Sanderson (Dr. J. B., F.R.S.), Electrical Phenomena in the 

 Leaf of DioihTii vniscipttla, 75; Uacteria, 421 



Sarawak, Denudation of Limestone Hills, 162 



Schorlemmer (C, F.R.S.), "Chemistry of the Carbon Com- 

 pounds," 458 



Schmidt (Dr.), Map of the Moon, 272 



Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg), " The Heart of Africa," 340 



Scientific Societies, Local, 24, 38, 162 



Science and Art Department, 192, 43, 312, 372 



Science and Industry, 217, 277, 237, 271 



Scientific Instruction, Royal Commission on, 53 



Scientific Worthies II. — Thomas Henry Huxley, With 

 Fori rait, 257 



Sclater (P. L., F.R.S.), Transfer of South Kensington Museum, 

 41 ; Lectures on Zoological Gardens, and the Geographical 

 Distribution of Mammalia, 489, 490, 503 



Scotland, Southern Uplands of, 22, 57, 81 ; Change of Climate 

 in, 72, 156 



Scott (A. W., M.A.), Marine Mammalia, 112 



Scott (R. II., F.R.S.), Deep-Sea Thermometers, 102 ; Simul- 

 taneous Meteorological Observations, 300 ; Conference lor 

 Maritime Meteorology, 461 



Scottish Meteorological Society, 172 



Swiney Lectures on Geology, 490 



"Sea and its Wonders, The," by Dr. G. Hartwig, 40 



Sea-pens, Habits of, 13 



Stebbing (T. R.), Flowers ot Primrose destroyed by Birds, 

 509 



Sea Temperatures, Observations of, 346 



.Seals, Protection of, 112 



.Seals of Alaska, 471 



Sea water, Specific Gravity of, 183, 282 



Sedgwick (Prof), Memorial to, 92, 389 



Sensation in the Spinal Chord, 83, 101, 121 



Sensitive Flames and Reflection of Soui.d, 223, 241 



Setting Sun and Atmospheric Refraction, 20 



Settle Cave, Human Bone in the, 14, 70 



Shark, Spinous, 42 



.Sharp (David), "Zoological Nomenclature," 258 



Sharpey (Prof.), Civil List Pension granted to, 349 



Sheft^eld, Field Naturalists' Club, 228 



Shooting-stars, 123, 142 



Siemens (W.), his Induction Tube, 30S 



Silent Electrical Discharges, 244, 308 



Simmonds (P. L.), "Waste Products and Undeveloped Sub- 

 stances," loi 



Sinai, Mount, identified by Dr. Beke, 312 



Sirenian P"ossil, 13 



Skertchley (J. A.), "Natural Philosophy," 61 ; " Dahomey as 

 it is," 460 



Smith (Hermann), Variability of the Node in Organ-pipes, 

 301 



Smith (Sir Francis Pettit), Obituary Notice of, 312 



Smith (Worthington, G., F.L.S.), Potato Disease, 161, 223 



Snakes, Indian, 163, 203, 261, 294 



Societies, Local, 72, 97, 162 



Society of Arts, 53, 71, 151, 190, 293, 370, 451 



" Sociology, .Study of, " by Herbert Spencer, 477 



Somerville (Mary), " Personal Recollections and Correspond- 

 ence," 417 



Sorby (H. C, F.R.S.), Study of Natural History, 228; Astro- 

 nomical Speculations in Relation to Geology, 338 



Sound: its Destruction by Fog, 215; Sensitive Flames, 223, 

 241 ; Motion and Sensation of, 206 ; Acoustic Transparency 

 and Opacity of the Atmosphere, 251, 267 



South Kensington Museum, its Administration, i, 41 ; Report 

 of Science Commission, 397 



South Sea Islands, 54 



Spalding (D. A.), Prof. Bain's "Relation of Mind and Body," 



178 

 Specific Gravity of Sea- Water, 2S2 

 Spectra of Comets, 193 

 Spectra of Shooting Stars, 142 



Spectroscope, Quantitative Analysis of Alloys by the, 135 

 Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun, by E. Gautier (Geneva), 



494 

 Spectroscopic Science in Italy, 474 

 Spectrum Analysis, Researches in, by J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S., 



