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INDEX. 



*Oppert (Dr. G.), India the home of gun- 

 powder, on philological evidence, 636. 



O'Eeilly (Prof. J. P.) on the relation to 

 be established between coast-line direc- 

 tions represented by gi-eat circles on 

 the globe and the localities marked by 

 earthquakes in Europe, 576. 



Ores, complex, containing zinc, a new 

 process for the metallurgic treatment 

 of, E. A. Parnell on, 544. 



Organic acids, the application of, to the 

 examination of minerals. Prof. H. C. 



- Bolton on, 50.5. 



Palasolithic flint implement from Pales- 

 tine, H. Stopes on a, 624. 



imjilement manufactory, the site of 



a, at Crayford, Kent, F. C. J. Spurrell 

 on, 574. 



stone implement from Egypt, H. 



Stopes on a, 624. 



Palffiontological and zoological researches 

 in Mexico, report of the Committee 

 for conducting, 254. 



Palaeontology of Wales, list of works 

 on the (to the end of 1873), by W. 

 Whitaker, 397. 



Palestine, trans-Jordanic, recent travels 

 in, by L. Oliphant, 659. 



Parker" (W. N.) and F. M. Balfour on the 

 development of Lepidosteus, 599. 



Parnell (E. A.), a new process for the 

 metallurgic treatment of complex ores 

 containing zinc, 544. 



Patent legislation, report of the Com- 

 mittee appointed to watch and report 

 to the Council on, 318. 



Pattinson (J.) on the best means for the 

 development of light from coal-gas, 

 241. 



Pengelly (W.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 26 ; on the exploration of Kent's 

 Cavern, 62 ; on the circulation of 

 rmderground waters, 87 ; on the eri'atic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 110. 



Perkins (C. H.) on the anthracite coal 

 and coal-field of South Wales, 220. 



Perry (Prof. J.) on devising and constriict- 

 ing an improved form of high insu- 

 lation key for electrometer work, 29 ; 

 on accurately measuring the specific 

 inductive capacity of a good Sprengel 

 vacuum, and the specific resistance of 

 gases at different pressures, 197. 



Petroleum spirit and analogous liquids, 

 further notes on, by A. H. Allen, 547. 



Phene (Dr.) on the geology of the Ba- 

 learic Islands, 585 ; on the retention 

 of ancient and prehistoric customs in 

 the Pyrenees, 627 ; on an examination 

 of the Balearic Islands, 663 ; on a re- 

 cent examination of the topography of 

 the Troad, 664. 



Phenomfenes periodiques, la calculation 

 des. Prof. Piagona sur, 466. 



Photo-electricity, an account of some ex- 

 periments in, by G. M. Minchin, 468. 



Physical Section, Address by Prof. W. G. 

 Adams to the Mathematical and, 447. 



Physiology, Anatomy and, Address by F. 

 M. Balfour to the Department of, 636. 



Pikermi vertebrate and invertebrate 

 faunas, the geological age and relations 

 of the Siwalik and, W. T. Blanford on, 

 577. 



Pitt-Kivers (Major-Gen.) on the work of 

 the Anthropometric Committee, 120. 



Plane and spherical curves of the fourth 

 class with quadruple foci, H. M. 

 Jeffery on, 478. 



Plant (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 87 ; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 110. 



Phmkett (T.) on an ancient settlement 

 found beneath the surface of the peat 

 in the coal-bog near Boho, Co. Fer- 

 managh, 623. 



Pocket registrator for anthropological 

 purposes, F. Galton on a, 625. 



*Polarised light, an instrument for the 

 detection of, P. Braham on, 502. 



*Portuguese expedition in West Central 

 Africa, the residts of the, Capt. H.. 

 Capello and Lieut. R. Ivens on, 659. 



Post-tertiary and more recent deposits of 

 Kashmir and the Upper Indus Valley, 

 Lieut.- Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen on 

 the, 589. 



Powell (W.) six years' exploration in 

 New Britain and neighbouring islands,. 

 658. 



Pre- Cambrian rocks in the Harlech 

 Mountains, Merionethshire, Dr. H. 

 Hicks on the, 584. 



Pre-Cvmric epoch in Wales, Hyde Clarke 

 on the, 629. 



Prcece (W. H.) on a peculiar behaviour 

 of copper, 470 ; on the proper form of 

 lightning conductors, 470. 



Pre-glacial contours and post-glacial de- 

 nudation of the North-west of Entrland, 

 C. E. De Eance on the, 590. 



Prehistoric relations of the Babylonian, 

 Chinese, and Egyptian characters, lan- 

 guage, and culture, and then' connec- 

 tion with sign and gesture language^ 

 further researches on the, by Hyde 

 Clarke, 635. 



times in the Valley of the Ehine,- 



Prof . SchaafFhausen on, 624. 



Prestwich (Prof.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 87 ; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 1 10 ; on a raised beach in Rhos Sili 

 Bay, Gower, 581 ; on the geological 

 evidence of the temporary submer- 



