SHPfiUnifnt to NatHrer\ 

 November v^, 1S94 J 



Index 



xxxvu 



Spider (Trochosa singorimsis), Dr. A. Jaworowski on the 



Development of so-called " Lung" in a, 621 

 Spiders, Development of the Lungs of, OrviUe L. Simmons, 



440 

 Spiral Goniometry in its Relation to the Measurement of 



Activity, Carl Barus, 334 

 Spiral Nebula, a New, Dr. Roberts, 231 

 Splash of a Drop, the Photography of the, R. S. Cole, 222 

 Spring Rains in Geneva, 475 



Spring (M. W. ), on the Cold Welding of Metals, 455 

 Springer (Mr.), Aluminium Violins, 485 

 Stabil (C), Action of Camphoric Anhydride on Benzene in 



presence of Aluminic Chloride, 444 

 Sl.ickel (.\f. P.), on the Problems of Dynamics of which the 



Diflerential Equations allow an Infinitesimal Transformation, 



540 

 Stalactites and Stalagmites of the Cleaves Cove, near Dairy, 



Ayrshire, Monograph of the, John Smith, ioo 

 Stalagmite from Liva Cave5 of Kllauea, .\. H. Phillips, 235 

 Standards of Length, the Metals suitable for manufacturing, 



C. E. Guillaunie, ill 

 Stanley (Hiram M.), Instinctive Attitudes, 596 

 Stanton (T. W.), the Shasta-Chico Series, 326 

 Star- fish ; Variations in Larva of Asterina Gibbosa, E. \V. 



Macbride, 143 

 Starling (Dr.), Experiments showing that the Flow of Lymph 



from the Thoracic Duct was dependent upon the Amount of the 



Blood Pressure in the Liver Capillaries, 462 ; Experimental 



Inquiry into the Innervation of the Portal Vein, 462 

 Stars : Stars having Peculiar Spectra, Mrs. Fleming, 37 ; 



Bright-Line Stars, Prof. \V. \V. Campbell, 181 ; the S'arry 



Skies, Agnes Giberne, 244 ; a New Variable Star, Rev. T. 



E. Espin, 417 ; Binary Stars, Geo. C. Comstock, 458 ; the 



Distribution of Nebul.-e and Star Clusters, Sidney Waters, 



484 ; Triangulation of Sixteen Stars in the Pleiades, Dr. 



Leopold Ambronn, 623 (See also Astronomy) 

 Ste.im and Aerial Navigation foreshadowed by Roger Bacon, 



481 

 Steam Locomotion on Common Roads, some Reminiscences 



of. Sir Frederick Bramwell, 437 

 Steam Machinery and the Marine Engine, Elementary Lessons 



in, J. Langmaid and H. Gaisford, 220 

 Steel, on the Structure of, M. F. Osmond, 368 

 Steiner(Paul), Absorption of Hydrogen by Water and Aqueous 



.Solutions, 188 

 Stellar Temperature, Magnesium Spectrum as a Criterion of. 



Prof. J. E. Keeler, 364 

 Sterilisation and a Theory of the Strobilus, Prof. F. O. Bower 



o", 435 



Stok (Dr. van der), Rainfall Observations for 1892 in Enst 

 Indian Archipelago, 17 



Stoney (Ur. G. J., F. R. S.), a Mounting for Specula of Re- 

 flecting Telescopes rendering them fit for Celestial 

 Photography, 191 



Stracciali (Prof.), EfTect of a Thin Veil of Cloud or Mist upon 

 the Intensity of Solar Radiation, 482 



Strachey (R., F.R.S.), the Garhwal Landslip, 124 



Strasbiirger (Prof.), on the Periodic Variation in the Number 

 of Chromosomes, 434 



Strobilus, on Sterilisation and a Theory of. Prof. F. O. Bower, 



4^5 ... 



Siromeyer (C. E.), Experimental Determination of Poisson s 



Ratio, 142 

 Stroobant (P.), the Moon's Apparent Diameter, 36; on the 



Motion of the Satellites of the Planets with respect to the 



Sun, 490 

 Structural Botany (Flowering Plants), Dukinfield Henry Scott, 



147 

 Struthers (Prof.), on the Carpus of the Greenland Right Whale, 



434 

 Stuart (Prof. Anderson), Presidential Address to New South 



Wales Royal Society, 287 

 Stuart-Worlley (.\. J), the Grouse, 546 

 Study, Aspects of Modern, R. A. Gregory, 422 

 Siurlevant (W.), Ears of C >rn from Prehistoric Grains, 48S 

 Subcutaneous Injection of Asses' Blood, alleged Cure of Con- 

 sumption by, 530 

 Suess (Prof.), on the Southern and Northern .\lpi, 510 

 Sulphur Group, New Element in the, C. T. BlansbanI, 571 

 Summer, the Past, Charles Harding, 624 



Sun-spot Observations at the Potsdam Observatory, 556 



Sun-spots, the First Observation of. Prof. E. Millesovich, 230 



Sun-spots and Weather, W. L. Dallas, 113 



Sunshine and Water- Microbes, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 452 



