Chapter LVI: Appendix: V (6)

Miller, William Allen, “Chemistry ...,” 1871, 433, 467, 470

Milliet--De Chales--Dechales Claudius François (1621–1678), “L’Art
de naviguer”: Paris, 1677; “Cursus, seu mundus mathematicus
...,” 1690, 1674, 110, 146, 273

Millin de Grandmaison, Aubin Louis (1759–1818), “Magazin
Encyclopédique,” 1795; “Annales Encyclopédiques,” 1795, 384,
451

Milly, Nicolas Christiern, Comte de Thy (1728–1784), 235, 264

Milman, Henry Hart, D.D. (1791–1868), “History of Latin
Christianity,” 36, 42, 144, 505, 523.
_See_ Gibbon.

Milner, Thomas (1719–1797), “Exp. and Obs. in electricity,” 1783,
367, 556

_Mimosa pudica_ and _mimosa sensitiva_ (_at_ Dutrochet, Schmuck
and _at_ Ingen-housz), 257, 464

Mines are fired by electricity in 1749, 189.
It has already been noted (_at_ A.D. 1745, 176) that Watson
exploded gunpowder (Phil. Trans. abridged, X. 288), and
reference should be made to Franklin’s letter to Collinson,
July 27, 1750, as well as to Priestley’s History (1775
edition, p. 78) and to Schilling’s report of the explosion
of mines by galvanic currents, as mentioned herein, A.D.
1812, 421

Mining Journal. _See_ London Mining Journal.

Minkeller, M., 249

Minotto (_at_ Zamboni, Giuseppe), 420

Miot (_at_ Chappe, Claude), 301.

Mirmont, De la Ville de, 18

“Mirror of Nature” of Vincent de Beauvais, 34

Mirus, C. E. (_at_ Dalton, John), 308

“Miscellanea ... Tauriniensa,” 224

Mitscherlich, Eilard--Eilhert--M. (Allgem. Deutsche Biographie,
XXII. 15–22), 471

Mizauld, Antoine (_at_ Schott, Gaspar), 126

Mochetti, Francisco (_d._ 1839), 424

Mœurs, de Reg. Athen., 5

Moigno, Abbé François Napoléon Marie (1804–1884), Aumonier du Lycée
Louis Le Grand, “Traité de télégraphie électrique”; “Les
Mondes”; “Le Cosmos, Revue encyclopédique hebdomadaire”: Paris,
1852–1870, 98, 242, 248, 365, 440, 556

Moillet, Mrs. Amelia, “Sketch of the life of James Keir,” 297

Mojon, Benedetto, junior, “Sur l’application ...,” 1845, 386

Mojon, Benedetto, senior (1784–1849), “Histoire académique du
magnétisme animal,” 1841.

Mojon, Benoit, “Réflections ...” (Journ. du Galvan., XI. p. 168).

Mojon, Giuseppe--Joseph (_at_ Romagnosi, G. D. G. G.), 366

Molenier, Jacob, “Essai sur le mécanisme de l’électricité,” 229

Molinier, Victor, “Notice ... boussole au XIII^e siècle,” 61

Molitor, N. K. (_at_ Ingen-housz, Johan), 258

Moll--Gerhard--Gerrit, of Utrecht (1785–1838), “Sur des expériences
electro-magnétiques” (Brewster’s Journal of Science, III.
1830). _Consult_ “Journal de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle,”
Vol. 94, pp. 377–388; Moll and Van Beck (Journal de Physique,
XCII. 1821); Moll, Van Rees and Van den Bos (Gilb. Ann. LXXII.
1822), 272, 273, 473

Moller, D. W. (_at_ Solinus, Caius Julius), 540

Möller, P. L., 440, 450

Mollet, Joseph (1758–1829), “Cours élémentaire de physique
expérimentale,” 2 Vols. 1822 (Acad. de Lyon, Mai, 1823), 226,
367

Molyneux, Emery (_at_ Hues--Hood--Robert), 522, 562, 563

Mombret, Eugène Coquebert (_at_ Chladni, E. F. F.), 314

Monardus, Nicolas, 27, 516

“Monatliche correspondenz ... von Zach”: Gotha, 1800–1813, 462

Moncel. _See_ Du Moncel.

Moncomy, Balthazar de, 126

Mond, Dr. Robert L., xii

Monge, Gaspard, Comte de Péluse (1746–1818), 247, 294, 328, 375,
407, 417, 477.
_See_ Jal’s Dictionary, 878–879.

Mongiardini and Lando, “Sul Galvanismo ...”: Genova, 1803, 330

Moniteur. _See_ Le Moniteur.

“Moniteur Scientifique.” _See_ Quesneville, Gustave Augustin.

Monro, Alexander (1733–1817), “Experiments ...,” 1793, 1794, 306,
327

Monroe, Paul, “A Cyclopædia of Education”: New York, 1913.

Mons, Jean Baptiste van (1765–1842), “Journal de Chimie”
(complément aux Annales de Chimie), Bruxelles, 1802, 231, 248,
285, 306, 326, 337, 341, 350, 353, 362, 363, 367, 381, 383,
384, 388, 400, 452

Montagnana, Bartholomeo (born _c._ A.D. 1400), 528

Montagu, Basil (_at_ Bacon, Sir Francis), 102

Montaigne, Michael de. _See_ Michel de Montaigne.

Montanus, Arias Benedictus (1527–1598), 528

Montanus, Joannes Baptista (1488–1551), “Metaphrasis summaria
...,” 1551, 26, 525, 528

Montbéliard, Guénaud de (_at_ Morveau, L. B. Guyton de), 233

“Monthly Magazine,” publication commenced in London during 1796,
43, 229, 381

Monti and Gironi (_at_ Brugnatelli, L. V.), 363

Montpellier, Academy of Sciences, Histoire de la Société Royale,
Mémoires, Recueils, etc., 276

Montpellier, Annales de la Société de Médecine (Ecole de Médecine),
328, 507

Montpellier, Catalogues méthodiques des livres scientifiques,
1855–1856.

Montpellier, Faculté de, 506

Montravel, Tardy de (_at_ Amoretti, Carlo), 401

Montucla, Jean Etienne (1725–1799), “Histoire des Mathématiques,”
79, 81, 122, 123, 171, 220, 401, 505, 506, 510, 520, 521,
527, 531

Moon, Robert. _See_ Fresnel.

Moore, Bishop of Norwich (_at_ Rohault, Jacques), 129

Moore, Sir John (1761–1809), 397

Morales, G. de, 1605, 553

Morant, Philip (_at_ Gilbert, William), 92

Moreau, on the electrical organs of fishes, 300

Moreri, Louis (1643–1680), “Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique,”
1740, 163, 513

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (1682–1771), 147, 148

Morgan, George Cadogan (1754–1798), 282

Morgan, J., 1815 (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 385

Morhof, Daniel George (1639–1691), “Polyhistor ... et rerum
commentarii,” 1688, 55

Morichini, Domenico Pini (1773–1836), 423–424

Morieni, Romani, “De re metallica”: Parisiis, 1559, 502

Morin, Jean Baptiste (1583–1656), 183, 187

Moringo--Moringuo--Gerardus (_at_ Augustine, Aurelius, Saint), 25

Morlet (_at_ Hansteen, Christoph), 446

Morley, Henry (_at_ Agrippa, H. C.), 502; (_at_ Cardanus, H.), 507

Morozzo--Morotius--Carlo Luigi, Comte de (1744–1804), 295

Morrell, Thomas, “Elements of the History of Phil. and Sc.,” 108,
268

Morris, George S., translator of Ueberweg’s “Hist. of Phil.,” 26,
32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 102

Morris, William, 6

Morrison, Charles (fl. 1753), 208–209, 241
(Dict. Nat. Biogr., 1909, Vol. XIII. p. 1004).

Morse, Prof. Samuel Finley Breese. _See_ Prime, Samuel Irenæus, 197

Mortenson, “Dissertatio de electricitate ...,” 1740, 1742, 555

Mortimer, Cromwell (_d._ 1752), 154, 155, 547.
_See_ Royal Society.

Morveau, Baron Louis Bernard Guyton de (1737–1816), 233, 236, 247,
333, 354, 372, 392.
_See_ Paris, Annales de Chimie.

Moscati, Pietro (_at_ Ingen-housz, Johan), 257

Moser, L., and Riess, R. T., 423

Moser, Ludwig, “Über d. n. magnetischen Entdeckungen,” 1834, 423;
“Repertorium der physik.”
_See_ Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm.

Moses (_at_ the Etruscans), 9

Moss, Joseph William, “Manual of Classical Biography,” 11, 18

Motte, Benjamin. _See_ Royal Society.

Mottelay, Paul F., xiv, 92

Moulton, Chas. Wells, “Library of Literary Criticism,” 62, 102,
124, 132, 134, 199, 216, 228

Moulton, John Fletcher (_b._ 1844). _See_ Spottiswoode, William.

Mountaine, W., and Dodson, J., 165, 267, 315, 555

Mountaine, William, “Epitome of the Art of Navigation,” 1744, 165,
166.
He was associated with James Dodson, in the publication of “An
account of the methods used to describe lines on Dr. Halley’s
chart,” 1746.

Mouzin, P. (_at_ Bolten, J. F.), 246

Moyes, Henry, “Heads of a course of lectures on the philosophy of
chemistry,” 1780, 270, 342, 347

Muirhead, James Patrick, translator of Arago’s “Eloge of James
Watt,” 126, 190, 228, 313

Muirhead, Professor Lockhardt, 462

Müller, G. F. (_at_ Gmelin Family), 450

Müller, Johann Heinrich Jacob, “Lehrbuch der Kosmichen Physik,”
1856, 1865 and 1872, 140, 288;
Diamagnetism (Pogg. Ann., Vol. 83 for 1851).

Müller, Johannes, German scientist and astronomer, known as
_Regiomontanus_ (1436–1476), 67.
_See_ Joannes de Monte Regio.

