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INDEX. 



other legislation affecting the teaching 

 of science in elementary schools, 307. 



Newton (Prof.) on the migr.ation of 

 birds, 283 ; on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 288. 



North Sea tisheries, the, by 0. T. Olsen, 

 640. 



Odliiig (Prof.) on the ultra-violet spark 



spectra emitted by metallic elements, 



and theii- combinations under varying 



conditions, 143. 

 O'Donovan (E.) on Merv, 624. 

 Old red sandstone conglomerate, mention 



of an example of an early stage of 



metamorpliic change in, by Prof. J. 



Thomson, .536. 

 Oligocene strata in the Hampshire basin, 



J. W. Elwes on the classification of 



the, 539. 

 Olsen (0. T.), the North Sea fisheries, 



640. 

 Overland route to China from India «« 



Assam, the question of an, by C. H. 



Lepper, 612. 

 Oxygen, the activity of, and the mode of 



formation of hydrogen dioxide, C. T. 



Kingzett on, 494. 



Paleontology of Oxfordshire, of Berk- 

 shire, and of Buckinghamshire, list of 

 works on the, by W. Whitaker, 327. 



Palestine, Eastern, report of the Com- 

 mittee for promoting the survey of, 

 296. 



Parasites of Egypt, the injurious, in re- 

 lation to water-drinking, by Dr. Cob- 

 bold, .592. 



Parker (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 213. 



Parker (W. N.) on the kidneys of the 

 Teleostei, 577. 



Patent legislation, report on, 310. 



Pengelly (W ) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 72 ; on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 213 ; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ire- 

 land, 243 ; on the post-miocene de- 

 posits of the Bovey Basin, South 

 Devon, 532; *pre-histoTic remains in 

 the deposits of Bovey Basin, South 

 Devon, 607. 



*Pcrception of colour in man and the 

 lower animals, Dr. J. D. Macdonald 

 on the, 575. 



Perry (J.) on standards for use in elec- 

 trical measurements, 70. 



Persia, some unexplored or little known 

 parts of, Col. Sir 0. St. John on, 628. 



, Central, and the sea, the various 



means of communication between, 

 Lieut. -Col. J. W. B. Champain on, 

 628. 



Petroleum, the legal flashing test for, 

 F. A. Abel on, 486. 



Pfoundes (C), our sailors for defence 

 and commerce — at home and abroad, 

 641. 



♦Philips (J.) on a musical instrument, 

 478. 



Photographic spectrum of comet (Wells) 

 1, 1882, 442. 



■ of the Great Nebi^a in Orion, 443. 



Photographs of the typical races in the 

 British Isles, report of the Committee 

 appointed to obtain, 270. 



Physical Section, the Mathematical and. 

 Address by Prof. Lord Eayleigh to, 

 437. 



Pitt-Piivers (Gen.) on obtaining photo- 

 graphs of the typical races in the 

 British Isles, 270; on the investiga- 

 tion of the Loughton Camp, 274 ; on 

 the work of the Committee for carry- 

 ing out the recommendations of the 

 Anthropometric Committee of 1880, 

 278. 



Plant (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 213 ; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ire- 

 land, 243. 



Plarr (Dr. G.) on the establishment of 

 the elementary principles of quater- 

 nions on an analytical basis, 451. 



Post-miocene deposits of the Bovey 

 Basin, South Devon, W. Pengelly on 

 the, 532. 



Powell (G. Baden) on the appropriation 

 of wages and other sources of income, 

 297 ; on the revenue from the taxation 

 of alcohol, 636. 



Preece (W. H.) on fixing a standard of 

 white light, 38 ; on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 70 ; on the 

 determination of a gauge for the 

 manufacture of various small screws, 

 311 ; on a new hand dynamo-machine, 

 447 ; recent progress in telephony, 

 666 ; on a new arc lamp, 667. 



*Pre-historic remains in the deposits of 

 the Bovey Basin, South Devon, by W. 

 Pengelly, 607. 



Pressure of wheat stored in elongated 

 cells or bins, the, by I. Roberts, 678. 



Prestwich (Prof. J.) on the circulation 

 of underground waters, 213 ; on the 

 preparation of an international geo- 

 logical map of Europe, 241 ; on the 

 erratic blocks of England, Wales, and 

 Ireland, 243; notes relating to some 

 of the drift phenomena of Hampshire : 

 1. Boulders, Hayling Island; 2. Chert 

 debris in the Hampshire gravel; 3. 

 Elephant Bed, Freshwater Gate, 529 ; 

 on the equivalents in England of the 

 ' Sables de Bracheux,' and on the 

 southern limitsof the Thanet sands,538. 



