316 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Peterhead and Wick and other British 
localities, ib. 
Peach (C. W.) on the fossil fishes of 
Cornwall, 1868, 76 ; on a new Eschara 
from Cornwall, 109 
-on the discovery of organic remains 
in the rocks between the Nare Head 
and Porthalla Cove, Cornwall, 1869, 99 
-on an Ebalia new to the British list, 
1870, 122 
-additions to the list of fossils and 
localities of the Carboniferous forma¬ 
tion in and around Edinburgh, 1871, 
109 ; on the so-called tailless trout of 
Islay, 133 
-on circinnate vernation of Sphen- 
opteris affinis from the earliest stage 
to completion, and on the discovery of 
Staphylopteris, a genus new to British 
rocks, 1876, 94 , 144 
-- an Antholithes discovered by, W. 
Carruthers on, 1870, 72 
Peach, Dr. Karl Koch on the specific 
identity of the almond and the, 1868, 
192 
Peacock (G.) on the encroachment of 
the sea on Exmouth Warren. 1869, 166 
-(R. A.) on a new plan for hanging 
dock-gates, 1863, 177 
-new formula for calculating steam- 
pressures, steam and volcanoes, burst¬ 
ing of boilers, 1864, 19 ; on chain-cable 
and anchor testing, 187 
-on steam as the active agent in 
earthquakes, 1865, 68 ; on extensive 
and deep sinkings of land in the 
Channel Islands seas, and on some 
changes of the French coast of the 
Bay of Biscay within the historical 
period, 70 
-on the change of form and position 
of land on the south end of the Isle of 
Walney, 1866, 66 
■-on some future and past changes in 
the earth’s climate, 1870, 82 
-on chain-cable testing and proposed 
new testing-link, 1871, 240 
- how a national natural-history 
museum might be built and arranged 
with advantage, 1872, 138 
-(T. F.) on building societies and 
the Act of 1874, 1875, 218 
Pearls, the parasitic origin of, Robert 
Garner on, 1862, 126 
Pearse (J. W.) on the communication 
of motion between bodies moving at 
different velocities, 1887, 882 
--- transmission of motion and power, 
1888, 823 
—— (Dr. W. H.), geography of consump¬ 
tion in Devonshire: deaths from con¬ 
sumption during the ten years 1861-70, 
1877, 112 
Pearson (Rev. J.) on the physical theory 
of the tides, with especial reference to 
their diurnal inequality, 1883, 405 
Peasant properties and protection, Lady 
Verney on, 1886, 755 
*Pease (J. W.), N. Wood, J. Taylor, 
and J. Marley, on coal, coke, and coal¬ 
mining in Northumberland and Dur¬ 
ham, 1863, 191 
-(W. Harper) on the principal divi¬ 
sions of the Pacific fauna, 1863, 101 
*Peat, F. H. Danchell on, 1873, 186 
- Dr. Paul on the manufacture of 
hydrocarbon oils, paraffin, <fcc., from, 
1862, 50 
-overlying a lacustrine deposit at 
Filey, Rev. E. M. Cole on, 1890, 823 
- the use and abuse of, Major-Gen. 
Sir J. Alexander on, 1873, 183 
- the utilisation of fibrous, for the 
manufacture of brown paper, wrappers, 
and millboards, J. A. London on, 1889, 
737 
Pebbles and boulders of granite in schis¬ 
tose rocks in Islay, Scotland, J. Thom¬ 
son on the occurrence of, 1870. 88 
- rounding of, by Alpine rivers, ob¬ 
servations on the, with a note on their 
bearing upon the origin of the Bunter 
conglomerate, by Prof. T. G. Bonney, 
1887, 721 
Pedetic action of soap, Prof. W. S. 
Jevons on the, 1878, 435 
Peek (C. E.) on the hot springs of Ice¬ 
land and New Zealand, with notes on 
Maori customs, 1883, 590 
^Peking, a journey to the imperial mau- 
solea east of, F. S. A. Bourne on, 1881, 
746 
* -E. L. Oxenham on a journey from, 
to Han-kow, 1873, 172 
* - a soapstone image from, exhibi¬ 
tion and description of, by Rev. Prof. 
Beal, 1877, 115 
Pelagic floating animals observed at sea, 
Dr. Collingwood on, 1867, 81 
Pelasgians, Etruscans, and Iberians their 
relations to the founders of the Chal¬ 
dean and Egyptian civilisations, J. S. 
S. Glennie on, 1888, 857 
"Telly (Col. L.) on the tribes, trade, and 
resources around the shore-line of the 
Persian Gulf, 1863, 143 ; 1865, 126 
-notes on Arabia, 1865, 126 ; on the 
Comoro Islands, 127 ; on the Seyclielle 
Islands, 126 
Pelonaia , Dr. C. McIntosh on a new mol- 
luscoid animal allied to, 1866, 75 : on 
Pelonaia corrugata , 76 
Pelvic brim, the index of the, as a basis 
of classification, Prof. W. Turner on, 
1885, 1205 
Pelvoux, in Dauphine, Mont, Rev. T. G. 
Bonney on the geographyof, 1862, 143 
Pen pits, Somersetshire, recent excava- 