.Sunday Magazine, Science in the, 66 



Siiring (Dr.), a Winter Sojourn on the Brocken, 191 



Surveying and Surveying Instruments, G. \. T. Middleton, 221 



Swallow, a White, II. Garnett, 481 



Swan (II.), Electrical Distribution, its Theory and Practice, 



Part ii., 423 

 Swan (J. W., F.R.S.,) Voltaic Combinations with Fused 



Electrolytes and Gaseous Depolariser, 142 ; Measure nents of 



Abs^lute Specific Resistance of Pure Copper, 165 ; Detection 



for Electric Radiation, 183 

 Swedish Hydrographic Research in the Baltic and North Sea?, 



Prof Otto Peltersson, 131, 305 

 Switzerland, Curious Electrical Phenomenon at Gossan, 276 

 Swyngedauw (R.), Partition of Discharge of Condenser between 



Two Conductors, one having interruption, 23 ; Ratio of 



Currents produced by Discharge of Condenser in Two Parallel 



Circuits, 62 

 Sydney, Report of the Australian Museum, for 1893, 581 

 Sykes (Dr.), the Spread of Diphtheria in London, 276 

 Sykes's Hvdroineter, Dr. B. Derham, 205 

 Symons (Mr.), the Frost of 1894, 214 

 Symons(C. J., F.R.S. ), British Rainfall, 416 

 Symons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine, 214 



Tafel (Prof.), New Substance obtaine.1 by the .Action o( 



Alcohol upon Peroxide of Sodium, 5S2 

 Tait (.\. T, ), the Dendritic Crystals on Pages of Books, M2 

 Tan-Spots over Dogs' Eyes, S. E. Peal. 572 

 Tanfiliefr(G. L), on the Tundr.is of North-East Russia, 432 

 Tannery (Paul), Researches sur I'histoire de I'Astronomie 



Ancienne, 265 

 Tanret (M.), Piceine, 264 



Tarahumaris, among the. Dr. Carl Lumholtz, 234 

 Tarr(Prof. Ralph S.), Economic Geology of the United Slates, 



with brief mention of Foreign Mineral Products, 145 ; a 



Review Reviewed, 26S 

 Tasmania, Fine Aurora seen in, H. S. Dove, 482 

 Tassilly (M.), Basic Salts of Calcium, 396 

 T.ate's Air-pump, a New Pattern of, Messrs. J. J. Griftin and 



Sons, 606 

 Tatihou Island, Marine Biological Laboratory established on, 



503 

 Tautomerism, Prof. J. W. Bruhl, 411 

 Taylor (Albert), Solar Eclipse Phntography, 433 

 T.aylor (J. Edward), Theoretical .Mechanics, 473 

 Teall (J. J. H., F.R.S.), Banded Gabbros in Skye, 190 

 Tebbutt's (.Mr.), Observatory, New South Wales, 231 

 Technical College, the First, A. Humboldt Sexton, 424 

 Technical Education : the Work of the Beer .Money, John Rae, 



583 



Technical Educator, the New, 171 



Teeth of Different Races, Various Forms of. Dr. F. Regnauh, 

 441 



Teeth and Civilisation, the, Arthur Ebbels, 53 ; J. Howard 

 Mummery, 123; Dr. El Jas. Wenyon, 14S ; Surgeon- 

 Major W. G. Black, 148 ; Charles S. Tomes, F.R.S., 199 



Telautograph, Prof. Elisha Gray's, 183 ; E\periments with, 



304 



Telegraphy, Wilmot's Air Motor, 182 ; Wimshursl 3 Improved 

 Method of Communication between Shore Stations and 

 Lightships, 182 



Telephones: Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. , on Experiments made to 

 determine the Minimum Current audible in the Telephone, 

 407 ; on the Quantitative Theory of the Telephone, Lord 

 Rayleigh, F.R.S. 408 : Photogra|ihs of the Excursions of a 

 very sensitive Capillary Electrometer when projected on 

 to a rapidly travelling Plate, and actuated by speaking 

 into a Telephone placed in the Circuit, Prof. G. J. Burch, 

 464 



Telescopes, on the use of Quartz Fibres in. Dr. L. Bleekrode, 

 174 ; a Mounting for Specula of Reflecting Telescopes 

 rendering Ihem fit for Celestial Photography, Dr. E. J. 

 Storey, F.R.S., 91 ; Celestial Objects for Common 

 Telescopes, Rev. T. \V. Webb, 523; Photographic and Visual 

 Refracting Telescopes and Spectroscope presented to the 

 Cape Observatory by Mr. Frank McCIean, 552 



