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Ocean Currents, 36, 48, 87, 108, 227, 232, 246, 265, 307, 309, 
326, 368, 447, 469, 488 
Oceanic Vertebrates, 268 
“Origin of Civilisation,” by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., 
F.R.S., 362 
Origin of Species, 270, 426 (See Darwinism, Genesis of Species, 
Natural Selection) 
Osborn (Captain Sherard, R.N.), on the Geography of the Sea 
Bed, 133 
“ Osteology of the Mammalia,” by W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 251 
Otariadz ( See Seals) 
Oxiord, Natural Science at, 14, 53, 170, 192, 491, 510 
Oudemans (J. A. C.), on the Corona, 25 
‘‘Our Feathered Companions,” by the Rev. Thos. Jackson, 
M.A., 342 
Oyster Cultivation, Report of the Trish Commissioners on, 332 
Paisley, Natural History Museum, 275 
‘© Paleontology of Man,” by Dr. Hamy, 143 
Palms in Ceylon, 275 
Pangenesis, John Marshall, F.R.S., on, 467 ; C. Darwin, M.A., 
F.R.S., on Mr. Galton’s Paper at Royal Society, 502 
Parasites, Prof. Van Beneden on, 392 
Paris, Notes on the Siege of: Danger to Collections, 73 ; Jardin 
des Plantes and Jardin d’Acclimatatioa, 113 ; Cultivation of 
Vegetables, 132; Société Chimique, 132 ; Proceedings of the 
Institute, 132 ; Destruction of Nurseries and Greenhouses, 172; 
Investigations into the Effects of Shells on Buildings and In- 
habitants, 253 ; Increased Mortality, 253 ; Injuries to the Jardin 
des Plantes, 253, 352, 372, 414; to the Jardin d’Acclimatation, 
352, 353; Damage by Shells, 273 ; Elephants killed at Jardin 
des Plantes, 274; Scarcity of Fuel, 295; Protection of the 
Louvre, 312 ; Meeting of Académie des Sciences, 113, 332, 
380, 400, 420, 440, 460, 493, 520; Scientific Men killed during 
the War, 332, 333, 372; 413 ; Cattle Plague, Mortality of Men 
and Horses, 372; Fund for Relief of Horticulturists, 372 ; 
Science During the Siege, 490 
Patterson (T. L.), on Snake Bites, 308 
Peacock (R. A.), on the Insulation of St. Michael’s Mount, 265 
Pearls from Mussels in Natal, 395 
Peirce (Prof. B.), on the Contraction of the Earth, 315 
Pengelly (W., F.R.S.), on the Insulation of St. Michael’s Mount, 
Cornwall, 206 
Pepsine, Glycerine Extracts of, 168, 207 
Perene (Amazons) River, its Exploration, 209 
Perpetual Motion, 368, 407 
Perrault (Ernest), on a Hearth of the Polished Stone Age dis- 
covered at Chassey, 224 
Perry (Rev. S. J.), on the Chromosphere, 67; on November 
Meteors, 68 ; on the Earthquake of March 17, 405 
Perthshire Society of Natural Science, 153, 159, 233, 34° 
Petrographical Literature, A. Geikie, F.R.S., on, 283, 302, 387 
Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 100, 200; 
Academy of Natural Sciences, 160, 179, 200, 279, 319, 499 
Phillips (Prof.), his Work on the Geography and Geology of the 
Thames Valley, 332 
Philology and Darwinism, 48 
Phosphatic Manures, 62 
Photographic Processes, 187 
Photographic Society’s Exhibition, 54 
Physical Geography, by J. K. Laughton, M.A., 383 
Physical Laboratories, 241, 323 
Physical Science, School of, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 461 
Physiological Laboratory at Leipzig, 142 
Physiological Laboratories, 189 - 
Pickering, (Prof. Edward C.), on the Corona, 82 ; on the Spec- 
trum of the Aurora, 104; on Physical Laboratories, 241 
Piesse (Septimus, F.C.S.), on the Colours of Feathers and 
Butterflies’ Wings, 127 
Pitcher Plants, 34, 167, 147, 148 
Plants, Resemblances of, 347 
Pneumatic Tubes (Sze Tubular Postal Service) 
Pocklington (H.), on Pitcher Plants, 148 ; on Gum Dammar, 470 
Poggendorf’s Annalen, 137, 216, 258 
Pocklington (C.), on the Aurora Borealis, 7 
Poison Plant of Madagascar. 275 
Polarisation of Light and New Polarising Apparatus, by Sir C. 
