Nature, Nov. 2t, 1878] 



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XIX 



Simson (Alfred), the Hearing of Insect?, 540 



Siren, Improvements in the, 381, 382 



Siren Fog Signal, the Irish, 484 



Sitzungsberichte der Miinchener Akademie, lo5 



Siwalik and Pikermi Faunas, I'liDcene, njt Miocene, W. T. 

 Blanford, 501 



Skertchly (S. E. II.) and S. II. Miller, "The Fenland, Ta.t 

 and Present," 514 



Slate and Slate Quarrying, D. C. Davie^, 10 



Slavs, the Spread of the, H. II. Howorth, 479 



Slieve GulIiDn, the Ancient Volcanic District of, 475 



Sloths, Recent Observations upon the Placentation of the, J. C. 

 Gallon, 686 



Sniee (Alfred, F. R. S.), Memoir of, 380 



Smith (B. Woodd), Remarkable Form of Lightning, 302 



Smith (Frederick), Bees, 313 



Smith (H. H.), Exploration of the Amazon and Brazil, 466 



Smith (\V. H.), the Tailed Amphibians, 193 



Snake, the Structure and Development of the, Prof. W. K. 

 Parker, F.R.S., 202 



Snakes, Fear of, in the Primates, 227 



Soap, the Pedetic Action of, Prof. Stanley Jevons, F.R.S., 440 



Social Science Congress, 705 



Socialism in South Africa, F. E. Colenso, 194 



Society of Arts, Medals, Papers, &c., 652 



Solar Eclipses : Total of, July 29, 1878, 261, 353, 394, 401, 425, 

 43 ^» 457» 462; Prof. Newcomb's Instructians for Observa- 

 tions, 181 ; of May 16, 1882, and August 18, 1887, 199; the 

 Total of 1883, 261 ; of May 28, 1900, 358 



Solar Halo, E. Rodier, 13 



Solar Photography, Janssen's New Method, H. F. Blanford, 643 



Solar Radiation, M. R. Radau's Work on, 63 



Sjlar Spectrum: Photograph of, 271; Report on Oscillation 

 Frequencies of the Rays of the, 505 ; Dr. J. C. Draper on 

 the Presence of the Lines of the Oxygen Spectrum in the, 



654 



Solar, see also Sun 



Solenoids and Unipolar Induction Currents, 106 



Sohd and Melted Materials, the Relative Specific Gravities of, 

 397, 464 



Sorby (H. C, F.R.S.), the Colouring of Birds' Eggs, 426; on 

 a New Method of Studying the Optical Characters of Mineral-, 

 684 



Sound, Transmission of, by Wires, W. J. Millar, 12; the 

 Various Methods of Determining the Velocity of, 558 ; on 

 the Nature of Vibratory Motions, Prof. A. M. Mayer, 571, 

 594, 648 ; on the View of the Propagation of, demanded by 

 the Acceptance of the Kinetic Theory of Gases, S. Tolver 

 I'reston, 253 ; the Structure of Fluid Columns which are 

 affected by, R. II. Ridout, 604 



South Kensington : Natural History Museum, 21 ; Science and 

 Art Department, 104 



Southern Hemisphere and the Mediterranean, the Tides of 

 the, Capt. Evans, F.R.S., and Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., 

 670 



Southwell (G. James C), " The Epoch of the Mammoth," 245 



Space, the Co-ordination of, 323 



Spain, Science in, 49, 105 ; Education in, 484 



Sparrow-like Bird, a Fossil, 204 



Sparrows, Parental Affection in, 489 



Spectra of Metalloids, Spectrum of Oxygen, Dr. A. Schuster, 

 269 



Spectroscopy : an Eclipse Spectroscope, J. Norman Lockyer, 

 F.R.S., 224; a New Spectroscope, 350; Measuring Scale 

 for Pocket Spectroscopes, Prof. A, S. Herschel, 300; Spec- 

 troscopic, la, A. Cazin, 564 ; Professors Liveing and Devvar 

 *' On the Reversal of the Lines of Metallic Vapours," 109, 321 



Spectrum of Electric Light (Jablochkoff), E. Walker, 384 



Spectrum, Photography of the Least Refrangible End of the, 

 Capt. W. de W. Abney, F.R.S., 163 



Spence (J. M.), the Land of Bolivar, 230 



Spence-Bate (C, F.R.S.), on the Crustacea, 483 



Spojicer (Herbert), Dinner to, 132 



Spengel's Translation of "Huxley's Anatomy," 298 



iipergularia marina, on the Stipules of, Prof. Alex. Dickson, 

 507 



Spheroid, the Precession of a Viscous, G, H. Darwin, 580 



Spicer (Rev. W. W.), Handbook of the Plants of Tasmania, 

 327 



Spider, Basilica, the Snare of the, 387 



Spiders, Power of Stupefying, possessed by Wasps, William E. 

