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

 Pfordten, 0. F., experiments by, 



viii, 113. 



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

 Phantom City in Central America, 



vii, 337. 

 Pharmacy, viii, 630 ; ix, 649 ; x, 



688. 



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. 

 Philadelphia, statistics, x, 685. 

 Philippine Islands, viii, 740; ix, 



740. 



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

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



650. 



Phipson, experiments, 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 ; celestial, x, 49. 

 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 ; x, 689. 

 Piaggia, explorations by, ii, 330. 

 Piano, improvements in the, i, 517 ; 



me"canique, x, 620 ; pianista, x, 



620. 



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. 

 Pie"rola, 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., obit., iii, 644. 

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

 Pine-wood oil, vii, 634. 

 Pinheiro, Lieut., invention by, iii, 



725. 



Pinkney, Wm., obit,, Tiii, 593. 

 Pinoleum, vii, 94. 



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Pinto, Serpa, explorations by, iv, 

 404 ; v, 293 ; sketch of, iv, 

 405. 



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

 Piracy, at Foochow, i, 109, 347. 

 Piraeus,, excavations in, x, 37. 

 Pisciculture, viii, 791. 

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

 Pita, viii, 638. 

 Pithom, x, 35. 

 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. 



Plant^, 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, eb 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 ; 



explorations, 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, 325. 

 Polarization, vii, 265. 

 Polar Eegions, statistical tables, v, 



626. 



Polding, Archbishop, obit., ii, 609. 

 Poles, conciliation of, viii, 708. 

 Police power of States, ix, 429. 

 Policy, Indian, changes of, vi, 421. 

 Political Agitations, in Denmark, 

 iv, 313 ; vi, 209, 210 ; in Port- 

 ugal, vi, 760; in France, ii, 

 308 ; map of France, ii, 314 ; 

 in Italy, see Italia Irredenta ; 

 in U. S.,i, 719. See also un- 

 der titles of countries. 



Political Assessments, vii, 693. See 



also Civil-Service Reform. 

 Political cases in S. C., pardons, 



iv, 820. 



Political crimes, by supposed Fe- 

 nians, vi, 370. See Assassina- 

 tions. 



Political parties, English, viii, 412. 

 Political parties, U. S., conventions 

 of. See under names of States 

 in each volume. 

 Polk, Trusten, obit., i, 622. 

 Polygamy, in Utah, vi, 783, 859 ; 

 ix, 219, 792; in Idaho, viii, 

 435, 812 ; law against, x, 764, 

 773. 



Polynias, the, vii, 332. 

 Pomare II, Queen of the Society 



Islands, ii, 53. 

 Pompeii, celebration of destruction 



of, iv, 527. 

 Pondoland, x, 135. 

 Ponroy, P. G. A., sketch, i, 663. 

 Ponzi, G., obit., x, 667. 

 Pope, Com. J., obit., i, 622. 

 Population, the center of, in the 



U. S., with maps, vi, 755. 

 Population, density and death-rate, 



iii, 723. 



Porcelain, viii, 639. 

 Pork, prohibition of American, viii, 



396, 643. 



Porter, A, D., invention, ii, 720. 

 Porter, Fitz-John, case of, iv, 49 ; 

 in Congress, viii, 236 ; ix, 205. 

 Porto Eico, viii, 648 ; ix, 663 ; x, 



783. 



Portraits, composite, iii, 726. 

 Ports opened in China, i, 119 ; ii, 



102. 



Portugal, in every volume. 

 Posada Herrera, obit., x, 667. 

 Postage, review of legislation on, 

 viii, 163 ; bill in Congress for 

 reduction, viii, 185 ; review of 

 reductions, viii, 188. 

 Postal Congress, x, 697. 

 Postal Dispatch, Pneumatic, ii, 497. 

 Postal route, American, x, 61. 

 Postal Statistics, i, 240 ; iv, 836. 

 Potagos, explorations by, v, 292. 

 Pontanin, explorations, ii, 327. 

 Potassa, determination of, ii, 93; 



manufacture, viii, 115. 

 Potel, invention of poteline, vii, 316. 

 Pothuan, Louis, ii, 321. 

 Potomac marshes, the, drainage 



recommended, v, 650. 

 Potter, C. N., sketch, vii, 697. 

 Potter, H. C., sketch, viii, 652. 

 Pouget, trial of, viii, 369. 

 Poujoulat, J. J. F., obit., v, 602. 

 Power of Congress over Witnesses, 

 vii, 698 ; Kilbourne case, ibid. 

 Powys, Bishop, obit, ii, 609. 

 Prado, M. I., sketch, iv, 732. 



