INDEX. 



479 



Sorites, i. 72. 



Sounds, ii. 97, 271 ; velocity of, i. 412 ; 

 ii. 213; interference of, 176; classi 

 fication of, 423. 



Species, ii. 376; infima, 380; natural, 

 414. 



Specific heat of air, ii. 197. 



Spectrum, i. 329, 348; ii. 9, 97, 229, 

 251 ; Thomas Melvill on, 38. 



Spencer, Herbert, laws of thought, i. 

 9; sign of equality, 18 ; rhythmical 

 motion, ii. 6 1 ; abstraction and gene 

 ralization, 390; theories of, 405; 

 quantification of predicate, 387. 



Spontaneous generation, ii. 43. 



Standards, i. 365. 



Stars, motion of, i. 325, 348; ii. 93, 

 95, 215 ; variable, i. 326 ; ii.64, 358 ; 

 discs, i. 464 ; coloured, ii. 358 ; heat 

 of, i. 430 ; conflict with, 443. 



Stevinus, ii. 276. 



Stewart, Balfour, sun-spots, ii. 67 ; 

 ethereal friction, 213. 



Stifels, i. 206. 



Stokes, on resistance, ii. 96 ; fluor 

 escence, 332. 



Stone, E. J., radiant heat of stars, i. 

 430; temperature periods, ii. 67; 

 transit of Venus, 204. 



Strutt, J. W., graphical method, ii. 

 119. 



Substantial terms, i. 34. 



Substitution of similars, i. 21, 25 ; ii. 

 345 ; of weights, i. 23, 399. 



Sui generis, ii. 286, 418. 



Sulphur, ii. 341. 



Summum genus, i. 108 ; ii. 379. 



Sun, distance, ii. 204. 



Swan, W., sodium light, ii. 39. 



Syllogism, Barbara, i. 66, 103, 121 ; 

 Celarent, 67 ; Darii, Ferio, 67, 68 ; 

 Darapti, 71; Camestres, Cesare, 99; 

 Baroko, Bocardo, 100 ; disjunctive, 

 92. 



Symbols, logical, i. 39. 



Synthesis, of terms, i. 36; of laws, 140. 



Syren, i. 12,348; ii. 28. 



T. 



Table-turning, ii. 342. 



Tastes, ii. 423. 



Tautologous propositions, i. 138. 



Teeth, as criteria of classification, ii. 



395- 



Temperature, ii. 68. 



Terms, i. 29 ; substantial, 24 ; collec 

 tive, 35 ; synthesis of, 36 ; abstract, 

 38 ; logical and numerical, 180. 



Test experiments, i. 402. 



Tetractys, i. no. 



Thales, ii. 171. 



Theory, results of, ii. 168 ; facts kn,,\vn 

 J y. lS 5 ; quantitative, 189, 192 ; dis 

 cordance of, 198. 



Thermometer, differential, i. 400; read 

 ing of, 404; change of zero, 455. 



Thermopile, i. 348. 



Thomson, James, ii. iy8. 



Thomson, Sir W., size of atoms, i. 222 ; 

 tides, ii. 64: thermal phmomena, 

 180. 197; capillary attraction, 267; 

 magnetism, 333; heat-history of uni 

 verse, 438. 



Thomson and Tait, chronoinetrv, i. 364; 

 problem of bars, ii. 77; polarised 

 light, 318. 



Tide-guage, i. 427. 



Tides, ii. 64, 66, 98, 178, 195; atmo 

 spheric, i. 425, 426 ; ii. 192. 



Time, measurement of, i. 359 ; equal 

 times, 362. 



Todhunter, on Michell s speculations, i. 

 286 ; his History. 460. 



Torricelli, ii. 336 ; theorem of, 67, 256. 



Torsion-balance, i. 354; ii. 78. 



Transit, instrument, i. 411; of Venus, 



_ i- 343. 399 : i; - 2 i- 



Tree of Porphyry, ii. 381. 



Triangle, arithmetical, i. 108, 439, 444 ; 

 of forces, ii. 292. 



Triangular numbers, i. 209. 



Trigonometrical survey, i. 351 ; ii. 453. 



Tycho Brahe, on star discs, i. 314, 321 ; 

 obliquity of earth s axis, 337 ; cir- 

 cumpolar stars, 425 ; Sirius, 454. 



Tyndall, natural constants, i. 380 ; 

 precautions in experiment, ii. 41; 

 singing flames, 109 ; use of hypo 

 thesis, 134; magnetism, 188 ; scope 

 for discovery, 499. 



Types, classification by, ii. 409, 411. 



Undistributed middle, i. 77. 

 Undulations, ii. 176, 293. 423. 

 Undulatory theory, ii. 150, 174, 31 T, 



337- 



Uniformity of nature, ii. 440. 



Unit, definition of. i. 176 ; of time, 359; 

 of space, . ,65; of density, 371 ; of 

 mass, 372 ; subsidiary, 374; derived, 

 375 &amp;gt; provisionally independent, 377. 



Unity, la .v of, i. 86, 176, 182. 



V. 



Vapour-densities, ii. 186; anomalous, 



339- 



Variable, variant, ii. 51, 110. 

 Variation, instance of, i. 324 ; method 



of. ii. 50; periodic, 61; combined 



