400 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Still-births, George Seton on the expedi¬ 
ency of recording, 1871, 215 
Stimulants of the ancient and modern 
savages, ethnological hints afforded 
by the, Miss A. W. Buckland on, 1877, 
ii5 
Stipa, Sir J. Lubbock on the mode in 
which the seed of, buries itself in the 
ground, 1881, 668 
^Stirling ( J.) on the races of Morocco, 
1869, 151 ; on a visit to the holy city of 
Fas, in Morocco, 168 
* . - (Dr. N.) on the nervous apparatus 
of the lungs, 1876, 163 
-(Prof. W.) on the researches on food- 
fishes at the St. Andrews marine 
laboratory , 1886, 268 ; 1888, 141 
- on the desirability of combined action 
for the translation of foreign memoirs, 
‘1887, 41 
Stirrup (M.), recent opinions on the 
Loess deposits of the valley of the 
Rhine, 1883, 497 
- on foreign boulders in coal-seams, 
1887, 686 
Stobcross Docks, description of, by J. 
Deas, 1876, 220 
*Stockdale (R.) and J. E. Marsh on 
the production of camphor from tur¬ 
pentine, 1890, 785 
Stocks (H. B.) on concretions, 1886, 670 
Stockton, John Hogg on the fossil teeth 
of a horse found in the red clay at, 
1863, 70 
Stockworks of Cornwall, some of the, C. 
LeNeve Foster on, 1877, 70 
*Stoddart (J. E.) on lead desilverising 
by the zinc process, 1876, 69 
—— (W. W.) on the lowest beds of the 
Clifton Carboniferous series, 1861, 71 
-on auriferous limestone at Walton, 
1875, 81 
Stoess (the Chevalier de), the Panama 
canal, 1883, 659 
Stokes (Prof. G. G.), report on double 
refraction, 1862, 253 
- Address to the Section of Mathe¬ 
matics and Physical Science, 1862, 1 
- on tidal observations, 1868, 489 ; 
1870, 120 
- Presidential Address at Exeter , 
1869, lxxxix. 
- on the provision existing in the 
United Kingdom for the vigorous pro¬ 
secution of physical research, 1869, 213 
— on the importance of completing, 
without delay, the valuable investiga¬ 
tion into the composition and geological 
distribution of the haematite iron-ores 
of Great Britain and Ireland, 1870, 9 
- on the researches of the late Rev. 
W. Vernon Harcourt on the optical 
properties of glass, 1871, 38 
- on mathematical tables , 1873, 1 ; 
1875, 305 ; 18J8, 172 ; 1879 , 46 ; 1880, 
30 ; 1881, 303 ; 1883, 118 
Stokes (Prof. G. G.) on the construction 
of a perfectly achromatic telescope, 
1871, 26 
- on mathematical notation and print¬ 
ing, 1875,337 
-on a phenomenon of metallic reflec¬ 
tion, 1876, 41 
- on the progress of the chief branches 
of mathematics and physics, 1879, 37 
- on the proposed publication by the 
Meteorological Society of the Mauritius 
of daily synoptic charts of the Indian 
Ocean from the year 1861, 1882, 38 ; 
1883, 118 ; 1881, 32 ; 1885, 60 ; 1887,40 
- on the best experimental methods that 
can be used in observing total solar 
eclipses, 1883, 49 
- on the best methods of recording 
the direct intensity of solar radiation , 
1884 , 28 ; 1885, 156 ; 1886, 63 ; 1887, 
32 ; [Sir G. G.] 1889 , 40 ; 1890, 144 
- and J. Hopkinson on the optical 
properties of a titano-silicic glass, 
1875, 26 
*Stomach, the reason why it is not 
digested by its own secretion during 
life, Dr. Pavy on, 1863, 191 
Stone age in Japan, Prof. J. Milne on the, 
1879, 401 
*-age of Lyell and Lubbock, is the, 
as yet at all proven ? By W. D. Michell, 
1871, 155 
- age, supposed, John Crawfurd on 
the, 1864, 143 
-age in South Africa, W. D. Gooch on 
the, 1880, 622 
-—— artificial, Prof. D. T. Ansted on, 
1862, 183 
-artificial, and various kinds of silica, 
Rev. H. Highton on, 1870, 60 
. artificial, F. Ransome on some 
recent improvements in the manufac¬ 
ture of, 1872, 248 
-circles in Aberdeenshire, J. Milne on, 
1885, 1223 
-circles in Aberdeenshire, the, with 
special reference to those in the more 
Lowland parts of the county, Rev. J. 
Peter on, 1885, 1221 
-circles in Cumberland, three, A. L. 
Lewis on, with some further observa¬ 
tions on the relation of stone circles to 
adjacent hills and outlying stones, 
1885, 1220 
-circles, the relation of, to outlying 
stones or tumuli, or neighbouring hills, 
with some inferences therefrom, A. L. 
Lewis on, 1881, 697 
- decay and preservation of, employed 
in building, Dr. Paul on the, 1862, 
5° 
-disintegration of, exposed in build- 
