SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Whale-fisheries, northern, statistics relative 

 to the, by Dr. H. Munroe, 1853, 109. 



and seal-fisheries of Greenland and 



Daris Straits, carried on bj vessels fri.m 

 Peterhead, account of the, byT.Lawrance, 

 18:.9,2i6. 



Wheat, G. W. Hall on the acceleration of 

 the growth of, 1839, 86. 



, on the nutritive properties of the po- 

 tato as compared with, by J. W. Kugers, 

 ' 1857, 57. 



^ , Rev. Prof, Henslow on the rust and 



mi. dew of, 1841, 73. 



: on the transmutation of ^gilops into 



Tritieum, by Major Munro, 1852, 68. 



, on the iEgilops as the origin of, by 



Rev. Prof. Henslow, 1856, 87. 



, W. C. Jones on the analysis of, 1836, 



74- 



-, W. Sharp on the ashes of, 1845, 36. 



W^heat-grain, on the composition of, and its 

 products, by J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. 

 Gilbert, 1856, 173. 



Wheat, mammy, Rev. Prof. Henslow on the 

 supposed germination of, 1860, no. 



, Baron Dupin and G. R. Porter on the 



influence of its price on population, 1836, 

 132, 133. 



, on the current and cost price of, du- 

 ring the years 1843-1854, as illustrating 

 the value of agricultural statistics, by J. T. 

 Danson, 1854, 134, 



and other edibles of India and Eng- 

 land, Col. Sykes on, 1847, 107. 



Wheat-midge, Rev. Prof. Henslow on the, 



1841, 72. 



Wheatstone's (Prof.) speaking-machine, no- 

 tice of, 1835, 6. 



Wheel, triple differential, J. Lothian on a, 

 1847, 18. 



Wheelbarrow, new, Capt. F. Wilson on a, 

 1853, 132. 



Wheels, Prof. Willis on the teeth of, 1837, 



135- 

 , bevel, Mr. Davies on a machine for 



cutting the teeth of, 1839, 129. 

 , wooden railway, T. Parkin on a new 



kind of, 1839, 131. 

 , tangent, G. L. Molesworth on, 1857, 



186. 

 , toothed, and pinions, R. Roberts on 



the correct sizing of, 1849, 127. 

 Whelk, common (Buccinum undatum), J. G. 



Jeffreys on specimens of the, having double 



opercula, 1860, 117. 

 Whewel.'s (Rev. W.) anemometer, Rev. Dr. 



Robinson on a modification of, 1846, 1 1 1. 

 Whin-sill of Cumberland and !North\imber- 



land, W. Huttcn on the, 1831-32, 76 ; 



J. A. Knipe on the, 1860, 86. 

 White-bait (Clupea alba) in the Frith of 

 . Forth, notice of, by Dr. R. Parnell, 1838, 



109. 

 White lead, Mr. Benson on the theory of the 



formation of, 1839, 60. 

 Whitehouse's relay and induction coils in 



action on short circuit. Prof. W. Thomson 



on, 1857, 21. 

 Wiers's (Mr.) alkalimeters, 1860, 72. 

 Wild cattle of Chillingham Park, J. Hind- 

 marsh on the, 1838, ico. 

 Wiltshire drift. Prof. Owen on the fossil 



musk-ox from the, 1856, 72. 

 Wind, Prof. Stevelly on the origin of, 1834, 



565. 

 , Rev. Dr. Whewell's notation for re- 

 gistering the, 1836, 39. 

 , its effect on the intensity of sound, 



by Prof. Stokes, 1857, 22. 

 , ' Helm,' of Crossfell, Rev. J. Watson 



on the, 1838, 33. 

 , force of the, in July and August 1855, 



as taken by the " atmospheric recorder " 



at the Beeston observatory, by E. J. Lowe, 



18 5,40. 

 • and tides, on the currents produced by 



the action of the, by H. C. Sorby, 1855, 97. 

 and current charts, Lieut. Maury on, 



1848, 34. 

 Wind-charts of the Atlantic, Admiral Fitz- 



Roy on, 1855, 39. 

 Winds : W. R. Birt on the probable causes 



of the aerial currents of the temperate 



zones, 1837, 34. 

 : Prof. Hennessy on an instrument for 



observing vertical currents, 1856, 40. 



which veer from the south-west to 



west, and north-west to north, R. Russell 

 on the action of the, 1853, 32. 



Wine, and other alcoholic liquors, on certain 

 curious motions observable on the surfaces 

 of, by Prof. J. Thomson, 1855, 16. 



Winter months, G. Hutchinson on a me- 

 thod of prognosticating the probable mean 

 temperature of the, from that of corre- 

 sponding months in the preceding summer, 

 1840,41. 



in the northern hemisphere, T. Hop- 

 kins on the influence ot mountains on 

 temperature in the, 1841, 28. 



Winters, mild, in the British Isles, Prof. 



Hennessy on, 1859, 50. 

 Wire-rope, on the origin of, its qualities and 



economy, by A. Smith, 1854, 1 62. 

 Wire-ropes, Count A. Breunner on their use 



in deep mines, 18S8, 1 50. 

 Wollaston's scale of chemical equivalents, 



Prof. Stevelly on the application of a 



vernier to, 1834, 596. 

 goniometer, Prof. W. H. Miller on an 



alteration in the construction of, 1838, 



IS3- 



Wollaston's (T. Y.) work on the insects of 

 the Madeira Islands, notice of, 1854, no. 



Wcman, on the causes which advance or 

 retard the appearance of the first men- 

 struation in, by Dr. Tilt, 1850, 135. 



Wombat, Dr. J.E. Gray on the, 18S8, in'. 



Wood, Dr. West on the formation of, 1835, 



75- 



, Dr. Lankester on the theory of the 



formation of, in plants, 1851, 72. 



