INDEX I. 
whether the, are moving towards or 
from the earth, 152 ; spectroscopic ob- 
servations of fixed, 157. 
Starvation, partial, influence of, on bi- 
liary secretion, 221, 
Steamship performance, report of the 
Committee on the condensation and 
analysis of tables of, 114. 
Steel, percentage of carbon and silicon 
contained in various kinds of cast and 
wrought iron and, 71. 
Stellar spectrometry, Padre Secchi on, 
165 
Stewart (Balfour) on the rate of increase 
of underground temperature, 510. 
Stokes (Prof.) on tidal observations, 489. 
Stomapoda dredged in the Shetland and 
adjacent seas, 265. 
Suffolk rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 454. 
Sulphur, experiments to obtain iron free 
from, 342. 
Sulphuric acid, note on the solubility of 
cyanogen in, 520. 
Sun, spectroscopic observations of the, 
162. 
Surrey rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 450. 
Sussex rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 450. 
Sutherland rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 470. 
Sykes (Colonel) on a uniformity of 
weights and measures, 484. 
Symons (G. J.) on the rainfall of the 
British Isles, 452; on therate of increase 
of underground temperature, 510. 
Synthetical researches on organic acids, 
report of, by A. R. Catton, 475. 
Szezepanowski (S. Prus) on the chemical 
nature of cast iron, 342. 
Taraxacum as a cholagogue, observations 
on, 224, 
Temperature, undergound, on the rate 
of increase of, 510. 
Terra Astronomica, boundaries of, 14; in- 
teriorformations of, 22; craters and cra- 
terlets at present recorded as existing 
on or within the boundaries of, 24. 
Tetanus, on the employment of nitrate 
of amyl in the treatment of, 172. 
Tetrachloride of carbon, physical changes 
of blood produced by, 174. 
Thecaphora from the Shetland and ad- 
jacent seas, 321, 325. 
Thomson (Prof. James) on the rate of 
increase of underground temperature, 
510. 
Thomson (Dr. Thomas) on the desirabi- 
lity of an exploration being made of 
the district between the Brahmaputra, 
the Upper Ivawadi, and the Yang-tse- 
_ Kiang, with a view to a route being 
207 
established between the navigable 
parts of these rivers, 450. 
Thomson (Sir W.) on the extension, im- 
provement, and harmonic analysis of 
tidal observations, 489; on the rate of 
Dae of underground temperature, 
Thoracica dredged in the Shetland and 
adjacent seas, 301. 
Tidal observations, report of the Com- 
mittee for the purpose of promoting 
the extension, improvement, and har- 
monic analysis of, 489 ; supplementary 
report by Mr. Roberts, 505. 
Tides, benefits that may be anticipated 
from a knowledge of the laws of the, 
509. 
Tunicata, Rey. A. Merle Norman on the, 
dredged in the Shetland and adjacent 
seas, 247, 302. 
Turbinolide, British fossil, 87. 
Underground temperature, report of the 
Committee for investigating the rate 
of increase of, downwards in yarious 
localities of dry land and under water, 
510. 
Uniformity of weights and measures, 
report on the best means of providing 
for a, 484, 
Upper Ivawadi, and the Yang-tse-Kiang, 
report of a Committee on the desirabi- 
lity of an exploration being made of 
the district between the Brahamputra, 
the, 450. 
Venus, spectrum of, 143. 
Vivian (Edward) on the exploration of 
Kent’s Cavern, Devonshire, 45. 
Wales, tables of monthly rainfall in Eng- 
land and, 450. 
Waller (Edward) on the Shetland Fora- 
minifera, 340. 
bi ag rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
56. 
Water, report of the Committee for in- 
vestigating the rate of increase of 
underground temperature downwards 
in various localites of dry land and 
under, 510, 
Waterford rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
470. 
Waugh (General Sir Andrew) on the 
desirability of an exploration being 
made of the district between the Brah- 
maputra, the Upper Irawadi, and the 
Yang-tse-Kiang, 430. 
Webb (the Rev. T. W.) on mapping the 
surface of the moon, 1. 
