Supplement to ates 
June 17, 1897 
Index 
XXXV 
Scholes (J. W.), Solar Halo, Mock Sun, and Rainbow, 349 
Schooling (William), Life Assurance explained, 414 
Schopenhauer (Arthur) on Human Nature, 460 
Schott (O.), Electro-Capillary Light, 214 
Schottelius (Prof.), Diphtheria Bacilli in Milk, 301 
Schulten (A. de), Synthesis of Hauksite, 239 
Schultze (Dr. Oscar), Grundriss der Entwicklungsgeschichte des 
Menschen und der Saugethiere, 292 
Schur (Prof. W.), the Ellipticity of the Disc of Mars, 421 
Schuster (Prof. Arthur, F.R.S.), New Law of Spectrum 
Analysis discovered by, 180; ona New Law connecting the 
Periods of Molecular Vibrations, 200, 223; an Intermediate 
Course of Practical Physics, 531 
Schutzenberger (O.), Yttrium Earth in Monazite Sands, 95; 
Cerium Sulphate in Monazite Sands, 479 
Schwerer (A.), Admiral Fleuriais’ Gyroscopic Horizon, 48 
Sciagraphs of British Batrachians and Reptiles, J. Green and 
J. H. Gardiner, G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 539 
Science: the Work of the Scientific and Technical Department 
of the Imperial Institute, Prof. Wyndham R. Dunstan, 
F.R.S., 62; on the Publication of Original Work, Swale 
Vincent, 79; Mr. Balfour on Science and Industry, 85 ; 
Responsibility in Science, Prof. Edward B. Poulton, F.R.S., 
100; Dr. Charles Chree, 152; the Lincei and Experimental 
Science, Signor Todaro, 138; Durham Science Degrees, 295, 
343; Rev. Henry Palin Gurney, 318; Science and Morals, 
322; Science et Morale, M. Berthelot, 337; Register of the 
Associates and Old Students of the Royal College of Science, 
340; the Need of Organising Scientific Opinion, Dr. Henry 
E. Armstrong, F.R.S., 409, 433; Ostwald’s Klassiker der 
Exakten Wissenschaften, Nos. 80-85, 413; Forthcoming 
Books on Science, 474,; Le Cause Premiére d’aprés les don- 
nées Expérimentales, Emile Ferriere, 533 ; a New Scientific 
Club, Prof. W. Ramsay, F.R.S., 559 
@ Scorpii, a Companion to, Dr. T. J. J. See, 111 
Scott (A.), the Atomic Weight of Carbon, 526; New Series of 
Mixed Sulphates of Vitriol Group, 526 - 
Scott (D. H , F.R.S.), Chezrostrobus, a New Fossil Cone, 
3333 Structural Botany, 457 
Scurvy, the Cause and Cure of, Dr. A. E. Wright, 418 
Sea, Effects of Oil at, M. Baretge, 360 
Sea, the Romance of the, Fred. Whymper, 149 
Sea-water, Gold in, Prof. Liversidge, 162; Detection of, E. 
Sonstadt, 166 
Seal, the Fur, the Condition of, David S. Jordan, 350 
Seamanship, a Manual of Elementary, D. Wilson-Barker, 459 
See (Dr. T. J. J.), a Companion to @ Scorpii, 111; Three Bril- 
liant Stellar Systems, 498 
Seeds, Prof. Casimir de Candolle on Latent Life in, 21 
Seeds, Honey-Birds and Cingalese Loranthus, F. W. Keeble, 
109 
Segar’s Theorem, Prof. Elliott, F.R.S., 407 
Seguy (Gaston), Action of X-Rays on Heart, 576; New 
Kathodic Apparatus, 600 
Seismology: Icelandic Earthquake recorded at Paris, Th. 
Moureaux, 4; Earth Tremors at Edinburgh between August 
25 and September 6, Thomas Heath, 4; the Periodicity of 
Earthquakes in Liguria, Dr. E. Oddone, $2; Distribution of 
Accessory Shocks of great Japanese Earthquakes of 1891, Dr. 
Charles Davison, 93; Intensity and Amplitude of Motion in 
great Japanese Earthquake of 1891, Prof. F. Omori, 444; 
Application of Physics and Mathematics to, Dr. C. Chree, 
164; the Earthquake of December 17, 1896, Dr. Charles 
Chree, 178; J. Lloyd Bozward, 178; Dr. C. Davison. 179 ; 
G. J. Symons, F.R.S., 327 ; Earthquake of April 16 in N.W. 
Asia Minor, Dr. G. Agamennone, 182; After-Shocks of great 
Japanese Earthquake of November 4, 1854, Prof. Omori, 
205; Bollettino della Societa Italiana, 214, 476; Lunar 
Periodicities in Earthquake Frequency, C. G. Knott, 357 ; 
Two Unfelt Earthquakes, Prof. John Milne, F.R.S., 390; 
Thomas Heath, 439; Prof. G. Gerland, 558; Volcanic 
Activity in Central America in relation to British Earthquakes, 
A. Gosling, 502; the Choice of Stations, Prof. G. Grablovitz, 
614 : 
Selection in Man, Dr. John Beddoe, 260 
Selection, Organic, Prof. J. Mark Baldwin, 558 
Selection, Rate of Racial Change that accompanies Different 
Degrees of Severity in, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 605 
Selenography : Death of T. G. Elger, 299 
Self-intensive Refrigeration, Liquefaction of Air by, Dr. W. 
