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tSiiffiUttient to Nature, 

 May 30, 1895 



I*ictet (Raoul), Anomalous Behaviour of Chloroform at verj- Low 

 Temperatures, 20 : Phosphorescence at very Low Tempera- 

 tures, 206 : Inability of Cotton-Wool to intercept Low Tem- 

 [lerature Radiation, 2S0 : Use of Critical Temperature for 

 Recognition of Purity of Liquid, 28S : Critical Point of 

 Liquids holding Solid in Solution, 31 1 : Influence of Low Tem- 

 peratures on Attractive Power of Artifical Permanent Magnets, 

 384 : the Critical Point, 504 

 Pictet (Dr.), Intense Cold as a Theraiieulic Application, 5S8 

 Pickering (Prof. E. C. ), Stars having Peculiar Spectra, 302 ; 



Recent Work at Harvard College ( )bser\ator\-, 329 

 Pickering (Prof. W. H.), Schiaixirelli on Mars, 87: Lunar 



River IJeds and Nariahle .Spots, 5S9 

 Pickworth (Charles X.), the Slide Rule, 77 



Pierid.-e, Pigments of, K. C. Hopkins, 142 



Pigeon (Leon), New Method of Preparation of Chloroplatinous ; 

 -Acid, 552 



Pigments of Pieridre, F. G. Hopkins, 142 



Pipes, Cleaning Tobacco, Cecil Cams- Wilson, 511 



Pisciculture: the .Artificial Hatching .if Marine Food- Fishes, 

 Prof. Mcintosh. 156 ; Oyster Culture on the West Coast of 

 France, Prof. W. .\. Herdman, F. R.S., 162 ; Death .md 

 Obituary Notice of Thomas .Andrews, 279 



Pithecanthropus Erectus, eine Menschen;vhnliche Uebergangs- 

 form .aus J.ava, E. Dubois, 291. 42S, 621 



Pizzetti (Prof. P.), I Fondamenti .M.ite:iiatici per la Critica dei 

 Risultati Sperimentali. 77 



Planetary Photography, C. T. Whitmell, 511 



Planets: the Transit of Mercury, 40, 85, !6o, 253: Recent 

 Obser\ations of Jupiter, Prof. E. E. Barnard, .85 ; W. F. 

 Denning, 227 ; Pseudo-Satellites of Jupiter in the Seventeenth 

 Centurj', Charles W. L. Johnson, 285 : Observations on Mars, 

 40 ; .Schiaixirelli on Mars, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 87 : Mars 

 in 1894, G. Schiaparelli, 395 ; Seasonal Changes on NIars. Mr. 

 Percival Lowell, 259 ; the Satellites of Mars, Prof. Campbell, 

 443 ; Secular Variations of the Interior Planets, Prof. New- 

 conili. 183: an Im|x>rt.ant .\steri)ii1, M. Tisserand, 234: 

 the Planet Earth, an .Astronomical Introduction to Geography, 

 R. A. Gregory, 291 ; Spectroscopic Measures of Planetary 

 Velocities, M. Deslandres, 443 : Distribution of .Minor Pl.anets, 

 General Parmentier, 493 



Plant-Houses, Green Glass in, 514 



Plants: Mechanism of the Respiration of, L. M.iquennc, 24 : 

 Variation in .Animals and Plants. Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, 

 F.R.S.,449; Do Plants .Assiniil.iie Argon? E. Blass, 461 : 

 Prof. W. Ram.say, F. R.S., 461 : a Popular Treatise on the 

 Physiology of I'lants, Dr. Paul Soraucr, 554 ; Practical 

 Physiology of, Francis Darwin, F. K.S., and E. Hamilton 

 Acton, 577 



Platypus Embryo from Intrauterine Egg, J. P. Hill, and C. G. 

 Martin, 264 



Plimpton (R. T. ), Use of Barium Thio.sulphate in Standardising 

 Iodine Solution, 526 



Pliocene not Miocene, the Burmese Chipped Hints, Dr. W. T. 

 Stanford, F.R..S., 608 



Plon Biological Station, the, 278 



Plumb-line in Hawaiian Islands, Disturbances in Direction of, 

 E. D. Preston, 619 



Plummcr (William E.), Chronometer Trials, 153; Storm 

 .Statistics at Bidston, 272 



Pocock (R. I.I, Malaysian Spiders, Thomas and M. E. Work- 

 man, 99 : some Suggestions on the Origin and Evolution of 

 Web-.Spinning of Spiders, 417 



Podmore (Frank), -Apparitions and Thought Tran.sference, H. G. 

 Wells, 121 



Polncare (.A.), Connection of Latitudinal DispLacemenlsof Lines 

 of Barometric .Ma.xima with Declination .Movements of Moon, 

 600 



Poincar^ (H.), Lcs Oscillations Elcctriqucs, 361 ; the IHuted 

 S|)cctnim, 599 



Poincare (Lucien), a Class of Secondary Batteries, 528 ; a Battery 

 with Liquid Metallic Electro<lcs, 563 



Polar Cajis of Mars, the, 64 



Polarimetric Wf)rk, Meth'Kl iA r>btaining Light of Different 

 Wavelengths in Use in, Herr I^andoli, 37 



Polarisation of Oblique Radiation, Dr. W. von Uljnnin, 

 623 



Polyembryony, M. Tretjakow, 540: I- rank J. Cole, 558 



Ptinwit (A.), Lowering of Freezing- Point of Dilute Solutions 

 of .SiMlium Chloride. 407 



Po >lc ( R. S. ), Death and (jbUuary Notice < f, 370 



Pope (F. G.), Elementary Practical Chemistry, Inorganic and 



Organic, 364 

 Pope (William J.), the Use of the Cdobe in Crystallography. 



