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VuLLiAMT (Lewis, Esq.), account of a cinerary vase discovered by 

 him at Athens, xiii. 72 



Wacke, geological account of, from the north of Ireland, iv. 



162 

 Wahlenberq (M.), observations made by, in the Carpathian 



mountains, ii. 441 

 Wake of a cask, xvi. 362. Mode of computing the contents of a 



cask therefrom, ib. 363 

 Walker (Mr.), syllabus of his lectures on plane geometry, xvii. 



285 

 Walls, mode of preventing the effect of damp on, xiv. 433 

 Walrus, new fact in the natural history of, xvii. 262 

 Walsh (John, Esq.), observations of, on the modern theory of 



physical astronomy, xvi. 270 

 Ware (Samuel, Esq.) on the curvature of the arches of the 



bridge of the Holy Trinity, at Florence, xv. 1 

 design by, for making a public road under the 



Thames, with observations, xvii. 62 

 War-dance of the Caraibs described, ix. 19 

 Warming of houses and other buildings, observations on, xi. 229 

 " Mr. Perkins's plan for, xviii. 336. Mr. Sil- 

 vester's, 337 

 Warra, an inland kingdom of Africa, notice of, xiv. 4 

 Water, extraordinary disappearance of, in the neighbourhood of 



Mount Vesuvius, ii. 27 

 . experiments on freezing, iv. 133 

 observations on the colours of waters, v. 81. Influence 



of light on the colours of, 82. Various tints presented by the 



ocean, 85. By rivers, lakes, canals, and all inland basins of 



water, 92. Those exhibited at the surface of water reflected 



by the air incumbent on the water, 97 

 memoir of the combined agencies of, and of oxygen gas in 



the oxidation of iron, vii. 55. Decomposed by iron, 182. New 



