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INDEX 
Smith (Prof. H. J. S.) on the Focal Properties of Two Corre- 
lative Figures (Mathematical Society), 223 : 
Smyth (Prof. Piazzi) at the Great Pyramid, 634; report of his 
Paper on Supra-annual Cycles of Temperature in the Earth’s 
Surface Crust, 638 
Snake Bites, Treatment of, 268 
Societies, Learned. (See for Zondon under the heads Aszatic, 
Ethnological, Royal, and the like. Otherwise the places of 
meeting, as Ldinburgh, Paris, Philadelphia. ) 
Soda in Plants, 250; Old Atomic Weight of, 176 
Sodium, Action of, on Acetic Ether, 467 
Solar Eclipse (see Zc/ipses) ; Prominences, 607 ; Radiation, 177 ; 
Spots, 284, 431 
Sorby (H. C.) on Remarkable Spectra of Compounds of 
Zirconia and Uranium, 588 
Southwell (T.) on the Flight of Birds, 431 
Spectra of the Metals, Thalen’s Map of, 61 
Spectroscopic Examination of Diatoms, 115 
Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun, 172 ; Paper on, at the 
Royal Society, by Mr. Lockyer, 195 
Spectrum Analysis, by Prof. Roscoe, 503 
Spencer (Herbert) on Where are the Nebule ? 359 
Spherodus Gigas, 89 
Spinal Cord, Regeneration of, 62, 92 
Sport, English, in the Fifteenth Century, by the Rev.) C.J: 
Robinson, 352 
Stadt (H. v.), Personal Equation of Astronomical Observers, 337 
Stalactites, Notes on, by C. Roberts, 109 
Stannous Chloride and Acids of Arsenic, 27 
Star Atlas, New, 84 
Star-Drift, Mr. Proctor on, 466 
Stars, Heating Powers of, 320 
Star Shower, Prof. Newton, of Yale, on, 170 ; Father Secchi on, 
171; as seen in California, 390 
Statistical Society, 119, 247, 346 
Stenosaurus, Discovery of, 89 
Sterland (W. J.) on Cuckows’ Eggs, 139, 336 
Stewart (Dr. Balfour) on Physical Meteorology, 1o1, 128, 3373 
on Terrestrial Magnetism, 264; on What is Energy ? 647 ; 
Results of the Monthly Observations of Dip and Horizontal 
Force made at Kew, 517 
Stewart’s (Dr. Balfour) Meteorological Blockade, by Professor 
Sir W. Thomson, F.R.S., 306 
Stewart’s Sorghum and its Products, 403 
Stone Age, The, in Egypt, 148 
Strobel (Prof.) on the Paraderos of Patagonia, 318 
Stuart (J.) on Scientific Education at Cambridge, 57 ; on Lectures 
to Working Men, 71 ; on the Diffraction Spectrum and Wave- 
Lengths, 506 
Suez Canal, 24, 169 
Sullivan (Prof.) on the Beds of Thenardite of the Valley of 
Jarama (Irish Academy), 225 
Sulphide of Carbon, Disinfection of, 273 
Sulphuric Anhydride, 546 
Sulphur in Sicily, 389 
Sunday Lectures, 511 
Sun’s Altitude, Paper on, by Professor Roscoe and Dr. Thorpe, 
6145 Chromosphere, 654 ; Spectroscopic Observations, 172 
Sylvester (Professor), Plea for the Mathematician, 237, 261 ; on 
Kant’s View of Space, 314, 360; on the Rotation of a Rigid 
Body, 532; an After-Dinner Experiment, 582 
Syro-Egyptian Society, 62, 224 
Tait (Prof.) on the Progress of Natural Philosophy, 184 
Tasmanians, Origin of, 367 
Taylor, Sedley, on Analogy of Colour and Sound, 430; on Pro- 
fessor Tyndall’s Exposition of Helmholtz’s Theory of Musical 
Consonance, 457, 58! 
Technical Education, 139 
Telegraphic Communication with Florence, 137 
Telegraphs, State, 239 
Telescope, New, at Eton, by H. G. Madan, 263; the Newall, 
408 ; the Melbourné, 144, 443 
Temperature and Animal Life of the Deep Sea, by Dr. Car- 
penter ; 489, 540, 563 
Temple, Dr., 25 
Temple’s Comet, 58 
Tests, University, 140 
Thalen’s New Map of the Spectra of the Metals, 61 
Thallium Salts, 116, 142 
Thames Subway, The, by J. Prestwich, F.R.S. 