223 : Melting Points of Raceniic Modifications and Optically 



.Active Isnnierides. 526 

 Porro (Francesco). .Aslronomica Sferica, 53 

 Port Erin Marine Biological Station, the. Prof. Herdman, 281 

 Porter (.A. W. ), Influence of the Dimensions of Body or» 



Thermal Emission from Surface, 310; the (Question of 



Dielectric Hysteresis, 574 

 Porter (William Townsend), the Growth of St. Louis Children,, 



Prof. Karl Pear.son, 145 

 Pouchct (Prof.), Bequest to Paris .Society of Biology, by, 61 

 Poulton (Edward B.. F. R.S.), .Acquired Characters. 55, 126 

 Pt>wer, on the Development and Transmission of, Prof. Williani 



Cawthorne Unwin. F.R..S., 124 

 Prain (Dr.), the Bhang Plant, 143 

 Precious Stones, and How to Distinguish them, H. .A. Micrs, 



545 

 Prccambrian Rocks, the Barrenness of. Dr. C. Callaway. 462 

 Preece's (W. H., F.R.S.), Method of Telegraphy by Induction, 



587 

 Prehistoric Ceramics from I^ngcnlebarn Tunudus, J. .Szombathy, 

 157 ; Prehistoric Objects in North-east Italian Museum, Dr. 

 Hoernes, 157 

 Preller (Dr.), Fluvioglacial and Interglacial Deposits in 



Switzerland, 575 

 Present, Past and. Right Hon. T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., I 

 Pressures in liuns. the Measurement of. Rev. F. Bashforth, 461 

 Prestwich (Joseph, F. R.S.I, Collected Papers on some Contro- 

 verted (,)ueslions of tleologj', 601 

 Primitive Culture, Woman's .Share in, O. T. Mason, 244 

 Prince Henry the Navigator, C. Raymond Beazley, 532 

 Pringsheim (Nathan.iel). Obituary Notice of. Dr. H. Scott, 399 

 Priority, a Claim for, .Alex. E. Outerbridge, 608 

 Proceedings of the Chemical Society, the. Prof. Williant 



Ramsay, F. R.S. , 294 

 Propane, the Properties of Liquid Ethane and, A. E. Tutton, 65 

 Prothero (Prof. ), History as a Science, 162 



Psychology : Psychologic des lirands Calcidateurs and Joueurs 

 d'tchecs, .Alfred Binet, Francis Galton, F. R.S., 73: .Appari- 

 tions and Thought Transference, Frank Podmore, II. G. 

 Wells, 121 : Pecidiarities of Psychical Research, Prof. Kart 

 Pear.son, 153, 200. 273; Edward T. Dixon, 200, 223; Prof. 

 Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 247: H. G. Wells, 274: Lecturei 

 on Human and -Animal Psychology, Wilhelm W'undl, 173 : 

 I'lrundrissder Psychologic, Oswald Kidpe, 173: Introduction 

 to Comparative Psychology, C. Lloyd Morgan, 173: Psycho- 

 logy for Teachers, 173; Primer of Psychology, George 

 Trumbull Ladd, 173 : Dr. Gilbert's Researclies on Develop- 

 ment of .School Children, 232 ; Dual Brain Action, L. C. 

 Bruce, 441 

 Puiseux (M.), Photograjihic Stu<lies of Lunar Surfaces, 143; 



Advances in Lunar Photography, 207 

 Pupin (.M. J.), Resonance .Analysis of .Alternating Currents, 93, 



190; an Automatic Mercury Vacuum Pump, 334 

 Putnam (Prof. F. W.I, Copper-Sheathed Objects made by 

 .Aboriginal Metallurgists of .America, 490 

 1 Pyrometers, the Testing of Platinum, Dr. W. Wicn, 623 



Quarrying of Granite in India, the. Dr. II. Warth, 272 



(,)uarlerly Journal of Microscopical Science, 213 



<^)Haternions : .Anwendung der (,)uaternionen auf die Geomelric, 

 Dr. P. Molenbrock, 76 ; the (Jutlines of (Quaternions, Lieut. - 

 ! Colonel II. W. L. Hime, 76, 154; the Elements of, Lieut. - 

 : Colonel H. W. L. Mime. 201 



Quincke (Dr. ), Fantastic Forms .Assumed by Combinations of 

 I Alkalies and (Jleic Acid in Contact with Water, 182 



' Races, Early British, Dr. J. G. ('.arson, 67, 90 

 Racovitza (E. G.), Role of .Amrebocytes in Annelids, 455 

 Raclclifl'e Catalogue, the, 183 

 Radiant .Suns, .Agnes Giberne. 1 74 

 Rainbow, a While, Rev. Samuel Barber, 274 

 Rainmaking and .Sunshine, John Collinson, 7 

 R.am.Tge (II.), the Volmnetric Determination of Mang.inesc, 454 

 Rambaut (Dr. I, .Alnios|)hcric Dispersion, 396 

 Ramsiy (.A.), the " Baric" Condition of the Atmosphere, 84 

 Ramsay (Sir .Andrew Cronibie), Memoir of, Sir .Archibald Geikic, 



. 385 



