Wa/Hrt, Dec. 2, l8S3 



Sacred Books of the East, Edited by F. Max Miiller, Trof. A. 



H. Sayce on, 189 

 St. Elmo's Fire, 375 

 St. Gothard Tunnel, 40, no, 130, 229 

 St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, 183 

 Salvhalin, the Miocene Flora of, 349 

 Salt : Rock, Suez Canal, Dr. Ralton, 1 1 ; Tables for the Analysis 



of a Simple, A. Vinter, 337 

 Salts, Diffusion of, in Aqueous Solution, Herr Long, 280 

 Sanderson (Dr. Burdon, F. R.S.), "Experimental Researches on 



the Time Relations of the Excitatory Process in Frogs," 137 

 Sanitation, Society of Arts Conference on, 154 

 Sanitary Consp-ess, 540 

 Sanitary Institute, 519 

 Sapphire Mines in Siam, 230 

 "Sarsens," A. G. Renshaw, 55 

 Saturn : Occultation of a Fixed Star by, 112 ; the Satellites of, 



399 

 Saxifraga uiiibrosa adorned with Brilliant Colours by the Selec- 

 tion of Syrphidx, Dr. Hermann Miiller, 2ig 

 Sawyer (John), " Automatic Multiplier and Calculator," 316 

 Saxon and Thuringian Natural History Society, General Meeting 



of, at Nordhausen, 131 

 Sayce (Prof. A. H.), " Science of Language," A. H. Keane, 49 ; 

 Garrick Mallery's "Introduction to the Study of Sign 

 Language among the North American Indians," 93 ; the Recent 

 Progress of English Philology, 167 ; the Sacred Books of the 

 East, Edited by F. Max MiUler, i8g ; Minerva Ornaments, 219 

 Scandinavian Naturalists and Physicians, Meeting of, at Stock- 

 holm, 130 

 Scandium, 350 

 Schaberle's Comet, 467 



Scheffer (Dr. Rudolf), Obituary Notice of, Henry O. Forbes, 12 

 Schlagintweit (Herr Robert von), Arrival of, at New York, 68 

 Schomburgk (Dr. ), Report on the Progress of the Botanic Garden 



and Government Plantation of South Australia, 253 

 Schools, the Opportunities of Science Masters at, Francis Galton, 



F.R.S., 9 

 Schubert (Gotthilf Heinrich von). Celebration of the Cen- 

 tenary of the Birth of, 66 

 Schubert (Dr. H.), " Kalkiil der abzahlenden Geometric," 



557 

 Schuster (Dr. A., F.R.S.), on the Spectra of the Metalloids, 



444 ; New Kind of Electric Repulsion, 535 

 Schwendler (Louis), "Instruction for Testing Telegraph Lines 

 and the Technical Arrangement of Offices," 94 ; on the utili- 

 sation of Monkeys for Work, 39S 

 Schwerin, Exhibition of Apparatus relating to Bee-Culture 



at, 17 

 Sciacca, Discovery of Coral near, 131 

 Science in Parliament, 7 

 Science Masters, the Opportunities of, at Schools, Francis Galton, 



F.R.S., 9 

 Science and Art. Museum of, in Aberdeen, 66 

 Science and Agriculture, Earl Spencer on, 182 

 Science and Culture, Prof. T. II. Huxley, F.R.S. , 545 

 Science, the Place of, in Education, 529 

 Science, a New Journal, 275 

 Sciences Naturelles, Revue des, 283 

 Scientific Practice, 229 

 Scientific Societies, Provincial, and the British Association, John 



Hopkinson, 319, 440 

 Scientific Worthies, XVr. : Richard Owen, C.B., F.R.S. 



