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INDEX. 



Rock specimens from three peaks in the 

 Caucasus, note on the microscopic 

 structure of (Bonney), 318. 



Boots of the Leguminosese, the tuber- 

 cular swellings on the (Ward), 331. 



of Vicia faba, on the tubercular 



swellings on the (Ward), 356. 



Rosebery (Earl of) admitted, 352. 



Rotating masses of fluid, on figures of 

 equilibrium of (Darwin), 359. 



Russell (H. C.) admitted, 352. 



Russell (W. H. L.) on certain definite 

 integrals, No. 15, 477. 



Scarlet fever, the etiology of (Klein), 

 158. 



Schafer (E. A.) and V. Horsley, a re- 

 cord of experiments upon the func- 

 tions of the cerebral cortex, 111. 



Schunck (E.), contributions to the che- 

 mistry of chlorophyll. No. II, 184. 



Schuster (A.) on the total solar eclipse 

 of August 29, 1886 (preliminary 

 account), 180. 



experiments on the discharge of 



electricity through gases (second 

 paper), 371. 



Scorpions, the reputed suicide of 

 (Bourne), 17. 



Scott (A.) on the composition of water 

 by Yolume, 396. 



Seeds of Ahrus precatorius (jequirity), 

 the proteids of the (Martin), 331^ 



Seeley (H. Gr.) on Protorosaurus Speneri 

 (von Meyer), 86. 



onParieasaurus bombidens (Owen), 



and the significance of its affinities to 

 amphibians, reptiles, and mammals — 

 Croonian lecture, 337. 



Series representing a phenomenon recur- 

 ring in daily and yearly periods, on 

 the computation of the harmonic com- 

 ponents of a (Strachey), 61. 



Serum, note on a new constituent of 

 blood (Wooldridge), 230. 



Sewers, the air of (Carnelley and Hal- 

 dane), 394, 501. 



Sherrington (C. S.), note on the anatomy 

 of Asiatic cbolera as exemplified in 

 cases occurring in Italy in 1886, 

 474. 



Silver in volcanic ash from the eruption 

 of Cotopaxi of July 22nd and 23rd, 

 1885, on the occurrence of (Mallet), 1. 



Sinuses of Valsalva, note on the func- 

 tions of the, and auricular appendices, 

 with some remarks on the mechanism 

 of the heart and pulse (Collier), 469. 



Skinner (S.) on phosphonium chloride, 

 283. 



Snelus (George James) elected, 352. 

 admitted, 352. 



Sound, the velocity of, in metals, and a* 

 comparison of their moduli of tor- 

 sional and longitudinal elasticities as- 

 determined by statical and kinetical 

 methods (Tomlinson), 362. 



Spectroscopy, on radiant matter, ex- 

 amination of the residual glow 

 (Crookes), 111. 



Speech by telephone, on the limiting- 

 distance of (Preece), 152. 



Sponge-remains in the lower and upper 

 greensand of the south of England,, 

 note on Dr. Gr. J. Hinde's paper on 

 beds of (Hull), 304. 



Spurge (C.) on the effect of polish on 

 the reflexion of light from the surface 

 of Iceland spar, 242. 



Strachey (R.) on the computation of 

 the harmonic components of a series- 

 representing a phenomenon recurring 

 in daily and yearly periods, 61. 



Strain in the earth's crust resulting- 

 from secular cooling, on the distribu- 

 tion of, with special reference to the 

 growth of continents and the forma- 

 tion of mountain chains (Davison), 

 325. 



[ ] note on the geological bearing of 



Mr. Davison's paper (Bonney), 328. 



[ ] note on Mr. Davison's paper 



(Darwin), 483. 



Stress and strain, the influence of, on 

 the physical properties of matter. 

 Part III. Magnetic induction (Tom- 

 linson), 224. 



■ the influence of, on the 



physical properties of matter. Part I. 

 Elasticity {continued). The velocity 

 of sound in metals, and a comparison 

 of their moduli of torsional and lon- 

 gitudinal elasticities as determined 

 by statical and kinetical methods- 

 (Tomlinson), 362. 



Sun, total eclipse of the, observed at the 

 Caroline Islands on May 6, 1883 

 (Abney), 482. 



Sunlight, transmission of, through the 

 earth's atmosphere (Abney), 170. 



Sun-spot observations made at South 

 Eensington, further discussion of the, 

 (Lockyer), 37. 



Sylvester (J. J.) and J. Hammond on 

 Hamilton's numbers, 470. 



Teeth in the Dasyuridse, on the homolo- 

 gies and succession of the, with an 

 attempt to trace the history of the 

 evolution of mammalian teeth in 

 general (Thomas), 310. 



Telephone, on the limiting distance of 

 speech by (Preece), 152. 



transmitter, a thermal (Forbes), 141. 



