Rankin (Rev. T.), meteorological obser-
vations at Huggate, Yorkshire, 73.
Rankine (Prof. W. J. M.) on the resist-
ance of ships, 263, 264.

Rawlinson (Col. Sir H. C.) on the direct
overland telegraph from Constantinople
to Kurrachee, 197.

Readwin (T. A.) on the gold of North
Wales, 129.

Reed (E. J.) on the iron-cased ships of

the British Navy, 232.

Reid (Peter), statistics of the herring
fishery, 156.

Remak (Prof.) on the influence of the
sympathetic nerve on voluntary mus-
cles, as witnessed in the treatment of
progressive muscular atrophy by se-
condary electric currents, 171.
Respiration and digestion, Dr. G. Robin-

son on the connexion between the
functions of, 173.

Resuscitation, Dr. B. W. Richardson's
physiological researches on, 172.
Retina, Sir David Brewster on the com-
pensation of impressions moving over
the, 29; on the optical study of the, 29.
Revenue, Charles Thompson on some ex-
ceptional articles of commerce, and un-
desirable sources of, 247.
Richardson (Dr. B. W.) on the artificial
production of cataract, 171; researches
on resuscitation, 172.

Richardson (Mr.) on the details of the
carboniferous limestone, as laid open
by the railway cutting and tunnel near
Almondsbury, North of Bristol, 130.
Richson (Rev. Canon) on the income-tax,

240.

Roberts (William) on the solvent power

of strong and weak solutions of the alka-
line carbonates on uric acid calculi, 90.
Robertson (Charles) on the cervical and
occipital vertebræ of osseous fishes, 172.
Robinson (Dr. George) on the connexion
between the functions of respiration
and digestion, 173.

Robinson (Sir Hercules), letter from, rela-
ting to the journey of Major Sarel, Capt.
Blakiston, Dr. Barton, and another, who
are endeavouring to pass from China to
the North of India, 196.
Robinson (J.) on the application of work-

shop tools to the construction of steam-
engines and other machinery, 264.
Rochdale, the Rev. W. N. Molesworth on
the progress of cooperation at, 225.
Rogers (Prof. J. E. T.), can patents be
defended on economical grounds? 240;
on the definition and incidence of taxa-
tion, 240; on prices in England, 1582-

1620, and the effect of the American
discoveries upon them during that pe-
riod, 269.

Rolleston (Dr.) on the anatomy of Ptero-
pus, 173; on some points in the ana-
tomy of Insectivora, 173; on the homo-
logies of the lobes of the liver in Mam-
malia, 174.

Roscoe (Professor) on perchloric acid and
its hydrates, 91.

Rose (Thomas) on presentations of colour
produced under novel conditions, with
their assumed relation to the received
theory of light and colour, 32.
Russell (Dr.) on vesicular structure in
copper, 92; on an apparatus for the
rapid separation and measurement of
gases, 95.

Russell (W. H. L.) on the calculus of
functions, with remarks on the theory
of electricity, 9.

Rotation, Professor Sylvester on the in-
volution of axes of, 12.

Salter (J. W.) on the nature of Sigillariæ,
and on the bivalve shells of the coal,
131.

Sandstones, Prof. Harkness on the, and
their associated deposits of the Valley
of the Eden and the Cumberland plain,

115.

Scelidosaurus Harrisoni, Prof. Owen on,
from the lower lias of Charmouth,
121.

Schools, national, in Liverpool, Rev. A.
Hume on the condition of, as compared
with the population, 1861, 223.
Science, elementary, Captain Donnelly
on the nature and results of the aid
now granted by the State towards the
instruction of the industrial classes in,
217.

Sclater (P. L.) on the late increase of our
knowledge of the struthious birds,

158.

Scott (R. H.) on the granitic rocks of
Donegal, and the minerals associated
therewith, 131.

Sea thermometer, on a deep-, 58; pres-
sure-gauge, 59.

