XXIV 
INDEX 
U Nature, Dec. 2, 1886 
Oxide of Lead, Action of, on Hydrochlorate of Ammonia, F. 
Isambert, 163 
Oxygen, Absorption-Spectrum of, M. Janssen, 176, 187 
Oxygen, Atomic Volume of, M. E, H. Amagat, 95 
‘Oxygen and other Gases, Influence of Silent Discharge of Elec- 
tricity on, 506 
Packard (A. S.), First Lessons in Zoology, 616 
Paignon (M.), Reindeer’s Antler Embellished with Carvings, 
307 
Paintings of Plants and their Homes, by Marianne North, Cata- 
logue by W. B. Hemsley, A.L.S., 143 
Paleobotany, Early Historyand Subsequent Progress of, Lester 
Ward, J. S. Gardner, 597 
Palzolithic Implements in Cambridgeshire, A. G. Wright, 
21 
Palzontolony; Annotated Catalogue of the Writings of Dr. 
Chas. Abrathar White, 246 
Palestine Expedition, Prof. Hull, F.R.S., on the, 115 
Palladium, Hydrogenated, Electrical Properties of, C. G. Knott, 
462 
Palmieri (Prof. L.), on the Origin of Atmospheric Electricity, 
46; the Electricity of Steam, 277 
Panama, M. de Le-seps on the Sea-Levels beside the Isthmus 
of, 83 ; Panama Canal, I11. 
Panclastite, Dr. Sprengel on, 32 
Papuans and Polynesians, Rev. G. Brown, 609 
Paralytic Ataxy ofthe Heart, Mariano Semmola, 491 
Paramecie, Conjugation of the, E. Maupas, 492 
Parasites, Vegetable, of Codfish, 17 
Parasitic Organisms in ‘‘ Delhi Boil,” D. D. Cunningham, 75 
Parasitic Fungus on the Cucurbitacee, E. Haviland, F.L.S., 
95 
Parietal Eye of Hatteria, W. b. Spencer, 33 
Paris ; Congress of French Scientific Societies, 13; Anthropo- 
logical Society, 20; Academy of Sciences, 22, 47, 71, 82, 
95, 115, 139, 163, 211, 235, 245, 259, 284, 307, 331, 
355, 380, 403, 436, 463, 491, 516, 540, 563, 588, 612, 635 ; 
Photographing Telescopes, 38 ; Meridian of, 61 ; Geographical 
Society of, 61; Report of Admiral Mouchez on the Observa- 
tory of, 110; Laborato‘re d’Electricité, 576 ; Mountain Plants 
of Parisian Flora, M. Chatin, 636 
Parker (l’. J.), Claspers of Callorhynchus, 635 
Parsons (H. F.), Disinfection by Heat, 581 
Parthenogenesis, New Case of, in the Vegetable Kingdom, Dr. 
A. Ernst, 549 
Parville (H. de), Apparent Oscillation of the Stars, 163 
Pascoe (F. P.), Peculiar Growth of the Common Acorn-Shell, 
596 
Pasteur’s (Dr.) Researches, Dr. Geo. Fleming on, 144; Go- 
vernment Committee on Pasteur Treatment of Hydrophobia, 
433 
Patagonian Andes, Colonel Fontana’s Lecture on, 372 
Pathology and Histology, Practical, Heneage Gibbs, M.D., E. 
Klein, 51 
Paulitschke (Dr.), Hydrography of the Upper Webi, 372 
Pavey (Dr.), F.R.S., Harveian Oration, 606 
Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph), on Duck-Decoys, 109 
Peabody Institute of Baltimore, 301 
Peat Floods in the Falklands, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 
440; Acting-Governor Bailey, Lieut.-Governor Barkly, 440 
Pedler (Prof.), on the Corrosion of the Lead Linings of Indian 
Tea-Chests, 348 
Pekin, Dust-Storms of, 345 
Pembrokeshire : North-Western, Pre-Cambrian Age of Rocks 
in, H. Hicks, M.D., T. G, Bonney, 162; North-West Coast 
of, Capt. T. Griffiths and H. N. Williams, 482 
Penck (Prof.), Proportion of the Areas of Land and Water on 
the Surface of the Globe, 372 
Pendulum Oscillation, M. H. Maw, 76 
Penfield (S. L.): and D. N. Harper, Chemical Composition of 
Herderite and Beryl, 402 ; and E. S, Dana, Meteoric Stones, 
450 
Pengelly (W.), on a Scrobicularia Bed containing Human Bones 
at Newton Abbot, 513 
Penhallow (D. P.), on Tendril Movements in Cucurbitacez, 46 
Penhallow (Mr.), Ainos of Saghalien, 108, 176 
Percy (Dr. John), on Steel Wire, 62; Opening Address at 
Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute, 575 
Peridotite of Elliot County, Kentucky, J. S. Diller, 402 
Périgaud (M.), Errors in Gambey’s Mural Circle, 588 
Periodicity of Glacial Epochs, Adolphe d’Assier, 216 
Peripatus, J. C. Banner, 497 
Peripatus in Demerara, John L. Quelch, 288 
Permanent Colour-Types in Mosaic, F. Galton, F.R.S., 70 
Pernet (Dr.), on Standard Measures, 22; on Recent Ther- 
mostats, 48 
Perot (A.), Specific Volume of Saturated Vapours and Mechanical 
Equivalent of Heat, 188 
Perrier (M. F.), on the Meteorological Station of l’Aigoual, 331 
Perrotin and Charlois (MM.), Winnecke’s Comet, 540 
Perry (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Electric Transmission of Energy, 
Gisbert Kapp, 285 . 
