Index 



V Suj>pletnent to Nature, 

 L June 2, 1892. 



Henry Crew, 569 ; J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 429 ; E. W. 

 Maunder, 619 ; the Curves of Luminosity under very Feeble 

 Illumination, Prof. Konig, 432 ; the Lick Spectroscope, 473 ; 

 Researches on Samarium, Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 504 ; 

 Periodic Heat Maxima observed in Spectra from Flint and 

 Crown Glass and Rock-salt, M. Aymonnet, 504 ; the Aurora 

 Spectrum, Prof. Hale, 522 ; the Spark Spectra of Gallium, 

 Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 57.<; ; on the Line-Spectra of the 

 Elements, Prof. C. Runge, 607 



Spence (M.), Supernumerary Rainbows observed in the Orkneys, 

 223 



Spencer (J. ), Physiography, Elementary Stage, 27 



Spencer (Prof. W. Baldwin) : on the Habits of Ceratodus, the 

 Lung Fish of Queensland, 425 ; on the Fresh-water and 

 Terrestrial Fauna of Tasmania, 425 



Spermatozoa, the Behaviour of, towards Electric Currents, Dr. 

 Schweizer, 599 



Sphere, Prof. J. S. Slater's Improved Armillary, 134 



Spitta(Dr. E. J.), Law of Limiting Apertures, 186 



Sponge Trade of the Bahama Islands, 20 



Sponges, Fresh-water in the Buffalo Bay and Niagara Region, 

 Dr. Kellicott, 305 



Sporting Sketches in South America, Admiral Kennedy, 390 



Spot, the Red, on Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 272 



Spring (Prof.), the Late Prof. Stas's "Silver" (the Results of 

 further Stochiometrical Investigations), 497 



Sprung (Dr.), Atmospheric Rings, 599 



Squirrels in Winter, C. Fitzgerald, 136 



Stage, Electricity on the, 259 



Standards of Measure and Weight immured in the Houses of 

 Parliament, Examination of the, 543 



Stanton (T. W.), the Stratigraphic Position of the Bear River 

 Formation, 450 



Starling (Dr. E. H.) : an Introduction to Human Physiology, 

 Augustus D. Waller, 340 ; a Text -book of Chemical Physio- 

 logy and Pathology, W. D. Halliburton, 51 



Stars : Proper Motions of the Stars, W. H. S. Monck, 8 ; the 

 Motion of Stars in the Line of Sight, Prof. J. Norman 

 Lockyer, F.R.S., 117; Prof. H. C. Vogel, 280; Star 

 Groups, J. Ellard Gore, 52 ; on the Observation of North 

 Polar Stars in the Vertical of Polaris, Truman Safifard, 159 ; 

 Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Prof. Pickering, 210 ; New 

 Star in the Milky Way, Ralph Copeland, 325 ; Observations 

 of Nebulae and Star-Clusters, M. Bigourdan, 352 ; the New 

 Star in Auriga, 344, 366 ; Thos. D. Anderson, 365 ; G. Rayet, 

 408 ; J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 429, 473; Herren Eugen 

 and Gothard, 473 ; S. W. Burnham, 473 ; H. C, Vogel, 498 ; 

 Astronomer-Royal of Scotland, 454, 527 ; Photographic 

 Magnitudes of Stars, 380 ; the Grouping of Stars in the 

 Southern Part of the Milky Way, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 

 423 ; Fuzziness of some Variable, Cuthbert G. Peek, 497 ; 

 the Relative Motion of 61 Cygni, Prof. A. Hali, 547 



Stas (Prof.), Death of, 154. 



