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Index 



VSitt'fiUmfnt io NatiirCr 



December •■ 



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Pendulum at the Ro)-al Observatorj-, Edinburgh, the Bifilar, 

 Thomas Heath, 223 



Pendulum Experiment, Foucault's, 252 



Pendulum and Geolog)', the, Kev. O. Fisher, 433 



Perez (J.), I'rotoplasmc et No)-au, 543 



Peripatus, Classification of Australian. J. J. Fletcher, i6J> 



Perkin (A. G. ). Khamnazin, 94; Acid Compounds of Natural 

 Yellow Colouring Matters, i, 215 



Perman (E. P.). Solubilities of liases in Waier, 94 : Existence 

 of Hydrates and Double Compounds in Solution, I., 94 



I'errier [G.], Double Combinations of Anhydrous Aluminium 

 Chloride with Nilro-compounds of .Vromatic Series, 48 



I'errolin (M.). the Surface of Venus, 660 



Perr)- (Prof. I.), Development of Arbitrar)' Functions, 659 



Perseids ob£er\ed in Russia in 1S94, Th. Br<r<likhine, 261 



Perscids of 1S95, the, W. F. Denning, 395 



Persia, the Earthquake of Januarj- 17, 1895, 302 



Personality, the Diseases of, Th. Ribot, Fnncis Gallon, F.R.S., 

 5>7 



Peru, Earthquake in. 396 



Petrie (Prof. \V. .M. Flinders), on the " New Race" lately dis- 

 covered in Egypt, and on Flint and Metal Working in .\ncient 

 lijOpt. 580 ; on the Results of Interference with the Civilisa- 

 lion of Native R.iccs, 581 



Petroleum Supply, the Exhaustibility of, 9 



Petrology for Students, A. Ilarker, 267 



I'ettinelli (P.), Lowest Temix:rature at which Hot Bo<ly 

 becomes visible, 523 



I'etz (G. G. von), P. P. Semenolf, I. D. Cherskiy and, Eastern 

 Sil>eria, 541 



I'eyra (Signor), the Orbit of Comet 1893, I\'., (Brooks), 37 



Pharm.-icopreia, the Revision of the British, 510 



1'hea.sants, Teaching Vounc;, (o Peck, S. E. Peal, 30 



Philosopher, Evolution of Man of Science and, Herbert Spencer, 

 586 



Philosophical Institute, Canterbury, 383 



Philow.phy of Mind, the, 11. T. I.add, Edward T. Dixon, 172 



i'hisalix (Dr.), Inoculation with Salamander Blood against 

 Curare-Poison, 605 



Phonograph, Tone and Curves of. Dr. John McKendrick, 326 



Phonographers, Society of Medical, 346 



Phosphorus in Oysters, A. Chalin and A. Miintz, 120 



Photography : Phol(jgraphic Records of Motion of Piano-Wire 

 when struck, W. Kaufmann, 84 : the .\stro- Photographic 

 Chart. 11;; i'hotographs of Sjiectra of Bellatrix, of Solar 

 Chromosphere, and of the New Gases, J- Norman Lockyer. 

 F.R.S., 181 : Colour Photography, Dr. J. loly, 1S2: Otto 

 Weiner, 279 ; I'hotographs of Lightning Flashes, N. Pilts- 

 chikoff, 359; the Nebula N.G.C. 243S, 375; a New Film 

 I lolder, 400 : the Restoration of Old Documents, E. Burinsky, 

 407 : .some Star-CharLs, F. Renz, 407 ; on I'hotographs of the 

 M(Kin taken at the Paris Observatory, .MM. Ixjewy and P. 

 Puiseux, 439 : Ruthcrfur<rs Stellar Photographs, 655 



I'hotometric .Standards, 356 



I'hysics: the Unit of Heat, Dr. J. (oly, F.R.S., 480 : E. H. 

 (mflftths, Prof. Oliver J. I»dge, F.R.S., 30; Spencer Pick- 

 ering. F.R.S.. 80; the Dilatation (if Water, Stephane de 

 Ijiiiioy. 24: S|)ecific Ileal and Boiling Point of Graphite, I. 

