Sanitary Institute, Congress and Exhibition at Croydon, 18; Shell-Heaps of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America,
Prize Essay of, 216

Schimper and Zittel's "Handbuch der Palæontologie," 509
Schlemüller (W.), the Temperature of the Air at Various Levels,Sizing and Mildew in Cotton Goods, G. E. Davis, C. Dreyfus,
176
Schneider's (Herr E.) Measuring Polariscope, 242

Southern Comet, 384, 425, 475, 502, 525, 575, 597, 618
Space, Temperature of, and its Bearing on Terrestrial Physics,
James Croll, 521

Spain, Petrography in, 165
Spectrum Analysis: on the Necessity for a New Departure in, J.
Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 5; Some Points in the History of,
Dr. B. Stewart, F.R.S., 35; on Photographing Spectra of
the Stars and Planets, Dr. Henry Draper, 83; Mutual Attrac-
tion of Spectral Lines, C. S. Peirce, 108; M. Fievez on
Spectroscopy, 188; Capt. Abney on the Photographic Method
of Mapping the Solar Spectrum, 267; Fluorescent Spectrum,
267; on the Photographic Spectra of Stars, W. Huggins,
F.R.S., 269; Reversion of Sodium Lines, C. A. Young, 274;
the Spectrum of Ordinary Daylight, 426; the "Indigo'
Spectrum, 426; Comparison of Gas, Sun, Day, and the
Electric Light, 504; the Spectra of Nebulæ, 576
Spider, a Clever, Ll. A. Morgan, 276

"Spiders of Dorset," with an Appendix containing Short
Descriptions of those British Species not yet found in Dorset-
shire, by the Rev. O. Pickard, Cambridge, 273
Sponge Fishery, 19

Spottiswoode (Wm., P. R.S.), on some of the Effects Produced
by an Induction Coil with a De Meritens Magneto-Electric
Machine, 433; J. F. Moulton on the Sensitive State of the
Vacuum Discharge, 626

Spouting Well, the Kane Geyser, some Particulars of the, 115
Spurrell (F. C.), Vertical Shafts in the Kent Chalk, 66
Stags' Horns, 155, 203, 251, 325, 349,372, 417
Stalactite Cavern, Discovery of, in the Adams Valley, Moravia,
358

Stanford's New Library Map of the World, 22
Stanley's Expedition, 360, 455

Stars: Crossley, Gledhill, and Wilson's "Handbook of Double
Stars," 53; Double Star Observations at Chicago, S. W.
Burnham, 53; on Photographing the Spectra of the Stars and
Planets, Dr. Henry Draper, 83; Parallax of a Small Star,
117; Orbits of Binary, 141; Close Binary 85 Pegasi, 240;
on the Photographic Spectra of, W. Huggins, F.K.S., 269;
Suspected Variable, 502; Micrometrical Measurements of
Double Stars made at Cincinnati 1878 and 1879, 512
Statesmanship, the Science of, 295

Statistical Society, 412, 507; Presentation of the Howard
Medal, 90

Steam Injector, Irwin's, 474

Steel and Electricity, 117

Sumatra, Exploration of, 332

Sunlight on Plants, Effects of Uninterrupted, 311
Sunshine, Chas. Coppock, 445

Sunshine Cycles, Prof. Piazzi Smyth, 248; E. Douglas Archi-
bald, 393

Sunshine, Recording, David Winstanley, 214
Sun-Spots in Earnest, Prof. A. Winnecke, 10; M. Janssen's
Observations on, 162; and the Rainfall of Paris, C. Mel-
drum, F.R.S., 166; Henry Bedford on, 276; Edward
Parfitt on, 324; H. F. Blanford on the Barometric See-Saw
between Russia and India in the Sun-Spot Cycle, 477
Surrey, Notes on the Flora of, A. Bennett, 116
Swallow, the Stone in the Nest of the, Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, 494;
H. E. Harting, 590

Swan (Joseph W.), Edison's New Lamp, 202

Swedish North-East Passage Expedition, 37, 57, 326

Sweden, Prof. Nordenskjöld on the History of Natural Science
in, 518, 539, 563

Swift (Prof. Lewis), the Intra-Mercurial Planet Question, 299
Switzerland, Earthquakes in, 163, 239; the Study of Earth-
quakes in, 351

Sydney, International Meteorological Conference at, 382
Sylviculture, Results of a Recent Experiment in, M. Gurnaud
on, 330

Sypniewo, Anthropological Discovery at, by Herr Wilckens
216

Tabulate Corals, Prof. Nicholson's Work on, 490

Tait (Prof. P. G.) and the Thermal Conductivity of Metals.
189; Clerk Maxwell's Scientific Work, 317
Tasmania, Forests of, Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, 573
Tastes and Sights, Recall of, Dr. A. Ernst, 611

Tay Railway Bridge, Destruction of, 214; Hon. Ralph Aber-
cromby, 443, 502; Rev. W. Clement Ley, 468

Taylor (Alexander), the Climate of England, 131
Tchikoleff (M.), "The Electric Light and its Applications to
Military Purposes," 330