Perry (Rev. S. J., F.R.S.), Black Rain, 143 
Perseids, August, W. F. Denning, 372 
Petermann’s Mitteilungen, 371, 604, 628 
Peters (Prof. C. H. F.), New Minor Planet, 225 
Petrie (F.), Black Skin, 76 
Pharmaceutical Congress, Birmingham, 434 
Pharmacy, Year-Book of, 49 
Phase, the Influence of, on the Brightness of the Minor Planets, 
Dr. G. Miiller, 16 
Pheasant, Hybrids between the Black Grouse and the, Dr. A. B. 
Meyer, 218 
Philippine Forest Department, 275 
Philippines, the, Volcanic Eruption in, 275 
Phillips (Mr.), on the Seaports of India and Ceylon in the 
Fifteenth Century, 399 
Philology, Philosophy, and History, Decline in the Number of 
Students in, in Prussia, 347 
Philosophy, Hand-book to the History of, E. B. Bax, J. S. 
Haldane, 73 
Phosphorography and the Photography of the Invisible, Ch. 
V. Zenger, 463 
Photography: Application of Photography to Astronomy, Prof. 
Harkness, 16 ; Astronomical Photography, P. and P. Henry, 
35; Photographing-Telescopes in Paris, 38; Indian Photo- 
graphs, 224; Photographic Exhibition at Glasgow, 275 ; 
Views from a Ba'loon, Nadar, 276, 308; Researches in 
Stellar, Rev. Prof. Pritchard, F.R.S., 305 ; Aérial Photo- 
graphy, M. Gaston Tissandier, 347 ; Colour Experiments and 
Photography in Natural Colours, H. W. Vogel, 354 ; Draper 
Memorial of Stellar Spectra, E. C. Pickering, 439 ; Colour- 
Tone, F. E. Ives, 462; Phosphorography and Photography 
of the Invisible, Ch. V. Zenger, 463; Photography of the 
Solar Corona, W. Huggins, F.R.S., 469 ; A. A. Common, 
F.R.S., 470; Photographic Determinations of Stellar Posi- 
tions, B. A. Gould, 502, 560; Annual Exhibition of the 
Photographic Society, 553 ; Photographs of Stellar Spectra, 
E. C. Pickering, 569; Solar Observations in Algiers, 576 ; 
Photographs of Mummies of Ancient Egyptian Kings, Sir W. 
Dawson, F.R.S., 609 
Photometer, Dr. Konig on a New, 48 
Photometry, Stellar, Chandler, 531 
Physical Hypotheses, Miss A. M. Clerke, 357 
Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Maxmilien Marey, 518 
Physical Society, 70, 138, 210, 283 
Physics, Prof. Barker on the Progress of, 370. See a/so British 
Association, Section A, Mathematical and Physical Science 
Physics, Chemical, J. P. Cooke, Jun., Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 
F.R.S., 405 
Physiology : Physiological Society, 23 ; Hemorrhagic Dyspneea, 
23; Dr. Biondi, on the Intermaxillary-Bone, 47 ; Dr. Kossel, 
on the Cholic Acids, 47 ; Occurrence of Cellulose in Tuber- 
culosis, 581; Dr. J. L. Gibson, on Blood-Formation, 68 ; 
Prof. Albrecht on Auditory Ossicles, 71 ; Prof. Flesch, on 
Nervous Cells, 71; the Capillaries of the Vitreous Body, 
Dr. Virchow, 236; Physiological Selection, an Addi- 
tional Suggestion on the Origin of Species, Dr. Geo. J. 
Romanes, F.R.S., 314, 336, 360, 362, 407, 439, 537, 5455 
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 384; S. B. Mitra, 385; Prof. F. 
Darwin, F.R.S., 407, 468 ; H. Seebohm, 537; A. R. Wal- 
lace, 467; J. H. A. Jenner, 468; F. Evershed, 468; E. 
Catchpool, 571 ; on the Connection between Chemical Con- 
stitution and Physiological Action, Dr. Thomas Lauder 
Brunton, F.R.S., 375, 617; J. Blake, 594 ; Lectures on the 
Physiology of Plants, S. H. Vines, 381; Sense of Smell, 
Arthur Mitchell, 521; Rev. G. Henslow, 572; Sense of 
Taste, J. B. Haycraft, 515 ; Kinematic Analysis of Human 
Motion, M. Marey, 540; Disorders of Digestion, T. Lauder 
Brunton, M.D., F.R.S., 543; Distribution of Regenerate 
Nerves, C. Vauclair, 562 