 Violle. 24: S|x.-cific Heat of Su|)erfused Liquid, Louis Bruner, 

 47: Solubility of Superfu.sed Liquids. Louis Bnuier, 264; 

 SiKcific Heat of Su|)erfu,sed Salts, Ixiuis Bruner, 264 ; Specific 

 Heats i>f Supcrfuscd Formic and .Acetic Acids, M. M,-issot 

 and Guillot, 336; Motions of and within Molecules and Sig- 

 nificance of Ratio of Two .Sijccific Heats in Gases, Dr. G. J. 

 St-ney. F.R.S.', 286 : S|)ccific Heat of l'ero.xide of Hydrogen, 

 I • riments on Oscillations, Dr. H. ]. 

 •lis' .\p|)aratus for determining 

 ...lit of Heat. Prof. Ayrton, 39; 

 45. ng, 142, 189, 263, 659, Simple 

 ■i"i n of Detemiinanlal Relation of Dy- 

 : E.<|)criment to illustrate Mode of 

 I'rof .Sollas. F.R..S., 47; Modified 

 ' ravily of Ti.vsues, Dr. I-izarus- 

 in. Prof. W. Rams;iy, K.R.S., 

 '.C.B., F.R..S.,7,55; Prof. C. 

 iUlium, W. Cr(Kikes, F.R.S., 

 iiipt to Liquefy Helium, Prof. 

 »i), I . R..S., 544 ; Helium and the .S|>cctrum of 

 , I'rof. C. Run^e and Prof. F. P.-uschcn, 544 ; 

 ■MMiiucnls of the Gimn Cleveite, Prof. C. Runge and 

 I'aschcn, 520; Electrification uf Air and Thermal 



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Conductivity of Rock at Different Temiieratures, Lord 

 Kelvin. P.R.S., 67, 182; on the Temperature Variation of 

 the Thermal Conductivity of Rocks, Prof. Robert Weber, 

 458; Berlin Physical Society, 71, 167, 359; Colour Relations 

 of Atoms, Ions and Molecules, I., M. C. Lea, 118: Argon, 

 Prout's Hypothesis and the Periodic Law, E. .\. Hill, iiS; 

 Argon and the Kinetic Theory, Colonel C. E. B;\sevi, 221 ; 

 the Physical Properties of .\rgon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. , 

 293 ; the Fluorescence of Argon, M. Berthelot, 239 : Death 

 of Prof. F. E. Neumann, 133 ; Condensation and Critical 

 Phenoincna of Mixtures of Ethane and Nitrous Oxide, Dr. 

 Kuenen, 142 ; Measurement of Cyclically Varjing Tempem- 

 ture, Mr. Burstall, 143, 1S9 : Volume Heat of Aniline, E. H. 

 Griffiths, 143; Curious Dynamical Property of Celts, G. T. 

 Walker, 143; the Motiim of the Ether, L. Zehnder, 153; 

 Conductibility of i8-Ketonic Stars, J. Guinchant, 167 ; Mea- 

 surement of High Temi^>eratures with Thermoelement and 

 Melting-jMints of some Inorganic Siilts, John McCrae, 1S9; 

 Thermal Constants of Elements, N. Deerr, 190; Ph)-sical 

 Properties of Acetylene, P. \illard, 192 ; ^Ieteorological 

 Problems for Physical Laboratories, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 

 208 : on the Minimum Theorem in the Theory of Gases, 

 G. 11. Bryan, 29; S. H. Burlniry, F.R.S., '104: E. P. 

 Culverwell, 149 ; I'rof. Ludwig Boltzniann, 221 ; the Kinetic 

 Theory of Gases, G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 244; S. H. Burbury^ 

 F.R.S. , 316; Determination of Ratio of the Two Specific 

 Heats of -Vir, G. Maneuvricr, 239 ; Reduction of Silica by 

 Carbon, Henri Moissan. 239; Laws of Extinction of Simple 

 Wave on High Seas, J. Boussinesq, 264 ; Volumes of .Salts in 

 Aqueous Solutions, l.ecoq tic Boislxiudran, 287 : Delenuina- 

 tions of Solubility at \ery Low Temperatures of Organic 

 Comix)unds in Carbon Bisulphide, M. Arclowski, 2S8 ; Laws 

 of Friction in Sliding, P. Painleve, 288 ; the Present Position 

 of Energetics, Georg Helm, 308 ; the Capillarity of Liquid 

 Gases, Dr. Vorschaffelt, 360; Transverse \ibrations of Cords, 

 A. Cornu, 382 ; .\bsorption of Radiant Heat by Liquids, 

 Charles Friedel, 382; the Penduhiiu and Geology, Rev. O. 