Müller--Mueller--Gerhard Andreas (1718–1762), 450

Muller-Pouillet, “Lehrbuch der physik und meteorologie,” 2 Vols.
1868–1869.

Mulloch, F. G. A., “Democriti Abderitæ ...,” 1843, 511

Multiplicator: Nobili and Antinovi: in 1822. _See_ Oersted in
1825–1826.

Multiplier, electro-magnetic of Schweigger (_at_ A.D. 1811),
413–414

Multiplier of Colladon, and of Henry, at pp. 112, 242, of
Ronalds’ Catalogue.

Multiplier of electricity of Cavallo, 244

Mumenthaler, John Jacob (1729–1813), _at_ Ingen-housz, 249, 257

Muncke, Georg Wilhelm (1772–1847), “Handbuch der naturlehre,” 2
Vols. 1829–1830, 308, 422.
_See_ his numerous articles on magnetism, etc., in Gilb. Ann.,
Pogg. Ann. and Schweig. Journ.

Mundt, electrical machine of silken strips, 449

Mung-khi-py-than, 23, 29

Munich--München--Academie. _See_ Bavarian Academy.

Munich--München--Royal Society, 381

Munichs, M. (_at_ Gallitzin, D. A.), 243

Munk, Salomon, “Mélanges de philosophie Juive et arabe,” 39

Munk, William, “The roll of the College ...,” 91, 97, 105, 359

Munro, Alexander, 306, 332, 419

Murat, A. M., “Antiq. Italiana,” 36

Muratori, Ludovico Antonio, “Antiquitates Italiæ Medii Aevi.,” 539

Murhard, Fr. W. A., “Versuch einer historisch-chronologischen
bibliographie des magnetismus”: Kassel, 1797.

Muriates produced by galvanic decomposition of water, 392

Murray, Dr. John (_d._ 1820), 428

Murray, J. (Phil. Mag., LIV. 39), 314, 424

Murray, Lord George (1761–1803), 316, 389, 437

Murray, John (1756–1851) (_at_ Oersted, H. C.), 455, and _at_ 419,
428–429

Musæum Regalis Societatis. _See_ Grew, Nehemiah.

Musæum Septalianum. _See_ Terzagus.

Muschmann--Musschman--M., Prof. of Chemistry at Christiana
University, 442, 446

Musée de Chantilly, Manuscript of “La Cité de Dieu,” xix

Musée Tyler, Haarlem, Archives.

Museum d’histoire naturelle, Mémoires, 240, 288, 298, 300, 374

Musgrave William (1655–1721), Royal Society Transactions, 547

Muspratt, James Sheridan, “Chemistry,” 134

Musschenbroek--Musschenbroek--Petrus van (1692–1761), Professor of
Natural Philosophy in the University of Leyden, “Essai de
Physique,” “Recueil d’expériences,” 111, 138, 156, 173, 174,
175, 176, 191, 204, 270, 299, 320

Mydorge, Claude (1585–1647), 109

Mylius, J. Ch. (1710–1757), 320

Myrepsus. _See_ Nicolaus.

N

Næggerath and Steininger (_at_ Chladni, E. F. F., A.D. 1794), 315

Nairne, Edward (1726–1806), “Experiments ... to show the advantage
of elevated pointed conductors” (Phil. Trans., 1778, p. 823),
237, 238, 243, 252, 264, 265.
_See also_ Phil. Trans., 1772, p. 496; 1774, p. 79; 1780, p. 334;
1783, p. 223.

Namias, Giacinto _(b._ 1810) (“Giornale Veneto di scienze mediche,”
V. 3, 1860), “Della elettricità applicata alla medicina,” 1851.

Namur, Jean Pie (_b._ 1804), “Bibliographie Académique Belge ...,”
1838, 256

Nancy, Mémoires de, 277

Nancy, Société Royale, 512

Napier, James (1810–1884), “A manual of electro-metallurgy,” 339,
359;
“On Electrical Endosmoses” (Chem. Soc. Mem. and Proceed., III. 28).

Napier, Macvey, “Memoir of Sir John Leslie,” 296

Naples, “Atti, Memorie, Rendiconto, della Reale Academia della
scienze ...,” 495

Naples, the first academy of sciences, established in 1560, 75

Naples. _See_ Palmieri, Luigi.

Napoléon Bonaparte, 247, 248, 338, 339, 361

Naram-Sin (_at_ 2637 B.C.), 2

Narducci, Enrico (1832–1893), 50

Narrien, John, “Historical account of astronomy,” 521

National Academy of Sciences. _See_ Washington.

“Natura (La),” publication commenced by Rodolfo Capparrera in
Florence during 1877, as “L’Elettricita.”

“Naturæ Novitates,” publication commenced in Berlin during 1879.

“Nature” of Parmenides, 532

“Nature,” publication commenced in London during 1869, 31, 63, 77,
93, 99, 107, 128, 140, 440

“Naturwissenschaftliche abhandlungen am Dorpat,” 1823, 368

Nauche, Jacques Louis (1776–1843), “Journal du Galvanisme,” 280,
305, 326, 330, 337, 363, 453

Naudé, Gabriel (1600–1653), “Apologie ...,” 107, 502, 538.
_See_ account of his many curious books at p. 232, Vol. I. _See_
III. of “Notes and Queries.”

Naumann, Karl Friedrich (_b._ 1797), “Krystallographie,” 1825,
1830, 1841, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856 (Pogg. Ann., III. 1825,
XXXV. 1835).

Nautical Magazine (or Journal), London, 1832, etc., 61, 468

Nautonnier--Nautoniez--Guillaume de, Sicur de Castelfranco,
“Mécometrie de l’eymant ...,” 1602–1604, 63

Navagero, A., “Orationes ... carmin ... nonulla ...,” 1555, 553

Navarrete, D. Martin Fernandez de (1765–1844), “Discurso historico
...,” “Recherches ... sciences nautiques,” 60, 509, 531

Neander, Johann August Wilhelm, 25

Nebel, Daniel Wilhelm (1735–1805), “De magnete artificiali”:
Utrecht, 1756; “De electricitatis neu medico,” 1758.

Nebel, W. B. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385

Necker de Saussure, Louis Albert (_b._ 1786) (Bibl. Univ., Feb.
1830).

Neckham, Alexander (1157–1217), Abbot of St. Mary’s, 31;
“De Utensilibus”; “De natura rerum.”

Needham, John Tuberville. _See_ Mem. de Brux., IV. 1783; “Dict. of
Nat. Biogr.,” 1894, Vol. XL. p. 157.

Neef, Christian Ernst (1782–1849) (Pogg. Annal., XXXVI. 1835; XLVI.
1439; L. 1840), “Nachschrift ... über elektromagnetismus,”
1821, 423

Negro, Salvatore dal (1768–1839), “Dell’ elettricismo
idro-metallico”: Padova, 1802; Ann. delle scienze del Regno
Lombardo-Veneto, II. 109;
III. 1833; IV. 1834; V. 165; Mem. Soc. Ital., XXI. 323, 1837.

Nelis, Corneille François de, of Malines (1736–1798), 288, 434, 435

Nelli, Giovanni Battista Clemente, “Vita de Galileo,” 116, 117

Neophron, Athenian poet who flourished fifth century B.C., 543

Neoplatonism, Plotinus the father of, 534

Netherlands, Royal Institute of, 272

Neubauer, Adolf (1832–1907), 35

“Neudrucke ...” of Dr. G. Hellmann, 531

“Neue Freie Presse” of Vienna, 421

“Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie.” _See_ Gehlen, A. F. von,
_at_ Scherer, A. N.

“Neues Conversations-Lexicon”: Köln and Bonn.

“Neues Journal für chemie und physik.” _See_ Gehlen, A. F. von _at_
Scherer, A. N.

“Neuesten entdeckungen in der Chemie,” Crell, L. F. F., 254

“Neuestes Conversations-Lexicon”: Wien.

Neumann, Carl, “Theorie der Electricitäts ...,” 1863, 1864.

Neumann, Franz Ernst (_at_ Hare, Robert, A.D. 1819), 449
(Crell’s Journ., XXVI. 1843).

Neumann, K. A., “Über meteorolithen ...,” 1813 (Gilb. Ann., XLII.
1812; XLIII. 1813).

Neumayer, G., “Bericht ... meteorsteines ...,” 1869.

Neve, T., “... concerning an aurora australis ...” (Phil. Trans.,
XLI. 843).

New Annual Register, 323

“New Cyclopædia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences,” 45
Vols. _See_ Rees, Abraham.

New England Magazine, 499

New General Biographical Dictionary, Rose, H. James, 2, 20, 24, 40,
43, 45, 68, 95, 107, 122, 156, 163, 202, 296, 533

“New London Mechanics’ Register and Magazine of Science and the
Useful Arts,” publication commenced in London during 1824.

Newton, John, “Astronomia Britannica,” 1657.

“Newton’s Journal of Arts and Sciences,” publication commenced in
London by W. Newton during 1820.

Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), 58, 92, 95, 129, 132–134, 140, 145,
146, 150, 155, 159, 168, 181, 183, 225, 229, 238, 253, 315,
340, 461, 466, 472, 473, 484, 496

New York Columbian, 418

Neyreneuf, François Vincent, 426

Niamias, G. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 386

Nicander of Colophon (fl. second century B.C.), 97, 529

Nicephorus, Callistus Xanthopoulos (fl. _c._ A.D. 1330), 142;
“Historia Eccles. ...”

Niceron, Jean Pierre (1685–1738), “Mémoires pour servir à
l’histoire des hommes illustres,” 97, 211, 507, 514, 527, 539

Nicetas--Hicetas--of Syracuse (fl. fourth century B.C.), 519, 530

Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, 422

Nicholas of Lynne (Carmelite astronomer, _at_ Lully, Raymond).

Nicholl, J. F., “Life of Sebastian Cabot,” 69

Nichols, Edward L., xii

Nichols, Philip (_at_ Kendal, Abram), 523

Nichols, Professor, “Cyclopædia of the physical sciences,” 461

Nicholson and Carlisle, 270, 337, 369, 419, 435

Nicholson, William (1753–1815), editor of the “Journal of Natural
Philosophy,” “British Cyclopædia,” etc.

