INDEX II. 



251 



•Sanderson (Prof. Burdou), new re- 

 searches on the electrical phenomena 

 consequent on irritation of the leaves 

 of the fly-trap {Dioncca muscipula), 

 163. 



Savings' Banks as a State function deve- 

 loped by charitj' organization, Dr. W. 

 N. Plancock on, 19'J. 



'Scientific Museum, a permanent, J. 

 Heywood on the memorial of eminent 

 scientific gentlemen in favour of, 199. 



'Scotland, Dr. J. Bryce on the earth- 

 quake districts of, 88. 



Scottish poor law, A. M'N. Caird on 

 some special evils of the, 197. 



'Scott-Moncreiff (W. D.) on a pneu- 

 matic tramway-car, 233. 



"Serpent of the ancients and the Arthu- 

 rian apple, J. S. Phene on, lt)9. 



'Sewage, W. 0. SUlar on the utilization 

 of, 68. 



* purification and utilization, J. 



Banks on, <d'2. 



Sewell (Rev. E.) on the drifts and 

 boulders of the upper part of the 

 valley of .the Wharfe, Yorkshire, 95. 



*Shaw (J.) on right-handedness, 169; 

 on the mental progress of animals 

 during the human period, 169. 



Sheriff courts and relative judicial sta- 

 tistics, F. Russell on, 208. 



'Siemens (Dr. C. W.), description of 

 the bathometer, 31. 



•SiUca cells, artificial, experiments on 

 the formation and growth of, by Prof. 

 Cohn, 146. 



Siliceous sponges from the Carboniferous 

 limestone near Glasgow, J. Young on, 

 99. 



•Sillar (W. C.) on the utilization of 

 sewage, 68. 



'Silva (R. D.) on the action of hydriodic 

 acid on mixed ethers of the general 

 formula CJlsn+i-f . CH,, 68. 



Silver, the inconvenience of a rapid de- 

 preciation of, in India, Dr. W. N. 

 Hancock on the importance of extend- 

 ing the British gold standard to India, 

 as a remedy for, 198. 



, the depreciation of, and a gold 



standard for India, S. Mason on, 207. 



dilemma, J. Matheson, jun., on 



the, 207. 



Simons (W.) on an elevating steam ferry, 

 233. 



'Simson (A.) notes on the River Putu- 

 mayo or I^a, South America, 184. 



'Skull, a hydrocephalic, Prof. Cleland 

 on, and on the duplicity of the tem- 

 poral ridge, 149. 



•Skull, Sooloo, Prof Cleland on a, 165. 



'Skulls, Bosjes, Dr. Knox on, 166. 



' , two, from the Andaman Islands, 



Dr. Allen Thomson on, 169. 

 Slavery and the slave trade. Rev. A. 



Busacott on the present extent of, 



196. 

 *Slimon (Dr. R.) on the upper Silurian 



rocks of Lesmahagow, 96. 

 'Smith (A.) on sodium, 68. 

 'Soaring of birds, mechanical theory of 



the, by W. Froude, 31. 

 'Soda manufacture, J. Mactear on, 05. 

 'Sodium, A. Smith on, 68. 

 'Solid water, Prof. Guthrie on, 64. 

 'Spanish mining, Don A. de Marcoartu 



on, 207. 

 Sphenopteris affinis, C. W. Peach on cir- 



cinnate vernation of, from the earliest 



stage to completion, 94, 144. 

 Spherical class-cubics with double foci 



and double cyclic arcs, H. M. Jeffery 



on, 19. 

 'Spottiswoode's pocket polarizing appa- 

 ratus, a description of, by W. Ladd,41. 

 'Sprengel pump, C. II. Gimingham on 



a modification of the, 49. 

 'Spring fenders, M. Evans on the appli- 

 cation of, to pier-heads, 223. 

 'Standards of measure and weight, new. 



Prof. Ilennessy on, 49. 

 Stanford (E. C. C.) on the manufacture 



of iodine, 68. 

 Staphylopteris, a genus new to British 



rocks, C. \V. Peach on the discovery 



of, 94, 144. 

 Steam ferry, an elevating, W. Simons 



on, 233. 

 * ship resistance, J. E. Williams 



on, 233. 

 * vessels, R. Mansel on the direct 



motion of, 227. 

 'Steel (J.) on the hrake problem, 233. 

 'Steel plates for boiler purposes, A. B. 



Brown on a flanging-irou and, 219. 

 Steering qualities of ships. Prof 0. 



Reynolds on the investigation of the, 



229. 

 'Stephenson (Mr.) on the civilization of 



South-eastern Africa, 208. 

 'Stirling (Dr. N.) on the nervous ap- 

 paratus of the lungs, 163. 

 Stobcross Docks, description of, by J. 



Deas, 220. 

 'Stoddart (J. E.) on lead desilverizing 



by the zinc process, 69. 

 Stokes (Prof. G. (i.) on a phenomenon 



of metallic reflection, 41. 

 Stone (Octavius) on his recent journeys 



in New Guinea, 184. 



