898 



REPORT 1897. 



Sharpe (B. F.) and A. G. "Webster on 



a new instrument for measuring the 

 intensity of sound, 584. 



Shaw (W. N.) on practical electrical 

 standards, 206. 



on electrolysis and electro-chemistry, 



227. 



Shenstone (W. a.) on the production of 

 haloids from pure materials, 295. 



Sherborn (C. D.) on zoological biblio- 

 graphy a7id publication, 359. 



•Sherrington (Prof. C. S.) on the life 

 conditions of the oyster, 363. 



on the functional activity of nerve- 

 cells, 512. 



on the activity of the nervous centres 



which correlate antagonistic muscles in 

 the limbs, 516. 

 . on the physiological effects of pepto7ie 



and its j^recursors when introduced 



into the circulation, 531. 



on visual contrast, 824. 



on inhibition as a factor in mus- 



cular contraction, 830. 

 Shipley (A. E.) on the necessity for the, 



immediate investigation of the biology 



of oceanic islands, 352. 

 Ships, speed trials of, W. G. Walker on, 



766. 

 *Shortt (Prof. A.) on characteristics of 



Canadian economic history, 741. 

 Shutt (Frank T.) on the composition of 



Canadian vii'gin soils, 616. 

 Silchester excavation. Report on the, 511. 

 Silver question, Canada and the, John 



Davidson on, 740. 

 * and copper in China, Dr. J. Edkins 



on, 740. 

 Singapore, Selangor Caves, Interim 



report on the, 342 

 Sladen (Percy) on the occnpation cf a 



table at the Zoological Station at Naples, 



353. 

 Smith (B. Leigh) on sea temperatures 



north of Spitsbergen, 713. 

 (E. A.) on the p)i'esent state of our 



Imowledge of the zoology of the Sandwich 



Islands, 358. 

 * (Dr. G. Elliot) on the morphology 



of the cerebral commissures in the 



vertebrata, 697. 

 Soils, Canadian virgin, the composition 



of, F. T. Shutt on, 616. 

 Solar physics, magnetic periodicity as 



connected with, A. Harvey on, 587. 

 SoLLAS (Prof. W. J.) on the structure of 



a coral reef, 297. 

 on the erratic bloclis of the British 



Isles, 349. 

 Soulanges Canal, J. Monro on the, 754. 

 Sound, a new instrument for measuring 



the intensity of, A. G. Webster and 



B. F. Sharpe on, 584. 

 Sounds, the rate of the decrease of the 



intensity of shrill, with time, A. Wilmer 

 Duff on, 583. 



Sowebbutts (Eli) on the position of 

 geography in the educational system of 

 tlie country, 370. 



SowTER (R.), Prof. A. W. Rucker, and 

 R. Forsyth on a photographic record 

 of objective combination tones, 551. 



Sowton (Miss S. C. M.) and Dr. A. 

 Waller on the action of reagents upon 

 isolated nerve, 518. 



Spear-heads made of glass from Western 

 Australia, Sir W. Turner on some, 796. 



Specific heat of superheated steam. Prof. 

 J. A. Ewing and S. Dunkerley on the, 

 554. 



of a liquid in terms of the interna- 

 tional electrical units, a new method 

 of determining the. Prof. H. L. Cal- 

 lendar and H. T. Barnes on, 552. 



Spectra of the elements and compounds, 

 mave-length tables of the, Report on, 75. 



of elements, changes in the wave- 

 frequencies of the lines of emission, 

 W. J. Humphreys on, 556. 



* of helium and argon demonstrated 



by Prof. W. Ramsay, 611. 



of oxygen, sulphur, and selenium. 



C. Runge and F. Paschen on the, 555. 

 Spectral lines, the influence of pressure 



on, J. Larmor on, 555. 

 * lines, Zeeman's discovery of the 



effects of magnetism on. Prof. O. J. 



Lodge on, 588. 

 * Spectroscopy, the bibliography of, Interim 



report on, 627. 

 Speed trials of ships, W. G. Walker on, 



766. 

 Spencer (J. W.) on the continental ele- 

 vation of the Glacial epoch, 651. 

 *Spiers (F. S.), F. Twyman, and W. L, 



Waters on the cyclical variation with 



temperature of the E. M. F. of the H 



form of Clark's cells, 691. 

 *Spinal curves in man, A demonstration 



of the utility of the, by Prof. A. Stuart, 



790. 

 Spitsbergen, sea temperatures north of, 



B. Leigh Smith on, 713. 

 Sporangia in vascular plants, changes in 



number of. Prof. F. O. Bower on, 872. 

 Springer (A.) on increase of segmental 



vibrations in aluminium violins, 564. 

 Squaktktquaclt, or the benign-faced 



Cannes of the Ntlakapamuq, B.C., C. 



Hill-Tout on, 788. 

 Stafford (Dr. Joseph) on the post- 

 embryonic development of Aspidogaster 



conchicola, 698. 

 State industries, a consideration of an 



European monopoly as a contribution 



to the theory of, by Dr. S. M. Wickett, 



738. 

 Statistics and Economic Science, Ad- 