Nicholson’s “Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the
Arts,” commenced in 1802, 36 Vols., 165, 208, 228, 231, 241,
245, 248, 249, 270, 278, 280, 281, 296, 298, 302, 304, 322,
325, 330, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342, 347, 349, 359,
362, 363, 367, 369, 370, 383, 386, 387, 388, 393, 394, 398,
405, 406, 407, 428, 431, 443, 449

Nicklès, François Joseph Jérôme (_b._ 1820) (Comptes Rendus, année
1851), “Recherches sur l’aimantation,” 1855.

Nicodemo, Francisco, “Bibliotheca Napolitana,” 1699, 516

Nicolas, Lieut. Nicolas Harris (_at_ Pasley, C. W., A.D. 1808), 398

Nicolas, Pierre François (1743–1816), “... électricité comme
remède ...,” 1782, 385

Nicolas, Sir Harris (_at_ A.D. 1327–1377), 59

Nicolaus _Myrepsus_ (fl. thirteenth century A.D.), 27, 529

Niebuhr, Karsten--Carstens (1733–1815), celebrated German
traveller, “Voyage en Egypte”; “Ansicht der Chemischen
Naturgesetze,” 61, 453.
_See_ “Journal des Savants” for Feb. 1818.

Nierembergius, Eusebius (_at_ Zahn, F. J., A.D. 1696), 146

Nierop, Dirck van, “Nederduytsche Astronomia ...”: Amsterdam, 1658.

Niño, Pedro Alonzo (1468–1505), 60

Nipher, Francis Eugène, “The Volt, the Ohm and the Ampère”:
practical electrical units (Journ. Ass. Engin. Soc., Vol. VII.
pp. 83, 89: New York, 1888).

Nivelet, François, “Electricité médicale ...,” 1860–1863, 386

Noad, Henry Minchin (1815–1877), “Lectures on electricity ...,”
1839, 1844; “A manual of electricity ...,” 1855, 1857, 77, 122,
140, 145, 150, 176, 181, 196, 205, 206, 207, 225, 227, 228,
231, 239, 250, 252, 271, 274, 287, 291, 292, 297, 308, 318,
325, 330, 334, 335, 337, 339, 340, 347, 355, 356, 373, 378,
379, 380, 391, 407, 409, 418, 423, 437, 440, 447, 448, 455,
457, 458, 459, 460, 465, 467, 469, 470, 471, 475, 476, 481,
483, 489, 493

Nobili and Antinovi, “Sopra la forza elettromotrice del
magnetismo,” 1831, 1832 (Ann. del Reg. Lomb. Veneto, II. 96,
832;
Phil. Mag. for June 1832).

Nobili, Leopoldo (1784–1835), 285, 413, 472, 473, 475, 477, 479
(Bibl. Univ., XXV. 1824; Ital. Soc. Mem., XX. p. 173; Pogg.
Annal., XXXIII. 1834).

Noectus, C. (_at_ Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), 308

Noël, Bonaventura d’Argonne. _See_ Vigneul-Marville.

Noggerath, Jacob (_b._ 1788), 314
(Phil. Mag. or Annals, II. 46, 1827; Schweigg. Journ., III. p.
224, 1828).

Noggerath, J., and Bischof, C. G. C. (Schweigg. Journ., XLIII.
825, 1825).

Noggerath, J., and Reuss, G. C. H. (Phil. Mag., VIII. 174, 1830).

Nollet, Jean Antoine (1700–1770) (Mém. de Paris, 1745, Hist., p. 4,
Mém., p. 107; _also_ 1746, Hist., p. 1, Mém., p. 1, and 1747,
Hist., p. 1, Mém., p. 102; Phil. Trans., XLV. 187; XLVI. 368),
168, 174, 179, 180, 181–183, 185, 187, 188, 189, 193, 199, 201,
220, 224, 249, 257, 282, 320, 332, 554

Nomak. _See_ Romisch.

Nonius, Petrus. _See_ Nuñez.

Nooth, John Merwin, M.D., 278

Nordenskjold, Nils Adolf Erik (1832–1901), “Periplus,” 1897, 63,
139

“Nordisches Archiv. für d. Nat. v. Arzeneiw.,” 257

“Nördlischen Kätter für die chemie ...” _See_ Scherer, A. N.

Norman, Robert (fl. 1590), “The newe attractive, or account of the
first invention of the dipping needle,” xiv, 70, 75–77, 97,
112, 115, 250, 266

“North British Review,” 466

Norumbega, the lost city of New England, 115

Norwood, Richard (1589–1675), “The Seaman’s Practice ...,” 1719.

“Notes and Queries,” 75

Nouveau Larousse, Claude Augé, 1, 25, 131, 262

“Nouvelle Biographie Générale depuis les temps les plus reculés
jusqu’à nos jours,” edited by Dr. Hœfer, 2, 5, 10, 16, 21, 24,
25, 31, 32, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 54, 58, 64, 68, 71, 79, 80, 81,
90, 93, 95, 97, 104, 106, 108, 109, 117, 122, 130, 137, 141,
145, 163, 164, 166, 170, 179, 186, 187, 190, 192, 196, 202,
205, 207, 233, 253, 255, 259, 262, 263, 265, 281, 282, 288,
289, 294, 296, 298, 301, 312, 347, 350, 359, 361, 367, 383,
386, 401, 434, 455, 462, 464, 483, 498, 501, 502, 504, 505,
506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518,
519, 520, 521, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533,
534, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540

Nouvelliste, Le, 298

Novara. _See_ Dominicus Maria Ferrariensis.

Novelli. _See_ Paola Antonia (_at_ Aquinas), 505

Novellucci, his electric plate machine, 256, 482
(Antologia di Firenze, August 1824, p. 159).

Novum Organum--Novum Organon--of Francis Bacon; Novum Organum,
London, 1620, 1650, 1802; Lug. B., 1645, 1650; Oxford, 1878,
1889; Novum Organon, Lips., 1840; Clarend., 1813; Nuovo Organo,
Bassano, 1788; Neues Organon, Berlin, 1793, xiv, 90, 92, 99,
103

Noya-Caraffa, Giovanni, Duke of (1715–1768), “Recueil de Mém.
Æpinus” (Phil. Trans., LI. Pt. I, p. 396, 1759), 17, 193, 218

Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, 9

Nuneberg, M. (_at_ Ingen-housz, A.D. 1779), 257
(Scelta d’Opus., XVII. 113).

Nuñez--Nonius--Petrus (1492–1577), 530

Nouva Collezione d’Opuscoli scientifici ...: Bologna, 257

Nouva Scelta d’Opuscoli, Interessanti sulle scienze, 2 Vols.:
Milano, 1804–1807. _See_ Amoretti, Carlo.

Nuovi annali della scienze naturali: Bologna.

Nuovi Lincei. _See_ Rome, Accad. Ponteficia.

Nuovo Cimento, “Giornale di fisica, chimica ...,” edited by
Matteucci and others, at Pisa and Torino.

Nürnberg, “Neues Journal für chemie und physik,” von Schweigger,
J. S. Ch. von Vols. 1–30, 1811–1820 (30 Vols.), Vols. 31–42,
1821–1824 (12 Vols.); “Jahrbuch der chemie und physik ...,”
Vols. 43–54, 1825–1828 (12 Vols.), Vols. 55–60, 1829–1830 (6
Vols.), Vols. 61–69, 1831–1833 (9 Vols.); “Journal für
praktische chemie,” von Erdmann, Otto Linné, Vols. 1–108,
1834–1869 (108 Vols.), Vols. 1–14, 1870–1876 (14 Vols.).

Nyerup, Rasmus, “Univ. Annalen,” 158

Nyrén, Magnus (_at_ Swedenborg, Em., A.D. 1734), 165

Nysten, Pierre Hubert (1771–1818), “Nouvelles expériences
galvaniques,” 305

“Nyt Bibliothek fer Physik ...”: Kjobenhavn, 453, 455

“Nyt Magazin fer naturvidenskaberne:” Christiana, 29, 446

O

Oberst, J., “Conjecturæ ... magnetis naturam ...,” 1760, 555

Obert, Klindworth and Minkeler (_at_ Ingen-housz, J., A.D. 1779),
257, 249

Observations sur la physique. _See_ Rozier, François, 258–259;
Scudder, “Catalogue,” 1879, p. 110.

Oderigo, Nicolo, xx

Odier, Louis (1748–1817), 81, 82, 240

“Odyssey” of Homer, 5, 6

Oersted, Hans Christian (1770–1851), vii, 64, 81, 222, 345, 365,
366, 367, 376, 380, 381, 383, 384, 412, 413, 414, 421, 451–455,
456, 465, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 478, 482, 484
(Phil. Mag., XXIII. 129; LVI. 394; LIX. 462; Phil. Mag. or
Annals, VIII, 230; Gehlen IV. Jour., III. 1804; VIII. 1808;
Voigt’s Mag., III. 412; Schweigg. Jour., XX. 1817; XXIX.
1820; XXXII. and XXXIII. 1821; XXVIII. 1821–1822; LIII. 1828;
Ann. Ch. et Phys., XXII. 1823; Oversigt over det Kongl.
danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger, 1822–1823,
1823–1824, 1825–1826, and almost every year up to 1840
inclusively).

Offord, J., Jr. (_at_ 321 B.C.), ix

Offusius, Joannes Franciscus, “De divina astrorum facultate,” 1570,
11

Ohm, Georg Simon (1787–1854). _See_ Nipher, Francis Eugène, “Die
galvanische Kelte mathematisch bearbeitet,” 1827; “Grundzüge
der physik ...,” 1854, 384, 460

Ohm, Martin, brother of Georg Simon, “Spirit of mathematical
analysis ...,” 1843.

