Nature, May il, 1876] 



INDEX 



XI 



Secbohm (H.), Ornithological Collection, 14 



Seeley (Prof. H. G.), the Omithosauria.. 98 



Selenium, Action of Light on, 238, 407, 419 ; Herr W. Siemen's 



Researches on, 112 

 Settle Cave Committee, Report of, 55 

 Sexuality of Plants and Sir Thomas MUlington, 85, 127, 166, 



1S5 

 Sheep, Small-pox of, E. Klein, F.R.S., 467 

 Siberia, Notes from, Prof. George Forbes, 469 

 Siberia, Northern, German Expedition to, 36S 

 Siebold (Prof, von), Fresh-water Fishes of England, 366 

 Siemens (Dr. C. W., F,R.S.), the Action of Light on Selenium, 



407 ; Bathometer, 431 

 ."^^iemens ^Herr W.), Researches on Selenium, 112 

 Silica, Prof. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., on various Forms of Silica, 



Sirius, the Companion of, 428 



vSivewright (J.), Preece and Sivewright's "Tel^raphy," 511 

 Skeleton, Inquest on a, in New Zealand, 196 

 Skin-scrapers, Flint, from New Jersey, 270 

 Sloths, Protective Resemblance in the, J. C.Galton, 187 

 Small-pox of Sheep, E. Klein, F.R.S., 467 

 Smith (Hermann) on the Nature of ^Musical Pipes having a Pro- 

 pulsive Mode of Action, 511 

 Smith (Worthington G.}, Fertilisatioa of Basidiomycetes, 186; 



Potato Disease, 524 

 Smithsonian Institution, Report of, 94 

 Sm)rth (R. B.,) Geological Map of Australia, 352 

 Smyth (Prof. Piazzi), Scientific Research the [Promotion of 



Science, 45 

 Snow, Red, 414 

 Socotra, the Island of, 414, 426 

 Solar Eclipses of 1605, 108 ; of 1999, 169 ; of 1876, March 25, 



248 ; Total, of 1876, 268 ; of 1706, 307 ; of 1883, 406 , 

 Solar Halos, 49^, 512 ; Coloured, 404, 426, 466 

 Solar Spectra, Capt. Abney on Photographing, 419 

 Solar Spots, Veiled, Mr. Trouvelot on, 497 

 Somerset House and the Public Analysts, 242 

 Somersetshire, Floods in, 155 

 Sorby (H. C, F.R.S.), Address at Microscopical Society, 3S4 ; 



Apparatus for Measuring Spectra, 159 ; Colour of Flowers 



Grown in the Dark, 465 ; the Evolution of Hsemoglobin, 306 ; 



Measuring Bands in Spectra, 39 ; Relation between Micro- 

 scope and Molecules of Matter, 332 

 Sound, Prof. Osborne Reynolds on the Refraction of, 218 ; Prof. 



Stein on the Formation of, 78 

 South Kensington, Lectures on Botany at, 436 ; Loan Exhibition 



of Scientific Apparatus at, 36, 196, 231, 274, 295, 315, 349, 



375) 413. 503 ; Musical Instruments at, 443 

 Southall (J. C), "The Recent Origin of Man," 245, 4S4, 510 

 Southport, Aquarium, 197 ; Botanic Garden and Museuni at, 495 

 South worth (A. S.), "Four Thousand Miles of African Travel," 



43 

 Spectra, D-line, Major W. A. Ross, 366 : Prof. G. G. Stokes, 



F.R.S., 247 

 Spectra, H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., Apparatus for Measuring, 159; 



Measuring Bands in, 39 ; of Solutions, New Form of Tube 



for Observing, 74 ; of Stars, Padre Secchi, 480 

 Spectroscopy, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., on some Recent 



Methods of, 239 

 Spectrum Analysis, Prof. Stokes, F.R.S., on the Early History 



of, 188 

 Spectrum of Fish-pigment, George Francis, 167 

 Spectrum, Photography of Red End of the, Capt. W. de W. 



Abney, 432 

 Sphygmograph, M. Bouilland on the, 114 

 Spiders, Old and New "World, 281 

 Spinoza, Proposed Statue of, 315 

 Spottiswoode (W., F.R.S.), Experiment on Electro-magnetic 



Rotation, 49S 

 Spring Plants, the Flowering of, Alex- Bachan, 249 

 Snin.rrels, Cherry Blossoms destroyed by, 26 



•ford's Map of India, 95 ; Geographical Maps, 396 

 ^ aiey's Exploration of Africa, 35, 53, 76, 93 

 Stars, 226; Atlas Pleiadum, 2 453, 129; B.A.C. 793, 419; 



Bmary, 69, 287, 249 ; the Binary 7 Coron^e Australia. 248 ; 



