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Opera House at Paris, Scientific Appliances/ 349, 369 



Opium Blight, Fungi in, 424 



Opium Cultivation in Asia Minov, 35 



Organ Pipes, 325 



Owens College, Manchester, 241 



Oxford, Science at, 92,394, 497, 5151 



Oyster Cultivation at Utah, 217 



Oysters. Scarcity of, 93' 



" Pacific States, Native Races of the," Pjancroft's, 442 



Palreontographical Society; " Monograph of the Post-tertiary 

 Kntomostraca of Scotland," 128 ;j, .-, ^ 



Palestine Survey I'.xpcdition, 154 



Paper, New Material for, 33 



Paper-ranking, New Zealand Plants for, 212 



Paris : Academy of Sciences, 17, 20, 40, 60, 75, So, too, 

 120, 134, 140, 160, 174, iSo, 196, 220, 235, 240, 259, 

 2S0, 300, 320, 340, 356, 360, 380, 413, 440, 460, 480, 

 500, 520; Anniversary Meeting, 178; Klection of Pre- 

 sident, 273 ; its origin, 213 : Acclimatisation Society, 56, 

 98, 219, 475; American Society, 135; Anthropological 

 Society, 98 ; Kaster Week at the Sorbonne, 516; Geographical 

 Society, 80, 120, 140, 174, 196,236, 254, 294, 515, 516; 

 International Congress of Geographical Science, 232 ; Inter- 

 national Metric Commission, 54 ; Monumental Fountain at, 

 36; Observatory, 36, 75, 154, 235, 272, 273, 294, 373, 457. 

