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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



A. Dupr6 on the composition of the, 1859, 



75- 

 Water, alkaline, of Leeds, W. Huggon on 



the, 1858, 51. 

 , steam-engine for pumping, W. L. 



Wharton on a, 1833, 421. 

 at great depths, G. Rennie on an in- 

 strument for taking up, 1834, 595. 

 , Mr. Hall on a machine for raising, 



by an hydraulic belt, 1838, 158. 

 , on raising, from low lands, by W. 



Fairbairn, 1840, 210. 

 , on some modem appliances for raising, 



by W. E. Carrett, 1858, 208. 

 , on a jet-pump for drawing up, by 



Prof. J.Thomson, 1852, 130; 1853, 130. 

 , on an apparatus for giving light under, 



in diving-operatious, by W. S. Ward, 



1847,132. 

 Waters,on the proportion of phosphoric acid 



in some, by Dr. A, Voelcker, 1850, 63. 

 , hard. Dr. W. L. Lindsay on their ac- 

 tion upon lead, 1858, 54. 

 , mineral, of Cheltenham, on the salts 



actually present in the, by Dr. J. H. 



Gladstone, 1856, 51. 

 , spring and river. Prof. Connell on the 



precipitate caused in, by acetate of lead, 



1847, 48. 

 --- — , sulphureous, of Yorkshire, Dr. Lan- 

 . kester on plants and animals found in the, 



1840, 143. 

 Water-bath, on an instrument for maintain- 

 ing it at constant temperatures, by J. 



Waterhouge, 1858, 71. 

 Water-filter, Mr. Thorn on a, 1840, 206. 

 Water-lilies, en the arrangement of the air- 

 canals in the, by M. T. Masters, 1854, 102. 

 Water-meter, J. Parkinson on a, 1849, 125. 



, pressure, W. Gorman on a, 1855, 207. 



Water-meters, D. Chadwick on, 1860, 204. 

 Water-power, on the economy of, bv J. 



Glynn, 1858, 212. 

 Water-sirene, Prof. J. Donaldson on the, 



1850, 174. 

 Water-spouts, Col. W. Reid on the laws by 



which they revolve, 1838, 24. 



, Dr. J. Taylor on, 1855, 45. 



Water-wheel, turbine. Prof. Gordon on the, 



1840, 191. 

 Water-wheels, horizontal, J. Glynn on, 



1858, 212. 

 Water-works of Newcastle - on - Tyne, J. 



Glynn on the, 1838, 164. 

 Wave-lengths, en the law cf the, correspond- 

 ing to certain points in the solar spectrum, 



by M. Ponton, 1859, 20. 

 Wave of sound, on the nature of the, by J. 



S. Eussell, 1844, II. 

 Wave-theory, as connected with elliptic 



polarization, Eev. Prof. Powell on the, 



1839, 2. 

 , Eev, Prof. Powell on a point in the, 



as applied to heat, 1840, 14. 

 of light, Eev. Prof. Powell on certain 



points pf the, 1841, 2 5. 



Waves, Rev. Prof. Kelland on the theory of, 

 1840, 50. 



, J. S. Russell's report of a Committee 



on, 1842, 19. 



, oceanic, W. Walker on, 1842, 21. 



, mechanism of, in relation to steam 



navigation, J. S. Russell on the, 1837, 

 130. 



at sea. Sir J. Robison on measuring 



the interval and velocity of, 1836, 130. 



, on the lengths and velocities of, by 



Capt. Stanley, 1848, 38. 



of the Atlantic, Rev. Dr. Scoresby on 



their magnitude, velocity, and pheno- 

 mena, 1850, 26. 



, T. Stevenson on the force of, 1850, 



189. 



, on the propagation of, by G. J. 



Stoney, 1859, 9. 



, atmospheric. Admiral FitzRoy on, 



1859, 50. 



Wavellite, pyro-electric, A. Gages on a new 

 variety of, 1858, 49. 



Wax, on the eifect of pressure on the tem- 

 perature of fusion of, by W. Hopkins, 

 1854, 58. 



, vegetatii, E. Solly on bleaching, 1840, 



86. 



Wax-tree of Guiana, C. W. Hamilton on 

 the, 1835, 78. 



Wealden formation, Dr. Mantell on the zoo- 

 logical characters of the, 1831-32, 587. 



strata of the Isle of Wight, Dr. Man- 

 tell on a newly-discovered species of Unio, 

 from the, 1844, 42. 



, on the supposed, and other beds near 



Elgin, by C. Moore, 1859, 264. 



Weather, G. W. Hall on the connexion of the, 

 with the tide, 1836, 41. 



Weights and measures. Rev. Dr. Peacock 

 on the Commissioners' Report for the re- 

 storation of lost standards of, 1842, 8. _ 



and measures, on the use of prime 



numbers in, by J. Yates, 1857, 174. 



, measures, and money, General Sir C. 



W. Pasley on simplifying and improvhig, 

 1847, 43- 



, proposed new measures of, by General 



Sir C. W. Pasley, 1856, 146. 



Weir, waste, and scouring sluice, J. F. Bate- 

 man on a self-acting, 1842, no. 



Well, artesian, on Southampton Common, 

 J. R. Keele on the, 1846, 52. 



Wells, on the applicability of M. Fauvelle's 

 mode of boring artesian and other, 1846, 

 56. 



Wenlock shale near Walsall, Prof. Buckman 

 on the discovery of some new cystideans 

 from the, 1847, 61. 



West's (W.) engraving machine, notice of, 

 1840,211. 



Whale, remains of one discovered at Dur- 

 ham, G. T. Fox on the, 1839, 89. 



, description of the ' Ajuh,' a species 



of, found in a river in Central Africa, 

 1856, 98. 



