 

 the distillation of, by Prof. Sullivan, 1857, 

 58. 



bogs. Dr. Adams on, 1838, 95. 



— — moss, carbonized, on some of the me- 

 dicinal properties of, by J. W. Rogers, 

 1857, 58. 



Pecten, on the structure of the shell in some 

 species of, by Dr. Dickie, 1859, 147. 



■ islandicus, taken alive, 1846, 70. 



Pellibranchiata, J. Aider and A. Hancock 

 on the new order, 1847, 74. 



Pelonaia, a new genus of Asoidian mollusca, 

 J. Goodsir and Prof. E. Forbes on, 1840, 

 137. 



Pelopium, a new metal contained in tlie 

 Bavarian tantalite, Prof. H. Rose on, 1846, 

 37- 



Peltier's (M.) induction electrometer, 1849, 



Pelvis of a Lapland giantess. Prof. Retzius 



on the, 1855, 134. 

 Pendulum, comparative, W.J. Frodsham on 



a: 1839, 24. 

 , compensating, E. J. Dent on the rate 



of a, 1842, ID. 

 , Rev. Dr. Robinson on the barometric 



compensation of the, 1843, 17. 

 , new mode of suspending the, 1843, 



Id. 

 , W. J. Frodsham on improvements in 



the mode of suspending the, 1839, 24. 

 ■> experiment of Foucault, Rev. Prof. 



Walker on the, 1851, 19. 

 — — experiment, R. Roberts on mechanism 



to explain the, 1851, 117. 

 Pendulums, compensating, Prof. Stevelly 



on, 1836, 7. 



, E. J. Dent on improvements in, 1838, 3 5. 



, Prof. Stokes on the resistance of the 



air to, 1848, 7. 

 Penrose and Bennett's slid: g helicograph, 



on, 1852, 129. 

 Pens, gold, Prof. J. Thomson on an im- 

 proved modification of the ink -reservoir 



in, 1851, 118. 

 Pentacrinus europaeus, R. Ball on, 1835, 72. 

 Pentasulphate of calcium as a means of 



preventing the grape disease, Dr. A. P. 



Price on, 1853, 46. 

 Pentethyl-stibene, G. B. Buckton on, 1859, 



66. 

 Penuce ferroensis, a fossil wood from Fiiroe, 



notice of, 1834, 666. 

 Percussion lights, on their use for prevent- 

 ing collisions at sea and on railways, by 



Capt. Leach, 1857, 18 r. 

 Periodic phenomena, tables of forms for 



obtaining reports on, 1856, 105. 

 Periodicity, vital, Dr. Laycock on a general 



law of, 1842, 81. 

 Peritonitis and scirrhoma. Sir D. J. H. Dick- 

 son on a case of, 1839, 95. 

 Periwinkles, on the quantity of, shipped at 



Belfast, 1857, 106. 



