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Index 



XXXV 



Scott (R, H., F.R.S.). Obituary Notice of Hon. Ralph 



Abercromby, 55 

 Sjourfield (D. J.), the Land Fauna of Spitsbergen, 60 

 "^eal, Grey, on the Breeding Habits of the, J. E. Harting. 465 

 >earle (Prof. G. M.), Appointment of, to the Vatican 

 Observatory, 256 



Season, the Colour of Flowers blooming out of, E. Hughes- 

 Gibb, 100 



See (Dr. T. J. J.), the Binary fl 395 = 82 Ceti, 36 ; the Com- 

 panion of Sirius, 136 ; Double and Multiple Southern Stars, 

 617 



^eeds, Note on the Influence of very Low Temperatures on the 

 Cierminative Power of, Horace T. Brown, F.R.S., 138, 150; 

 F. Escombe, 138 



Seguy (Gaston), Method of Reducing Time of Exposure in 

 Radiography, 24 



Seismology : the Indian Earthquake at Paris, M. Moureau, 12 ; 

 the Calcutta Earthquake of June 12, Prof. F. Omori, 59 ; 

 Bollettino della Societa Italiana, 46, 116, 261 ; New Electric 

 Seismoscope, Dr. G. Agamennone, 59 ; the Hereford Earth- 

 quake of December, 1897, J. Lomas, 85 ; the Hereford 

 Earthquake in Hertfordshire, H. G. Fordham, 229 ; Recent 

 Seismology, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 246, 272; the Geo- 

 dynamic Observatory of Catania, Prof. A. Ricco, 324 ; Earth- 

 quakes in North Britain, James M'Cubbin, 391 ; the Source 

 of Periodic Waves, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 493 ; Seismology 

 in New Zealand, George Hogben, 494 



Selection, Random, Prof. Karl Pearson, F. R.S., N. L. G. 

 Filon, 210 



Selenium, Profs. C. Runge and F. Paschen's Researches on the 

 Spectra of Oxygen, Sulphur, and. Prof. Arthur Schuster, 

 F.R.S., 320 



Seler (Dr. E. ), the Temple Pyramid of Tepotzlan, 551 



Self-fertilisation in the Banana, Mechanism of, Gopal R. Tambe, 

 510 



Semichon (L. ), Use of Oxydase in Wiae- Making, 360 



Semmola (Prof. E.), no Relation between Activity of Vesuvius 

 and Moon's Phases, 613 



Sennevoy(R. P. de), Hermetical Pourer, 310 



Sergi(Prof. G.), Arii e Italici, 268 



Serials, Astronomical, 472 



Serotherapy : the Plague and. Dr. A. Lustig, [84 ; Pasteur 

 Institute Antirabic Work at Tiflis, 103 ; Vespidce Venom 

 Vaccinatory against Viper Venom, C. Phisalix, 168 ; Bile 

 Salts Vaccine against Snake- Poison, 191 ; Year's Work of 

 Russian Institute of Experimental Medicine, 228 ; Serum 

 Treatment of Diphtheria in Russia, Dr. Rauchfuss, 351 ; on 

 the Use of Glycerinated Calf Lymph for Protective Vaccina- 

 tion against Small-pox, 391 ; Serotherapy and Rinderpest in 

 South Africa, 398 ; the Story of Gloucester, 221, 537, 606 



Setchell (William A.), Laboratory Practice for Beginners in 

 Botany, 268 



Sewage Purification, a New System of, Mr. Cameron, 14 



Sewage and Water, the Purification of, W. J. Dibdin, 601 



Sewer Gas, and its Influence on Health, H. A. Roechling, Mrs. 

