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Index. 



[Oct., 



Patterson, Mr., on Collodion Balloons, 



401. 

 " Pattoo-Pattoo," a New Zealand Wea- 

 pon, 245. 

 Paul, M., on Hydrate of Chloral, 261. 

 Peloria in Labiatae, 104. 

 Pengelly, A., The French Imperial 



School of Forestry, 60. 

 Mr., Literature of Kent's Cavern, 



93 



W., Rainfall in England, 467. 



Pepper, J. H., Cyclopaedic Science 



simplified, 85. 

 Permanent Way, Single Rail, 403. 

 Permian and Triassic Rocks of the 



Midland Counties, 114. 

 Perseus, the Cluster in, 97. 

 Peru, Primeval Monuments of, 512. 

 Petersen, Herr, Antimonial Sulphide 



of Silver, 125. 

 Pettenkoffer, Prof, on the Relation 



of Heat to Work in the Human Body, 



290. 

 on the Evaporation of Water from 



Plants, 524. 

 Pettigfcew, Dr., Movements of Wings 



in Flight, 436. 

 Peyp.itsch, J., on Peloria in Labiatae, 



104. 

 Pfluger, Prof., on the Endings of 



Nerves in the Liver, 141. 

 Phtlipp, Carbo-oxygen Light, 563. 

 Phillips, Prof. J., Career of, 537. 



on the Oxford Clay Belemnites, 



270. 



Pholas-burrows in the Ormes Head, 



118. 

 Phosphorus in Steel, 398. 

 Phosphuretted Hydrogen, 106. 

 Photographic Operations during Total 



Solar Eclipse of August, 1869, 40. 

 Phvsical Observatory at St. Petersburg, 



122. 

 Physics, Chronicles of, 134, 2S5, 424, 



563. 

 Physiologv, Animal, and Morphology, 



Chronicles of, 139, 290, 431, 572. 



in Trinity College, Cambridge, 



437. 



Vegetable, Chronicles of, 99, 254, 



394, 524. 



Pigott, Dr. R., on Podura Scale Mark- 

 ings, 144. 



Pmx, Dr. O., the Cluster in Perseus, 97. 



PrEE, L. O., on the Psychical Elements 

 of Religion, 247. 



Plants, Acclimatization of Half-hardy, 



' 100. 



and Animals, Distribution of, 255. 



Climbing, 257. 



■ Deviations from the usual Con- 

 struction of, 84. 



Plants, Evaporation of Water and De- 

 composition of Carbonic Acid by, 103. 



Fertilization of Winter Flowering, 



100. 



Influence of Soil and Climate on, 



254. 



Mimetic, 397. 



Variegation and Double Flowering 



of, 396. 

 Platinizing Looking-glasses, 262. 

 Platinum, fused, Oxygen dissolved by, 



287. 

 Plofmer, Mr., on the Comet of 1683, 



393. 

 Pneumatic Stamps, 131, 555. 

 Podura-scale Markings, 144. 

 Poisoning by CEnanthe Crocata, 526. 

 Poisons, Melting and Subliming Tem- 

 peratures of, 426. 

 Pollacci, E., Manganese in Milk, 530. 

 Polyargyrite, New Silver Ore, 126. 

 Polygamy, its Influence in Determining 

 Sex and its Effects on the Growth of 

 Population, 248. 

 Porcelain, Action of Water on, 106. 

 Poselger, M., Damage to Trees, 107. 

 Potash, Extraction of, from Suint, 260. 

 Powell, Mr., on the Double Star a 



Centauri, 522. 

 Prairie Vegetation, 527. 

 Precious Stones, Handbook of, 81. 

 Pre-historic Archaeology, 244. 



International Congress of, 90. 



Dwelling on Coast of Haddington- 

 shire, 3S2. 

 Pressure, Mean, of Atmosphere and 

 Prevailing Winds over the Globe, 

 275. 

 Prilliefx, M., on the Movements of 

 ChlorophyU, 256. 



on the Viridescence of Leaves, 104. 



Proceedings of the Metropolitan Learned 

 Societies : — 



Anthropological, 247, 385, 517. 

 Astronomical (Royal), 97, 251, 392, 



520. 

 Ethnological, 245, 384, 516. 

 Geological, 119, 272, 542. 

 Institution of Civil Engineers, 112, 

 266, 404. 



Mechanical Engineers, 268, 



405, 536. 

 Proctor, R. A., the Approaching Total 

 Solar Eclipse, 477. 



on the Corona and Zodiacal Light, 



392. 



on the Distribution of the Nebulae, 



98. 



on Measuring the Discs of Stars, 



98. 



New Theory of the Milky Way, 



253. 