 Armit, 642 ; Henry Cecil, 695 



Spinoza, the Monument to, 372 ; his House at the Hague, 683 



Spirit-Levels, the Displacement of the Bubble in, 272 



Sponges, the Structure and Development of, 307 



Spores, Resting, Dr. E. Perceval Wright, 173 



Spottiswoode (\Vm., F.R.S.), Inaugural Addre s at the British 

 Association Meeting at Dublin, 404 



Stil (Prof. C), Death of, 237 



Stanford's Stereographical Map of the British Isles, 19 ; Geo- 

 logical Map of London, 235 ; Compendium of Geography and 

 Travel, 378 ; Map of Cyprus, 520 ; Maps of the Indian and 

 Afghan Frontiers and of W^estern Asia, 647 



Stanhope "Demonstrator" or Logical Machine, R. Harley 

 F.R.S., 506 



Stanley (H. M.), " Through the Dark Continent," 175 



Staples (H. J.), Lightning Phenomenon, 67 



Stars: Mira Ceti, 180 ; Measures of Double, 225; the Binary 

 .Star a Centauri, 225 ; the " Temporary Stars " of Kepler and 

 Anthelm, 281 ; Further Re earches on the Scintillation of, 

 292; Double, 334; the Reported Observation of "Vulcan," 

 383 ; Olber's Star near 7 Pegasi, 426 ; Researches made at 

 Dunsinkon the Annual Parallax of, by Prof. R. S. Ball, 505 ; 

 Variable, 520, 570 ; the Mean Parallax of a Star of First 

 Magnitude, 669 ; J. R. Hind, F.R.S., on Stellar Objects 

 seen during the Eclipse of 1869, 663 ; a Missing Star, 696 



Star-fish, a New Fossil, 476 



Star-fishes, the Comet Forms of, 252 



State Aid to Science, 629 



" Statics," Minchin's, 247 ; Oscar Thorpe's, 247 



Statistical Society's Prize Essay, 372 



Steam, Heating Towns by, 183 



Steering of Vessels, Effect of the Reversed Screw on the, 46S 



Steering, the Mallory Propeller, 465 



Stellar Objects seen during the Eclipse of 1869, J. R. Hind, 

 F.R.S., 663 



Stereographical Map of the British Isles, 19 



Stereoscopic and Alternate Vision, W. M. Flinders Petrie, 115 



Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), on the Diurnal Range of the 

 Magnetic Declination as recorded at Trevandrum Observatory, 

 25 ; Eastward Progress of Terrestrial Magnetism, 38 ; the 

 Variations of the Diurnal Range of the Magnetic Declination, 

 as recorded at the Prague Observatory, 242 ; is the Sun One- 

 sided? 487 ; Sun-Spots and Weather, 616 



Stimulants of Savages, 351 



Stone (J. Harris), a Meteorite, 464 



Stoney (Dr. Johnstone, F.R.S.), and Prof. Reynolds, on tae 

 Spectrum of Chlorochromic Anhydrids, 473 



Storm Warnings, American, Jerome J. Collins, 4, 31, 6i ; Dr. 

 Woeikof, 517 



Storm*:, Prof. Loomis on, 2S8 ; Storms of the Pacific State-, 

 335 ; the Great Storm of September 15-16, 680 



Strasburg, New University Buildings at, 214; Number of 

 Students at, 374 



Streams and Rivers, the Conservancy of, Edward Easton, C.E., 

 452 



Streeter's "Gold," 115 



"Strickland's Zoological Nomenclature," 436 



Stridulating Crustaceans, 53, 95 



Strike, the Influence of, on the Physical Features of Ireland^ 

 Edward T. Hardman, 506 



Struve (Prof.), Visit to Western Europe, 502 



" Studies in Physical Science," W, J. Millar, 693 



Styria, Bone-Caves in, 618 



Submarine Cables, the Electric Current in, 106 ; a Cable on 

 Fke, 632 



Sugar, the Amount of, in the Nectar of Various Flowers, 474 



Suhl, Mineral Spring at, 706 



Suicides among Austrian Students, 293 



Sulphuric Acid, Chemical Action of, 317 



Sun : Eclipse of the, July 29, 1878, 261, 353, 394, 425, 430 ; 

 Prof. Newcomb's Instructions for Observations, 181 ; J. 

 Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 353, 394, 401, 457 ; Dr. Henry 

 Draper, 462 ; is the Sun One-sided ? Prof. Balfour Stewart, 

 F.R.S.,487 ; Sun and Earth, F. Chambers, 619 



Sunday Society, 291 ; the Opening of Libraries, 533 ; Art 

 Exhibitions, 601 



Sunshine, Relative Duration of, at Kew and Greenwich, 296 



Sun-Spots : Sun-Spot Frequency and Zodiacal Light, 148 ; Sun- 

 Spot Periods and CommerciaL Failures, 372; Sun-Spots and 