Double, 449 ; Double, Rugby Catalogue of, 2S7 ; 40 Eridani, 



8 ; Proper Motion of a- Centauri, 8 : Variable. 27, 150, 227, 

 ^ 306, 326, 367, 467, 486 

 Stationary Liquid Waves, Dr. Guthrie, 99 

 Steam, Physical Constitution of, J. J. Murphy, 466 



Stein (Prof.) on the Formation of Sound, 78 



Stenographic Exhibition at Rome, 1 14 



Sterlets at the Manchester Aquarium, 77 



Stevenson (Thos.^, Proposed Optical Barometer, 150 



Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.) on Measuring tlie Heat of the 



Sun, 118 

 Stieler's Hand Atlas, 236 

 Stockholm Academy of Sciences, 320 

 Stockwell (J. N.), Theory of the Moon's Motions, 88 

 Stokes (Prof. G. G., F.R.S.) D i ne Spectra, 247 ; the i!.arly 



History of Spectrum Analysi-, iS8 

 Stoliczka's (Dr. ) Collection of Mammals, 106, 109 

 .Stone (Dr ). on Thermopiles, 59 



Stoney (Prof. Johnstone, F.R.S.), on Radiometers, 420 

 Storer (F. H.), Cherry Blossoms destroyed by Squirrels, 26 

 Storms: Blasius on, 421 ; T. S. Usborne, 406 ; Faye on the 



Laws of, II, 87, 187 

 Stranga (Col., F.R.S.), Obituary Notice ot, 396, 408 

 Strata, Bristow's Tables of British, 464 

 Stream Lines, Wm. Froude, F.R.S. on, 50, 89, 130, 169 

 Stnive's Companion of Procyon, 406 

 Submarine Explorations, W. Topley, 133 

 Sub- Wealden Exploration, 175, 334, 396 

 Sulphurous Acid Ice-Machine, Raoul Pictet's, 432 

 Sumatra, Exploration of. Dr. A. A. W. Hubrecht, 209 

 Sun : Prof. Balfour Stewart on Measuring tha Heat of the, 1 18 ; 

 P. A. Secchi on Eric-son's Researches on the, 46 ; Origin of 

 the Heat of the, "\V. Coutie, 126 : the Bothkamp Obser- 

 vations, 402 ; Rotation of, and Moon's Revolution and the 

 Earth's Magnetism, 466 

 Sun-spots, 497 ; and the price of com, 15 ; Father Secchi on, 



137 

 Surrey Commercial Docks, Excavations at, 77 

 Sussex, Flora of, 155 



Sutton (Dr. G.), Report on Trichinosis, 105 

 Sweden : Rainfall of, 436 ; Tornado in, 216 

 Swedish Arctic Expedition, 16, 116 



Switzerland, Traces of Man in the Glacial Coal-beds of, 130 

 " Syllabus of Plane Geometry," 102 

 ' Symonds (Rev. W. S.), Ancient Glacier Action in Centra 



France, 67 ; the Fossil Skeletons of Le Puy en Velay, 207 ; 



Ancient Glaciers in France, 425 



j Tacchini (Prof.), Sun-spots, 497 



Tait (Prof.), on the Earth's A<Te, 486; '-Recent Advances ia 

 I Physical Science," Prof. Clerk Jlaxwell, F.R.S., 461 

 I Tartaric and Citric Acids, 78 

 ' Tea, Cultivation of, in India, 175 

 I Telegraph Cables, Testing of Deep Sea, 517 

 I "Telegraphy," Preece and Sivewright's, 441 

 i Telescope, the Great, of the Paris Observatory, 229 



Thames, High Tides in the, 54 



Thermal Energy and Radiation; Capt. J. Ericsson, 114, 224 



Thermometer, Self-registering, 79 



Thermopiles, Dr. Stone on, 59 



Theophrastus versus Millington, 127 



Thibet, Upper, Mirage in, 67 



Thomson (Prof. \Vy ville). Obituary Notice of Dr. von Willemoes 

 Suhm, 88 ; the Work of the Challenger, "jo 



Thorell (T.), European and North African Spiders, 281 



Thorpe (Prof. T. E.), Specific Volumes of Liquids, 397 



Three Kingdoms of Nature, 367, 386 



Thiffston (Prof. R. H.), " The Mechanical Engineer," 16 



Tides, Extraordinary, B. G. Jenkins, 69 



Tilden (W. A.), Physical Science in Schools, 373 



"Timber and Timber Trees," Laslett's, 181 



Time, Correct, in Country Towns, 95 



Tissandier's Photography ; R. Meldola, 204 



Tomlinson (C, F.R.S.), on Safety Matches, 469 



Tomsk University, 357 



Topley (W.), Channel Tunnel — Submarine Elxplorations, 133 



Tornado in Sweden, 216 



Toulouse, New Telescope at the Observatory, 16 



" Tour de France," 135 



Trade Winds, Course of the, 12, 



Tramways, Condensed Air, 228 ; Steam Engines on, 77 



Transit of Venus, 238 



Trees, Effects of Lightning on, 120 



Trichinosis, Dr. G. Sutton's Report on, 105 



Troglodytes, French and Swiss, 401 



Trogonidoe, J. Gould's Mon<^raph of the, 166 



