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INDEX 
XXVil 
Structure of Carbon Compounds and their Absorption, Prof. 
W. N. Hartley, F.R.S., 93 
Spectra Produced in Glass by Scratching, E. F. J. Love, 
270 
Spectral Images Produced by a Rotating Vacuum-Tube, on 
Certain, Shelford Bidwell, 30; Dr. Henry Muirhead, 55 
Spectro-Photometer, a New, Dr. Konig, 191 
Spectroscope, a New Stellar, C. V. Zenger, 543 
Spectroscopic Observations on Dissolved Cobaltous Chloride, 
Dr. W. J. Russell, F.R.S., 143 
Spectroscopy, Radiant Matter, W. Crookes, F.R.S., and M. 
Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 283 
Spectrum Analysis: Prof. Thalén on the Lines of Iron, 253 ; an 
Advance in the Theory of Spectral Lines, Dr. Kayser, 312 ; 
Janssen’s Experiments on the Influence of Gases in, 400; 
Spectral Photometric Researches on Some Photographic Sensi- 
tisers, 519; Ultra-Violet Spark Spectra Emitted by Metallic 
Elements, 529 ; New Mapof the Solar Spectrum, L. Thollon, 
519 
Speed and Velocity, 29, 78 
Spermatozoids, Dr. Biondi on the Origin of the, 544 
Spheroidal State of Liquids, the, Luvini, 635 
Spinoza (B. de), Reprint of his Work on the Rainbow, 
30 
Spiracle of Fishes in its Relation to the Head as Developed in 
the Higher Vertebrates, Prof. Cleland, 561 
Spitzbergen, Capt. Sorensen’s Visit to, 113 
Sponges, the Australian, R. von Lendenfeld, 639 
Sporer (Dr.), on Whirlwinds, 239 
Sprengel (Dr. H., F.R.S.), the Hell Gate Explosion and Racka- 
rock, 625 
Square Bamboo, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 391 
Stadia of the Earth’s History, the, M. Faye, 132 
Staiths, Superstitions of the Fishermen at, 541 
Staminody of Petals, J, C. Costerus, 53 
Standard Pitch, 9 
Standards of White Light, Discussion on, 537 
Stanley (Henry M.), the Congo, 154 
Stanley (Sand. S.), Stonehenge, 574 
Stanley (W. F.), a New Form of Protractor and Goniometer, 
a: ona Portable Scale of Proportions of Human Body, 
5 
Starch in Plants, Notes on Experiments as to the Formation of, 
under the Influence of the Electric Light, M. Ward, 
563 
Stars: Binary, 162; Binary, 70 Ophiuchi, 402; Double Stars, 
86, 610; Double-Star 19 (Hev.) Camelopardi, 183; 
Variable, 554; J. E. Gore, 180; Variable-Star V Cygni, 
610; the New Star in Andromeda, 469, 465; Lord Rosse, 
F.R.S., 465; Dr. William Huggins, F.R.S., 465; W. F. Den- 
ning, 465 ; J. Edmund Clark, 499 ; A. A. Common, F-.R.S., 
522; Geo. M. Seabroke, 523; A. Ricco, 523; Dr. Sophus 
Tromholt, 579 ; on the Determination of Time by Correspond- 
ing Heights of Different Stars, Prof. Zinger, 63 ; Application 
of Photography to Mapping of, Mouchez, 70; Stars with 
Spectra of the Third Type, 610 ; Catalogue of 1000 Southern 
Stars, 636 
State Aid to Science, Public Opinion and, 497 
Statigrams, J. F. Heyes, 597 
Stations, High-Level, Dr. A. Woeikof, 54 
Statistical Society, Jubilee of the, 188 
Statistics, U.S. Industrial, 369 
Stature, Hereditary, Francis Galton, F.R.S., on, 507 
Steam Indicator, Prof. Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., on the, 
137 
en Traffic, Direct, between Sea and Cologne, Opening of, 
164 
Steel and Iron, on the Structure of, H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., 
39 
Steel Trade, Rise and Progress of the Scotch, James Riley, 
429 
Stellar Spectroscope, a New, C. V. Zenger, 543 
Sternum in Birds, on the Development of the, Miss Beatrice 
Lindsay, 540 
Stevenson (D, A.), Earthquake-Proof Buildings, 316 
Steven:on (D.A.), and Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth, an Earthquake 
Invention, 213 
Stevin (Simon), Rare Mathematical Books by, 30 
Stewart (Prof, Balfour, F.R.S.), Radiant Light and Heat, 322, 
389, 394, 413, 422, 550 
Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S,), and W. W. Haldane Gee, 
Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics, 339 
Stockholm : Zoological Garden in, 110; Academy of Sciences 
of, 192, 312, 592; Meteor near, 230, 515; Meteorological 
Phenomena at, 279 ; After-Sunglow in, 635 
Stokes (Prof. G. G., F.R.S.), Iridescent Crystals of Chlorate of 
Potash, 224; on Light as a Means of Investigation, Prof. 
