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INDEX II. 



Sea, on altitude observations at, 29. 



Sea-sand, on the cultivation of, 118. 



Seals, on deciphering inscriptions on two, 

 found by Mr. Layardat Koyunjik, 145. 



Seeds, on the action of light on the ger- 

 mination of, 56. 



Ships, on the deviations of the compass in 

 iron, 10 ; on the magnetism of iron, and 

 its changes, 12 ; on the measurement of, 

 207. 



Siam, Sir John Bo wring's mission to, 149. 



Sierra Leone, prevailing diseases of, 164. 



Signals, on the transmission of time, 29. 



Silicates, metallic, on the action of sul- 

 phurets on, at high temperatures, 62. 



Silmian and metamorphic rocks of the 

 south of Norway, on the relations of 

 the, 82. 



Silurians of the south of Scotland, on the 

 fauna of the lower, 99. 



Silver, its price of late years does not 

 afford au accurate measure of the value 

 of gold, 198. 



Sim (William) on the blasting and quarry- 

 ing of rocks, 209. 



Simmonds (P. L.) on rain-falls for a series 

 of years at home and in foreign conn- 

 tries, 45 ; on the growth and commer- 

 cial progress of the two Pacific states of 

 California and Australia, 188. 



Skull of a Manatus Senegalensis, 116. 



Slimon (R.) on new forms of Crustacea 

 from the district of Lesmahagow, 96. 



Smith (C. Roach) on a Roman sepulcral 

 inscription on an Anglo-Saxon urn in 

 tlie Faussett collection, 145. 



Smith (James) on the shelly deposits of 

 the basin of the Clyde, with proofs of 

 change of climate, 96. 



Sinoke, experiments on combustion in 

 furnaces, with a view to the prevention 

 of, 209. 



Smyth (Prof. C. P.) on solar refraction, 29; 

 on altitude observations at sea, ib. ; on 

 naval anemometrical observations, 45 ; 

 on the transmission of time signals, 29. 



Soaps, on the employment of algje and 

 other plants in the manufacture of, 103. 



Solar refraction, on, 29. 



Sorby (H. C.) on the structure and mutual 

 relationships of the older rocks of the 

 Highland border, 96; on some of the 

 mechanical structures of limestones, 

 97 ; on the currents produced by the ac- 

 tion of the wind and tides, and the struc- 

 tuies generated in the deposits formed 

 under their influence, by which the 

 physical geography of the aeas at va- 

 rious geological epochs may be ascer- 

 tained, ib. 



Sounding, on an instrument for, 205. 



South Wales, on the chemical composi- 

 tion of some iron ores called "brass " 

 in the coal-measures of, 66. 



Spectrum, on the triple, 7. 



Specula, on a machine for polishing, 1 1 . 



Spermatozoa, on the physiology of the, 

 1 25 ; on the structure and formation of 

 the, in Ascaris mystax, 138. 



Star, on the calculation of an observed 

 eclipse or occultation of a, 26. 



Star 70 Ophiuchi, on certain anomalies 

 presented by the binary, 25. 



Stark (John), return of civil actions and 

 civil and criminal prosecutions and in- 

 formations in the circuit for the north- 

 ern district of Newfoundland during 29 

 years, 191. 



Statics of disease in Ireland, on some of 

 the results deducible from the report 

 on the, 164. 



Statistics, 155. 



Steam-engine, on working with rarefied 

 air, 207. 



Steamers, on manoeuvring, 208. 



Stewart (Balfour) on certain laws observed 

 in the mutual action of sulphuric acid 

 and water, 70. 



Stickleback, on the habits of the, 1 1 7. 



Stokes (Prof.) on the achromatism of a 

 double object-glass, 14. 



Stow (David) on moral training for large 

 towns, 191. 



Strang (John) on the progress, extent and 

 value of the coal and iron trade of the 

 west of Scotland, 193. 



Strata of Pennsylvania, on some reptilian 

 footprints from the carboniferous, 95. 



Struthers (Dr. John) on the use of the 

 round ligament of the head of the 

 femur, 135 ; on the use of the round 

 ligament of the hip-joint, ib. ; on the 

 explanation of the crossed influence of 

 the brain, 136. 



Suffolk, on the localities of crime in, 167. 



Sulphates, on a mode of conserving the 

 alkaline, contained in alums, 62. 



Sulphur and phosphorus in organic com- 

 pounds, on a method of determining, 

 in one operation,. 73. 



Sulphurets, on the action of, in metallic 

 silicates at high temperatures, 62. 



Sumeru Parbut, ascent of the mountain, 

 150. 



Sundevald (Prof. C. J.) on the muscles of 

 the extremities of birds, 137. 



Susini (Scnoi) on the Amazon and Atlantic 

 water-courses of South America, 155. 



Swallow tribe, singular mortality among 

 the, 112. 



