INDEX ir. 



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Samuelson (James) on the controversy 

 on spontaneous generation, with new 

 experiments, 133. 



Sanderson (Dr. Burdon) and Dr. S. 

 Strieker on a new method of studying 

 the capillary circulation in mammals, 

 142. 



Sands, middle, of Lancashire, S. V. Wood 



■ on the pala?ontological aspects of the 

 middle glacial formation of the east of 

 England, and their bearing upon the 

 age of the, 90. 



Sandstone, triassic, G. H. Morton on the 

 glaciated condition of the surface of 

 the, around Liverpool, 81. 



* , J. E. Taylor on the occurrence of 



seams of hard, in the middle drift of 

 East Anglia, 88. 



Sankey Brook, A. E. Fletcher on the 

 purification of, 55. 



*Saunders (Robert T.) on the physical 

 geography of the United States of 

 America as affecting agi'iculture, with 

 suggestions for the increase of the 

 production of cotton, 201. 



Schistose rocks, James Thomson on the 

 occurrence of pebbles and boulders of 

 granite in, in Islay, Scotland, 88. 



Schools, C. H.W. Biggs on middle-class, 

 as they are and as they ought to be, 

 188. 



Schunck (E.) on the chemical compo- 

 sition of cotton, 63. 



Sclater (P. L.) on certain principles to 

 be observed in the establishment of a 

 national museum of natural history, 

 12.3. 



*Scott (Michael) on a submarine ram 

 and gun, 228 ; on ship of war of mo- 



, derate dimensions, 228 ; on the machi- 

 nery and working of submarine guns, 

 228. 



Scottish gold-fields. Dr. J. Bryce on the 

 matrix of the gold found in the, 70. 



Sculptures, ancient, E. A. Conwell on, 

 and obiects of art from Irish cairns, 



Sea-level, W. Parkes on non- tidal vs na- 

 tions of the, on the coast of India, 19. 



*Sedan, battle of, W. Hope on the 

 history of the shell that won the, 219. 



Sewage, David Forbes on the utilization 

 of, with special reference to the phos- 

 phate process, 56. 



, J. Bailey Denton on the extent to 



which existing works and practice 

 militate against the profitable utili- 

 zation of, 212. 



of Liverpool, J. N. Shoolbred on 



the, and the neighbourhood, 228. 



Sewell (the Rev. C.) on certain remark- 

 able earthworks at Wainfleet, in Lin- 

 colnshire, 157. 



Sewers, Messrs. Reade and Goodison on 

 the construction of, in running sand, 

 222. 



*Ships of war, M. Scott on, of moderate 

 dimensions, 228. 



Shoolbred (James N.) on the sewage of 

 Liverpool and the neighbourhood, 

 228. 



Shooting-stars, the Rev. R. Main on, 24. 



Shoulder-bones, Prof Humphry ou the 

 comparison of the, and muscles with 

 hip-bones and muscles, 140. 



Sicily, J. Gw3^l Jeffreys on newer ter- 

 tiary fossils in Calabria and, 76. 



Silica, Rev. 11. Ilighton on artificial 

 stone and various kinds of, GO. 



Siluiian formations of the centre of Bel- 

 gium, Prof. C. Malaise on the, 78. 



*Silurian, upper, rocks, 0. Lapworth on 

 the discovery of, in Roxburgh and 

 Dumfriesshire, 78. 



Silver, J. A. Phillips on Claudet's pro- 

 cess for the extraction of, 6L 



Skye, isle of. Prof. King and Prof. Row- 

 nev on some points in the geology of 

 Strath, 78. 



*Smith (James) on mechanical stoking, 

 229. 



* Smith (Dr. P. H.) on lefthandness, 

 143. 



Soda manufacture, W. Gossage on, 58. 



Solar spots. Rev. F. Howlett on the, 

 observed during the past eleven years, 

 23. 



Space, Prof. A. Cayley on a correspon- 

 dence of points and lines in, 10. 



Spectra of carbon, W. M. Watts on two, 

 existing at the same temperature, 44. 



of gases, G. J. Stoney on the cause 



of the interrupted, 41. 



Spectroscope, J. Browning on a, in which 

 the prisms are automatically adjusted 

 for the minimum angle of deviation 

 for the particular ray under exami- 

 nation, 52. 



Spectrum-analysis, John Browning on 

 an induction-coil especially arranged 

 for use in, 25. 



*Spence (J. Berger) on the phenomena 

 of the crystallization of a double salt, 

 63. 



Spence (Peter) on an attempt to deter- 

 mine the bbiling-point of the saturated 

 solutions of various salts by boiling 

 with steam of 100° C, 64. 



Sphingidfe, E. Birchall on some hybrid, 

 and other Lepidoptera, HI. 



