GENERAL INDEX. 
375 
Sex in the vegetable kingdom, G. S. 
Boulger on the evolution of, 1876, 142 
Sexes, Dr. John Davy on the tempera¬ 
ture of the, 1864, 121 
^Sextant, T. Dobson on a new correction 
to be applied to observations made 
with Hadley’s, 1868, 8 
-Capt. J. E. Davis on an improve¬ 
ment in the, 1873, 44 
Sextants, the errors of, as indicated by 
the records of the veritication depart¬ 
ment of the Kew Observator}^ Rich- 
mond, Surrey, G. M. Whipple on, 1885, 
936 
*Seychelle Islands, Lieut.-Col. Lewis 
Pelly on the, 1865, 126 
* - Prof. E. Perceval Wright on the 
flora and fauna of the, 1868, hi 
- Prof. E. Perceval Wright on the, 
1868, 143 
Shadows, the peculiar sunrise, of Adam's 
Peak in Ceylon, Hon. R. Abercromby 
on the, 1886, 528 
——- of plane curves on spheres, H. M. 
Jeffery on, 1875, 15 
Siiadwell (J. L.), method of measuring 
changes in the value of gold, 1883, 626 
Shaen (W.) on the practicability of adopt¬ 
ing a common measure of value in the 
assessment of direct taxation , 1876, 27 ; 
1878, 220 
- on the appointment of H.M. inspec¬ 
tors of elementary schools, 1880, 219 
• - on the workings of the proposed re¬ 
vised New Code , and of other legislation 
affecting the teaching of science in ele¬ 
mentary schools, 1881, 148 ; 1882, 307 ; 
1883, 309 
——- on the teaching of science in ele¬ 
mentary schools, 1884, 283 ; 1885, 692 ; 
1886, 278 
Shaffner (Colonel) on the Spitzbergen 
current, and active and extinct glaciers 
in South Greenland, 1861, 198 
*Shakespear (Colonel) on the Shake- 
spear safety lamp, 1880, 699 
Shallow-draught screw-steamers for the 
Nile expedition, J. I. Thornycroft on, 
1885, 1193 
Shannon drainage and navigation, J. 
Lynam on, 1874, 226 ; 1878, 699 
-the improvement of the navigation, 
&c., of, J. Neville on, 1878, 691 
*Shark, Rhinodon typicus, the largest 
known, Prof. E. Perceval Wright on, 
1869, 118 
Sharman (G.) and E.T. Newton on the 
geology of the Atlas ranges in the 
Empire of Morocco, 1889, 167 
Sharp (D.), zoological bibliography of the 
Lesser Antilles, Caribbee Islands, or 
Windward and Leeward Islands, West 
Indies , 1888, 438 
—— on the present state of our knowledge 
of the zoology o,nd botany of the West 
India Islands, and on the steps taken 
to investigate ascertained deficiencies in 
the fauna and fiora, 1889 ,93 ; 1890, 447 
*Sharp (Granville), description of Hong 
Kong, 1868, 141 
— (Samuel) on a remarkable incrusta¬ 
tion in Northamptonshire, 1868, 78 
-(Dr. W.) on the physiological action 
of medicines, 1866, 92 
-experiments with drugs as a ques- 
tion of science, 1890, 859 
Sharpey (Dr. W.), Address to the Biolo¬ 
gical Section, 1867, 74 
^Sharpness Docks, W. B. Clegram on, 
1875, 245 
Shaw (Dr. A.), the revenue system of 
the United States, 1888, 763 
-(E.) and Prof. Hele Shaw, the sphere 
and roller mechanism for transmitting 
power, 1886, 484 
-and Prof. Hele Shaw, the friction 
of metal coils, 1888, 540 
——- (G. B.), the transition to social 
democracy, 1888, 761 
-(Prof. H. S. Hele) on a new elec¬ 
trical contact-maker, 1882, 465 
-improved current meters and mode 
of taking sub-surface observations, 
1883, 654 
--on certain practical applications of 
a new mechanical principle, 1884, 631 
-the sphere and roller friction gear, 
1885, 1193 ; *on Ashton’s new power 
meter, 1203 
- on the endurance of metals under 
repeated and varying stresses, and the 
proper working stresses on railway 
bridges, 4'c., 1886, 284 ; 1887, 424 
-a new sphere planimeter, 1888, 584 , 
*821 
- report on the development of graph ic 
methods in mechanical science , 1889, 322 
-and E. Shaw, the sphere and roller 
mechanism for transmitting power, 1886, 
484 
-and E. Shaw, the friction of metal 
coils, 1888, 540 
-and Rev. J. M. Wilson on a new 
integrating anemometer, 1881, 543 
* -(James) on right-handedness, 1876, 
169 ; *011 the mental progress of animals 
during the human period, ib. 
* - (John) on the distribution of 
mosses in Great Britain and Ireland, 
1866, 79 
-on some of the changes going on in 
the South African vegetation through 
the introduction of the merino sheep, 
1873, 105 
-(Prof. J. J.) on some economic fal¬ 
lacies of trades unionists, 1878, 675 
-(R. B.) on the religious cairns of the 
Himalayan region, 1872, 194 ; on the 