Stas's (the late Prof.) "Silver" (the Results of further Stochio- 

 metrical Investigations), Prof. Spring, 497 



Statesman's Year-book for the year 1892, J. Scott Keltic, 437 



Statistics of Population of the Five Continents, E, Levasseur, 

 552 



Statistics of the Production and Consumption of Milk in Great 

 Britain, R. Henry Rew, 614 , 



Statistics of Surface and Population of European States, Emile 

 Levasseur, 528 



Steam, Superheated, Lord Rayleigh, Sec. R.S., 375 ; J. Mac- 

 farlane Gray, 413, 486; Prof. James A. Cotterill, F.R.S., 

 414 ; G. H. Bailey, 414 ; John Gamgee, 438 



Steam-Engine, Thermodynamics of the, and other Heat- 

 Engines, Cecil H, Peabody, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, 

 F.R.S.. 172 



Stearns (Robert E. C), Conchology of the West Coast of 

 South America, 89 



Steel, Microscopic Structure of Hard, Behrens, 48 



Steen (Herr), Influence of Total Solar Eclipse on Air- Pressure, 

 444 



Stejneger (L.), Enormous American Lizard, 40 



Stellar Aberration, Lord Rayleigh, Sec.R.S., 499 



Stellar Photography, a Shutter for use in, J. Joly, 167 



Stellar Spectra, Distribution of Energy in, Prof. Pickering, 159 



Stellar Spectra, the Draper Catalogue of, A. Fowler, 426 



Step (Edward), By Sea-shore, Wood, and Moorland, Peeps at 

 Nature, 28 



Stirling (James), Hydrology of the Mitta Mitta, 40 



Stirling (Dr.), New Australian Animal {Notoryctes typhlops), 



J. D. Ogilby, 135 

 Stockholm Natural History Museum, Prof. Sven Loven's 



Resignation of his Position as Senior Keeper in the, 613 

 Stokes (Sir G. G., F.R.S.) : the Interactions occurring in 



Flames, 430 ; on an Optical Proof of the Existence of Sus- 

 pended Matter in Flames, 133 

 Stokvis (Prof.) on Mutual Antagonism, 72 

 Stones for Building and Decoration, Geo. P. Merrill, 222 

 Stones, Precious, and Gems, their History, Sources, and 



Characteristics, Edwin W. Streeter, 531 

 Stoney (Dr. G. Johnstone, F.R.S.) : Analysis of Sodium 



Spectrum, 166 ; proposed Standard Gauge, 598 

 Stonyhurst Drawings of Sun-spots and Faculse, Rev. Walter 



Sidgreaves, 261 

 Storm, Magnetic, of February 13-14, 1892, 493 

 Storms, Magnetic, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 557 

 Storms, Winter, of Northern India, Henry F. Blanford, 



F.R.S., 490 

 Story of the Hills, Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, 364 

 Streeter (Edwin W.), Precious Stones and Gems, their History, 



Sources, and Characteristics, 53 1 

 Strength, the Limpet's, J. Lawrence Hamilton, 487 

 Striated Surface under the Cromer Drift, William Sherwood. 



5" 



Struthious Birds of Australasia, on the Origin of the, Prof, 



Hutton, 425 

 Struts and Tie-rods laterally loaded. Prof. J. Perry, F.R.S., 192 

 Struve (H.), Two New Laws of Celestial Mechanics, 70 

 Stuart (Prof. T. P. Anderson) : the Mechanism of the Closure of 



the Larynx, 357 ; Exchange of Professorial Duties, Prof. E, 



Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 557 

 Stuart (Villiers), Adventures amidst the Equatorial Forests and 



Rivers of South America, 317 

 Submarine Eruption North-west of Pantelleria, October 1891, 



on the Matter thrown up during the, General W. Butler, 



Geo. H. Perry, 251 ; Abstract of Mr. A. Ricco's Account of 



the, G. W, Butler, 584 

 Suffling (E. R.), How to Organize a Cruise on the Broads, 52 

 Sugar in Blood, Note on the Behaviour of. Dr. Vaughan Harley, 



407 

 Sulphur, Decomposition of, Tested Electrolytically, Dr. Gross, 



599 



Sulphuric Acid, the Manufacture of, George Lunge, Ph.D., Prof. 

 T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 121 



Sumatra, Java, &c.. Fresh-water Fauna of, Prof. Max Weber, 

 408 



Sumpitan and Bow in Indonesia, Use of the, C. M. Pleyte, 235 



Sun : the Temperature of the, M. H. Le Chateher, 547 ; Sun 

 Pillar, Annie Ley, 484 ; Spectra of the Sun and Metals, F. 

 McClean, 159; Sun-spots and Air Temperature, 271 ; Stony- 

 hurst Drawings of Sun-spots and Facul:e, Rev. Walter Sid- 

 greaves, 261 ; Sun-spots of February, 446 ; Red Light after 

 Sunset, Dr. M. A. Veeder, 30 



Sunday Lecture Society, 116 



Sunflower Cultivation in Southern Russia, 568 



Sunflower, Biology of the, A. Gordyaghin, 597 



Superheated Steam, Lord Rayleigh, Sec. R.S., 375 ; J. Mac- 

 farlane Gray, 413, 486 ; Prof. James A. Cotterill, F.R.S., 414, 

 G. H. Bailey, 414 ; John Gamgee, 438 



Supernumerary Rainbows observed in the Orkneys, Robt. H. 

 Scott, F.R.S., 223 ; M. Spence, 223 



Surface Tension, a Lecture Experiment in, E. D. Fridlander, 

 463 



Surgery : on the implanting of Large Pieces of Decalcified Bone 

 to fill up Losses of Substance of Skeleton, Le Dentu, 95 



Surrey Hills, on, by a " Son of the Marshes,'' 5 



Suspended Matter in Flames, on an Optical Proof of the 

 Existence of. Sir G. G. Stokes, F.R.S., 133 



Swan's Secret, a, Mrs. Jessie Godwin-Austen, 416 



Swift (Dr. Lewis) : some Apparently Variable Nebulse, 261 ; 

 Variability of Nebulse, 522 ; a New Comet Discovered by, 

 446 ; Swift's Comet, March 6, 548 ; Comet Swift, 1892, 569 



Swinhoe (Colonel), Silk-producing Moths, 38 



Sydney : Discoloration of Water in Port Jackson by Minute 

 Marine Organisms, 184 



Sydney : Ethnological Purchases for the Australian Museum, 

 E. P. Ramsay, 325 ; Fruit-growers' Conference at, 420 



Sydney, Royal Society of New South Wales, 311 



