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INDEX OF ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA. FROM 1876 TO 1883. 



631 ; literature of, vi, 754 ; vii, 

 692 ; viii, 638. 



Piaggia, Carlo, explorations by, ii, 

 330. 



Piano, improvements in the, i, 517. 



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



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



Pickering, C., obit., iii, 643. 



Pickering, E. C., observations by, 

 vi, 40 ; vii, 41. 



Pictet, Raoul, design of, for ships 

 of war, vi, 246. 



Pierce, L., obit., iv, 695. 



Pie"rola, N. de, made " supreme 

 chief" of Peru, v, 625 ; flight 

 of, vi, 737. See also Peru, 

 Chili, and the United States, 

 vi, 738. 



Pierpont, John, sketch, vii, 693. 



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



Piers, new, iv, 344. 



Pillot, A. P., obit., v. 595. 



Pillow, G. J., obit., iii, 644. 



Pillsbury, J. S., sketch, i, 558. 



Pine-wood oil,, vii, 634. 



Pinheiro, Lieut., invention by, iii, 

 725. 



Pinkney, Wm., obit., viii, 593. 



Pinoleum, vii, 94. 



Pinto, Serpa, explorations by, iv, 

 404; v, 293; sketch of, iv, 

 405. 



Piracy, at Foochow, i, 109, 347. 



Pisciculture, viii, 791. 



Pistorius, H. A., obit., ii, 609. 



Pita, viii, 638. 



Pituri, vi, 755. 



Pius IX, sketch, iii, 689 ; episcopal 

 jubilee of, ii, 681 ; insult to the 

 remains of, vi, 451, 792. 



Placide, Thos., obit., ii, 586. 



Plague, the, iv, 728 ; vii, 286, 291. 



Planch6, J. R., obit., v, 602. 



Planets, supposed intra-Mercurial, 

 i, 45 ; iii, 33 ; viii, 20 ; ultra- 

 Neptunian, v, 34; discoveries 

 of minor, see Astronomical 

 Progress. 



Plante, invention by, vi, 254 ; ex- 

 periments of, vii, 265. 



Platinum, atomic weight of, vi, 93. 



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

 644. 



Plants, electrical phenomena in, i, 

 249 ; insectivorous, iv, 36 ; ab- 

 sorption of noxious substances 

 by, vii, 93. 



Plener, Dr., on financial reform in 

 Austria, v, 44. 



Plevna, fall of, ii, 744. 



Plimpton and Graves, experiments 

 by, viii, 113. 



Plotz, Albert von, obit., i, 640. 



Plumer, W. S., sketch, v, 626. 



Pneumatic excavation, ii, 275. 



Pocci, Count, obit., i, 640. 



Pocock, Francis, death of, ii, 332. 



Pogge, Dr., explorations of. i, 331. 



Poggendorff, J. C., obit., ii, 609 ; 

 ^ iii, 364. 



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

 34. See Arsenic. 



Poland, change in administration, 

 i, 711 ; demand for political 

 rights, v, 666. 



Polar Conference, third, vi, 325. 



Polarization, vii, 265.^ 



Polar Regions, statistical tables, v, 

 626. 



Folding, Archbishop, obit., ii, 609. 



Poles, conciliation of, viii, 708. 



Policy, Indian, changes of, vi, 421. 



Political Agitations, in Denmark, 

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

 ugal, vi, 760 ; in France, ii, 

 308 ; map of France, ii, 314 ; 

 in Italy, see Italia Irredenta ; 

 in U. S., i, 71 i). See also un- 

 der titles of countries. 



Political Assessments, vii, 693. See 

 also Civil-Service Reform. 



Political Cases in S. C., pardons, 

 iv, 820. 



Political crimes, by supposed Fe- 

 nians, vi, 370. See Assassina- 

 tions. 



Political parties, English, viii, 412. 



Political parties, U. S., conventions 

 of. See under names of States 

 in each volume. 



Polk, Trusten, obit., i, 622. 



Polygamy, in Utah, vi, 783, 859 ; 

 in Idaho, viii, 435, 812. 



Polynias, the, vii, 332. 



Pomare II, Queen of the Society 

 islands, ii, 53. 



Pompeii, celebration of destruction 

 of, iv, 527. 



Ponroy, P. G. A., sketch, i, 663. 



Pope, Com. J., obit., i, 622. 



Population, the center of, in the 

 U. S., with maps, vi, 755. 



Population, density and death- 

 rate, iii, 723. 



Porcelain, viiij 639. 



Pork, prohibition of American, viii, 

 396, 643. 



Porter, A. D., invention by, ii. 

 720. 



Porter, Fitz- John, case of, iv, 49 ; 

 in Congress, viii, 236. 



Porto Rico, viii, 648. 



Portraits, composite, iii, 726. 



