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REPORT 1869. 



ing on, 1807-68, 59 ; imperial taxa- 

 tion felling- on, 1867-G8, 59. 



Reflection of obscure lieat, Prof. Mag- 

 nus on emission, absorption, and, 

 214. 



Richardson (Dr. Benjamin W.), report 

 on the physiological action of methyl 

 and allied series, 405. 



Richardson (William) on boiler ex- 

 plosions, 47. 



Rigby (Samuel) on boiler explosions, 



Rohertson (David), list of Foraminifera 



from the south coast of Devon and 



Cornwall, 91. 

 Robinson (John), on a uniformity of 



weights and measures, 308. 

 Rolling of ships, 26 ; measurement of, 



40; recommendation of experiments 



on, 41. 

 Rosse (Lord) on mapping the surface of 



the moon, 76. 

 Rowe (J. Brooking) on the marine 



fauna and flora of the south coast of 



Devon and Cornwall, 84. 

 Russell (W. H. L.) on recent progress 



in elliptic and hyperelliptic functions, 



3.34. 

 Russell's (Scott) theory of the form of 



least resistance, 15. 



Schmidt (Herr) on mapping the surface 

 of the moon, 70. 



Scott (Robert H.) on the plant-heds of 

 North Greenland, 1. 



Sea-birds, on the protection of, 91 ; 

 utility of, 92. 



Sea-going qualities of ships, report on 

 the existing knowledge on the, 10. 



Sewage, report on the treatment and 

 utilization of, 313. 



Siemens (C. W.) on a uniformity of 

 weights and measures, 308 ; on 

 standards of electrical resistance, 434. 



Ship, oscillations of a, among waves, 

 33. 



Ships, report on the state of existing 

 knowledge on the stability, propul- 

 sion, and sea-going qualities of, and 

 as to the application wliich it may be 

 desirable to make to Her Majesty's 

 Government on these subjects, 10. 



Smith (J. P.) on agricultural machinery, 

 404. 



Smith (Dr. R. Angus) on the treat- 

 ment and iitilization of sewage, 313. 



Smith (W.) on a uniformity of weights 

 and measm-es, 308 ; on agricijltiu'al 

 machinev}', 404. 



Sparrowh&wk, food of the, 93. 



Sparrows, on the food of, 95. 



Stability, propulsion, and sea-going qua- 

 lities of ships, report on the existing 

 knowledge on the, 10. 



Star-showers, 285. 



Steamship performance, supplement to 

 the second report of the committee on 

 the condensation and analysis of table 

 of, 330. 



Steel, Mr. W. Fairbairn, on the me- 

 chanical properties of, 96; the Bar- 

 row Works for the manufacture of, on 

 the Bessemer process, 98 ; lleatou's 

 process for the manufacture of, 99; 

 remarks on the Bessemer process, 100 ; 

 experiments on the transverse strain 

 of, 107 ; experiments on the tensile 

 strain of, 123 ; experiments on the 

 compression strain of, 133 ; description 

 of the furnace and apparatus for the 

 manufacture of, on the lleaton sj'stem, 

 147. 



Stenhouse (Dr.) on the provision exist- 

 ing in the United Kingdom for the 

 vigorous prosecution of phj'sical re- 

 search, 213. 



Stewart (Dr. Balfour) on the thermal'^ 

 conductivity of iron, 175 ; on the rate_ 

 of increase of underground tempera- ~" 

 ture, 176 ; on the provision existing 

 in the United Kingdom for the vigo- 

 rous prosecution of physical reseiirch, 

 213 ; on standards of electrical resis- 

 tance, 434. 



Stokes (Professor) on the provision ex- 

 isting in the United Kingdom for the 

 vigoroiis prosecution of physical re- 

 search, 213. 



Strain, F. J. Bramwell on the influence 

 of form considered in relation to the 

 strength of railway axles and other 

 portions of machinery subjected to 

 rapid alternations of, 422. 



Strange (Lient.-Colonel) on mapping the 

 surface of the moon, 76 ; on the pro- 

 vision existing in the United King- 

 dom for the vigorous prosecution of 

 physical research, 213. 



Sykes (Colonel) on a imiformity of 

 weights and measures, 308. 



Sylvester (Prof.) on the rainfall of the 

 British Isles, 383. 



Symons (G. J.) on the rate of increase of 

 undergroimd temperature, 176 ; on the 

 rainfall of the British Isles, 383. 



Szczepanowski (S. Prus) on the prepai- 

 ration of pure iron, 82. 



Tait (Professor) on the thermal conduc- 

 tivity of iron, 175. 



