Index 



certain Mineral Spectra, J, Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 261 ; 

 Telluric Lines, Prof. Ricco, 280 ; Uniformities in Spectra of 

 Solid Bodies, F. Paschcn, 311 ; the Reproduction of Diffrac- 

 tion Gratings, Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., 332; Bolometric In- 

 vestigations of Absorption Spectra of Fluorescent Substances 

 and Essential Oils, Bruno Donath, 455 ; Emission Spectra of 

 a Black Body, Willy Wien, 455 ; the Spectrum of Parhelium, 

 J. R. Rydberg, 455 ; a New Spectroscopic Binary, Prof. E. 

 C. Pickering, 527 ; M. Birkeland's Recent Observations of 

 Discontinuous Line Spectrum of Kathode Rays produced by 

 Magnetic Deflection, 566 ; Extension of Visible Spectrum, 

 Prof. O. J. Lodge, P".R..S., and Benj. Davies, 622 



Spelugues, the Grotto of, E. Riviere, 239 



Spencer (Dr. J. W. ), Geographical Evolution of Jamaica, 94 ; 

 Niagara as a Time-piece, 481 



Sperm Whale, the, and its Food, Frank T. Bullen, 102 



Sperra Comet, Prof. Lamp, 551 



Spiders : the California Trap-door Spider, Dr. Davidson, 288 ; 

 Vision Range and Colour- Sense of, G. W. and E. G. Peck- 

 ham, 371 ; New Australian ArancidiT, W. J. Rainbow, 544 



Spitaler (Dr.), Comet 1890 VIL, 374 



Spitzbergen, the Conway Expedition to. Dr. J. W. Gregory, 

 437 ; Trevor-Battye, 543 



Spivey (W. T. N.), Charas, 22 



Spooner (Mr.) on the Cause of Failure of Railway Rails, 60S 



Spring (W. ), Experiments on Transparency of Liquids, 136 



Starr (Dr. M. .\.), Atlas of Nerve-Cells, Prof. E. A. Schafer, 

 F.R.S., 340 



Stars : the .System of Castor, Dr. Belopolsky, 63 ; Photographs 

 of Stellar Spectra, Dr. F. McClean, 158; Magnitude of 

 .Southern Stars, .S. L Bailey, 231 ; the Cluster in Coma 

 Berenices, 256 ; Double Star Orbits, Dr. See, 280 ; Double 

 Star Observations, Dr. Doberck, 426 : Variable Stars, 206 ; 

 Dr. Chandler, 426 ; \'ariable Star Clusters, loS ; Variable 

 Star Observations, 426 : New Variable in Herculis, T. D. 

 -Vnder.son, 327 ; the Variable Star Z Herculis, Paul S. 

 Yendell, 527 ; Distribution of Binary Star Orbits, Miss 

 Everett, 374 ; a New Spectroscopic Binary, Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 527 ; Declinations of Fifty-six Stars, 206 ; Stellar 

 Photography with Small Telescopes without Driving-Clocks, 

 Joseph Lunt, 84 



Steam-Jet, Rate of Condensation in, A. de F. Palmer, 638 



Steam Pipes, Electric Welding of, Samuel MacCarthy, 20 



Steam, .Superheating, Prof. W. C. Unwin, 20 



Stebbing (Rev. F. C.), Goodwin's Tables for Navigators, 2,1"]; 

 Practical Mechanics for Sailors, Thomas Mackenzie, 364 ; 

 Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, 389 



Stebbing (Rev. T. R. R.), on the Utility of Specific Character 

 in Crabs, 605 



Steel- .Making in Northern Spain, 514 



Steel, the Micro-structure and Hardening Theories of, K. 

 Sauveur. 578 



Steevens (C. O. ), a Curious Rainbow, 271 



Stefansson (Dr. J.), the Recent Earthquakes in Iceland, 574 



Stejneger (Dr.), Remarkable Blind Batrachian, 156 



Stellar Spectra, Photographs of. Dr. F. McClean, 15S 



Step (Edward), Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, 221 ; By the 

 Deep Sea, 522 



Stereochemistry, Progress in. Dr. Arnold Eiloart, 321 



Stevenson (Dr. E. ), on the Effect Produced upon the Eye Move- 

 ments by the Destruction of the Ear, 635 



Stevenson (H. E.), the Three Chlorobenzeneazosalicyclic Acids, 

 408 



Stockbridge (G. H), Dr. W. W. Jacques's Carbon Consump- 

 tion Electrical Cell, 298 



Stokes (Sir G. G , F.R.S.) Researches on the Ronlgen Rays 

 427 ; Rontgen Rays and Allied Phenomena, 565 



Stokvis (.M), Colonisation in Tropical Regions, 525 



Stoletow (Prof. A. G.), Death of, 228 



Stone Carvings of the Tumuli of New Grange, Dowth, and 

 Loughcrew, on the Relation of the, to Scandinavian Art, G. 

 Coffey, 611 



Stone-Cutting and Masonry, Modern, John S. Siebertand F. C. 

