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INDEX. 



standards for use in electrical mea- 

 surements, 152. 



Sheldon (Mrs. F.), a visit to Kilimanjaro 

 and Lake Chala, 710. 



Shelford (W.) on the investigation of the 

 action of waves and currents on the 

 beds and foreshores of estuaries by 

 means of working models, 386. 



Shenstone (W. A.) on the influence of 

 the silent discharge of electricity on 

 oxygen and other gases, 264 ; on the 

 direct formation of haloid compounds 

 from ijure materials, 274. 



Sherborn (C. D.) on the registration of 

 all the type specimcnsof British fossils, 

 299. 



*>Siam border, the, by Lord Lamington, 

 720. 



SimilkameenLidiansof British Columbia, 

 account of the, by Mrs. S. S. Allison, 

 815. 



Sinking wells and shafts, b}' H. Davev, 

 766. 



Sladen (P.) on the occupation of a table 

 at the zoological station at Naples, 365. 



Smith (Dr. Wilberforce), on the work of 

 the anthropometric laboratory, 405. 



Smyth (Dr. C. P.) on researches on the 

 ultra-violet rajs of the solar spectrum, 

 147 ; comparison of eye and hand 

 registration of lines in the violet and 

 ultra-violet of the solar spectrum, 

 against photographic records of the 

 same, with the same instrument, after 

 a. lapse of several years, 573. 



Snelus (G. J.) on the best method of 

 establishing an international standard 

 for the analysis of iron and steel, 273. 



Solar radiation, seventh report on the best 

 methods of recording the direct in- 

 tensity of, 160. 



Solar spectrum, the ultra-violet rays of 

 the, report on researches on the, 147. 



Solution, the bibliography of, fifth 

 report on, 273. 



* , the nature of, Prof. W. Eamsay 



on, 612. 



Solutions, the properties of, fifth report 

 on, 273. 



Sorby (Dr. H. C.) on arranging an Inves- 

 tigation of the seasonal variations of 

 temperature in lakes, rivers, and estu- 

 aries, 454. 



South-eastern coal-field, the discovery of 

 the, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins on, 637. 



Spectra, on the cause of double lines in, 

 by Dr. G. J. Stoney, 574. 



Spectra of the elements and compounds, 

 report on the preparation of a new 

 series of wave-length tables of the, 

 161. 



Spectroscopy, the bibliography of, third 

 report on, 264. 



Spiller J.) on the best method of esta- 



blishing an international standard for 

 the analysis of iron and steel, 273. 

 Spontaneous ignition of coal, the, by 



Prof. V. B. Lewes, C02. 

 Springer (Dr. A.), a latent characteristic 



of aluminium, 583. 

 State provision against sickness and old 

 age, and the German invalidity and 

 superannuation law, by L. Tylor, 739. 

 Statistics, Economic Science and. Address 

 by Prof. W. Cunningham to the Sec- 

 tion of, 723. 

 Steady platform for guns, &c., at sea, a, 



by B. Tower, 763. 

 Steel and iron, the best method of esta- 

 blishing an international standard for 

 the analysis of, third report on, 273. 

 Steward (Kev. J. C.) on arranging an in- 

 vestigation of the seasonal variations 

 of temperature in lakes, rivers, and 

 estuaries, 454. 

 Stokes (Sir G. G.) on the best methods 

 of recording the direct intensity of 

 solar radiation, 160. 

 Stoney (Dr. G. J.) on the best methods 

 of recording the direct intensity of 

 solar radiation, 160; note on observing 

 the rotation of the sun with the spec- 

 troscope, 573 ; on the cause of double 

 lines in spectra, 574 ; on a table to 

 facilitate the conversion of electro- 

 static and electromagnetic measures 

 into one another, 577. 

 Stooke (T. S.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 300. 

 Storrie (J.) on the occurrence of imcliy- 

 theca and a species of iwmatnphycw: 

 in the silurian beds at Tymawr quarry, 

 Rumney, 652. 

 Strahan (Dr. S. A. K.), instinctive crimi- 

 nality : its true character and national 

 treatment, 811. 

 Stroud (Prof.) on the action of light upon 



dj'ed colours, 263. 

 Stroud (Prof. W.), some revolutionary 

 suggestions on the nomenclature of 

 electrical and mechanical units, 577. 

 Sudborough (J. J.), action of nitrosyl 

 chloride on unsaturated carbon com- 

 pounds, 612. 

 Surface-tension, the, of ether and alcohol 

 at different temperatures, by Prof. W. 

 Ramsay, 565. 

 Survival of domestic industries, the, by 



Prof. Gonner, 740. 

 Swainsou (G.), new form of appendicu- 



larian ' haus,' 701. 

 Swinburne (J.) on the measurement of 

 liquid resistances, 565 ; the causes of 

 variation of Clark standard cells, 576. 

 Sylvester (Prof.) on carrying on the 

 tables connected with the Pellian equa- 

 tion from the point where the work 

 was left by Degen in 1817, 160. 