 476 ; Science at the New Opera House, 349, 369 ; School of 

 Medicine, 56 ; Telegraphic Administration, 394 



Parker (Prof.), Ilunterian Lectures on the VerlEbrale Skull, 0, 



3'4 

 Paslcur (Prof. L.), Royal Society's Medal presented to, 155 

 Pathological Society, 373 

 I'avesi (Dr. Pietro), Sharks, 18 

 Perch, Climbing, 109 



Petermann (Dr. A.), Arctic Exploration, 37, 85 

 " Peru, Two Years in," by T, J. Hutchinson, M.A.I., 241, 262 

 " Pharmacographia," by Fliickiger and Hanbury, 42 

 Phenological Phenomena, 40S, 476 

 I'hiladelphia : Academy ol Natural Sciences, 20, 93, 99, 255, 



419 ; Centennial Exhibition, 76 

 Phdiips (J. A., C.E.), "Elements of Metallurgy," 266 

 Phrenician Characters in Sumatra, 228 

 Photographic Image of the .Spectrum, Influence of Pigments on 



the, 505 

 Photographic .Society, 236 



riivlloxera vas/alrix and the Vine Disease, 11, 48, 56, 2S6 

 Physical Society, 35, 59, 99, 379, 399, 439, 479 

 ' Physics, Experimental," by Prof. A. F. Weinhold, 4S2 

 ■ j'hysiology : " La Vie," by Dr. Gustavc le Bon, 246 

 "Physiology, Animal," by J. Clel.and, M.D., F.R.S., 504 

 Pickcrd-Cambridge (Rev. O.), " Trap -door .Spiders," 245 

 Pidjeon (D.), Struck by Lightning, 405 

 I'iged^ , Carrier, 174, 237 

 Pigments, their Influence on the Photographic Image of the 



Spectrum, 505 

 Pine-apples from Portugal, 254 



Pipe Fish, a Propeller imitating the action of its Fin, 429 

 Planets: New, 314; New Minor, 349; Mars, 387; Minor, 



428 

 Planetary Theories, by M. Leverrier, 249 

 Plants, Discovery of Remains of, 88 

 Plarr (Mary J.), Bees and Flowers, 248 

 Poison in the Bamboo Cane, 18 

 Poisoning, Researches by Prof. Biihrn, 334 

 Pole (Dr. W., F.R.S.), Alteration of Nme of Railway Whistles, 



232 

 Pollen Grains, 286, 307, 328 

 Potato Di-sease, 56, 67, 109, 128, 140, 166, 355 

 Potato Beetle, 476 

 Prestwich (Prof. J,, I'.R.S.), Past and Future Work of Geology 



290, 315 

 Prideaux (E.), Kirkes' Physiology, 248 

 Priestley Centenary, in Northumberland (U.S.), 136 

 Pringle (E. W.), Transit of Venus, 306 

 Protection for Inventions, 141, 190 

 Psychology of Cruelty, 149 



Psychology : "Mind ; a Quarterly Review," 294 

 Pye-Smith (Dr.), Hsckel's "Development of Man," 22 



Queensland : Exploration in, 237 ; Botany in, 271 

 Quetelet (M, E.), Temperature of Brussels, 444 



Race, its Relation to Species, 129 



" Races of Mankind," by R. Brown, M.A., 128 



Radiation, Attraction and Repulsion arising from, 494 



Railway Accidents, 174 



Railway Whistles ; Alteration of Note in Trains meeting each 



other, 232 

 Rain, its Action in Calming the Sea, 279 

 Rainfall, Periodicity of, 327 

 Rain of Ashes, Norway and Sweden, 515 

 Rayleigh (Lord, F.R.S.), Insects and the Colours of Flowers, 6; 



Hamilton's String Organ, 30S ; Dissipation of Energy, 454 

 Kenshaw (A. G. ), Ants and Bees, 306 

 Renshaw (S. A.), "The Cone and its Sections," 404 

 Reichenbach (Count O.), Gaussian Con.stants, 2S5 

 Research, P^ndowment of {See Endowment of Research) 

 Research, Scientific, The Times on, 102 

 Rhinoceros in New Guinea, 24S, 26S 

 Rhubarb, 314 

 /Chvurhosniini! aiticeps, S 

 Ribot (Th.), "Heredity," 503 

 Riga, Society of Naturalists, 459 

 Right-handedness, 140 

 Ring Blackbird, 1S7. 209, 228 

 Rivers, Alteration of Levels, 314 

 Rivers, Change of Course of, 229 

 Rocks, Disintegration of, 356 

 Rodwell (G. F.', F.C.S.), Heal, 139 

 Rohlfs (Dr. G.), Exploration in Africa, 356 

 Romanes (G. J). Locomotion of Medusida', 29 

 Roniilly (Lord), Protection for Inventions, 190 

 Koscoe (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), Dalton's First Table of .\tomic 



Weights, 52 

 " Roses, Les," by MM. Jamain and Forney, 85 

 Royal Institution, 411, 415, 456 

 Royal Society, 34, 55, 92, 138. '57. 25S, 278, 296, 318, 334, 



337, 377. 417. 439. 45^. 494, 496, 499. S'8 ; Presentation of 



Medals, 155 ; its Present Condition (President's Address), 175, 



196; French Account of its Origin, 213 

 Rumford (Count), Complete Works of, 103 

 Russian Forests, 251 



St. Andrew's University, 76, 196, 333 



"St. Helena," by J. C. Melliss, F.G.S., 501 



Salisbury (The Marquis of). Scientific Education, 241 



Salmon, Acclimatisation of, in Otago, 209 



Salter (S. J. A., F.R.S.), "Dental Pathology and Surgery," 



147 

 Sandal-wnod, Trade in, 395 

 " Sandwich Islands, The," by Isabella J. Bird, 322 ; Volcanic 



Action in the, 386 

 Sa.\by (H. L., M.D.), "Birds of Shetland," Si 

 Schecle, Monument at Stockholm to, 216 

 Schmidt (Oscar), "Darwinism," 267 

 Schreiber (Dr. Egid), "European Herpetology," 271 

 Schweinfurth (Dr. G.), African Photographs;, 273 ; .\frican 



Exploration, 496 

 Scientific Club. 356 

 Science Commission, 457 



Scientific Education, The Marquis of Salisbury on, 241 

 .Scientific Inquiry, German Manual of, 321 

 Scientific Surveys, 3S1 

 Sclater (P. L., F.R.S.), Zoological Gardens, 87; Lectures at 



the Zoological Gardens, 513 

 Scorpions, .Suicide of, 29, 47 



Scotland: Change of Climate, 329; "Scotland, Post-tertiary 

 Entomostraca, Monograph of," 128 ; University Develop- 

 ment in, 115; Scottish Cryptogamic .Society, 497; Scottish 

 Meteorological Society, 456 ; Scotlisli A'aturalist, 257 

 Scott (Robert H., F.R. S.), Hoffmeyer's A\'eather Charts, 208 

 Sea-horse, 429 



Seals, Destruction of, 93, 373 



" Sensation and Intuition," by James Sully, M.A., 44 

 Sensitive Flames, 45, 88, 129 

 Serpent, New American, 255 

 Settle, Caves at, 304, 514 

 Shadows, Coloured, 406 

 Sharks in .Suez Canal, 174 

 " Sheep, History, Structure, and Economy of," by W. C. 



Spooner, M.R.V.C, 106 

 Shell-Fish, importation of, 394 

 " Shetland, Birds of," by H. L. Saxby, M.D., St 



