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Rutley (FRANK). [1842-1904] 



Presented, in 1902, collections of rock-specimens (with microscopic 

 sections) from the Malverns, North Wales and Cornwall, illustrating his 

 papers in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 



Ryan (SYDNEY). 



Presented, in 1899, a collection (over 100 specimens) of gneisses, 

 schists, ferruginous shales, etc., from the Ingwenya Berg and Embahaan 

 district, West Swaziland. 



Sabine (Sir EDWABD). [1788-1883] 

 President of the Eoyal Society [1861-1871]. 

 Presented, in 1818, amber, graphite, and other minerals from Greenland. 



St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Sciences. 



Presented, in 1776, a fragment of the Pallas meteorite. 



Samuel (N.). 



Presented, in 1903, a series of rock-specimens, which he had collected 

 in Ashantee. 



San Francisco, Town Authorities of. 



Presented, in 1863, a specimen of the Tucson meteorite. 



Sanderson (JOHN). [M881] 

 Of Natal. 

 Presented, in 1878, a fragment of the Cronstad meteorite. 



Sanderson (J. H.). 



Presented, in 1877, a series (about 30 specimens) of basaltic rocks 

 from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 



Sansoni (Prof. FRANCESCO). [1853-1895] 



An extensive collection of crystals of calcite, being part of the material 

 used by him for his memoirs on the crystallography of that species, was 

 purchased in 1895. 



Scheerer (Prof. K. J. A. T.). [1813-1875] 

 See KEILHAU (Prof. B. M.). 



Schimper (Dr. WILHELM). [1804-1878] 



Collected in the neighbourhood of Adowa and Axum, Abyssinia, a series 

 (about 100 specimens) of schists and slates, and phonolitic rocks containing 

 riebeckite and ajgirine ; the specimens were purchased in 1869. 



Schlagintweit (HERMANN [1826-1882], ADOLPH [1829-1857], 

 and ROBERT [1833-1885], VON). 



Collected a series of rock-specimens, when on a scientific mission to 

 India and High Asia between the years 1854-1858 ; the specimens were 

 incorporated in the India Museum, and transferred to the British Museum 

 in 1879. 

 Schulten (AUGUST BENJAMIN, Baron DE). [1856- ] 



Lecturer in chemistry at the University of Helsingfors. 



Presented, in 1898, a large polished block of orbicular granite from 

 Kangasniemi, Finland. 



