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INDEX. 



Stewart (Prof. Balfour) and W. L. Car- 

 penter, results of a comparison be- 

 tween the wind values and declination 

 disturbances at the Kew Observatory, 

 28. 

 Stirling (Prof.) on the researches on food- 

 fishes at the St. Andrews marine 

 laboratory, 141. 

 Stone (J. H.), the ancient inhabitants of 



the Canary Islands, 851. 

 Stoney (Dr. G. J.) on the desirability of 

 introducing a uniform nomenclature 

 for the fundamental units of mecha- 

 nics, 27 ; *on the proof of the logarith- 

 mic law of atomic weights, 562 ; *on 

 the logarithmic law and its connection 

 with the atomic weights, 630. 

 Stooke (T. S.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 145. 

 Strachey (Lieut.-Gen. K.) on the work 

 of the Differential Gravity IMeter 

 Committee, 72 ; on the desirability of 

 further research in the Antarctic re- 

 gions, 316; *meteorological conditions 

 of the Red Sea, 738 ; *sea temperatures 

 in the neighbourhood of Cape Guarda- 

 fui, ib. 

 Stretching of liquids, Prof. A. M. Worth- 



ington on the, 583. 

 Stroud (Prof. W.) and W. W. H. Gee, 



electro-calorimetry, 565. 

 Sun-myths in modem Hellas, by J. T. 



Bent, 8.50. 

 Surtees (Capt. C), mission to El-Wedj, 



747. 

 Swan (J. W.) on an automatic fire-damp 



detector, 817. 

 Swiss, the physique of the, as influenced 

 bv race and by media, by Dr. Beddoe, 

 837. 

 Symons (G. J.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 145 ; on the work 

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 255 ; on the advisability and 

 possibility of establishing in other 

 parts of the country observations upon 

 the prevalence of earth tremors similar 

 to those now being made in Durham, 

 522. 

 Syrrhaptes paradoxus, the irruption of. 

 Prof. Newton on, 703. 



Tanakadate (A.) on the intensity of mag- 

 netisation of soft iron bars of various 

 lengths in a uniform magnetic field, 

 566. 



Tanner (R. E.), the suitability of small 

 towns for factory industries, 767. 



Taxation, the standard, or basis, of, by 

 Dr. C. J. Grece, 765. 



*Taylor (G.), Formosa : characteristic 

 traits of the island and its aboriginal 

 inhabitants, 747. 



Taylor (H.) on standards for use in elec- 

 trical measurements, 55. 



Teall (J. J. H.) on the volcanic pheno- 

 mena of Vesuvius and its neighbour- 

 hood, 320 ; on the microscopic structure 

 of the older rocks of Anglesey, 367. 



Teleostean ova, some, and their develop- 

 ment, J. T. Cunningham on, 703. 



Teleostei, certain fresh-water, report on 

 the develoi^ment of the oviduct and 

 connected structures in, 338. 



Temperature, an apparatus for deter- 

 mining, by the variation of electrical 

 resistance, W. N. Shaw on, 590. 



Temperature of some Scottish rivers. Dr. 

 H. R. Mill on the, 588. 



Temple (Sir R.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 164. 



Tetravalency of oxygen, evidence of the, 

 derived from the constitution of the 

 azonaphthol-compounds, by Prof. R. 

 Meldola, 635. 



Thallium trisulphide, the electrolysis of, 

 Dr. J. H. Gladstone and W. Hibbert 

 on, 349. 



Thermal and mineral waters, British, a 

 list of works referring to, by W. H. 

 Dalton, 859. 



Thermometers, mercury, some accurate 

 charts of Kew corrections for, W. N. 

 Shaw on, 590. 



Thiocarbamidc compounds, some new, 

 Prof. J. E. Reynolds on, 640. 



Thiselton-Dyer (W. T.) on the flora of 

 the Bahamas, 361 ; on our present 

 knowledge of the flora of China, 420 ; 

 on the steps taken for establishing a 

 botanical station at Peradeniya, Cey- 

 lon, 421 ; 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 ; 

 Address to the Biological Section by, 

 686. 



Thompson (Prof. S. P.) on electrolysis in 

 its physical and chemical bearings, 

 339. 

 Thomson (G. H.), mechanical pathology 

 considered in its relation to bridge 

 design, 793. 

 Thomson (Prof. J.) on flux and reflux of 

 water in open channels or in pipes or 

 other ducts, 574. 

 Thomson (Prof. J. J.) on standards for 

 use in electrical measurements, 55 ; 

 on electrolysis in its physical and 

 chemical bearings, 339. 

 Thomson (J. M.) on electrolysis in its 



physical and chemical bearings, 339. 

 ♦Thomson (Jos.), notes from the Atlas 



Mountains, 745. 

 Thomson (Prof. Sir W.) on the best 

 means of comparing and reducing 



