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Index. 



[Oct., 



Phillips, John, M.A., the Planet Mars, 



369. 

 Phosphorite, 488. 

 Phosphorus in Iron Wire, 141. 

 Photography, Astronomical, 651. 

 Photosphere of Sun, 654, 655. 

 Phyllotaxis, 656. 

 Physios, 124, 316, 491, 689. 

 Pins and Needles, New Method of 



Pointing, 327. 

 Pisani, M. F., New Minerals from 



Cornwall, 312. 

 Pisciculture, 133. 



Placental Mammals of Australia, 17. 

 Planchon, M., Flora of Montpellier, 



448. 

 Planets, Spectra of, 319. 

 Plants, Catalogue of British (Review), 



557. 

 Platinum Mirrors, 497. 

 Plimsoll, Mr. S., Method of Indicat- 

 ing the Presence of Carhuretted Hy- 

 drogen in Mines, 308. 

 Polarized Light, Application of, with 



Spectrum, 205. 

 Pole, Astronomical Expedition to 

 Southern, 650. 



the North, 631. 



Potash Salts as Manures, 433. 



Prehistoric Records, 239. 



Peestwich, Mr., on Beds containing 



Flint Implements, 105. 

 Prideaux, Mr., on the Principles of 



Ethnology, 91. 

 Proceedings of the Metropolitan 

 Societies : — 



The Astronomical Society, 77, 266, 



441, 652. 

 The Chemical Society, 88, 281, 



458, 668. 

 The Entomological Society, 284, 



464, 672. 

 The Ethnological Society, 91. 

 The Geographical Society, 98, 290, 



469. 

 The Geological Society, 107, 301, 



478, 678. 

 The Zoological Society, 139, 335, 

 513. 

 Proctor, R. A., B.A., Saturn and its 



System, &c. (Review), 718. 

 Provincial Scientific Societies, 524. 

 Pulkowa Observatory, Instruments in 

 the, 74. 



Q. 



Quadrumana, American, 606. 



Distribution of, 606. 



Quicksilver, the New Almaden Mines 

 of, 115. 



R. 



Railways, Report of Commission on 



French, 578, 586. 

 Railway Trains, Methods proposed for 



effecting Communications on, 585. 

 Rat, Ravages of the, in New Zealand, 



329. 

 Records, Prehistoric, 239. 

 Red Sandstone, New, as a Source of 



Water Supply, 418. 

 Reform in the Committee of Council on 

 Education, and the Science and Art 

 Department, 355. 

 Reich and Richter, MM., on Indium, 



87, 664. 

 Reichenbach, Dr., on a Cosmical Dust, 



265. 

 Renault, M., Action of Light on Haloid 



Salts of Copper, 125. 

 Report of the Superintendent of the 

 United States Coast Survey for 1861 

 (Review), 344. 

 Reviews : — 



Entozoa, 145. 



The Laws of Health, 150. 



Human Physiology, 154. 



Man and Nature, 156. 



The New Zealand Flora, 162. 



The Flora of the West Indian 



Islands, 166. 

 The Australian Flora, 167. 

 British and Garden Botany, 168. 

 South African Butterflies, 169. 

 Chemical Analysis, 171. 

 The Astronomical Observer, 172. 

 Sericulture in Oudb, 173. 

 The Geological Survey of India, 



338. 

 The United States Coast Survey, 



344. 

 The Plurality of Worlds, 346. 

 On the Cultivation of Quinine in 



Java and British India, 348. 

 Microscopic Fungi, 350. 

 For and Against Tobacco, 352. 

 Kolliker's Outlines of the Lowest 



Forms of Life, 532. 

 The Century of Inventions, 537. 

 The Construction and Use of the 



Achromatic Microscope, 546. 

 The Bats of North America, 548. 

 The Trees and Shrubs of the 



Ancients, 559. 

 Scientific Ascents of Mont Blanc, 



554. 

 Miscellaneous Botanical Works, 



555. 

 Beneficence in Disease, 559. 

 Radiation, 708. 

 The Sceneiy of Scotland, 715. 

 Saturn and its System, 718. 



