GENERAL INDEX. 
371 
*Scythians, Due de Rousillon on the, 
1864, 147 
Sea, bathometer or instrument to indi¬ 
cate the depth of the, on board ship 
without submerging: a line, C. W. 
Siemens on a, 1861, 73 
-- beach, an ancient, near Bridlington 
Quay, containing mammalian remains, 
J. W. Davis on the discovery and ex¬ 
cavation of, 1887, 694 
- 'beach, an ancient, near Bridlington 
Quay, report on, 1888, 328 ; 1889, 70 ; 
1890, 375 
-bed and beach near Fort William, 
Inverness-shire, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on 
an ancient, 1862, 73 ; Invertebrata 
found in, 74 
-- birds, on the protection of, 1869, 91 
* -bottom of the North Pacific, Dr. 
W. B. Carpenter on the condition of 
the, as shown by the soundings re¬ 
cently taken by the U.S. steamship 
‘ Tuscarora,’ 1875, 64 
-cliffs, old, D. Milne Home on the, 
and submarine banks of the Frith of 
Forth, 1867, 61 
-- dust, Trichodesmium or, Dr. Col- 
lingwood on, 1867, 81 
--encroachment of the, on Exmouth 
Warren, G. Peacock on the, 1869, 166 
* -encroachments of the, on the east 
coast of Yofkshire, Rev. F. 0. Morris 
on, 1871, 187 
* -extraordinary agitations of the, R. 
Edmonds on, 1869, 160 
--of Galilee, the origin of the fishes of 
the, Prof. E. Hull on, 1885, 1066 
- going qualities, stability, and pro¬ 
pulsion of ships , report on the existing 
knowledge on, 1869, 10 ; 1870, 44 
-level on the coast of India, non- 
tidal variations of the, W. Parkes on, 
1870, 19 
-- pressure gauge, J. Glaisher on a 
deep-, 1861, 59 
-- roughness of the, and measurement 
of waves near shore, report on machinery 
for obtaining a record of the, 1873, 495 
- route to China from Western Asia, 
notes on the oldest records of the, by Col. 
Yule, 1882, 347 
--sickness, J. W. Osborne on the mo¬ 
tion of the vessel with reference to, 
1862, 133 
t-temperatures in the neighbourhood 
of Cape Guardafui, Lieut.-Gen. R. 
Strachey on, 1888, 738 
-temperatures of the continental 
shelf, Dr. H. R. Mill on, 1888, 739 
-thermometer, J. Glaisher on a deep-, 
1861, 58 
- water, Prof. J. A. Wanklyn on, 
1868, 46 
-water, W. Lant Carpenter on the 
examination of, on board H.M.S. ‘ Por¬ 
cupine,’ in July 1870, for dissolved 
gases and varying proportions of 
chlorine, *1870, 53 ; 1872, 72 
Sea weeds, brown and red, observations 
on, by Prof. T. Johnson, 1890, 868 
Seal, the grey (AT. gryphon ), from Bos- 
castle, Cornwall, Prof. E. Ray Lan- 
kester on a young specimen of, 1883, 529 
--fishing, James Yeaman on, as pro¬ 
secuted by the North-Sea fleet hailing 
from Dundee, 1867, 148 
Seamless tubes from solid bars or ingots, 
F. Siemens on rolling, by the Man- 
nesmann process, 1888, 804 
Searle (Francis F.) on Peruvian explo¬ 
rations and settlements on the Upper 
Amazons, 1869, 167 
Seas, inland, Dr. W. B. Carpenter on the 
temperature and other physical condi¬ 
tions of, in their relation to geological 
inquiry, 1872, 96 
-the effect of continental lands in 
altering the level of the adjoining, 
Prof. E. Hull on, 1887, 596 
Seasonal variations of temperature in 
lakes, rivers, and estuaries in various 
parts of the United Kingdom, report of 
the Committee for arranging an. inves¬ 
tigation of the, in co-operation with the 
Local Societies represented in the Mssu- 
ciation, 1888, 326 ; 1889, 44 ; 1890, 92 
Seaton (W.) on an improved patent 
saddle-rail and railway permanent-way 
construction, 1874, 229 
Secchi (Padre) on stellar spectrometry, 
1868, 165 
-on some meteorological results ob¬ 
tained in the Observatory at Rome, 
1868, 30 
Secondary batteries, electrolysis of dilute 
sulphuric acid in, Dr. «T. H. Glad¬ 
stone and A. Tribe on, 1883, 464 
-batteries and the economical gene¬ 
ration of steam for electrical pur¬ 
poses, W. W. Beaumont and C. H. \V. 
Biggs on, 1883, 652 
-batteries, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on, 
with special reference to local action, 
1882, 447 
* -batteries, W. H. Preece on, 1884, 
893 
-batteries, the recent progress in, B. 
Drake and J. M. Gorham on, 1886, 813 
* -battery, an early attempt at a, Dr. 
C. W. Siemens on, 1881, 554 
-cells, W. J. S. B. Starkey on, 1890, 
958 
* -strata of England, H. G. Seeley on 
the classification of, 1868, 78 
* -strata, reptilian eggs from, W. Car- 
ruthers on, 1869, 86 
Secreting cells, Prof. G. Gilson on, 1890, 
861 
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