674 
Siliceous sandstones, the cementation of, 
Rev. A. Irving on, 504. 
Silver, the mobility of, in molten lead, 
Prof. W. C. Roberts on, 464. 
Skull, a human, found near Southport, 
Dr. W. G. Barron on, 562. 
Skulls, a new method of comparing the 
forms of, by W. 8. Duncan, 570. 
Sladen (P.) on the Scottish zoological sta- 
tion, 233; on the occupation of a table 
at the zoological station at Naples, 234. 
‘Slate quarries, the working of, by A. W. 
Darbishire, 658. 
Slavonian, Celt, and German, the words, 
their misinterpretation, and its results, 
Dr. R. G. Latham on, 567. 
Smith (G. V.), preliminary note on the 
further discovery of vertebrate foot- 
prints in the Penrith sandstone, 510. 
Smith (M. H.), on electric tramways, 652 
Smith (Watson), methods for coking coal | 
and recovering the bye-products, 465. 
Smith (Worthington) on the ‘ Loughton’ 
or ‘Cowper’s’ Camp, 243. 
Socotra and the adjacent highlands of 
Arabia and Somali Land, the natural 
history of, report on, 227. 
Soft iron, the magnetic susceptibility 
and retentiveness of, Prof. J. A. Ewing 
on, 402. 
Solar corona, some results of photograph- 
ing the, without an eclipse, Dr. W. 
Huggins on, 346. 
Solar eclipses, total, report on the best 
experimental methods that can be used 
in observing, 49. 
‘Sollas (Prof.) on local scientific societies, 
318. 
Somali and Galla countries, E. G. Raven- 
stein on the, 595. 
Sorby (Dr. H. C.) on fossil polyzoa, 161. 
Southport, a human skull found near, Dr. 
W. G. Barron on, 562. 
as an example of modern enterprise, 
by F. Norfolk, 630. 
——, notes on geological sections within 
forty miles radius of, by C., H. De Rance, 
489. 
sands, the annelides of the, Dr. Car- 
rington on, 544. 
sewage, by I. Shone, 656. 
Spectroscopic appliances, Prof. A. Schus- 
ter on some, 400. 
Sprague (T. B.) on the adjustment of 
numerical results derived from obser- 
vation, 446. 
Stability, the use of the term, in the 
literature of naval architecture, Prof. 
O. Reynolds on, 631. 
Stanford (E. C. C.) on algin, a new sub- 
stance obtained from seaweed, 464. 
Stanley’s, Mr., stations on the Congo, a 
visit to, by H. H. Johnston, 593, 
Statistics, Economic Science and, Address 
INDEX. 
by R. H. Inglis Palgrave to the Section 
of, 605. 
Stature, the influence of town life on, by 
J. Park Harrison, 568. 
Steam, the economic generation of, for 
electrical purposes, by W. W. Beaumont 
and C. H. W. Biggs, 652. 
Stewart (Prof. Balfour) on the proposed 
publication by the Meteorological 
Society of the Mauritius of daily 
synoptic charts of the Indian Ocean 
from the year 1861, 118; on the forms 
of the influence exerted by the sun on 
the magnetism of the earth, 419; ona 
modification of Bunsen’s ice calori- 
meter, 432. 
and Prof. H. E. Roscoe on the heat 
of the sunshine at the Kew Obser- 
vatory, as registered by Campbell’s 
method, 414. 
and W. L. Carpenter on apparent sun- 
spot inequalities of short period, 418. 
Stirrup (M.), recent opinions on the Loess- 
deposits of the valley of the Rhine, 497. 
Stoess (the Chevalier de), the Panama 
canal, 659. 
Stokes (Prof. G. G.) on the best experi-- 
mental methods that can be used in 
observing total solar eclipses, 49; on 
the proposed publication by the Me- 
teorological Society of the Mauritius 
of daily synoptic charts of the Indian 
Ocean from the year 1861, 118; on 
mathematical tables, 118. 
Stone (Dr. W. H.) *on the electrical re- 
sistance of the human body, 544; *on 
some effects of brain disturbance on 
the handwriting, 7d. 
Stoney (G. J.) *on the cause of erystal- 
line form, 400; *on the relation be- 
tween chemical constitution and crys- 
talline form, 464. 
Stooke (T. 8.) on the circulation of un- 
derground waters, 147. 
Strahan (A.) on underground) tempera- 
ture, 45. 
Stroh (A.) on the determination of a 
gauge for the manufacture of various 
small screws, 318. 
Sub-surface observations, improved cur- 
rent meters and mode of taking, by 
Prof. H. 8. H. Shaw, 654. 
Sun, the chemical elements in the, Profs, 
Dewarand Liveing on sun-spotsand,455. 
——, the forms of the influence exerted 
by the, on the magnetism of the earth, 
Prof. Balfour Stewart on, 419. 
, the internal constitution of the, 
Prof, A. Schuster on, 427. 
Sunlight, the action of, on P,O,, Rev. A. 
Irving on, 463. 
Sun-spot inequalities, apparent, of short 
period, Prof. Balfour Stewart and W. L 
Carpenter on, 418. 
