Nature, Dec. 10, 1885] 
Peach (B. N.) and J, Horne, on the Geology of Dumess and 
Eriboll, with Special Reference to the Highland Controversy, 
55 
Pearson (A. N.), Forecasting of Barometric Variations, 574 
Peat : W. Ivison Macadam on Certain Diatomaceous Deposits 
(Diatomite) from the Peat of Aberdeenshire, 559 
Pekin, Astronomical and Meteorological Observatories at, 403 
Pel Poisoning Case: Experiments as to Possibility of Burning a 
Body in Common Stove, 161 
Pellew Islands, the, 464 
Pelvic Brim, Prof. Turner on the Index of, as a Basis of Classi- 
fication, 586 
Penfold (S. L.). Analcite Cry-tals, 554 
Pennatulida of the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, Prof. 
H. N. Moseley, F.R.S., 74 
Penning (W. H.), Geology of the Transvaal Gold-fields, 190 
Penny Science Lectures, 609 
Pentane Standard, Photometry with the, A. Vernon Harcourt, 
537 
Perak, Stone Axes, A. Hall, 626 
Pereyaslavtseff (Miss), on the Development of Rotifers, 579 
Perez (Bernard), the Three First Years of Childhood, W. Odell, 
412 
Periodical Comets of De Vico and Barnard, 183 
Periodical Comets in 1886, 636 
Periodicals, Catalogue of Scientific, H. C. Bolton, 426 
Periodicity of the Cyclones of the Indian Ocean South of the 
Equator, ona Supposed, Chas. Meldrum, F.R.S., 613 
Perkin (Dr.), on the Coal-Tar Colours, 303, 330 
Perouse (La), Discovery of the Relics of the Companions of, in 
the Expedition of 1782, 210 
Persia, Statistics of Population of, 64 
Persia, South-Eastern, Capt. Jennings’ Exploration of, 88 
Perthes of Gotha, the History of the Great Geographical House 
of, 554 
Perturbations, Telegraphic, a Yearly and a Daily Period in, Dr. 
. Sophus Tromholt, 88 
Petals, Staminody of, J. C. Costerus, 53 
Petermann’s Mittheilungen, 88, 184, 356, 554 
Petrie (W. M. Flinders), his Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, 
353; on the Discovery of Naukratis, 588 ; Two Generalisa- 
tions, 597 
Petroleum, Plutarch on, W. H. Deering, 29 
Petroleum, Products of Gas Manufacture from, H. E. Armstrong 
and A. K. Miller, 286 
Petroleum Gas used by Ironworks, &c., at Pittsburg for Fuel, 
463 
Pettersen (Karl), How the North-Norway Fjords were Made, 
177 
Pheenology : “‘ Resultate der wichtigsten pflanzen-phanologischen 
Beobachtungen in Europa nebst einer Friihlingskarte,” Dr. H. 
. Hoffmann, 146 
Phanerogams, Evolution of the, MM. Marion and Saporta, J. 
Starkie Gardner, 289; Prof. W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., 
364 
Pharmacology, Therapeutics, and Materia Medica, Text-Book of, 
Dr.T. Lauder-Brunton, F.R.S., Prof. Arthur Gamgee, F.R.S., 
337 
Phenols of Complex Function, Berthelot, 592 
Phenomenon, Electrical, J. B. A. Watt, 316 
Philadelphia, Zoological Society of, 85 
Philippines: the Negritos of the, 232; the Geology of the, 302 
Philological Society’s English Dictionary, 159 
Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 212 
Phoriaspongiz, the, Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 119 
Phosphorus, Combustion of, in Oxygen, H. B. Baker, 87 
Phosphorus-Poisoning, on the Formction and Conveyance of 
Fat in, Dr. Leo, 120 
Photographing the Aurora Borealis, Carl Siewers, 29 
Photography : Balloon, 420; Application of Photography to 
Mapping of Stars, Mouchez, 70; Photographs of Lightning- 
Flashes, Dr. Kayser, 111; Balloon Ascent for Photography, 
Gaston Tissandier, 182; Photographs of Animals in Move- 
ment, Dr. Miillenhoff, 496 ; Spectral Photometric Researches 
on some Photographic Sensitisers, 519 ; Photographic Society, 
552; Photographic Action on Ebonite, Edward E. Robinson, 
626 
Photometer Made with Translucent Prisms, J. Joly, 537 
Photometry, the IJarvard, 368 
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XXUt 