 Percy Frankland, 387 



Shadwell (Arthur), the Diffusion of Typhoid Fever, 254 



Shark Chlainydoselachiis anguineus in Varanger Fjord, 302 



Shell-fish, on Augury from Combat of, 'Kumagusu Minakata, 

 342 



Shenstone (W. A.), Influence of Silent Electrical Discharge on 

 Air, 430 



Sherrington (Prof.), on the Physiology of Unstriped Muscular 

 Tissue, 17 ; on the Production of an Intense Colour of Sub- 

 jective Origin, 19 



Shields (Dr. John), the Occlusion of Hydrogen and Oxygen by 

 Palladium, 262 ; Arbeiten des Physikalisch-chemischen In- 

 stituts der Universitat Leipzig aus den Jahren 1887 bis 1896, 

 508 



Shimek (B.), the Ferns of Nicaragua, 373 



Ship Model Experiment Tank, 517 



Siamese : the Kingdom of the Yellow Rdbe ; being Sketches 

 of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the, 

 Ernest Young, 559 



Sidersky (D. ), Les Constantes Physico-chemiques, 197 



Sieber (N.). the Rinderpest Germ, 13 



Silkworm Gut, Manner of obtaining, 158 



Silver, Gold in, R. F. Arnott, 205 



Silver Iodide, a Cubic Modification of Native, L. J. Spencer, 

 574 



Simmons (A. J.), Physiography for Advanced Students, 126 



Simon (Louis), a Colour Reaction of Aldehyde, 239; New 

 Colour Reaction of Phenylhydrazine, 384 



Simpson (Sir James Young) and Chloroform, H. Laing Gordon, 

 361 



Sinclair (W. F.), the Dugong, 198 



Singer (Ignatius), some Unrecognised Laws of Nature, 121 



Sirius, the Companion of, Dr. See, 136 ; Parallax of. Dr. Gill, 

 374 



Skertchly(S. B. J.), the " Copper V\axi\." Polycarpaa spirostyles, 

 303 



Skiagraphy after Injection of the Blood-vessels with Mercury, 

 Drs. H. J. Stiles and H. Rainy, 485 



Skinner (Mr.), Chemical Effect of Impact of Kathode Rays, 

 119 



Slaby (Dr.), Telegraphy by Circuit, 589 



Sleep : its Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene and Psychology, 

 Marie de Manaceine, 172 



Small-pox, the Story of Gloucester, 221 ; Alex. Wheeler, 537, 

 606 ; on the Use of Glycerinated Calf Lymph for Protective 

 Vaccination against, 391 



Smith (A. Geo.), the Aurora of March 15, 511 



Smith (Charles), Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Books I. and 

 II., 433 



Smith (H. G), Myrticolorin, 431 



Smith (W. W.), Starlings and Honey, 544 



Smithsonian Institution Report, S. P. Langley, 544 



Smits (Dr. A.), Instrument for keeping Tension above Boilinjj 

 Liquid Constant, 263 



Snake-poison : Vespida Venom Vaccinatory against Viper Venom, 

 C. Phisalix, ,168 ; Bile Salts Vaccine against, C. Phisalix, 

 191 ; Tyrosin a Chemical Vaccine against Snake-poison, C. 

 Phisalix, 360 



Snake Venom in its Prophylactic Relations with " Poison " of 

 the same and other sorts. Dr. Kanthack, 132 



Snowstorm, Severe, in South-west England on February 21, 

 397 



Snyder (Dr. V.), Geometry of Differential Expressions in Ilexa- 

 spherical Coordinates, 357 



Sohncke (Dr. L.), Death of, 85 



Solar Constant, the, Dr. G. B. Rizzo, 205 



Solar Eclipse, the Total, 1898, 35, 105, 294, 325, 365 ; Sir 

 Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 342; Arrival of Eclipse 

 Parties at Bombay, 230 



Solar Eclipse of 1900, Total, 159 



Solar Facula;, the Movement of. Dr. W, Stratonoff, 591 



Solar Rotation : the Twenty-six-Day Period, Prof. A. Schuster, 

 613 



Solpuga, the Nature and Habits of Pliny's, R. I. Pocock, 618 



Solution of Quadratic Equations, the, E. Cuthbert Atkinson, 

 Prof. G. B. Mathews, F.R.^., 463 



Somerville (William), Bau und Leben unserer Waldbaume, 

 Dr. M. Biisgen, 126 



Sonstadt (E.), Production of Platinum Monochloride, 383 



Sorby (Dr. H. C, F.R.S.), the Preparation of Marine Animals 

 and Plants as Transparent Lantern-slides, 520 



South Africa, the Rainfall of, 114 



South Kensington Science Buildings, 485, 539 



Southern Ocean, Icebergs in, since July 1895, H- 0. Russell, 

 F.R.S., 192, 543 



Southern Stars, the Magnitudes of 1081, Stanley Williams, 

 491 



Spanton (J. Humphrey), Complete Perspective Course, 602 



Sparrows and Crocuses, 543 



Spectrum Analysis : Observation of Zeeman's Phenomenon, 

 W. Konig, 70; Prof. T. W. Engelmann's Tables, 85; Spec- 

 trum of a Meteor, Prof. E. C. Pickering, loi ; the Spectra 

 of Argon, Dr. Rydberg, 157 ; Variations in the Spectrum of 

 Nebula in Orion, 180 ; a New Method of Interferential 

 Spectroscopy, A. Perot and Ch. Fabry, 263 ; a Variable 

 Bright Hydrogen Line, Miss A. J, Cannon, 284 ; a New 

 Spectroscopic Binary, 284 ; Profs, C. Runge and F. Paschen's 

 Researches on the Spectra of Oxygen, Sulphur, and Selenium, 

 Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 320; Rowland's Tables, 326; 

 Spectrum Researches of »; A quilae. Prof. A. Belopolsky, 353 

 Study of Radiations by Interferential Spectroscopy, A. Perot 

 and Ch. Fabry, 359; Carbon in the Chromosphere, Dr. 

 Hale, 374 ; Comparison of Oxygen with Extra Lines in 

 Spectra of Helium Stars, and Summary of Spectra of 

 Southern Stars, F. McClean, F.R.S., 405; a Spectroscope 



