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INDEX 



[Nature, Dec. i, 1887 



Royal Institution, 41 

 Royal Institution of Civil Engineers, 41 

 Royal Meteorological Institute of the Netherlands, 231 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 118, 214 



Royal Microscopical Society, 47, 167, 239 ; Journal of, Retro- 

 spective and Prospective, 78 

 Royal Observatory, Annual Visitation of the, 139 

 Royal Society, 45, 70, 95, 13S, 158, 190, 214, 239, 262, 285, 



358 ; Selected Candidates for Fellowships, 5 ; Soiree, 41 ; 



Conversazione, 66 ; the Ladies' Soiree at the, 158 ; Royal 



Society and Coal-Mines, Viscount Cross, 475 

 Royal Society of Canada, Proceedings and Transactions of, 563 

 Royal Society of Tasmania, 184 

 Royal University of Ireland, 109 



Royal Victoria Hall, Science and Technical Classes at the, 526 

 Royere (W. de la), on the Twro Tetrabromureted Hydrocam- 



phenes, 45 

 Ruby Mines of Burmah, G. Skelton Streeter, 596 

 Riicker (Prof. Arthur W., F.R.S.): on the Constant P in 



Observations of Terrestrial Magnetism, 508 ; the Spectator 



and Science, 580 

 Ruete (Capt. D.), Typhoons of the China Seas, 565 

 Rugby School Natural History Society, 1 1 1 

 Rusden (H. K.), Physiological Selection, 268 

 Rushmore, Observations on Recent Explorations made by Gen. 



Pitt-Rivers at, J. G. Garson, 600 

 Russell (W. J., F.R.S.), the Sense of Smell in Dogs, 317 

 Russia, Meteorology in, 324, 399 

 Russian Geographical Society, 309 

 Russian Geological Literature, 400 

 Rye (Walter), a Month on the Norfolk Broads, 457 



Saccharimeter, a Projection, M. Leon Laurent, 456 



Sachs (Julius von). Lectures on the Physiology of Plants, 361 



Safranines, on a New Mode of Formation of the Substituted, 



MM. Ph. Barbier and Leo Vignon, 615, 624 

 St. Clair (Geo. ), Boat-shaped Graves in Syria, 598 

 St. Erth, Cornwall, the Pliocene Beds of, Robert Geo. Bell, 



591 

 Salmon Fry at Malvern Wells, 431 



Salol in the Stomach, the Behaviour of. Prof. Ewald, 287 

 Salt-District of Cheshire, the History and Cause of the Sub- 

 sidences at Northwich and its Neighbourhood in the, Thos. 



Ward, 572 

 Salt-Marshes, Disappearance of Moths at High Water in, J. 



T. Carrington, 137 

 Salts, a Series of New, M. Klobb, $00 

 Sambuc, Electricity and Hygiene, 280 

 San Domingo, Botany of, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 



Baron Eggers, 367 

 Sand, Zircons and other Minerals contained in, Allan B. Dick, 



91 

 Sandmann (Dr.), Respiratory Reflex originating in Nasal 



Mucous Membranes, 384 

 Sandrucci (Dr. Alessandro), a New Method of measuring the 



Specific Weights of Fluids, 45 

 Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, 374, 499 

 Sanitary Science, the Death-rate as Index of Sanitary Condition 



of Community, R. M. Johnston, 184 

 Santa Lucia, &c., Earthquakes in, no 

 Saskatchewan, Places of Geological Interest on the Banks of the, 



Prof. Hoyes Panton, 571 

 Satellite of Venus, the, M. Stroobant, 543 

 Saturn's Ring, Present Appearance of, M. Struyvaert, 65 

 Sawyer (E.), New Variable of the Algol Type, 376 

 Sayce (Prof. A. H.), Opening Address in Section H (Anthropo- 

 logy) at the British Association, 5 1 1 

 Scandinavia, Remarkable Weather in, 256 

 Scandinavian Ice, on the Extension of the, to Eastern England 



in the Glacial Period, Prof. Otto Torell, 573 

 Scarlatina, Bovine Origin of. Researches on the, M. Pichenev 



624 ^' 



Scarlet Fever, Etiology of. Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 126 

 Scenery of Scotland viewed in Connection with its Physical 



Geology, Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., Prof. A. H. Green, 



F.R.S., 553; the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., 603 ; Dr. Chas. 



