INDEX 



\NdtHir, May 30, 1889 



Specific Characters, Utility of, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 200 



Spectrum Analysis : the Upper Limit of Refraction in Selenium 

 . and Bromine, Rev. T. P. Dale, 118; Photographs df 

 Spectra, Prof Kundt, 120 ; Measurement of Luminosity of 

 Coloured Surfaces, CaiHaiii Abney, 165; the Invisible Solar 

 and Lunar Spectrum, S. P. Langley, 189 ; Prof. P. G. Tait's 

 Observations on Rotatory-Polarization Spectroscope, 335 ; 

 Prof Piazzi Smyth on Micrometrical Measures of Gaseous 

 Spectra under High Dispersion, 370 ; Brewster's Line Y, 

 Prof Piazzi Smyth, 370 ; Dependence of Visual Acuteness on 

 Intensity of Light under Spectral Colour-illumination, Dr. A. 

 Kcinig, 408 ; Spectrum of Cyanogen, Prof 11. W. Vogel, 

 480 ; Spectrum Analysis, Dr. Sheiner, 494 ; Rowland's Photo- 

 graphic Map of the Normal Solar Spectrum, 497 ; Spectro- 

 scopic Research at the Norwegian Polar Station, 515 ; Recent 

 Researches on the Rare Earths as Interpreted by the Spec- 

 troscope, W. Crookes, F. R. S., 537 ; Spectrum of the Rings 

 of Saturn, ]. Norman Lockyer, F.R. S., 564; Spectra of R 

 Leonis and R Hydrse, 567 



Sperrylite, New Mineral, 281 



Spherical Kggs, Prof W. Steadman Aldis, 581 



Spherical Trigonometry, W. J. McClelland and T. Pre. ton, 26 



Spickernell (G. E.), Explanatory Arithmetic, 26 



Spitaler (Dr. R.) and Dr. Lamp, Comets Faye and Barard, 

 October 30, 114; Barnard, 1888 October 30, 546 



Sponges : Descriptive Catalogue of, in the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, Dr. Lendenfeld, 282 ; Notes on Comparative 

 Anatomy of, Arthur Dendy, 357 ; Prof F. E. Schulze, 479 



Spot, White, on Saturn's Ring, 616 



Spottiswoode's (W., F.R. S.) Mathematical Papers, R. Tucker, 

 197 



Spring (Prof. W.), a New Acid of Tin, 397 



Squirrel, Flying, from Kashmir, Thomas, 136 



Stalactite Cave in Harz Mountains, Discovery of, 112, 418 



Stalactite Cave, Erlach, Lower Austria, 496 



Stanley's (H. M.) Expedition, 138; Last Letter from, 543 ; 

 Geographical Results of his Expedition, 560 ; Notes on, 

 Colonel J. A. Grant, 609 



Starback (Herr C), Ascomycetes, especially the Coprophitous, 

 of Oland, 456 



Stars : Star Atlas Dr. Hermann J. Klein, 7 ; Irregular 

 Star Clusters, A. M. Gierke, 13 ; Double Stars suspected 

 to vary in Light, an Historical and Descriptive List of some, 

 A. M. Gierke, 55 ; Star Names amongst the Ancient Chinese, 

 Dr. Joseph Edkins, 309 ; Colours of Variable Stars, S. C. 

 Chandler, 352 ; Observations of Variable Stars, Paul Vendall, 

 378 ; Variable Stars and the Constitution of the Sun, A. Fowler, 

 492 ; Variable Stars and the Constitution of the Sun, Dr. A. 

 Brester, A. Fowler, 606 ; Variable Stars, Observations of, 

 Sawyer, 568 ; Multiple Star C Cancri, 398 ; Shooting-Stars 

 of April, W. F. Denning, 588 



Statics, Elementary, J. Greaves, 26 ; Rev. J. B. Lock, 53 



Statistics of the British Association, 152 ; \Vm. Pengelly, 

 F.R.S., 197 



Steady Motion of an Annular Mass of Rotating Liquid, the, 

 Mr. Basset, 310 



Steam, Electrified, Helmholtz, 308 



Stebler (Dr.) and Dr. Schroter, the Best Forage Crops, Prof. 

 John Wrightson, 578 



Steel and Iron Ships, the Corrosion and Fouling of, Prof V. B. 