Ohm’s Law, xiv, 384. _Consult_ Crystal, George (“Electrician,” Vol.
XXV. p. 309, 1890); Hopkinson, John (1849–1898), Lectures at
Inst. Civil. Eng., London, Vol. I. pp. 81–106, 1844;
Kohlrausch, R. H. A., _also_ Tyndall, John (Phil. Mag., Ser.
IV. Vol. III. pp. 321–330, 1852); Raymond, Jules, “Recherches
... loi d’Ohm,” 1870; Webb, F. C. (Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol.
XXXV. pp. 325–333, 1868).

Oken, Lorenz, 403–404

Olaus, Magnus, “Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus,” 1555, 71,
527

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaüs (1758–1840), on the Zodiacal
Light, etc., 141, 345, 462

Oldenberg, Henry, Secretary of the Royal Society (1615?-1677), 142,
547

Olfers, J. F. M., “Die-gattung torpedo ...,” 1831 (_at_ Shaw,
George, A.D. 1791), 298

Oliva, Joannes, Map of the World, A.D. 1613, 63

Oliva, Salvatore, Atlas showing both Americas, A.D. 1620, 63

Oliver, A., of Salem, Mass., Theories of lightning, thunderstorms
and waterspouts (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., O.S. II. 74, 101).

Olmstead--Olmsted--Denison (1791–1859), 141, 457, 458, 461;
“On the zodiacal light”; “Introduction to natural history.”

Omar Khayyám--Kheyyám (_d._ 1123), 38

Omont, Henri, xi

Ongania (_at_ A.D. 1436), 63

Onimus and Legros, “Traité d’électricité médicale,” 386

“Onomasticon Literarium.” _See_ Sax--Sachs.

“Operator, The,” publication commenced in New York during the year
1874; afterwards became “The Operator and the Electrical
World.”

Oppermanno--Oppermanus--Septimus Andreas, 325, 326, 385.

Oppianus (fl. second century A.D.), “Halieutica,” 11

Opuscoli Act. Erudit.: Lips., 130

Opuscoli filosofici ..., 2 Vols.: Milano, 1827.

Opuscoli matematici e fisici ...: Milano, 257, 271, 295, 298

Opuscoli scelti sulle scienze e sulle arti, 22 Vols.: Milano and
Bologna; Nuova collezione d’opuscoli scientifici ... 5 Vols.:
Bologna, 1817–1824; Fr. Cardinali, Fr. Ovioli, and others, 175,
208, 241, 243, 248, 253, 254, 257, 258, 263, 270, 271, 272,
280, 281, 284, 295, 299, 306, 335, 347, 401.
_See_ Amoretti and “Scelta di opuscoli interessanti ...”

Orb of Coition, 100

Orb of Virtue--Orbis Virtutis, 86, 100

Organe électrique artificiel. _See_ Volta.

Oribasius Sardianus (born _c._ A.D. 325), 26, 531

Origanus _recte_ Tost David, “Annorum Posterorium, XXX.,” 1609.

Origen, also called Adamantus (_c._ A.D. 185–254), 38

Orioli, F. _See_ Opuscoli Scelti ..., 258

Orléans, “Société Royale des sciences ...,” Annales.

Ormoy, Abbé d’, 282

Orosius (fl. fifth century A.D.), Historarium.

Orphei Argonautica of A. C. Eschenbach, 554

Orpheus, Vedic Ribhu, “Argonautica,” “Lythica,” “Bacchia,” etc.,
edited by the very distinguished Greek scholar, Andrea
Christian Eschenbach of Nuremberg (1663–1705), 519, 530–531

Orsini, Count de Rosenberg, 10

Ortell--Oertel--Abraham (1527–1598), 63

Osann, Gottfried Wilhelm (_b._ 1797), ten articles in Poggendorff’s
Annalen on Electricity, Meteoric Iron, Phosphorescence, etc.,
from Vol. VIII. 1826 to Vol. CVI. 1859; Grundzüge der lehre von
dem magnetismus und der elektricität, 1847.

Osbun, Prof., of Salem, Mass., 234

Osmose. _See_ Endosmosis and Exosmosis.

Osorius--Osorio--de Fonseca, Jeronimo (_b._ 1506), “Histoire du
Portugal,” Genève, 1581, 68

Ostertag, Johann Philipp (1734–1801), “... die Kentnisse der Alten
von der Electricität” (Neue Abhandl. der Baierischen Akad., IV.
113, 1785); “Antiquarische Abhandl. über Gewitterelektricitat,”
1810.

Ostroy, van, 559

Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm (_b._ 1853), “Lehrbuch der Allgemeine
Chemie” and “Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie,” 1887;
established with Jacobus Hendrikus Van’t Hoff; “Elektrochemie,”
1896; “Ostwald’s Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften”:
Leipzig, 284, 391, 455

Otté, E. C. _See_ Humbolt, Alex. von “Cosmos.”

Otto’s letter to Benjamin Franklin, 67

Oudry, “Applications en grand de la galvanoplastie et de
l’électro-métallurgie,” 1868.

Oughtred, W., “Descrip. ... double horiz. ... dyal ...,” 1674, 552

“Oversigt over det Kongl. danska Videnskabernes Selskabs
Forhandliger ...”: Kjobenhavn, 453, 454

Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.-A.D. 18), “Fastorum, libri
xii”; “Metam. ... Numa ... Jupiter Elicius,” A.D. 17, 10, 462

Oviedo, Luis de, “Methodo de la coleccion ... medicinas simples,”
1622, 27

Oviedus, Gonzales. _See_ Gonzalus Oviedus.

Ovioli, F. _See_ Opuscoli Scelti, 257

Owen, Dr. Richard (1804–1892), 404

Owen, John--Oweni, Ioan (1560–1622), 523

Oxford University, Library, etc., 40, 99, 145, 151, 405, 497, 513,
530

Ozanam, Antoine Frédéric (1813–1853), 504

Ozanam, Jacques (1640–1717), “Récréations mathématiques,” 4 Vols.
1721, 1724, etc., 401

P

Pacchiani, Francesco Giuseppe (1771–1835), 392, 393, 419, 483
(Nuova Scelta d’Opuscoli, I. 277, 1804; Phil. Mag., XXIV. 176,
1806; Ann. Chim. di Brugnatelli, XXII. pp. 125, 135, 144,
1805).

Pac̄ifico, Salomone Ireneo (A.D. 776–846), 60

Pacini, Filippo (1812–1883), 299,
“Sopra l’organo elettrico del Siluro elettrico del Nilo ...,”
1846.

Pacinotti, Antonio (_b._ 1841), “Descrizione di una machinetta
elettro-magnetica ...,” 1864. This is the author’s
_ring-armature with closed coils_ (Catal. of Wheeler Gift, No.
1601).

Pacinotti, L. (_at_ Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), 308

Padova--Padua--Accademia, Saggi, Memorie, etc., 140, 253, 303, 304,
528

Padova--Padua--Annali della scienze naturali, 363

Padova--Padua--“Giornale Astro-Meteoroligico,” 254

Padova--Padua--Observatory, 254

Padova--Padua--University, 253, 455, 460, 499, 502, 506, 515, 528

Padova--Padua--University, history of, by Boulay, 505

Pæologue. _See_ Paléologue.

Pagani, O. M. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385, on
medical electricity.

Page, Charles Grafton (1812–1868), on new electrical instruments,
induction, etc., etc. (Silliman’s Journal, XXVI.-XLIX.; Bibl.
Univ., X. 398), 234, 283

Page, Charles G., and Rittenhouse, D. (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.,
O.S. II. pp. 173, 175, 1786).

Page, John, of Williamsburg (_at_ Rittenhouse, David, A.D. 1786),
282

Paisley, Lord, “Experiments on his loadstone,” 161.
_See_ Hamilton, James (Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 245, 1729–1730).

Pajot-Laforest (_at_ Aldini, Giovanni, A.D. 1793), 305

Palagi, A., “Nuove sperienze sull’ elettricità telluro-atmosferica”
(Rendiconto dell’ Accad. delle scienze dell’ Ist. d’ Bologna,
1858, p. 72).

Paléologue, Georges Maurice, “L’Art Chinois,” 2, 3 (Acta Acad.
Petropol., I. 1778; Phil. Trans. for 1776, 1778).

Palladius, Bishop of Helenopolis (A.D. 368–430), says that
lodestone attracts the nails of ships....

Pallas, Peter Simon (1741–1811), 314, 451

Palm, G. A., “Der magnet in alterthum,” 1867, 15

Palma (Siciliano) Richerche medico-elettriche (mentioned by
Bertholon, 1749).

Palmer, W. (_at_ Pasley, C. W., A.D. 1808), 397

Palmieri, Luigi (_b._ 1807), 337, 416, 420; Annali del Reale
Osservatorio meteorologico ... Napoli, 1859 (Rendiconto dell’
Accad. di Napoli, IV. 1845; Giornale I.R. Istit. Lomb., N.S.
4, II. 346).

Palmieri, Luigi, and Linari-Santi, P., 337

Palmstedt, Carl (_at_ Shaw, George, A.D. 1791), 299

Pameyer, George (_at_ A.D. 1250), 34

Pancirollus, Guido (1523–1599), 22, 81, 123

Pander, Christian Heinrich, “Beiträge zur naturk,” 368

Pandulph, “History of Naples,” 211

Panormitano: name given to Anthony of Bologna.

_Pantarbe_, 10, 533

Paoli, Adrian (_at_ 600–580 B.C.), 10

Paolo, Rev. Maestro. _See_ Sarpi.

Paolo. _See_ Paulus Æginæ.

Paolo, the Venetian. _See_ Marco Polo--Paulum Venetum.

Papadapoli, Nicolaus Comnenus, 528

Para, “Cours complet ...,” 1772, 556

Paracelsus (1493–1541), 26, 64–65, 104, 301, 513, 529.
_See_ Joannes Isaacus, _Hollandus_.

Paramagnetism, 494, 495

Paris, Académie Royale des Sciénces de L’Institut de France;
Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires, X. and _passim_; La
Connaissance des temps; Histoire et Mémoires de l’Académie,
Table des articles ... depuis 1666 jusqu’en 1770 par Rozier,
François (1734–1793); Recueil des pièces.

