248 
Reflection, extraordinary, Prof. Curtis 
on, 25, 
*Reform in the work of the medical 
profession, Miss Beedy on, 192, 
Reformatory and industrial school sys- 
tem, its evils and dangers, H.M‘Mordie 
on the, 210. 
Registration of wind on the coast, R. 
H. Scott on the importance of im- 
proved methods of, 37. 
*Replacement of organic matter by sili- 
ceous deposits in the process of fos- 
silization, Dr, W. B. Carpenter on the, 
56. 
Reproduction of maps and plans in the 
field, Capt. Abney on the, 183. 
*Reynolds (Prof. H.), notes on the pre- 
paration of the sulphur-urea, 66; *on 
the action of the suiphur-urea in 
metallic solutions, 66. 
River-names and populations of Hi- 
bernia, and their relation to the Old 
World and America, Hyde Clarke on 
the, 146. 
Roads in Northern Persia and on the 
Russio-Persian frontier, Lieut. Gill on 
some, 182, 
Roberts (W. C.) on the columnar form 
of basalt, 91. 
*Roscoe (Prof.) on a self-registering 
apparatus for measuring the chemical 
action of light, 66; *on certain ab- 
normal chlorides, 67, 
Rowe (Surgeon-Major 8.) on Sir John 
Glover’s expedition from the Volta to 
Coomassie, 175. 
Russell (R.) on the Permian breccias of 
the country near Whitehaven, 92. 
Russian expedition to Khiva, J. A. Mac- 
Gahan on the, 183. 
Saddle-rail, an improved patent, and 
railway permanent-way construction, 
W. Seaton on, 229, 
*Sanification of our cities, E. Eleock on 
a new method for promoting the, 203. 
Sanitary legislation and organization: 
its present state and future prospects, 
Dr, T. W. Grimshaw on, 206. 
*Sarracenia, Dr. Moore on a monstrous 
flower of, 134. 
Scheme for the technical education of 
those interested in land, a, by the 
Rey. W. W. Wood, 211. 
Schuster (Dr. A.) on Ohm’s law, 30; on 
unilateral conductivity, 31. 
Schweinfurth (Dr. G.) ‘on the oases of 
the Lybian Desert, 173. 
Sclater (P. L.) on the distribution -of 
the species of Cassowaries, 138, 
REPORT—1874. 
Scott (R. H.) on the importance of im- 
proved methods of registration of wind 
on the coast, with a notice of an ane- 
mometer designed by Mr. W. De La 
Rue, F.R.S., to furnish telegraphic 
information of the occurrence of strong 
winds, 37. 
Screw-lowering apparatus, E, J. Har- 
land on a new form of, 222. 
Seaton (W.) on an improved patent 
saddle-rail and railway permanent- 
way construction, 229. 
*Selache maximus, Prof. Macalister on 
the specimen of, lately caught at Innis- 
boffin, 137. 
Sesquisulphide of iron, Dr. T, L. Phip- 
son on a, 66, 
Shannon, the river, drainage and nayi- 
gation, J. Lynam on, 226. 
Silicified wood from the Rocky Moun- 
tains, Dr. H. A. Nicholson and W. H. 
Ellis on a remarkable fragment of, 88. 
*Simpson (Prof. M.) on the chlor-bro- 
mides and brom-iodides of the ole- 
fines, 67. 
Smith (W.) on the prevention of railway 
accidents and automatically recording 
the movements of the points and sig- 
nals and other apparatus of railways, 
229, 
Smith’s (Mr. Leigh) voyages to Spitz- 
bergen, Lieut. H. Chermside on, 171. 
Smyth (J., jun.) on the meteorology at 
Banbridge for ten years, and rainfall 
of Ulster, 39. 
*Solar spectrum, preliminary note by J. 
N. Lockyer on a new map of the, 20. 
Solution of a geometrical problem, Prof. 
J.C. Maxwell on the application of 
Kirchhoft’s rules for electric circuits 
to the, 18. 
*Sound, Prof. W. F. Barrett on an ap- 
paratus for showing the interference 
of, 41. 
*Specific volumes of certain liquids, 
rof. Thorpe on the, 67. 
*Spectra on a screen, P. Braham on a 
mode of producing, with the oxyhy- 
. drogen flame, 56 
Spectroscope, 8. C. Tisley on a new and 
simple form of adjustable slit for the, 
27. 
Spitzbergen, Mr. Leigh Smith’s voyages 
to, Lieut. H. Chermside on, 171. 
*Spontaneous generation from a che- 
mical point of view, Prof. Debus on, 
7. 
*Spottiswoode (W.) on multiple con- 
tact of quadrics and other surfaces, 
19, 
