INDEX. 



Plants, Electric Actions in, 420. 



Peach, B. N. : A New Eurypterid, 234. 



Pearls, Chemical Composition of, G. and 

 H. S. Harley, 329. 



Pears, Growth of, 308. 



Peat as Fuel, 583. 



Peck, W. : The Constellations and How 

 to Find them, 184. 



Pehcan, Intelligence of a, 421. 



Pen, 477- 



Pengelly, W. : Researches in Bench 

 Cavern, 189. 



Penrhyn Quarry, Trilobites in the Upper 

 Green Slates of the. H.Woodward, 43. 



People's Lecture Scheme, 26, 97, 287, 

 343. 407. 



Peridermium Cohtmnare, 212. 



Perpetual Motion, 128. 



Perry, Rev. Father : Aurora Borealis 

 and Magnetic Pertubation, 236 ; Con- 

 dition of the Solar Surface during 

 1887, 138. 



Perspiration, 272 ; Phenol in, 55. 



Peru, Gold Deposits in, 55. 



Perthshire Lochs, Bathymetrical Sur- 

 vey of the, J. S. G. Wilson, 260. 



Petroleum, Baluchistan, Wells, 65 ; 

 Fuel, 23 ; Gas Candle, 33 ; Lamp 

 Explosions, 464 ; Oil, 89 ; Origin of, 

 103, 314; Priestman, Engine, 533;* 

 Solidification of, 200. 



Pforzheim, 45. 



Pharmaceutical Society, 119. 



Pheasants' Nest in a Fir Tree, 616. 



Phenol in Perspiration, 55. 



Phenological Observ'ations for the Year 

 1887. Rev. T. A. Preston, 44. 



Phenomenon, Curious, 22, 94. 



Philosophical Society of Glasgow, Pro- 

 ceedings of the, 183. 



Pholas Daciylus, Luminous Matter of, 

 228. 



Phonography, A Manual of. I. Pitman, 

 592. 



Phonograph, The Edison, 51.* 



-Phosphoresence and Fluorescence, 271. 



Phosphorescent Earth-worm, 156 ; In- 

 sects, 228 ; Remarkable, Storm, 536. 



Phosphate of Lime, Mineral, 223. 



Photographer's Indispensable Hand- 

 book. H. Sturmey, 41. 



Photographic College, 69 ; Convention 

 of the United Kingdom, 599 ; Chem- 

 istry, 71 ; Modern Engraving and 

 Printing. G. S. Waterlow, 357, 380. 



Photographic Lenses, 462 ; Printing, 

 477- 



Photographic Exhibition at Dundee, 71 ; 



at the Crystal Palace, 24, 226. 

 Photographs by Flash-light, 149. 

 Photography, 265 ; and Meteorology, 

 79 ; by Flash-light, 149 ;* Practical 

 Guide to. Marion and Co., 112 

 Rational Development in, 125 

 Treatise on. Captain Abney, 208 

 Under Water, 68. 

 Photomicrography. Dr. Kibbler, 570. 

 Phrenology, 169. 

 Phyllopteryx, 227.* 

 Phylloxera, Origin of, 248. 

 Physical Society, 20. 

 Physical Society of Glasgow University, 



117. 

 Physicians and Surgeons, Senate of, 24. 

 Physiography, Elementary. John 



Thornton, 233 ; Elementary Text- 

 book of. W. Mawer, iii. 



Physiological Observation, Curious, 320. 

 „ Selection, 85 ; Utility of, 



Research, 224, 



Pianist's Cramp, 487. 



Pianoforte, 95, 238. 



Picric Acid, Manufacture and Storage 

 of, 25. 



Picrocarmine for the Microscope, 319. 



Pierce, J. Economic Use of the Plane 

 Table in Topographical Surveying, 

 235- 



Pierre Belon, Monument to, 391. 



Pigs, Fecundity of, 156. 



Pin Safety, 166. 



Pineal Gland in the Walrus. Sir W. 

 Turner, 43. 



Pine, Pith in. Trees, 248 ; Scales of the. 

 Cone, 356. 



Pipe, Tobacco, 430. 



Pisiculture, A Step in, 299. 



Pith in Pine Trees, 248. 



Pitman, I. : A Manual of Phonography, 

 592. 



Pittsburg, Natural Gas Works of, 296. 



Plane Table, Economic Use of the, in 

 Topographical Surveying, 235. 



Planet, New Minor, 151, 343. 



Planetoids, 50. 



Planets, Great, 1 14 ; Small. Sir R. S. 

 Ball, 42- 



Plants, American, in the Eastern Hemi- 

 sphere, 469 ; Crossing of Cultivated, 

 204 ; Destructive of Germ Life, 300 ; 

 Effect of Light on, 41 ; Fundamental 

 Experiments on the Nutrition of, 421 ; 

 Green Colouring Matter of, 85 ; Growth 

 of, 468 ; Movements of, 16 ; Names 

 of, 309 ; Preserving, 430 ; Sensitive- 

 ness of, 372. 



