INDEX II, 
Spinal chord, on the, a sensational and 
volitional centre, 135. 
Spines, on some peculiar forms of, found 
in two species of the spinigrade star- 
fishes, 128. 
Spirals, on an instrument for describing, 
297, 
Squares and cubes, on a mode of con- 
structing tables of, 6. 
Stansfeld (Hamer) on distinctions be- 
tween money and capital, interest and 
discount, currency and circulating me- 
dium, essential to be observed in the 
reform of our monetary laws, 197. 
Star (Rt. Sagittarii), a new variable, 29. 
Star-fishes, on some peculiar forms of 
spines found on two species of the spi- 
nigrade, 128. 
Statham (Rev. F. F.) on the geology of 
the Scilly Isles, 108; on the occurrence 
of Bombyx mori in a wild state in this 
country, 130. 
Statistical Science, address by the Presi- 
dent, E. Baines, Esq., 157. 
Steam, on combined, 222. 
Steam boiler explosions, on the cause of, 
and means of prevention, 212. 
Steam hammer, on a new double acting, 
218. 
Steam tugs employed in the Aire and 
Calder navigation, 205. 
Steam-vessels, on the performance of, 
215. 
Stereoscope, on an early form of the len- 
ticular, constructed for the use of schools, 
19. : 
Stewart (B.) on experiments on radiant 
heat, involving an extension of Prévost’s 
theory of exchanges, 23. 
Stockholm, on the magnetic dip at, 27. 
Storms, on the formation of, as illustrated 
by local, 35. 
Strang (Dr. John) on the water supply to 
great towns—its extent, cost, uses, and 
abuses, 198; on the sewing machine in 
Glasgow, and its effects on production, 
prices, and wages, 2b. 
Strata, carboniferous and permian, on the 
currents present during the deposition 
of the, in S. Yorkshire and N. Derby- 
shire, 108. 
Stratheden, on the skeleton of a seal from 
the pleistocene clays of, 103. 
Strickland (A.) on the British wild geese, 
131. 
Sullivan (W. K.) on some double salts 
formed with bichromate of potash, 66. 
Swiss, on the lacustrine homes of the 
ancient, 154, 
Sykes (Colonel) on the successful esta- 
237 
blishment of a meteorological and mag- 
netical observatory at Travancore by 
Mr. Broun, 30; on the desirableness 
of renewing balloon ascents in England 
for meteorological objects, 39. 
Symons (G. J.) on a new construction of 
standard portable mountain barometers, 
39. 
Tartt (W. M.) on subjects connected with 
crime and punishment, 199. 
Teale (T. R.) on the superficial deposits 
of the valley of the Aire at Leeds, 
111. 
Tegetmeier (W. B.) on the formation of 
the cells of bees, 132. 
Telegraph, on the submarine, 25. 
Telegraphic cables, submarine, on an ap- 
paratus for laying down, 208; on con- 
structing and laying, 214. 
Temperature, on lunar influence on, 36; 
on the decrease of, over elevated 
ground, ib.; on observations of, 39. 
Thurnell (G.) on a mode of constructing 
the rectangular hyperbola by points, 5. 
Timor, geognostic sketch of the western 
position of, 153. 
Tin, on the atom of, 58. 
Trade and commerce the auxiliaries of 
civilization and comfort, 169. 
Travancore, on the successful establish- 
ment of a meteorological and magnet- 
ical observatory at, 30. 
Trevandrum, on magnetical observation 
at, 30. 
Triassic beds near Frome, and their or- 
ganic remains, 93. 
Trilobite found at the Knoll Hill, New- 
ton Abbott, on the, 224. 
Trollope (Rev. Edward) on the fens and 
submarine forests of Lincolnshire and 
other localities, 113. 
Troyon (M.) on the lacustrine homes of 
the ancient Swiss, 154, 
Tumulus, sepulchral, on the opening of a, 
in East Yorkshire, 156. 
Tyndall (Professor) on an ascent of Mont 
Blanc, 39. 
Ucayali, on the navigation of the, 153. 
Valpy (R.), brief review of the operations 
in the Bank of England in 1857, 201. 
Vapour, aqueous, on induced electrical 
discharges taken in, 26, 
Vision, on, through the foramen centrale 
of the retina, 7; on a new case of bi- 
nocular, 14. 
Voelcker (Prof.) on the constitution of the 
mineral portion of bones, and the ana- 
