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Physics, List of papers on—Cont’d. 
a slight modification of the Newtonian 
formula of gravitation. W. B. Taylor. 
PAIGBIT CT Ace ecrseissucccensineianeesdpsestasspnWAae G0 
Can the attraction of a finite mass be infi- 
nite? C.H.Kummell. Jn full.....viti 58 
Newton's vis. M. H. Doolittle. Title only, 
x 38 
the free cooling of a homogeneous sphere 
initially heated to a uniform tempera- 
ture. R.S. Woodward. Reference.....x 90 
the conditioned cooling of a homogeneous 
sphere. R.S. Woodward. Reference.x 103 
Physics of the Mississippi river........ situs ara i (13) 
Pied Mont regiON..rscesooccenssnersccssesscerscaersnsned& 24 
Pile Of Dall Sicvcecapcascnnsnabencas'sansnets Receeeu cpeseense iii 76 
Piles bored by teredo.......c0.ceeeersenessenveeeeeeee 
PISCicultUre........0secocreeeeeeccseeees 
Plains, Artesian wells on the... 
Plane curves, Contact Of.........:sscccssereeceeees 
Planet, Centre of apparent disk of............ ii 181 
search for intra-Mercurial...........-s-seseeee ii 85 
supposed discovery of a trans-Neptunian, 
iii 20 
Planetary mass determined from two satel- 
MTGE Sieuphsdgapessnsnss mac oveusduarusheanuneane Sansuae vi 132 
motion as affected by meteoric matter, 
ii 188, 189, 190 
AVS OLIOTIS Soevesvavenvscudescecanteadsansensseecenen iii 26, vi 41 
perturbations of the MOON.........sceesesseeee vi 136 
Planets, THEOTY Of: ...scccess-neaasecessaesccsonacsans iv 57 
Plants, Climate Of.....c.sosscereccssnsscsvacconsosssnnes ii 183 
ON Roan Mountain............000 recess seccescceves iv 63 
IPIRGEAIO PION sccveccunacsunasstessausand haasten 155, wii 76 
Plato cited on philosophy..........sseeeee+e vii xxxvi 
PlethySMOgraphs.......cccceccccccrseccscesnneseesseese We ad 
Pleurotomaria, Notch in shell of............... iii 76 
(PIOVET BY, AOS KA, terccrachcseradsvnuokbescoauneunsne iv 124 
Plucker, Prof. J.,cited on Malfatti’s ; problem 
ii 118 
Plumb-line deflection...i4 82, wii 92, 101, ix 15, 53 
Poggendorf corrections in thermometry..ix 29 
Poinsot, Louis, cited on impact of inelastic 
IDO GUOR. csadesnascaadsccssseusen pasiaeeabanen tone ten v 131 
POISONEA BILTOWS......eceeeccececees seseescseeeces 411180, 182 
Poisson cited on temperature of space.....ki 75 
Polar EXPeditionn.........cseereererenene asasvokinmassans ii 89 
Polaris expedition..,....... MigudhkGcossupaasaesasarans i 92 
Polarization of light by a narrow slit..d% 119, 124 
Pole, Shifting of the earth’s.......-.sseessse viii 10 
Political Economy, List of papers on: 
on the statistics of the borrowing power of 
the United States. E. B. Elliott. Title 
ONY nreo0scnsseecaccsvnesee Daasachoncneaisastcstianmceddan i 29 
on international coinage. E. B. Elliott. 
Title only... PR Wire) 
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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 
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Political Economy, List of papers on— 
Cont'd. 
[chonge in value of dollar.] E. B. Elliott. 
Vo abstract......... orssapes ere: 
on the credit of the United States, as 
shown by the value of its securities. 
E. B, Elliott. Title onlyy......00+000seeeeeeek 109 
on the transition in Germany, and the 
Seandinavian nations of Sweden, Nor- 
way, and Denmark, from the silver 
standard of coinage and money of ac- 
count to a gold standard. E. B, Elli- 
Obbesistinsescsnenesreree Syn pseussusushaeensp eee 
the mutual relations as to price of gold, 
silver bullion, silver coin, and green- 
backs. E. B. Elliott. Title only....... ii 50 
mutual relation as to price of gold, green- 
backs, silver bullion, and silver coin. 
E. B. Elliott. In full....... ake rapeee area ii 52 
two propositions, now before Congress, for 
changing the coin of the United States. 
E. B. Elliott. Title only....c..00c00e004k 68 
monetary standards. E. B. Elliott. Title 
ONY. cccccceess sasnsvessndaden tenes paspasaanenaaiaeae li 85 
mutual relations of gold and silver, and of 
prices of commodities. E. B. Elliott. 
seens ee eeneseereeees 
ADSUV ACL. aicccssusssccancosaspenens Bearers coc ii 87 
optional monetary standards. E. B. Elli- 
‘ott. Title Onl tp.csccccscscepssoses sdasaus cots nanete BneTEM 
the progress of international coinage in 
France and America. E. B. Elliott. 
Title OM ...-0--c0csescconceosesoesssgncessneivepesee mien 
the subject of international coinage. E. 
B. Elliott. Abstract. ..o.ccsse-sscsdssesiupten annie 
the silver question. ©. E. Dutton. In 
Ft Ul enwswene) cota tasstnveanannan Heer ay iii 78 
the silver question. Symposium. <Ab- 
BEPC esas aavbhsonos vnsstavarseeserenl Ssokpensh epee bh hiv 
the construction of the Government sink- 
ing fund. E.R. Elliott. Abstract...4it 113 
the principles of taxation. S. Newcomb. 
TUtle ONY ...cascsassssaes avbabsneaaive wannCUnernnts iii 119 
the distribution of loans in the Bank of 
France, the national banks of the 
United States, and the Imperial Bank 
of Germany. J. J. Knox. Abstract, 
iv 32 
[bi-metallism.] E. B. Elliott. Abstract, 
iv 141 
accrued interest on Government securi- 
ties. E.B. Elliott. Title only..........W 21 
on the credit of the United States, past, 
present and prospective. E, B. Elliott. 
Title only... decia shies hap cose ccccsese sesereeW 102 
on some formule relating to Government 
securities. E.B. Elliott. Title only...w 106 
