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Russian Academy communi- 

 cations to Royal Society - 



209, 211 



Rutherford, D. - 68 



Rutherford, Sir E. - - 183 



Sabine, Gen. Sir E. 175, 207, 209 



Safety lamp - - 116 

 Safety valve, invention of - 101 



Salter, J. W. - 313, 314, 317 



Salmon, G. - 137 



Salvin, O. - 293 



Sanderson, Sir B. - - 304 

 Sandstone : 



Red, new - - - 316 

 Old - - 315 

 Sap, ascent of - - 232, 238 

 Saron - - 91 

 Saturn's rings - - - 128 

 Savery, Thomas - 100, 104 

 Scheele - - 172 

 Schehallien experiment 64, 86, 87 

 Scottish universities, scienti- 

 fic activity - - 64, 130 

 Schunck, Edward - - 163 

 Sea, exploration of - - 288 

 Sedgwick, A., sen. 271, 310, 314 

 Sedgwick, A., jun. - - 285 

 " Seiches " - 134 

 Seismology - 133, 178, 214 

 Semaphore - 188 

 Sextant, invention of - - 95 

 Sexuality of plants - 235, 236 

 Sharpey, W. - - 304 

 Sherard, W. - - - 251 - 

 Shore, L. - - 303 

 Sibthorp, J. J. - - - 251 

 Siemens, W. - - - 192 

 Silurian rocks - - 314 

 Simpson, Thomas - 56 

 Simpson, Sir J. Y. - 305 

 Slide rule, invention of - 94 

 Sloane, Sir H. - - 240 

 Smith, Adam - 65, 68 

 Smith, H. J. - 140-3 

 Smith, Sir J. E. - 232, 240 

 Smith, L. ... 306 



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Smith, Robert - 71, 90 



Smith, R. A. - - 149 



Smith, W. - - 309, 318 



Snell - 53 



Sodium, discovery of - - 114 

 Soddy, F. - 183 



Solander, D. - - 241, 242 

 Solar system, motion in 



space - 93 



Sorby, H. C. - - 163, 312 

 Sound - - 50, 71, 77 



Sowerby, J. de C. - - 317 

 Solvay, E. - 194, 198 



Spottiswoode, W. - - 163 

 Spectroscopy - - 153-159 

 Applied to Astronomy - 



171-172 



Spirit level - 56 



Stanhope, Lord - 212 



Star catalogue - - 57,162 

 Star-drifts - 93 



Stars, double - -88, 92 



Steel, scientific production - 187 

 Steam engine : 



Invention of - 99-105 

 Propulsion of ships - 101 

 Turbine - - 187 



Stewart, Balfour 150, 152, 209 

 Theory of exchanges - 158 

 Stewart, M. 56 



Stereoscope, invention of - 148 

 Stokes, G. G. - 20, 32, 123-5 

 Radiation and absorp- 

 tion - 157, 158 

 Stoney, G. J. - - 139, 182 

 Strontium, discovery of - 130 

 Sturgeon, W. - 24, 148, 191 

 Survey - 174, 207 

 Sutherland, J. - - 253 

 Swan,W. - 154 

 Sydenham, T. - - 296 

 " Sylva " - 225 

 Sylvester, J. J. - - 128, 141 

 Symmer, R. 79 



Tait, P. G, 

 Talbot, F. 

 Taylor, B. 



127, 133, 139 

 - 153, 173 



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