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INDEX. 



Photophone, the, v, 447. 



Phthallic acid, v, 89. 



Phylloxera, vi, 670 ; ix, 345. 



Physical training, xii, 665. 



Physics, progress of, in recent 

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

 in 1892, xvii, 634; in 1893, xviii, 

 616; chemical, xv, 99; in 1891, 

 xvi, 725 ; xviii, 131 ; xix, 651. 



Physiology, recent, vi, 748; viii, 

 631 ; xix, 660 ; 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. 



Piaggia, explorations by, ii, 330. 



Pialite, 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, Don'n, xvi, 646. 



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



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



Pickering, Charles, obit., iii, 643. 



Pickering, C. W., obit., xiii, 049. 



Pickering, E. C., observations by, 

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



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



Picknell, William L., xi, 347. 



Pico, Pio, obit., xix, 592. 



Picramine, x, 300. 



Picric acid compounds, x, 346. 



Pictet, Raoul, design of, for ships 

 of "ar, vi, 246; apparatus for 

 liquefying oxygen, with illustra- 

 tion, i'i, 88 : quoted, vii, 259 ; ex- 

 periments by, ix, 434. 



Pictures. 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, 737. 



Pierpont, John, sketch, vii, 693. 



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



Pierrcpont, E., obit., xvii, 566. 



Pierrepont, II. E., sketch, xiii, 649. 



Piers, new, iv, 344. 



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



Pierson, H. R., obit,, xv, 660. 



Pig-iron, in Alabama, xv, 5. 



Piglhcin, Bruno, obit., xix, 621. 



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, Richard, obit., xviii, 585. 



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



Pilgrimages, xviii, 661. 



Pilgrim Fathers, monuments to, 

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



Pillot, A. P., obit., v, 696. 



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, Zelia N., xi, 24, 46. 



Pine Bluffs, Ark., xviii, 171. 



Pine, white, xvi, 530. 



Pine-wood oil, vii, 634. 



Pineo, 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. 



Pinnco'T., S., obit., xviii, 565. 



Pinoleum, vii, 94. 



Pi->sk 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, 066. 



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



Pipe-lines, xvii, 655. 



Piper-metnysticum, xi, 291. 



Piperonal, xi, 291. 



Piracy at Foochow, i, 109, 347. 



Pira3us, excavations in the, x, 37. 



Pirmez, E., obit., xv, 686. 



Pirogoff, Dr., ix, 747. 



Pirot, capture of, x, 731. 



Pisciculture, viii, 791. 



Pisebkhanu, Kin^, 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, ix, 19 ; x, 35. 



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



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



Pittman, Ben, ix, 246. 



Pittsburg, recent growth of, xi, 180; 

 illustration, ii, "032 ; water, xix, 

 778. 



Pittsfield, xv. 141. 



Pituri, vi, 755. 



Pius IX, sketch, iii, 689 ; episcopal 

 jubilee of, ii 2 681 ; insult to the 

 remains of, vi, 451, 792. 



Pixley-Fulford, Annie, obit., xviii, 

 565. 



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



Placer Claim Decision, xix, 359. 



Placide, Thomas, obit., ii, 5^0. 



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 ; see Astronomical Progress. 



Plante, 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- 

 sorption of noxious substances 

 by, vii, 93 ; anatomy and physi- 

 ology of, ix, 92; respiration of, 

 ix, 130 ; new, xii, 73. 



Plata?a, relics at, xvi. is. 



Platinum, vi, 93; wire, x, 576. 



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



Plattsmmitl). Neb., xviii, 171. 



Pla\ fair, Sir Lyon, x, 46. 



Pleasonton, A. J., obit., xix, 593. 



Pleiades, the, xii, 44. 



Plener, Dr., on reform, v, 44. 



Pleuro-pneumonia, xi, 434; in 

 Chicago stock-yards, xii, 377. 



Plevna, : fitll of, ii, 744; ix, 762. 



Pleyte, M. W., x, 36. 



Plimpton, J. L.,ix, 736. 



Plimpton and Graves, experiments 



by, viii, 113. 



Plong, Carl P., obit., xix., 621. 

 Plotz, Albert von, obit., i, 0-1 n. 

 Plover, in United States, x, 3s'.i. 

 Plumb, Preston B., sketch, ii, 4 Hi ; 



obit.j xvij 647. 

 Plumbing, ix, 716 et seq. 

 Plumer, \Villiam S., sketch, v. 0-20. 

 Plumfield, xiii, 11. 

 Plumptre, E. H., obit., xvi, (58. 

 Plunkett, T. O. W., xiv, 00*. 

 Plushes, ix, 788. 

 Pneumatic excavation, ii, 275. 

 Pocci, Count, obit., i, 640. 

 Pocock, Francis, death of, ii, :',-_'. 

 Poe, Edgar A , memorial to, x. ;;;, . 

 Poetsch, his mining, xi, 3iO. 

 Poetry. See Literature. 

 Pogge, Paul, explorations of. i. 



331; obit.,ix, 620. 

 Poggendorff, J. G., obit., ii, 5".i : 



explorations, iii, 364. 

 Poillon, Richard, obit., xvi, 648. 

 Poindcxter-Greenhow case, x, 2C..s. 

 Point Pleasant, ill., x, 422. 

 Pointers, ix, 256. 

 Poise, Ferdinand, obit,, xvii, <>_'. 

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

 34 ; ix, 663 ; action of, xi, 763 ; 

 xii, 678; xiii, 695; xiv, 710; xv. 

 728. See Arsenic. 

 Polak, Edward, obit., xvi, 683. 

 Poland, change in administration, 

 i, 711 ; demand for political 

 rights, v, 666 ; plan to restore 

 the Kingdom of, ix, 358 ; expul- 

 sion of foreigners from, x, 418. 

 Poland, Luke P., obit., xii, 603. 

 Polar bear, illustration, i, 327. 

 Polar Conference, third, vi, 325. 

 Polaris, xiii, 57. 

 Polarization, vii, 265. 

 Polar regions, statistical tables, v. 



626. See Arctic Expeditions. 

 Polaris, the, ix, 33, 34. 

 Polding, Archbishop, obit., ii, 0<.".'. 

 Poles, conciliation of, viii, 70s ; xi. 



389, 390. 



Poliakoff, Samuel, sketch, xiii, 007. 

 Police power of States, ix, 429. 

 Policy, Indian, changes of, vi, 421. 

 Political Agitations, in Denmark, 

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

 gal, vi, 760 ; in France, ii, 30s ; 

 map of France, ii, 314; in Italy, 

 see Italia Irredenta ; in the 

 United States, i, 719. See also 

 under titles of countries. 

 Political assessments, vii, 151, O!'.".. 



See also Civil-Service Reform. 

 Political conventions, national. 

 See article United States and 

 articles on States of the Union . 

 Political crimes, by supposed Fe- 

 nians, vi, 370. See Assassinations. 

 Political parties, English, viii, 412 ; 



German, xviii, 347. 

 Polk, ex-President, burial place of, 

 xviii, 711 ; homestead, view of. 

 xvi, 648. 



Polk, L. L., obit., xvii, 566. 

 Polk, Sarah C., obit., xvi, 648. 

 Polk, Trusten. obit., 5, 622. 

 Pollard, Josephine, obit., xvii. r>r,i;. 

 Polle, Dr., ix, 653. 

 Pollock, J., obit., xv, 660. 

 Polo, description of, xii, 680. 

 Polygamy, in Utah, vi, 788. 869; 

 ix, 219, 792 ; in Idaho, viii, 435, 

 812 ; law against, x, 764, 773 ; 



