Excerpt from Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900, Vol. 2: Subject Index
The entries in the Index are arranged so that reference can be made, if necessary, to the complete titles in the Catalogue of Scientific Papers. Generally the author's name together with the date will indicate the volume in which the title of the paper may be found in full. But these clues are insufficient when the paper is anonymous, or occurs in Volume XII or in the additions to Volume VI. They are also at fault for titles marked with an asterisk showing that they belong to previous volumes; in these cases the number of the volume is given in the Index entry in small Roman numerals within brackets. The references have been made as short as possible: thus the number of only the initial page of each paper has been given; but the length of the paper may be found by reference to the Catalogue of Authors.
When an error has been found in an authors name in the Catalogue, it is corrected in the Index and a reference made to the error.
The Index contains references to some papers, of dates earlier than 1884, which were omitted in previous volumes of the Catalogue: these are indicated by an asterisk placed before the date; the full titles of these papers will be given in the continuation of the Catalogue of Authors.
When an author's personal name does not appear in the original heading of a paper, no attempt has been made to find the name for the Index; but this will be done for the Catalogue of Authors.
Entries on the same subject are arranged, so far as possible, in order of date irrespective of the authors names, with the endeavour to present the subject in the historical form. This grouping of the entries, involving modifications of titles prepared by different Referees, or by the same Referee at different times, has been one of the most difficult problems in the preparation of the Index.
The abbreviations used in the Royal Society Catalogue for the names of the serials have been further shortened for the Index. As the abbreviations are not uniform in all the volumes, it will be found that the same journal may be indicated by several different abbreviations, but in each case the one selected is that which was used in the volume in which the title of the paper occurs.
In the case of serials commencing since 1883, the abbreviations adopted in the International Catalogue have been used as a guide.
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