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.NDEX 



{Nature, Nov. i6, 1876 



Perry (Rev. S. J., F.R.S.), The History of Magnetism, 10; 



Magnetic Observations in China, 196 

 Persia, Eastern, 345 



Persian Boundary Commission, Journeys of the, 345 

 Petermann's Mittheilungen, 36, 61, 121, 218, 300, 465, 582 

 Petrie (W. M. Flinders), the Harris Cubit of Karnalc, 168 

 Petrochovsky, Magnetic Apparatus of, 263 

 Pheasants of Borneo, 582 

 Philadelphia Convention of Archaeologists at, 120 ; Death-rate 



of, 120 ; Exhibition, 279 ; Academy of Sciences, 383 

 Philippines, Prof. Steere's Expedition to, the, R, Bowdler 



Sharpe, 297 ; Spanish Commission on, 360 

 Phosphates and Potash Salts, Report on, 455 

 Photographic Processes, Capt. Abney, F.R.S., 239, 255 

 Photography of the Loan Collection Apparatus, 149 

 Photography, Vogel's Chemistry of, 328 

 Photography, Heigh way's Practical Portrait, 448 

 '* Physical Geography," Dr. Page's Textbook o*, 26, 131 

 Physical Science Institute, Proposed, 205 

 Physical Science Museum, 257, 325, 341, 349 

 Physical Science in Schools, 365 

 Physical Society, 18, 143, 163, 223, 263 

 " Physiologische Methodik," Dr. R. Gscheldlen, 47 

 Pidgeon (D.), Influence of Islands on Colour of Animals, 527 

 Pig, the Ancient British, 254 

 Pigott's Comet of 1783, 475 

 Placenta, Turner on the, 287, 485, 517 

 Plague in Mesopotamia, 218 

 Planets: an Intra-Mercurial (?), 418, 424, 451, 469, 473 ; Minor, 



10, SO, 132, 257, 418, 505, 507, 526, 533, 534, 570 

 Plant Growth, M. MUUer's Experiments on, 261 

 Plantamour (Prof.), Meteorological Observations at Geneva, 363 

 Plants, Cohn on the Biology of, 326 ; Self-fertilisation of, 475, 



543. 570 

 Playtair (Col. R. L.), Travels in Tunis in the Footsteps of 



Bruce, 490 

 Plummer (John I.), Brilliant Meteor, 505 

 Poggendorff's Annalen der Physikund Chemie, 17, 37, 141, 182, 



202, 281, 362, 465, 467, 499, 536, 538 

 Poinier (Porter), Death of, 360 

 Poisoning, Scientific, 130 

 Pola, Meteorological Observations at, 322 

 Polynesians, Decrease of the, S. J. Whitmee, 190 

 Potato Disease, Worthington G. Smith, 70 

 Potts (Thomas H.), Habits of Animals Transmitted to Offspring, 



544 

 Power (Wilmot H. T.), Freezing Phenomena, 191; Protective 



Mimicry, 309 

 Pre-Carbonilerous Rocks, 481 



«' Prehistoric Man," Prof. D. WUson's, E. B. Tylor, F.R.S., 65 

 Prejevalsky (Col. N.), "Mongolia," 3 ; Exploration of Central 



Asia, 60 ; the Thibetan Expedition of, 496 

 Press, the, on the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, 41, 76 

 Prime Movers, F.J, Bramwell, C.E., F.R.S., 140, 159, 175 

 Protective Mimicry, 309, 329 

 Pryor (R. A.), Destruction of Flowers by Birds, 10 

 Puy-de-D6me Observatory, 509 

 Pyrology— Quantitative Analysis by the Blowpipe, Major A. W. 



Ross, 130 

 Pyroxidation, Major W. A. Ross, 289 



Quain's Anatomy, Eighth Edition, 129 



Quantitative Analysis of the Blowpipe, Major A. W. Ross, 130 



Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 37 



Quekett Club, Journal of the, 539 



Radcliffe (Dr.), "Vital Motion," 267 



Radcliffe Observatory Report, 278 



Radiometers, and Actinometers, 16 ; and Spectroscope, M. de 

 Fonvielle's Experiments on, 181 ; Direct Motion in the, an 

 Effect of Electricity, 288 ; in France, W. de Fonvielle, 296 ; 

