314 
GENERAL INDEX 
on the exhibition of weights, measures, 
and coins at the, 1866, 363 
Paris Exhibition, John Fernie on the iron 
ancl steel shown at the, 1867, 154 
--Exhibition, Ferdinand Kohn on the 
iron and steel at the, 1867, 155 
--Exhibition, Mrs. Lynn Linton on the 
ethnography of the, 1867, 117 
-improvements and their cost, W. 
Tite on the, 1863, 168 
Parish boundaries in the South-east of 
England, W. Topley on the relation of 
the, to great physical features, particu¬ 
larly to the Chalk escarpment, 1872 ,197 
*Park (A.), the teaching of geography in 
the elementary schools of England, 
1887, 805 
Parker (J.) on the circulation of under¬ 
ground waters , 1881, 309 ; 1882 , 213 ; 
1883, 147 ; 1884 , 96 ; 1885, 380 ; 1886, 
235 
--(W. K.), notes on some fossil and 
recent Foraminifera collected in Ja¬ 
maica by the late Lucas Barrett, 1863, 
80 , 105 
—— (W. N.) on the kidneys of the 
Teleostei, 1882, 577 
-and F. M. Balfour on the develop¬ 
ment of Lepidosteus, 1880, 599 
Parkes (Samuel H.) on the early 
development of organs in embryonic 
life, 1865, 109 
-- (W.) on tidal observations, 1868, 
489 ; 1870, 120 ; 1871 , 203 ; 1872,355; 
1876, 275 
-on non-tidal variations of the sea- 
level on the coast of India, 1870, 19 
Parkesine, Owen Rowland on the pro¬ 
perties of, and its application to the 
arts, manufactures, and telegraphy, 
1865, 34 
Parliamentary four-cornered constitu¬ 
encies, R. B. Hayward on the chances 
of success or failure of candidates for, 
1868, 9 
Parnell (E. A.), a new process for the 
metallurgic treatment of complex ores 
containing zinc, 1880, 544 
-(E. YV.) 071 the estimation of potash 
and phosphoric acid, 1877, 9 , 26 
Paros, the island of, in the Cyclades, and 
its marble quarries, R. Swan on, 1889, 
570 
Parry (Dr. C. C.) on the desert flora of 
North America, 1870, 122 
*-(J.) on baths and washhouses, 1870, 
197 
Parsnip, James Buckman on the ennobling 
of roots, with particular reference to 
the, 1862, 97 
Parsons (Capt. J.) on the rate of erosion 
of the sea-coasts of England and Wales. 
1884, 238 ; 1885. 404 ; 1886, 847 ; 1888, 
89 S 
Parsons (P. M.) on manganese bronze. 
1883, 378 
-(Hon. R. C.), a system of venti¬ 
lation by means of fans and punkahs 
worked by compressed air, for use in 
hospitals and barracks in India and 
other tropical climates, 1878, 710 
Partitions and derivations, J. W. L. 
Glaisher on, 1874, n 
--J. W. L. Glaisher on the formulas of 
verification in, 1875, 11 
-J. J. Sylvester on the theory of a 
point in, 1871, 23 
Pascal and Newton, Sir David Brewster 
on the alleged correspondence between, 
1867, 1 
-T. Archer Hirst on the alleged cor¬ 
respondence between, recently commu¬ 
nicated to the French Academy, 1867 ,2 
Pastorelli (F.) on a gymbal-swung 
rain-gauge, 1874, 37 
Pasture plants, the effects of root-section 
on the vitality of, Prof. W. Fream on, 
1889, 648 
Patagonia, the flora of the Strait of 
Magellan and west coast of, Dr. R. O. 
Cunningham on, 1869, 112 
-Western, the terrestrial and marine 
fauna of, R. O. Cunningham on, 1870, 
1 14 
-natives of, Rev. W. H. Sterling on 
the, 1865, 94 
*-the Tehuelche Indians of, Consul 
T. J. Hutchinson on, 1668, 137 
- Don R. Lista on the discovery of 
the sources of the Chico in Southern. 
1879, 436 
Pata-patoo, Sir D. Gibb on a, from New 
Zealand, 1872, 185 
*Patent Bill, the Society of Arts, Sir 
F. J. Bramwell on. 1881, 780 
*—- fees, G. B. Galloway on the appli¬ 
cation of the funds derived from, 1867, 
154 
-law, Henry Dircks on statistics of 
invention illustrating the policy of a, 
1869, 182 
-law, the policy and provisions of a, 
Dr. Pankhurst on, 1870, 196 
- law-tribunals, W. Spence on, 1861, 
265 
-laws, Sir W. G. Armstrong on the,. 
1861, 252 
--- laws, report on 7ieiv inventions, and 
claims for reward for inventions, 
adopted by Government, 1872, 243 
-laws, the amendment of the, T, 
Morgan on, referring to several points 
not hitherto discussed, 1877, 1 S 1 
- legislation, St. J. V. Day on recent 
attempts at, 1876, 198 , *220 
- legislation, report of the Committee 
appointed to ivatcli and report to the 
Council on, 1878, 157 ; 1879,223 ; 1880, 
