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INDEX 



[Nature, June "J, i8S8 



Snow, Effect of, on the Polarization of the Sky, James C. 



McConnel, 177 

 Snow-fall of the Past Winter, Dr. Hellmann, 552 

 "Soapstone" of Fiji, Henry B. Brady, F.R.S., 142 

 Society of Arts, Meetings of, 36 

 Sociology of the Australians, Contributions to the, M. Elisee 



Reclus, 163 

 Soda, Part played by the Absorbing Power of the Soil in the 



Formation of the Natural Carbonates of, 407 

 Sodico-Potassic Carbonate, on a, 624 

 Sodium and Potassium, Experiments upon the so-called Alloy 



between the Metals, 112 

 Sokoloif (A.), Researches into the Oscillations of Electrical 



Force in Electrolytes, 525 

 Solar Atmosphere, the Existence of Platinum in the, Hutchins 



and Holden, 358 

 Solar Eclipse, Total, of August 19, 1887, L. Niesten, 118; 



Prof. Vogel, 311 

 Solar Eclipse, Total, of October 29, 878, Rev. C. S. Taylor, 



223 

 Solar Parallax, on the Value of, M. Cruls, 215 

 Solids, the Flow of, or Liquefaction by Pressure, 47 

 Solly, E., Specialization, 519 

 Solomon Group, the Volcanic and Coral Islands, H. B. Guppy, 



98 

 Solomqn Islands : their Geology, General Features, and Suit- 

 ability for Colonization, Dr. H. B. Guppy, 98 ; the Natives 



of. Dr. H. B. Guppy, 196 ; Solomon Islands, C. M. 



Woodford, his Exploration of, 331, 546 

 Solubility, on the Decreasing, of the Sulphates, A. Etard, 



504 

 Solum, Norway, Earthquake at, 329 

 Somali Arrow Poison, Analysis of, Arnaud, 575 

 Somoff (P. ), on the Number of Parameters which determine the 



Displacement of a Kinematic Chain, 525 

 Sormani (Prof Giuseppe), on the Neutralizers of Tubercular 



Virus, 404 

 Soudan, Eroded Agate Pebbles from, Prof. V. Ball, F.R.S., 



574 

 Sound, Light, and Heat, Mark R. Wright, 199 

 Sound, the Velocity of, J. VioUe and Thos. Vautier, 575 

 South America, Inter-diurnal Variability of Temperature in. 



Dr. Oscar Doering, 39 

 South American Antiquities, Collection of, 301 

 South Australia, Digi^ing, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in 



the Northern Territory of, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, 363 

 South Kensington, American Lake Trout {S. namaycusJi) at, 



208 

 South Kensington Museum, Francis Gallon's Lectures on 



Heredity and Nurtui-e at, 112 

 South Kensington Science Teaching, 553 

 Sowerby (G. B. ), New Species of Shells, 526 

 Spain : Rainfall of. Dr. Hellmann, 312 ; Failure of the Sardine 



Fishery on the Atlantic Shores of the Northern Portion of, 



543 

 Space, Geometry in, 603 

 Specialization, by E. Solly, 519 

 Specific Gravity, Density and, L. Gumming, 584 

 Specific Heat of Gases, Dr. Pringsheim, 216 

 Specific Inductive Capacity, J. Hopkinson, F.R. S., 142 

 Spectra of the Elements, on the Ultra- Violet, by Profs. Liveing 



and Dewar, 526 

 Spectra of Oxygen : M. J. Janssen, 624 ; and Carbon compared 



with that of the Sun, Prof. Trowbridge and Hutchins, Dr. H. 



Draper, Prof J. C. Draper, 114 

 Spectra, on a Simple Relation between the Wave-lengths of, 



A. E. Nordenskjold, 120 

 Spectral Rays, New Fluorescences with well-defined, 47 

 Spectroscope, the Use of the, as a Hygrometer, F. W. Cory, 



143 



Spectroscopic Catalogue, O'Gyalla, 259 



Spectrum Analysis : the Existence of Platinum in the Solar 

 Atmosphere, Hutchins and Holden, 358 ; Notes on Spectrum 

 of Aurora, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R. S., 358 ; the Spectrum 

