INUE^j. 



428 ; Carnivorous, 181 ; Destruction 

 of, 295 ; Extirpation of, 128, 295. 

 Racial Elements of the Russian Army, 



429. 

 Radio-Micrometer. C.V. Boys, 403, 490. 



Raia Radiata, Electric Organ of the, 

 615. 



Railway, Heating of Carriages by Gas, 

 391 ; Lamps, 334 ; Pneumatic Alarm, 

 23S ; Steam Heating of,Carriages, 370; 

 Warming, Carriages, 127. 



Rain, Black, 103 ; Dangers of, Water, 

 295. 



Rainbow, a One-coloured, 185. 



Raindrops, Growth of, 38. 



Rainfall, Action of Forests on, 398 ; of 

 1S87, 262, 141 ; of South Africa, 210 ; 

 in Different Parts of the World, 439 ; 

 On and Around Table Mountain. 

 J. G. Gamble, 18. 



Ramie Plant, 368. 



Ram, Francis : The Spectator on Lost 

 Instinct, 190. 



Rangoon, Elephants at Work in, 36. 



Raphides, Use of, 127. 



Rate of Animal Development, 137. 



Rats, A Plague of, 324 ; Black. Dr. M. 

 Calder, 284 ; at Exhibitions, 607 ; 

 Extirpation of, 299. 



Reade, T. Mellard. Estimate of Post- 

 glacial Time, 259 ; Large Greenstone 

 Boulder, 308. 



Reading Literary and Scientific Society, 

 331- 



Reading Room of the British Museum, 

 79- 



Recalescence of Iron. W. H. Tomlin- 

 son, 20. 



Reclamation of Waste Lands, 150. 



Red-rock Series of the Devon Coast 

 Section, 115. 



Red Snow, 391, 476. 



Reflector, 478. 



Re-forestation of Britain, 549. 



Regal Walnut Moth, 11.* 



Reid, J. Hydraulic Hoists, 283. 



Relations between Natural Science and 

 Literature. H. Nettleship, 16. 



Remains, Discovery of Fossil, 253 ; 

 Prehistoric, 271 ; Prehistoric Human, 

 247 ; Vertebrate, in the Triassic Strata 

 of the South Coast of Devonshire. 

 H. J. Carter, 259. 



Remarkable Age, 549. 



Repeating Watch, 162. 



Report on the Geological Survey in the 

 North-west Highlands of Scotland. 

 A. Geikie, 449. 



Reptiles, Vegetarian, 613. 



Reputation, 224. 



Research Fund, Scientific, 535 ; Grant, 

 Government, 191 ; Utility of Physi- 

 ological, 224. 



Respirator for Use in Impure Atmo- 

 sphere, 94. 



Resuscitation of Diseased Germs, 541. 



Reynolds, Prof. Emerson. Experimental 

 Chemistry, 40. 



Richardson, B. W. The Commonhealth. 

 159. 



Rifle, Effects of Bayonets on, Firing, 

 46 ; New Service. Sir H. Halford, 164. 



Rink, Dr. H. The Eskimo Tribes, 233. 



River Phenomenon, 464. 



Riviera, Earthquake in the, 234. 



Road Sweepers, 430. 



Road Sweeping IVIachine, 286, 



Robert, E. Naturahst's Diary, iii. 



Rock Excavator, 267.* 



Rocks, The Horizontal Movements of. 



W. Barlow, 449. 

 Rodents, Dentition ot, 228. 

 Roebuck, W. D. The Genus Arion, 474. 

 Rolleston, G. Forms of Animal Life, 543. 

 RoUeston Memorial Prize, 144. 

 Rolling Contact, Theory of, 140. 

 Roman Remains in the City, 548. 

 Romanes, G. J. Natural History of 



Instinct, 16. 

 Rotary Steam Snow Shovel, a, S37.* 

 Rothampstead Experiments on the 

 Growth of Wheat, etc. W. Fream, 

 279. 

 Rousdon Observatory, 368. 

 Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 



431- 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England, 



3 III 455 ; Journal of the, 544. 

 Royal Astronomical Society, 138. 

 Royal Botanic Society Abstracts, 19, 



117, 138, 451, 623. 

 Royal College of Physicians of London, 



335- 

 Royal Geographical Society, 258, 282, 



354,431,551- 

 Royal Horticultural Society, 212, 236, 



308, 356, 450, 475, 594- 

 Royal Institution, 42, 71, 114, 138, 162, 

 258, 282, 306, 335, 378, 402, 473, 545, 

 569. 

 Royal Institution of British Architects, 



378. 

 Royal Literary Fund, 335. 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 18, 44, 

 116, 120, 210, 263, 330, 426; Presi- 

 dent's Address, 116 ; Exhibition, 289. 