 Lewes, 616 



Steere (Dr. J. B.), Philippine Llands, 37 



Steinen's (Dr. von der) Xingu Expedition, 62 



Stephens (Prof W. J.), Upper Carboniferous Glacial Period, 

 496 



Stephens's Proposed Exploration of Unknown Portions of 

 Malayan Peninsula, 421 



Sterilized Infusorial Earth, Prof P. Waage, 306 



Stevens (F. II.) and H. S. Hall, a Text-book of Euclid's Ele- 

 ments for the Use of Schools, 78 



Stewart (Balfour, F.R. S.), New Edition of Lessons in Ele- 

 mentary Physics, 317 



Stewart (Dr. G. N.), Electrotonic Variation in Nerve with 

 Strong Polarizing Currents, 455 



Stickleback, Marine, the Nests of the. Prof. Moebius, 168 



Stockbridge (Horace Edward), Rocks and Soils, their Origin, 

 Composition, and Characteristics, 292 



Stockholm, Royal Academy of Sciences, 120, 216, 288, 456, 

 6cx) , 



Stockman (Dr. Ralph), Metabolism of Man during Starvation, 

 527 



Stoll (Dr. Otto), Ethnology of the Indian Tribes of Guatemala, 

 448 



Stone Age Graves in Denmark, Discovery of Remarkable, Dr, 

 Zink, 591 



Stone (Ormond), Motions of the Solar System, 162 



Stones, Foundation, of the Earth's Crust, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 

 F.R.S., 89 



Stonyhurst College Observatory, 137 



Storm of March ll, 12, 13, 1888, in United States, M. H 

 Faye, 478 



Storm (Prof. G.), the Lapps, 545 



Storm -Signals at Manilla, 418 



Storm-Warnings on the Coasts of the Black Sea, 40 



Storm-Warnings, Weather-Charts and, Joseph John Murphyj 

 149 



Storms round Scottish Coast, Distribution of. Dr. Buchan, 570 



Strachey (Lieutenant-General), Meteorology of the Red .Sea 

 and Cape Guirdafui, 86 ; Lectures on Geography delivered 

 before the University of Cambridge during the Lent Term 

 188S, F. Grant Ogilvie, 388 



Strasburger (Prof. E. ), Karyokinesis, 4 



Strassburg Botanical Institute, 284 



Strophanthus hispidiis, Prof T. R. Frazer, 455 



Structure, Origin, and Distribution of Coral Reefs and Islands, 

 Dr. John Murray, 424 



Student Caps, French, 352 



Sturmey (Henry), the Indispensable Hand-book to the Optical 

 Lantern, 270 



Submarine Boat, M. Zede, 239 



Subterranean River Discovered in the Riesengebirge, 185 



Sucker- Fishes, Use of, in Fishing, H. Ling Roth, 342 



Suess (Eduard), Das Antlitz der Erde, Prof H. G. Seeley, 

 F.R.S., 601 



Suez Canal, State of the, M. de Lesseps, 575 



Sulphite of Sodium, Employment of, for Developing the Picture 

 in Photography, M. Paul Poire, 504 



Sulphurous Acid, Action of, on the Alkaline Thiosulphates, M. 

 A. Villiers, 456 



Sumatra, Activity of Volcano in, 613 



Sun : Original Theory as to Constitution of. Dr. Andries, 287 ; 

 Total Solar Eclipse of January i, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R.S., 

 487 ; the Sun, Dr. Marcet, 574 ; Variable Stars and the Con- 

 stitution of the Sun, A. Fowler, 492 ; Dr. A. Brester, A. Fowler, 

 606; Sun-Motor, Captain John Ericsson, 517 ; Sun's Corona, 

 1889, the. Prof David P. lodd, 436 ; Halo and Mock Suns, 

 James C. McConnel, 557 ; the Sun-spot Cycle, S. J. Perry, 

 F.R.S., 223; Sun-spot Minimum, Prof Ricco, 567; Distri- 

 bution of Sun-spots in Latitude, 469 ; Fiery Sunsets caused by 

 Krakatab Dust noticed in Central Asia by Prjevalsky, 398 ; 

 Sunshine, G. J. Symons, F. R. S., 305 



Superstition and Sorcery in New Guinea, H. H Romilly, 594 



Superstitions, Chinese Animal, 185 



Surface of the Earth, Eduard Suess, Prof H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., 

 601 



Swarm of Meteorites, on the Mechanical Conditions of a. Prof 

 G. H. Darwin, F'.R.S., 81, 105 



Sweden : the Civilization of, in Heathen Times, Oscar Montelius, 

 270 ; Geological Society of Stockholm, 327 ; Beavers in, 352 ; 

 Geographical Society of. Award of the Vega Gold Medal to 

 Dr. Nansen, 376 ; Swedish Mathematical Prizes, Award of the, 

 396 ; Gradual Rising of the Land in. Baron A. E. Norden- 

 skiold, 488 ; Earthquake in, 566 ; Wolves in Sweden and 

 Norway, 352 



Swinburne (James), Practical Electrical Measurements, 508 



Swinton (A. A. C), Elementary Principles of Electric Lighting, 



Switzerland, Protection of Inventions in, 256 ; Earthquake in, 305 



Sydney, Royal Society of New South Wales, 383 



Sydney University, the Hon. W. Macleay's Museum presented 



to, 207 

 Sylvester (Prof Jame^ Joseph, F.R.S.), Notice of, with Portrait, 



217 

 Symons (G. J.), Sunshine, 305 

 Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pallas's Sand Grouse, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 9 ; 



John Cordeaux, 40; T. Southwell, 137; Dr. Robert Scharflf, 



448 

 Szontag Lake, East Prussia, Lake Dwellihg, 258 



