LXDEX 



Rodwell (G. F., F.C.S.), Nbe's Thermo-Electric Battery, 85; 

 The Birth of Chemistry, 463, 503, 545 



Roscoe (Prof. H. E., F.R.S.), "Chemistry," 3 ; Endowment of 

 Professorships, 102, 109 



Royal Commission on Science, 297 



Royal Institution, 109 



Royal Society, 13, 18, 73, 149, 154. 236, 255 



Rugby School, Natural History Society, 33 



Russell (H. C), Aurora of Feb. 4, 1S72, at Sydney, 202 ; Elec- 

 trical Barograph, 493 



Russia, F'emile Education, 502 



Rutherford (Prof.), on observing the Transit of Venus, 495 



Safety Lamp, Improved, 327 



St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 487 



Sale (Lieut. M. T., R.E.), Foriyih's "Highlands of Central 



India," 99 ; Ancient and Recent Stone Monuments, 127 

 Sin Diego, Visit of the Hassler to, 497 

 Sandstone, Sources of, 26 

 San Francisco, Academy of Sciences, 95, 44S, 460 ; Address of 



Prof. Agassiz, 509 

 Santorin, Volcano at, 4S2 



.Schaffer (E. A., M.B. ). Coagulation in Frog's Blood, 447 

 Schellen (Dr H.), " Spectrum Analysis," 349 

 Schtnck (Dr.), Heat for raising Holies to F'usion (Br. A.), 404 

 School of Mine^:, 209, 303 



Schuster (A.), Spectrum of Hydrogen (Br. A.), 35S 

 Schweinfurth (Dr.), his African E.xplorations, 379 

 Science and Art Department, 303, 329 

 Science and Sensation, 177 

 Science Primers, 3 

 Scientific Controversy, 475 ; Relations of Germany, France, and 



England, 19 1 

 Scintillation, 181 

 Sclater (P. L., F.R.S.), supposed 0»sified Notochord of a Fish, 



432, 436, 516 ; New Rhuioceros, 57S 

 Scottish Boulders, 477 

 Scottish Naturalist, 38 

 Sea-Serpent, 130, 270, 402 

 Seeds, their Dispersion by the Wind, 164 

 Segmentation of Annulosa, 25 

 Sensation and Science, 177 

 Serpent-worship, (Jrigin ol (Br. A), 3S5 

 " Sewer Gas," bv O. Reynolds, 350 

 Shark taken off Rye, its Skeleton, 296 

 Sharpe and Dresser's " Birds of Europe, 390 

 Shooting Stars, French Observations, 441 

 Somner and Landois (Drs.), Auatomie dcr Plattwiirmer, 278 

 Sidot (M.), " Mors Eltctrique," 290, 351 

 Siebe (Augustus), Obituary Notice of, 13 

 Siebold (C. T. E. von), " Parthenogenesis," 4S3, 523 

 Siemens (C. \V., F. KS.), Measuring Temperature by Elec- 

 tiicity, 47 ; on the Electric Telegraph, 282 ; Electrical Pyro- 

 meter, Report on (Br. A.), 360 

 Silkworm, Cultivation of the, 197 

 Silurian and Cambrian, History of the Names, 15, 34, 53, 222 ; 



Rocks (Br. A ), 4.06 

 Silver: Crystallisation of, 66 ; Filiform Native (Br. A.), 382; 



its Precipitation by Copper (Br. A.), 404 

 Skeletons of Wild Animals, 435, 535; of Razor-back Whale, 



279 ; of a Shaik, 296 

 Skertchley (S. B. J. ), Waterspouts in the Fen-land, 45 ; " Physi- 

 cal Geographv," 431 

 Smee (Alfred, F.R.S.). " My Garden," 186 

 Skey (F. Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S ), his Death, 329 

 Smith (B. W., F.R.A.S.), Iiistantaneousne>s of L ghtninj, 242 

 Smith (R. A,, Ph. D , F.R S.), " Air and Rain," 325 

 Smithsonian Institution, 305 

 .'ra/ih (Prof. Piazzi), New Teleicope for Edinburgh Observa. 



tity, 441 

 Society ol Antiquaries and the Government, 277 

 Society of Arts, 12S, 243 



So'ar Distuibances, 251 ; Energy, The Source of, by Capt. J. 