Paris, Annales de Chimie, par Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier, etc.,
1789–1815.

Paris, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, par Gay-Lussac. From
January 1st, 1914, the work was divided into two distinct
monthly sections: “Annales de Chimie” and “Annales de
Physique.”

Paris, Astronomical Society, 481

Paris, Bureau des Longitudes, 481

Paris, Ecole-Faculté de Médecine, 273, 274, 284, 384, 385, 538

Paris, Faculté des Sciences, 373, 374

Paris, John Ayrton (1785–1856), “Life of Sir Humphry Davy,” 340,
341, 347

Paris, Magnetic Society, 425

Paris, Mémoires de, 207, 253, 268, 271, 279, 302, 320, 460

Paris Observatoire, 157, 268, 301, 477, 481, 482

Paris, Palais des Tuileries, telegraph erected upon, 329

Paris, “Paris et ses historiens,” 34

Paris Societies in addition to those elsewhere mentioned. _See_
Académie des Sciences, 1666–1790; Galvani Society; Institut
Nationale; Journal; Société d’Encouragement; Société de
Médecine; Société Médicale d’émulation; Société Philomatique;
Société Philotechnique.

Paris University, 16, 530

Parke, translator of J. G. de Mendoza’s “History of the Kingdom
of China,” 77

Parma University, 365

Parmenides of Elea (fl. fifth century B.C.) founder of the Eleatic
Greek School of Philosophy, 511, 532, 543

Parrot, Georg Friedrich (1767–1852), 195, 308, 367, 368;
“Handbuch der Physik,” 195, 420.
_See_ Voltaic pile, chemical theory of (Voigt’s Mag., IV. 1802;
Gilb. Annal., XII. XXI. LV. LX. LXI.; Ann. de Chim. et
Phys., XLVI.).

Parry (afterwards Sir), W. E., his magnetical observations, 139,
457

Parshall, Dr. Horace Field, xii

Parthey, Gustav Friedrich Constantin, 520

Partington, C. F. (_at_ A.D. 1770), 232

Partington, M. (_at_ Molenier, Jacob, A.D. 1768), 229

Pascalis, P. A., Mémoire sur l’électricité médicale, 1819, 385

Pasley, Sir Charles William (1780–1861), Telegraph, 397–398, 399,
442, 439 (Phil. Mag., XXIX. XXXV.).

Pasqual, A. R., “Descr. ... aguja nautica,” 1789, 556

Pastoret, Claude Emmanuel J. P. de, 542

Pasumot, Fra., “Observations sur les effets de la foudre,” 1774,
556

Paterson, William, Lieut.-Gov. of New South Wales (1755–1810), “On
a new electrical fish, the _Tetrodon electricus_” (Phil. Mag.
for 1786), 297

Patterson, Prof. Robert (1743–1824) (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., O.S.
II. 251, III. 321).

Patterson, R. M., on electricity from steam (Silliman’s Jour., XI.
1841).

Pauli, Adrian, 8

Paulian, Aimé Henri (1722–1801), 183, 205, 555

Paulsohm, P. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385

Paulum Venetum. _See_ Polo, Marco, _at_ A.D. 1271.

Paulus Ægenita--Æginata--Paul of Ægina, Greek physician (fl.
seventh century A.D.), 20, 519

Paulus Jovius, “Historiarum sui temporis ...,” 1552, 58, 506, 507

Paulus Venetus. _See_ Sarpi, Pietro, herein, _at_ A.D. 1632.

Pauly, August Friedrich von, “Real-Encyclop. der class.
Alterthums ...,” 25

Pauthier, Jean Pierre Guillaume, “Chine Ancienne,” 2, 3

Pavia, Rivista di Fisica, Mat. e Sc. Naturali, 57

Pavia University, 246, 284, 361, 424

Payssé, M., Expérience relative au galvanisme, 285, 306

Pazienti, A., “Dell’ azione ... dell’ elettrico e del magnetismo
...,” 1846 (Giornale Veneto di Scienza Medicale, V. Ser. II.
1855).

Peabody, Col. Francis (_at_ A.D. 1771), 234

Peacock, Dr. George (_at_ Young, Thomas, A.D. 1807), 396

Pearson, George (1751–1828), 324, 375 (Phil. Mag., XV. 274, 1803).

Pearson, Karl, “Grammar of Science,” 102

Pearson, Richard. _See_ Royal Society.

Peart, Edward (1756–1824), “On electric atmospheres,” 1793, 312,
556

Peckham, John (John of London), 42, 45

Péclet, Jean Claude Eugène (1793–1857), “Essai historique sur
l’électricité” (Ann. Chim. et Phys. an 1841, 3^e Série).

Pedacius, Greek botanist, 11

Pedemontani, Alexander, “De secretis ...,” 1560, 553

Peel, W., on the production of muriates (Phil. Mag., XXIII. 257),
392, 419

Peirce, Prof. C. Saunders, xx

Pell, John, “Gellibrand’s discourse on the variation of the
magnetic needle,” 119

Pellechet, Marie, “Catalogue général des incunables,” 26, 37, 501,
504

Pelletan, Charles (_at_ Volta, Alessandro, A.D. 1775), 247;
_also_ (_at_ Humboldt, Alex. von., A.D. 1799), 333, _and_ (_at_
Fourcroy, Ant. Fr. de. A.D. 1801), 354

Pelletan, Philippe Jean (_at_ Volta, A.D. 1775), 247

Pelliciarius. _See_ Marbodeus Gallus.

Peltier, Jean Charles Athanase (1785–1845), discoverer of the
_Peltier effect_. _See_ Le Roux, F. P. (Proc. Birmingham
Philos. Soc., Vol. V. pp. 53–56, 1886; Edinb. New Philos.
Journ., Vol. XXXVII. pp. 298–304 and Vol. XXXVIII. pp. 97–101,
1844–1845; Ann. Ch. et Phys., 1834, 1836, 1839). The well-known
Peltier electroscope was anticipated by Milner, Thomas
(1719–1797), in his “Experiments ...,” 1783, 204, 367, 381, 416

Peltierin (“Annales de Chimie,” LXV. p. 330), 321

Penada, Jacopo (_at_ Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), 308

Pennsylvania University, 278, 319, 373, 435, 446

Penny Cyclopædia, edited by Charles Knight, 4, 11, 12, 19, 127,
264, 302, 317, 322, 438, 441

Penrose, F., “Treatise on electricity,” 1752; “Essay on magnetism,”
1753, 555

People’s Cyclopædia, 240

Pepper, J. H., “Cyclopædic Science,” “Voltiac electricity,” 223,
256, 304, 305, 336, 339

Pepys, Samuel, “Diary,” 127

Pepys, William Haseldine, Jr., 373

Pepys, William Haseldine, Sr. (1775–1856), 289, 338, 371–373, 378,
393, 403

Percival, Thomas (1740–1804), “Medical and experimental essays,”
386

Perego, Antonio (_b._ 1787), “Relatione sul fulmine caduto in Iseo”
(Comment. Ateneo Brescia, 1834, for aerolites, and 1842, p. 77,
for a new electroscope); “Atti delle Adunanze dell’ Imp. Reale
Istituto Veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti,” 1846.

Peregrinus--Peregrini, Petrus de Maricourt (fl. thirteenth century,
A.D.), “De Magnete ...”: Augsburgi, 1558, vii, xi, xiv, xix,
xx, 33, 42, 44, 45–54, 57, 72, 73, 76, 83, 87, 88, 110, 112,
115, 526, 544

Perewoschtschikow--Perevoschtchikoff--Demetrius (_b._ 1760)
(Bulletino della Soc. Imp. dei Naturalisti di Mosca, 1829).

Periander of Corinth (fl. _c._ 625 B.C.), 7

Pericles (_at_ Anaxagoras), 503

Period of the five (Chinese) Emperors, 1

Perkins, Benjamin Douglas Elisha (1741–1799), Perkinism, 327; “The
influence of metallic tractors on the human body,” 1798, 1799.

Perkins, John, “Conjectures concerning winds and waterspouts,” 1786
(Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II. 335).

Péron, François (1775–1810), “Voyage de découvertes ...,” 1807.

Péron F., and Freycinet L., “Voyages ...,” 1816, 442

Perpetual motion engine, 50, 52, 53, 86, 120

Perry, John (_at_ Faraday, Michael, A.D. 1821), 492

Person, Charles Cleophas (_b._ 1801), 330;
“Théorie du Galvanisme ...,” 1831; Medical Galvanism (Journal des
Connaissances médico-chirurgicales, 1853; Journal de Physiol.
Expér., 1830, X. 216).

Peschel, C. F., “Elements of Physics,” 3 Vols. 1845.

Peschel, Oscar Ferdinand (_at_ Bianco, Andrea, A.D. 1436), 64

Peter the Lombard. _See_ Monroe “Cyclopædia,” Vol. IV. p. 660, and
its very numerous references, 41

Peters, C. A. F. _See_ “Zeitschrift für populäre.”

Petersburg. _See_ Saint Petersburg.

Petersdorff, F. C. von (_at_ Chladni, E. F. F., A.D. 1794), 314

Petersen, Frederick Christian (1786–1856), 333

Peterson, William (1755–1810), Lieut.-Gov. of New South Wales, 297

Petetin, Jacques Henri Désiré (1744–1808), 229, 351, 385;
“Nouveau mécanisme de l’électricité,” 1802; “Théorie du
galvanisme ...,” 1803; Société de santé de Lyon, Actes, etc.

Petit, Fédéric (_b._ 1810), on meteors, etc. (Toulouse Academy
Reports, 3rd and 4th Series, for 1844, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1855),
315

Petit, P., “A letter ... where ... a globous magnet called
_terrella_ and the variation of the variation is examined”
(Phil. Trans. 1667, p. 502).

Petit-Radel, Philippe (1749–1815), 305

Petrequin (_at_ Pearson, George, A.D. 1797), 325

Petri de Bergamo, 505

Petri de Vineis. _See_ Des Vignes, Pierre.

