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PanergeticBinocularGrIasses, Brown- 
ing’s 218 
Paraffin in Stearine Candles 93 
Paraffin Oil, European 210 
Parasitism in Plowering Plants 225 
Peach, the “Yellows” of the 305 
Perpetual Motion Swindler 97 
Peruvian Skulls, Collection of 215 
Pharmacopoeia, General European 99 
Philadelphia Academy of Sciences 222 
Photographer to the Shah of Persia 429 
Photo-lithography, Improvement in 428 
Phylogeny of the Mammalian Orders 432 
Physical Geography of the Mediter- 
ranean 159 
„ Science 295 
Physics 104, 218, 326, 445 
„ of a Fog 107 
,, of Geology 95 
Physiology as an Aid to Medical 
Science 100 
Physometer, applied to the Swim- 
bladder of Fishes Ill 
Pig’s Head, Development of the ... 448 
Pitman’s “ Atmosphere ” 285 
Plants, Activity in the Growth of... 425 
„ Battle of Life among 35 
„ Chemistry of Respiration in 89 
,, Concealed Chlorophyll in ... 427 
„ Currents of Electricity in ... 107 
„ Distribution of Potassa and 
Soda in 427 
„ Effect of the Eruption of Ve- 
su,vius on 88 
„ Fertilisation of 337 
„ Habits of 87 
,, of India, Useful 197 
,, SelectWe Power of 206 
„ Sexuality in 363 
,, Variations of 305 
Platinum, mode of Fusing 310 
Pneumatic Sewing-machine 435 
Pocket Spectroscope, New 105 
Poisonous Inoculation with Dead 
Blood 319 
„ Snakes of India 46 
Pollen, the Fovilla of 307 
Pouchet, M. , death of 110 
Prae-Lectorship, Chemical at Cam- 
bridge 93 
Pre-historic Houses in the Aleutian 
Islands 448 
Proctor (R. A.) on the Lost Comet 
and its Meteor-train 139 
Proctor’s “ Essays on the Moon and 
Planet” 76 
., “ Light Science for Leisure 
„ “ Moon, her Motions, &c.” 417 
„ News from Jupiter 348 
Procydonas a Double Star 302 
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“Pronuba,” the 206 
Prototaxites, Dr. Dawson’s View as 
to 424 
Pumping-engine at Chicago 98 
PjTology 208 
Railway-carriage Brakes, Im- 
proved 435 
Railway Tunnel, a Huge 98 
Rain-ball 359 
Reliquiae Aquitanicae 198, 409 
Resin in Soap 93 
Reviews of Books 71, 189, 286, 401 
Rhynchonella, Arms of Ill 
Rhy nobolus. Genus 95 
Richardson (Dr.) on Hallucinatory 
Manifestations 59 
Riley’s “ Report on the Insects of 
Missouri ” 408 
River-basins, Notes on 83 
River Drift at Trenton, Implements 
in the 314 
Rock Fissures and their Causes ... 433 
,, Names, Handy-book of 198 
Rocks, New Mode of Analysis for... 429 
„ Records of the 79 
Rodwell’s “Lectures on Natural 
Philosophy” 296 
Royal Astronomical Society, Report 
of the Council of 201 
Royal Institution 112 
Royal Society, Election to the 319 
Royal Society’s Rumford Medal ... 220 
Rubies, Specific Gravity of 440 
Rumford Medal of the Royal So- 
ciety 220 
Saccharimeter, Optical 328 
Sach’s Lehrbuch der Botanik 207 
Safety-valves, Improvement in 214 
Safranine, Chemistry of. 207 
Salt Deposit of Western Ontario ... 433 
Sanitary Matters during the Ameri- 
can War 297 
Saturday Half-holiday Guide 298 
Science, a Gossip about 296 
,, American, Record of 401 
,, and Humanity 298 
„ Progress of, in China 375 
Scientific Men, Inquiry into the An- 
tecedents of. 438 
Scientific Summary... 84, 200, 299, 419 
Sea and its Wonders 407 
Sedgwick, Prof., Death of 212 
Selective Power of Plants 206 
Sensitive Flame, Novel 330 
Sensitiveness of Collodion Films ... 208 
Sequosias, the Vast 87 
Sexuality in Plants 363 