 Biggin, 27 



Stoney (G. Johnstone), November Meteors, 301 



Stoves, Hot Blast, B. J. Hall, 39 



Stradonitz (Prof. A. K. von.). Death of, 252 



Strange (E. IL), Reflected Waves in the Explosion of Gases, 



583 



Stratonoff (W.), New Nebulosity in the Pleiades, 327 



Stratton (S. W. ), Experiments on Rontgen Rays, 65 



Streintz (Franz), Polarisation and Resistance of Galvanic Cell, 



45 

 .Stromeyer (C. E. ), Daylight Meteor, April 12, 9 

 Struben (E. P. T.), a Geological Sketch Map of Africa South of 



the Zambesi, 221 

 Structure of Man, the, an Index to his Past History, Prof R, 



Wiedersheim, 291 

 Stucco, Cup and Ring Markings on, C. Carus- Wilson, 38 

 Stumpf (C), the Determination of Overtones, 45 

 Submarine Boat Expedition suggested to North Pole, G. L. 



Pence, 519 

 Submarine Telegraphy, Death of Sir John Pender, 228 

 Sulphur, Purification of. Prof. Richard Threllfall, 224 ; Dr. H. 



E. Armstrong F.R.S. , 225 

 Sun : Solar Photography at Meudon, Dr. Janssen, 64 ; Total 

 Eclipse of the Sun, August 9, 1896, 153, 344, 369; J. Nor- 

 man Lockyer, F.R.S., 197, 395, 418, 441 ; M. Tisserand, 

 487 ; Prof. H. Geelmuyden, 519; at Bodo, Dr. A. Brester, 

 jun., 390; .\ir Temperature during, Dr. 11. R. Mill, 391 ; 

 Sir G. Baden Powell's Expedition.. Mr. Shackleton, 400 ; the 

 Russian Ex|>editions, 400; the Solar Eclipse in North Fin- 

 land, 427 ; Thermometer Readings during the Eclipse, H. W. 

 Blake, 436; a Solar- Halo, Drt H. Warth, 248; Telluric 

 Lines, Prof. Ricco, 280 ; Explanation of Solar Phenomena, 

 J. Fenyi, 281 ; the Solar Rotation, Lewis Jewell, 526 ; E. J. 

 Welczynski, 579 ; Sunspots and Faculie, James Renton, 

 317 ; Sunspots, Bremen Climate and, 572 

 Surgery : Scientific Worthies, Sir Joseph Lister, Prof H. Till- 

 manns, i ; Death of Sir John Erichsen, F.R.S., 525 ; 

 Obituary Notice of. Prof. E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., 548 ; Death, 

 and Obituary Notice of Sir G. M. Humphrey, F.R.S., 525; 

 Recent Advances in Science and their Bearing on Surgery, 

 Prof M. Foster, 580, 600; the Jubilee of Ether in Surgery, 

 597 

 Surinam Toads, the, 14 ; the Breeding of the Surinam Toad, 



A. D Bartlett, 71 

 Sutherland (James), the Alumina Factory at Lame Harbour, 



329 

 Suture, the Metopic, Dr. G. Papillault, 254 

 Sverdrup (Captain), the Ice Voyage of the Fram, 430 

 Swallows, the Departure of the, 595 ; Lord Hobhouse, 546 

 Swan (R. M. W. ), Ruined Temples in Mashonaland, 424 

 Swann (H. Kirke), a Concise Handbook of British Birds, 245 

 Swift, Comet, 1896, 17, 137 ; Dr. Schorr, 35 

 Swinton (A. A. C), Rontgen Ray Experiments, 125; Rontgen 

 Rays and Polarisation, i55 ; Effect of Strong Magnetic Field 

 on Electric Discharges in Vacuo, 238 

 Switzerland, the Scenery of. Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, 



F.R.S., Dr. Maria M. Ogilvie, 439, 547 

 Swyngedauw (R. ), Jaumann's Experiments on Rontgen Rays, 



71 

 Sydney Museum, 598 



Symons (G. J., F.R.S.), the Spring Drought of 1896, 334; 

 British Rainfall of 1S95, 390 ; the Thames Run Dry, 455 ; 

 Dry Periods, 591 ; Symons's Monthly Meteorological 

 Magazine, 118, 213, 334, 455, 591 

 System of Medicine, a, vol. i., edited by Dr. T. C. AUbutt. 

 F.R.S., 361 



Tables for Navigators, Goodwin's, Rev. F. C. Stebbing, 337 



Tait (Prof.), the Linear and Vector Function, 166 



Tapestry IVIaps of parts of England, on some Old, Rev. W. K. 



R. Bedford, 588 

 Tarr (Prof. Ralph S. ), a Query concerning the Origin of Atolls, 



lOI 



Taxidermy and Modelling, Montagu Browne, 319 

 Tebbutt's (Mr.) Ooservatory, 35 



Technical College, Science and Art at the Central, 186 

 Technical Literature, the Organisation of, M. W. Brown, 622 

 Telegrams about Comets, 599 

 Telegraphy, All-round World, 106, 15S 

 Telegraphy, Submarine : Death of Sir John Pender, 22S 

 Telescopes, the Efficiency of Photographic, Dr. Isaac Russell, 63 

 Telluric Lines, Prof. Ricco, 280 



Temperature : Errors in Meridian Observations, M. Hamy, 84 

 Tennessee Caves, Exploration of, H. C. Mercer, 288 

 Terrestrial Disiurbances, Influence of, on the Growth of Trees, 

 Prof. B. E. Fernow, 77 



