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SECTIONS. INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



Whbwell (Rev. Dr. W.) on Cache's tide 

 observations, 1854, 28. 



* on the reasons for describing the 



moon's motion aa a motion about her 

 axis, 1856, 31. 



, address as President of the Mathe- 

 matical and Physical Section, 1858, i. 



Whincopp (Mr.), notice of a collection of 

 bones and teeth of mammalia and iishes, 

 &c., found in the Crag of Suffolk, pre- 

 sented by, 1850, 192. 



WiiisiiAw (F.), method of exhibiting the 

 results of a given geological survey, 1845, 

 56. 



* on the chemical composition of gutta 



percha, 1848, 62. 



on the application of gutta percha to 



the arts and manufactures, 1848, 122. 



on the patent multitubular pipes and 



panergous joints, 1848, 123. 



on the "uniformity of time" and 



other telegraphs, 1848, 123. 



on the subaqueous rope for telegraphic 



and other purposes, 1848, 123. 



on the improved velocentimeter, 1848, 



124. 



on the telekouphonon, .or speaking 



telegraph, 1848, 125. 



on chain pipes for subaqueous tele- 

 graphs, 1849, 132. 



on electro-telegraphic communication 



in England, Prussia, and America, 1849, 



133- 

 Whitby (Mrs.) on the cultivation of the 



silkworm, 1844, 73. 

 — — on the cultivation of silk in England, 



1846, 87. 



on the growth of silk in England, 



1849, 81. 



White (G.), notice of Starkey's system of 

 filtration by sponge, 1843, 101. 



Whiteaves (J. F.) on the invertebrate 

 fauna of the lower oolites of Oxfordshire, 

 1860, 104. 



Whiteiiouse (Wildman), experimental ob- 

 servations on an electric cable, 1855, 



23- 



on an instrument for determining the 



value of intermittent or alternating elec- 

 tric currents for purposes of practical 

 telegraphy, 1856, 19. 



on the law of the squares — ^is it ap- 

 plicable or not to the transmission of 

 signals in submarine circuits ?, 1856, 

 21. 



* on the submarine telegfaph, 1858, 



* Whitney (Asa) on the best means of 

 realizing a rapid intercourse between 

 Europe and Asia, 1851, 95. 



on the formation of a railway from 



the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, through 

 the British possessions of North America, 

 1858, 154. 



Whitty (Prof.) on the Silurian anthracite 

 of Cavan, 1854, 95. 



Whitworth (C. F.) on improvements in 



railway signals, 1858, 223. 

 Wiiitwouth (J.) on producing true planes 



or surfaces on metals, 1840, 192. 

 * , notice of a die-stock for cutting 



screws, 1841, 106. 

 on an instrument for measuring bodies 



to a very minute degree of accuracy, 1844, 



27. 

 * , new machine for ascertaining the 



diameter of metallic cylinders, 1844, 



98. 

 Whytlaw (M.) on a new method of scutch- 

 ing the New Zealand flax, 1852, 1 32. 

 WiDDRiNGTON (Capt.) On tlic habits of the 



eel, and on the freshwater fish of Austria, 



1841, 71. 



on some species of European pines, 



1841, 76. 



on the arboreal vegetation of Spain, 



1847, 88. 



on the oaks to be found in the Italian 



peninsula, 1847, 89. 

 * on a supposed new species of Felis, 



1854, 113. 

 WiGGLESWORTH (Mr.) OH the mortality of 



children, 1846, 100. 

 Wigiiam (J. B.) on the sandpipes in the 



chalk near Norwich, 1839, 65. 

 Wilde (Mr.) on the preparation of fish, 



1839, 84. 

 Wilde (W. A.), statistics of the deaf and 



dumb in Ireland, 1852, 121. 

 * on the early bills of mortality at 



Dublin, 1852, 121. 

 *WiLDE (W. E.) exhibited drawings of a 



Peruvian mummy, 1839, 82. 

 Will (Dr.) on determining the amount of 



nitrogen in organic bodies, 1841, 53. 

 on an improved method of ascertain- 

 ing the commercial value of alkalies or 



carbonated alkalies, acids, and oxides of 



manganese, 1843, 37. 

 WiLLCOx (C.) on the naturalization in 



England of the Mytilus crenatus, 1833, 



448. 

 Williams (Mr.) on preventing the dangers 



of collision, and of fire in vessels, 1837, 



^Williams (Archdeacon) on the Gael, Bre- 

 ton, and Cymry, 1848, 101. 



^Williams (C.) on the desirableness of ex- 

 tending to the working classes the oppor- 

 tunity of purchasing deferred annuities, 

 as a provision for old age, 1848, 105. 



* on deferred annuities, 1857, 172. 



Williams (C. Greville) on some of the 

 basic constituents of coal-naphtha, 1855, 



74- 



on the new maximum thermometer of 



Negretti and ^ambra, 1855, 24. 



Williams (Dr. C. J. B.) on the phenomena 

 and products of a low form of combus- 

 tion, 1834, 588. 



on an improved ear-trumpet, 1836, 36. 



on the construction and application 



