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INDEX 

Organic Chemistry, Prof. Allen Thomson on (Br. A.., 295 
Organisation of Local Scientific Effort, 281 
Origin of Life, Dr. C. Bastian, F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 378 ; Sir 
W. Thomson, F.R.S, on (Br. A.), 269, 305, 386; Mungo 
Ponton, F.R.S.E., on, 321 
Orme (T. A), on Cramming for Examinations, 285 
Ornithology ; at the Br. A., 333; Brown on the Anatomy of 
Birds, 32 ; Californian Vulture, 52 ; of the Island of Celebes, 
37; Chinese Notions about Pigeons, 44; of the Lesser 
Antilles, 473; of New Zealand, 51; of Palestine, 54; 
Magnus (Dr.) on the Bones of the Heads of Birds, 364 
Ornithosauria, H. G. Seeley on, 100 
Otago, Acclimatisation Society of, 51 
“ Our Sister Republic” (Mexico), by Col. Albert S. Evans, 322 
Owen (Prof., R., F.R.S.), on the Fossil Mammals of Australia, 
173; his suggested Survey of the Sussex Wealden Deposits, 493 
Oxford, Science at, 31, 129, 149, 244, 263, 349, 453, 476, 485, 
488, 493, 513 
Ozone, Dr. Debus, F.R.S., on, 134 
Ozonometry, Dr. Moffatt on (Br. A.) 292 
Paget (Sir James, F.R.S.), his Retirement from Bartholomew’s 
Hospital, 10; appointed Consulting Surgeon, 107 
Paleolithic Stone Implements, 50 
“ Palzeontographica,” Fossil Plants of the German Wealden, 35 
“ Palzontographica,” by Drs. Dunker and Zittel, 195 
Palzeozoic Crinoids in New Brunswick, 72; Prof. Wyville 
Thomson, F.R.S., on their Structure, 496 
Palestine Exploration Fund, its Quarterly Fournal, 33 
Palestine, Flora of, 215 
Palliser (J. W.), Problems in Practical and Plane Geometry,” 484 
Palmer, E. H., his Explorations in Palestine, 33 
Panama, Coal in, 309; (Br. A.), 332 
Pangenesis, 5 ; Dr. L. S. Beale on on, 25; R. Meldola on, 46 ; 
A. C. Ranyard on, 69 
Pankhurst (E. A.), on the Supposed Earthquake at Worthing, 385 
Paper-making, New Plant for, 494 
Parasites, Disease Produced by, 125, 165 
Parfitt (Edward), on Affinities of the Sponges, 201 
Paris : Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 156, 255 ; 
Académie des Sciences, 11, 40, 59, 73, 80, 116, 136, 
176, 215, 236, 255, 300, 339, 360, 380, 400, 419, 440, 480, 
498, 519 ; Académie des Sciences, Morales, et Politiques, 196, 
235; Association Scientifique de France, 320; National Library, 
2; Observatory Injured by the Communists, 120, 155 ; the 
Conflagrations, 87; Science in, 73, 129, 130, 152, 189, 325. 
338, 373, 395, 417, 436, 439, 453, 492 ; Société d’Acclimata- 
tion, 374; Society of Civil Engineers, 307; Venddme 
Column, 89 
Parker (W. K., F.R.S.) on the Structure of the Eel’s Skull, 146 
Patagonia, Geology of, 115 ; Ethnology of, 116 
Payen (M ), Speech at his Funeral, 136 ; his Chemical Works 
and Investigations, 260 
Peabody (Francis), his Death, 374 
Peat Lochs, John Aitken on, 144 
Pendulum Autographs, Hubert Airy on, 310, 370; W. Swan 
and S. M. Drach on, 365, 366 
Pengelly (Wm, F.R.S.) on Rainfall, 169 
People’s University, Proposed, 41 
Pe cival (Rey. J.), and Clifton College School, 329 
Percy (John, M.D., F.R.S.) on the Metallurgy of Lead, 218 
Perkins (Thos.) on Sun Spots, 224 
“* Permanent Commission on State Science Questions,’ proposed 
by Lt.-Col. Strange, F.R.S., 130 
Perry (John B.), on Eozodn Canadense, 28 
Perthshire, Lepidoptera of, 190 
Peru, Earthquakes in, 51, 74, 169, 230, 418 ; Inundations in, 51 ; 
Electric Phenomena in, 56 
Pfliiger on Nerve-endings in Glands, ro 
Phenomena of Contact, Prof. S. Newcomb and R. A. Proctor, 
F.R.A.S., on, 423, 445 
Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 480, 499, 519; 
American Philosophical Society, 236, 256 ; Franklin Institute, | 
211, 229, 452 
Phosphorescence in Fish, 287 
Photographic Apparatus for Use in the Diving Bell, 477 
Photographs of Transit of Venus, Government Grant for, 107 
Photographs of the Solar Eclipse of 1870, 85 
Photography, Eclipse, A. Brothers, F.R.A.S., 327, 367, 445 
Phrenology, by Nicholas Morgan, 422 
Physics, Applied, proposed Chair at Glisgow, 199 
** Physics, Experimental,” by Adolph F. Weinhuld, 158 

| Physiological Classes at Cambridge, 107 
