INDEX. 
as registered by Campbell's method, 
414, 
Resebridge Colliery deep mine, the, and | 
the winding machinery employed, 
G. H. Daglish on, 657. 
*Rotifers, an attempt to classify, by C. 
T. Hudson, 541. 
*Roy (Dr.) on cattle disease in South 
America, 532. 
Rudler (F. W.) on the facial character- 
istics of the races and principal crosses 
in the British Isles, 306. 
‘Sanderson (Dr. Burdon) on the influence 
of bodily exercise on the elimination of 
nitrogen, 242. 
Saunders (H.) on the natural history of 
Timor-laut, 224; on the exploration of 
Kilimanjaro and the adjoining moun- 
tains of Eastern Equatorial Africa, 228. 
Saunders (T.) *on the proposed Jordan 
channel, 591; *the proposed Jordan 
canal, 657. 
School attendance, the true reason why 
so many children try to avoid, by Rev. 
Canon Hume, 628. 
Schroder (Dr.. E.) on the most com- 
modious and comprehensive calculus, 
411; exposition of a logical principle, 
as disclosed by the algebra of logic, 
but overlooked by the ancient logicians, 
412, 
Schuster (Prof. A.) on standards for use 
in electrical measurements, 41; on the 
best experimental methods that can be 
used in observing total solar eclipses, 
49; on meteoric dust, 126; on fixing 
a standard of white light, 127; on 
some spectroscopic appliances, 400; 
on the internal constitution of the sun, 
427; on some measurements of glacier- 
motion in 1883, 432. 
and T. G. Bailey on the absorption 
spectrum of didymium chloride, 400. 
Science, the introduction of, into higher 
and middle-class schools, D. Mackin- 
tosh on, 622. 
Science demonstration in elementary 
schools, a system of, by W. L. Car- 
penter, 627. 
Science in elementary schools, report of 
the Committee for watching and re- 
porting on the workings of the pro- 
posed revised New Code, and of other 
legislation affecting the teaching of,309. 
Sclater (P. L.) on the natural history of 
Timor-laut, 224; on the natural history 
of Socotra and the adjacent highlands 
of Arabia and Somali Land, 227; on 
the exploration of Kilimanjaro and the 
adjoining mountains of Eastern Equa- 
torial Africa, 228; on the occupation 
-of a table at the zoological station at 
Naples, 234. 
1883. 
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673 
*Scorpion, the, and the king crab, by 
Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 541. 
Scott (Dr. A.) and Prof. J. Dewar on the 
atomic weight of manganese, 459; on 
the molecular weights of the sub- 
stituted ammonias, 460. 
Scott (R. H.) on the proposed publica- 
tion by the Meteorological Society of 
the Mauritius of daily synoptic charts 
of the Indian Ocean from the year 
1861, 118; on meteoric dust, 126. 
Scott (W. B.) and H. F. Osborne on the 
origin and development of the rhino- 
ceros group, 528. 
*Scottish poor law, the, past and present, 
tried by results, by EH. A. Macknight, 
626. 
Scottish zoological station, report of the 
Committee appointed to aid in the 
maintenance of the, 233. 
Screws, the various small, used in tele- 
graphic and electrical apparatus, in 
clockwork, and for other analogous 
purposes, report of the Committee for 
determining a gauge for the manufac- 
ture of, 318. 
Seal, the grey (H. gryphon), a young 
specimen of, from Boscastle, Cornwall, 
Prof, E. Ray Lankester on, 529. 
Secondary batteries, electrolysis of dilute 
sulphuric acid in, by Dr. J. H. Glad- 
stone and A. Tribe, 464. 
and the economical generation of 
steam for electrical purposes, by W. W. 
Beaumont and C. H. W. Biggs, 652. 
Sedgwick (A.) on the occupation of a 
table at the zoological station at 
Naples, 234; *on peripatus, 543. 
Seebohm (Mr.) on the natural history of 
Socotra and the adjacent highlands of 
Arabia and Somali Land, 227. 
| *Sewage, a new method for disinfecting 
oO? >? 
and recovering ammonia from it, by 
J. B. Kinnear, 474. 
, Southport, by I. Shone, 656. 
Shadwell (J. L.), method of measuring 
changes in the value of gold, 626. 
Shaen (W.) on the workings of the pro- 
posed revised New Code, and of other 
legislation affecting the teaching of 
science in elementary schools, 309. 
Shaw (Prof. H. 8. H.), improved current 
meters and mode of taking sub-surface 
observations, 654. 
Ship’s compass, a self-registering, R. 
Pickwell on, 657. 
Shone (1.), Southport sewage, 656. 
Siemens (Sir W.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 41 ; on patent 
legislation, 316; on the determination 
of a gauge for the manufacture of 
various small screws, 318; on the de- 
pendence of total radiation on tempe- 
rature, 425. 
