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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Wood, R. Dayison on a desiccating process 

 for the seasoning of, 1849, 114. 



, R. Scanlan on a new substance ob- 

 tained from the distillation of, 1836, 

 76. 



, J. I. Hawkins on paving roads and 



streets with, 1839, 127. 



— — , recent and fossil, W. Nicol on the 

 anatomical structure of, 1834, 660. 



, Dr. G. Bird on the artificial fossiliza- 



tion of, 1837, 47. 



from the submerged forest at Wawne 



in Holderness. T. J. Pearsall on changes 

 observed in, 1853, 45. 



■ , Prof. Hodgkinson on the power of 



different species of, to resist a force tend- 

 ing to crush them, 1839, 125. 



Woodocrinus, Prof, de Koninck and E. 

 Wood on the genus, 1857, 76. 



Woodward's solar camera, A. Claudet on, 

 1860, 62. 



Woody tissue, Dr. Lankester on the forma- 

 tion of, 1839, 78. 



Wool, W. Danson on the introduction of a 

 species of Auchenia into Britain for ob- 

 taining, 1839, 92. 



Woollen manufacture of England, with spe- 

 cial reference to Leeds, E. Baines on the, 



. 1858, 158. 



Workhouses and charitable institutions, 

 aphoristic notes on sanitary statistics of, 

 by Dr. Roth, 1856, 149. 



Working- classes : — results of the strike of 

 the cotton-spinners at Preston, 1837, 140; 

 on their condition in an extensive manu- 

 facturing district, 141 ; inquiry into the 

 amount and appropriation of wages by 

 the, 148. 



in Hull, on the condition of the, 1841, 



85. 



in Hyde, Cheshire, statistics respect- 

 ing the, 1838, 172. 



in Rutland, on the educational condi- 

 tion of the, 1839, no ; on the state of the, 

 112. 



World, on improved monographic projec- 

 tions of the, by J. Gall, jun., 1855, 148. 



Worm, trematode. new species of, Dr. T. S. 

 Cobbold on a, 1855, 108. 



Worsted manufactures of Yorkshire, J. 

 James on the, 1858, 182. 



Wreck intelligencer, R. Smith on a, 1858, 

 221. 



Wren's (Sir C.) cipher, containing three 

 methods of finding the longitude. Sir D. 

 Brewster on, 1859, 34. 



Writing which has been fraudulently erased, 

 on a method of detecting, 1831-32, 90. 



Writing-tables or cabinets, improved, T. 

 Sop with on, 1838, 156. 



Xyloidine, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the spon- 

 taneous decomposition of, 1853, 41. 



Xyloids, Dr. J. B. Edwards on, 1858, 47. 



Xylophylla, B. Clarke on the foliage and 

 inflorescence of the genus, 1846, 91. 



Yachts built on the wave principle, Dr. J- 



Phipps on the sailing powers of, 1846> 



112. 

 Yacoutes, Siberia, Prince Galitzin on the 



manners and customs of the, 1853, 80. 

 Yew, J. E. Bowman on its longevity and 



antiquity in churchyards, 1836, loi. 

 Yew-tree found in a bog, C. W. Hamilton 



on a, 1835, 76. 



at Mucruss, Dr. Litton on the, 1835, 



76. 



Ystalyfera blast furnaces, J. P. Budd on the 

 advantageous use made of the gaseous 

 escape from the, 1850, 172. 



Yttria, Prof Mosander on, 1843, 30. 



Zamia gigas, notice of, from Runswick, 

 Whitby, 1846, 62. 



Zamites gigas, from the lower sandstone and 

 shale of the Yorkshire coast, Prof W. C 

 Williamson on the restoration of, 1854, 

 103. 



Zea Mais (Forty Days' Maize), on changes 

 in the male tlowers of, by R. A. C. God- 

 win-Austen, 1849, 68. 



Zeros, imaginary, Prof Young on, 1845, i. 



Zinc, Prof. E. Davy on its protection of 

 other metals from corrosion, 1835, 36. 



, on a peculiar condition of, by Dr. 



Tilley, 1844, 35. 



, carbonate of, R. W. Fox on the pro- 

 duction of a horizontal vein of, 1838, 90. 



and copper, on the chemical examina- 

 tion of some alloys of, by D. Forbes, 1854, 



67. 

 and copper, salts of. Prof F. C. Calvert 



on the action of sulphuretted hydrogen 



on, 1855, 51. 

 and tin, Prof. F. C. Calvert on alloys of, 



1855, 51. 

 Zincethyl, Prof. Frankland on, 1855, 62. 

 Zodiacal* light, observations on, by E. J. 



Lowe, 1851, 24. 

 Zones, temperate, W. R. Birt on the pro- 

 bable causes of the aerial currents of the, 



1837, 34- 



Zoological nomenclature, on, 1844, 78. 



notices, by the Prince of Canino, 1852, 



72. 



researches in Orkney and Shetland, 



by Profs. E. Forbes and J. Goodsir, 1839, 



79- 



Zoology of Western Africa, A. Murray on 

 the, 1855, 114. 



of Cornwall, J. Couch on the, 1841, 



68. 



of the island of Rathlin, Dr. J. D. Mar- 

 shall on the, 1835, 68. 



, W. Ogilby on the scientific principles 



on which classification in the higher de- 

 partments of, should be based, 1845, 62. 



, systematic: Dr. C. CoUingwood on re- 

 current animal form, 1860, 1 14. 



. systematic, Prof. V. Carus on the value 



of development in, 1860, 125. 



and botany, Prof Strickland on the 



