INDEX II. 



179 



*Patent-fee8, G. B. Galloway on the ap- 

 plication of the funds derived from, 

 154. 



*Paterson (William) on the consump- 

 tion of fuel, 156. 



Peach (C. W.) on fossil fishes of the 

 Old Red Sandstone of Caithness and 

 Sutherland, with notice of some new 

 to those counties, 72 ; on the fructi- 

 fication of GrifSthsia corallina found in 

 the West Voe, Outskerries, Shetland, 

 96 ; on naked-eved medusa3 found at 

 Peterhead and ^Vick and other Bri- 

 tish localites, 96. 



Pelagic floating- animals, Dr. CoUing- 

 wood on, observed at sea, 81 . 



Pendle range of hills, E. Hidl on the 

 structm-e of the, as illustrating the 

 south-easterly attenuation of the car- 

 boniferous sedimentary rocks of the 

 north of England, 62. 



*Perkins (W.), exploration of the Grand 

 Chaco in La Plata, with an accoimt of 

 the Indians, 127. 



Peru, Prof. A. Eaimondy on the W^ild 

 Indians inhabiting the forests of 

 Iluanta, 129. 



Peterhead, C. W. Peach on the naked- 

 eyed medusa} found at, 96. 



*Phipson (Dr. L. T.) on the phenomena 

 which occur when magnetized steel 

 is dissolved in acids, 14. 



Phosphatic deposit, J. F. Walker on a 

 new, 73. 



*Phosphorus, Dr. J. Mofiat on the lumi- 

 nosity of, 11. 



Photographs, enamel, notice by Sir 

 David Brewster respecting, executed 

 by Mr. M'Raw, 8. 



Photography, John SpUler on certain 

 new processes in, 45. 



*Photometer, W. Crookes on a new 

 polarizing, 32. 



Pim, Captain Bedford on the mining 

 district of Chontales, Nicaragua, 127. 



*Plant (John) on the geology and fossils 

 of the Lingula-flags at Upper Maw- 

 ddach. North Wales, 72. 



Plant-acclimatization, Dr. W. Lauder 

 Lindsay on, in Scotland, with especial 

 reference to Tussac gxass, 88. 



Plantations, Dr. Grierson on the de- 

 struction of, by a species of vole, 82. 



Plants (rare). Prof Balfoiu- on some, 

 recently collected in Scotland, 79. 



Poisons, Dr. M'Intosh on experiments 

 with, on young salmon, 102. 



PoUi (Dr.) on the antiseptic properties 

 of the sulphites, 103. 



Polymorphism, Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay 



on, in the fructification of lichens, 



89. 

 Porter (Henry J. Ker) on the prevalence 



of " Spedalske " or leprosy in the 



kingdom of Norway, 144. 

 *Power looms, J. K. Caird on an iron 



camb for, 153. 

 Pratt (J. J.) on the colony of New Scot- 

 land in Southern Africa, 128. 

 Prehistoric and Anthi-opological Con- 



gi-ess, Sir R. I. Mm-chison, Bart., on 



the, 126. 

 Prisons, Sir John Bo^vriug on productive 



labour in, as associated with the re- 

 formation of criminals, 135. 

 Protagon, Dr. Hughes Bennett on, in 



relation to the molecular theory of 



organization, 97. 

 Puydt (Liicien de), exploration of the 



isthmus of Darien, with a view to 



discovering a practical line for a ship 



canal, 128. 

 Pyrenees, C. Martins et E. CoUomb sur 



I'ancien glacier de la vallee d'Argeles 



dans les, 06. 

 *Pyrenees, P. W. Stuart Menteath on 



tertiary and posttertiarv action in the, 



70. 



*Quinine, Wentworth L. Scott on the 

 presence of, and other alkaloids in the 

 animal economy, 104. 



Eacines aeriferes. Prof. C. Martins sur 

 les, ou vessies natatoires, la synonyniie 

 etc. de quelques especes aquatiques du 

 genre Jussiaea, 163. 



Eaimondy (Prof. A.) on the Wild In- 

 dians inhabiting the forests of Huanta, 

 Peru, 129. 



Eain-gauges, John Thruston ou the 

 evaporation from, 28. 



Rankine (Prof. W. J. Macquorn) on the 

 approximate drawing of circidar arcs 

 of given lengths, 5 ; Address as Pre- 

 sident of the Mechanical Section, 149. 



and J. R. Napier on the use of 



moveable seats for slide-valves, 156. 



Reaping-machinerv, Rev. P. BeU on, 

 153. 



*Refraction, double, A. E. Catton ou 

 the theory of, 10. 



*Reuals (E.) on arbitration in the Not- 

 tingham hosiery manufacture, 145. 



Eeptiles, Charles Martins siu- une com- 

 paraison des membres j)elviens et 

 thoraciques chez I'honime, les mam- 

 miferes, les oiseaux, et les, deduite de . 

 la torsion de I'liumerus, 158. 



Eespii-ation, Dr. G. OgUvie on the adap- 



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