Tea, Curious Varieties of, 502

Technical Education, Prof. Huxley on, 139
Technical University Question, 221

Technological Chemistry, "Grundriss der chemischen Techno-
logie," Dr. Jul. Post, 55

Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, Commencement of the Railway across,
163
226;

Richard B. Prosser, 251

Steel and Iron Wires, Effects Produced by the Immersion of in "Telegraph," the Word, Dr. Warren De la Rue, F.R.S.,
Acidulated Water, Prof. D. E. Hughes, 602
Stereoscopic Experiments, 117

Stevenson (Thomas), Description of an Instrument for Exploring
Dark Cavities which are inaccessible to Direct Light, 14;
New Modes of showing Different Characteristics over small
Arcs in Azimuth from the same Lighthouse Apparatus, 156
Stewart (Prof. Balfour, F.R.S.), some Points in the History of
Spectrum Analysis, 35; Obituary Notice of J. Allan Broun,
112; on the Long Period Inequality in Rainfall, 541
Stewart (James, C.E.), Explorations in Africa, 527
Stimuli in Sensitive Nerves, 454

Stokoe (Paul Henry), Stags' Horns, 203; the Lophiomys, 226
Stone (O. C.), a Few Months in New Guinea, 64

Stone (Ormond), Micrometrical Measurements of Double Stars
made at Cincinnatti 1878 and 1879, 512

Stone in the Nest of the Swallow, Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, 494;
J. E. Harting, 590

Stone Arrow Heads, 613

Telegraph Cables, Guide for the Electric Testing of, Capt. V.
Hoskiær, 587

Telegraphic Arrangement for Ships, a New, 20
Telegraphy, Duplex System of, in Japan, 358
Tele-Microphone, a New, 575

Telephone: Edison's Latest Transmitter, 22; Amenities be-
tween Telephone Companies, 47; Telephone Litigation in
the United States, 90; the Use of, in Edinburgh, 115; Re-
searches on Telephone Vibrations, Prof. Sylvanus P. Thomp
son, 180; Successful Use of Edison's, 189; Experiments in
the Use of, 264; and the Post Office, W. H. Preece, 349;
and the Resistance of Liquids, 309; Prof. W. F. Barrett on
the Loud-Speaking, 483; Telephonic Exchange in the United
States, 495

Telephote or Diaphote, 576

Temesvar Earthquake, Details of, 163

Temperature of the Air at Various Levels, L. Hajnis, 176

Storms of December 28, 1879, 503; Storm-Centres in the Temperature, the Influence of, on Tuning-Forks, Herr Kayser

United States, 503

Strange Arithmetic, 468

Stranorlar, Slight Shock of Earthquake at, 188

Strassburg Observatory, a Standard Clock at the, 20; Meteor
at, 48

Stratified Rocks, the Structure and Origin of, H. C. Sorby,
F.R.S., 431

Subject-Index, Astronomical, J. L. E. Dreyer, 154; F. D.
Brown, 10; Consul Layard, 525

Sudan and Sahara, Dr. Gustav Nachtigal, 198

Sugar, Grape, the Manufacture of, 20

Suguira (S.), Prehistoric Man in Japan, 371

on, 243

Temperature and Atmosphere, Charts of, 265

Temperature of Space and its Bearing on Terrestrial Physics,
James Croll, 521

Temperature of the Soil during Winter, 523

Temps, Suggestion of the Meteorological Editor of, 162
Tenez, Earthquake at, 547

Tenison-Woods (Rev. J. E.), Forests of Tasmania, 573
Tennant (John), Colour-Blindness, 132

Téosinté, Consul Calvert on, 116

Terrestrial Physics, the Temperature of Space and its Bearing
on, James Croll, 521

Suicide in Scorpions, Dr. R. F. Hutchinson, 226; F. Gillman, Tertiary Quartzites of the Ardennes, 164

Tertiaries, English, Classification of the, 448

Tessin and Italy, the Pelagic Fauna of the Lakes of, 525

INDEX

Texas, the "Parasol" Ants of, How they Cut and Carry
Leaves, Origin of Castes by Evolution, G. T. Bettany, 17
Thermo-Electric Behaviour of Aqueous Solutions with Mer-
curial Electrodes, G. Gore, F.R.S., 169
Thessalian Olympus, Herr M. Neumayr on, 192
Thiers (M.), the Eloge on, 71

Thomas (Cyrus), "Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State
of Illinois," 367

Thompson (Prof. Silvanus P.), his Monograph on Binaural
Audition, 21; on Rood's "Modern Chromatics, with Appli-
cations to Art and Industry," 78; Planté's Researches in
Electricity, 150; Distinguishing Lights for Lighthouses, 154;
Researches on Telephone Vibrations, 180; Artisan Reports
on the Paris Exhibition of 1878, 397; Spectral Shadow on
Mist, 216

