INDEX. 



a Carew, Bore Hole at, 320. 

 dary Education, 409. 

 , Vitality of, 137. 



T, H. G. : On Thecospondylus 

 nest, with some Remarks on the 

 <-iassification of the Dinosauria, 43. 



Siesmology, in Paris, 383 ; Prof Ewing, 

 569. 



Seismometer. Prof. Ewing, 476. 



Seismometers, 463. 



Seismometric Measurement in Earth- 

 quake Investigations. T. Gray, 258. 



Selachii, Carboniferous, found under 

 Ironstone, 234. 



Selection, Physiological, 85. 



Selenium, Action of Light upon, 271. 



Self-winding Clock, 23. 



Senate of Physicians and Surgeons, 24. 



Sense and Senses of Animals, 12 ; of 

 the Lower Animals, 98, 108. 



Senses, Curiosities of the, 372. 



„ Mutual Relation of the, 126 ; of 

 Insects, 132. 



Sensitiveness, of the Eye for Different 

 Colours, 199 ; of Taste, 8. 



Septastrcea, the History and Character 

 of the genus, 209. 



Serpent Poison, 22, 117. 



Serpents, Fascination of, 205. 



Serration of Leaves, 103. 



Seters of Central Norway, 235. 



Sewage, Chemical Treatment of, 457 ; 

 Disposal, 295 ; Electrolytical Treat- 

 ing, 599. Electric Treatment of, 22, 

 70, 79 ; Fungus, 222 ; Influence of, on 

 Herrings, 133 ; Treatment of, 607 ; 

 Waste of, 194. 



Shafts, Sinking, in Wet Sand, 56. 



Shand, F. T. : Modern Blasting Agents, 

 260. 



Sheep, African, 155.* 



Sheffield, Small-pox in, 50. 



Shell-collectors' Handbook for the Field. 

 J. W. Williams, 327, 429. 



Ship Waves, 219. 



Ships, Celluloid for Coating, 78 ; Dis- 

 tilling Apparatus for, 47 ; Log, 70 ; 

 New Armour-plating for, 295. 



Shooting Stars, Periodical Swarm of, 

 103. 



Shore, V. W. : Watercresses, 140. 



Shoreditch, Technical Education in, 

 263. 



Short-sightedness, 463. 



Short Studies from Nature, 135. 



Showers of Blood, 350. 



Siam, The Mountains of, 439. 



Sieve Tubes, 588. 



Sight for Firearms, 190 ; Transmission 

 of Impressions, 94. 



Signalling Apparatus, 573. 



Signals, 549. 



Skeleton of a Sauropterygian from the 

 Oxford Clay near Bedford. R. Lydek- 

 ker, 546. 



Sketch of Geological History. E. Hull, 



39- 



Ski, 362. 



Skin, Action of Carbonic Acid Gas on 

 the, 338 ; Heating Power of Carbonic 

 Acid in contact with the, 8. 



Skulls of Three Eminent Composers, 

 48S. 



Sky, Cloudiness of the, and the Pro- 

 duct of the Land, 390. 



Sikkim, The Butterflies of, 212. 



Silk, New Moth, 253 ; Wild, 275.* 



Silloth Literary and Scientific Society, 



14!. 



Silver in Volcanic Ashes, 55 ; Masses of 

 Native, 343 ; Photochromatic Pro- 

 perties of Chloride, 463 ; Plating Solu- 

 tion, 599. 



Silver Fir Fungus, 212, 236. 



Size, Some Effects of Difference of, 202. 



Slater, J. W.: Nature's Sanitary and 

 Anti-Sanitary Services, 451. 



Slate Waste, Utilisation of, 31. 



Sleep, Gastric Juice Affected by, 113. 



Slates, Upper Green, of the Penrhyn 

 Quarry, Discovery of Trilobites in the. 

 H. Woodward, 42. 



Slaughtering by Electricity, 7. 



Sleep, Blood in the Brain during, 247. 

 „ Influence of, on the Quantity of 

 Carbonic Acid exhaled, 8. 



Sloane, T. O'Connor : Home Experi- 

 ments in Science for Old and Young, 



303- 

 Slojd, 623. 

 Slugs, 474. 



Smallpox, Hospitals, 2 ; in Sheffield, 50. 

 Smell, Intensification of the Sense of, in 

 Hypnotised Subjects, 271 ; the Sense 

 of, 471- 

 Smithells, Professor. Water, 332. 

 Smith, Swire : On the Technical Edu- 

 cation Bill, 229, 253, 

 277. 

 „ Woodward: Two New Lepisto- 

 toid Ganoid's from the Orange 

 Free States, 186. 

 Smithsonian Institution, 71. 

 Smoke Abatement, 79. 



„ andFog : Sir Douglas Galton, 21. 

 „ Electrical Dissipation of, 8. 

 „ Preventing Apparatus, 201.* 

 Smokeless Fire-grate, 23 ; Furnace, 



70. 

