206 
Radnor rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 462. 
Rain, Prof. J. Phillips on the quantity 
of, measured in the Lake district, 472. 
Rainfall, report of the Committee on 
the, of the British Isles for the year 
1866-67, 452. 
Rain-gauges, examination of, 446. 
Ramsay (Prof.) on the rate of increase 
of underground temperature, 510, 
Rankine (Prof.), performance of ships 
analyzed by the method of, 135; on 
a uniformity of weights and measures, 
484; on tidal observations, 489. 
Red chalk from Hunstanton, fossil 
corals from the, 97. 
Regenerative gas-furnace, general ar- 
rangements of the, 63; working re- 
sults of the, compared with the ordi- 
nary furnace, 67; analysis of an in- 
ferior English pig iron before and 
after being puddled in the, 69. 
Renfrew rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 466. 
Respiration, on the influence of the me- 
thyl and allied compounds on, 175. 
Richards (Captain) on tidal observa- 
tions, 489. 
Richardson (Dr. Benjamin W.) on the 
physiological action of the methyl 
and allied compounds, 170. 
Robinson (Dr.) on tidal observations, 
489, 
Robinson (John) on a uniformity of 
weights and measures, 484. 
Rogers (Dr. James) on the action of 
mercury on the secretion of bile, 187. 
Toss rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 469. 
Rosse (Lord) on mapping the surface 
of the moon, 1. 
Russell (Mr. Scott), performance of ships 
analyzed by the method of, 124. 
Rutherford (Dr. W.) on the action of 
mercury on the secretion of bile, 187. 
Sabine (Lieut.-General) on tidal obser- 
vations, 489. 
Safety of merchant ships and their pas- 
sengers, interim report of the Com- 
mitee on the, 344. 
Saturn, spectrum of, 143. 
Schiaparelli’s (G. V.) notes and reflec- 
tions on the astronomical theory of 
falling stars, 407. 
Schmidt (Herr) on mapping the surface 
of the moon, 1, 5. 
Schmidt and Bidder’s experiments on 
the secretion of bile, 189. 
Schwann’s (Prof.) researches on the se- 
cretion of bile, 189. 
Scotland tables of monthly rainfall in 
1866 and 1867, 464. 
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Scott’s (Dr.) researches on the secretion 
of bile, 193, 196. 
Secchi (Padre) on stellar spectrometry, 
165. 
Selkirk rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 465. 
Shetland Final Dredging Report, J. 
Gwyn Jeffreys on the Mollusca, 232 ; 
Rey. A. Merle Norman on the Crus- 
tacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinoder- 
mata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Pori- 
fera, 247; Dr. W. C. M‘Intosh on the 
Annelids, 337; Edward Waller on the 
Foraminifera, 340, 
invertebrate marine fauna, com- 
parison of the, with that of other por- 
tions of the British coast, 253. 
—— rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 471. 
Ships, performance of, analyzed by Mr. 
Scott Russell’s method, 124; analyzed 
by Prof. Rankine’s method, 133. 
——, interim report of the Committee 
on the safety of merchant, and their 
passengers, 544, 
Shropshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
457. 
Siemens (C, W.) on puddling iron, 58; 
on a uniformity of weights and mea- 
sures, 484, 
Silicea, 328. 
Silicon, percentage of, contained in va- 
rious kinds of cast and wrought iron 
and steel, 71. 
Sissons (W.) on tidal observations, 489. 
Sligo rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 471. 
Smith (W.) on a uniformity of weights 
and measures, 484, 
Solenoconchia dredged in the Shetland 
and adjacent seas, 241. 
Somerset rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 456. 
4 (H. C.) on spherules in meteorites, © 
418. 
Spasmodic diseases, acute, on the em- 
ployment of nitrate of amyl m cases 
of, 172. 
ge a a stellar, Padre Secchi on, 
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Spectroscope, E. Ray Lankester on the — 
investigation of animalsubstanceswith _ 
the, 115. 
Spectrum analysis, William Huggins on 
the results of, as applied to heavenly 
bodies, 140, 152, 
of the moon, 142; Jupiter, 145; 
Saturn, 143; Mars, 143; Brorsen’s 
comet, 159; Comet II. 1868, 160; 
Neptune, 165, 
Star-showers, 391. 
Stars, spectra of fixed, 143; spectra of 
variable, 145; spectra of temporary, 
146; observations to determine 