Physiological Researches at Gratz, 402 
Physiology and Anatomy of Man, by Dr. L. S. Beale, 343, 367 
Physiology at Edinburgh University, 168 
Pilgrim (Thos.), Obituary Notice of, 476 
‘* Plants, Natural History of,” by Prof. Baillon, 199 
Plane’s Aspect, Position, or Slope, 466, 506 
Platycnemic Men, Discoveries in Denbizhshire, 388 
Plymouth, Science and Art Schools at, 89 
Poéy (Prof. André), ona New Form of Cloud, 489 
Ponton (Mungo, ), *‘ The Beginning ; its When and its How,” 321 
Poppy, its cultivation in China, 230 
Population, the Laws of, by Nathaniel Allen, M.D.. 462, 463 
Potts (Thos. H_.), Progress of Development in the Kea, 489, 506 
Pow (J. Brough, F.G.S.) on the Dinnington Boulder, 386, 467 
Poynter (E. J.,) Slade Professor at University College, 50 
Pratt (Ven. Archdeacon, F.R.S.) on the Thickness of the 
Earth’s Crust, 28, 45, 65, 141, 182, 344, 383 
Prime Numbers, Tables of, 6 
‘Primitive Culture,” by Edward B. Tylor, 117, 138 
Prism, Compound, for Spectrum Microscope, 511 
Proctor (R. A., F.R.A.S.) on Recent Neologisms, 385; on 
Ocean Currents, 121, 183, 243; on Phenomena of Contact, 
445 ; on Saturn’s Rings, 223, 346; onthe Cycloid, 465, 487 ; 
on the Solar Parallax, 183, 424; onthe Sun, 41, 83, 322; 0n 
Mr. Stone and Prof. Newcomb, 346, 487; on Elementary 
Geometry, 404; on Mr. Todhunter’s Solution of a Geometrical 
Problem, 464; ona Plane’s Aspect, Slope, or Position, 506 
Progress of Development in the Kea (/Vestor notadilis), 489, 506 
“ Psychic Force,” W. Crookes, F.R.S., on, 237, 278, 518 
Pterodactyls, H. G. Seeley, F.G.S. on, 100 
Quail, Migration of, 447 
Quarterly Journal of Science, 338 
Quekett Microscopical Club, 229, 261, 418 
Queensland Botanical Expedition, 349; New Ganoid Fish 
(Ceratodus) discovered in, 406, 428, 447 
Radford (W. T.), a Hint to the Longsighred, 142 
Rain after Fire, G. P. Serocold on, 83 ; Chicago, 494 
Rain, Black, Edwin Lee, F.R.S., on, 161 
Rain, Yellow, J. Jeremiah, on, 68, 161 
Rainfall, A. Buchan on(Br.A.), 358 ; W. Pengelly, F.R.S., on, 
169 ; in Bombay, 375 ; in Calcutta, 514; in Chile, 418; in 
Scotland (Br. A.), 398 
Ranyard (A. C., F.R.A.S.), on Hybridisation, 26 ; on Coronal 
Rifts, 27 ; on Pangenesis, 69 ; Suggestions to Observers of the 
Eclipse of Dec. 12, 1871, 327 ; on the Corona, 466 
Rawlinson (Sir H. ), Elected President of theGeographical Soc., 72 
Regnault, on the Conversion of Heat in the Steam Engine, 203 
Respighi (Prof.) on Stellar Scintillation, 99 
Respiration, Mechanism of, 95 
Respirators of Cotton Wool and Charcoal, 126 
Reynolds (Dr. J.) on the “ Chemistry of Milk,” 96 
Reynolds (Prof. Osborne), Radial Appearance of the Corona, 46 
Rhysimeter, the, A. E. Fletcher, F.C.S., on (Br. A.), 338 
Richardson (Dr.), his Theory of Nervous Atmosphere, 29; on 
Writers on Science, 144 
Riga, Society of Naturalists, 236 
Riley (Chas. V.) Official Report on the Insects of Missouri, 302 
Riviera, Flora of the, 502 
Roberts (W. M.) on Thunderstorm, Aug. 13, 1871, 305 
Robertson (Prof. G. C.) on Taine’s “ De l’Intelligence,”’ 62 
Robinson (W.), his “ Sub- Tropical Garden,” 159 
Kock Carvings, Mode of Obtaining fac-similes, 233 
Rock-Inscriptions in Brazil, 114 
Rodwell (G. F., F.C.S.) on the Study of Science in Schools, 
437, 455 : ‘ 
Rolleston, Prof., F.R.S., on Saxon Pagan Remains, 56 
Rollett (Dr. Alexander), Physiological Researches at Gratz, 402 
“ Romance of Motion,” by Alec Lee, 45 
Roscoe (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), Proposed People’s University, 
41 ; Science Lectures for the People, 81 
Ross (Dr. J.), Howorth’s New View of Darwinism, 221, 240, 242 
Reyal Commissions, on Coal, 148 ; on Scientific Instruction, 107, 
130 
Royal Institution, Proceedings, 18, 36, 107, I15, 195, 453 
Royal Society, Election of Fellows, 13; Proceedings, 17, 57, 85 
95, 173, 195 ; its Origin and Early Proceedings, 439 
Rugby School Natural History Society, 32, 149 
Ruined Cities of Central America, 466 
Rushton (Wm ) on “Science in Plain English,” 142, 166 
Russell (R.) on Ocean Currents, 122 ; Obituary Notice of, 394 
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