[Nature, June 9, 1881 



Skating, Statics aad Dynamics of, Charles Alexander Stevenson, 



268 

 Skeleton of a Mammoth discovered at Bendery, 371 

 Skeletons, Dr. Fritsch's Method of taking Casts of, 275 

 Skin Furrows of the Hand, Sir W. J. Herschel, 76 

 Sky, the Colour of, and Ozone, 373 

 Small-pox, Dr. Richardson on, 589 

 Smell, Organs of, in Insects, 440 

 Smith (Worthington G. ), Paljeolithic Man, 604 

 Smoke, New Cure for, Dr. C. William Siemens, F.R.S., 25, 



91, 360; D. A. Stevenson, Cosmo Innes, Thomas Fletcher, 



J. A. C. Hay, 386 

 Smoke in the Metropolis, Deputation to the Lord Mayor on, 131 

 Smoke Abatement, 246 

 Smoke, Dust, Fogs, &c., M. Chatel, 436 

 Smokeless London, W. D.Scott-Moncrieff, 151, 198; W. Mattieu 



Williams, 169 

 Smyrna, Earthquake at, 205 

 Smyth (Prof. Piazzi), Study of the Physical Nature of the Sun, 



SS4 

 Snake Bites and Guaco, 182 

 Snakes and the Great Kingfisher, 298 

 Soaring of Birds S. E. Peal, 10 ; W. Larden, 77 

 So-called Nova of 1600, 371 

 Society of Arts, 20 ; Papers to be read at the, before Easter, 



232 

 Society of Telegraph Engineers' Soirk, 563 

 Solar Cycles, Barometric and, S. A. Hill, 409 

 Solar Cycles, Barometric and, Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., 



457 

 Solar Eclipse of December 31, 65 

 Solar Eclipse of 187S, 591 

 Solar Parallax, 441, 493, 591 

 Solar Physics, Course of Lectures on, 491 

 Solar Spots, on the Iron Lines widened in, J. Norman Lockyer, 



F.R.S., 425 

 Solar Systems, Tidal Friction in Co.mection with the History of 



the, G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 389 

 Solids and Liquids at High Temperatures, John Aitken, 34 

 Songs of the Sciences — I. Zoology, 148 

 Sonorous Vibrations, on the Conversion of Radiant Energy into, 



W. H. Preece, 496 

 Souad of the Aurora, E. AUoway Paukhurst, J. Shaw, 484 ; 



M. L. Rouse, 556; Dr. John Rae, F.R.S., 605 

 Sound, Localisation of, H. B. Jupp, 386 

 Spallanzani, Proposed Erection of a Monument to, 41 

 Sparrow, the, and Division of Labour, G. C. Wallich, 579 

 Species, Cave Animals and Multiple Centres of, D. Wetterhan, 



458 

 Spectra of Vapours and Gases, Influence of Pressure and Tem- 

 perature on, G. Ciamician, 160 

 Spectroscopic Notes, 1S79-S0, Prof. C. A. Young, 281 

 Spectrum of Carbon, 313 ; W. M. Watts, 197, 265, 361 ; Prof. 



G. D. Liveing, F.R.S., 265, 338 

 Spectrum of the Star LI. 13412, Prof. Edward C. Pickering, 



604 

 Speed-Governor for Continuous Motion, Prof. J. Ewing, 473 

 Spencer (Herbert) and Prof. Tail, 100, 123, 144 

 Spherohedry in Cry^tallisation, 398 

 Sphygmography, 438 

 Spider, Garden, the Influence of a Tuning-Fork on a, C. V. 



Boys, 149 

 Spinoza, Publication of the Complete W jrks of, 156 

 Spottiswoode (Dr. William, F.R.S.), Royal Society Address, 



III. 135 



Spratliug (W. J.), Aurora and Electric Storm of January 31, 



348 



Squirrel Crossing Water, H. H. Godwin Austen, 340; F. A. 

 Jentink, 388 ; Frederick Hubbard, Cecil Duncombe, 484 ; 

 T. V. Sladek, 459 



Standard Thermometers, 400 



Stars : Ceraski's Circumpolar Variable, 21, 43, 322 ; Variable 

 Stars U Cephei and U Geminorum, 542 ; a probable Variable 

 Star, 11$; J. Birmingham, 517 555,; Variable Stars, 206, 

 493; J. E. Gore, 362; Star Lalande 1013-4, 85; Near 

 Appulse of Jupiter to a Fixed Star, 158; J. Birmingham, 170; 

 Janson's Star of 1600, 276 ; Star Oeltzen 17681, Prof. 

