TNDEX. 



XX1U 



Polarisation of light, remarks on Mr. A. 

 W. Ward's paper on the magnetic 

 rotation of the plane of, in doubly 

 refracting bodies (Wiener and Wed- 

 ding), 1. 



Presents, list of, 18, 25, 49, 126, 133. 

 140, 148, 178, 189, 210, 216, 292, 298, 

 300, 390, 459, 524. 



Proteids, a cyanogen reaction of 

 (Gnezda), 202. 



Pyramid, notes on some peculiar rela- 

 tions which appear in the great, from 

 the precise measurements of Mr. 

 Flinders Petrie (Downing), 459. 



Radiation emitted by a gas flame, 



some observations on the amount of 



luminous and non-luminous (Con- 



roy), 41, 55. 

 Kayleigh (Lord) measurements of the 



amount of oil necessary in order to 



check the motions of camphor upon 



water, 364. 

 on the tension of .recently formed 



liquid surfaces, 281. 

 Reinold (A. W.) and A. W. Slicker, on 



black soap films, 303. 

 Ricinus communis, on the germination 



of the seed of the castor-oil plant 



(Green), 146. 

 Roberts (I.) on a photographic method 



for determining variability in stars, 



137. 



Robson (A. W. M.) observations on the 

 secretion of bile in a case of biliary 

 fistula, 499. 



observations regarding the excre- 

 tion and uses of bile, 129. 



Rotating spheroid of perfect liquid, on 

 the stability of a (Bryan), 367. 



Rowland (Henry A.) elected, 1. 



Riicker (A. W.) and A. W. Reinold, on 

 black soap films, 303. 



and T. E. Thorpe, preliminary note 



on supplementary magnetic surveys 

 of special districts in the British Isles, 

 443. 



Scale, on the unit of length of a stand- 

 ard, by Sir George Shuckburgh, apper- 

 taining to the Royal Society (Walker) , 

 186. 



Schuster (A.) the discharge of electricity 

 through gases. Preliminary commu- 

 nication, — Bakerian lecture, 300, 526. 



Scott (R. H.) the variability of the tem- 

 perature of the British Isles, 1869- 

 1883, inclusive, 303. 



Searle (G. F. C.) and J. J. Thomson, 

 a determination of " v," the ratio of 

 the electromagnetic unit of electricity 

 to the electrostatic unit, 376. 



Shaw (W. N.) on a pneumatic analogue 

 of the Wheatstone bridge, 462. 



Shells, on the extension and flexure of 

 cylindrical and spherical thin elastic 

 (Basset), 45. 



Sherrington (C. S.) on outlying nerve- 

 cells in the mammalian spinal cord, 

 144. 



Shuckburgh (Sir George) on the unit of 

 length of a standard scale by, apper- 

 taining to the Royal Society (Walker) , 

 186. 



Silver, effect of the spectrum on the 

 haloid salts of (Abney and Edwards), 

 22, 249. 



Silver in volcanic dust, on a second case 

 of the occurrence of, namely, in that 

 thrown out in the eruption of Tungu- 

 ragua, in the Andes of Ecuador, 

 January 11th, 1886 (Mallet), 277. 



Soap films, on black (Reinold and 

 Riicker), 303. 



Spark discharge, observations on the 

 (Joly),67. 



Spectra of celestial bodies, the presence 

 of bright carbon flutings in the 

 (Lockyer), 39. 



of nebulae and stars of groups I 



and II, comparison of the, with those 

 of comets and auroras (Lockyer), 

 28. 



Spectrum, on the effect of the, on the 



haloid salts of silver (Abney and 



Edwards), 22, 249. 

 of the nebula in Orion, preliminary 



note on photographs of the (Lockyer), 



189. 



of the nebula of Orion, note on 



the (Lockyer), 189. 



of the nebulas, on the chief line in 



the (Lockyer), 129. 



Spheroid of perfect liquid, on the sta- 

 bility of a rotating (Bryan), 367. 



Spinal cord, on outlying nerve-cells in 

 the mammalian (Sherrington), 144. 



Spitta (E. J.) a compound wedge photo- 

 meter, 15. 



Stanton (A.) the discharge of electricity 



from glowing metals, 559. 

 Stars, on a photographic method for 



determining variability in (Roberts), 



137. 



on the heat of the moon and 



(Boys), 480. 

 and nebulae of groups I and II, 



comparison of the spectra of, with 



those of comets and auroras (Lockyer), 



28. 



Steam calorimeter, on the (Joly), 45, 

 218. 



Steel, the rupture of, by longitudinal 

 stress (Carus- Wilson), 363. 



