Abstract
THESE two volumes are almost entirely occupied with letter P, and yet it is not finished. Though there are no articles of the tremendous length of some in the earlier volumes, still there are many of more than the average length and importance. In Vol. XVIII. we have such articles as Ornithology, by Prof. Newton; Parallax, by Mr. David Gill; Pacific Ocean, by Mr. John Murray; and Phosphorescence, by Prof. Pritchard. In Vol. XIX. again we have a valuable fragment on the Physical Sciences, by the late Clerk Maxwell; Pisciculture, by Mr. Browne Goode; Planarians, by Prof. L. V. Graaf; Polar Regions, by Mr. C. R. Markham; Physiology, by Prof. M. Foster, Prof. McKendrick, and Mr. S. H. Vines; and Pianoforte, by Mr. A. J. Hipkins. We have only space to notice at length the articles on Ornithology, Physiology, and Pianoforte.
Encyclopædia Britannica.
Ninth Edition. Vols. XVIII. and XIX. (Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1885.)
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The “Encyclopædia Britannica” . Nature 33, 121–124 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/033121a0
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