KNOWLEDGE. 



Russell, T. B.— 



Attempted explanation of the " Davk Flash ' 191 

 More I'l-operties of Xuiubers... ... ... 234 



Sadler, Herbert — 



Papers on the Face of the Sky in eaeli 



Number. 

 Letter with respect to the Boundaries of the 

 Constellations ... ... ... ... H7 



Variable Stars in Nebulie and Nebulous 

 Variables ... ... ... ... ... 101 



Salamander — 



Notes on the Spotted Salamander, by A. -J. 



Field 60 



Salt- 

 Article on, by Dr. George McGowan... .. HI 



Blue Flame produced by Buming Salt ... 173 



Sand- 

 Article on Drifting Sand, by 0. Carus Wilson 10-5 

 Sand Grouse — 



Article on the Sand Grouse ... ... ... 91 



Sand Grouse in Yorkshire ... ... 209 



Sawflles — 



Articles on, by F. A. Jjutler 79, 119 



Scintillation — 



Cause of Changes of Colour in Stars ... 125 



Scudder— 



Notice of his book on the Butterflies of the 



United States 8H 



Sharp, -Abraham — 



Notice of the " Life and Correspondence of 



Abraham Sharp," by William Cudwoi-th . . . 110 

 Letters with respect to the System of Short- 

 hand written by Abraham Sharp ... 109, 127 

 Shepherd, E. S.— 



Photographs of Lightning ... ... 16(i, 17H 



Shorthand — 



Letters on System of Sliorthand, written 



by Abraham' Sharp 109, 110, 127 



Calendar's "Manual of Cursive Shorthand" 112 

 List of People Famous in History or Si-ic nco 



who have written Shorthand Kli) 



Siemens, Sir William — 



Notice of Life of Sii- \\". Siemens, liy W. Lant 

 Carpenter ... ... ... . , , ... 47 



Slack, Henry J., F.G.S., F.R.M.S. 



Pr()to)ilasm a Builder ... ... ... ... 2() 



'L'he Domain of Minute Life ... ... ... 13,S 



Harmless Parasites and Unin\ iled Compiiuions 222 

 Sleep — 



Study of the Phenomena of Sleep ... ... 113 



Soap — 



" The Chemistry of Soap." liy W. Mattieu 

 Williams ... ... ... ... ... 51 



Starcke, C. N.— 



Notice of book entitled " The Primitive 



l''amily in its Origin and Development "... 229 

 Stars- 

 Distances of Twenty Stars showing Ijargo 

 Parallax ... ... 171 



Stokes, Prof. G. G. (Bart.)— 



Baronetcy conferred on ... 1(10 



Letter on Photogi'aphs of Lightning .. 210 



Synclinal — 



(irouii of Synclinal Structures in the Orion 



Nebula ' M7 



Symons, G. J. — 



His Collection of Photogi-aplis of Oljjects 

 Struck by Lightning 



Letter on Lightning Phenomena 

 Sympson, E. Mansel, M.A., M.B.— 



On Earth- Worms 184, 



Tiger-Beetles — 



Articles on Tiger-Beetles, by E. A. Butler 157, 

 Tripe, Dr. — 



Observation of Ball Lightning 

 Trouvelot, E. L. — 



Drawing of the Andromeda Nebula ... 



Photograph of Lightning 



Tupman, Lieut. -Col. G. L. — 



Letter on Mr. Inwards's Compensating Pen- 

 dulum 

 Urquhart, J. W. — 



Notice of book on Electroplating 

 Vanilla — 



The Vanilla Plant 



Variable Stars — 



Article on, by W. H. S. Monclv 



Letter from C. E. Peek 



" Variable Stars in Nebiilse and Nebulous 

 Variables," by Herbert Sadler 



Nebulous \'ariable Stars 

 Vivisection — 



Letters from Miss Frances Power Cobbc and 



Mr. A. .J. I'^ield 108,109,127, 



Volcanoes — 



Article on Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands 

 by W. H. Wesley 



I'h'uption of Sho-Bandai-San... 

 Watson, John — 



Notice of book by, entitled " Sylvan Folk "... 



Article entitled Sketches in Evolution 

 Wesley, W. H.— 



The Formation of Coral Reefs 



Footprints of Pre-historic Man 



The \'olcanoes of the Sandwich Islands 

 Westly Gibson, John- 

 Letters with respect to -Abraham Sharp's 

 System of Shorthand ... ... 110, 



liist of Men Famous in History and Seienci' 

 who ha\e written Shortliand 



Williams, A. Winkelried 



Our l\[icrosc()pic l'\ies ... ... ... 1,S3, 



Williams, W. Mattieu 



Pre-historic ^[etallurgy 

 The Chemistry of Soup 

 Candles... 



Wind- 

 Pressure and \'elocity of Mr. ]Mncs"s Experi- 

 ments 



Wise, A. Tucker- 

 Notice of book by, entitled " .\lpiue Winter 

 in its Medical .\spect " 



Woollcombe, Walter G. — 



On the Dimensions of ^lolecules 117. 



Worms — 



.\natoniy aiul Life History of Earth -Worm.s, 



by Dr. EM. Symjison " 184. 



Wopsley-Benison, H. W. S.— 



Notice of book entitled " Haunts of Nature "... 



198 

 233 



202 



179 



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 1G6 



150 



23 



193 



55 

 80 



104 

 120 



128 



97 

 102 



228 

 241 



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 29 

 97 



127 

 109 



204 



30 



51 



161 



173 



47 



137 



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229 