 Ericsson, 3-,9 ; Halns, 5, 141 ; Outbursts and Magnetic Siorms, 

 Sir G. B. Airy, KC.B., F.K.S., c^n, 32S ; "Protuberances, 

 Forms of," Piof. Tacchini on, 293; Rainbow, 242; Spectium, 

 44S- 454. ,492. Si4 ; Spots, 26, 393, 534, 542; System, 

 Meibrauer's, 140 

 Sorbv (H. C. F. R.S.), Boerhaave Medal awaided to, S9 

 Soulha:npton School of Science, 34 



Spalding (D.A.), on Instinct, 485 



Spalding (J. H.), Adhesion Figures, I22 



Sparrows at New York, 290 



Spectral Nomenclature, Capt. J. Herschel, R.E., F.R.S. , on, 483 



Spectroscopic Nomenclature, lOi ; Notes, by Prof. J. H. Leach, 

 125 



Spectroscopy, Italian, Prof. Tacchini on, 465 



Spectrum, Distribution of Heat in the, 470 ; " Analvsi?," by 

 Dr. H. Sch^iUen, 349 ; of Aurora, 260, 3^9 ; of Hydrogen 

 (Br. A.), 358 ; of Lightning, 161, 220; of Nebula in Orion, 



231 

 Spottiswoode (W., F.R.S.), on Optical Phenomena, 91 ; Lecture 



on Sunlight, Sea, and Sky, 333 

 Stanley (H. M.), his Discovery of Dr. Livingstone, 51, 69, 128, 



168, 184, 22S, 257, 287 ; Discoveries at the Northern End of 



Lake Tanganyika (Br. A. ), 332, 345 ; Letter and Present from 



the Qaeen, 377 

 Stars, their Motion to or from the Eirth, 231 

 Stale, The, and Science, i, 6, 21, 68, 157, 297, 530, 542 

 Statistical International Congress, St. Petersburg, 355 

 Statistics {Sa British Association, Section F") 

 Stature and Volition, 533 

 Stevenson (Phos., F.R. S.E.), Depths of Water in which Waves 



break, 27 ; Linear Expansion of Solids, 372 

 Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), "Physics," 3; Endowment of 



Professorships, 102, 109 ; Potato Disease, 431 

 Stimpson (Dr. Win.), his Deep-Sea E.'iplorations, 89 ; Obituary 



Notice of. 128, 182 

 Stdckhardt (Dr. A. J.), " Evperiraental Chemistry," 240 

 Stone Circles and other Monuments, 9, 127 

 Stonehenge, Vand.alism at. 330 

 " .Sione Implements and Weapons," by J. Evans, F.R.S., 25, 



206, 225 

 Stone Implements, American, 392, 413, 448, 515 

 Siowmarket Explosion, 292 

 Strange (Lieut.-Col., F.R.S.), Distribution of the Funds of the 



Br. A., 380 

 Struthers \Prof.), Supra-Condyloid Process in Man ; Sternum 



and Finger Muscles of Whale (Br. A.), 385 

 Strutt (Hon. J. W.), Liw of To al Radiation, 5 ; Inluction on 



Itself of an Electi c Current, 64; Photographs of Diffraction 



Gratings (Br. A.). 422 

 Stuart (James), on "Toe Figure of the Earth," by Archdeacon 



Pratt. 79 ; Ganot's " Natural Philosophy," 471 

 Studer (Prof. B.), " Index der Pelrographie der Schweiz," 43 

 Sulphurous Impurity in Coal Gis, 7 

 Sulphur Springs, Yellowstone Park (U.S.), 398 

 "Sunlight, Sea, and Sky," Mr. Spottiswoode's Lecture, 333 

 Sun-Spots, 26, 393, 534, 542 

 Sun's Radiant Heat, Capt. J. Ericsson on, 458 

 Superfluous Developments, 183 

 Sussex, Flowering Plants of (Br. A.), 406 

 Sweden, Coal in, 34 



.Swedish Academy, North Polar Expedition, 355 

 Switzerland, Geology of, 43 



Tacchini (Prof.), " Forms of Solar Protuberances," 293 ; Italian 



Spectroscopy, 465 

 Tammite, a new Mineral, 269 

 Tapeworms, Dr--. Sommer and Landois on, 27S 

 Taylor (C ), "Geometry of Conies," 391 

 Technical Education, Meeting at Society of Arts, 243 

 Technology, E.xaminalions in, 41 

 Telegraph, Au-tralian, 482 

 Telegraph Engineers' Society, 249, 251, 282 

 Telegraphy, Lecture by W. H. Preece, 249 

 Telescope, New Equatorial, for Edinburgh University, 441 

 Telescopes, Astronomical, New Points in Mounting (Br. A.), 



Temperature of Hill and Valley, 19, 45 ; of Inland Seas, by Dr. 

 Carpenter (Br. A.), 362 ; of the D. ep Sea, 102 



Temperature of the Sea, 374; Underground (Br. A.), 402 



Tennant (Lieut.-Col. J. F., R. E. ), Solar Spectroscopic Observa- 

 tions, 492 



Tentacuiites (Br. A.), 383 



Thermal Pa hs to the Pole, loi 



Thermo-Electric Battery, Noe's, 85 



Theinumieter, Registering Meteorological, 122, 142, 221 



Thr-rmonieters, Mounting of, 122, I42 



Thompson (Gen. C), Meteor at ' Cardiff, 45; Coriolation of 

 Coi.ili and .Music, 393 



