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coasts and rivers of North America, 
1885, 479 ; 011 promoting the establish- 
onent of Marine Biological Stations on 
the coast of the United Kingdom , 480 ; 
on the exploration of New Guinea, 690 ; 
on the scientific examination of the 
country in the vicinity of Mount 
Boraima in Gw ana , ib. 
Sclater (Philip Lutley) on arrange¬ 
ments for assisting the Marine Biologi¬ 
cal Association Laboratory at Plymouth, 
1887, 59 ; 1888, 94 ; on the flora and 
fauna of the Cameroons mountain, 1887, 
73; on the definition of the area of the 
British marine fauna and flora, 95 ; on 
the herds of mild cattle in Chartley Park 
and other parks in Great Britain, 
135 
- on the desirability of further research 
in the Antarctic regions, 1888, 316 ; on 
the present state of our knowledge of the 
zoology and botany of the West India 
Islands,and on the steps taken to investi¬ 
gate ascertained deficiencies in the fauna 
and flora, 437 ; 1889, 93 ; 1890,44 
Sclater-Booth (Rt. Hon. G.), Address 
to the Section of Economic Science 
and Statistics, 1882, 631 
Sclavonic race, South, Miss Irby and 
Miss Mackenzie on the characteristics 
of the, 1865, 90 
^Sclavs, the spread of the, H. H. Ho worth 
on, 1878, 590 
^Sclerotium from Botrytis , the develop¬ 
ment of a, Prof. H. M. Ward on, 1889, 
649 
^Scorpion and the king crab, Prof. E. 
Ray Lankester on the, 1883, 541 
Scotch Education Act, 1872, M. Blair on 
the pauperisation of children by the 
operation of the, 1885, 1176 
-miners, anomalies in the condition 
of, in contrast with other unskilled 
labourers, W. Small on, 1885, 1174 
Scotland, condition and progress of, in re¬ 
lation to England and Ireland, Prof. 
Leone Levi on the, 1867, 140 
- distribution of wealth in, R. 
Richardson on the, 1887, 840 
- dredging on the north and east coasts 
of, report of the Committee for, 1861, 
280 ; 1862, 371 
- earthquakes in, report of the Com¬ 
mittee on, 1870, 48 ; 1871, 197 ; 1872, 
240 ; 1873 , 194 ; 1874 , 241 ; 1875 , 64 ; 
1876, 74 
*-earthquake districts of, Dr. J. 
Bryce on the, 1876, 88 
-- ethnography of, Rev. J. Earle on 
the, 1875, 172 
- the fossils in the North-west High¬ 
lands of, report on, 1872, 238 ; 1873, 
412 ; 1874, 74 ; 1878, 130 
-geography of, what has been done, 
and what remains to be done for the, 
H. A. Webster on the, 1885, 1138 
Scotland, Geological Survey of, A. Geikie 
on the progress of the, 1867, 60 ; 1871, 
96 
* -Glacial shell-beds of the Carse of 
Gowrie to those of the west of, Rev. 
W. H. Crosskey on the relation of the, 
1867, 58 
-goldtields of, Dr. W. Lauder Lind¬ 
say on the, 1867, 64 
- magnetic survey of, Prof. T. E. 
Thorpe and A. W. Rucker on the 
third, 1885, 926 
-plant-acclimatisation in, with spe¬ 
cial reference to Tussac grass, Dr. W. 
Lauder Lindsay on, 1867, 88 
-rainfall of, Alexander Buchan on 
the, 1871, 232 
- rare plants recently collected in, 
Prof. J. H. Balfour on some, 1864, 86 ; 
1867, 79 5 *1875, 156 
-Silurian rocks of the south of, D. J. 
Brown on the, 1871, 93 
Scott (Dr. A.), the composition of water 
bv volume, 1885, 976 ; 1887, 668 ; 
"1889, 544 
-on some vapour densities at high 
temperatures, 1887, 668 
— on the atomic weight of oxygen, 
1888, 631 
—— and Prof. J. Dewar on the determi¬ 
nation of the relative atomic weights 
of manganese, oxygen, and silver, 
1881, 596 ; on some vapour dens ty 
determinations, 597 
-and Prof. J. Dewar on the atomic 
weight of manganese, 1883, 459 ; on 
the molecular weights of the sub¬ 
stituted ammonias, 460 
-(Dr. D. H.), on some recent progress 
in our knowledge of the anatomy of 
plants, 1889, 647 
* -(Major-General H. Y. D.) on defe¬ 
cating sewage, and utilising the de¬ 
posit for the preparation of lime and 
cement, 1872, 250 ; on the agricultural 
value of the lime compounds obtained 
by defecating sewage, ib. ; on the se¬ 
lenitic method of making mortar, ib. 
-on the effects of magnesia on vege¬ 
tation, 1880, 550 
-*(M.) on a submarine ram and gun, 
1870, 228 ; *on ships of war of mode¬ 
rate dimensions, ib.; *on the ma¬ 
chinery and working of submarine 
guns, ib. 
* -on improved ships of war, 1871, 
241 
-(R. H.) on the granite rocks of 
Donegal, and the minerals associated 
therewith, 1861, 131 
* - report on the chemical and miner * 
alogical constitution of the granites of 
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