INDEX. 
Western minerals, notes on, v., 213, 
9 
_ Weston, Th., elected resident mem- 
ber, xv., 147 
‘“ Wet rot’’ in wood, v., 114 
Whale captured off Montauk, i., 147 
Wheels, paper railway, v., 152 
White ants, vill., 895-114 
River deposits, mammals from, 
xiil., 176 
White, T. G., elected resident mem- 
ber, xiii., 151 
White, Thaddeus R., elected resident 
member, xv. , 147 
Whitfield, R. P., ’ elected Councillor, 
Xe 128 
Whiton, Louis C., elected resident 
member, xv., 147 
Wichita Mountains, Texas, i., 
Whiddingtonitis Reichii, xii., 30 
Widmanstiattan figures, v., 224 
Wild plantain from Panama, vi., 
112 
Willemite, 1i., 26-30 ; viii., 162 
Willey, Arthur, elected resident 
member, xii., 25 
Williamsbridge, N. Y., pot holes, i., 
181-183 
Williamsite, vili., 162 
Williamsonia Riesii, xii. ", aie 
Will of Mme. Goguet, doe 
Willsboro’ township, Gigs of, 
xiii., 214 
Wilson, Edmund B., elected resi- 
dent member, xii., 25 
‘Winding apparatus, ete , v., 153-157 
Winds, v., 230 
in the desert, ix., 114 
Winnebago arts, x., 39 
meteorite, ix., 201 
meteorite, analysis of, ix., 202 
Witcheraft excitement, explanation 
of, 1., 150-153 
Withering, Dr. William, citation 
from, vili., 24, 25 
Wire, corrosion of, ili., 65, 66 
Wm. Maclure’s Geology, xi., 45 
WoOhler, Prof. F., memorial of, ii., 2 
Woman’s part in the earlier civiliza- 
tions, xi., 29 
Wood, decay of, viii., 85, 86, 89 
chemical composition of, v., 116 
decay of, v., 110-120 
preservation of, v., 118-120 
19-20 
opal, vili., 30 
phosphorescent, x., 37 
sections, photo-micrographs, 
107 
Wooden pavements, viil., 43 
Woods, silicified, vi., 165, 166 
silicified, in Colorado, WU Ie AS icy Ly 
77 
Woodward, R. S., elected resident 
member, Xili., 23 
Wollastonite, vili., 162; ix., 145 
iii,, 
from New York State, xiii., 146, 
207 
Wool, natural dyes as applied to, xi., 
157 
World’s Fair of 1892, ix., 4 
Wortman, J. L., elected resident 
member, xil., 25 
Wulfenite, vili., 177 
Wurtz, Prof. Henry, viii., 180, 181 
Wyoming, fossil fishes from, iii., 34, 
38 
minerals from, ili., 7, 19, 20, 104 
Xenacanthus, xii., 123 
Xenotime, vili., 159 
‘X’ (new element), v., 200 
X-rays experiments, by Prof. Pupin, 
xv., 136 
Ya (new element), v., 200 
Y/ (new element), v., 200 
Yellow Day (Sept. 6, 1881), i., 1 
atmospheric phenomena, i., 1 
drift, iv., 26 
sapphire, xi., 58 
Yellowstone Park, Wyo., geology, 
botany, ete., lii., 34 
geysers and rhyolite, roles of 
Yolk nucleus, PES on, SIVies 
229-230 
Ytterbium, v., 181, 200 
Yttrium minerals in Texas, 
159, 185 
Yucatan birds, v., 17, 55 
temples and palaces, v., 169, 178 
Yucca, iii., 39, 47 
angustifolia, Vi., 93; vili., 76 
baccata, li., 93; vill., 76 
viii., 
Za (new element), v., 200 
ZP (new element), v., 200 
Zamia, iii., 85 
Zamites Fenconis, vii., 115 