Thompson (George C.), How large seems the Moon? 507 
Thompson (W. G.) on the Formation of Ground Ice, 555 
Thomson (Prof. Wyville) on the Food of Oceanic Animals, 315 
Thomson (Sir W.) and Geological Time, 482, 507, 606 
Thomson (Prof. Sir William) on Dr. Balfour Stewart’s Meteoro- 
logical Blockade, 306; on the Conducting Quality of Copper 
Wire, 539 
Thrace, Geology of, 89 
Tinné (Miss), Murder of, 539 
Tithonian Stage, the, 143 
Trécul (M.) on Ferns (Paris Academy), 493, 522 
Triassic Dinosauria, Prof. Huxley on, 23 
Tucker (R.) on Euclid as a Text Book, 534, 627 
Tuckwell (Rey. W.) on Science Teaching in Schools, 18 ; on 
the Red-necked Grebe, 430 
Turdus Whitei, Mr. Bidgood’s letters on, 363 
Tylor (E. B.) on Prehistoric Times, 103 
Tyndall (Prof.) on Haze and Dust, 339 ; on the Death of Pro- 
fessor Magnus, 607 ; on the Action of Light on Gases, 443 
Unger (Prof.) on Anthracite Deposits in Carinthia, 178 
Universe, The, 259 
University College, London, Science at, 337 
Uranium, Preparation of, 27 ; Oxides of, 413 
Valentiner’s Practical Astronomy and Geodesy, 283 
Vanadium, Prof. Roscoe’s Paper on (Report), 662 
Van Gorkom’s (J. W.) Cinchona Plantations in Java, 212 
Variety and Species (Letter), 218 
Vegetable Palaeontology, by Dr. J. D. Hooker, 48 
Venus, Transits of, 146, 527; Mr. Proctor’s Letter on, 627 
Vertebrate Epidermis, 62 
Victoria Regia, 246 
Vienna : Imperial Academy of Sciences, 121, 178, 226, 321, 494, 
618, 641, 665 ; Imperial Geological Institution, 416, 469, 494 
Vines of France, 243 
Virchow (Prof.) on Comparative Measurements of Crania, 318 
Voelcker’s (Dr.) Address to the Chemical Society, 616 
Vogt (Prof.) on a Microcephalous Subject, 319 
Wallace (A. R.), Origin of Species Controversy, 105, 132; on 
Government Aid to Science, 258, 315; on the Measurement 
of Geological Time, 399, 452; on Hereditary Genius, 5o1 
Waller (Horace) on Dust and Disease, 361 
Wallich (Dr.) on the Food of Oceanic Animals, 241 
Warsop, Aero-Steam Engine, 433 
Water, the Abuse of, 578; Mechanical Properties of, by T. 
Login, 629, 654 
Weeds in newly-turned Ground (Letter), 459 
Wellington, Caves at, 194 
Wellington, Philosophical Society of New Zealand, 470 
Welsh Fasting Girl, 463 
Whales, Stranded, 141, 223, 248 
Whitaker (Charles W.) on the Work of the Sea, 381 
Whymper (E.) on the Veined Structure of Glaciers, 266 
Williamson (Prof.) on the late Prof. Graham, 20 
Wilson (J. M.) on the Corona, 139; on Sir W. Thomson and 
Geological Time, 606 ; on the Surface Deposits in the Neigh- 
bourhood of Rugby, 344 
Wine, colouring Matter of, 27 ; Pasteur’s Patent for preserving, 
29, 94 
Wood (Searles V.), Report of his Paper on Boulder Clay (Geo- 
logical Society), 222 ; on Professor Huxley’s Address, 533 
Woodward’s Chemical Exercises, 188 
Woodward (H.) on Geology and Agriculture, 46 
Working Men’s Club, 512, 651; College, 511 
Workmen, Employment of, by G. Gore, F.R.S., 623 
World of the Sea, by the Rey. Canon Kingsley, 78 
Wormell (Richd.), Modern Geometry and the University of 
London, 607 e 
Yarkand and Kasgar, Report of Mr. Shaw’s Visit to, 492 
Young (Prof.) on the American Eclipse, 532 
Zincke on the Synthesis of Aromatic Acids, 297 
Zirconia, Spectra of, 588 
Zoological Society, 29, 92, 173, 223, 345, 391, 490 543, 562 
