INDEX. 
443 
Smithsonian Institution, Annual 
Eoport of the 87, 
Snow, Chemical Matters found in 
Soft Iron, Magnetic Condensation of 
., Effects of the Stress of 
Magnetism of 
Solar Parallax from Observations 
ofElora 
Solar Surface, Study of the 
Solitaire, date of the 
Sound, Tyndall on 
Specific Gravity 
Spectra of Stars 
Spectrum Analysis, Improvement 
of the Bunsen Burner for 
Spectrum-photographs 
Sphaeraphides in Plants 
Spiders, Gossamer, their Work ... 
,, of the Mammoth Cave 
,, Trap-door 
Spirits of Wine, Detection of Amy- 
lic Alcohol in 
Sponges, True Position of the 
Spontaneous Generation 
Sprague’s Manual of Electricity ... 
Stagonolepis Robertsoni, Evolution 
on 
Star (61), Geminorum 
Stars, Double, Irish Observations on 
„ Spectra of. 
Steel, Prizes Offered for the Manu- 
facture of 
Steel-rods, Effects of Heat on the 
Structure of 
Stylops, Specimens of, on Andrena 
Atriceps 
Submarine Defences, our 
Sub-wealden Boring, the New 
Succinic Acid, Mode of Determin- 
ing, in Wine 
Sugar, Polarisation of Light by ... 
Sugar-boiling, Formation of Red 
Vapour, during 
Sun, Annular Eclipse of the 
„ Diameter of the 
„ Periodicity in the Value of the 
Taylor, J. T., on Recent Discove- 
ries in Photography 
Telescope, De la Rue’s, at Oxford... 
Thermal Conductivity of Mercury, 
does it vary with Temperature ? 
Thermometer, Recording 
Thomson’s Travels in China 
Tin, Wood, in Georgia 
Topley, W., on Sand-dunes and 
Blowing Sand 
Tortoises of Mauritius and the Ga- 
lapagos 
Toughened Glass 
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Transit of Venus 85, 88, 193, 421 
,, Photography in the 307 
Transits, Past and Coining 264 
Transpiration of Plants 200 
Trap-door Spiders 188 
“Trespassers” 302 
Twine Hammocks, Invalids sent by 
Railway in . 323 
Tyndall on Light and Sound 406 
Tyndall’s British Association Ad- 
dress 80 
Ulcers, Healing, by Transplanta- 
tion of Skin 321 
Unbreakable or Toughened Glass 225 
Uranus, Satellites in 91 
Ure’s Dictionary 302 
Urine, New Compound in 103 
,, Substance in, after taking 
Chloral Hydrate 424 
Varieties, do they Wear Out? ... 200 
Vascular System in Oikopleura ... 107 
Vegetable Physiology 310 
Veins of Beech and Hornbeam 
Leaves 94 
Venus, Diameter of 308 
,, Transit of 85, 88, 193, 421 
„ Photography in 
the 307, 308 
Vertebrate Animals fromAmphioxus 334 
,, Fossils 206 
Victorian Organic Remains 409 
Vine Disease, Remedies for the ... 313 
Vogel’s “ Chemistry of Light and 
Photography ” 297 
Volcanoes, Hawaiian 204 
Watts’ Dictionary, Supplement to 417 
Weather Charts 211 
Whitney’s “ Life and Growth of 
Language” 413 
Wilson’s Moss Herbarium 313 
Wine, Polarisable Substances 
found in 316 
Winlock, Prof., Death of 421 
Wistaria Sinensis, Poisonous Habits 
of the Flowers of 95 
“ Woif Rock,” a Phonolite from the 100 
Wood’s “Insects Abroad” 81 
„ “Trespassers” 302 
Wood-spirit, Detection of Alcohol 
in 317 
,, Tin in Georgia 105 
Wooden Hospitals 102 
Woodward, H. B., on Birds with 
Teeth 337 
„ on the Origin of 
our English Scenery 57 
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416 
203 
110 
431 
90 
419 
436 
406 
218 
433 
97 
328 
94 
112 
334 
188 
317 
220 
184 
298 
318 
309 
422 
433 
105 
434 
333 
366 
207 
315 
432 
97 
310 
420 
197 
395 
418 
217 
109 
71 
105 
133 
204 
331 
