INDEX II. 



235 



'Respiration, artificial, an improvement 

 in the Marshall-Hall and Sylvester 

 methods of, by Dr. B. Howard, 111. 



'Reynolds (Prof. 0.) on the rate of pro- 

 gression of groups of waves, and the 

 rate at which energy is transmitted 

 by wind, 42 ; *on certain dynamome- 

 ters, 217 ; *on compound turbines, 

 217 ; *on the difference of the steer- 

 ing of steamers with the screw re- 

 versed when under full way and wben 

 moving slowly, 218. 



'Rivett-Carnac (II.) on Indian archaic 

 remains and their resemblance to 

 European types, 120. 



*Robb (Dr. D. C.) on the oxidation of 

 colophony, 53. 



Rolleston (Prof.), new points in the 

 zoology of New Guinea, 102 ; *on 

 the rationale of artificial deformations 

 of the head, 120; *on the rationale 

 of brachycephaly and dolichoce- 

 phaly, 120 ; on the flora and fauna of 

 prehistoric times, 120 ; 'exhibition 

 and explanation of the uses of a flint 

 hammer from the western coast of 

 New Guinea, 121. 



Roses of the neighbourhood of Ply- 

 mouth, T. R. Arcker-Briggs on the, 

 103. 



Rowe(J. B.), exhibition of specimens of 

 Philongria rosea by, 103. 



Rune-like characters on chalk, J. P. 

 Harrison on some, 117. 



St. Austell Bay, Cornwall, note on the 



serpentine of Duporth, in, by J. II. 



Collins, 68. 

 *Saltash bridge, P. J. Margary on the, 



217. 

 *Sand-bars at the mouth of harbours, 



the removal of, C. Bergeron on, 201. 

 Sanitary condition of large towns, Sir 



J. Watson on improving the, 182. 

 Scammony, hederic acid and resin of, C. 



T. Kingzett on, 52. 

 School banks, Rev. W. Tuckwell on, 



182. 

 Scilly Islands, the recent occurrence of 



Zavatera sylvestris, Brot., in the, II. 



Trimen on, 106. 

 * Isles, flint flakes from Cornwall 



and the, Dr. Barliam on, 114. 

 Serpentine of Duporth, in St. Austell 



Bay, Cornwall, note on the, by J. II. 



Collins, 68. 

 'Ships, the resistance of, as affected by 



length of parallel middle body, W. 



Fronde on, 202. 

 Shoolbred (J. N.) on a more extended 



use of the ordnance datum of Great 

 Britain, 218. 



Siberia, Western, the German expedi- 

 tion to, Dr. O. Pinsch on, 146. 



'Silurian rocks in Teesdale, the finding 

 of, W. Gunn on, 71. 



Simson (A.), notes on the Zaparos, 121 ; 

 from Guayaquil to the Napo by the 

 Upper Patassa route, 148 ; on the as- 

 cent of the River Putnmayo, South 

 America, 149. 



Skull, the vertebrate, the structure and 

 development of, G. T. Bettany on, 106. 



Socotra, notes on, bv F. M. Hunter, 

 118. 



Solar system, some points connected with 

 the chemical constituents of the, Dr. 

 J. H. Gladstone on, 41. 



Sorby (H. C.) on a new method for 

 studying the optical characters of 

 minerals, 77 ; on the colouring-mat- 

 ters in human hair, 121. 



'Soundings, flying, an improved method 

 of recording the depth in, Sir W. 

 Thomson on, 218. 



'Spectrum, prismatic, the lower limit of 

 the, Lord Rayleigh on, 32. 



* photography, a method of show- 

 ing the sun's rotation by, Capt. Abney 

 on, 31. 



'Sprengel's air-pump, a new form of, 

 C. H. Stearn and J. W. Swan on, 43. 



'Stalactitic formations from the Island 

 of Antiparos, J. S. Plume on some, 

 76. 



Statistics, agricultural, W. Botly on, 164. 



, Feonomio Science and, Address 



by the Rt. Hon. the Earl Fortescue 

 to the Section of, 151 . 



of Victoria (Australia), notes on 



the, by Dr. J. Beddoe, 163. 



Steam-engine (1712), Thomas Newco- 

 men's, T. Lidston on, 217. 



'Stearn (C. H.) and J. W. Swan on a 

 new form of Sprengel's air-pump, 43. 



'Steel, the molecular changes which 

 take place in iron and, while cooling, 

 A. Mallock on, 42. 



'Steering of steamers with the screw 

 reversed, the difference of the, when 

 under full way and when moving 

 slowly, Prof. O. Reynolds on, 218. 



'Stevenson (G.) on a suspended rail- 

 way, 218. 



Stimulants of the ancient and modern 

 savages, ethnological hints afforded 

 by the, by Miss A. W. Buckland, 115. 



Stockworks of Cornwall, some of the, 

 C. Be Neve Foster on, 70. 



♦Structural characters in relation to 



