SCIENCE. — INDEX TO VOLUME IV. 



603 



Rowland, II. A., on dynamo-electric ma- 

 chine, 314 ; lightning protection, 316. 



Royal academv of Turin, centenary of, 

 538. 



Royal society of London's medals, 561. 



Rubber-tree, 465. 



Ruby-hill mines, 459. 



Russell, I. C, on glacier, 154. 



Russian arctic expeditions, 409 ; geographi- 

 cal works, 268, 503; hypsometric chart, 

 156; observatories, 266; rocks, 521; tele- 

 scope, 25; topography, 188. 



Rtder, J. A. The use and spelling of 

 terms, and some facts in embryology, 

 49. 



Ryder. J. A., on tail of osseous fishes, 341. 



S., C. S. Alphonse Lavallee, 10. 

 S., E. F. A fasting pig, 335. 

 Salix nigra, opposite leaves in, 24. 

 Salmon, D. E. Discrediting American 



science, 303. 

 Salmon-supply, regulation of, 26. 

 Salt solution, use of, in saving life, 449. 

 Samarkand, discovery of ruins near, 465. 

 Samoa, 378. 

 Sands, musical, 329. 



Sarasin, E., on transparency of water, 421. 

 Saunders, T., on Asiatic exploration, 328; 



census of India, 2S0; Dominion survey, 



282; geography of Palestine, 328; Krish- 

 na's journey, 280. 

 Saurians, affinities of, 340. 

 Savagery, marriage law in, 471. 

 Savings "banks, 284. 

 Scaphiopus solitarius, 72, 262. 

 School of application for navy officers, 108. 

 Schools, over-pressure in, 136, 268, 497. 

 Schuster, A., on connection of sun-spots 



with terrestrial phenomena, 252. 

 Schwatka, Frederick. The implements 



of the igloo, ill. 81; the Netschilluk 



Innuit, ill. 543. 

 Schwatka's map of Hudson's Strait, map, 



220. 

 Science calendar, 1885, 584; development 



of, 411; ^orgotten conclusions of, 469; in 



Manchester, 555; mission of, 236. 

 Scientific appointments, 109; assemblies, 



conduct of, 451 ; interests and congress, 



507; methods in common affairs, 246; 



missions, French, 505; research, funds 



for, 125; societies, libraries of, 335; 



wider use for, 368, 396, 413; study of 



lawn-tennis, 473; use of word, 412; work, 



co-operation in, 125. 

 Sclater, P. L., on ornithological collections 



in United States, 375. 

 Scott, W. B., on osteology of Oreodon, 342. 

 Scottish fishery board, researches of, 478; 



mineral oil, 504. 

 Screws, production of, 323. 

 Scudder's History of United States, 450. 

 Searle, A., on zodiacal light, 28. 

 Seasickness, 424. 

 Seasons, 1885, 577. 

 Secondary batteries, 264. 

 Seismology in old lands and new, 508. 

 Sella, Quintino, portrait, 541. 

 Semitic notes, 378; study in America, 367. 

 Severn tunnel railway, 288. 

 Sewer ventilation, 366. 

 Shaft-sinking by freezing, 443. 

 Sherburne's translation of Manilius, 266. 

 Shorthand-writing, 266. 

 Shuster, on influence of magnetism on 



discharge of electricity, 252. 

 Sicily, discovery of petroleum in, 364. 

 Sidgwick's Fallacies, reviewed, 152. 

 Siemens, Sir Charles William, memorial 



to, 155. 

 Silliman, B., on valence, 321. 

 Silurian mollusks, 562; scorpion, 562. 

 Skin of insects, 341. 

 Sky-glows, 486. 

 Slighter, C. S. Rotation experiments on 



germinating plants, ill. 51. 

 Smiley, C. W., on fish-culture, 348. 

 Smith, Erminnie A. Iroquois grammar, 



486; Iroquois pronouns, 351. 

 Smith, Erminnie A., on Iroquois pronouns, 



344; Iroquois languages, 319; Iroquois 



words, '.'A*). 



Smith, Eugene A. Cretaceous phosphates 

 in Alabama, 78. 



Smith, F. J., on secondary batteries, 264. 



Smith, J. B., on structural modifications 

 of Noctuidae, 44. 



Smith, J. Lawrence, medal, 49. 



Smith, L. A., on advantages of expositions, 

 348. 



Smith, V., on Canadian Pacific railway, 

 289. 



Smith, W., on lighthouse system in Can- 

 ada, 290. 



Smith's Centenary of science in Manches- 

 ter, reviewed, 555. 



Snyder, on bureau of physical standards, 

 314. 



Social science congress at Birmingham, 92, 

 410. 



Socialism, contemporary, 534. 



Society meetings, 562. 



Society for psychical research, proceed- 

 ings of, vol. i., reviewed, ill. 40; of red 

 cross, experiments of, 366. 



Soils, composition of, 257. 



Solar eclipse of May 6, 1883, 263; surface, 

 294; system, map of, 583. 



Sollas, W. J., on fresh-water faunas, 260. 



Solution, phenomena of, 256; theory of, 

 256. 



Sorghum, value of, 479. 



Sound, production of, 298. 



South America, Indian languages of, 138, 

 159; meridians of longitude in, 561. 



Sparrow, 375. 



Specialization in scientific study, 35. 



Spectral lines of metals, 254. 



Specula, polishing, 253. 



Spheroidal state, temperature of, 5. 



Spider, burrowing, ill. 114; habits of, 23. 



Springer, on fermentation, 322; torsion 

 scales, 320. 



Squall, singular, 480. 



Squier, G-. H. Depth of the glacial sub- 

 mergence on the upper Mississippi, 160. 



