i879-] index 839 
Stewart, B., and W. Dodgson, the ine- 
qualities of the diurnal range of 
the declination magnet as re- 
corded at the Kew Observatory, 
198 
Stock and graft, mutual influence of, 
764 
Stone, W. H., “ Lessons on Sound’' 
(review), 754 
Sturtevant, E. L., seed breeding, 531 
Stroh, A., and W. H. Preece, studies 
in acoustics, 318 
— telephone, 206 
Strontium silicium, 205 
Strutt, J. W., “ Theory of Sound ” 
(review), no 
Strychnin, salts of, aCtion of upon the 
Gasteropod mollusks, 514 
Substances, new elementary, 706 
Sulphate, aluminium, as a disinfecting 
agent, 709 
Sun, oxygen in the, 515 
— temperature of the, 654, 732 
Swallows, flight of, 704 
Sylvester, J. J., “American Journal 
of Mathematics, Pure and" Ap- 
plied ” (review), 139 
T AIT, P. G., “ Treatise on the 
Dynamics of a Particle ” (re- 
view), 114 
Tartar emetic in cotton dyeing, 515 
Technical education in England, 
France, and Germany, 790 
Technology and chemistry, 204, 267, 
328, 389, 515, 586, 705, 766 
** Telegraph Engineers, Journal of the 
Society of” (review), 572 
Telephone, 206 
— Bell’s speaking, improved form of 
449 
Telephones, attempts to overcome in- 
duction clamour on, 450 
Telescopes for viewing objects at short 
distances, value of, 208 
Temperatures and pressures, constant, 
apparatus for maintaining, 323 
Tempering glass, improvements in, 
769 
Templin, L. J., leaves and their func- 
tions, 406 
Teredo, creosote as a preservative of 
timber against the, 330 
Terrestrial magnetism, a new theory 
of, 287 
Thames Embankment, report on the 
eleCtric light on the, 455 
“ Theory of Sound ” (review), no 
Thermal conductivity of water, 376 
“ Thermo-dynamics, Lessons in ” (re- 
view), 1 12 
Thermo-magnetic motor, a curious, 
217 
Thermometer exposure, 507 
— black bulb in vacuo, relation be- 
tween duration of sunshine, 
amount of solar radiation, and 
the temperature indicated by the, 
384 
Thollon, L., new stellar spectroscope, 
821 
Thompson, E. H., Atlantis not a 
myth, 746 
— S. P., five laboratory notes from 
University College, Bristol, 448 
optical illusions, a correction, 
316 
some new optical illusions, 234 
Thomson, E., and E. J. Houston, a 
curious thermo-magnetic motor, 
2I 7 
transmission of power by means 
of electricity, 183 
— J. S., paraffin and what is got from 
it, 322 
Thorpe, Rucker, Marshall, Green, and 
Miall, “ Coal ” (review), igo 
Thudichum, J. L. W., “ Treatise on 
the Pathology of the Urine, in- 
cluding a Complete Guide to its 
Analysis” (review), 124 
Thullium and holmium, new ele- 
ments, 707 
Tide-prediCtor, new, 577 
Tidy, C. M., organic purity of potable 
waters, 321 
Tomlinson, C., aCtion of nuclei in 
supersaturated solutions, 818 
Tornado at Wisconsin in 1878, 297 
Tornadoes of Kansas and Missouri, 
613 
Tortoise, new kind of found in China, 
389 
Tracey, H. A., ancient glacier aCtion 
in the Punjab, 338 
— a visit to the ancient observatory 
at Delhi, locally known as the 
“ Junter Munter,” 787 
Trouve polyscope, 450 
“ Truth, the Freedom of the ” (review), 
130 
Tungsten-manganese-bronze, 770 
Tuning-forks, rate of vibration of, 257 
Turkey, mineral wealth of, 590 
Turpentine, effeCt of inhaling oil of, 
5i5 
Twining, T., “ Science made Easy” 
(review), 190 
Tyndall, J., eleCtric light, 207 
— “ Fragments of Science ” (review), 
642 
