INDEX. 671 



V. 



Page. 



Van Eeden, researches by : 187 



Van Hise, C. R. , researches by -^2, 232 



Van Ingen, Gilbert, collections by 30 



Van Roon, G. , exchanges with 33 



Veratrine, experiments with 347 



Vessels, steam, progress in o()7-o90 



Vibrations of the ether, effects of '. 200 



Vincent, John M. , paper by - 81 



Virchow, Rud. , on peopling of Philippines^ 509-526 



Visayas, account of 533 



Vision, nerves of 376 



A^oisin, Auguste, researches by 187 



Volcanic rocks, Bunsen on 627 



Voltameter, improved by Bunsen 615 



Voy, C. D., collections by 420 



Vriere, Baron R. de, exchanges with 33 



W. 



Wagner, Hermann, on oceanic area 254 



Waitz, Theodor, on black race 511 



Walcott, Charles D 292 



collection from 32 



paper by 79 



report to 307 



resignation as Assistant Secretary xiv 



Walker, Francis A. , biography of 78 



Walker, F. W. , on ocean density 326 



Walker, John, on Calaveras skull 460 



Ward, Lester F. , on California fossils 423 



on petrified forests of Arizona 289-307 



paper by 78 



War ships, increase in size and speed of 575 



AVater, size of ])articles of 1 1 



study in movement of 107 



Watt's steam engine 593 



Wave lengths of visible light 211 



theory of light, Cornu on 93-105 



vibrations, rapidity of 201 



Weber, Professor, explorations by 325 



Weber, Wilhelm, on electrical measurements 615 



Webster, A. G., somid reseaches l)y 10 



Wesley, William, & Son 44 



Wetterstrand, researches by 187 



Wheeler, Joseph, Regent of the Institution x 



White, Andrew D., Regent of the Institution x 



White, Sir William H. , on steam navigation 5()7-590 



Whitney, James D., on auriferous gravels 419 



Wilson, Daniel, on word "prehistoric " 475 



Wilson, E. B. , on Naples table committee 12 



Wilson, James, member of Establishment ix, 2 



Wilson, Thomas, on prehistoric art 78 



