INDEX. 



955 



Shell-mounds and ossuaries of the Chop- 

 tank river, Maryland, U.S.A., notes on 

 the, by Chev. R. E. Reynolds, 845. 

 Shenstone (W. A.) on the present methods 



of teaching chemistry, 73. 

 Shipman engine, the, by "W. R. Pidgeon, 



806. 

 Shore (T. W.), beds exposed in the 

 Southampton new dock excavation, 

 672 ; Celtic earthworks in Hampshire, 

 in reference to tie density of the 

 Celtic population, 852. 

 Sicilies, the Two, the volcanoes of, by 



Dr. T. Anderson, 663. 

 Sidgwick (Prof. H.) on the best method 

 of ascertaining and measuring varia- 

 tions in the value of the monetary 

 standard, 181 ; an analysis of the cur- 

 rent conception of State socialism, 760. 

 Siemens (F.) on rolling seamless tubes 

 from solid bars or ingots by the 

 Mannesmann process, 804. 

 Silicon, the influence of, on the properties 



of steel, second report on, 69. 

 Silicon compounds, some new. Prof. J. E. 



Reynolds on, 640. 

 Sladen (P.) on arrangements for assist- 

 ing the Marine Biological Association 

 laboratory at Plymouth, 94; on the 

 occupation of a table at the zoological 

 station at Naples, 150. 

 Sliding scales and economic theory, the 

 relations between, by L. L. Price, 523. 

 Sloan (A. D.) on the occupation of the 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 153. 

 Smith (H. W.) and Prof. H. B. Dixon, 

 the incompleteness of combustion in 

 explosions, 632. 

 Smithells (Prof.) on the present methods 



of teaching chemistry, 73. 

 Social democracy, the transition to, by 



G. B. Shaw, 761. 

 Social regulations in Jlelanesia, bv Rev. 



R. H. Codrington, 843. 

 Socialism, State, an analysis of the cur- 

 rent conception of, by Prof. H. Sidg- 

 wick, 760. 

 *Solar spectrum, the spectra of meteo- 

 rites compared with the, by J. N. 

 Lockyer, 576. 

 Solution, the bibliography of, second re- 

 port on, 54. 



, the nature of, second report on, 93. 



, the theory of, by Dr. T. S. Hunt, 



636. 

 Solution of copper in acids, the rate of, 



V. H. Veley on, 638. 

 Somerset, some points of interest in the 



geology of, by W. A. E. TJssher, 659. 

 Somerset sliire cider, by J. Higgins, 759. 

 Sorley (Prof. W. R.) on mining royalties 

 and their effect on the iron and coal 

 industries, 755. 



Southampton new dock excavation, beds 



exposed in the, by T. W. Shore, 672. 

 Space, notion of, and composition of sen- 

 sation, L. de la Rive on, 585. 

 *Spectra of meteorites, the, compared 

 with the solar spectrum, by J. N. 

 Lockyer, 576. 

 Spectra of the elements, the harmonic 

 series of lines in the, Prof. C. Runge 

 on, 576. 

 Spectres de I'oxygene, Dr. J. Janssen sur 



les, 547. 

 *Spectrum analysis, recent progress in 

 the use of concave gratings for, by 

 Prof. H. A. Rowland, 566. 

 Spencer (J.) on the occurrence of a 

 boulder of granitoid gneiss or gneissoid 

 granite in the Halifax hard-bed coal, 

 661. 

 Sphere planimeter, a new, by Prof. H. 



Shaw, 584. 

 Spiller (J.), the composition of the an- 

 cient Roman mortar from the London 

 Wall, 637. 

 Stallard (Mr.) on the present methods of 



teaching chemistry, 73. 

 Star worship, totem clans and, by G. St. 



Clair, 848. 

 State socialism, an analysis of the cur- 

 rent conception of, by Prof. H. Sidg- 

 wick, 760. 

 Static electricity, a vortex analogue of, 



by Prof. W. M. Hicks, 577. 

 Statigrams, Rev. J. F. Heyes on, with 

 some suggestions for greater unifor- 

 mity in comparative graphics, 769. 

 Statistical tables, the errors of the argu- 

 ment of, J. Kleiber on, 618. 

 Statistics, agricultural, commercial, in- 

 dustrial, and banking, by W. Botly, 

 760. 



, Economic Science and, Address by 



Lord Bramwell to the Section of, 749. 



* , the vital and commercial, of Bath, 



by F. Norfolk, 780. 

 Statistics of examination. Prof. F. T. 



Edgeworth on the, 763, 

 Stays and waist-belts, the physiological 

 bearing of, Prof. Roy and J. G. Adami 

 on, 704. 

 Steam at high pressures, the efficiency 

 of, and the Carnot theorem, by W. W. 

 Beaumont, 820. 

 Steam engine diagrams, by M. F. Fitz- 

 gerald, 819. 

 Steel, the influence of silicon on the 



properties of, second report on, 69. 

 Steward (Rev. C. J.) on arranging an in- 

 vestigation of the seasonal variations 

 of temperature in lakes, rivers, and 

 estuaries, 326. 

 Stewart (Prof. Balfour) on the best 

 means of comparing and reducing 

 magnetic observations, 28. 



