GENERAL INDEX. 
325 
* Phymosoma, the genus, notes on, by W. 
F. R. Weldon, 1887, 736 
Physemarien ( Haliphy serna und Gastro- 
physema'), E. Haeckel iiber die,187G ,153 
Physeter macrocephalus, C. W. Peach on 
the occurrence of, near Wick, N.B., 
1863, 106 
Physical basis of commercial geography, 
Dr. H. R. Mill on the, 1889, 659 
-conditions of the deep sea, Dr. W. 
P>. Carpenter on the results of the 
‘ Challenger ’ researches into the, 1874, 
172 
-constants of solutions, Trofs. W. L. 
Goodwin and D. H. Marshall on the, 
1884, 679 
- constants of solution, report on the 
investigation of certain, especially the 
expansion of saline solutions , 1885, 
261 ; 1886, 207 ; 1887, 48 
-and chemical constitution of comets 
and meteorites, P. Rraham on the, 
1889, 520 
-development, Dr. Hambleton on, 
1890, 974 
- proportions for life insurance and 
recruiting, a scale of, by C. Itobcrts, 
1884, 282 
-properties of the matter of the 
interior of the earth, the limits of 
hypotheses regarding the, Prof. H. 
Hennessy on, 1878, 485 
* -properties of solids and liquids in 
relation to the earth’s structure, Prof. 
H. Hennessy on the, 1877, 42 
- qualifications, experiments at Eton 
College on the degree of concordance 
between different examiners in assigning 
rnarhs for , by A. A. Somerville , 1889, 
477 
-- research, report on the provisions 
existing in the United Kingdom for the 
rigorous prosecution of, what further 
provision is needed ? and what measures 
should be taken to secure it ? 1869, 213 
- science , suggestions for a course if 
elementary instruction in, by Prof. 
Armstrong , 1889, 229 
-Section, for Presidential Addresses, 
see ‘ Mathematical and Physical Sec¬ 
tion ’ 
--■ structure of the Highlands, the 
Duke of Argyll on the, in connection 
with their geological history, 1876, 81 
* -theory of undercurrents, Dr. W. B. 
Carpenter on the, 1874, 22 
* -units of nature, G. J. Stoney on 
the, 1874, 22 
^Physics of the internal earth, Dr. 
Vaughan on the, 1874, 22 , 95 
- and mathematics, the progress of the 
chief branches of, report of the Committee 
for endeavouring to procure reports on, 
1879, 37 
* Physics, practical, Prof. W. F. Barrett on 
the teaching of, 1874, 22 
* - some remarks on, by M. Janssen, 
1871, 29 
- in schools, report on the teaching of, 
1874, 71 
Physiography of Southern India, Col. B. 
R. Branfill on the, 1885, 1124 
'•^Physiological activity, Dr. A. Crum 
Brown on the connection between che¬ 
mical constitution and, 1868, 113 
- action, report on the connection be¬ 
tween chemical constitution and , 1869, 
209 
—— action of hydrate of chloral, Dr. B. 
W. Richardson on the, 1869, 222 
-- action of organic chemical com- 
j)ounds, report on the, by Dr. B. W. 
Richardson, 1871, 145 
- action of crystalline aconitia and 
pseudo-aconitia, Dr. T. R. Fraser 011 
the, 1873, 12 S 
*--action of the chinoline and pyri¬ 
dine bases, further researches on the, 
by Prof. Dewar and Dr. M‘Kendrick, 
1875, 165 
* -action of pyro-, meta-, and ortho- 
phosphoric acids, Prof. A. Gamgee on 
the, 1876, 64 
* -action of light, recent additional 
observations on the, Prof. Dewar on, 
1876, 151 
-effects of various drinking-waters, 
some, W. J. Cooper on, 1875, 163 
* -experiment, a new kind of colour 
apparatus for, J. Aitken on, 1885, 1079 
- experimentation, report of the Com¬ 
mittee appointed to consider the subject 
of, 1871, 144 {see 1870, lxii) 
* -selection, an additional suggestion 
on the origin of species by G. J. 
Romanes, H. Seebohm on, 1886, 685 
Physiology, Subsection of, Addresses to 
the :— 
Newcastle, Dr. G r Rolleston, 1863, 
109 
Bath, Dr. E. Smith, 1864, 101 
Birmingham, Prof. II. W. Acland, 
1865, 94 
-Department of, Nottingham, Prof. 
G. M. Humphry, 1866, 81 
■- and Anatomy, Addresses by the 
Presidents of the Department of (see 
‘ Anatomy and Physiology ’) 
-- W. K. Bridgman on voltaic elec¬ 
tricity in relation to, 1869, 119 
- of the lymphatic system, report on 
the, 1887, 145 ; 1888, 363 ; 1889, 128 
^Physique terrestre, faits divers de, par 
Dr. Janssen, 1869, 41 
*Pliytophthora infestans, Prof. M. Ward 
on the germination of the spores of, 
1886, 700 
* Phytopti, a contribution to our knew- 