Thompson (W.), Intellect in Brutes, 324

Thomson (David), Death of, 329

Thomson (J. S.), Meteor, 303

Thomson (Sir Wm., F.R.S.), Distinguishing Lights for Light-

Thomson (Sir Wyville, F.R.S.), Elasmopoda (Hjalmar Théel),

a New Order of Holothuridea, 470

Thought, Unconscious, Hyde Clarke, 202

Thunderer Gun Experiments, 139, 162, 286; the Explosion, Vaporisation, a Method of Calculating the Expansion of a

Thunderstorm in Dharwar, 616

Thury (Prof.) on Astronomical Observations, 474

Tidal Friction, Erratum in Paper on, G. H. Darwin, F.R.S.,
276

Tidal Phenomenon in Lake Constance, Samuel J. Capper, 397;
Dr. F. A. Forel, 443

Department of the Swedish Museum, 89

Woeikof (Dr. A.), "Why the Air at the Equator is not Hotter
in January than in July," Freezing of the Neva, 249; Rainfall
in the Tropics, 347

Waltershausen (Sartorius von), MSS. Descriptive of Etna, 287 Wittrock (Dr. B. V.) Appointed Keeper of the Botanical
Wappaeus (Prof.), of Göttingen, Death of, 217
Ward (Rev. James Clifton), Obituary Notice of, 614
Ward (Col.), Meteorology of the High Regions of Switzerland,
329
Wasps, Carnivorous, Sir David Wedderburn, Bart., 417; R.
S. Newall, F.R.S., 494; Lewis Bod, 538; Worthington G.
Smith, 563
Water, the Specific Heat of, 189, 309; Water Figures, and Car-
bon, W. M. Flinders Petrie, 225; Directions for the Arti-
ficial Freezing of, 243

Waterspouts off Cape Spada, Herr Miksche's Account of, 265
Watt (Edmund), Monkeys in the West Indies, 131

Watter's Guide to the Tablets in a Temple of Confucius, 424
Wealden Dinosaur, the New, J. Whitaker Hulke, F.R.S., 135
Weather, a Possible Consequence of our Present, W. Mattieu
Williams, 130

Weather Maps of the United States, 304, 381, 565
Weaver Birds and Fire-Flies, E. L. Layard, 201

Webb (T. W.), Planets of the Seasons-Saturn, 87; Mars, 212;
Discovery of a Gaseous Nebula, III

Webb's Planetary Nebula (DM. + 41°, 4004), Light of, Prof.
Edward C. Pickering, 346

Wedderburn (Sir David, Bart.), Carnivorous Wasps, 417
West Indies, Monkeys in, Edmund Watt, 131; P. L. Sclater,
F.R.S., 153; John Imray, 371

West Kent Natural History Society, 525

Wetterhan (Prof. D.), Ice-Crystals and Filaments, 396
Weyprecht (Capt.), Proposed New Polar Expedition, 505
Whales in the Mediterranean, 597,

Wharton (Capt.), "False Dawn," 33

Whipple (G. M.), Result of an Inquiry into the Periodicity of
Rainfall, 338

Whitaker's Almanac, the Geography of, 190
White (Dr. F. Buchanan), Stags' Horns, 251
Whymper (E.), Ascent of Mount Chimborazo, 620

Wiedemann's (Herr E.) Experiments on the Phosphorescent
Light produced by Electric Discharges, 385
Wiesbaden, International Exhibition of Plants at, 330
Wilckens (Herr), his Anthropological Discovery at Sypniewo,

216

Wood, Fire Produced by the Friction of, 423
Wood (Major Herbert), Death of, 22
Wood (Searles V.), Triassic Footprints, 347
Woods (Rev. J. E. Tenison), Forests of Tasmania, 573
Woods (Thomas), a Claim for Precedence, 493
Woollen Manufactory in China, 617
Woolwich, Electric Light at, 188
Wragge (Clement L.), Ozone, 537
Wright (Dr. E. Perceval), "Animal Life," 232

Wright (Lewis), Chinese Geese, 302; the Transverse Vibrations
of Light, 370

Writing, the History of, Prof. A. H. Sayce, 378, 404
Wroblewski (Dr. S.), on the Nature of the Absorption of Gases,

Zaborowski's (M.), Discovery of Sepulchral Vessels on the
Banks of the Lower Vistula, 262

Zeitschrift für das chemische Grossgewerbe, 79
Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Geographie, 310
Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 168, 338, 433
Zinin (Prof. Nicholas), Death of, 473; Obituary Notice of, 572
Zoological Gardens, Additions to, 20, 48, 71, 91, 116, 141, 164,
216, 239, 264, 286, 307, 331, 358, 383, 408, 424, 452, 475,
502, 525, 549. 475, 597, 618

Zoological Society, 99, 172, 194, 291, 315, 339, 363, 434, 506,
578

Zoological Station, Scottish, T. Jeffery Parker, 159; Naples,
524; W. A. Lloyd, 537

Zoological Record for 1877, Edited by E. C. Rye, 392, 467
Zoology, Diagrams of, by Dr. Andrew Wilson, 153

Zoology for Students, Prof. A. S. Packard, 465

Zostera marina, 93