Hampson, 485 
Sell (Dr. Eugen), Death of, 11, 81 
Semi-permeable Films and Osmotic Pressure, Prof. J. Willard 
Gibbs, 461 } 
Semon (Prof. Richard), Im Australischen Busch und an den 
Kiisten des Korallenmeeres. Reiseerlebnisse und Beobach- 
tungen eines Naturforschers in Australien, New Guinea und 
den Molukken, W. Saville-Kent, 22 
Senderens (J. B.), Action of Nickel on Ethylene, 527 
Sense Qualities, the Problem of the, Prof. E. B. Titchener, 
294; W. E. Johnson, 294 
Sensitive Plates, Patterns produced by Charged Conductors on, 
J. Brown, 294 ; James Anson, 269 ; Fernando Sanford, 485 
Sergueeff (M.), Remarkable Find of Chud Implements near 
Perm, 82 
Sero-therapy : the Effects of Inoculation for Cholera, Surgeon- 
Captain Hare, 134; the Natural Immunity of Venomous 
Snakes, 139; Protective Power of Serum influenced by 
Nerve-Lesion, MM. Charrin and Nittis, 264; Anti-Cholera 
Vaccination in India, Dr. Funck, 444; Failure of Versin 
Serum, 540; Toxins and Antitoxins, Dr. Marriotti-Bianchi, 
542 ; a New Diphtheria Antitoxin, Dr. Smirmow, 597 
Serpents, New Method of collecting Venom of, Paul Gibier, 
168 
Sesamoid Bones, F. J. Reid, 22 
Seward (A. C.), the Leaves of Bennettites, 527; Sig¢/laria and 
Glossopterts in South Africa, 550 
Sexton (A. Humboldt), Fuel and Refractory Materials, 222 
Shaler (N. S.), the Causes of Volcanic Outbursts, 301 
Sharp (Dr. D.), Jumping Cocoons, 65 
Shenstone (W. A.), Properties of highly-Purified Oxygen and 
Chlorine, 358 
Shepherd, F. R., the Best Sugar-Cane for Leeward Island 
Cultivation, 12 
Sherrington (Prof. C. S., F.R.S.), Experiments on Distribution 
of Posterior Root-Fibres of Spinal Nerves, 356: Cataleptoid 
Reflexes in Monkey, 357; Reciprocal Innervation of Antago- 
nistic Muscles, 381 ; the Green Pigment of Z7a/assema, 400 
Ship-building : the Bazzz Roller Boat, 109, 379 
Shooting-Stars of January 2, Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., 225; 
W. F. Denning, 247 
Siberia, Land Tenure in, A. A Kaufmann, 92 
Siberian, East, Geographical Society, Izvestia of, 92 
Siemens’ Domestic Gas Fire, Sir H. J. Wood, 6 
Sierschevsky (V. A.), Description of the 
Researches on the Yakouti of, 97 
Siertsema (L. H.), Temperature-coefficients of Aneroids, 431 
Siethoff (E. G. A. ten), Dr. Zeeman’s Optical Phenomenon in 
Eye, 527 
Signalling, Interplanetary, Francis Galton, 39 
Silva (W. de), Examination of White Wines for Coal-Tar Dyes, 
Ethnographical 
431 
Simmons (A. T.), Physiography for Beginners, 172 
Simplon Tunnel, the, 617 
Simpson (William), the Buddhist Praying Wheel: a Collection 
of Material bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel, and 
Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual, 171 
Sinclair (W. F.), Two Corrections, 248 ; Curved Knives, 581; 
Mosquito Bites, 607 
Sirius, the Companions of Procyon and, 62 
Sirius’ Companion, the Period of, 329 
Sixty Years of Submarine Telegraphy, Prof. Ayrton, 403 
Sky, a Study of the, Herbert A. Howe, 580 
Smirnow (Dr.), a New Diphtheria Antitoxin, 597 
Smith (C.), Carbohydrates of Barley Straw, 93 
Smith (Rev. Frederick J., F.R.S.), Conductorless X-Ray Bulbs 
and Tubes, 294 , 
Smith (H. G.), Manna on ‘‘ Blue Grass,” 383 
Smith (J. B.), Urates in the Hair, 470 
Smithells (Prof. A.), the Explosive Properties of Acetylene, 42 
Smits (A.), Vapour-pressure Measurement with Micromano- 
meter, 455 wes 2 
Smolan (Dr. Smoluchowski de), Electrification of Air by 
Rontgen Rays, 199; on the Conductive Effect produced in 
Air by Réntgen Rays and by Ultra-Violet Light, 343; on 
Electrical Equilibrium between Uranium and an Insulated 
Metal in its Neighbourhood, 447; on Apparent and Real 
Diselectrification of Solid Dielectrics produced by Rontgen 
Rays and by Flame, 472; on the Influence of Rontgen Rays 
in respect to Electric Conduction through Air, Paraffin, and 
Glass, 498 
Snakes : the Natural Immunity of Venomous Snakes, 139; Im- 
