GENERAL INDEX. 
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trical contacts so as to increase their 
reliability, with example of application 
to reeling silk from the cocoon, 1887, 
881 
Serve ’ tube, W, B. Marshall on the, 
1890, 950 
Seton (George) on the illegitimacy of 
Banffshire, 1871, 214 ; on the expe¬ 
diency of recording still-births, 215 ; 
on certain cases of questioned legi¬ 
timacy under the operation of the 
Scottish Registration Act, 217 
•Sette Communi, Le, Dr. Charnock on, a 
German colony near Vicenza, 1871, 148 
Settle Cave Exploration, report on the 
Victoria Cave by TV. Boyd Dawkins 
and R. H. Tiddeman, 1872, 178 
- Caves ( Victoria Cave), report on the 
exploration of the , 1873, 250 ; 1874, 
133 ; 1875, 166 ; 1876 , 115 ; 1877 , 215 ; 
1878, 377 ; Prof. G. Bush on the re¬ 
mains found therein, 1877, 217 
*Severn,the tidal scour in the, C. Richard¬ 
son on,1875, 250 
* -tunnel, C. Richardson on the, 1875, 
250 
-tunnel, T. A. TValker on the, 1887, 
865 
-tunnel railway, J. C. Hawkshaw on 
the, 1884, 884 
--tunnel springs, W. L. Carpenter on 
water from the, 1878, 511 
-watershed, the, J. W. TV. Bund on, 
1888, 799 
Sewage, ash-pit system of Manchester, 
Alderman R. Rumney on the, 1870, 224 
- automatic pumping of, by high- 
pressure water, B. Latham on the, 1886, 
810 
-- a chemical method of treating, 
E. C. C. Stanford on, 1869, 76 
* - chemical treatment of, experi¬ 
mental researches on the, by J. J. 
Coleman, 1876, 63 
—— ^defecating, Maj.-Gen. H.Y. D. Scott 
on, and utilising the deposit for the 
preparation of lime and cement, 1872, 
250 ; *and on the agricultural value of 
the lime compounds obtained by defe¬ 
cating, ib. 
* - difficulty, T. Curley on the, 1872, 
242 
-discharge of, in tidal rivers, H. Law 
on the, 1878, 695 
* - disinfecting, a new method for, 
and recovering ammonia from it, J. 
B. Kinnear on, 1883, 474 
* - fermentation of, TV. J. Cooper on 
a proposed method of preventing the, 
1872, 73 
-of Liverpool and the neighbourhood, 
J. N. Shoolbred on the, 1870, 228 
- of manufacturing towns, TV. T. 
McGowen on the, 1873, 65 
Sewage as manure, TV. Paul on the rela¬ 
tive value of clarified and unclarified, 
1872, 247 
-pollution of rivers by, Dr. Steven¬ 
son Macadam on the, 1864, 32 
* -purification and utilisation, J. 
Banks on, 1876, 62 
-purification of, P. Spence on a new 
mode for the, 1880, 534 
-^purifying towns from, J. H. Lloyd 
on, by dry eloaefe, 1861, 85 
—— question, Dr. Hill on the sanitary 
and economical aspects of the, 1865, 31 
-- of: Southport, I. Shone on the, 1883. 
656 
- treatment and utilisation of, report. 
on the, 1869, 313 ; 1870, 49 ; 1871, 166 ; 
1872, 135 ; 1873, 413 ( abstract of pre- 
vio'iis reports, 1873, 438 ); 1874, 200 ; 
1875, 65 ; 1876, 225 
*—— treatment of. J. C. Melliss on the, 
1875, 45 
—— utilisation of, the extent to which 
existing works and practice militate 
against the profitable, J. B. Denton on, 
1870, 212 
- the utilisation of, D. Forbes on, 
with special reference to the phosphate 
process, 1870, 56 
-^utilisation of, Dr. H. Bird on the, 
1864 , 24 ; *1865, 28 
-utilisation of, TV. Gee on the mode 
adopted at the Bradford-on-Avon 
Union for the, 1864, 28 
--utilisation of town, T. D. Barry on 
the, 1869, 209 
* -utilisation of. TV. C. Sillar on the, 
1876, 68 
-- and water contaminated with or¬ 
ganic matter, purification of, by elec¬ 
trolysis, TV. Webster on the, 1889, 745 
Sewell (Rev. C.) on hindrances to the 
success of popular education, 1866, 133 
- on certain remarkable earthworks 
at Wainfleet in Lincolnshire, 1870, 157 
-(Rev. E.) on the drifts and boulders 
of the upper part of the valley of the 
Wharfe, Yorkshire, 1876, 95 
- (J.) on the prevention of railway 
accidents, 1862, 186 
-- (P.) on botanical gardens for ele¬ 
mentary schools, 1889, 648 
*Sewer-trap, H. Masters on a, 1875, 250 
Sewerage question, Dr. J. Hughes Ben¬ 
nett on the physiological aspect of the, 
1864, 117 
Scners, the air in, experiments on, 1870, 72 
—- the air in, microscopical examina¬ 
tion of, 1870, 74 
-in running sand, the construction 
of, Messrs. Reade and Goodison on, 
1870, 222 
Sex, heredity, and reproduction, P. 
Geddes on the theory of, 1886, 708 
