INDEX. 
"_ science in elementary schools, 692; on © 
the spontaneous polymerisation of 
volatile hydro-carbons at the ordinary 
atmospheric temperature, 967. 
Ross (A.), notes on the rocks of St. 
Kilda, 1040. 
Rotifera, the modification of the trochal 
disc of the, Prof. A. G. Bourne on, 
1095. 
Route, the best and safest, by which to 
attain a high northern latitude, Dr. 
J. Rae on, 1136. 
Riicker (A. W.) and Prof. T. E. Therpe 
on the third magnetic survey of Scot- 
land, 926. 
Rudler (F. W.) on the volcanic phe- 
nomena of Vesuvius, 395. 
*Rule of the road, the, from an anthro- 
pological point of view, by Sir G. Camp- 
° bell, 1215. 
Russell (Rev. J.), notes on the opening 
of a cist, in the parish of Leslie, Aber- 
deenshire, 1224. 
Russell (W. H. L.) on the reduction of 
algebraical determinants, 910. 
Russell (Prof. W. J.) on the molecular 
constitution of a solution of cobaltous 
chloride, 991. 
*Sabella, the blastopore and mesoblast 
of, Prof. D’A. W. Thompson on, 1097. 
St. Andrews marine laboratory, the, the 
structure and arrangements of, Prof. 
McIntosh on, 1071. 
——, remarks on the work at, during 
nine months, by Prof. McIntosh, 1071. 
——,, the development of the food-fishes 
at the, E. E. Prince on, 1091. 
— , the nest and development of Gas- 
trosteus spinachia at the, E. E. Prince 
on, 1093. 
St. Kilda, notes on the rocks of, by A. 
Ross, 1040. 
Salmonide, the hybridisation of, at 
Howietoun, F. Day on, 1059. 
Salt solutions, vapour pressures and re- 
fractive indices of, report on, 284. 
Salts, the evidence deducible from the 
study of, S. U. Pickering on, 989. 
Saunders (H.) on promoting the estab- 
lishment of marine biological stations 
on the coast of the United Kingdom, 
480; on the exploration of Kilima- 
njaro and the adjoining mountains of 
Eastern Equatorial Africa, 681. 
Saunders (T.) *on the complete explora- 
tion of Lake Yamdok in Tibet, 1126; 
*the Ordnance Survey of Cyprus, 1129. 
Schuster (Prof. A.) on standards for use 
in electrical measurements, 31 ; on me- 
teoric dust, 34; on standards of white 
light, 61; on comparing and reducing 
magnetic observations, 65, 73; on the 
best methods of recording the direct 
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intensity of solar radiation, 156; on 
wave-length tables of the spectra of the 
elements and compounds, 288; *on a 
law concerning radiation, 905; on 
Helmholtz’s views on electrolysis, and 
on the electrolysis of gases, 977. 
Schuster (Max), some results of the 
crystallographic study of danburite, 
1033. 
Science in elementary schools, the teach- 
ing of, report on, 692. 
Science of mind, the relation of an- 
thropology to the, by Dr. A. Bain, 
1204. 
Sclater (P. L.) on the occupation of a 
table at the zoological station at 
Naples, 466; on the aid given by the 
Dominion Government and the Govern- 
ment of the United States to the en- 
couragement of fisheries, and to the 
investigation of the various forms of 
marine life on the coasts and rivers of 
North America, 479; on promoting the 
establishment of marine biological 
stations on the coast of the United 
Kingdom, 480; on the exploration of 
Kilima-njaro and the adjoining moun- 
tains of Eastern Equatorial Africa, 
681; on the exploration of New 
Guinea, 690 ; on the scientific examina- 
tion of the country in the vicinity of 
Mount Roraima in Guiana, 7b. 
Scotch miners, anomalies in the con- 
dition of, in contrast with other 
unskilled labourers, by W. Small, 
1174. 
Scotland, the geography of, what has 
been done for, and what remains to be 
done, by H. A. Webster, 1138. 
, the third magnetic survey of, Prof. 
T. E. Thorpe and A. W. Riicker on, 
926. 
Scott (Dr. A.), the composition of water 
by volume, 976. 
Scott (R. H.) on meteoric dust, 34; on 
the proposed publication by the 
Meteorological Society of the Mauri- 
tius of daily synoptic charts of the 
Indian Ocean from the year 1861, 60; 
on Mr. E. J. Lowe’s project of estab- 
lishing a meteorological observatory 
near Chepstow, 64. 
Scottish agriculture, recent changes in, 
Major P. G. Craigie on, 1162. 
Scottish fisheries, the statistics and some 
points in the economics of the, by W. 
Watt, 1175. 
*Scottish lakes, the depth and tempera- 
ture of some, by J. Y. Buchanan, 
1138. 
Screws, small, the British Association 
standard gauge for, E. Rigg on, 1203. 
Sea of Galilee, the origin of the tishes of 
the, Prof, E. Hull on, 1066. 
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