INDEX. 



939 



Solution, the nature of, the bearing of the 

 thermal phenomena of neutralisation 

 on, by Dr. W. W. J. Nicol, 656. 



, certain physical constants of, third 



report on the investigation of, espe- 

 cially the expansion of saline solutions, 

 48. 



Somervail (A.) and H. Fox on the occur- 

 rence of porpliyritic structure in some 

 rocks of the Lizard district, 708. 



Sonora earthquake, the, of May 3, 1887, 

 by Dr. T. S. Hunt and J. Douglas, 712. 



Specific resistance of commercial iron, 

 W. H. Preece on the, 609. 



♦Specific volumes. Prof. Ramsay's method 

 of determining. Prof. L. Meyer on, 

 653. 



Spermatogenesis of the acarians, the, 

 and the laws of spermatogenesis in 

 general, by Prof. Gilson, 758. 



*Sprengel pump, description of a short- 

 ened self-acting, by Dr. W. W. J. 

 Nicol, 669. 



Springer (Dr. A.), torsion balances, 636. 



Stai'-tish, a, from the Yorkshire lias, Prof. 

 J. F. Blake on, 716. 



Statistics, Economic Science and. Address 

 by Dr. R. Gitien to the Section of, 806. 



Statistics of our foreign trade, the, and 

 what they tell us, by A. E. Bateman, 

 848. 



Steains (W. J.), the valley of theRioDoce, 

 BrazU, 804. 



Steel, a nearly non-magnetisable (manga- 

 nese), the physical properties of. Prof. 

 W. F. Barrett on, 610. 



, the influence of silicon on the 



properties of, report on, 43. 



produced b}' skidding railway 



wheels, specimens of, by J. Head, 

 872. 



Stellar photography, instruments for, by 

 Sir H. Grubb, 580. 



Stellar spectra, exhibition and descrip- 

 tion of Henry Draper memorial photo- 

 graphs of, by Prof. E. C. Pickering, 622. 



Stewart (Prof. Balfour) on the best 

 methods of recording the duect in- 

 tensity of solar radiation, 32 ; on Mr. 

 E. J. Lowe's project of establishing a 

 meteorological observatorj- near Chep- 

 stow, 39 ; on the publication by the 

 Meteorological Society of the Mauri- 

 tius of daily synoptic charts of the 

 Indian Ocean for the year 1861, 40 ; 

 on the best means of comparing and 

 reducing magnetic observations, 320, 

 332. 



Stirling (Prof.) on the desirability of 

 combined action for the translation of 

 foreign memoirs, 41. 



Stirrup (M.) on foreign boulders in coal- 

 seams, 686. 



Stokes (Prof. G. G.) on the best methods 



of recording the direct intensity of 

 solar radiation, 32 ; on the publication 

 by the Meteorological Society of the 

 Mauritius of daily synoptic charts of 

 the Indian Ocean for the year 1861, 

 40. 



Stone mortars in the ancient (Pliocene ?) 

 river-gravels of Butte Co., California, 

 S. B. J. Skertchly on the occurrence of, 

 907. 



Stoney (G. J.) on the best methods of 

 recording the direct intensity of solar 

 radiation, 32 ; on Mr. E. J. Lowe's 

 project of establishing a meteorologi- 

 cal observatory near Chepstow, 39. 



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

 ground waters, 358. 



Strachey (Gen. R.) on the work of the 

 DifEerential Gravity Meter Committee, 

 41. 



*Streeter ( J. S.), the ruby mines of Burma, 

 803. 



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

 null method in electro-calorimetry, 581. 



Strutliers (Prof.) on the marine biological 

 station at Granton, 91. 



Stuart-Glennie (J. S.), the non-Aryan and 

 non-Semitic white races, and their 

 place in the history of civilisation, 

 898. 



Subsidences at Northwich and its neigh- 

 bourhood, the history and cause of, by 

 T. Ward, 713. 



*Sudan, trade prospects with the, by 

 Major Watson, 801 . 



Sun, the period of rotation of the, as 

 determined by the spectroscope, H. 

 Crew on, 583. 



* Supra-renal capstiles in man, the de- 

 velopment of the, by Dr. C. S. Minot, 

 755. 



Surtees (Capt. C), the desert from 

 Dahshur to Ain Ra'ian, 801. 



*Swan (J. W.), a fire-damp indicator, 

 884. 



Swinburne (J.), * compensation of elec- 

 trical measuring instruments for tem- 

 perature erroi-s, 021 ; a musical slide 

 rule, ih. 



Symons (G. J.) on the best methods of 

 recording the direct intensity of solar 

 radiation, 32 ; on Mr. E. J. Lowe's 

 project of establishing a meteorological 

 observatory near Chepstow, 39 ; on 

 the publication by the Meteorological 

 Society of the Mauritius of daily 

 synoptic charts of the Indian Ocean 

 for the year 1861, 40; on the circula- 

 tion of underground waters, 358 ; on 

 the work of the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee, 459 ; what is a drought ? 

 869. 



Synoptic charts, daily, of the Indian 

 Ocean, for the year 1861, final report 



