INDEX. 213 



Weights and measures, third report of the commissioners ap- 

 pointed to consider the suhject of, xi. 378 



— — ■ account of the construction and adjust- 

 ment of the new standard of, xx. 299 



Wells of London, account of, xiv. 145 



overflowing, at Chiswick, xvii. 70 



Welter on the laws of the propagation of heat, xiv. 207. See 

 Gay-Lu^sac. 



Wernerian system of mineralogical chemistry, outline of, iii. 3^2 



AVerner's Theory of the Earth, sketch of, xix. 72 



West India Islands, observations on the geology of, v. 311 



West (Wm., Esq.), analysis by, of a new sulphur-spring at 

 Harrowgate, xv. 82 



Whale, fossil bone of, discovered, v. 140 



skeleton of, found, viii. 172 ; its dimensions, 173 



Wheat, remarks on the ergot of, ii. 05. This disease proved to 

 be a fungous excrescence, a species of scleroticum, 273 



, musty flavour of, remedy for, iii. 130, 416. See Brandy. 



, mildew of, how prevented, viii. 154. Rate of the increase 



of, 345 



smut in, prevented, 348. x. 446 



Wheeler (J. L,, Esq.), experiments and observations of, on fluo- 



silicic and chloric acids, iv. 287 

 Wheels for carriages, observations on the nature and advantages 



of, xviii. 95 

 Whbwell (W. Esq.), on the method of calculating the angles 



made by any planes of crystals, and the laws according to which 



they are formed, xviii. 325. xix. 296 

 Whidbey's (Joseph, Esq.) account of the fossil bones found at 



Plymouth, xii. 124. xvi. 330 

 Whiskey, a preservative of anatomical specimens, xix. 368 

 White (John, Esq.), experiments and observations of, on calca- 

 reous cements, xx. 50 

 White in paintings, process for restoring, xi. 108 

 White mountains of New Hampshire, account of, ii. 392. Geo* 



logical ajipearances of, 396. Their vegetation^ 397 