 of the Oxyhydrogen Flame, Profs. Liveing and Dewar, 383 



Specula, Making Glass, by Hand, A. Ainslie Common, F. R.S., 

 382 



Spencer (Herbert), First Principles, S. Tolver Preston, 221 



Spermatozoa, Dr. Benda's Researches on the Development of, 

 264 



Sphere, on the Motion of a, in a Viscous Liquid, A. B. Bassett, 

 164 



Spider, Habits of a Running, Herr Beck, 283 



Spirits, the Revenue Method of Estimating and Charging the 

 Duty on, 481 



Spitzbergen Whale Fisheries, 301 



Sponge Fisheries, Prof Schmidt's Method of Artificial Propa- 

 gation of, 595 



Sponges : Challenger Report on, i ; American Forms of Fresh- 

 water Sponges, Edward Potts, 209 



Stag, Red Deer, without Horns, J. Harting, 526 



Stahl (Herr), on the Significance of those Excreta of Plants 

 known as " Raphides," 209 



Stalactite Cave, Discovery of a, near Steinbach, in the Upper 

 Palatinate, 16 



Stalagmometer, New Instrument for determining the Amount 

 of Fusel Oil in Spirituous Liquors, Herr Traube, 209 



Stanley (H. M.), Latest Communication from, 38 



Stapfif (Dr. ), Measurements of the Temperature of the Earth in 

 South Africa, 167 



Starfish : Brittle, a Troublesome Parasite of a, J. Walter 

 Fewkes, 274 ; Amoeboid Corpuscles in, Herbert E. Durham, 

 334 ; Edmond Perrier, 504 



Stars : on a Geometric Form of the Effects of Radiation in 

 the Diurnal Motion of the, M. Gruey, 72 ; Probable New 

 Class of Variable Stars, Rev. T. E. Espin, 158 ; Observa- 

 tions of Variable Stars, Edwin Sawyer, 545 ; Variable Star 

 U Ophiuchi, S. C. Chandler, Jun., 36, 90 ; Star of Bethlehem, 

 169; John T. Nicolson, 221; Prof Wm. Pengelly, F.R.S., 

 221 ; E. Coatham, 221 ; Duner on Stars with Spectra of 

 Class III., 234, 260 ; Occultations of Stars by Planets, Herr 

 A. Berberich, 234, 284 ; Photography in the Determination 

 of the Motions of Stars in the Line of Sight, Dr. Huggins, 

 616 



Statistical Society, Inaugural Address, in 



Statistics of Thought, Prolegomena to the, A. Bastian, 387 



Stature of the Ancient Inhabitants of the Canary Islands, on the. 

 Dr. R. Verneau, 163 



Stavanger, West Coast of Norway, Magnificent Meteor seen at, 

 138 



Steains ( W. J. ), Rio Doce and its Northern Tributaries, Brazil, 



Steam Motors, M. Clausius s New Theory of, 24 

 Steam Users, Pland-book for, M. Powis Bale, 30 

 Stecher (Dr. Ernst), on Contact Phenomena of Scottish Olivine 



Diabases, 527 

 Stecker (Herr Anton.), Death of, 597 

 Steels, Modern, Heat Dilatation from Low Temperatures of, 



Thos. Andrews, 308 

 Steinbach, in the Upper Palatinate, Discovery of a Stalactite 



Cave near, 16 

 Steiner's (Dr. von), Brazilian Expedition, 570 

 Stellar Photography, Telescopes for. Sir Howard Grubb, 614 

 Stephen (W.), Educational List and Directory, 16 

 Stephenson (C. A.), on Earthquakes in Scotland, 527 

 Stevenson (Robert Louis), Life of Fleeming Jenkin, 559 

 Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F. R.S.) : Politics and the Presidency of 



the Royal Society, 76 ; Death of, 186 ; Obituary Notice of. 



Prof. P. G. Tait, 202 

 Stewart (Prof. C), Threcalia concavierala, 539 

 Stockholm : Royal Academy of Sciences, 168, 192, 312, 456, 



552 ; Red After- Glow observed in the Vicinity of, 399 

 Stohr (Dr. Philipp), Lehrbuch der Histologic, 461' 

 Stokes (Prof G. G., P.R.S.): and the Representation of the 



University of Cambridge in Parliament, 15 ; as the Represen- 

 tative of the University of Cambridge, 49 ; Speech on Science, 



III 

 Stokes (Margaret), Early Christian Art in Ireland, 341 

 Stoletow (Prof. A.), Newton's "Principia," 273 

 Stomata, on the Part played by the, in the Inspiration and 



Expiration of Gases, 72 

 Stone (Olivia M.), Canary Islands, 201 ; Tenerife and its Six 



Satellites, 221 

 Stone with Drawings and Runic Inscriptions discovered on the 



South-west Coast of Sweden, 399 

 Stonehenge, Preservation of, 91 

 Stones, Ornamental, and Gems of the United States, Dr. A. E. 



Foote, 68 

 Storage of Electrical Energy, Gaston Plante, Prof John Perry, 



F.R.S., 50 