 Fi.sher, 433 ; Results of a Transcontinental Series of Gravity 

 Me;isurements, George Rockwell Putnam, Rev. O. Fisher, 

 433 : Notes on the Gravity Determinations reported by Mr. 

 G. R. Putnam, Grove Karl liilbert. Rev. O. Fisher, 433 ; 

 Refractive Index of Water between o^ and 10°, Sir John 

 Conroy, Bart., F.R.S., 455; Forces Developed by Difl'erences 

 of Temperature between Upix-r and Lower Plates of Con- 

 tinuous Girder, II. Deslandres, 516; Lowest Temper.iture at 

 which Hot Body becomes X'isible, P. I'ettinelli. 523 : a 

 Treatise on Bessel Functions and their .Applications to 

 Physics, -Andrew I'lr.ay and G. B. Mathews, Prof. A. G. 

 Greenhill, F. R..S. , 542; Determination of Boiling-point ami 

 Critical Temperature of Hydrogen. I'rof. Olszewski. 552: a 

 \'ibration-free .Susjiension for Instruments, W. 1 1. Julius, 57S ; 

 the Evaporation of Liquids and the Great Capillary The<»ries, 

 G. van der Mensbrugghe, 5S8 : the Freezing-point of .Silver, 

 C. T. Heycock and F. II. Neville, 596: -Application to 

 General Analysis of Critical Solution Temjieratures, L. 

 Crisiner, 611; the Pressure of a Saturated X'apour as an. 

 Explicit Function of the Temperature, F. G. Donnan, 619; 

 Death of Prof E. W. Blake, 626 : the Chemical Theory of 

 Freedom of Will, Dr. W. Oswald, 627: I„atenl Heats of 

 \'apori.s;ilion of lally Ketones, Octane and Decane, Diethyl 

 and Dimethyl Carbonates, W. Longuinine, 660 

 Physiology: Absorbent Power of Human Bladder, .A. I'ousson 

 and C. .Sigalas, 24 ; Death of Prof. K. Ludwig, i;i ; .Modified 

 Method of finding .Specific Gravity of Tissues, Dr. Lazarus- 

 Barlow, 47 ; Berlin Physiological Society, 71, 167, 336. 432 : 

 the Excretion of Mineral Waste, Prof I. Munk, 71 ; Text- 

 book of .An.atomy and Physiology for Nurses, Dr. C. Kimber, 

 77; the Brain of the .Microcephalic Idiot, I'rof I). J. 

 Cunningham, F.R.S., and Dr. Telford-Smith, III ; Injection 

 of Ethyl -Alcohol into Venous Blood, N. Grehant, 144 ; the 

 Nature of the Fibrine Ferment, Prof Pekelliaring, 168; 

 .Synthcsised Colloids and Coagulation, J. W. rioUeriiig, 216; 

 Sugar and Glycogen in Lymph, .A. D.istre, 216; Physiology 

 of Recreation, Charles Roberts, 257 ; Influence of Cerebral 

 Cortex on Larynx, Dr. J. S. R. Russell, 263 ; Comparative 

 Healing of Muscles by Po.sitive and Negative Work, -A. 

 Chauveau, 264; Experiments on Children's Bile, Prof. 

 Baginski and Dr. tionnnerfeld, 336 ; Longitudinal Hands in 

 Mucous Membrane of True Vocal Cords, Dr. Henda, 336 ; 

 Anatomy of Unstriated Muscles in Vertebrates, Dr. .Schulz, 

 336 ; Exiieriments on .Sugar Injection into Blood-vessels, Dr. 