 Snails in an Aquariam, Water, 46, 93. 

 „ Land, of Europe and America, 



253- 



Snakes, Death, in South Africa, 373 ; 

 in Burmah, 612. 



Snow, and the Formation of Humus, 

 231 ; Black, 381 ; Formation of, 343 ; 

 in the Sahara, 199 ; Melting Machine, 

 95 ; Molehills under, 22 ; Plough and 

 Gravel Distributor, 166; Remover, 

 119; Shoes, 362; Shovel, a Rotary 

 Steam, 537.* 



Social Animals, 298. 



Society of Antiquaries of London, 431. 



„ Antiquaries of Scotland, 331. 



„ Arts, 117, 164, 189, 210, 235, 



311, 575 ; Commercial Examinations 



of the, 287 ; Examination in Vocal 



and Instrumental Music, 311. 



Society of Chemical Industry, 260, 599 ; 

 V 1! !> (Glasgow 



and Scottish), 92, 212. 



Society of Engineers, 167, 284, 572. 



„ Telegraph Engineers and 



Electricians, 24, 90; Journal, 113, 

 400. 



Soda, Bicarbonate of, in Milk, 343. 



Soil, and Soil Makers, 460 ; Temperature 

 of the, 271 ; Conversion of Nitrates 

 in, into Nitrogenous Organic Com- 

 pounds, 439 ; Formations of, 439. 



Solar, Halos, 7 ; Condition of the 

 Surface during 1887, 13S ; Outbursts, 

 Cause of, 529 ; New Researches on 

 the. Spectrum, 320. 



Solder for Glass, Porcelain, and Metals, 

 271. 



Solomon Islands, 535 ; a Naturalist's 

 Explorations in the. C. M. Woodford, 

 354- 



Some Effects of Difference of Size, 202. 



Sonorous Conductivity, Experiment on, 

 471. 



Sorbonne, New Professorship at the, 65. 



Southampton Literary and Philosophical 

 Society, 140. 



Sound, Light, and Heat, Lecture Notes 

 and Problems on. C. Bird, 112; 

 Mark R. Wright, 159 ; Notes on, 177;'' 

 Waves, 125.* 



Sounding Board for Violins, 47. 



South Kensington Museum, Electric 

 Lighting at, 535. 



South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, 284, 451, 

 548. 



South Polar Expedition, Proposed, 535. 



South-West London, Technical Instruc- 

 tion for, 454. 



Spar, The Deposits of Iceland, 295. 



Sparrow Ravages in Cheshire, 276. 



Sparrows, A Plea for the, 621. 



Spawn of Fresh Water Fish, 141. 



Spectator on Lost Instincts, 190. 



Spectroscope, Use of the, as an Hygro- 

 meter, Simplified and Explained. F. 

 W. Cory, 18. 



Spectroscopic Analysis, 309. 



Spectroscopy, 79. 



Spectre of the Brocken, 103, 194. 



Spectrum, New Researches on the 

 Solar, 320 ; of Potassium, 350. 



Spheroid-Bearing Granite of Mullagh- 

 derg, Co. Donegal. F. H. Hatch, 546. 



Spiders, Excretory Organs of, 276 ; Old 

 Ants and Aged, 252 ; Vision of, 222. 



Sponge Fisheries, Levant, 80. 



Sponges, Cultivation of, in the Adriatic, 

 540. 



Spontaneous Movements of Certain 

 Bodies on the Surfaces of Liquids, 

 530.* 



Sporting Fish, 60. 



Spray Generator for Collieries, 382. 



Spring Balance, 262. 



Spruce, Beauties of the, 200. 



Sqiiatina Craiiei, Some Remains of, 209. 



St. James' Park, a Cormorant in, 541. 



Stake, 622. 



Star, Discovery of a New, 535 ; Nearest, 

 32 ; of Bethlehem, 93. 



Starch, The Manufacture of, 56. 



Starkie : Gardner, J. The Upper 

 Eocene, 355. 



Starling, Habits of the, 156 ; Spread of 

 the, 588. 



Starry Heavens : W. Valentiner, 472. 



Stars : Sir R. Ball, 144 ; Invisible, 45 ; 

 Motion of, in the Line of Sight and 

 during 1887, 138 ; Sir R. Ball. Visi- 

 ble, 92, 139. 



Statistics, Patent Office, 98. 



Stature, Hereditary, 415. 



Steam, and the Steam Engine, 151 ; 

 Condenser, 166; Domestic Explosions, 

 127 ; Engine, 12S; Engine Efficiency, 

 S. H. Wells, 332 ; Heating of Railway 

 Carriages by, 370 ; Latent Heat of, 

 and Steam Engine Efficiency. A. 

 Taylor, 332 ; Snow Shovel, a Rotary, 

 5j7. 



Steel, Blow Holes in, 70; Lustreless 



