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INDEX OF ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA, FROM 1876 TO 1884. 



Pechiile, Dr., discovery "by, vi, 38. 



Peck, Asahel, obit., iv, 694. 



Peck, Ebcnezer, obit., vi, 687. 



Peck, G.,D.D.,obit., i, 622. 



Peck, J. J., obit., iii, 643. 



Peck, Jesse T., obit., viii, 593. 



Peckham, F. A., obit., i, 622. 



Peckbarn, S. F., observations by, 

 iv, 53. 



Pedersen, Knud, obit., i, 640. 



Pedro II, of Brazil, sketch, ii, 629 ; 

 portrait, ii, 74. 



Peel, A. W., sketch and portrait, 

 ix, 643. 



Peoples, Judge C., obit., ii, 586. 



Peirce, Benj., obit., v, 595. 



Pel, Gen., obit., i, 640. 



Pelham, Wm., obit., iv, 694. 



Pellicier, A. D., obit., v, 595. 



Pemberton, J. C., sketch, vi, 726. 



Penn, John, obit., iii, 660. 



Penuock, Bear- Admiral A. M., 

 obit., i, 622. 



Pennsylvania, in every volume. 



Pensions, in Japan, i, 427 ; in New 

 Jersey to soldiers of 1812, vi, 

 638 ; to soldiers of other Amer- 

 ican wars, ix, 224. 



Pensions, increase of, bill in Con- 

 gress, viii, 248 ; amendment to 

 pension veterans of Mexican 

 and Indian wars, viii, 248. 



Peptones, the, viii, 119. 



Pereire, I., obit., v, 602. 



Perger, Et. Eev. J., obit., i, 640. 



Perier, A. C. V. L., sketch, i, 

 659. 



Perinchief, Kev. 0., obit., ii, 586. 



Perkins, G. E., sketch, i, 659. 



Perkins, J. C., obit., ii, 586. 



Perkins, S. E., sketch, iv, 723. 



Peroifskaya, Sophia, vi, 797. 



Perraud, J. J., obit., i, 640. 



Perrin, E. P., obit., i, 622. 



Perrone, G., sketch, i, 659. 



Perrotin, discoveries by, i, 46 ; ii, 

 44 ; iii, 36. 



Perry, electric railway of, viii, 678. 



Persia, in every volume. 



Persian succession, the, vi, 731. 



Pertz, G. H., obit., i, 640. 



Peru, in every volume but ii ; war 

 with Chili, see Chilian War. 



Peru, Chili, and the United States, 

 vi, 738; vii, 810. 



Pestilence in India, i, 404. 



Peter, Mrs. S., obit., ii, 586. 



Petermann, A., obit., iii, 660 ; the- 

 ory of African rivers, 363. 



Peters, Adolf, obit., i, 640. 



Peters, C. A. F., obit., v, 602. 



Peters, C. H. F., discoveries by, i, 

 46 ; ii, 44 ; iii, 36 ; iv, 51 ; v, 

 34 ; viii, 21 ; star-charts of, 

 viii, 27. 



Peters, T. C., obit., i, 622. 



Petitot, Abbe", explorations by, v, 

 297. 



Petrella, E., obit., ii, 608. 



Petrie, invention by, iii, 275. 



Petroleum, vii, 687 ; pipe-line trans- 

 portation of, iii, 618 ; export of, 

 682 ; iv, 174 ; test, vii, 96 ; sta- 

 tistics, vii, 114; Government 

 monopoly in Greece, viii, 419 ; 

 in Mexico, 537; in Ontario, 

 609 ; in Eussia, ix, 705. See 

 Naphtha. 



Pettit, John, obit., ii, 586. 



Peucker, E. von, sketch, i, 662. 



Peyton, B., obit., iii, 643. 



Pfordten, 0. F., experiments by, 

 viii, 113. 



Pfund, Dr., obit., i, 640. 



" Phantom City " in Central Amer- 

 ica, vii, 337. 



Pharmacy, viii, 630 ; ix, 649. 



Phelps, A. H. L., obit., ix, 610. 



Phelps, E., obit., v, 595. 



Phelps, J. F., obit., iii, 643. 



Phelps, P., obit., i, 622. 



Phelps, E., obit., ix, 611. 



Philippine Islands, viii, 740 ; ix, 

 740. 



Phillips, J. B., obit., ii, 586. 