 M. Govi's Experiments with, 321 ; M. Jeannel's Observations 

 on, 419 ; the Inverse Rotation of the, an Effect of Electricity, 

 Rev. Joseph Delsaulx, 449 ; Dr. G, Berthold on, 465 ; in a 

 Balloon, W. de Fonvielle, 508 ; Dr. E. Frankland, F.R.S., 

 on, 356 



Railway Carriages, Warming of, 581 



Rainfall : of Oxford, 20 1 ; of Algeria, 300 ; of Great Britain, 477 



Ray Society, Annual Meetmg of the, 442 



Rayleigh (Lord, F.R.S.), Our Perception of the Direction of a 

 Source of Sound, 32 



Reale Istituto Lombardo, 323, 498, 563 



Reflector, the Great Paris, 200 



Refractor, Monster, 35 



Reichert and Du Bois- Raymond's Archiv, 219, 539 



Reissig's Comet, 311 



Remington Type Writing Machine, 43 



Research, Endowment o', E. Ray Lankester, F.R. S., 126 



Reuleaux (F.), Kinematics of Machinery, 213, 233 



Reunion, the Volcano of, 333 



Revue des Sciences Naturelles, 37, 583 



Reynolds (Prof. Osborne), on the Resistance encountered by 



Vortex Rings, 477 

 Rhinoceroses, 571 

 Richardson (Dr. B. W., F.R.S.), Abstract Report to Nature, 



on Experimentation on Animals for the Advance of Practical 



Medicine, 149, 170, 197, 250, 289, 339, 369 ; City of Health, 



301 

 Righthandedness, James Shaw on, 488 

 Riley (C. V.), Report on the Insects of Missouri, 308 

 Rivers, the Windings of. Prof. James Thomson, 122 

 Riviera, the Dry River-Beds of the, John Aitken, 148 

 Roberts (W. Chandler, F.R.S.), on the Apparatus Employed by 



the late Mr. Graham, F.R.S., in his Researches, 511 

 Rodiyas of Ceylon, 488 



RoUeston (Prof, F.R.S.), on the Ancient British Pig, 254 

 Romanes (G. J.), on Motor Nerves, 62 

 Rome, R. Accademia del Lincei, 499, 520 

 Ross (Major W. A.), Pyrology — Quantitative Analjsis by the 



Blowpipe, 130 ; D-line Spectra, 289 ; Pyroxidation, 289 

 Rosser (W. H.), "The Law of Storms Considered Practically," 



504 

 Rothesay Aquarium, 218 



Rowton Siderite, Prof. N. S. Maskelyne, F.R.S., 272 

 Royal Academy, Natural History at the, 105 

 Royal Society, 37, 62, 8i, 122, 142, 162, 182, 202, 220, 262, 



323 

 Rundell (W. W.), the Diurnal Inequalities of the Barometer, 



350 



Russell (Hon. F. A. R.), a Brilliant Meteor, 289 ; an Intra- 

 Mercurial Planet, 505 



Russia, M. Ujfalvy's Scientific Mission to, 301 ; Wolves in, 381 ; 

 Count Oovarof on the Stone Age in, 517 ; Education in, 

 518; Russian Exploration of Asia, 534; Russian Geographi- 

 cal Society, 517, 536; Russian Naturalists, Meeting at War- 

 saw, 497, 552 



Sack-valleys, A. Helland on, 422 



St. Louis Academy of Science, 498 



St. Paul, the Malacological Fauna of the Island of, 322 



St. Petersburg, Hygienic Society at, 517 ; Academy of Science?, 



517 



Salonica, Earthquake at, 497 



Samoa, Earthquakes in. Rev. S. J. Whitmee, 270 



Sanderson (J. Burdon, M.D., F.R. S.), Address in the Biology 

 Section at the Loan Collection, 117 



San Francisco Observatory, New Refractor for, 217 



Saturn, Occultation of, 71 ; Leverrier's Tables of, 192 ; Mr. 

 Trouvelot's Observations on, 262 ; Satellites of, 311 



Saxony, Meteorology of, 121 



Sayce (Rev. A. H.), the Science of Language, 88 ; Hovelacque 

 on the Science of Language, 306 ; Obituary Notice of George 

 Smith, 421 ; Books on Language, 503 



Scarborough, Climate of, 223 



Schiff (Prof.), Resignation of, 157 



Schomburgk (Dr. R.), "Flora of South Australia," 27; "Bota- 

 nical Reminiscences in British Guiana," 568 



Schools, Physical Science in, 365 ; Science in, 425 



Schorr (Dr. F.), "Der Venusmond," 193 



Schiitzenberger (P.), Fermentation, 44 



Science in Germany, 13, 119, 133, 252, 298, 358 



Science of Language, Rev. A. H. Sayce, 88 



Science Lectures at Loan Exhibition, 138, 157, 180, 199 



" Science Made Easy," T. Twining, 189 



Science at the Mansion House, 59 



Science Museum, Proposed, 325, 341, 349 



Science Degrees of the University of London, 33 1 



Science, Physical, in Schools, 365 



"Science Papers," Daniel Hanbury, F.R,S., 366 



Science in Italy, C, Tomlinson, F.R.S., 333 



Science in Schools, 425 