(with Portrait), 577 

 SciUy Islands, Bird^ of, Edward Hearle Rodd, 507 

 Sclater (P. L., F.R.S.), Waterfowl, 295 ; Classification of Birds, 



549 

 Scotland, Thunderstorms in, A. Buchan, 594 

 Scott (Robert II.), the Aurora Borealis, 33 

 Scott (R. F.), the Theory of Determinants, 45S 

 Scottish Cramiog, a, 13 ; Dr. Robert Munro, 34 

 Scottish Meteorological Society, 275 

 Scottish Naturalists, 137 



Scudder (Prof. S. II.), Modern Entomology, 550 

 Seaham Colliery, the Explosion at, 464 

 Secchi (Father), Statue of, 39 

 Sedgwick (Adam), Proposed Life of, 275 

 Sedgwick (Capt.), " Light and Heat," 483 

 Seeing by Telegraphy, Profs. John Perry, W. E. Ayrton, 31 

 Seismology in Japan, Prof. John Milne, 208 



Selenium, 585 ; .\ction of Pliospliorcsceiit Light on, 496 ; and 



the Pliotophone, Prof. Gr.xhani Bell, 500 

 Septum Permeable to Water and Impermeable to Air, with 



Application to a Navigational Depth Gauge, Sir W. Thomson, 



F.R.S., 548 

 .Sewage and Potable Waters, 349 

 .Sharp (D. ), New Biological Term, 364 

 Shells, the Land and Freshwater of Great Britain, Richard 



Rimmer, 4S3 

 Shettle (Dr.), on the Influence of Solar R.adiation on the Earth's 



Rotation, 210 

 Shrubsole (W. H.), Diatoms in the London Clay, 221 

 Siam, Discovery of Sapphire Mines in, 230 

 Siemens (Dr.), Newest Electrical Results, 135 

 Sierra Leone, Rainfall of, W. Hume Hart, 585 

 Sieve-Tubes of Dicotyledonous Pl.ants, F. Orpen Bower, 602 

 Sign-Language among the American Indians, Prof. A. H. 



Sayce, 93 

 Silkworm Culture in Spain, 541 

 Silvestri (Prof. O.), Etna, G. F. Rodwell, 359 

 Simonton (T. D.), Visibility of Mercui-y to the Naked Eye, 119 

 Simpson-Baikie's, International Dictionary for Naturalists, 17 

 Sincholagna, E. Whymper's Ascent of, 19 

 Siphonophora, Americm (East Coast), 113 

 Sirius, the Companion of, 132 

 Skin Furrows of the Hand, Dr. H. Faulds, 605 

 Slags Artificial and Erupted Rocks, Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., 



on, 390 

 Small Pox in Paris, III 

 Smith (Dr. R. Angus, F.R.S.), Measurement of Actinism of 



the Sun's Rays and of Daylight, 70 

 Smith (W. F.), Ball Lightnin,', 267 

 Smithsun (James), and the Smithsonian Institution, no 

 Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of, 518 

 Smyrna : Earthquake at, 329 ; Hyde Clarke, 363 

 Smyth (Prof. Piazzi), an Inevitable Test for Aurora, 76 ; Three 



Years' Experimenting in Mensurational Spectroscopy, 193, 



222 

 Snake, Black, Mr. S. H. Wintle on, 40 

 Snake, Green, Experiment on a, 40 

 Snake in Kensington Garden';, J. Harris Stone, 193 

 Snow, Perpetual, Aqueous Vapour in relatijn to, Dr. J. Croll, 



F.R.S., 191 

 Soames (L.), a Halo, 435 

 Society of Arts : Conference on Public Health, 154 ; the Albert 



Medal of, awarded to James Prescott Joule, F.R.S., 154 ; 



Medals, 203 ; Annual Meeting, 229 

 Socotra, Dr. J. B. Balfour on, 477 

 Sodie Chloride Crystals, 31 ; Dr. R.alton, 11 

 Sol.ar Eclipse, the next Total, 112 

 Solar Halo on Lake Constance, 1 1 1 



Solar Heat, M. Mouchet's Researches ou the Utilisation of, 206 

 Solar Physics, Preliminary Report on, by the Committee of 



Council on Education, 44 

 Solar Radiation, on the Influence of, on the Earth's Rotation, 



Dr. Shettle, 210 

 Solar Spectrum, the Magnesium Lines in, 596 

 Solid Bodies, the Welding of, 350 

 Solid Geometry, Elementary Treatise on, W. Steadman Aldis, 



531 

 Solothurn, Geological Discovery at, 399 

 .Songs of Birds, 97 



.Sorbonne, the, struck by Lightning, 466 

 Sorby (Dr. H. C, F.R.S.), Opening Address in Section Cat 



the British Association Meeting, 390 

 South African Mnseum, Report of, for 1S79, 205 

 South America, Mr. G. Whymper's Mountaineering Exploits in, 



19 

 South Kensington Museum, Opening of the Indian Section of, 



to the Public, 66 

 Sparks (Dr. E. J.), Death of, Jgi 

 Species, Origin of, the Coming of Age of, Prof. T. H. Huxley, 



F.R.S., I 

 Specific Gravities when in the Liquid State, on the Relation 



between the Molecular Weights of Substances and their. Prof. 



T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 262 

 .Spectre of the Brocken at Home, J, Innes Rogers, 559 

 .Spectrum Analysis: Multiple Spectra, J. Norman Lockyer, 



F.R.S., 4, 309, 562 ; The Ultra-Violet Spectrum, 90; Three 



Vcais' Experimenting in Mensurational Spectroscopy, Prof. 



