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INDEX. 



Waikouaiti, Geology ot North Head, and its 

 Relation to the C^cological History of Dnn- 

 edin (J. Park), 36, 418." 



Waimakariri. Lower (lovi^c of the (F. W. Hut- 

 ton). 16, 44!». 



A\ aiteniata Series, Conformable Relations of the 

 Different Members of the (J. Park), 22, 391. 



\\ aitemata Series and Brown-coal Series of 

 Drurv and Waikato. Relative Ages of (F. W. 

 Hntton). 3, 244. 



Wauganui Beds (Upper Tertiary) (J. Buchanan), 



2, l(i3. 

 Wanganui System (F. W. Hutton), 18, 33il. 

 Wanganui Tertiaries (C. W. Puniell), 7, 453. 

 Water-woi-n Pebbles in the Soil (J. C. Crawford), 



17, 341. 

 Weka Pass, Railway C\ittings in the (F. W. 



Hutton), 20, 257. ' 

 Wellington Proyince (J. C. Crawford), 2, 343. 

 ■\\Tiite Island (J. Hector). 3, 278. 



PHYSICS. 



Astronomy — 



Age of the Sun's Heat, Oversight in CrolFs 



Mode of lenotheninir the (A. W. Biekerton), 



27, 558. 

 Astronomy and Celestial Pliysies (.1. S. Webb), 



5, App.' 1. 

 Comet. Bielas : Reported Collision with the 



Earth's Atmosplu-re (H. Skey), 7, 148. 

 Comet of April. yUw, and June. 1901 (C. V. 



Hudson). 34, 31. 

 Comets. Constitution of (P. W. Fairclough), 



15, 477. 

 Earth's ^lotion in Space, The Equatorial 



Component of the (D. Hector). 34, 513. 

 Eccentricity of Planetary Orbits, Causes tend- 

 _ ing to alter the (A. W^. Biekerton), 13, 149. 

 i^clipse of the Sun. 187H (T. Heale). 9, 040. 

 Eclipse of the Sun. Total, of 9th September, 



1885 : Digest of Communications to the 



N.Z. Institute. 18, 375. 

 Eclipses (T. Heale), 4, 389. 

 Immortality of the Cosmos ; being an Attempt 



to show that the Theory of Dissipation of 



Energy is limited to Finite Portions of 



S]mce"(A. W. Biekerton), 27, 538. 

 lm])act. Cosmic : Synoiitic Statement of the 



Princijiles anrl Phenomena (A. W. Bicker- 

 ton), 27, 545. 

 Impact, Partial : A Possible Explanation of 



the Origin of the Solar System, Comets, 



and other Phenomena of the Universe 



(A. AV. Biekerton). 11, 125. 

 Impact, Partial : (ieneral Problem of Stellar 



Collision (A. W. Biekerton). 12, 181. 

 Impact, Partial : Origin of the \'isiblc Uni- 

 verse (A. W. Biekerton), 12, 175. 

 Impact. Proltabilitv of (A. W. Biekerton), 13, 



166. 

 Impact, Some Recent E^■idence in Favour of 



(A. W. Biekerton), 26, 464. 

 Longitude by ^leridian Transits of the Moon : 



Observations taken at the Hutt in 1870 



(H. Jackson), 3, Proc. 82. 

 LouLiitude of Wellington (J. T. Thomson), 



8, 441. 

 Longitude of Welliuirton Olis(^r\atorv (J. 



Hector), 7, 502. 

 Longitude of Welliuuton Observatory ((;. S. 



Naresi, 7, 502. 

 Longitude of WclliiiLitun Observatorv 



Stock). 9, 217. 



(A. 



Astronomy — continued. 



Longitudes, Transpacific {O. Klotz). 39, 49. 



Mean Time, N.Z. (J. Hector), 1, 48 [2nd cd., 

 4511 ; Ermta. 3, 365. 



Mean Time, N.Z. (T. King), 35, 428. 



Meteoric A})pearancc, Notes on a (M. Chap- 

 man), 38, 143. 



Meteor of 4th May. 18S8. Description of 

 (T. White), 22, 105. 



Moon, Stei'eoscopic Aspect of the (J. Hard- 

 castle), 20, 428. 



Motions of the Earth, Simple Method of illus- 

 trating the (A. W. Biekerton). 13, 164. 



Ncbulfc, The Birth of (A. W. Biekerton), 12, 197. 



Occultation of Jupiter and its Satellites, 16th 

 April. 1886 (.1. Hector), 19, 589. 



Occultation of Stars bv the Moon. Prediction 

 of (T. Heale). 6, 57." 



Occultations and Solar Eclipses, A New and 

 Simple (Jraphic Method of projecting (T. B. 

 Harding), 26, 477. 



Partial Impact (see Impact). 



Retardation of Earth's Rotation by Volcanic 

 Action (J. Carruthers). 8, 352. 



Solar and Stellar Heat, Permanency of (M. 

 Chapman), 13, 97. 



Solar System, Origin of the (A. W. Biekerton), 

 13, 154. 



Stars and other Celestial Objects, Southern 

 (J. H. Pope). 12, 165. 



Stars, Double, Method of measurina- Position 

 of (J. H. Pope). 11, 141. 



Stars, Double, Origin of (A. W. Biekerton), 

 13, 160. 



Stars. Shooting, - in November, 1898 (J. 

 Hector), 31, 721. 



Stars, Temporary (M. Cha]3man), 38, 139. 



Stars, Tem)jorarv and A'ariable (A. A\'. Bieker- 

 ton), 11, 118. ' 



Sun's Atmosphere, Periodic Vertical Oscilla- 

 tions in the. and their Connection with the 

 A])pearance and Disappearance of the 

 Solar Spots (H. Skey). 13, 91. 



Smi's Heat, Maintenance of the (F. D. Brown), 

 18, 394. 



Telesco})e. Astronomical, on a New Con.struc- 

 tion (H. Skey), 5, 119. 



Telescope, Reflecting, made in Welliuuton by 

 W. F. Parsons (J. Hector), 5, 125. 



Telescopes, Direct- vision Solar Eye-)>iece for 

 Large (H. Skey), 8, 172. 



