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INDEX 
XXix 
Stirling (James), Glaciation in the Australian Alps, 307 
Stockholm: Academy of Sciences, 116, 564; Proposed 
Aquarium and Winter Garden at, 153; Geological Society, 
164, 404, 464 ; Observatory, 277 
Stokes (Prof. G. G., F.R.S.), on Science and Art at the Royal 
Academy Dinner, 13 
Stoliczka (Dr. F.), Scientific Results of Second Yarkand 
Mission, Araneida, Rev. O. P. Cambridge, 120 
Stone Age, Grave of, at Crécy-sur-Morin, A. Thieullen, 636 
Stone Age at Kazan, the, MM. Stuckenberg and Vysotski, 277 
Stone Age in the Malay Peninsula, A. Hale, 53 
Stone Age and Pottery, M. Martel on, 38 
Stone Slab with Drawing of the Great Bear found in Russia, 
434 
Stonehaven Sea Disturbances near, 108 
Stonyhurst, Flora of, 201 
Storms, Law of, W. H. Rosser, 594 
Strachan (R.), Meteor (June 13), 143 
Strahan (Aubrey), Glaciation of South Lancashire, Cheshire, 
and the Welsh Border, 162; Notes on the Relations of the 
Lincolnshire Carstone, 258 
Strain-Effect of Sudden Cooling in Glass and Steel, C. Barus 
and V. Strouhal, 208, 539 
Straits Settlements, the Races of the, Mr. Swettenham, 347 
Strasburg Observatory, 247 . 
Stress and Strain, Influence of, on the Physical Properties of 
Matter, H. Tomlinson, 69, 115 
Stroh (A.), a New Form of Stereoscope, 68 
Strontium Dihydrate, C. Scheibler, 492 
Strouhal (V.) and C. Barus, Strain-Effect of Sudden Cooling on 
Glass and Steel, 208, 539 
Structure of Lingula pyramidata, Dr. H. G. Beyer, 17 
Stscheglajeff (W.), Electro-Magnetic Rotation of the Plane of 
Polarisation in Chloride of Iron, 355 
Stuckenberg and Vysotski, the Stone Age at Kazan, 277 
Submarine Disturbances, 458 
Stidan, Native Tribes of, Sir Charles Wilson, 608 
Sugars, M. Berthelot, 563 
Summer Isobars, Winds and Cloudiness on the Atlantic, L. T. 
de Bort, 188 
Sun: Movements on the Surface, 54; Solar Spectrum, M. 
Janssen, 176; Drs. Miiller and Kempf, 176; Thollon’s Map 
of the Solar Spectrum, 579; Solar Eclipse, August 29, 432; 
Eclipse Expedition, August 1886, 437 ; Grenada Eclipse Ex- 
pedition, August 29, 441, 469, 497 ; Photography of the 
Solar Corona, W. Huggins, F.R.S., 469; A. A. Common, 
F.R.S., 470; Prof. Rowland’s Photographic Map of the 
Normal Solar Spectrum, 490 ; Photographic Observations in 
Algiers, 576; Origin of the Fraunhofer Rays, Ch. Fievez, 
562; Halo prior to Storm, J. H. Kinahan, 596; Mock Sun, 
Sir W. J. Herschel, 289, 336: Robert H. F. Rippon, 361 ; 
Solar Halo and Sun-Pillar, seen on June 5, 1886, F. A. 
Bellamy, 193 ; Sun and Stars, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 
41, 204, 227, 280; Red Sunsets and Volcanic Eruptions, 
Prof. S. Newcomb, F.R.S., 340; Prof. A. Riccd, 386; 
Sunspots and Prices of Indian Food-Grains, F. Chambers, 
100; Sunspot-Spectra Observations made at Kensington, 
Furthur Discussion of the, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 251 ; 
Spots and Faculz, J. Delauney, 564; Solar Spots and Pro- 
tuberances, Dr. Spoerer, M. Faye, 588 
Sunday Opening of Museums, &c.: Sir H. Roscoe on, 83; in 
New York, 108 
Sunday Society, Annual Meeting of, 83 
Superimposed Stamens, Thomas Meehan, 17 
Surface-Tension of Liquids, on Measuring the, W. F. Magie, 
46 
Surface Subsidence caused by Lateral Coal-Mining, W. Ben- 
ton, 514 
Surgery, a Manual of, Frederick Treves, 383 
Spr reyss Ordnance and Admiralty, Proposed Combination of, 
50 
Svedmark (Dr. E.), Map of Roslagen District,. 464 
Sweden: Influence of Forests on the Climate of, 53 ; Centenary 
of Academy of Science, 59 ; Swedish University of Sciences, 
201 ; the Crown Forests of, 202; Valuable Acquisitions to 
the Swedish National Museum, 300; Extraction of Tannic 
Matter from Swedish Species of Pine, Dr. Laudin, 371 
Swettenham (Mr.), on the Races of the Straits Settlements, 347 
Swiss Geographical Societies, Annual Meeting of the Associa- 
tion of, 398 
Swiss Lakes, Soundings of, 245 
Swiss Society of Natural Sciences, 373 
Switzerland, Prof. J. J. Egli on, 616 
Sydney: Australian Museum Report, 626; Linnean Society of 
New South Wales, 95, 307, 379, 580, 611, 635; Royal 
Society of New South Wales, 331, 355, 462, 587; Sydney 
University Commemoration, 275 
Sylvester (Prof. J. J., F.R.S.): Differential Equation to a 
Curve of any Order, 365, 403; Lectures on the Theory of 
Reciprocants, 521 
Sympathetic Vibrations of Jets, A. Bell, 138 
Tacchini (Signor), Solar Meteorology,!194. 