Wheatsone, F.R.S., 514 
Polished Stone Age, 2 hearth of that period at Chassey, 224 
Popular Names of British Plants,” 262 

Power (H., M.B.), on Wood’s “ Natural History of Man,” 9 
‘© Practical Physics,” by Prof. Kohlrausch, 121 
Preece (W. H.), on Earth Currents, 15 
Pre-Euclidian Geometry, 483 
Prior (R. C. A., M.D., F.L.S.), on the “ Popular Names of 
British Plants,” 962 
Prismatic Structure in Ice, 288 
Pritchard (A.), on a new mode of Evolving Light, 48 
Proctor (Richard A., F.R.A.S.), on Tails of Comets, Corona, 
and Aurora, 247 
Procter (H. R.), on the Aurora Borealis, 6, 68, 346, 369, 468; 
on the Corona, 468 ; on Hailstones, 128 
Progress of Science in 1870, 181 
‘ Protective Resemblances,” J. P. M. Weale on, 507 
Public Schools Commissioners, 14 
Primary Colours (See Colours) 
“Pure Science, a Plan for,” by Prof. Williamson, F.R.S., 135. 
Pye-Smith (Dr. P. H.), on Darwin’s “ Descent of Man,” 442, 463 
Quails, Increased Immigration of, 214 
Quain (Dr,), on Defects in General Education, 103 
“Qualitative Analysis, Manual of,” by R. Galloway, F.C.S., 122 
Quarterly Journal of Science, 236 
Quarterly Weather Report, 3 
Quicksilver Mine in Chile, 36 
Quinary Music, 281, 367, 387, 405 
Queensland Acclimatisation Society, 194 
Rain Guage at Aldershot Camp, 509 
Rain produced by Fires, 448 
Ranyard (Arthur C., F.R.A.S.), Obituary Notice of Prof. De 
Morgan, 490 
Rare Fish (7vichiurus lepturus) taken at Seaton, 107 
Reade (T. M.), on Eozo6n Canadense, 146, 267, 367 
“Record of Zoological Literature,” 423 
Reeks (Henry, F.L.S.), on the Milky Way, 108 ; Aurora arcs 
in the East, 167 
Resemblances of Plants, 347 
Reynolds (Prof. Oaborne), on Tails of Comets, Solar Corona 
and Aurora, 228 
Robinson (Rey. C. J., F.L.S.), on the Resources of La Plata, 83 
Rickard (Major), on the Resources of La Plata, 83 
Riga, Naturalists’ Society of, 394 
Right-handedness, 168 
Royal Albert Hall, its progress, 152 ; its echoes, 469 
Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction, 92, 273, 371 ; First 
Report, 421 
Royal Institution, 53, 192, 317, 378, 453, 477 
Royal Society, its Government, I 
Royal Society, proceedings of, 34, 176, 237, 277, 316, 339, 356, 
375» 395 397) 413, 418, 457, 517 
Rodwell (G. F., F.C.S.), his ‘ Dictionary of Science,” 325 ; on 
Science in Paris during the Siege, 490 
Rugby, Natural Science at, 372 
Russell (R.), on Rain produced by Fires, 448 
Russia, Archeology in, 373 
Russian American Telegraph, 74 
Russian Honey, 275 
Rutherford (W.), his Photograph of the Pleiades, 492 
Sabine (Robert, C.E.), on Transmission through Pneumatic 
Tubes, 476 
St. Michael’s Mount, Prof. Max Miiller on the Insulation of, 
206, 245 ; Correspondence thereon, 265, 289, 309 
St. Petersburg, Bulletin of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 15 
St. Petersburg Geological Museum, 295 
St. Thomas’s Hospital, Arrangements of, described by R. J. 
Mann, M.D., 201, 503 
Samuelson (H., M.P.), on the Eclipse, 310 
Sanderson (J. Burdon, F.R.S.), on Physiological Laboratories, 189 
Sanitary Tests, 347 
Sanitary Commission, Report of the, 393 
Savage (Dr. G, H.), on the Earthqvake of March 17, 405 
Scarlet Fever, Dr. Lankester on, 41, 125 
Schiff (Hugo), on the Constitution of Arbutin, 137 
Schimper’s ‘‘ Traité de Paleontologie Vegetale,” 42 
School Books on Science, 274 (See Scientific Teaching) 
School of Physical Science at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 461 
Schweinfurth (Dr.), his letter from Central Africa, 215 
‘* Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft,” 356 
Science, Progress in 1870, 181 
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