INDEX. 



533 



Schorlemmer (C), researches on the liy- 

 drocarbons of the series C,jH2;!+2 = 

 No. lY., 367 ; Ko. V., 372. 



Schunck (E.) on the colouring and ex- 

 tractive matters of urin.e : Part I., 73 ; 

 Part IL, 126. 



on a crystaUine fatty acid from 



human urine, 135. 



■ on oxahirate of ammonia as a con- 

 stituent of human urine, 140. 



Schwabe (S. H.) elected foreign member, 

 311. 



Shanks (W.), second supplementary paper 

 on the calculation of the numerical 

 value of Euler's constant, 154, 156 j 

 third supplement, 299. 



Ship ' jS"orthumberland,' iron-built and 

 armour-plated, changes of tlie polar 

 magnetism at certain positions in the, 

 311. 



Ships, iron-clad, on the relation of form 



and dimensions to weight of material 



in the construction of, 306. 

 Siemens' s liquid governor, 279. 

 Simpson (M.) on some new derivatives of 



acetone, 364. 

 Skew surfaces, otherwise scrolls, thu'd 



memoir on, 444. 

 Smith (H. J. S.) on the orders and genera 



of quadi-atic forms containing more than 



three inde terminates (Second notice), 



197. 



Smith (J.), obituary notice of, xlii. 



Solar physics, researches in, 336. 



■ spectrum, observations of, by Mr. 



Hennessey, 169. 

 Solitaire, or l)idme bird, on tlic osteology 



of the, 428. 

 South (Sir J.), obituary notice of, xliv. 

 Spectra of some of the southei-n nebulce, 



observations on, 417. 

 of stars and nebulee, with an attempt 



to prove whether those bodies aremoving 



towards or from the earth, 382. 

 Spectroscope (rigid), observations made 



Avith a, on a voyage to tlie Straits of 



Magellan, 6. 

 Spectrum of Brorsen's comet, on the, 386. 



of comet II., 1868, on the, 481. 



of the great nebula in Orion, 451. 



— - — of hydrogen and of carbonic oxide 



under pressure, 421. 



of lightning, 418. 



tele-scope, description of a liand, 241. 



Stainton (H. T.) admitted, 1. 



Starch, special aeiion of the pancreas on, 



209. 



Stars, further observations on the spectra 

 of, 382. 



— — , on the physical constitution of, 25 ; 



spectral lines of, 31 ; colour of, 32. 

 Stewart (B.), an account of certain ex- 



periments on aneroid barometers made 

 at Kew Observatoi-y, at the expense of 

 the Meteorological Committee, 472. 

 Stewart(B.), description of an apparatus for 

 the verification of sextants, designed and 

 constructed by Mr. T. Cooke, and re- 

 cently erected at the Kew Observa- 

 tory, 2. 



Stokes (Gr. Gr.) on the communication of 

 vibration from a vibrating body to a 

 surrounding gas, 470. 



Stomach, on the distribution of the fibres 

 in the muscular tunics of the, 65. 



Stone (E. J.) admitted, 437. 



Stoney (Gr. J.) on the physical constitu- 

 tion of the sun and stars, 25. 



Strychnia, eflPect of, 470. 



Sulphocyanic ethers, compounds isomeric 

 with (I.), 254. 



Sun, further observations on the spectra 

 of, 382. 



, on the physical constitution of, 25. 



Sun-spots, account of some recent obser- 

 vations on, 447. 



' , heliographical positions and areas of, 



during the years 1862 and 1863, 336. 



, on the periodicity of, 30. 



Supersaturated salme solutions, on, 403. 



Swedish polar expedition, 381, 464. 



Telescope, the great Melbourne, notices 

 of, 159, 168 ; report of Committee on, 

 313 ; description of, 434. 



Temperature, comparison of, with spectro- 

 scope, 17. 



Terrestrial galvanic currents, comparison 

 of, with magnetic disturbances, 249. 



Tertiary plant-beds of JSTorth Greenland, 

 exploration of, 174. 



Theory of probability apphed to random 

 straight lines, 266. 



Thomson's (Sir W.) governor, 276. 



Thomson (Sir W.) on a self-acting appa- 

 ratus for multiplying and maintaining 

 electric charges, with applications to 

 illustrate the voltaic theory, 67. 



Thudichum (J. L. W.), researches con- 

 ducted for the Medical Department of 

 the Privy Council at the Pathological 

 Laboratory of St. Tliomas's Hospital, 

 215. 



Thyroid body, observations on tlic ana- 

 tomy of the, in man, 24, 183 ; relations 

 of, with the thymus, 185. 



Tides of Bombay and Kurrachee, on the, 

 414. 



Tipida crystallina, on the apparent rela- 

 tion of the nerves to the muscular 

 structures in the aquatic larva of, 61. 



Tomlinson (C.) admitted, 1. 



on supersaturated sahne solutions, 



403. 



