INDEX, 



691 



*Smith (Prof. C. M.) on atmospheric 



electricity, 476. 

 Smith (I'rof. H. J. S.) on the proposed 

 publication by the Meteorological 

 Society of the Mauritius of daily 

 synoptic charts of the Indian Ocean 

 from the year 1801, .38. 

 Socotra and the adjacent highlands of 

 Arabia and Somali Land, tlie natural 

 history of, report on the investigation 

 of, 281. 

 Solar eclipse, the late total (May 1 7, 

 1882), preliminary account of results 

 obtained during, by Dr. A. Schuster 

 and Capt. Abney, 441. 

 Solar spectrum, the distribution of 

 energy in the, Prof. S. P. Langley on, 

 459. 

 SoUas (Prof. W. J.) on the conditions 

 under which ordinary sedimentary 

 materials may be converted into mcta- 

 morphic rocks, 239 ; on tlie formation 

 of flints, 549. 



and Rev. G. F. ^VlIidborne on some 



fossils of the inferior oolite, 5.34. 

 Sorby (Dr. H. C.) on the conditions under 

 which ordinary sedimentary materials 

 may be converted into metamorphic 

 rocks, 239 ; on fossil polyzoa, 249. 

 Sound signals, E. P. Edwards on, 670. 

 Southampton artesian well, T. W. Shore 



and E. Westlake on the, 547. 

 Southampton Docks, A. Giles on the, 



669. 

 Southampton water, Dr. A. Angell on the 



brown colouration of the, 589. 

 Spanish territories of North America, 



E. von Hesse-Wartegg on the, 627. 

 Spectral lines of metals, the reversals of 

 the. Prof. Liveing and Prof. Dewar on, 

 495. 

 Spectrum analysis, report on the present 



state of our knowledge of, 120. 

 Sprague (F. J.), demands of a system of 



electrical distribution, 448. 

 Spring migrants in Yorkshire, the date 

 and distribution of, compared with 

 West of England and Ireland, by T. 

 Lister, 589. 

 Statistics, Economic Science and. Ad- 

 dress by Et. Hon. G. Sclater-Booth, to 

 the Section of, 631. 

 Steel, the treatment of, for the construc- 

 tion of ordnance and other purposes, 

 Sir W. Armstrong on, 398. 

 Stewart (Prof. Balifour) on the proposed 

 publication by the Jlcteorological So- 

 ciety of the Mauritius of daily synoptic 

 charts of the Indian Ocean from tlie 

 year 1861, 38; on the methods em- 

 ployed in the calibration of mercurial 

 thermometers, 145 ; on a similarity 

 between magnetical and meteorological 

 weather, 460 ; on a supposed connec- 



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tion between the heights of rivers and 

 the number of spots on the sun, 462. 



Stokes (Prof. G. G.) on the proposed 

 publication by the Meteorological So- 

 ciety of the Mauritius of dail)' synoptic 

 charts of the Indian Ocean from the 

 year 1861, 38. 



Stoney (Mr.) on the present state of om' 

 knowledge of spectrum analysis, 120. 



Stooke (T. S.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters. 213. 



Stopes (H.), the influences of the beer 

 duty, 638. 



Strahan (A.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 72. 



Straits of Dover, the svnclinal structure 

 of the, W. Topley on," 546. 



Strangways (C. F.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 213. 



Stroh (A.) on the determination of a 

 gauge for the manufacture of various 

 small screws, 311. 



Subsidence and elevation of land, J. S. 

 Gardner on the cause of, 641. 



as the effect of accumulation. Dr. 



C. Kicketts on, 540. 



Sugg (W.), improvements in gas illumi- 

 nation, 669. 



Sun, a supposed connection between the 

 number of spots on the, and the 

 heights of rivers, Prof. Balfour 

 Stewart on, 462. 



, some matters relating to the, Dr. 



Schuster on, 443. 



Sun light and sky light at high altitudes, 

 by Captain W. de W. Abney, 459. 



Sj-lvester (Prof.) on the calculation of 

 tables of fundamental invariants of 

 binary quantics, 37. 



S}Tnons (G. J.) on the proposed publica- 

 tion by the Meteorological Society of 

 the JIauritius of daily synoiDtic charts 

 of the Indian Ocean fiom the year 

 1861, 38 ; on nnderground temperature, 

 72 ; on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 213. 

 Synoptic charts, ilaily, of the Indian 

 Ocean from the year 1861, provisional 

 report of the Committee for co-opera- 

 ting with the Meteorological Society 

 of the Mauritius in their proposed 

 publication of, 38. 



T. Occldcntalis (Storer), the probable 

 occurrence of the, on the British coast, 

 Prof. E. Du Bois-J{eymond on, 592. 



Tait (Prof.) on the measurement of the 

 lunar disturbance of gravity, 95 ; on a 

 method (if investigating experiment- 

 ally the absorption of radiant heat by 

 gases, 475. 



Tanganyika P>asin, the geographical 

 evolution of the, Joseph Thomson on, 

 622. 



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