Plasticity of Ice, 434. 



Plate, An Improved Earth, 8. 



Plating, Nickel, 31. 



Platinum, Ignition of, in Different Gases, 

 439 ; Transparent, 535. 



Playground of Science. Johnston 

 Stephen, 136. 



Pleiades, New Photographic Maps of the, 

 485.* 



Plowright, C. B.: Silver Fir Fungus, 

 236. 



Plymouth Biological Laboratory, 550. 



Pneumatic Dynamite Gun, 234 ; Hand 

 Tool. F. H. Lewis, 332. 



Point, A Lecture With, and Without, 

 289. 



Poisons and Poisoning, 217. M. Tidy, 

 258. 



Poison, of the Laburnum, 228 ; of the 

 Yew, 228 ; Serpent, 22. 



Poisoning, Curious, Case, 583 ; Copper, 



55' 

 Poisonous Butterflies, 156 ; Fishes, 



443,* 490- * 



Poisons, Animal Power of Resisting, 469; 

 in the Workshop, 574 ; Specific Cha- 

 racter of, 583. 



Polar Ice Caps and their Influence on 

 the Sea Level, 234 



Polishing Fluid, 190. 



Polydactylism in Man, 31, 253. 



Polynuclear infusoria, 299. 



Polyparium ambulans, 609.* 



Polytechnic Institution, 454. 



Ponies, Wild, on the Southern Coast of 

 Carolina, 301. 



Portable Still, 62.* 



Portland Cement, A Few Words on. 



D. L. Collins, 615; Effects of Sea 

 Water on. H. Faija, 285; Novel Ap- 

 phcation of, 608. 

 Portmanteau, 94. 



Portrait, What is a Generalised, 580. 

 Portraits Generalised, 333. 

 Portsmouth Literary and Scientific So- 

 ciety, 455. 

 Portugal, Fossil Flora of, 613. 

 Postal Telegraphs, 103. 

 Potassium Cyanide Vapour, 55 ; Spec- 

 trum of, 350. 

 Potter, C. : Burscough Bridge-boring, 

 400 ; Flints from the Wirral Peninsu- 

 la, 235. 

 Poulton, E. B. : True Teeth of the Orni- 



thorhynchus paradoxus, 186. 

 Powder, Polishing, 430. 

 Power, Electrical Transmission of, 8. 

 Practical Assaying, a Manual of J. 



Mitchell, 544. 

 Pratten, Mary A. : My Hundred Swiss 



Flowers, 64. 

 Prehistoric Human Remains, 247. 

 Presence of Malic Acid in the '■ Sweat '' 



of Herbivorous Animals, 541. 

 Preservation of Cider, 7 ; Meat, 223. 

 Preserving Milk, 70. 

 Preston Dock Excavations, 235. 

 Preston, Rev. T. A. : Phenological Ob- 

 servations for the year 1887, 44. 

 Prestwich, J. : Correlationof the Eocene 

 Strata, 66 ; Geology, Chemical, Phy- 

 sical, and Stratigraphical, 422. 

 Priestman Petroleum Engine, the, 533.' 

 Princeton College, 239. 

 Principia, Bicentenary of Newton's, 385. 

 Prizes for Art Workmen, 551. 

 Proctor, R. A. : Other Suns than Ours, 



Professors, Superannuation of, 292. 



Progress of Botany in Calcutta, 137. 



Projectile, 382. 



Prosimii, 569. 



Protection of Propellers from Corrosion. 



D. A. Cormack, 378. 

 Protoplasm, Vegetative Modifications 



of, 610. 

 Pseudo Organisms, 309. 

 Pullen, 284. 

 Pulsometer, 573. 

 Pumping by Electricity, 46. 

 Purification of Water, 342 ; Alleged, 



Water by Freezing, 13 ; Anthracene, 



55 ; Water Supplies, 199. 

 Purity of Salt, 17. 

 Purpose, Structure and, 340. 

 Pygmy Races of Men. Prof. Flowers, 



402. 

 Pyrenees, Butterflies of the French, 



133 ; Seen from Marseilles, 341.* 

 Pyrogenic Marblite, 206. 

 Python, Parasite of the African, 181. 



Quackery, Electric, 74. 



Quartzites from Nils Hill, Pontesbury, 



404. 

 Queen's College Literary and Scientific 



Society, 151. 

 Quick, F. W. Elements of Stresses 



in Structures, 548. 

 Quercus Coccifera, 19. 



Rabbit Plague in Australia, 367, 613. 

 Rabbits, Attacking a Cat. S. E. Dunkin, 



