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INDEX 



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*'Nuovo Giomale Botanico Italiano," 326 

 " Nuragghi Sardi," by Capt. Oliver, 135 



Gates (Frank, F.R.G.S.), Death of, ^6 



Observatories, Visitations of Greenwich and Edinburgh, 108 



Ocean Circulation : W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., 454, 533 ; James 



Croll, 447, 494; Prof. G. E. Thorpe, 514 

 Ocean Temperature, Dr. Carpenter's paper on, 1 74 

 Octopus, C. Mitchell on, 15 

 Ogovc, The River, Exploration of, 388 

 Ohio, Caverns and Cavern Life of the Valley of, by Prof. 



Shaler, 55 

 Ohm's Law, Prof. Clerk Maxwell on, 404 

 Oils and Textures, Prof. Palmieri's "Diagometer" for testing, 



427 

 Oliver (Capt), "Nuragghi Sardi," 135 



Oliver (T>., F.R.S.), Official Guide to the Kew Museum, 270 

 Opossum, Prof. \V, S. Barnard on the, 445 

 Oppenheim (Dr. A.), Hofmann's Report on the Progress of 



Chemical Industry, 365 ; Oxyuvitic Acid, 465 ; the Wohler 



Festival, 295 

 Optical Arrangement for Azimuthal Condensing Apparatus for 



Lighthouses, T. Stevenson, 333 

 Optical Experiment, Prof. F. E. Nipher, 502 

 Orang Outang, Sense of Humour and Reason in, G. J. 



Romanes, 66 

 Ordnance Survey, appointment of Director, 300 

 Organ Pipes, Peculiarities of stopped, by Hermann Smith, 145 

 Ornithological Investigation, Prof. Newton, F.R.S. on, 412 

 "Ornithological Miscellany," Rowley's, 106 

 Ornithologists, German, Meeting of, at Brunswick, II6 

 Ornithology of the Missouri River, U.S., 241 ; of the Straits of 



Gibraltar, 364 

 Osborn (Admiral Sherard, F.R.S.), Death of, 33 

 " Our Summer Migrants," Harting's, 249 

 Ova, Development of, 317, 331 

 "Overtone" and "Tone," A. J. Ellis, 475 

 Owens College, Legacy to, 117 

 Owen (Prof. F.R.S.) on Prorastomus sireno'tdes, 159 

 Oxford University : Postmasterships at Merton College, 446 ; 



Additional Buildings for, 153 ; Exhibitions and Demyships at 



Magdalen College, 174 ; Honorary Degrees on Scientific Men, 



95 ; Natural Science Scholarship at, 96, 262 ; Report of 



Committee on Requirements of, 153 

 Oxidation of Essential Oils, C. T. Kingzett, 465 

 Oxygen, Prize to M. Paul Bert for his Discoveries on the Effects 



of, 526, 562 

 Oxyuvitic Acid, Prof. A. Oppenheim on, 465 



Pacific (Northern), Meteorology of, 262 



Pacific Region, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 412 



Pacific States, Bancroft on the Races of the, 529 



Page (Dr.), " Plea for Field Clubs, &c.," 97 



Palarolithic Implements, Discovery of, 262 



Pala-ontology, Captain Feilden's observations in, 32 



Palermo': Congress of Italian Scientific Associations at, 387; 



Scientific and Agricultural Congress at, 319 

 Palestine Exploration, 262; "Exploration Fund," Annual 

 Meeting, 135 ; Photographs at Paris Geographical Congress, 

 219 ; Lieut. Conder's Exploring Party, 280 ; Attack on, 298 

 Palgrave (W. G.), South American Earthquake, 167 

 Palladium, Curious description of, 76 

 Palmieri (Prof.), " Diagometer " for Testing Oils and Textures, 



427 

 Pandanex, The, 48 



Pandora Arctic Expedition, 117, 134, 153, 174, 527, 539, 

 Panligraph, The Skew, and the Plagiograph, by J. J. Sylvester, 



F.R.S., 168 

 Paper-material, Bamboo as a, 565 

 Papua, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 411 

 Paradoxers, Cyclometers, and some other, 558 

 Parasitical Plants destructive to exotic trees, 453 

 Paris: Academy of Sciences, 20, 76, 80, 95, 100, 115, 116, 120, 

 135, 140, 160, 175, 200, 220, 224, 240, 244, 264, 284, 304, 

 324, 360, 388, 426, 428, 448, 468, 508 ; Great Telescope, 174 \ 

 Observatories, 115; Acclimatation Society, 35, 98, 135; 

