[Nature, June II, 1885 



Thomas Leeming, 5 ; T. W. Backhouse, 23 ; G. W. Lam- 

 plugh, 28 

 Smith (B. Woodd), Peculiar Ice-Forms, 5, 193, 264 

 Smith (F. Porter), Pronunciation of Chinese Names, 173 

 Smith (John Lawrence), Obituary Notice of, 220 

 Smith (Prof. C. Michie), Iridescent Clouds, 338 

 Smith (Willoughby), the Recent Aurora, 506 

 Smith (Worthington G.), Cross-Breeding Potatoes, 316 

 Smith (W. W. ), Sceloglaux Albifacies, 23 

 Smithy, Prehistoric, discovered in Brittany, 136 

 Smokeless Houses and Manufactories, Thos. Fletcher, 513 

 Smyth (Prof. C. Piazzi), Free Hydrogen in Comets, 314 ; Irid- 

 escent Clouds, 148, 315 

 Snake, Cannibal, Rev. Edward F. Taylor, 264 ; Rev. M. J. 



Bywater, 264 

 " Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona," Capt. J. G. Bourke, 



Dr. Edward B. Tylor, F.R.S., 429 

 Snakes, Japanese, 587 

 Snow Crystals from Fog on Ben Nevis, On the Formation of, 



R. T. Omond, 532 

 Society of Telegraphic Engineers, Premiums, 298 

 Sodankyla, Results of the Scientific Expedition to, Selim 



Lemstrom, 372 

 Sodium Battery, Jablochkoff ' s New, 203 

 Solar Corona of 18S4, on the, Prof. Forel, 41 

 Solar Corona and After-Glow, Henry F. Blanford, F.R.S., 192 

 Solar Eclipse, Total, of 1914, August 20-21, 228; on Sept. 9, 

 588 ; of May 6, 1S83, and some of the Meteorological Results 

 of the, 601 

 Solar Phenomena, Cornu's Experiments on, 204 

 Solar Phenomenon, Dr. C. M. Ingleby, 264 

 Solar System, Formation of the, 194 

 " Solar System," the, Ernest R. G. Groth, 215 

 Solids of Attraction, Notes on Calculations respecting, Prof. 



Lampe, 26 

 Sommier (Signor Stephen), a Summer in Siberia, 323 

 Sonklar (General), Death of, 394 

 Sorbonne, the New, 180 



Sorby (H. C), Autumnal Tints of Foliage, 105 

 Soudan Campaign, Balloons in, 368; Maps of, 371 ; Three 



Months in the, Ernestine Sartorius, 407 

 Soup, Bird's Nest, E. L. Layard, 82 

 South America, Political Geography of, 590 

 South Georgia, 327 

 South Kensington Aquarium, 349 

 South Kensington Museum Collections, 465 

 South Plant of Egyptian Art, the so-called, W. T. Thiselton 



Dyer, F.R.S., 127 

 Southern Siates of America, Education in, Rev. A. D. Mayo, 



Space, Four-Dimensional, 481 



Spain, Earthquakes in, 227, 237, 370, 418, 563, 610 ; F. Gill- 



mann, 199 ; Alf. Batson, 200 ; Dr. Eschenhagen on, 491 ; 



Inoculation for Cholera, 611 ; Recent Acquisitions of, in West 



Africa, 614 

 Spectra, New Organic, 326 

 Spectrum Analysis, E. Clemenshaw, 329 

 Speculations, Krukenberg's Chromatological, C. A. MacMunn, 



217 

 Spencer (W. Baldwin), Eggs of Monotremes, 132 

 Spitzbergen Seas, Norwegian, Explorations in the, Discovery of 



New Islands, 350 

 Spbrer (Prof.), Sun-Spots, 120 

 Squall, Peculiar, 108 



Stability of Ships, Sir E. J. Reed, 238, 285 

 Stalked Crinoidea Collected during L the Challenger Expedition, 



Report on the, Herbert Carpenter, 573 

 Stanford's Maps, 516 

 " Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel," F. W. 