Standard of light, 126; time, 581; time- 

 table, 581. 



Stars, colors of, 291; variable, 293; distri- 

 bution of fixed, 425; morning and even- 

 ing, 1885, 577; scintillation of, 267; tem- 

 porary, 291. 



Statistics, agricultural, 575 ; of British 

 empire, 214. 



Steam-engine practice, 323; theory of, 289. 



Steamer, fast, 382. 



Steam-heating, 290. 



Stejneger, L., on ptarmigan, 375. 



Stellar magnitudes, 292. 



Stenini, revision of, 561. 



Sternberg, G. H., on disease-germs, 440; 

 tuberculosis, 342. 



Stewart, B. See Carpenter, W. L., and 

 Stewart, B. 



Stewart, J. C, on post-office savings 

 banks, 284. 



Stirling, A., on economy of electric light, 

 324. 



Stockwell, J. N., on moon's latitude, 294. 



Stokes, A. C. A burrowing spider, ill. 

 114. 



Stokes, A. C, on liver of fly, 72 ; Tarantula 

 arenicola, 262. 



Stone age in prehistoric archeology, 469. 



Stone, Charles P. The navigation of the 

 Nile, map, 456. 



Stone, O., on doubtful observations, 292; 

 Leander McCormick observatory of the 

 University of Virginia, 294. 



Stone mill at Newport, ill. 512. 



Stoney, G-. J., on new collimator, 74. 



Storage-batteries, 315; before the Elec- 

 trical conference, 367, 383. 



Storms, peculiar, 282. 



Stove, perfect-combustion, 331. 



Submarine telegraphy, limitations of, ill. 

 438. 



Sudan, 530. 



Suess's Face of the earth, reviewed, ill. 

 535. 



Sugar in milk, method of estimating, 322. 



Sullivan, J. A. The Delaware estuary, 

 368. 



Summer school of entomology, 111. 



Sun, angular diameter of, 267; theory of, 



478; and planets, comparative dimen- 

 sions of, ill. 582. 



Sundry civil bill, 1, 47. 



Sunflower, exposure of pollen in, 35S. 



Sun-spots, 453, ill. 460, 564; connection of, 

 with terrestrial phenomena, 252. 



Sun-time and clock-time, ill. 578. 



Surfaces, production of optical, 323. 



Survey, Canada, 282. 



Susquehanna-river region, geology of, 120. 



Swarming insects, ill. 79, 111. 



Sweet, E., on Erie Canal, 13. 



Swift, L., on nebulae, 294. 



Symbols, astronomical, 578. 



Symonds, W. S. Fish-remains in North- 

 American Silurian rocks, 159. 



Synclinal in Taconic range, 259. 



Tacchini's studies of rainfall, 267. 



Taconic question, 27. 



Tait's Heat, reviewed, 39 ; Light, reviewed, 

 444. 



Talisman, echinoderms dredged by, HI. 

 102; lower forms of life dredged by, ill. 

 171. 



Tangles, ill. 224. 



Tanis, discovery at, 266. 



Tarantula arenicola, 262. 



Taylor, R. W. C, on factory acts, 286. 



Teachers, improvement of, 142. 



Tea-insects, 426; plant, cultivation of, 365. 



Technical education, advancement of, 425; 

 workshop in, 395. 



Teeth, size of, as race-character, 538. 



Telegraphing without cable, 297. 



Telegraphy, limitations of submarine, ill. 

 438. 



Teleostean eggs, 340. 



Telephoning through cable, 252; long- 

 distance, 315. 



Telescope, Russian, 25. 



Temperature of atmosphere, 266; in the 

 United States, ill. 569. 



Temple, Sir Richard. The general sta- 

 tistics of the British empire, 214. 



Tenants of an old farm, 536. 



Teredo navalis, 12. 



Terms, use and spelling of, 49. 



Tertiaries of eastern United States, 562. 



Tertiary man, 244. 



Testing establishments, 224. 



Thompson, Mrs., gift of, to science, 269. 



Thompson, Elihu, on storage-batteries, 390. 



Thompson, S. P., on dynamo-electric ma- 

 chine, 315 ; government of dynamo- 

 machines, 298; Recent progress in dy- 

 uamo-electric machines, reviewed, 520. 



Thompson, W. G-. The microscope for 

 class-room demonstration, ill. 540. 



Thomson, Sir W., Steps toward a kinetic 

 theory of matter, ill. 204. 



Thomson, Sir William, portrait, 430. 



Thomson, Sir W., address of, before Brit- 

 ish association, 249; on electromotive 

 forces in voltaic cell, 251; gyrostatic 

 working-model of magnetic compass, 

 250; Hall phenomenon, 297: lectures at 

 Johns Hopkins university, 298, 349, 437 ; 

 molecular dynamics, 437; stenographic 

 notes of, 502. 



Thomson's exploration of Kilimanjaro, 

 map), 46, 279. 



Thunder-storms, 97. 



Thurn, E. F. im, on Mount Roraima, 2S1. 



Thurston, R. H. The mission of science, 

 236; the work of Octave Hallauer, por- 

 trait, 306. 



Thurston, R. H., on theory of steam- 

 engine, 289. 



Tide^table, 577. 



Tilden, W. A., on phenomena of solution, 

 256. 



Time, standard, 5S1; sun, ill. 578; without 

 instruments, ill. 51. 



Tissandier, Gr. Navigation of the air, 

 ill. 531. 



Tissue, origin of, 341. 



Todd, D. P. Sun-spots, 453. 



Tolmie and Dawson's vocabularies of 

 Indian dialects, 122. 



Topographical maps of Arizona, 1SS; of 

 Massachusetts, 3. 



Topography of Russia, 1SS. 