 Edward C. Pickering, 338 ; Spectrum of the Star LI 13412, 

 Prof. Edward C. Pickering, 604 ; Cincinnati Measures of 

 Double Stars, 396; Double-Star Herschel 3945, S91 



Statistical Map of England, 399 



Statistical Society, 322, 428 



Statures, Classification of, 494 



Steam-Pressure Regulator, a New, 372 



Stebbing (T. K. R.), Butler's " Unconscious Memory," 335 



Stellar Slasses Heat of, Samuel J. Wallace, 579 



Stenhouse (Dr. John, F.R.S.), Death of, 231 ; Obituary Notice 



of, 244 

 Stenographic Machine, 468 

 Stenographic Piano, 440 



Stephenson (George), Centenary of the Birth of, 515 

 Stereoscope and Photography, on Estimating the Height of 



Clouds by the, John Harmer, 194 

 Stevenson (Charles Alexander), Statics and Dynamics of Skating, 



268 

 Stevenson (D. A.), Dr. Siemens' New Cure for Smoke, 91 

 Stevenson (Thomas), Mode of Masking or Cutting off Sharply 



the Light from Revolving Apparatus on a desired Compass- 

 bearing by means of a Reciprocating Screen, 560 

 Stewart (James), his Return from Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa, 22 

 Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), Barometric Cycles, 237, 457 ; 



Magnetic Declination, 592 

 Stone Implements, Ancient, Modern Use of, D. Budde, 218 

 Stone (Dr. W. H.), Acoustics in China, 448 

 Storm Centres in Tropical Regions, Prof. Loomis, 322 

 Stiibel (A.) and W. Reiss, Peruvian Antiquities, 75 

 Subsidence of Land caused by Natural Brine-Springs, Thomas 



Ward, 388 

 Sugar, Cane, Inversion of, 85 

 "Sulphuric Acid and Alkali," Prof. Lunge, Prof. H.E. Roscoe, 



F.R.S., 73, 99, 21S 

 .Sunday Society, 156 

 Sunday Lecture .Society, 419 

 Sunlight, the Chemicil Intensity of, 86 

 "Sun, Mock," J. E. H. Peyton, 314 

 Sun-spots, Liznar on, 133 

 Sun-Spots, Rainfall, and Famines, Abnormal Variations of 



Barometric Pressure in the Tropics, and their Relations to, 



E. Douglas Archibald, Fred. Chambers, 399 

 Sun-Spot Cycle, Abnormal Barometric Gradient between London 



and St. Petersburg in the, E. Douglas Archibald, 618 

 Sun, Study of the Physical Nature of the. Prof. Piazzi Smyth, 



554 , , . , 



Swan (J. W.), Incandescent Lights, 104 

 Switzerland: Earthquake in, January 27, 320; Earthquakes in, 



468 

 Swift's Comet, 115, 158, 182, 255, 322, 441 

 Sydney Botanical Gardens, Native Cucumbers and New Seeds 



at, 20 

 Sydney, Zoological Gardens at, 371 

 Symbolical Logic, Hugh MacColl, 578 

 Szabo (Prof.), Earthquakes at Agram in i8So-8l, 530 



Tacitus on the Aurora, M. L. Rouse, 459, 484 



Tail (Prof. P. G.), on the Formula of Evolution, 78; Mr. 



Spencer and, 100, 123, 144 

 Tait (Mr. Lawson), Bedroom Ventilation, 157 

 Tarentula, Lycos,i tarentula, Latr., Herr V. Bergso on, 84 

 Tashkent College, 44 

 "Tasmanian Friends and Foes; Feathered, Furred, and Finned," 



Louisa Anne Meredith, 143 

 Tavernier, on the Identity of some Ancient Diamond Mines in 



India, especially those mentioned by, V. Ball, 490 

 Taylor (R. W.), Aurora of Jairaary 31, 329 

 Taylor (R. E,), Flying-fish, 388 

 Tea Plantation established near Messina, 254 

 Telegraph, an Optical, 372 

 Tele-raph Wires, Vibration of, during Frost, T. Mellard Reade, 



314; F. T. Mott, 338 

 Telegraphy, Berthoud Borel and Co.'s New Discovery m, 85 

 Telegraphy without Wires, an Experiment in, 320 

 Telephone in Paris, 63 , and the Magnetic Receiver, 371 ; 



Telephonic Amenities, 59a 

 Tele- Photography, Shelford Bidwell, 344 

 Telesope, Prof. C. A. Young's New, 346 



Tt-mpel (Dr. Wilhelm), King Humbert's Prize Awarded to, 252 

 Temperature of the Breath, Dr. R. E. Dudgeon, 10, 76 ; Dr. 



Wdliam Roberts, 55 ; C. J. McNally, 217, 244 ; Dr. William 



McLaurin, 244 

 Temperature, Critical, of Ethylene, Robert E. Baynes, 186 



