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KI:II:I<;I itATiuN. 

 ge.-'s. -U ~ '. (iorrie's. :ti'i) ; Kirk'-. 

 329: Keeee's. :U7 ; \Viiidhiiu-en'-. 



Ket'rigeration, 3T7. 31S. :!:.' ; cheaper 

 for small than great reductions of 

 iipcrature. .'!_'.".; definition of. 

 :;-'! ; (by i-rtifnimf in/i <<f riilutih- 

 ubxfniii-i:t, ;{2."> ; displacement of 

 heat in, 32H ; Kirk's engine. ingeni- 

 ous, 329; methylic ether, 32s : 

 >ii-bu X Harrison's method of. :!2.~> : 

 smaller and less costly than me- 

 chanical, 328 ; sulphuric ether. 

 328) ; (% cm jHirtifii'it inul u/>*i-j>- 

 tinn, 325; Carre's machine for. 

 325 ; cheapness of production by, 

 32(! : description of. 111'.") : modifi- 

 cation of. 32l!) ; for houses and 

 places of resort, 325 ; (lnj im - 

 dm iiirnl iiirtlioilx.'.Wi ; l)yaifdrie('. 

 'noU-d. and compre>-ed. cxjiamlfd 

 and dniii.u: work. :MS. ;{i>t;. 'tL'T : 

 Kirk's, similar to reversed Stirling 

 air engine. 327 ; (Jorrie's. Dr.. ma- 

 chine for, 326 ; measure of, pro- 

 duced. 32(5 ; spontaneous expan- 

 sion of air does not produce, 327 : 

 suitable for moderate tempera- 

 tures, 328 ; Windhausen's machine. 

 327) ; methods, four, for, 325 ; (/;// 

 xiiliitioit of cnjxtitUhti' xiibxttiiH'i-x. 

 :52i) ; by carbonate of ammonia or 

 chloride of calcium. 32I>). 



Regnault's experiments on merrun 

 expansion. 3CS. 



Researches, recent, on terrestrial 

 attraction, .'{."is. 



Uendel. G. \V.. gun-carriages and 

 heavy ordnance, mechanical appli- 

 ances for, discussion of paper by. 

 890-888, 



Retorts, clay, for gas-making. 2!>7 : 

 leakage of gas through, 2!7. 



Ring, with dwarf flange, easy to roll, 

 394. 



Riveting, jointing all over, 39-1 ; 

 source of weakness, :>*'.'. 



sii:iti: AMI ii AIM:I-M\. 

 s's piston water meter. 27*. 



llobcrl -mi's evaporatiiivr plOCCM, ''-''. 



IJobinson, If., traiisinis-ii n of powei 

 t.i ili-t-u:ec-. di>cii<-ion of pa| 1-1 

 by. 3SC-38S. 



i;-.--ett i..ii -unVn iii|)i-rature.!H)<iii ( . 



Ruhmkorrf coil, discharge from. al- 

 sorbed in 100 yds. of cable, 313. 



Ruthven's plan of propulsion, refer- 

 ence to, 340. 



SABINE, R., pneumatic transmission 

 of telegrams, discussion of paper 



Sandwich target favourably 

 dered. 401. 



SehatVliaiisi'ii. wire rope, transmission 



of {>ower by, at, 3ss. 

 ' t Secchi I*e re, on sun's tempo nit 11 re. 

 lo.noo.o '.. 43:.. 



Selenium, light, effect of on, 409 : 

 physical character of changes in. 

 In 1 .) ; (Siemens's, Dr. Wer., inves- 

 tigations of, 409, 410 ; change in 

 capacity of heat of, 409, 410) ; 

 Smith's, W., investigations of, 410 



Selenium eye, Siemens's, C. W., 411 ; 

 colours, effects of, on, 412 ; de- 

 scription of, 411 ; fatigued under 

 influence of. light, 411 ; grating- 

 for, how prepared, 411 ; human 

 eyes, analogy of , to, 411. 



Sheathing, copper for iron ships, 309 : 

 zinc, 308, 309. 



Shell steel, superior to plate. I'M : 

 oil hardening and tempering of. 

 401. 



Shipbuilding, iron for, 3<9. 



Shot, velocity of, Siemens's. \\Yi.. 

 method of determining, 300. 



Shrinkage, mathematically calcu- 

 lated, could not be safely applied, 

 403, 404 ; tube deformed by, 4i2. 



Siebc & Harrison's refrigerating 

 machine, 325. 