Petri, H. (_at_ Cusanus), 510

Petrina, F. A., “Entdeckungen im Galvano-Voltaismus,” 249, 258
(Baumgartner, Andreas Zeitschrift f. Phys., V. 1837).

Petrini, Pietro (1785–1822)--Petrini, P., and Cioni, M., 337, 392

Petropol. _See_ St. Petersburg.

Petrus Aponus--Apponensis--Apianus. _See_ Abano, 501

Petrus Lombardus. _See_ Peter the Lombard.

Petrus Nonius. _See_ Nuñez, Pedro, 530

Petrus Plancius--Plancius Peter, 94, 533

Peurbach, Georg von (1423–1461), Novæ theoriæ planetarum, 512

Pezzani, André (_at_ Lactantius, L. C. F.), 525

Pezzi, Cesare G. (_at_ Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), 283–284

Pfaff, Christian Heinrich, of Kiel (1773–1852)--Pfaff, C. H., and
Michaelis, G. A., 195, 270, 278, 285, 327, 331, 332, 333, 335,
353, 385, 393, 419, 493
(Gren’s Journal, VIII.; Ann. der Chemie, XXXIV. 307; Soc.
Philom., II. 181, 1796; Gilb. Ann., Vols. VII. and LXXIV.;
Phil. Mag., XXVII. 338; Schweigger’s Journal, Vols. I.-LXIV.;
Gehlen’s Jour. f. Chem. v. Phys. for 1806 and 1808).

Pfaff, Johann Wilhelm Andreas (1774–1835)--Pfaff, J. W. A., and
Schweigger J. S. C., 415

Pfalzbayr Beiträge for 1782, 285, 330

Pfluger, E. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 386
(Monatsberichte d. Berlin Akad., 1858).

Phæacians, the, 6 (dwellers on the mythical island of Scheria).

Phædo--Phœdo--Phædrus. _See_ Plato.

Pharmaceutical Journal, London, 308

Pharos, Temple of, 18

Phenix of Alexandria (_at_ School of Athens), 544

“Phil. Graec. vet. relig.,” 511

Philadelphia, College of, 222

Philadelphia. _See_ American Museum, American Philosophical
Society, Academy of Natural Sciences, Journal of the Franklin
Institute.

Philip, Dr. Wilson (_at_ Bostock, John, A.D. 1818), 325, 443

Philip II, King of Spain, 77, 527

Philipeaux (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 386

Philips, R., “Electrical formation of crystallized sulphuret”
(Phil. Mag. or Annals, VII. 226, 1830).

Phillips, John, 249, 257

Phillips, Laurence Barnett, “Dict. of Biogr. Ref.,” 1871, 300

Phillips, Sir Richard (1778–1851), one of the editors of the
“Philosophical Magazine,” 285, 428, 464, 466, 497

Philo, Judæus (_b._ 20–10 B.C.) “Libellus de Opificio Mundi,” 20

Philolaus, the Pythagorian (fl. _c._ 374 B.C.), 532, 537

Philosophia Britannica. _See_ Martin, Benjamin.

Philosophia Magnetica, 1629, of Nicolaus Cabæus was the second
Latin book published on electricity; Gilbert’s _De Magnete_,
1600, being the first.

Philosophia Moysaica. _See_ Fludd, Robert, 554

Philosophia Naturalis, 1654. _See_ Regius, Henricus (Le Roy).

Philosophia Pollingana ... 1730. _See_ Amort, Eusebius.

Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary. _See_ Hutton.

Philosophical: “History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of
Sciences at Paris”: London, 1742. _See_ Académie Royale des
Sciences, Paris.

Philosophical Magazine--Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...;
Philosophical Magazine or Annals of Chemistry ...; London and
Edinburgh Phil. Mag. and Journal of Science; London, Edinburgh,
and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Journ. of Sc., edited by Brewster,
Kane Phillips, Taylor, Tilloch and others: under name of
Tilloch’s Ph. Mag., etc.

Philosophical Magazine, etc., xvii, 43, 61, 81, 133, 140, 143, 148,
165, 178, 195, 201, 212, 214, 218, 221, 225, 229, 230, 231,
246, 248, 249, 252, 256, 258, 263, 270, 277, 279, 281, 285,
288, 289, 291, 295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 305, 306, 308, 311,
314, 315, 326, 329, 330, 335, 337, 338, 347, 348, 349, 354,
359, 362, 363, 367, 371, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 380, 381,
382, 383, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 397, 398, 399,
400, 403, 405, 406, 411, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 423,
424, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 440,
442, 444, 446, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457,
458, 460, 464, 466, 467, 468, 469, 471, 476, 477, 479, 481,
483, 486, 487, 488, 492, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 549–550

Philosophical Society, Cambridge, England.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. _See_ Royal
Society, London.

Philostratus, Flavius (born _c_. 180–170 B.C.), 8, 533

Phipson, T. L., on Phosphorescence, Meteors, Aerolites, etc., 1858,
1862, 1867.

Phlogiston--Phlogistic theory from Boyle to Lavoisier, 261, 262,
362

Phædo of Aristotle, 537

Phœnicians, the, along the Syrian coast, 5, 7, 536; Phœnician star.

Phœnicians. _See_ Court de Gébelin, Antoine (1725–1784), “Monde
primitif ...,” 1781; _also_ Huet, Pierre Daniel (1630–1725),
“History ...,” 1717.

Phonograph, suggested _at_ (A.D. 1745), 171; _also at_ (A.D.
1620–1655), 103,
and _at_ (A.D. 1641), 119

Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople (_c._ 820–891), 7, 541

Photometers of Lambert, Leslie, and Count Rumford, 225

Photometry (Photometria), 225

“Physikal ... Worterbuch ...,” edited by Gehler, J. S. T., 248

Physical Society of London, Proceedings, etc., publication
commenced in London during 1876.

Physikalische-Bibliothek. _See_ Erxleben.

“Physiologische Darstellung der Lebenskräfte,” 284

Pianciani, Giambattista (_b._ 1784) (Bibl. Ital., XCIX. 97, 1835)
(_at_ Shaw, George, A.D. 1791), 298

Picard, Jean (1620–1682), first observed electric light _in
vacuo_, 132, 146, 268
(Anc. Mém. Paris, II. X.; Bibl. Ital., XCIX. 42).

Picchioni, L. (Bibl. Ital., XCVI. 404, 1839).

Piccinelli, G. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385
(Opusc. Scelti, VIII. 310, Milano, 1785).

Piccolomini, Alessandro, _archivesco di Patrasso_, “De la sphera
del mondo ...,” 1540.

Pickel, Georg (1751–1838), animal electricity, etc., 249, 257, 385

Pickering, Charles (_at_ Schouten, G. C., A.D. 1616), 98

Pictet, Marc Auguste (1752–1825), “On atmospheric electricity,”
199, 309, 327, 331, 407

Pictorio, Georg (_at_ A.D. 430), 26

Piderit, J. R. A., “Dissertatio ...,” 1745, 555

Piezo electricity: electricity developed by pressure, as in some
crystals.

Pigafetta, Francisco Antonio (1491–1534), “Trattato di navigazione
...,” 67, 68

Pignotti, Lorenzo (1739–1812), 299, 392

Pigram, W. (_at_ Bolten, J. F., A.D. 1775), 246

Pilatre de Rozier, Jean François (1756–1785), “Sur la cause de la
foudre” and “Sur des expériences électriques”: Paris,
1780–1781, 288, 554
(Journ. de Physique, XVI. and XVII.).

Pilkington, James, Bishop of Durham (1520–1576), 232

Pinaud, A., Electro-dynamics, etc. (Reports of the Toulouse Academy
for 1843, 1844, 1846).

Pincio, Leon, “Biblioteca ...,” 516

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 320

Pine, T., “On the connection between electricity and vegetation”
(Annals of Electricity, IV. 421), 257

Pineda, Juan de, Spanish Jesuit (_c._ 1557–1637), 5

Pinkerton, John (_at_ A.D. 1809), 402

Pinson, P. C., “Essai ... applications de l’électricité à la
médecine,” 1857, 386

“Pioneers of Science.” _See_ Lodge, Sir Oliver.

Pisa University, 392

Piso, Lucius Calpurnius, “Die Lorazischen ...” von A. Michaelis,
1877, 10

Pittacus (_c._ 652–569 B.C.), 7

Pivati, Johannes Francisco (1689–1764), 185, 186, 263;
“Della elettricità medica ...,” 1747.

Pivia and Matteucci, 384

Pixii, Hypolite, Jr., Magneto-elect. apparatus (Ann. de Chimie
for July 1832).

Pizarro, 475

Placidus, Heinrich (Schweigger’s Journal, XV.), 420

Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (_b._ 1781), Memoirs on the theory
of magnetism, on the distribution of electricity, etc. (Mém. de
Turin, Ser. II. Vol. III. 1844, 1845, 1864).

Plancius, Peter (1552–1622), 94, 532–533, 560

Plant electricity, researches on, 259–261

Planta, Martin de (1727–1772), 229, 256
(In Allg. deutsche Biblioth. XXIV. Anh. Abth., p. 549, 1760).

Plat, Sir Hugh (1552–1611), “Jewel House of Art and Nature,” 1653,
74, 124

Plata, F. M., “Dissertatio de electricitate,” 1749, 555

Plate of air electrically charged, 313

Platea, Francis Piazza (_d._ at Bologna, A.D. 1460) (_at_ A.D.
450), 27

Plateau, M. J. (_at_ 285–247 B.C.), 18

Plato, Athenian philosopher (_c._ 427–347 B.C.)--Platonists--“Ion”;
“Timæus”; “Phædrus”; “Phædo,” etc. _See_ Monroe
“Cyclopædia ...,” Vol. IV. pp. 722–725; 7, 8, 13, 15, 20, 43,
270, 515, 525, 533, 534, 538, 544

Plattes, Gabriel, 124, 125

Plautus, Titus Maccius (_c._ 254–184 B.C.). The greatest comic poet
of ancient Rome. The “Bacchides,” etc., the _editio princeps_
of his works appeared at Venice in 1472.

