INDEX. 751 



P. 



Paleontology, development of ^^'^ 



Palmer, William, collection^ by "r^^ 



Pan-American Exposition, National Mnseiuu at 57 



Papago Indians, study of ^^^^^ 



Parasitic organisms, discovery of 471 



Paris Exposition, act relating to , ^ , , , 



Park, Mungo, explorations by 4 is 



Parrot, Chinese story of the r>;»7 



Pasteur, bacteriological discoveries by 4»i4 



Patagonia, Indian skulls from ->•_' 



researches in ixi 



Pattle, Brigadier, of French army in China ivSA 



Pawnee ritual, study of (itt 



Peale, Titian, on mastodon hair 4;il,' 



Peary expedition, work of <>0 



Peirce, Charles S., on century's great men oi science ()»^Mi«9 



Pekin, loot of summer palace at ()01-«>:i5 



Pekin Observatory, the looting of !>*•"' 



Pembroke College, medals presented to 1 ^ 



Penaud' s flying toy -^^ 



Peters, John P. , Babylonian excavations by -'^-t^i 



Petrified forests of Arizona --"^ 



Petronius, tale of, compared with Chinese story •»•'<" 



Philii)pine Islands, collections from •5'^. •>•». ' " 



commercial value of •'' ■* 



live animals from •**' 



Phosphorescent bodies, researches in •^' 



effects of low temperatures -^^^ 



Photograph, first ever taken on glass '"^' 



Photographic action by metals 



Photography, celestial, progress in 



development of 



of birds and animals, l)y Dngniore -^''1' 



of colors .. , "' 



ot sound waves 



Physicist and biologist, relation of ^.^'^_' 



Physicists, great, of the century |_', 



Physico-mathematical methods in physiolog\- . , 40-{-i l"> 



Physico-Technical Institution at Charlottenburg • ^ ^"^ 



Physics, researches in, at Charlottenburg :{ir>-:«l 



progress in, Mendenhall on " ' '^^.^^ 



Physiology, experimental, development of ^ ^ ^ 



plant, Wiesner on .-- 46,101.1.^0 



Pickering, E. C. , astronomical instruments Irom ^^^^ 



Pickering's researches in stellar spectra ^,,^ 



Pikes Peak, discovery of - ,591 



Piper, Mrs., psychical experiments with • • " ^ j^. 



Pipes and smoking customs, McGuire on - '*''".....!. im 



Pithecanthropus erectus, age of ,1., 



Dubois on .j79 



Le Conte on -^y> 



Plague, London, Huxley on '■"" ^A 



Plankton, study of, by Brandt 