P. G. Tait, 361 
Stokes-Watson Spark Apparatus, 208 
Stone (Dr. W. H.), the Fallacy of the Present Theory of Sound, 
Henry A. Mott, Jun., 75; International Exhibition, Music 
Loan Collection, 174 
Stone Age, Articles Discovered at Breonio Veronese, 47 ; Dis- 
covery of a Cemetery of the, 401 
Stone Axes, Perak, A. Hall, 626 
Stone Implements (Prehistoric) of Eastern Egypt, Dr. Schwein- 
furth, 161 
Stone, Lenape ; or, the Indian and the Mammoth, H. C. Mercer, 
Dr. E. b. Tylor, F-R.S., 593 
Stone Weapons in the Neolithic Age, the Worship of, Prof. 
Pigorini, 48 
Stonehenge, Meteoric Cycle and, R. Edmonds, 436 
Stonehenge, Sand. S. Stanley, 574 
Stonyhurst College Observatory, 300 
Storms on Atlantic Coast of United States, 427 
Straits Settlements, Timbers of the, Howard Newton, 160 
Strain Indicator, a Self-Recording, Prof. H. S. Hele Shaw, 
70 
Strasburg Scientific Congress, 493 
Strawberry, a Quinquefoliate, E. Lewis Sturtevant, 126 
Stream-Lines of Moving Vortex-Rings, Prof. Lodge, 263 
Stretched India-rubber, on the Behaviour of, H. G. Madan, 
625 
Stroumbo (D. S.), Experiments on Double Refraction, 432 
Struthers (Prof.), on the Development of the Vertebrze of the 
Elephant, 560 ; on the Development of the Foot of the Horse, 
560; on the Cervical Vertebree of the Greenland Right- 
Whale, 560; on the Tay Whale (M€egaplera lonziman.) 
and other Whales, 560 
Sturtevant (E. Lewis), a Quinquefoliate Strawberry, 126 
Styria, Earthquake in, 231, 423 
Sub-Lacustrine Ravines of Glacial 
640 
Sugar Cane, Animal Parasites of the, H. Ling Roth, 268 
Sulphur, Atomic Refraction of, in Various Compounds, Nasini, 
Streams, F. A. Forel, 
87 
Sulphurous Acid M. G. Witz, 
144 
Sumac in South Australia, Cultivation of, 462 
Sun, on the Hydrogenic Protuberances of the, Prof. Tacchini, 
48 
Sun, Recent Total Eclipse of the, 631 
Sun’s Light, on the Depth to which it will Penetrate into the 
Sea, Fol and Sarasin, 132 
Sun-Glows—Time—Thunderbolts—Vision, Antoine d’Abbadie, 
in Town Atmospheres, 
29 
Sunlight and the Earth’s Atmosphere, S. P. Langley, 17, 
40 
Sunsets, R. McLachlan, F.R.S., 437; Red Rays after, Geo. F. 
Burder, 466; a Remarkable, Paul A. Cobbold, 626; Prof. 
Kiessling’s Investigations into the Origin of the Late Sunset 
Glows, J. Edmund Clark, 637 
Sunspots, Tacchini’s Observations of, 144 
Superstitions of the Staihs Fishermen, 541 
Sur l’Origine du Monde, M. Faye, 132 
Surface-Vensions of Liquids, on Calculating the, by Means of 
Cylindrical Drops or Bubbles, Prof. Pirie, 536 
Surface Tension of Water which contains a Gas Dissolved in it, 
Prof. Pirie, 536 
Surinam, Dr. Ten Kate’s Expedition to, 164 
Surinam River, Dutch Expedition to, 356 
Sutherland (William), Terminology of the Mathematical Theory 
of Electricity, 391 
Swallows : Migration of, 161 ; a Query as to, 197; Wm. Watts, 
223; a White Swallow, Mary Briggs, 500 
Sweden : Geographical Education in, 15; Forest Cultivation 
from Seeds in, 230; the Herring Fisheries of, 230; Mirage 
in, 231, 541, 552; Mirage on Lake Wettern, 279; Cyclones 
in, 3553 Fossil Forests in, 402; the Highest Mountain in, 
404; Early Departure of Migratory Birds, 427 i 