Playfair, John (1748–1819), 99, 122, 156, 295, 296, 311;
“Outlines of natural philosophy,” 2 Vols. 1812–1816; “Magnetising
power of violet rays” (Phil. Mag., LIII. 155, 1817).

Playfair, Lyon Lord (1818–1898), 122, 423.
_See_ Vapereau, G., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 1260.

Pliny--Plinius Cæcilius Secundus (Caius) A.D. 23–79), “...
Naturalis Historiæ ...,” 1st edition: Venetiis, 1469; “Naturæ
Historiarum”: Venice, 1497; “Hist. Mundi ...” (History of the
World, English translation by Philemon Holland, London, 1634).
_See_ Græsse, V. 337; “New Int. Cycl.,” XVIII. 733, title page,
xix, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 29, 43, 67,
72, 74, 97, 123, 124, 270, 503, 506, 510, 540

Plon, Nourrit et Compagnie, xii

Plot, Robert (1640–1696), Catalogue of electrical bodies (Phil.
Trans., XX. 384, 1698), 547

Plotinus of Alexandria (fl. A.D. 205–270), 534

Pluanski, “Thèse sur Duns Scott,” 41

Plücker, Julius (_b._ 1801), 412, 495.
On diamagnetism, etc. (Crell’s Journal, XXXV. 1847; Phil. Mag.
for June 1849; Phil. Trans. 1858; Scientific Memoirs, Vol. V.
Pt. XIX. p. 253; Pogg. Annal., LXXII.-CX.); “On the magnetic
relation ... of the optic axis of crystals....”

Plumptre, Edward Hayes (1821–1891), refers to the system of posts
organised by Persian kings; “The divina commedia,” 4, 41, 43,
44, 60

Pluquet, François André Adrien, 513

Plurality of worlds, roundness of earth, etc., 525

_Plus_ and _minus_ theory of electricity: Watson, 175;
Wilson, 184;
and Franklin, 196

Plutarch (_c._ A.D. 46–120), 4, 11, 14, 20, 74, 124, 140, 524, 525;
“Life of Quintus Sertorius,” “Placit. Philos.,” “Quæstiones
Platonicæ,” “Quæstiones Conviviales” (Phil. Trans., Watson,
XLVIII. Part. I.).

Plymouth Institution, Transactions of the, 470

Poëy, A., “Météorologie ...,” 1861; “Bibliographic cyclonique ...,”
1866 (Comptes Rendus, XLIII. 1856, XLIV. 1857; Annuaire de la
Soc. Météorol. de France, VIII. 75, 1860, IX. 42, 1861).

Poggendorff, Johann Christian (1796–1877),
“Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch ...”: Leipzig, 1863;
“Annalen der physik und chemie” (begun in 1824); “Geschichte
der physik”: Leipzig, 1879, 8, 31, 66, 71, 75, 82, 90, 107,
140, 175, 199, 209, 214, 242, 254, 256, 258, 259, 263, 267,
271, 275, 280, 284, 292, 298, 302, 303, 306, 323, 324, 325,
326, 335, 350, 353, 359, 360, 364, 367, 370, 376, 383, 385,
387, 391, 395, 402, 408, 414, 415, 416, 423, 428, 432, 434,
441, 443, 444, 446, 449, 450, 451, 454, 460, 464, 467, 468,
471, 473, 476, 481, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494,
495, 498

Poggioli, M. P., “Nouvelle application de l’électricité par
frottement sans commotion” (Mémoire lu à l’Institut, Oct. 31,
1853), 257, 386

Pohl, Georg Friedrich (1788–1849), on electro-magnetism, etc.
(Gilb. Ann., LXIX. LXXI. LXXIV. LXXV.; Kastner’s Archives, VI.
1825, IX. 1826, XI. 1827, XIII. and XIV. 1828), 478

“Points _versus_ knobs,” famous controversy commenced in 1772 by
Benjamin Wilson (1708–1778), author of “A treatise on
electricity ...”: London, 1750, and of “Observations on
lightning ...”: London, 1773. _See also_ Pringle, Sir Joseph,
250–252

Poisson, Siméon Denis (1781–1840), 141, 215, 313, 375, 378,
409–412, 469, 479, 495
(Société Philomatique, 11, p. 180, 1803, _also_ for 1824, p. 49,
for 1825, p. 82, and for 1826, p. 19; Mém. de l’Institut,
1811; Mém. Acad. Roy. des Sciences, V. pp. 247, 488, VI. p.
441).

Poisson, S. D., Gay-Lussac, and others, “Instruction sur les
paratonnerres...,” 1824.

Pokorny of Prague, “Kronika Prace,” 209

Polarization, chromatic, by reflection, also coloured, 480

Polarization, rotatory. _See_ Magnetic rotatory polarization. _See_
Cadozza, Giovanni.

Polcastro, G. B., “Notizia sopre ... Pacchiani ...”: Padova, 1805,
392

Poleni, Marquis Giovanni de (1683–1761), 139, 253, 308;
“Sopra l’aurora boreale ...”

Poles, magnetic, two--Bond _at_ A.D. 1646.

Poles of a loadstone: _See_ Petrus Peregrinus _at_ A.D. 1269, 46,
47, 48, 49, 54;
_also_ Gilbert _at_ A.D. 1600, 83, 86

Poli, Giuseppe Sarevio (1746–1825), 199, 308;
“Elementi de Fisica,” 5 Vols. 1802, 1824 (Opus. Scelti, II. 382).

Polidori, Luigi Eustachio (_b._ 1830) (Ann. di Chim. di
Brugnatelli, V. 30, 1794).

Poligrafo, H., “Giornale di scienze ...”: Verona.

Polinière, Pierre (1671–1734), 148, 163;
“Expériences de physique ...,” 1709, 1734, 1741.

Pollak (_at_ Zamboni, G., A.D. 1812), 420

Polo, Marco--Paulum Venetum--is said to have brought the compass
from China into Italy, A.D. 1271–1295. _See_, for complete
bibliographies, the references at p. 55 herein, _also_ the
work published in 1818 by P. Zurla on Marco Polo and other
celebrated navigators, and _likewise_ Charton Edouard, 55, 67,
527

Polybius, Greek statesman and historian (_c._ 205–120 B.C.), 19,
434

Polyglott Bible of Arias Montanus, 528

Polytechnic Central Journal, 422.
The publication called “Polytechnic Journal” was begun in
1839–1840.

Polytechnic School of Paris. _See_ Ecole Polytechnique.

Polytechnisches Centralblatt, 414

Polytechnisches Journal von Dingler, J. F.: Stuttgart and Tübingen,
Vols. 1–50, 1820–1833, 50 Vols.; Vols. 51–100, 1834–1846, 50
Vols.; Vols. 100–150, 1846–1858, 50 Vols.; Vols. 151–200,
1859–1871, 50 Vols.; Vols. 201–211, 1871–1874, 11 Vols.; Vols.
212–222, 1874–1876, 11 Vols.; Vol. 329, August 1, 1914.

Pomparium Melam. (_at_ Barbarus, H.), 506

Poncelet, Polycarpe (fl. second half of eighteenth century), 226

Pontano, Giovanni Giovano (1426–1503), “Liber de meteoris ...”:
Strasburg, 45

Pontin, Magnus Martin de (1781–1858), 340, 343, 369, 419

Pontin, M. M. de, and Berzelius, J. J. F. von, 370

Poole, R. L. (_at_ Duns Scotus), 41

Pope, Alexander, translator of the “Odyssey” of Homer, 6, 7

Popham, Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs (1762–1820), 317, 400, 437, 439

“Popular Science Monthly:” New York, 92, 117, 315, 508

Porna and Arnaud, Medical electricity, 1787, 385

Porphyry--Porphyrïus--Greek historian (A.D. 233–304), whose most
distinguished pupil was Iamblichus, author of “Life of
Pythagoras,” 534

Porret, Robert (1783–1868), Voltaic Endosmose, etc. (Ann. of Phil.,
VIII. 1816), 440–441

Porta, Joannes Baptista--Giambattista della Porta (1538–1615),
“Magiæ Naturalis,” 1588; “Magia Naturalis ...,” 1558 (“Natural
Magick ...,” 1658), 13, 19, 72–75, 87, 110, 112, 124

Portolan, the oldest dated is that of Pietro Visconti, dated 1311,
63

Positivism, founder of, 534

Possidius, Saint, Bishop of Calama (_at_ A.D. 426), 25

Posts, the first institution of, ascribed to Diodorus Siculus
(“Notes and Queries,” Oct. 31, 1863, p. 356).

Potamian, Brother, 92

Potocki, Count Jeroslas, 407

Potter, Richard (_b._ 1799) (Majocchi’s Annali di Fisica ...,
1843).

Potthast, August. _See_ “Bibliotheca Historica ...”

Pouillet, Claude Servais Mathias (1790–1868), “Eléments de physique
expérimentale et de météorologie ...,” 1829, 195, 258, 312,
319, 373, 389, 416, 417, 426, 434, 461. _See_ Dezebry,
“Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2306;
_also_ Muller-Pouillet (Ann. de Chim. et de Phys., IV. 1837, XX.
1845, XXIX. 1849, XXXI. 28; Comptes Rendus, IV. 513, 785,
XIX. 1384, LXIV. 1867).

Poujoulat, Jean Joseph François, “Histoire de Saint Augustin,”
1845, 25

Power, Henry, “Experimental philosophy ...,” 1664, 554

Pownall, “On the ether suggested by Sir Isaac Newton ...” (Phil.
Mag., XVIII. 155).

Poynt Attractive--poynt respective--of Robert Norman, 76

Præpositas, name sometimes given to Nicolaus Myrepsus, 529

Prætorius (Richter), Joh., “De cometis ...”: Norimberg, 1579.

“Practical Mechanic,” Glasgow, 26, 233, 454, 498

“Practical Mechanics’ Journal,” publication commenced at Glasgow
by W. and J. H. Johnson during 1848.