Callaway, 604 ; Prof. A, H. Green, F.R.S., 604 

 Schafer (Prof. E. A.), Essentials of Histology, Dr. E. Klein, 



F.R.S., 292; the Present Aspect of the Cell Question, 592 



Schinz's (Dr. Hans) Exploration of Luderitzland, 309 



Schools, Natural History in. Rev. S. A. Preston, 209 



Schrader (Wilhelm), Beitrage zur Theorie der Determinaten, 

 51 ; Ten Years' Study of the Pyrenees, 589 



Schultz (Dr.), Contrast between the Popular Names and Real 

 Nature of Meteoi-ological Phenomena, 119 



Schunck (Edward, F. R. S.), Opening Address in Section B 

 (Chemical Science) at the British Association, 442 



Schuster (Prof. A., F.R.S.) : Experiments on Discharge of 

 Electricity through Gases, 285 ; Conduction of Electricity 

 through Gases, 522 



Science : and Art and Literature, the Connection between, Prof 

 Huxley, F.R.S., 14; Prof. Judd, F.R.S. , 88; Science and 

 Gunnery, 31, 58; Science and the Jubilee, 135 ; Science for 

 Artists, 199; Edward L. Garbett, 221; Prof. Tyndall and 

 the Scientific Movement, 217 ; Science at the Naval Review, 

 254, 305 ; Dr. Gunning's Jubilee Gifts for the Advancement of 

 Science, 308 ; Science and Revelation, Prof. G. G. Stokes, 

 P R.S., 333 ; Government Aid to Science in Scotland, 399 ; 

 First Lessons in Science designed for the use of Children, 

 Rev. J. W. Colenso, D.D., 436; Grants for Science and Art 

 Instruction, 478 ; Report of the B. A. Committee on the 

 Translation of Foreign Scientific Memoirs, 499 ; Teaching of 

 Science in Elementary Schools, Report of the B.A. Com- 

 mittee appointed for the Purpose of continuing the Inquiries 

 relating to the, 518 ; .Scientific Voyage of Prince Albert of 

 Monaco, 541 ; the Spectator and Science, Prof. Arthur W. 

 Riicker, F.R.S., 580; Scientific Revival in the Southern 

 States of America, 587 



Sclater (W. L.), appointed to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 306 



Scorodite from Arsenical Waters, Notes on the Deposition of, 

 in the Yellowstone National Park, Arnold Hague, 575 



Scorpion Virus, Prof. A. G. Bourne, 53 



Scotland, the Scenery of, viewed in Connection with its Physical 

 Geology, Archibald Geikie, F.R S,, 14; Prof. A. H. Green, 

 F.R.S., 553 ; the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., 603 ; Dr. Charles 

 Callaway, 604 ; Prof. A. H. Green, F.R.S., 604 



Scotland, Statistics of Fish landed in, 160 



Scotch Universities, the Progress of, 252; M. A. and Medicus 

 on, 294 



Scotch Coasts, Fish landed on, 256 



Scotch Technical Education Bill, the, 347, 430, 475 



Scotland, Government Aid to Science in, 399 



Scott (Robert H., F.R.S.), After-Glows at Helensburgh, 175; 

 Earthquakes observed at Shetland Lighthouses, 325 



Scribner (L ) and Pierre Viala, Note on Greeneria fulighiea, 



504 



Scripta Botanica Horte Universitates Petropolitanse, 325 



Sea, Means of avoiding Collisions at, Moise Lion, 432 



Seal-hunting Fleet, Norwegian, 208 



Secohmmeter, the. Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F. R. S. , and Prof. John 

 Perry, F.R.S., 129 



Sectional Procedure, British Association, Prof. Silvanus P. 

 Thompson, 151 



Sectional Procedure, British Association, Dr. Alfred W. Bennett, 

 197 



Sedimentary Rocks of North Devon, some Effects of Pressure 

 on the, ]. S. Marr, 591 



Seeley (Prof. H. G., F.R.S.), the Classification of the 

 Dinosauria, 591 ; on the Reputed Clavicles and Interclavicles 

 of Iguanodon, 591 



Seismology : Earthquake in the Western Riviera, Prof. Henry 

 H. Giglioli, 4 ; the Earthquake of February 23, 1887, Albert 

 Offret, 72 ; the Protection on Buildings from Earthquakes, 

 Prof Milne, 89 ; the Recent Earthquakes in Arizona, 89 ; a 

 Recent Japanese Earthquake, Prof J. A. Ewing, 107 ; SeiS' 

 mological Society of Japan, 350 ; Japanese Earthijuake of 

 January 15, 1887, Prof. S. Sekiya, 379 ; Recent Earthquakes 

 in Mexico and Turkestan, Prof. J. P. O'Reilly, 151 ; the Late 

 Earthquake on theRiviera, February 23, 1887, J. E. H. Peyton, 

 151 ; Earthquake in Greece, 541 ; the Different Varieties ff 

 Thunderstorms, and a Scheme for their Systematic Observa- 

 tion in Great Britain, Hon. R. Abercromby, 548 ; the Sonora 

 Earthquake of May 3, 1887, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., and 

 Jas. Douglas, 572. (.S^^ a/j-(7 Earthquakes. ) 



Sekiya (Prof. S. ), University of Tokio, 198 ; Japan Earthquake 

 of January 15, 1887, 379 



Selection, Physiological, H. K. Rusden, 268 ; Dr. Geo. J. 

 Romanes, F.R.S., 341 



