370 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Donegal, and of the rocks associated 
with them , 1862, 163 ; 1863, 48 
Scott (R. H.) on the plant-beds of North 
Greenland, 1867, 57 ; 1869, 1 
- on the importance of improved me¬ 
thods of registration of wind on the 
coast, with a notice of an anemometer 
designed by Mr. W. De La Rue, to 
furnish telegraphic information of the 
occurrence of strong winds, 1874, 37 
,- on the implication by the Meteorolo¬ 
gical Society of the Mauritius of daily 
synoptic charts of the Indian Ocean from 
the year 1861, 1882, 38 ; 1883, ‘ 118 ; 
1884 , 32 ; 1885, 60 ; 1887,40 
r- on meteoric dust, 1882, 90 ; 1883, 
126 ; 1884 , 38 ; 1885,34 
-- on Mr. E. J. Lowe's 'project of esta¬ 
blishing a meteorological observatory 
near Chepstow, 1884, 3 = 5 ; 1885, 64 ; 
1886, 139; 1887, 39 
--(W. B.) and H. F. Osborne on the 
origin and development of the rhino¬ 
ceros group, 1883, 528 
--(Wentworth L.) on some probable 
new sources of thallium, 1864, 41 
,-on the action of the alkali metals 
in determining the explosion of gun¬ 
cotton, 1865, 35 
~— *on arseniuretted and antimoniuret- 
ted hydrogens, 1865, 191 ; *on the for¬ 
mation of ammonia from nitrogen in 
the atmosphere, ib.; *on the presence 
and functions of ammonia or its homo- 
logues in the blood, ib. ; *1866, 92 
—— *on the bisulphite of calcium as a 
preservative of animal substances, 
1867, 40 ; *on the artificial production 
of oil of cinnamon, ib. ; *on the pre¬ 
sence of quinine and other alkaloids in 
the animal economy 104 
-- (Dr.) on the Turdus torquatus as 
observed in Devonshire, 1864, 100 
- on the occurrence of Orcynvs 
alalonga on the coast of Devon, 1865, 
93 
- on a hybrid or other variety of 
Perdix cinerea found in Devonshire, 
1869, 117 
*Scott-Moncreiff (W. D.) on a pneu¬ 
matic tramway-car, 1876, 233 
Scottish agriculture, recent changes iD, 
Major P. G. Craigie on, 1885, 1162 
- Alpine plants, some rare, Dr. I. 
Bayley Balfour on, 1878, 570 
- fisheries, the statistics and some 
points in the economics of the, W. 
Watt on, 1885, 1175 
- flora, Prof. J. H. Balfour on some 
additions to the, 1868, 89 
-goldfields, the matrix of the gold 
found in the, Dr. J. Bryce on, 1870, 70 
*-lakes, the deprh and temperature 
of some, J. Y. Buchanan on, 1885, 1138 
Scottish poor law, A. M‘N. Caird on some 
special evils of the, 1876, 197 
* -poor law, past and present, tried 
by results, E. A. Macknight on the, 
1883, 626 
-rivers, Dr. R. Mill on the tempera¬ 
ture of some, 1888, 588 
-villages, Col. Sir J. E. Alexander on 
sanitary measures for, 1871, 200 
- zoological station, report of the Com¬ 
mittee appointed to aid in the main¬ 
tenance of the, 1881, 177 ; 1882, 282 ; 
1883, 233 ; {see 1885, 474 ; 1886, 251 ; 
1887, 91 ; 1888, 141 ) 
Screw-complex of the second order, Prof. 
R. S. Ball on a, 1875, 10 
* --gauge for electrical apparatus, W. 
H. Preece on a, 1881, 779 
- the British Association standard, 
W. H. Preece on, 1887, 884 
--lowering apparatus, E. J. Hartland 
on a new form of, 1874, 222 
- -pine ( Pandanus utilis), Prof. 
Thiselton Dyer on the minute anatomy 
of the stem of the, 1871, 128 
* - -propeller, Prof. O. Reynolds on 
the resistance of the, as affected by 
immersion, 1873, 216 
* -propellers, G. B. Galloway on im¬ 
provements in, 1864, 186 
- -steamers, the steering of. Prof. 
0. Reynolds on, 1875, 141 ; 1876, 66 : 
1877, 200 ; 1878, 419 
-the steering of, Prof. 0. Rey¬ 
nolds on, *1877, 218; 1878, 697 
-W. Denny on the trials of, 1875, 
246 
Screws, gauge for the manufacture of the 
various small, used in telegraphic and 
electrical apparatus, in clockwork, and 
for other analogous purposes, report of 
the Committee for determining a, 1882, 
311 ; 1883, 318 ; 1884, 287 
-gauge for small, the British Associ¬ 
ation standard, E. Rigg on, 1885, 1203 
* -of inertia of a free or constrained 
rigid body, the principal, Prof. R. S. 
Ball on, 1878, 463 
-theory of, Prof. R. S. Ball on the, 
1873, 27 
-theory of, the extension of the, to 
the dynamics of any material system, 
Prof. R. S. Ball on, 1881, 547 
Scrobicularia bed, a, containing human 
bones, at Newton Abbot, Devonshire, 
W. Pengelly on, 1886, 841 
*ScuDAMORE(Rev. H. C.) on the proceed¬ 
ings of the United University Mission 
to Africa, 1862, 196 
Sculptures, ancient, and objects of art 
from Irish cairns, E. A. Conwell on, 
1870, 145 
- Lieut.-Colonel Leslie on ancient 
hieroglyphic, 1871, 155 
