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INDEX. 



Pettie, John, x, 364; xi, 345; obit., 

 xviii, 585. 



Pettingell, John H., obit., xii, 603. 



Pettis, G. W., obit.j xvii, 566. 



Pettit, John, obit., li, 586. 



Pettitbled. invention by, ix, 736. 



Peucker, E., sketch, i, 662. 



Peyton, Bailie, obit., iii, 643. 



Pfaff. C. I., obit, xv, 660. 



Pfordten, O. F., experiments by, 

 viii. 113. 



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



Phacusa, x, 36. 



Phanerogamia, ix, 95. 



Phantom City in Central America, 

 vii, 337. 



Pharoah's serpents, ix, 808. 



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

 688 ; xi, 753 ; xii, 664 ; xiii, 687 ; 

 xvii, 630. 



Phata-Hoteph, book by, vii, 260. 



Phelan, James, obit., xvi, 646. 



Phelps, A., obit., xv, 660. 



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



Phelps, Elisha, obit., v, 595. 



Phelps, G. M., sketch, xiii, 648. 



Phelps, John F., obit., iii, 643. 



Phelps, John Smith, i, 566; obit., 

 xi, 696. 



Phelps, Philip, obit., i, 622. 



Phelps, Royal, obit., ix, 611. 



Phenix or Phoenix, xiv, 156. 



Phenol, ix, 129. 



Philadelphia, statistics of, x, 685 ; 

 recent growth of, xi, 180. 



Philadelphia, ancient, ix, 28. 



Philadelphia's new charter, xiv, 

 689. 



Philbrick, John D., obit., xi, 696. 



Philippia, xi, 139. 



Philippine Islands, viii, 740; ix, 

 740 ; xiv, 776. 



Philleo, P. C., obit, and port., xv, 

 660. 



Phillippi, engagement at, x, 554. 



Phillippopplis, revolt in, x, 108. 



Phillippovitch, Baron, sketch, xiv, 

 668. 



Phillips, C. D. F., xii, 678. 



Phillips, G. S., sketch, xiv, 644. 



Phillips, Isaac, sketch, xiv. 644. 



Phillips, John A., obit., xii, 636. 



Phillips, John B.. obit., ii, 586. 



Phillips, E. H.. obit., xv, 660. 



Phillips. Wendell, obit, and por- 

 trait, ix, 650. 



Phipson, experiments by, vii, 88. 



Phoenicians, relics of the, ix, 28. 



Phoenix Park murders, the, vii, 

 366 ; viii, 414 ; trials for, 415. 



Phoneidoscope, the ; iii, 727. 



Phonograph, the, ii, 638; illustra- 

 tions., 638. 639 ; xv, 708. 



Phormium hemp, xiii, 248. 

 Phosphates, xi, 806 ; discovery of, 

 in Colombia, xii, 140 ; xiv, 772 ; 

 xvii, 278 ; discovered, xiv, 326 ; 

 of lime, xiv, 15 ; xv, 319, 778 ; 

 in Alabama, xviii, 7 ; in Florida, 

 xviii, 315. 



Phosphorescence, of marine ani- 

 mals, x, 690. 



Phosphoric acid, ix, 128; deter- 

 mination of, x, 157. 

 Phosphorus, production of, v, 88 ; 



new form, viii, 121. 

 Photo-Engraving, xii, 665. 

 Photographic camera, xvi, 710. 

 Photography, improvements in, ii, 

 498; iii, 725; vi, 747; amateur, 

 ix, 651 ; celestial, x, 49 ; ix, 52 ; 



x, 47, 49 ; xi, 51 ; xii, 35 ; in col- 

 ors, ix, 122 ; illustrations, wash- 

 ing plates, xiij 655 ; xi, 741 ; as- 

 tronomical, xiii, 49 ; xiv, 43 ; 

 celestial, xvi, 51 ; recent progress 

 in, xvi, 720. 



Photometer, meridian, xi, 52. 

 Photometry, new unit of light for, 

 ii. 96 ; standards, vi, 96 ; stellar, 

 xii, 43. 



Photophone, the, v, 447. 

 Phthallic acid, y, 89. 

 Phuoc. Luh Vinh, leader of the 



Black Flags, x, 27, 31. 

 Phylloxera, vi, 670 ; ix, 345. 

 Physical training, xii, 665. 

 Physics, progress of, in recent 

 years, xiv, 6:-l ; in 1890, xv, 710 

 in 1892, xvii, 634 ; in 1893, xviii 

 616; chemical, xv, 99; in 1891 

 xvi, 725 ; xviii, 131. 

 Physiology, recent, vi, 748; viii 

 631 ; literature of, vi, 754 ; vii 

 692; viii, 638; ix, 653; x, 689 

 xi, 754 ; xii, 668 ; xiii, 689 ; xiv 

 703; xv. 720; 'xvi, 734; xvii 

 644; xviii, 626. 



Piasrgia, explorations by, ii, 330. 

 Piahte, Lake, x, 395. 

 Piallat, M., invention by, x. 578. 

 Pianell, Count G.. obit., xvii, 602. 

 Pianista, x, 620 ; ill., 621. 

 Piano, improvements in the, i, 517 ; 



x, 614; mecanique, x, 620. 

 Piano, Major, xii, 2. 

 Piatt, Donn, xvi, 646. 

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

 Pichotj A., obit., ii, 608. 

 Pickering, Charles, obit, iii, 643. 

 Pickering, C. W., sketch, xiii, 



649. 

