INDEX. 215 



WoHLER (M. F.), cyanate of potash prepared by, xviii. SO*. On 

 a compound of cyanogen and nitrate of silver, xix. 1 59 



experiments of, on tungsten, xx. 177 



Wolfe's apparatus, new one described, viii. 384 



WoLLASTON (Dr.), on the equivalent of mercury, i. 230 



on the glazier's diamond, ii. 205 



observations of, on the use of some instruments in- 

 tended for the northern expedition, v. 223 



• on sounds inaudible by certain ears, x. 398 



'■ — report of, on the present state of Ramsden's dividing 



engine, xii. 38 1 



— — on the concentric adjustment of a triple object-glass, 



xiv. 163. On the finite extent of the atmosphere, 167 

 notice of the researches of, in electro-magnetism, 



xvi. 343. Experiments on metallic titanium, 326 



on its apparent magnetism, xvii. 129. On the semi- 



decussation of the optic nerve, 259. On the apparent direction 



of the eyes in a portrait, 274 

 WoLLAsTON (Rev. Mr.), on a thermometer for measuring heights, 



iii. 372 

 ■■ table by, shewing the acceleration of sidereal, or 



mean and solar time, xii. 167 

 Women of Batavia, dress and manners of, vii. 8 

 Wood buried in the ground, effects of time on, x. 455 



on the deposition of carbonate of lime in, xi. 405 



■ new method of embossing on, xix. 134 



Wood (Captain), on the mud volcano of Mount Tomboro, in the 



island of Java, i. 252 

 Wood (Mr. W.), notice of the adhesiye pelt invented by, for lining 



the sheathing of ships, xii. 168 

 WooDHOusE (Robert, Esq.), account of the transit instrument 



put up at the Cambridge observatory, xix. 268 

 Woodward (Dr.), sketch of his theory of the earth, xix. 67 

 Woollen manufactures, notice of improvements in, v. 16 



cloths, ravages of moths in, how prevented, xi. 803 



WooLNooTH (Lieutenant J. C), analysis by, of the Holywell water 



near Cartmel, xviii. 187 



