208 
mains from the bed of the German 
Ocean, 91. 
Rotation, on oblate projectiles with cy- 
cloidal, contrasted with cylindro-ogi- 
val projectiles having helical or rifle 
rotation, by R. W. Woollcombe, 187. 
Rowell (S. A.) on objections to the cy- 
clone theory of storms, 34. 
Russell (W. H. L.), some account of 
recent discoveries made in the calcu- 
lus of symbols, 7. 
Sails, self-reefing, John Coryton on, 
184 
Salmon fisheries, Thomas Ashworth on 
the scientific cultivation of, 121. 
Salter (J. W.) on the identity of the 
upper old red sandstone with the up- 
permost Devonian, and of the middle 
and lower old red with the middle 
and lower Devonian, 92. 
Samuelson (James) on heterogenesis or 
spontaneous generation, 119. 
*Saville (S. P.) on a skull of the Rhino- 
ceros tichorhinus, 94. 
Schists, Prof. Ansted on bituminous, 
and their relation to coal, 65. 
Schénbein’s antozone, Dr. G. Harley on, 
At 
*Schvarcez (J.) on the probable origin of 
the heliocentric theory, 17. 
Sea-bed and beach near Fort William, 
Inverness-shire, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on 
an ancient, 73; mollusca found in, 74. 
Sea-sickness, J. W. Osborne on the mo- 
tion of the vessel with reference to, 
133. 
Seed of malformed roots, James Buck- 
man’s experiments with, 97. 
Seeley (H.) on a whittled bone from the 
Barnwell gravel, 94. 
Selwyn (Rev. Prof.) on autographs of 
the sun, 17. 
Sewell (J.) on the prevention of railway 
accidents, 186. 
Shells, fossil, H. C. Sorby on the cause 
of the difference in the state of pre- 
servation of different kinds of, 95. 
Ships, iron-plated, on the importance of 
ST aa fuel in, by E. E. Allen, 
2. 
——,, unsinkable, Charles Atherton on, 
183. 
——,, vertical-wave-line, John Coryton 
on, 184. 
—, L. Williams on the merits of 
wooden and iron, with regard to cost 
of repairs and security for life, 187. 
pepe Rey. Prof. Challis on, 
REPORT—1862. 
Skeleton, Dr. Cleland on ribs and trans- 
verse processes, with special relation 
to the theory of the vertebrate, 105. 
Skiddaw slate series, Prof. Harkness on 
the, 72. 
Skull-sutures, Robert Garner on the, in 
connexion with the superficies of the 
brain, 126. 
Slates and limestones of Devon and 
Cornwall, W. Pengelly on the corre- 
lation of the, with the old red sand- 
stones of Scotland, &c., 85. 
Sligo, A. B. Wynne on the geology of a 
part of, 96. 
Sluice, W. Thorold on the failure of the, 
in fens, 186. 
Smith (Dr. Edward) on tobacco-smoking: 
its effects upon pulsation, 135; on the 
prevalence of numerous conditions 
affecting the constitution in 1000 con- 
sumptive persons, 174, 
Smith (Rey. Gilbert N.) on flint imple- 
ments in a cave called “The Osle,” 
near Tenby, South Wales, 95. 
Smith (J.) on the complementary spec- 
trum, 23. 
Solar spectrum, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on 
the means of observing the lines of 
the, due to the terrestrial atmosphere, 
45 
Sorby (H. C.) on the cause of the differ- 
ence in the state of preservation of 
different kinds of fossil shells, 95; on 
the comparative structure of artificial 
and natural igneous rocks, 96. 
Species, Prof. Owen on the characters 
of the Aye-Aye, as atest of the La- 
marckian and Darwinian hypothesis 
of the transmutation and origin of, 
114. 
and varieties, Rey. W. N. Moles- 
worth on the influence of changes in 
the conditions of existence in modify- 
ing, 111. 
Spectrum, J. Smith on the comple- 
mentary, 23. 
Spherularia Bombi, John Lubbock on, 
109. 
Spottiswoode (W.) on the Hindaé me- 
thod of calculating eclipses, 18. 
St.-Hilaire (Geoffroy), Dr. Collingwood 
on his distinction between catarrhine 
and platyrrhine Quadrumana, 106. 
Steam of high pressure, Dr. F. Grimaldi 
on a new boiler for generating, 186. 
Stereomicro-photographs, Chas. Heisch 
on a simple method of taking, 46. 
Stokes (Prof. G. G.), his address as Pre- 
sident of Section A, 1. 
Stone, Dr. Paul on the decay and pre- 