 Catalogues of the National Library, 541 ; Faculty of Science, 

 Chair of Organic Chemistry, 359 ; French Geographical So- 

 ciety, 96, 154; Geographical Congress at, 14, 95, 117, 154, 



174, 219, 240,257, 261, 278, 293, 298, 316; International 

 Maritime Exhibition, 388 ; Jardin d' Acclimatation, New Sta- 

 tion for Tropical Plants, 96 ; M. Leverrier's plan for connect- 

 ing the public clocks of, 298 ; National Library, 97 ; the 

 Navigation of the Seine, 96 ; Large Reflecting Telescope at, 

 358, 388, 538 ; Proposed Catholic University in, 262 ; Pro- 

 posed Electrical Exhibition, 502 ; School of Anthropology in, 

 95, 502 ; Scientific Work in, 503 

 Parry (Dr. C. C), Botanical Observations in Southern Utah, 



U.S. 427 

 Partridge, J. Wood Mason on, 359 

 Pasteur (M.), Pension to, 154 

 Patagonia, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 408 

 Pathology and Medicine, Government Researches in, 470 

 Peabody Museum, U.S., Report of, 195 

 Peaches, Artificial Colouring of, 503 

 Pekin, Transit of Venus Expedition to, 32 

 Peltier (N. P. ), Life among Aborigines of Australia, 242 

 Penikese Island School of Zoology, 77 

 Percy's " Metallurgy," 209 



Perry (Rev. S. J. ), paper on the Transit of Venus, 373 

 Personal Equation in the Tabulation of Thennograms, &c., by 



J. J. Plummer, 395, 453 

 Perth, Meeting of the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland at, 461 

 Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 77 

 "Petermann's Mittheilungen," 96, 134, 241, 388, S41 

 Peters' Elliptic Comet, 48 

 Petitot (Abbe.E.) on the Geography of Athabasca-Mackenzie 



Region, 319 

 Petrie (W. M. Flinders), History of the Numerals, 534 

 Pettigrew (A.), " Handy-Book of Bees," 395 

 Peyton (G.), Scalping, 496 

 Pezophaps solitaHtis, Specimen of, 526 

 Pfeiffer (Dr. L.), " Nomenclator Botanicus," 503 

 Pheasants, Mr. Sclater's Lecture on, 148 



Phene (Dr.), Prehistoric Inhabitants of the Mendip Hills, 443 

 Philadelphia (U.S.), Drake's Statue of Humboldt for, 96; 



Academy of Sciences, 100, 199 

 Philippine Archipelago, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 38 1 ; 



Memoir on Birds of, 96, 195 ; Jagor's Travels in, 77 

 Phin (John) on the selection and use of the Microscope, 513 

 Phosphorus and Fluorine, Prof. Thorpe on a new compound of, 



464 

 Photographic Telescopes, Horizontal of Long Focus, by Prof. 



Wenlock, 273 

 Photography and the Illustrated Press, 503 

 " Photography and Light," Dr. Vogel's, 105 

 Phylloxera, M. Dumas's Remedy against, 54 

 Physical Geography, Gilchrist Lectures on, 542 

 Physical Observatory at Fontenay, 279, 466 ; at Pawlowsk, 502 

 Physical Properties of Matter in the Liquid and Gaseous States, 



by Dr. Andrews, F.R.S., 300, IL 321 

 Physical Society, 19, 58, 99, 139, 179, 223 

 Physics, Practical, 245 

 Physiological Effectsof Tobacco Smoke,'48 

 Physiology, Newton's Animal, 474 

 Pirie, on Galvanometer, 60 

 Pixii's Magneto-Electric Machine, 90 

 Plagiograph aliter the Skew Pantagraph, by J. J. Sylvester, 168, 



214 

 Planets : the Diameters of, 147 ; the Minor, 113, 127, 168, 213, 



272, 313. 477, 497, 535, 555 

 Plant Life, Phenomena of, 88 

 Plants and Atmosphere, M. Merget on, 424 

 Plants, Insectivorous, Dr. LawKon Tail, 251 

 Platinum Wire, Light from, used for attracting Fishes, 388 

 Playfair (Dr. Lyon), Vivisection Bill, 52, 75 

 Pleiades, the Nebtila in the, 496 



Plummer (J. J.), Personal Equation in the Tabulation of Ther- 

 mograms, &0., 395 

 Plummet for Sounding Lakes, by W. T. Kingsley, 40 

 Pocklington (Henry), Hardened Glass, 125 ; Yorkshire Exhibi- 

 tion "Guide," 87 

 Poggendorff's Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 37, 118, 322, 



448, 56s 

 Pogson's Comet, 67 

 Poisoning by a Hat, 1 16 

 Poitiers, Meteorological Congress, 502 

 Polar Ice, Dr. Chavanne's paper on, 241 

 Polai'ts Arctic Expedition, some Results of, 49 