'33 

 Spencer (Herbert), 402, 420 ; versus Sir I. Newton, 421, 461, 

 477, 484, 499 ; Study of Sociology, 477 



Spherical Motion, its Conversion into Plane Motion, 16 



Sphygmograph (The), and the Heart, 327, 514; Secondary 

 Waves in Trace of Pulse beat, 125 



Spinal Cord and Sensation, 83, loi 



" Spitzbergen, Voyage to," by Capt. J. C. Wells, R.N., 240 



Spoeror (Prof), Faye's Theory of Solar Spots, 254 



Sponge, New, in Brighton Aquarium, 113 



Spontaneous Generation, 482 



Spottiswoode (W., Treas. R.S.), Polarisation of Light, 127, 167, 

 233, 282, 323, 3S3, 50S 



Stalagmitic Deposits, 122, 171 



Standards of Weight and Measure, 47, 87 



Stars, Shooting, 123 



State Aid to Science, I, 26, 37, 53, 91, 92, 97, 103, 114, 237, 

 240, 271, 272, 277, 294, 337, 372, 397, 427, 512 



Statistical .Society, Howard Medal, 293 



Statistical Scale, Proposed, 342, 344 



Steam-Haramer at Woolwich Arsenal, 145 



Stebbing (Thos. R. R.), Barrande and Darwinism, 261 



Stevenson (Thos.), Meteorologic Sections of the Atmosphere, 

 103, 335 ; Earthquake in Argyleshire, 242, 335 ; Sea Tempe- 

 ratures, 346 



Stewart (Prof. Balfour, LL.D., F.R.S.), " Energy audits Laws," 

 198 



Stick-fish (Osleocella), 13 



Stingless Honey-bees, 308 



Storks, White, in the Zoological Gardens, 229 



Storm Warnings, 390, 410 



Strachan (R. ), Specific Gravity o( Sea-Water, 183 



Strange (Col.), Minister for Science, 277 



Strickland (Miss Frances), Endowment of Curatorship of Orni- 

 thological Collection, Cambridge, 312 



Stroumpos (M.), Text-Books of Science, 298 



.Strathers (Prof J.), Medical Curriculum, 141 ; Diverticulum of 

 the Small Intestine, 82 



Sub-Wealden Exploration, 171, 451 



Sun, Spectroscopic Observations, by E. Gautier (Geneva), 494 



Sundew, Sensitiveness of its Leaves, 332 



Sun-spots, 53, 254, 154, 504 



Sweden, .Science in, 350 



"Swimming, W^alking, and Flying," by Dr. ]. B. Pettigrew, 

 F.R.S., 221 



Switzerland, Science in, 174 



Sydney Museum, 249 



Sylvester (Prof), Conversion of Spherical into Plane Motion, 16, 



Symons (G. J.), Periodicity of Rainfall, 27 



Tahiti, Hieroglyphic Inscriptions in, 35 1 



Tait (Lawson), Lecture Experiment, 323 



Tait (Prof P. G., and Prof. P. Kelland, F.R.S.), " Introduc- 

 tion to Quarternions," 137 ; Todhunter on Experimental 

 Illustrations. 323 ; Herbert Spencer versus Sir Isaac Newton, 

 402, 420, 461 ; " Cram," 501 



Tate (Ralph, F.G.S.), Murchison Fund presented to, 353 



Taylor (Sedley), Galileo's Work in Acoustics, 169 



Tegetmeier (W. B., F.Z.S.), "Pheasants for Coverts and 

 Aviaries," 161 



Telegraph, Atmospheric, 64, 83, 105 



Telegraphic Engineers, Society of. Address by Sir W. Thom- 

 son, 269 



Telegraphing Extraordinary, 211, 242 



Temperature, Cycles, 184; Effect of Currents, 213; Maximum 

 and Minimum Sea-Temperatures, 346 ; Deep-Sea, 423 



Termites, Recent Researches on, 308 



Terrestrial Electricity, Sir W. Thomson on, 269 



Terrestrial Magnetism, 201 



Thelwall (W. B.), Lakes with two Outfalls, 485 



Thermometers ; Miller-Casella, 5, 41, 602, 102 ; New, for Deep- 

 Sea Temperatures, 387 



Thomas (Cyrus Ph.D.), "Acrididce o( North America," 299 



Thomson (Prof James, LL.D.), Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid 

 States of Water-Substance, 392 



Thomson (Prof Sir W., F.R.S.), Address to Society of Tele- 

 graphic Engineers, 269 ; Influence of Geological Changes on 

 the Earth's Rotation, 345 ; Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation 

 of Energy, 441 



Thorpe (T. E., Ph.D.), "Quantitative Analysis," 26 



Tiddeman (R. H., F.G.S.), Relation of Man to the Ice-sheet, 



14 



Todas (The) of South India, 99 



