Paris, France, statistics of, iv, 376; ix, 202. ----, suicides in, x, 386. ----, table of punishments in, iv, 386. ----, table of epidemics in, during the past and present centuries, xxv, 197. ----, disinfection of the dead bodies at the Morgue, xxi, 149. ----, fresh water formations, notice of, vi, 381. ----, Linnæan Society of, v, 382. ----, Tract Society of, v, 383. ----, Conservatory of Arts and Trades, v, 383. Paris, Maine, minerals of, x, 14; xviii, 293. _Parker, P._, meteorological observations at Canton, August, 1839, xxxviii, 301. ----, on volcanic ashes, xl, 198. _Parker_, on volcano of Hawaii, xl, 117.^f _Parkes's_ Chemical Catechism, v, 398. ----, Essays, noticed, viii, 190. _Parkinson_ and _Frodsham_, on the sea and land rates of chronometers, xxvi, 121. ---- ----, on chronometers, xxix, 297. _Parnell_, on rare British fishes, xxxv, 310. _Parnell, E. A._, Elements of Chemical Analysis, xliv, 190. _Parrot_, on the temperature of the globe, xxvi, 10. _Parry, Capt. W. E._, observations on the Aurora, notice of, xvi, 148. Parthian archer, picture of, xlii, 215. _Partridge, W._, on the manufacture of indigo in the United States, xviii, 237. _Pascalis, F._, remarks on hail-rods, x, 196. ----, on the small pox, x, 208. ----, upward forces of fluids, xi, 110, 339.^f ----, on the culture of silk in the United States, xvii, 202; xviii, 278. ----, obituary of, xxv, 216. Pasco silver mines, xvii, 43^f; xxiv, 232. _Pasquier, A. du_, iodine a reagent for hydrosulphuric acid, xl, 123. Passeres, new species of, xxxi, 192. Passiflora Warei, v, 297. Paste, mode of preserving, vii, 379. Pasteboard roofs, xxiv, 381. Pastils, use and preparation of alkaline, for calculus, xi, 388. Pasture, spring, _E. Ives_, iii, 355. Patagonia fossil bones, _R. Owen_, xxxiii, 208; xxxv, 196. ---- fossil remains, _C. Darwin_, xxxiii, 105. Patents, number of new, in different countries in 1822, ix, 198. ----, agency for, at Washington, xxxi, 411. Patent claims in Piedmont and Sardinia, remark on, xvii, 193. _Patten, J. H._, air pump of, viii, 143.^f ----, ---- ----, gazometer and balance beam of, ix, 92^f, 327. ----, ---- ----, J. F. Dana, remarks on, viii, 275; ix, 327. _Patterson_, on electricity from steam, xl, 382. _Pattinson, H._, new mode of extracting silver from lead, xxxv, 299. _Patton, J. H._, hurricane in India, xxxvi, 71. _Paulding, N._, on shells, ii, 371. Pavia, v, 177. Paving with wood, xxxviii, 136. _Payen_, means of employing dead animals, xxiv, 326. ----, on the woody tissue of plants, xl, 176. ----, on the bleaching of oils, xlvii, 196. Peach trees, cause of decay in, xi, 194. Peaches on an almond tree, ii, 363. Pearl ashes, method of manufacturing, _G. A. Rogers_, viii, 304. Pearls and pearl fishery, xxxii, 56, 68. ----, in fluviatile shells, xxv, 257. _Pearson's_ Domestic Telegraph, iv, 314.^f