Phillips, W., obit, and portrait, ix, 

 650. 



Phipson, T. L., experiments by, 

 vii, 88. 



Phoenix Park murders, the, vii, 

 366 ; viii, 414 ; trials for, 415. 



Phoneidoscope, the, iii, 727. 



Phonograph, the, ii, 638. 



Phosphorus, production of, v, 88 ; 

 new form, viii, 121. 



Photography, improvements in, ii, 

 498 ; iii, 725 ; vi, 747 ; ama- 

 teur, ix, 651. 



Photometry, new unit of light for, 

 ii, 96 ; standards, vi, 96. 



Photophone, the, v, 447. 



Phthallic acid, v, 89. 



Phylloxera, vi, 670. 



Physiology, recent, vi, 748; viii, 

 631 ; literature of, vi, 754 ; vii, 

 692 ; viii, 638 ; ix, 653. 



Piaggia, Carlo, explorations by, ii, 

 330. 



Piano, improvements in the, i, 

 517. 



Picard, L. J. E., obit., ii, 608. 



Pichot, A., obit., ii, 608. 



Pickering, C., obit., iii, 643. 



Pickering, E. C., observations by, 

 vi,40; vii, 41. 



Pictet, Eaoul, design of, for ships 

 of war, vi, 246. 



Pierce, G. F., obit., ix, 611. 



Pierce, L., obit., iv, 695. 



Pierola, N. de, made " supreme 

 chief" of Peru, v, 625; flight 

 of, vi, 737. See also Peru, 



Chili, and the United States, 

 vi, 738. 



Pierpont, John, sketch, vii, 693. 



Pierre, P. J. G., obit., viii, 603. 



Piers, new, iv, 344. 



Pillot, A. P., obit., v, 595. 



Pillow, G. J M obit., iii, 644. 



Pillsbury, J. S., sketch, i, 558. 



Pine-wood oil, vii, 634. 



Pinhciro, Lieut., invention by, iii, 

 725. 



Pinkney, Wm., obit., viii, 593. 



Pinoleum, vii, 94. 



Pinto, Serpa, explorations by, iv, 

 404 ; v, 293 ; sketch of, iv, 405. 



Pipe-line, Suakim-Berber, ix, 316. 



Piracy, at Foochow, i, 109, 347. 



Pisciculture, viii, 791. 



Pistorius, H. A., obit., ii, 609. 



Pita, viii, 638. 



Pituri, vi, 755. 



Pius IX, sketch, iii, 689 ; episcopal 

 jubilee of, ii, 681 ; insult to the 

 remains of, vi, 451, 792. 



Placide, Thos., obit., ii, 586. 



Plague, the, iv, 728 ; vii, 286, 291. 



Planche, J. E., obit., v, 602. 



Planets, supposed intra-Mercurial, 

 i, 45; iii, 33; viii, 20; ultra- 

 Neptunian, v, 34; discoveries 

 of minor, see Astronomical 

 Progress. 



Plante, invention by, vi, 254; ex- 

 periments of, vii, 265. 



Platinum, atomic weight of, vi, 93. 



Platt, T. C., resignation of, vi, 644. 



Plants, electrical phenomena in, i, 

 249 ; insectivorous, iv, 36 ; ab- 

 sorption of noxious substances 

 by, vii, 93. 



Plener, Dr., on financial reform in 

 Austria, v, 44. 



Plevna, fall of, ii, 744. 



Plimpton and Graves, experiments 

 by, viii, 113. 



Plotz, Albert von, obit., i, 640. 



Plumbing, ix, 716, et seq. 



Plumer, W. S., sketch, v, 626. 



Plushes, ix, 788. 



Pneumatic excavation, ii, 275. 



Pocci, Count, obit., i, 640. 



Pocock, Francis, death of, ii, 332. 



Pogge, Paul, explorations of, i, 331 ; 

 obit., ix, 620. 



Poggendorff, J. C., obit., ii, 609; 

 iii, 364. 



Poisons, in food, clothing, etc., iv, 

 34 ; ix, 663. See Arsenic. 



Poland, change in administration, 

 i, 711 ; demand for political 

 rights, v, 666. 



Polar Conference, third, vi, 825. 



Polarization, vii, 265. 



Polar Eegions, statistical tables, v, 

 626. 



Polding, Archbishop, obit., ii, 609. 



