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INDEX. 



Roy (Prof.) and J. G. Adami on the 

 physiological bearing of waist-belts 

 and stays, 704. 



Riicker (Prof.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 339. 



Rudler (F. W.) on the prehistoric race in 

 the Greek islands, 99; on the effects 

 of different occupations and employ- 

 ments on the physical development of 

 the human body, 100 ; on the volcanic 

 phenomena of Vesuvius and its neigh- 

 bourhood, 320. 



Eunge (Prof. C.) on the harmonic series 

 of lines in the spectra of the elements, 

 576. 



Eussell (Dr. W. J.) on the present 

 methods of teaching chemistry, 73 ; on 

 the action of light on the hydracids of 

 halogens in presence of oxygen, 89. 



*Eussian topographical surveys, by E. D. 

 Morgan, 741. 



St. Clair (G.), Jerusalem : Nehemiah's 

 wall and the royal sepulclures, 744; 

 totem clans and star worship, 848. 



Salinity of the Clyde sea area, the, bv 

 Dr. H. R. Mill, 738. 



Sanderson (Prof. B.) on the researches 

 on food-fishes at the St. Andrews 

 marine laboratory, 141. 



Sarcee Indians, report on the, by Rev. E. 

 F. Wilson, 242 ; notes thereon, by H. 

 Hale, 253. 



Schafer (Prof.) on the physiology of the 

 lymphatic system, 363. 



Schuster (Prof. A.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic 

 observations, 28 ; on standards of light, 

 39 ; on standards for use in electrical 

 measurements, 55 ; on the work of the 

 Differential Gravitj- Meter Committee, 

 72 ; on electrolysis in its physical and 

 chemical bearings, 339. 



Science, the teaching of, in elementary 

 schools, report on, 164. 



Sclater (Dr. P. L.) on arrangements for 

 assisting the Marine Biological Asso- 

 ciation laboratory at Plymouth, 94 ; on 

 the occupation of a table at the zoo- 

 logical station at Naples, 150; on the 

 desirability of further research in the 

 Antarctic regions, 316 ; on the present 

 state of our knowledge of the zoology 

 and botany of the West India islands, 

 and on the steps taken to investigate 

 ascertained deficiencies in the fauna 

 and flora, 437. 



Scott (Dr. A.) on the atomic weight of 

 oxygen, 631. 



Scottish rivers, on the temperature of 

 some, by Dr. H. R. Mill, 588. 



Sea of Bengal, the echinodermata of the, 

 Prof. F. J. Bell on, 718. 



*Sea temperatures in the neighbourhood 

 of Cape Guardafui, by Lieut.-Gen, 

 Strachey, 738. 



Sea temperatures of the continental 

 shelf, by Dr. H. R. Mill, 739. 



Sea-beach, an ancient, near Bridlington 

 Quay, report on, 328. 



Seamless tubes from solid bars or ingots, 

 rolling, by the Mannesmann process, 

 F. Siemens on, 804. 



Seasonal variations of temperature in 

 lakes, rivers, and estuaries in various 

 parts of the United Kingdom, report of 

 the Committee for arranging an in- 

 vestigation of the, in co-operation with 

 the local societies represented on the 

 Association, 326. 



Sedgwick (A.) on arrangements for as- 

 sisting the Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion laboratory at Plymouth, 94 ; on 

 the occupation of a table at the zoo- 

 logical station at Naples, 150 ; on the 

 development of the oviduct and con- 

 nected structures in certain fresh- water 

 teleostei, 338. 



Seeley (Prof. H. G.) on the origin of 

 oolitic texture in limestone rocks, 674 ; 

 on an ichthyosaurus from Mombasa, 

 East Africa, with observations on the 

 vertebral characters of the genus, 677. 



Seismograph, an improved, by E. A. 

 Cowper, 818. 



Sellon (R. P.), electric light applied to 

 night navigation upon the Suez Canal, 

 814. 



Sellon (T. S. P. W. D'A.), a few arguments 

 in favour of light or road railwaj-s, 794. 



Sensation, composition of, and notion of 

 space, L. de la Rive on, 585. 



Severn watershed, the, by J. W. W. 

 Bund, 799. 



Sharp (D.), zoological bibliography of 

 the Lesser Antilles, 438. 



Shaw (Dr. A.), the revenue system of the 

 United States, 763. 



Shaw (E.) and Prof. H. Shaw, the friction 

 of metal coils, 540. 



Shaw (G. B.), the transition to social 

 democracy, 761. 



Sliaw (Prof. H. ), a new sphere planimeter, 

 584. 



and E. Shaw, the friction of metal 



coils, 540. 



Shaw (W. N.) on the desirability of in- 

 troducing a uniform nomenclature for 

 the fundamental imits of mechanics, 

 27 ; on standards for use in electrical 

 measurements, 55 ; on electrolysis in 

 its i^hysical and chemical bearings, 

 339 ; on some accurate charts of Kew 

 corrections for mercury thermometers, 

 590 ; on an apparatus for determining 

 temperature by the variation of elec- 

 trical resistance, ib. 



