INDEX. 



937 



estuaries, and on the possibility of ex- 

 periments on a small scale, 555 ; Ad- 

 dress to the Mechanical Section by, 855. 



Eichardson (Dr. A.) on the action of 

 light on the hydracids of the halogens 

 in the presence of oxgen, 638. 



Eichardson (E.) on the distribution of 

 wealth in Scotland, 8i0. 



Eigg (A.) on a high-speed steam or hy- 

 draulic revolving engine, 871. 



Eiley (Dr. C. V.), the problem of the 

 hop-plant louse {Flwrodoii hmmdi, 

 Schrank) in Europe and America, 

 750 ; on the luminous larviform 

 females in the Phengodini, 760 ; on 

 Iccrija jmrchasi, an insect injurious to 

 fruit trees, 767. 



Eio Doce, Brazil, the valley of the, by 

 W. J. Steains, 804. 



Elvers and estuaries, certain laws relat- 

 ing to the regime of, Prof. O. Eeynolds 

 on, and on the possibility of experi- 

 ments on a small scale, 555. 



Eoberts (I.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 358. 



Eoberts-Austen (Prof. W. C.) on the in- 

 fluence of silicon on the properties of 

 steel, 43 ; on electrolysis in its physi- 

 cal and chemical bearings, 336 ; experi- 

 ments on the possible electrolytic 

 decomposition of certain alloys, 341 ; 

 on the endurance of metals under 

 repeated and varying stresses, and the 

 proper working stresses on railway 

 bridges, &c., 424. 



Eoscoe (Sir H. E.) on the best methods of 

 recording the direct intensity of solar 

 radiation, 32 ; on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 163. 



Bounding of pebbles by Alpine rivers, 

 observations on the, with a note on their 

 bearing upon the origin of the Bunter 

 conglomerate, by Prof. T. G. Bonney, 

 721. 



Eowland (Prof. H. A.), ^description of a 

 map of the solar sj)ectrum, 583 ; *on 

 chemical action in a magnetic field, 

 589 ; *tinal value of the B.A. unit of 

 electrical resistance as determined by 

 the American Committee, 609. 



*Euby mines of Burma, the, by J. S. 

 Streeter, 803. 



Eiicker (Prof.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 336. 



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

 the Greek Islands, 200 ; on the volcanic 

 phenomena of Vesuvius and its neigh- 

 bourhood, 226 ; on racial photographs 

 from the ancient Egyptian pictures 

 and sculptures, 439. 



Eussell (H. A.) on some variations in the 

 level of the water in Lake George, New 

 South Wales, 597. 



* Saccharine, the new sweet product from 

 coal-tar, by Dr. Fahlberg, 649. 



St. Glair (G.), boat-shaped graves in 

 Syria, 900. 



Salford, phthisis centres in, by A. Ean- 

 some, 852. 



Saline solutions, third report on the ex- 

 pansion of, 48. 



Sanborn (J. W.), the Seneca Indians of 

 North America, their present customs, 

 legends, and languages, 910. 



*Sankuru, the, and the Upper Kasai, ex- 

 plorations on, by Dr. L. Wolf, 798. 



Sargant (G. H.), food as an aid to ele- 

 mentary education, 851. 



Saskatchewan, places of geological in- 

 terest on the banks of the, by Prof. J. 

 H. Panton, 714. 



Sayce (Prof. A. H.), Address to the An- 

 thropological Section by, 885. 



Scandinavian ice, the extension of the, 

 to eastern England in the glacial 

 period, by Prof. O. Torell, 723. 



Schafer (Prof.) on the physiology of the 

 lymphatic, system, 145. 



Schools of commerce, by Sir P, Magnees, 

 841. 



Schroder (Prof. E.) on a certain method 

 in the theory of functional equations, 

 621. 



Schunck (Dr. E.), Address to the Chemical 

 Section by, 624. 



Schuster (Prof. A.) on the best methods 

 of recording the direct intensity of 

 solar radiation, 32 ; on the work of the 

 Differential Gravity Meter Committee, 

 41 ; on standards of light, 47 ; on 

 standards for use in electrical measure- 

 ments, 206 ; on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 320 ; on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 836 ; 

 conduction of electricity through gases, 

 580. 



Schwarz (Prof. H.) and Dr. W. Bott on 

 the derivatives and the constitution of 

 the pyrocresols, 669. 



Science, the teaching of, in elementary 

 schools, report on, 163. 



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

 assisting the Marine Biological Associ- 

 ation laboratory at Plymouth, 69 ; on 

 the flora and fauna of the Cameroons 

 mountain, 73 ; on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 77 ; on the work of the British 

 Marine Area Committee, 95 ; on the 

 herds of wild cattle in Chartley Park 

 and other parks in Great Britain, 135. 



Scott (Dr. A.) on the composition of 

 water by volume, 668 ; on some vapour 

 densities at high temperatures, ih. 



Scott (E. H.) on Mr. E. J. Lowe's project 

 of establishing a meteorological obser- 