Tafel (J.), Preparation of Primary Amines, 492 
Tait (Prof. P. G.): the Thomson Effect, 120: Prof. J. D. 
Everett, F.R.S., 75 ; Effect of External Forces on a System 
of Colliding Spheres, 307 
Tangent Galvanometer, Prof. G. C. Foster, F.R.S., 546; J. 
Rennie, 594 
Tannic Matter, Extraction of, from Swedish Species of Pine, Dr. 
Laudin, 371 
Tappenbeck (Lieut.), the Congo Region, 399 
Tarawera, New Zealand : Volcanic Disturbances at, 153 ; Ascent 
of, Percy Smith, 544 
Tasmania : Capture of Black Snake containing 109 Young Ones, 
201; Royal Society of, 581 
Tassel (Mr. van), the Largest Balloon in the World constructed 
by, 371 
Taste: Sense of, J. B. Haycraft, 515 ; Unpleasant, as a Pro- 
tection for Insects, E. B. Poulton, 537 
Tau Cross on Badge of Medicine-Man of the Queen Charlotte 
Isles, R. G. Haliburton, 610 
Taupo Zone, New Zealand, Recent Eruptions in the, Prof. 
Stephens, 379 
Taurids, the September, W. F. Denning, 546 
Taylor(F.C.), Do Migratory-Birds return to their Old Haunts ?, 
3 
Tator (Mr. G.), Aborigines of Formosa, 156, 602 
Taylor (Dr. J. E.), Our Island Continent, a Naturalist’s Holi- 
day in Australia, 158 
Taylor (J.), Losses in the Bahamas, 489 
Technical College, Finsbury Lectures, 626 
Technical Education: Lord Dufferin on, 370; in the United 
States, 15 ; in Bombay, 529 
Technical Schools, University College, Nottingham, 300 
Tegreus (F.), Glacial Formations in Gothland, 164 
Telegraph, the Optical, in Algeria, 277 
Telegraphic Communication between Seoul and Pekin, 397 
Telegraphing with Trains in Motion, Edison’s System of, 201 
Telegraphy, Submarine, S. Raineri, 628 
Telegraphy v. Telephony, Dr. Wietlisbach, 530 
Teleky (Count Samuel), Central African Expedition, 61 
Telephone, on a New Application of the, for the Measurement 
of Electrical Resistance, Dr. Pringsheim, 308 
Telephoning at Great Distances, F. van Rysselberghe, 355 
Telephony v. Telegraphy, Dr. Wietlisbach, 530 
Telescopes, Reflecting, Construction of, H. F. Madsen, 463 
Telescopic Objectives and Mirrors, their Preparation and Testing, 
Howard Grubb, F.R.S., 85 
Telescopy : the 36-inch Objective Contract, 274 
Telluric Currents, J. J. Landerer, 492 
Temperature: Lunar Surface and its, Capt. John Ericsson, 24S ; 
the Persistent Low, Chas. Harding, 340; Influence of, upon 
Elastic Reaction, Th. Schréder, 402 ; Temperature Observa- 
tions at the Lake Superior Copper-Mines, H. A. Wheeler, 
402; Temperature of Water in Firth of Clyde, Dr. H. R. 
Mill, 461; J. T. Morison, 509; Apparatus for Maintaining 
Constant Temperatures up to 100° C., Dr. G. H. Bailey, 512 ; 
English Temperatures, C. Harding, 552; Temperatures of 
Vienna Forest, Prof. Hann, 603 ; of Bed of Oceanic Basins, 
M. Faye, 612; Tidal Variations of Temperature and Salinity 
in the Forth Estuary, Dr. H. R. Mill and J. T. Morison, 
187; Temperatures and Critical Pressures of some Vapours in 
Liquid, C. Vincent and J. Chappuis, 380 
Temple (Capt. R. C.), on Folk-Lore and its Terminology, 38 ; 
Folk-Lore of North-Western India, 577 
Templeton, W., Practical Mechanic’s Companion, 28 
Tenth Anniversary of the Johns Hopkins University, 349 
Terby (M.), ‘‘ Canals” of Mars, 110 
Tercentenary Potato Exhibition, 601 
Terre des Merveilles, J. Leclercq, 545 
4 Testacella, Habits of, E. B. Poulton, 618 
