880 



INDEX. 



ground waters, 235 ; on star photo- 

 graphy, 555. 



Koberts-Austen (Prof.) on electrolysis in 

 its physical and chemical bearings, 308. 



Eobertson (J.) on the manufacture of 

 metal tubes, 810. 



Kobinson (H.) on the colour of the 

 oxides of cerium and its atomic weight, 

 591. 



Eocks between the tliick coal and the 

 trias north of Birmingham and the old 

 South Staffordshire coalfield, notes on 

 the, by F. G. Meachem and H. Inslev, 

 626. 



Eocky mountains, Dr. G. M. Dawson on 

 the, with special reference to that part 

 of the range between the 49th parallel 

 and the headwaters of the Eed Deer 

 River, 638. 



Eoscoe (Prof. Sir H. E.) on the best 

 methods of recording the direct in- 

 tensity of solar radiation, 63 ; on 

 wave-length tables of the spectra of 

 the elements, 167; on the teaching of 

 science in elementar}" schools, 278. 



Eiicker (Prof. A. W.) on electrolysis in 

 its phjsical and chemical bearings, 

 308 ; on the critical mean curvature of 

 liquid siu-faces of revolution, 518. 



Eudler (F. W.) on the volcanic phe- 

 nomena of Vesuvius, and its neigh- 

 bourhood, 226 ; on the prehistoric race 

 in the Greek islands, 284. 



Eundall (Gen. F. H.), the river systems 

 of South India, 734. 



Eunic crosses. Prof. Boyd Dawkins on 

 the Celtic and Germanic designs on, 

 834. 



Eussell (W. J.) and W. Lapraik on the 

 absorption spectra of uranium salts, 

 576. 



Eutley (F.) on the igneous rocks of the 

 neighbourhood surrounding the War- 

 wickshire coalfield, 625. 



Ruttan (Dr. R. F.) on derivatives of 

 tolidin and the azotolidin dyes, 591. 



Sabine's method of reduction of hourly 

 observations of magnetic declination 

 and horizontal force, examples of the 

 application of a modified form of, to 

 a single quarter's registrations of the 

 magnetographs at the Colaba Observa- 

 tory, Bombay, by C. Chambers, 84. 



St. Clair (G.), dragon sacrifices at the 

 vernal equinox, 838. 



Saline solutions, second report on the 

 expansion of, 207. 



Salt measures of South Durham, the 

 stratigraphical position of " the. Prof. 

 G. A. Lebour on, 673. 



Salt solutions, vapour pressures and re- 

 fractive indices of, second report on, 

 204. 



♦SaprolegnifB, Prof. Hartog on the forma- 

 tion and escape of the zoospores in, 

 700. 



Sargant (G. H.), the state of the poor in 

 1795 and 1833, 781. 



Savage, the life history of a, by Rev. G. 

 Brown, 844. 



Scharff (Dr. R.), report on the occupation 

 of the table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 257 ; some remarks on the egg- 

 membranes of osseous fishes, 698. 



Schuster (Prof.) on standards of light, 

 39; on the best methods of recording 

 the direct intensity of solar radiation, 

 63 ; on the best means of comparing 

 and reducing magnetic observations, 

 64, 77 ; on the work of the Differential 

 Gravity Meter Committee, 141 ; on 

 standards for use in electrical measure- 

 ments, 145 ; on wave-length tables of 

 the spectra of the elements, 167 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemical 

 bearings, 308. 



Science, the teaching of, in elementary 

 schools, report on, 278. 



Sclater (P. L.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 254. 



Scott (R. H.) on Mr. E. J. Lowe's pro- 

 ject of establishing a meteorological 

 observatory near Chepstow, 139. 



Scrobicularia bed, a, containing human 

 bones, at Newton Abbot, Devonshire, 

 W. Pengelly on, 841. 



Secondary batteries, the recent progress 

 in, bj^ B. Drake and J. M. Gorham, 

 813. 



Sedgwick (A.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 254. 



*Seebohm (H.), remarks on physiological 

 selection, an additional suggestion on 

 the origin of species, by G. J. Romanes, 

 685. 



Selwyn (Dr. A.) on the depth of the 

 permanently frozen soil in the Polar 

 regions, 271. 



Sex, heredity, and reproduction, P. 

 Geddes on the theory of, 708. 



Shaen (W.) on the teaching of science in 

 elementary schools, 278. 



Shaw (E.) and Prof. Hele Shaw, the 

 sphere and roller mechanism for trans- 

 mitting power, 484. 



Shaw (Prof. H. S. H.) on the endurance 

 of metals under repeated and vary- 

 ing stresses, and the proper working 

 stresses on railway bridges, &c., 284. 



and E. Shaw, the sphere and 



roller mechanism for transmitting 

 power, 484. 



Shaw (W. N.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 145 ; on elec- 

 trolysis in its physical and chemical 