Rudler and G. W. Chishohn, 287 

 Stanley (H. M.), Banquet to, at Berlin, 108 

 Star, Binary, a Centauri, 158; Double-, Piazzi, XIV. 212, 



396 ; Double- 7 Equulei, 612 

 Star-Gauges, Prof. E. S. Holden's Tables of, 40 

 Stars, Variable, 322, 442, 604, 612; in the Orion-Nebula, 18; 



S. Cancri, 419 ; Mira Ceti, 468 ; U Geminorum, 65 

 Statistical Society : Catalogue, 16 ; Jubilee of, 368 

 Steel Guns, 530 



Stein (Prof. F. von), Death of, 277, 394 

 Steiner's Exploration of the Xingu, 300 



Steinmann's (Dr.) Journeys in Southern Patagonia, 281 



"Stenini," Lieut. Casey on, 250 



Stevenson (Chas. A.), Seismographs, 29 



Storm Warnings, American, 197 



Strabo, the Geography of, 541 



Strachey (R., F. K.S.), Prime Meridian Conference, 125 



Strasburg, New University of, 557 



Strawberiy, Quinquefoliate, J. Lovell, 601 



Strausz (Adolf), " Bosnien, Land und Leute," 192 



Stocker (M.), Death of, 350 



Stockholm Royal Academy of Sciences, 236, 332, 428, 572, 



620 ; Academy of Sciences, 120 ; Society of Natural Sciences, 



48, 356 ; Statue of Linnaeus at, 610 

 Stokes (Prof. G. G. ) on a Remarkable Phenomenon of Crystal- 

 line Ueilection, 565 

 Stone Implements of Japan, Ancient, Mr. Kanda, 538 

 Stoney (Hrof. G. Johnstone, F.R.S.), How Thought Presents 



itself among the Phenomena of Nature, 422, 529 

 Storms, Relative Frequency of, in the Northern Hemisphere, 293 

 Sturrock and Meek's Contrivance for Indicating 24 hours on 



Watch Dials, 349 

 Styria, Earthquakes in, 227, 322 

 Sublimation, Prof. Landolt's Contrivance for Recovering the 



Products of, 211 

 Submarine Railway between Messina and Reggie, Proposed, 



227 

 Subterranean Observatory in Japan, Proposed, 63 

 Sudan, Ethnology of the, Prof. A. H. Keane, 40 

 Suicides in China, Treatment of, 514 

 Sulphur Deposits in Siberia, 298, 395 

 Sunday Question, Mark H. Judge, 54 

 Sunday Society, 513; Conference, 466 

 Sunglows in Sweden, 42 

 Sunlight, Direct Influence of, on Vegetation, Dr. M. Buysman, 



324 

 Sunshine Recorder, Prof. Herbert McLeod, 319 ; at the Royal 



Meteorological Society, 320 

 Sun-spots, Prof. Sporer, 120 

 Surgery, Science and, 213 

 Sutherland, Report on the Geology of the North- West of, B. N. 



Peach and J. Home, 31 

 Sweden, Sun-glows in, 42 ; Rising of the Coast of, 156 

 Switzerland, Earthquake in, on April 13, Prof. Forel on, 610 

 Svenonius (Dr. F. ), Exploration of Swedish Lapland, 613 

 Sydney : Linnean Society of New South Wales, 307, 451, 572 ; 



Royal Society of New South Wales, 331 

 Sylvester (Prof. J. J., F. R. S.), the Genesis of an Idea, or Story 



of a Discovery Relating to Equations in Multiple Quantity, 35 



Tahiti, Pearl Fisheries of, 545 ; Sociology of, Dr. F. Rho, 



613 

 Tardy Justice, 578 



Tarleton (Alfred H.), Shadow on Clouds, 361 

 Tarleton (Francis A.) and lienj. Williamson, F.R.S., " Ele- 

 mentary Treaties on Dynamics," &c, 384 

 Tarr (Ralph S.), United State Fish Commission, 128; American 



Summer Zoological Stations, 174 

 Tashkend, Russian School for Mussulmans at, 322 

 Tattooing Instruments (Ancient) in California, 299 

 Taylor (Rev. C. J. ), a Lantern Screen, 388; Tracing Paper 



Screen, 435 

 Taylor (Rev. Edward F. ), a Cannibal Snake, 264 

 Tea-Leaf, Ash, Nikitinsky's Experiments on, 369 

 Teaching of Physics, Aims and Methods of the, W. Odell, 578 

 Teaching University for London, Proposed, 145, 159, 352, 



394 



Teale (J. J. H.), Scope and Method of Petrography, 444 



Technical Education, Report of the London School Board Com- 

 mittee on, 205 



Teeth, Artificial, found in Etruscan Tombs, 564 ; the Use of, 

 by the Ancients, 578 



Telegraphs in China, 1S1 



Telegraphic Engineers, Society of, Premiums, 298 



Telephonic Service, Belgian, 90 



Telephone, a New, 202 



Telephone, Becquerel's New, 466 



Telephone, Primitive, in China, 321 



Telephoning Long Distances in France, 249 



Telescopes for Astronomical Photography, A. Ainslie Common, 

 38, 270 