C. W. Siemens on a bathometer,
or instrument to indicate the depth of
the, on board ship without submerging
a line, 73.
Seeley (Harry) on the Elsworth rock,
and the clay above it, 132.
Sensation, J. D. Morell on the physical
and physiological processes involved in,

168.

Shaffner (Colonel) on the Spitzbergen

current, and active and extinct glaciers |
in South Greenland, 198.

Shaw (William Thomas) on the method

of interpreting some of the phenomena
of light, 33.

Shetland Isles, Rev. Alfred Merle Nor-
man on the crustacea, echinodermata,
and zoophytes obtained in deep-sea
dredging off the, in 1861, 151.
Shields (F. W.) on iron construction,
with remarks on the strength of iron
columns and arches, 265.

Ship canal, John Ramsay on the proposal
to form a, between East and West Loch
Tarbert, 197.

Ships, armour-plated, Dr. Eddy on a
class of gun-boats capable of engaging,
257.

iron-cased, of the British navy,
E. J. Reed on the, 232.

W. J. M. Rankine on the resist-
ance of, 263; appendix, 264.
Shuttleworth (John), some account of the
Manchester gas-works, 240.
Siemens (C. W.) on an electric resistance
thermometer for observing tempera-
tures at inaccessible situations, 44; on
a bathometer, or instrument to indicate
the depth of the sea on board ship
without submerging a line, 73; on a
system of telegraphic communication
adopted in Berlin in case of fires, 264.
Sigillariæ, J. W. Salter on the nature of,

Soils, J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. Gilbert
on some points in connexion with the

exhaustion of, 84.

Species, H. Fawcett on the method of
Mr. Darwin in his treatise of the origin
of, 141.

Spence (W.) on patent tribunals, 265.
Spiders, Tuffen West on some points of
interest in the structure and habits of,
162.

Spitzbergen current, Colonel Shaffner on
the, 198.

Spottiswoode (William) on Petzval's
asymptotic method of solving differen-
tial equations, 10; on the reduction of
the decadic binary quantic to its cano-
nical form, 11.

Stainton (H. T.) on a new mining larva
recently discovered, 159.

Stansfield (A.) on varieties of Blechnum
Spicant collected in 1860 and 1861,
159.

Stars, Daniel Vaughan on cases of pla-
netary instability indicated by the ap-
pearance of temporary, 24.
Steam-engines and other machinery, J.

Robinson on the application of work-
shop tools to the construction of, 264.
St. Elias, on the glacial movements in the
vicinity of, on the N.W. coast of
America, by Admiral Sir E. Belcher,
186.

Steel-pipe arrangements for extinguish-
ing fires, J. F. Bateman on, 255.
Stewart (Balfour) on the photographic
records given at the Kew observarory
of the great magnetic storm of the end
of August and beginning of September
1859, 47; on a new minimum mer-
curial thermometer proposed by Mr.
Casella, 74.

Stone (Daniel) on the Rochdale co-
operative societies, 269.

Stoney (B. B.) on the deflection of iron
girders, 265.

Stoney (G. Johnstone) on the amount of
the direct magnetic effect of the sun or
moon on instruments at the earth's
surface, 47.

Storms, Professor Hennessy on the con-

nexion between, and vertical disturb-

ances of the atmosphere, 61.
—, universal, William Danson on the
law of, 52.

Strang (John) on the comparative pro-
gress of the English and Scottish popu-
lation as shown by the census of 1861,
243; on the altered condition of the em-
broidery manufacture of Scotland and
Ireland since 1857, 243.

Strikes, Dr. J. Watts on, 249.
Stuart (Mr. Macdonald) on recent ex-
plorations in Australia, 184.
Substitutions, Rev. T. P. Kirkman on the
roots of, 4.

Subterranean movements, Prof. Vaughan |

on, 134.

Sulphur compound, W. J. Hurst on the,
formed by the action of sulphuretted
hydrogen on formiate of lead at a high
temperature, 82.