Ports opened in China, i, 119 ; ii, 

 102. . 



Portugal, in every volume. 



Postage, review of legislation on, 

 viii, 163 ; bill in Congress for 

 reduction, viii, 185 ; review of 

 reductions, viii, 188. 



Postal Dispatch, Pneumatic, ii, 

 497. 



Postal Statistics, i, 240 ; iv, 836. 



Potagos, Dr., explorations by, v, 

 292. 



Potanin, G. N., explorations of, ii, 

 327. 



Potassa, determination of, ii, 93; 

 manufacture, viii, 115. 



Potel, invention of poteline, vii, 

 316. 



Pothuan, Louis, ii, 321. 



Potomac marshes, the, drainage 

 recommended, v, 650. 



Potter, C. N., sketch, vii, 697. 



Potter, H. C., sketch, viii, 652. 



Pouget, trial of, viii, 369. 



Poujoulat, J. J. F., obit., y, 602. 



Power of Congress over Witnesses, 

 vii, 698 ; Kilbourne case, ibid. 



Powys, Bishop, obit., ii, 609. 



Prado, M. L, sketch, iv, 732. 



Praga, E., obit., i, 640. 



Prat, M., new metal discovered by, 

 ii, 502. 



Pratt, D. D., obit., ii, 586. 



Pratt Public Library, vii, 509. 



Pray, E. H., obit., i, 622. 



Prayer-book, revision of the, ii, 

 24. 



Prazak, Dr. A., iv, 60. 



Predegram, A., obit., ii, 587. 



Preece, W. H., observations by, 

 viii. 526. 



Prejevalsky, explorations of, v, 

 289. 



Preller, F.. obit., iii, 660. 



Prentiss, Mrs. E. P., obit., iii, 644. 



Presbyterian Alliance, the, ii, 650. 



Presbyterians, in every volume. 



Prescott, A. B., investigations by. 

 y, 92. 



Presidency of Mexico, three claim- 

 ants to, ii, 512. 



President of'tue United States, pro- 

 posed amendments on the elec- 

 tion and length of term of, i, 

 132-138,158-166; salary of the, 

 i, 171 5 third term of, i, 167 ; 

 executive^ acts, where per- 

 formed, i, 169 ; election of, 

 see Elections, Presidential. 



Presidential electors, vii, 147. 



Presidential Inability, vi, 414. 



Presidents, absences of, from 

 Washington, i, 169-171. 



Press, the, suppression of news- 

 papers, i, 709 ; laws in France, 

 ii, 304-308 ; trial of Cassagnac, 

 305 ; colpprtage bill, iii ? 343 ; 

 amnesty for offenses of, 343, 

 344; bill on, vi, 311 ; in India, 

 restrictions on, iii, 33 ; the na- 

 tive, 435 ; laws in Japan, iii, 

 462 ; silenced in Ecuador, iii, 

 261. 



Preston, J. S., sketch, vi, 771. 



Preston, S., obit., ii, 587. 



Pretenders, French, bill to exile, 

 viii, 366. 



Price, Roger, in Africa, iii, 362. 



Prince Edward island, viii, 660. 



Princeteau, Gen., obit.j i, 641. 



Princeton Telescope, vii, 41. 



Pringsheim, theory of, vi, 111. 



Printing, improvements in, i, 518 ; 

 vi, 548. 



Prisons, in New York, i, 597, 605 ; 

 Maryland, ii, 478; Massachu- 

 setts, ii, 482 ; vi, 537 ; Ken- 

 tucky, iv, 539 ; Texas, iv, 831 ; 

 California, vi, 82 ; viii, 78 ; re- 

 formatories in Michigan, vii, 

 554; at Louvain, viii, 497; 

 contract system, iv, 600, 653, 

 665 ; the separate system, vii, 

 675 ; English system, viii, 403. 

 t See also Convict Labor. 



Prisons, Southern, during the 

 civil war, i, 184-192. 



Pritchett, observations by, iv, 52. 



Prjevalsky, Col., explorations of, 

 ii. 326 ; iii. 359, 360. 



Prohibition, viii, 661 5 by statute, 

 664 ; by constitutional amend- 

 ment, 666; license, 663, 668; 

 effects of enforcements, 668; 

 constitutionality, 669 ; argu- 

 ments for, 670. 



Prohibition Reform party, i, 780. 



Prokesch-Osten, Count A., sketch, 

 i, 675. 



Propaganda Fide, congregation of, 

 seizure of pioperty of, viii, 692. 



Property Rights of Foreigners in 

 Mexico, viii, 538 ; great estates 

 in, viii ? 538. 



Protection in Germany, iv, 435 ; in 

 France, v, 284 ; in Mexico, v, 

 14; in Canada, vi, 217; Speakei 



