INDEX. 



931 



Palfeolithic weapons, discovery of the 

 common occun-ence of, in Scotland, by 

 Kev. F. Smith, 896. 



Palestine and Arabia Petraea, the physical 

 geology of, Prof. E. Hull on, 718. 



*Parallel axiom, a curious point connected 

 with the, by Prof. Chrystal, 647. 



Parker (Prof. W. N.) on proposals for the 

 legislative protection of wild birds' 

 eggs, 366. 



Parliamentary returns on social and 

 economic subjects, by C. S. Loch, 836. 



Patents and copyright, R. A. Macfie on, 

 841. 



Peach (B. N.) on a widespread radiolarian 

 chert of Arenig age from the southern 

 uplands of Scotland, 711. 



and J. Home, the ice shed in the 



North-west highlands during the maxi- 

 mum glaciation, 720 ; on a bone cave 

 in the Cambrian limestone in Assynt, 

 Sutherlandshire, ilt. 



Pearsall (H. D.) on the extended use of 

 the principle of the hydraulic ram, 867. 



Peddie (Dr. W.) *on the electric conduc- 

 tivity of bismuth and copper in electric 

 fields, 641 ; proof that density of 

 illumination does not affect absorp- 

 tion, 661. 



*Pellian equation, tables connected with 

 the, interim report on, 646. 



Penck's, Prof. A., proposed map of the 

 world on a scale of 1 : 1,000,000, E. G. 

 Ravenstein on, 817. 



Pengelly (W.) on underground tempe- 

 rature, 129 ; on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 264 ; on the cave 

 at Elbolton, 266 ; on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 267 ; 

 on the ruins of Mashonaland and the 

 habits and customs of the inhabitants, 

 538. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, sixth report on the 

 steps taken to establish a botanical 

 laboratory at, 363 ; report to the Com- 

 mittee by Prof. J. B. Farmer, 364. 



♦Periodic motion, the stability of, Lord 

 Kelvin on, 638. 



Perkin (Dr. W. H.) on the action of light 

 upon dyed colours, 263. 



*Perkin (Prof. W. H., jun.), syntheses 

 with the aid of butane and pentane 

 tetra-carboxylic ethers, 680. 



Perry (Prof. J.) on the earthquake and 

 volcanic phenomena of Japan, 93 ; on 

 standards for use in electrical measure- 

 ments, 132. 



*Persulphates, by Dr. H. Marshall, 692. 



*Pettersson (Prof. 0.), the hydrography 

 of the Baltic, the Kategat, and the 

 Skagerak, 821. 

 Phen6 (Dr.), similarity of certain ancient 

 necropoleis in the Pyrenees and in 

 North Britain, 901. 



*Philograph, the, a simple apparatus for 

 the preparation of lecture diagrams, 

 exhibition of, by G. W. Bloxam, 914. 



♦Phillips (C.) on a skull from Port Talbot, 

 Glamorganshire, 912. 



♦Phosphoric anhydride, action of, on 

 fatty acids, by Dr. F. S. Kipping, 

 680. 



Photographs of electrical discharges, by 

 A. A. Swinton, 641. 



Photographs of geological interest in the 

 United Kingdom, third report on the 

 collection, preservation, and systematic 

 registration of, 290. 



♦Photography as a means of surveying, 

 by Col. H. C. O. Tanner, 814. 



, the application of, to the eluci- 

 dation of meteorological phenomena, 

 second report on, 77. 



Phyllopodp, the fossil, of the palseozoic 

 rocks, ninth report on, 298. 



Physical and Mathematical Section, 

 Address by Prof. A. Schuster to the, 

 627. 



Physical deviations from the normal as 

 seen among 50,000 children, observa- 

 tions as to, by Dr. F. Warner, 910. 



♦Physical laboratory, the new, at 

 Groningen, Holland, Prof. P. H. 

 Schoute on the construction of, 647. 



Phj'siological action at a distance, the 

 cause of. Prof. L. Errera on, 746. 



Physiological calorimetry and animal 

 heat, Prof. Rosenthal on, 749. 



♦Physiology of protoplasm. Prof. W. 

 Preyer on the, 742. 



Pickering (S. U.) on the bibliography of 

 solution, 261. 



Pisolitic tuff, the occurrence of, in the 

 Pentlands, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis 

 on. 726. 



Pitt-Rivers (Gen. A. H. L.) on the work 

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 29 ; on editing a new edition of 

 'Anthropological Notes and Queries,' 

 537. 



Place-names, by Dr. J. Burgess, 810. 



♦Planches inedites de zoologie con- 

 cernant les recherches du yacht 

 ' I'Hirondelle,' presentation de, by Baron 

 J. de Guerne, 785. 



Plant (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 264 ; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 267. 



Plant life, conditions affecting, in a town 

 atmosphere, by Dr. G. H. Bailey, 781. 



Polarising gratings. Dr. H. E. J. G. du 

 Bois on, 660. 



Polychaet worms, Miss F. Buchanan on, 

 356. 



Polyzoa, the cretaceous, report on, 301. 



Poor-law, the : can it be maintained ? by 

 Rev. T. W. Fowle, 839. 



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