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REPORT 1866. 



♦Rauldne (Prof. W. J. ]\1.) on a table 

 of pairs of stars for approximately 

 finding the meridians, 21 ; on the ex- 

 periments of the Committee npon the 

 resistance of water to floating and im- 

 mersed bodies, 147 ; on the theory of 

 the influence of friction npon the me- 

 chanical efiiciency of steam, 147. 



Kansom (Dr. W. H.) on the occurrence 

 of Felis Lynx as a British fossil, 66 ; 

 on the structm-e and growth of the 

 ovarian ovum in the Gasterosteus 

 Leiurus, 77 ; on the condition of the 

 protoplasmic movements in the egg 

 of osseous fishes, 92. 



*Ileddie (J.) on the various theories of 

 man's past and present condition, 114. 



Red Sea, Dr. Beke on the islajid of St. 

 John in the, 50. 



, Dr. Beke on the possibility of 



turning the waters of the Nile into 

 the, 105. 



Renals (E.) on the influence of science 

 classes in mechanics' institutions, 131. 



Rent, Charles Tebbutt on the violation 

 of the principles of economic science 

 caused by the law of, 135. 



Resolvents, the Rev. Prof. R. Harley 

 on diflerential, 2. 



Rhfetic beds, near Gainsborough and the 

 surroimdiag strata, F. JM. Bm-ton on 

 the occmTence of the, 51. 



*Richardson (Dr.) on physiological de- 

 monstrations of local msensibility, 92 ; 

 on the comparative vitality of the 

 Jewish and Christian races, 92. 



*Rivers, Col. Sir J. E. Alexander on 

 the eflect of the pollution of, 89. 



Rogers (Prof. James E. Thorold), Ad- 

 dress as President of Section F, 117. 



Ronay (Dr. H.) on the Voguls, 115. 



Rotifers, R. Garner on the powers which 

 some have of attaching themselves by 

 means of a thread, 73. 



RusseU (W. H. L.) on the hyperelliptic 

 functions, Giipel and Weierstrass's 

 sj'stems, 6. 



Ryan (Dr.) on the North-east province 

 of Madagascar, 116. 



Salmon river, Frank Buckland on the 

 scientific cultivation of a, 71. 



*Santorin, Commander Lindsay Brine 

 on the eruption at, 107. 



'Saracens in France, M. G. Lagneau on 

 the, 96. 



"Sarawak, E. P. Ilaughton on the land 

 Dayas of Upper, 06. 



Savage tribes, Edward B. Tylor on phe- 

 nomena of the higher civilization 



traceable to a rudimental origin 



among, 97. 

 Science, Rev. F. W. Farrar on the 



teaching of, at public schools, 72. 

 Sclater (Dr. P. L.) on the syatematic 



position of the Pronghorn (Antilo- 



capra americana), 77. 

 *Scott (W. L.) on the presence of am- 

 monia audits homologuesin the blood, 



92. 

 *Seeley (Govier) on some characters of 



the brain and skull in Plesiosaurus, 



66 ; on the characters of Dolichosau- 

 rus, a lizard-like serpent of the chalk, 



67 ; on the carstone, 67. 



Senior (George) on the diminution of 

 accidents in coal-mines since the ap- 

 pointment of Government inspectors, 

 133. 



Sewell (Rev. C.) on hindi-ances to the 

 success of popular education, 133. 



Shales, graptolitic, of Dumfiiesshire, 

 H. A. Nicholson on some fossils from 

 the, 63. 



Sharp ( Dr. William) on the physiologi- 

 cal action of medicibes, 92. 



*Shaw (John) on the distribution of 

 mosses in Great Britain and Ireland, 

 79. 



Ships, Samuel J. Mackie on zinc sheath- 

 ing for, 146. 



*Shortt (Dr. J.) on the habits and man- 

 ners of the Marvar tribes of India, 97. 



*Sibson (Dr.) on the movements, stnic- 

 ture, and sounds of the heart, 93. 



Skulls from round baiTows in Dorset- 

 shire, C. C. Blake on, 94. 



*Smith (II. J. S.) on a property of sur- 

 faces of the second order, 6 ; on the 

 large prime number calculated by Mr. 

 Barratt Davis, 6. 



Soda, Walter Weldon on a proposed use 

 of fluorine in the manufacture of, 45. 



Soil, J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. 11. Gilbert 

 on the accumulation of the nitrogen 

 of manure in the, 40. 



Solar radiation, J. Park Harrison on the 

 heat attained by the moon mider, 20. 



*Solar system. Prof. Hennessy on mete- 

 oric showers considered with reference 

 to the motion of the, 21. 



Spectre atmospherique terrestre, Dr. J. 

 Janssen sur le, et celui de la vapeur 

 d'eau, 11. 



Spectroscope de poche. Dr. J. Janssen 

 sur le, 10. 



Spectrum, Prof. John H. Jellett on a 

 fluid possessing opposite rotatory 

 powers for rays at opposite ends of 

 the, 12. 