Photo netry with the Pentane Standard, A. Vernon Harcourt, 
37 
Phthisis of the Lungs, Bacillary, Germain Sée, 341 
Physical Society, 22, 70, 167, 191, 215, 263 
Physical and Mathematical Papers, Sir Wm. Thomson’s, Prof, 
Helmholtz, F.R.S., 25 
Physics, Lessons in Elementary Practical, Prof. Balfour Stewart, 
F.R.S., and W. W. Haldane Gee, 339 
Physics and Engineering at University College, the Chair of, 54 
Physiology : Physiological Society of Berlin, 239 ; W. Preyer, 
on Physiology of the Embryo, F. J. Allen, 267/53, Dieade 
Munk on the Formation of Fat in the Animal Body, 335; on 
the Influence of Cortex Cerebri on Temperature of Human 
Body, Prof. Eulenburg, 496; Pischelis ton the Development 
of the Thyroid Gland, 496; Dr. Benda’s Preparations of 
Sensory and Motory Nerve-Endings, 520 : Physiology of the 
Sense of Smell, Herr Aronsohn, 520; Dr. Biondi on the 
Origin of the Spermatozoids, 544 ; the Functions of the 
Sebaceous Glands, Prof. Fritsch, 544; ‘‘ Physiologische 
Pflanzenanatomie in Grundriss dargestellt,” Dr. G. Haber- 
landt, 594 
Pickering’s (Prof.) Observations on Neptune, 12 
Pigorini (Prof.), on the Stone Age Articles Discovered at 
Breonio Veronese, 47; the Worship of Stone Weapons in thz 
Neolithic Age, 48 
Pilcomayo River, Col. Feilberg’s Exploration of, 64 
Pinto (Major Serpa), Discovery of Coal-fields in Africa by, 164 
Pirie (Prof.), on Calculating the Surface-Tensions of Liquids by 
Means of Cylindrical Drops or Bubbles, 536 ; on the Surfac 
Tension of Water which contains a Gas Dissolved in it, 536 
Pischelis (Herr), on the Development of the Thyroid Gland, 
496 
Pisciculture, 375, 402 ; Shad-Rearing in United States, 112 in 
Scotland, 298; Ova of Dogfish at Royal Aquarium, 515; 
Acclimatisation of Whitefish in Mull, 515, 
Pishpek, Earthquake at, 329 
Pitch, Standard, 9 
Pitcher Plant, 295 ; W. Watson, 341 
Pitt-Rivers (Gen.), on the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, 
587 
Place:, System of Orthography for Native Names of, 199, 244 
Plant Anatomy, Physiological, 594 . 
Plant, Pitcher, 295 ; W. Watson, 341 
Plants, Catalogue of Canadian, John Macoun, 242 
P ants in South Australia, Culture of Useful, 462 
Plants, Digestion of Proteids in, Sidney Martin, 563 
Plants and Drugs, New Commercial, Thos. Christy, ¥25 
“Plastic Clay” Period, Sir Richard Owen, F.R.S., on the 
American Evidences of Eocene Mammals of the, 556 
Platinoid, Electric Resistance of, J. T. Bottomley, 166 
Playfair (Sir Lyon, F. R.S.), on Science, 4333 Inaugural 
Address at the Meeting of the British Association at 
Aberdeen, 438 
Playfair (Lieut.-Col.), on the Rediscovery of Lost Numidian 
Marbles in Algeria and Tunis, 556 
Pliocene Deer, Contributions to History of, W. B. Dawkins, 
F.R.S., 118 
Plutarch on Petroleum, W. H. Deering, 29 
Poison of the Cobra di Capello, on the, Herr Gnezda, 71 
Pol-Lias, Bran de, Return of, 581 
Polakowsky (H.), the Historical Value of the ‘* Araucana,” 429 
Polakowsky’s (Dr.) Explorations in Costa Rica, 184 
Polar Temperatures, Lena, Record of, 56 
Polarisation, on Molecular Distances in Galvanic, }. Larmor, 
536 
Polek (Dr.), the Lipporwans, 429 
Port Hamilton Islands, 209 
Portraits, Composite, of Members of the National Academy of 
Sciences, Raphael Pumpelly, 176: John Cleland, 197; Dr. 
C. M. Ingleby, 224 
Portuguese Explorations in Africa, 429 
Post-Existence, Pre-Existence and, 
Clarke, 102 
Posthumus (N. W.), Death of, 254 
Potanin’s Last Voyage to China, 135 
Potash, Chlorate of Iridescent Crystals of, H. G. Ma lan, 102 ; 
Prof. G. G. Stokes, 224 
Pouchet (A. G.), on an Alkaloid Extracted from Liquid use | in 
Cultivation of Koch’s Microbe, 432 
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