 Royal Microscopical Society, 570. 

 Royal Observatory, the, 537. 

 Royal Physical Society, Proceedings of 



the, 376. 

 Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 



234. 

 Royal School of Mines, 90. 

 Royal Scottish Society of Arts, 19, 67, 



283, 378, 451- 

 Royal Scottish Geographical Society 



(Glasgow Branch), 139. 

 Royal Society, 2, 18, 186, 239, 281, 329, 



403,431, 569, 575,615- 

 Royal Society and Mr. Newland, 7 ; 



Conversazione at the, 470. 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, 43, 90, 



211, 260, 307, 354, 545- 

 Royal United Service Institution, 234. 

 Royal Victoria Hall, 454. 

 Royal Zoological Societyof Ireland, 463. 

 Rubber Tubing, 80. 



Rubies, Artificial, 248, 271, 293 ;* Aus- 

 tralian, 319. 

 Ruby Mines of Burmah. R. Gordon, 



258. 

 Ruthenium, the Compounds of, 583. 

 Russia, Earthquakes in, 7 ; Electric 

 Lighting of Railway Cars in, 257 ; 

 Higher Education in, 25 ; Leprosy in, 

 610; New Forest Laws in, 199; 

 Technical Schools in, 263 ; Want of 

 a Sanitary System in, 86. 

 Russian Army, Racial Elements of the, 



429- 

 Rust, 199 ; to Prevent, 17 ; Removing 



from Iron, 79. 

 Rutley, F. : Use of a Collection of 

 Minerals, 90. 



Ryan, Prof., on the Steam Engine, 128. 



Sand, Sinking Shafts in Wet, 56 ; Grains 



of, 68. 

 Safety Lamp, Burner. J. M'Kinless, 

 190 ; Miners', Lamp, 68 ; Gauzeless, 

 67 ; Pin, 407. 

 Sahara, Snow in the, 199. 

 Sailing Vessels, the Future of, 619. 

 Salicylic Acids, Boric and, 7. 

 Salmonidae, British, 284. 

 Salmon, Feeding Grounds of the, 36 ; 



Ova for Tasmania, 541. 

 Salt, Compressibility of Water and 

 Solutions of Common. Prof Tait, 

 44 ; New Use for, 32 ; Purity of, 18 ; 

 Use of, in Food, 175. 

 Sand Grouse, 574 ; of Tartary, 539.* 

 Sandstone Quarries, Redemption of, 



572. 

 Saner, J. A. : Floodgates and Weirs on 



the River Weaver, 235. 

 Sanitary Blunder, 463. 

 Sanitary Neglect, 55 ; Want of a. System 

 in Russia, 86 ; Work in London, 145. 

 Santis, New Observatory on the, 152. 

 Sardine, The Food of the, 588. 

 Sardines on the West Coast of France, 



299. 

 Saturn, Alleged New Rings of, 602 ; The 



King of. Prof. Darwin, 67. 

 Scale Insects, 397. 



Scaphognathus Purdoni, Skull, Brain, 

 and Auditory Organ of. E. T. 

 Newton, 329. 

 School Board Evening Classes, 6g. 



„ Telegraphist, of Science, 167. 

 Schools of Forestry in Germany. J. C. 



Brown, 377. 

 Schools, Trade and Technical, 167. 

 Schoolrooms, Carbonic Acid in, 271. 

 SchwedofiPs Theory, 601. 

 Science and Art, 382. 



„ „ Classes, 169. 



„ and Literature, Relation between 

 Natural. H. Nettleship, 16 ; v. Liter- 

 ature, 100. 

 Scientific and Technical Training 



Market Value of, 415. 

 Science, at Woolwich, 169, 313 ; in 

 Russia, 390 ; Lectures at Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne, 16 ; Recognition of, by the 

 State, 415; Sketches. D. S.Jordan, 

 448. 

 Scientific Education, Value of, 621 ; 

 Honours, French, 119; Research 

 Fund, 535 ; Study, 241. 

 Scorpion, Sting of the, 611.* 

 Scree Material, Movement of. C. 



Davison, 259, 593. 

 Scotland, Inspector of Schools in, 287. 

 Scott, R. H. British and Atlantic 



Weather, 209. 

 Scott, W. L. Micro-Organisms, 117. 

 Scottish, Academy of Sciences, Pro- 

 posed, 58 ; Meteorological Society, 

 Journal of, 41. 

 Scrubbers, Gas, 334. 

 Sculling Apparatus, 119. 

 Sea Squirt, Life of a. Prof Herdman 



164. 

 Sea Water, Effects of, on Portland 



Cement. H. Faija, 285. 

 Seal, Ballast Bag of the, 92. 

 Seasons and the Inclination of the Earth's 

 Axis, m. 