Prague--Prag--Academy, Memoirs, 387; “Prague News,” 209

Pravaz (_at_ Pearson, George, A.D. 1797), 325

Prechtl, Johann Joseph (1778–1854), 407, 424
(Gehlen’s Journal, VIII. 1809; Schweigg. Journ., IV. 1812, XXXVI.
1822).

Preller, Ludwig (1809–1861), 512

Premoli, Carlo P., “Nova electricitatis theoria ...,” 1755, 555

Prémontrés, Order of, at Celle, 145

Prescott, George Bartlett (1831–1894), 277, 290;
“History, theory and practice of the electric telegraph,” “The
speaking telephone.”

Prescott, William Hickling, “Account of the Emperor Charles V’s
life,” 36, 114

Presles, Raoul de, “La cité de Dieu,” xix

Prévost, Jean Louis, on animal electricity, 1823, 1843.

Prevost, Pierre (1751–1839), “De l’origine des forces magnétiques”:
Genève, 1788, 242, 315, 325, 481

Price, Dr. James (1752–1783) (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D.
1803), 282, 385

Prichett, Professor C. W., 142

Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804), 17, 29, 90, 131, 132, 150, 155, 162,
163, 164, 166, 168, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 183, 187, 189,
195, 197, 198, 204, 205, 206, 212, 213, 224, 227–228, 238,
240, 241, 256, 258, 262, 264, 322, 415, 418.
_See_ Krunitz-Kirtz, Johann Georg (1728–1796).

Prieto, A. (_at_ Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), 308

Prieur-Duvernois, Claude Antoine (1763–1832), 280

Prime, Samuel Irenæus (1812–1885), 367, 407, 421, 422, 436, 455,
474, 481;
“Life of S. F. B. Morse.”

Prince, Rev. John (1643–1723) (_at_ A.D. 1771), 234;
“Worthies of Devon,” 107

Princeton College, 246, 421

“Principes de Physiologie,” 284

Principles of Physics. _See_ Silliman, Benjamin.

Pringle, Sir John, Bart. (1707–1782), 232, 240, 243, 250–252, 456,
457.
_See_ Copley Medal.

Priscian--Theodorus Priscianus--Greek physician (fl. fourth century
A.D.), “Rerum medicarum,” 7

Pritzel, G. A., “Thesaurus literaturæ Botanicæ,” 153, 170, 501,
506, 508, 516, 525, 529, 532, 540

Proclus--Procullus--head of the later Neoplatonists (A.D. 410–485),
2, 117, 533, 537.
_See_ Taylor, Thomas.

Procopius, De bello Vandal, lib. II. Cap. II. Stars on spears, 24

Proctor, Richard Anthony (1837–1888), “Old and new astronomy,” 93,
138, 433

Prokorny of Prague, “Kronika Prace,” 209

Prutenic (Prussian) Astronomic Tables, 512–513

Pryce, William, “Mineralogia Cornubiensis ...,” 401

Psellus, M. C., “De lapidum virt. ...,” 1745, 555

Ptolemæus, Claudius, the great geographer (fl. middle second
century A.D.), 40, 62, 72, 117, 124, 507, 508, 512, 513, 527,
533, 534–536, 539, 544. _See_ Joannes Stobnicensis.

Ptolemæus II, _Philadelphus_ (308–247 B.C.), son of Ptolemy Soter
(367–283 B.C.), one of Alexander the Great’s generals, 18, 67,
74, 94, 114

Ptolemy Soter, 18. _See_ Ptolemæus II.

Puccinotti, F. (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385

Pulkowa (Russia) Observatory, 165

Pulvermacher, Isaac Louis (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D.
1803), 386; Medical electricity, 1859.

Purchas, Samuel (1575–1626), author of “Purchas, his pilgrimage
...,” 1625, 523

Pusckin, Comte de, 285

Puteanus, Bernardus, of Bruges, 562

Puteanus, Guilielmus--Dupuis (fl. sixteenth century A.D.), 536

Putnam, George Haven, “Books and their makers during the middle
ages,” 25

Puységur, Armand Marie Jacques de Chastonet, Marquis de
(1752–1825), “Magnétisme Animal,” 236, 237, 425.
_See_ Dezebry, “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2348.

Pyro-electricity: Davy (1800), 346;
Haüy (1787), 286;
Brewster (1820), 465

Pyrometus. _See_ Josiah Wedgwood’s tapered gauge.

“Pyrotechnie,” by Biringuccio, 553

Pyrrho, Greek philosopher (360–270 B.C.), 543

Pythagoras (569–470 B.C.)--Pythagorian--Pythagorician, 503, 511,
524, 530, 532, 533, 536–537, 542, 544

Pythagorean school or sect, complete exposition of, 537, 544

Q

Quaritch, Bernard, 561–564

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, formerly
the Journal of Science and the Arts, edited by Brande, W. T.,
at the Royal Institution, London, 308, 359, 367, 373, 440, 484,
497

Quarterly Review, 348, 359, 396

Quatrefages de Bréan, Jean Louis Armand de (_b._ 1810), 375

Queens’ College, Cambridge, 191

Quellmalz, Samuel Theodor (1696–1758), 167, 264, 385, 554;
Dissertatio de magnete (Pogg., II. 548, 1722; Commerc. Litt.
Norimb., V. and VI.).

Querard, Joseph Marie (1797–1865). _See_ “La France Littéraire,”
_also_ “Bibliothèque Voltairienne,” 59, 186, 192

Quesneville, Dr. Gustave Augustin. _See_ “Le Moniteur
Scientifique,” _also_ “Revue Scientifique et industrielle,” 30
Vols. 1840–9 to date, 18, 143, 247, 258, 259, 262, 280, 392

Quet, Jean Antoine (_b._ 1810), “Des divers phénomènes
electriques,” 1853 (Comptes Rendus, XXXIV. 805, XXXV. 279,
XXXVI. 1853).

Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796–1874), 81, 314, 341;
“Annales de l’Observatoire de Bruxelles”; “Histoire des sciences
mathém. et physiques chez les Belges” (Mém. de l’Acad. de
Bruxelles, 1830, 1831, 1839, 1840; Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol.
I. April 1851, p. 329, on atmospheric electricity).

Quetelet, L. A. J., and Zantedeschi, Francesco, “Sur les courants
Electriques telluro-atmosphériques ...” (Bulletins de l’Acad.
Royale de Belgique, 2^e série, XV. No. 5).

Quétif, Jacques, and Echard, J., “Scriptores Ordinis Prædicatorum
...,” 37

Quincke, Georg Hermann, “Sammlung ... elektrische Ströme,”
1856–1861, 441

Quinet de Certines, “Théorie de l’aimant ...,” 1809.

Quinet, J., “Exposé ... aiguille aimantée ...,” 1826.

Quinquet, “Observations sur les paratonnerres.”

Quintine, L’Abbé de la, “Dissertation sur le magnétisme des corps,”
1732.

Quintus Sertorius, 3

R

Rabiqueau, Charles A., “Le spectacle du feu élémentaire,” 204, 555

Racagni, Giuseppe Maria (1741–1822), 412

Raccolta di documenti ... della R. C. Columb, 66

Raccolta d’opuscoli scientifici ... by Calogera, Angelo: Venezia,
1728–1757, 51 Vols. The Nuova Raccolta ... 1754–1787 consists
of 42 Vols. _See_ Calogera, 140, 308

Raccolta Ferrarese di Opuscoli Scientifici ... di Autori Ital.
..., 298

Raccolta Pratica di scienze, 248

Rackstrow, B., “Miscellaneous Observations ...,” 1748, 555

Rafn, C.G., Nyt bibliothek for physik ...: Kjobenhavn; “Magazin
Encyclopédique,” 257, 306, 330

Ragozin, Z. A., History of Chaldea, 2

_Raia torpedo_, 135, 240, 298–299, 374

Raleigh, Sir Walter, xiv

Rambosson, J., Histoire des Météores, 1868–1869. _See_ Meteorites,
etc.

Ramis of Munich (_at_ Gay-Lussac, J. L.), 388, 389

Rammelsberg, C. (_at_ Haüy, Le Père R. J.), 288

Ramsden, Jesse (1735–1800), 229, 256, 280

Ramus, Joachim Frederick (1686–1769) (_at_ Dalton, John), 308

Ramusio--Rannusio--Giovanni Battista (1485–1557), “... Navigationi
et viaggi ...”: Venezia, 1554–1556, folio, 60, 66, 515

Randolph, P. B., author of “Pre-Adamite Man,” 12

Ranke, Leopold von (1795–1886), 94, 102

Rankine, William John Macquorn (1820–1872), 347, 392

Ranzi--Renzi--Salvatore de, 299, 507

Rao, Cesare, “I. Meteori,” 1582, 553

Raphael, “School of Athens,” 542–544

Rapin, Nicholas (1540–1608), 16

Rashdall, Hastings, “Universities Europe ...,” 539

Ratte, E. H. de (_at_ Dalton, John), 308

Rattray, Sylvester, 1662, 554

Rauch, C. V., 1851 (_at_ Thillaye-Platel, A.), 386

Raulet, Mr. (_at_ Dalibard, T. F.), 200

Rawley, Dr. (_at_ Sir Francis Bacon), 101

Rawlinson, George, “History of Herodotus,” 19, 542

Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Lord (_at_ Faraday, M.), 493. _See_
Copley Medal, _also_ Royal Medal.

Raymond, Rossiter W. (_at_ Amoretti, Carlo), 401

Read, John I., Condenser of electricity, 289, 290, 312–313, 320,
360, 375

Reæl, Laurens, “Observatien ... (am) æn de magneetsteen ...,” 131,
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“Reale Istituto Lombardo di scienze e lettere,” Atti, Rendiconti,
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Réaumur, René Antoine Forchault de (1683–1757), 160, 173, 181, 240,
257, 270, 298, 299

Récamier, M. (_at_ Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330

Records of general science, 159

Recueil de traités sur l’électricité, 1748, 555