Sun or moon, G. Johnstone Stoney on
the amount of the direct magnetic
effect of the, on instruments at the
earth's surface, 47.

Sunfish, the short, Dr. John Cleland on the

anatomy of Orthagoriscus mola, 138.
Sun's heat, Prof. W. Thomson on the
physical considerations regarding the
possible age of the, 27; on the origin
and total amount of the, 28.

Sunshine recorder, J. T. Goddard on the,

61.

Sutton (Thomas) on the panoramic lens,
33.

Sykes (Colonel) on the progress and pro-

spects of the trade of England with
China since 1833, 246.
Sylvester (Prof.) on the involution of axes

of rotation, 12.

Symonds (Rev. W. S.) on some pheno-
mena connected with the drifts of the
Severn, Avon, Wye, and Usk, 133.
Symons (G. J.) on British rainfall, 74.

Talpa Europæa, Prof. Owen on the cer-
vical and lumbar vertebræ of the, 152.
Tasmania, results of the geological survey
of, by C. Gould, 112.

Tate (W.) on Bailey's steam-pressure
gauge, 266.

Taxation, national, Dr. W. Clarke on a
revision of, 216.

C. E. Macqueen on the true prin-
ciples of, 225.

on the definition and incidence of,
by Prof. J. E. T. Rogers, 240.
Tecturella grandis, Philip P. Carpenter
on the variations of, 137.
Telegraph, overland, Col. Sir H. C. Raw-
linson on the direct, from Constanti-
nople to Kurrachee, 197.
Temperatures, C. W. Siemens on an elec-

tric resistance thermometer for observ-
ing, at inaccessible situations, 44.
Tennant (Prof.) on a specimen of mete-
oric iron from Mexico, 93.
Terrestrial galvanic currents, G. B. Airy
on spontaneous, 35.

magnetic force, on the laws of the

principal inequalities, solar and lunar,
of, by the Astronomer Royal, 36.
Thermo-electric currents in circuits of
one metal, Fleeming Jenkin on per-
manent, 39.

Thermometer, C. W. Siemens on an elec-
tric resistance, for observing tempera-
tures at inaccessible situations, 44.
-, deep-sea, James Glaisher on a,
invented by Henry Johnson, 58.

on a new minimum mercurial,
proposed by Mr. Casella, by Balfour
Stewart, 74.

Thompson (Charles) on some exceptional
articles of commerce and undesirable
sources of revenue, 247.

Thomson (Professor W.), physical con-
siderations regarding the possible age
of the sun's heat, 27; on the thermal
effects of elastic fluids, 83; on the de-
velopment of Synapta inhærens, 162.
Thorburn (Rev. W. R.), cooperative
stores, their bearing on Athenæums,
&c., 248.

Tidal observations, Rear-Admiral Fitz-
Roy on, 56.

Tomlinson (Charles) on lightning figures,
chiefly with reference to those tree-like
or ramified figures sometimes found on
the bodies of men and animals that
have been struck by lightning, 48;
on the cohesion-figures of liquids,

93.

Torbay, W. Pengelly on the recent en-
croachments of the sea on the shores
of, 124.

Toynbee (J.) on the action of the Eu-
stachian tube in man, as demonstrated
by Dr. Politzer's otoscope, 176.
Trade of England with China since 1833,
Colonel Sykes on the progress and pro-
spects of the, 246.

Triangles, plane, Thomas Dobson on the
general forms of the symmetrical pro-
perties of, 2.

Turnbull (Dr. J.) on the physiological
and medicinal properties of sulphate of
aniline, and its use in the treatment of
chorea, 177.

Twining (Miss) on the employment of
women in workhouses, 248.

United Kingdom, James T. Hammick on
the general results of the census of the,
in 1861, 220.

Valpy (Richard) on the commercial re-
lations between England and France,
269.

Vanessa antiopa, on the arrest of pupa-