 Pickering, E. C., observations by, 



vi, 40 ; vii 41 ; ix, 52 ; x, 53. 

 Pickering, W. H., xi, 51, 52, 53, 



57. 



Picknell, William L., xi, 347. 

 Picramine, x, 300. 

 Picric acid compounds, x, 346. 

 Pictet, Eaoul, design of, for ships 

 of war ? vi, 246 ; apparatus for 

 liquefying oxygen, with illustra- 

 tion, ii, 88 : quoted, vii, 259 ; ex- 

 periments by, ix, 434. 

 Pictures, exhibitions and sales of, 

 picture galleries. See Fine Arts. 

 Pierce, Bradford, sketch, xiv, 644. 

 Pierce, George F., obit., ix, 611. 

 Pierce, Lovick, obit., iv, 695. 

 Pierce, Thomas P., obit, xii, 603. 

 Pierola, Nicholas de, iv, 728 ; made 

 "supreme chief" of Peru, v, 

 625 ; his flight, vi v 737. See also 

 Peru, Chili, and Lmited States. 

 Pierpont, John, sketch, vii, 698. 

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

 Pierrepont, Edwards, obit, and 



port., xvii, 566. 



Pierrepont, H. E., sketch, xiii, 649. 

 Piers, new, iv, 344. 

 Piersol, S. H., nominated, xiii, 841. 

 Pierson, H. E., obit., xv, 660. 

 Pig-iron, in Alabama, xv, 5. 

 Pihahiroth, site of, ix, 19. 

 Pike, A., obit, and port, xvi, 647. 

 Pike, Austin F., obit., xi ; 696. 

 Pike County disorders, xiii, 463. 

 Pike, Maria L., obit, xvii, 566. 

 Pike, Eichard, obit, xviii, 585. 

 Pile, William A., sketch, xiv, 644. 

 Pilgrimages, to shrine of Ste. Anne, 

 xviii, 661. 



Pilgrim Fathers, monuments to, 



xiv, 323 ; homes of the, xv, 321. 

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

 Pillow, G. J., x, 423 : obit., iii, 644. 

 Pillsbury, Gilbert, obit., xviii, 565. 

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



portrait, ii, 524. 

 Pilot-chart, xiii, 59. 

 Piloty, Carl von, ix, 464; xii, 279 ; 



obit., xi, 724. 



Pirn, Bedford, obit, xi, 725. 

 Pinart, Zclia N., xi, 24, 46. 

 Pine Bluffs, Ark., xviii, 171. 

 Pine, white, xvi, 530. 

 Pine-wood oil, vii, 634. 

 Piiieo, Peter, obit., xvi, 647. 

 Pineton, Charles A., obit, xvi, 647. 

 Pinheiro, Lieut., invention by, iii, 



725. 



Pinkertons, the, xvii, 208. 

 Pinkney, Howard', sketch, xiii, 649. 

 Pinknev, William, obit., viii, 593. 

 Pinneo, T., S., obit., xviii, 565. 

 Pinoleum, vii, 94. 

 Pinsk Marshes, drainage, xi, 320. 

 Pinto, Don Annibal, i, 103 ; iii, 73. 

 Pinto, Scrpa, explorations by, iv, 



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

 Piombo, .Sebastian del, x, 366. 

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

 Pipe-lines, xvii, 655. 

 Piper-methysticum, xi, 291. 

 Piperonal, xi, 291. 

 Piracy at Foochow, i, 109, 347. 

 Pireeus, excavations in the, x, 37. 

 Pirmez, E., obit, xv, 686. 

 Pirogoff, Dr., ix. 747. 

 Pirot, capture of, x, 731. 

 Pisciculture, viii, 791. 

 Pisebkhanu, King, ix, 19 ; city of, 



20. 



Pishin, annexation of, xiii, 7. 

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

 Pita, viii, 638; illustration, 639. 

 Pitcher, John, obit., xvii ? 566. 

 Pithom, identification ot the city 



of, ix, 19 ; x 35. 



Pitkin, Frederick W., obit., xi, 696. 

 Pitkin, Perlcy P., obit,, xvi, 647. 

 Pittman, Ben, ix, 246. 

 Pittsburg Landing, battle of. See 



Shiloh. 

 Pittsburg, recent growth of, xi, 180; 



illustration, ii, 632. 

 Pittsfield, xv, 141. 

 Pituri. vi, 755. 

 Pius IX, sketch, iii, 689 ; episcopal 



jubilee of, iij 681 ; insult to the 



remains of, vi, 451, 792. 

 Pixley-Fult'ord, Annie, obit., xviii, 



565. 



Place, Charles P., obit, xviii, 585. 

 Placide, Thomas, obit., ii, 5%. 

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

 Plainfield, xv, 141. 

 Plains of Heaven, the, x, 396. 

 Planche", James R., obit, v, 602. 

 Planchon, J. E., sketch, xiii, 667. 

 Planetary tables, xiv, 46. 

 Planetoids, xviii, 45. 

 Planets, supposed intra- Mercurial, 



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

 Neptunian, v ; 34 ; spectra of, xi, 



54; discoveries of minor, see 



Astronomical Progress. 

 Plant4, Gaston, invention by, vi, 



254 ; experiments of, vii, 265 ; 



xii, 492 ; sketch, xiv, 668. 

 Plants, chemistry of, xiii, 146. 

 Plants, electrical phenomena in, i, 



249 ; insectivorous, iv, 36 ; ab 



