XXXIV 



INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 28, 1S89 



Variability of a Species in a State of Nature, Alfred Russel 

 Wallace, 566 



Variable Stars : 16, 46, 64, 86, no, 135, 165, i8r, 210, 231, 

 256, 284, 308, 329, 352, 375, 403, 424. 449, 483, 516, 539, 

 550, 578, 598, 629, 656 ; the General Relations of the Phe- 

 nomena of, S. C. Chandler, 181 ; Variable X Cygni, Mr. 

 Yendall, 15 ; Variable tj Argus, Dr. Thome, 550 



Variation, Fortuitous, Lester F. Ward, 3 to 



Vatican, Astronomical Observatory, the Proposed, 84 



Veddahs of Ceylon, Osteology of, Arthur Thompson, 1 18 



Veeder (Dr. M. A.): the Formation of Cumuli, 203; the 

 Aurora, 318 ; Sunset Glows, 645 



Vegetation, Sources of the Nitrogen of, 332 ; W. Mattieu 

 Williams, 394 



Veley (V. H.), the Rate of Dissolution of Metals in Acids, 22 



Venezuela, Pre-Columbian Ethnography of, Dr. Marcano, 142 



Venn (John, F.R.S.), the Principles of Empirical or Inductive 

 Logic, James Sully, 337 



Ventnor, Capture of Large Shark off, 163 



Veroffentlichungen of Berlin Museum fiir Volkerkunde, 163 



Verschoyle (Rev. J.), the History of Ancient Civilization, 7 



Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides, J. A. Harvie-Brown 

 and T. E. Buckley, loi 



Vertebrates, Valuable Specimens of, for Biological Laboratories, 

 G. Baur, 644 



Verworm (Dr. Max), Psycho-physiologische Protisten-Studien, 

 experimentelle Untersuchungen, 541 



Vesuvius, the New Eruption of, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 34 



Vettin (Dr.), the Formation of Atmospheric Precipitate*, 119 



Vibrations, New Method of Recording, Dr. Friihlich, 287 



Vices of our Scientific Education, the, Prof. Minchin, 126 



Victoria Hall Science Lectures, 653 



Victoria Institute, 239 



Victoria, the Minor Planet, Meridian Observations of, in July 

 1889, 169 



Victoria : Viticulture in, 445 ; Proposed Government Survey of 

 Coal Districts in, 595 



Victoria University of Manchester, Local Lectures, 253 



Victorian Naturalist, 421 



Vidal ',Don Sebastian), Death and Obituary Notice of, 547 



Vienna Geographical Society, 182 



Vienna : Imperial Academy of Sciences, 120, 144, 288 ; Im- 

 perial Museum and Prof. H. G. Reichenbach's Collection of 

 Orchids, 253 ; British and American Graduates at the Vienna 

 Medical School, 44 ; Vienna Observatory, 329 



Vikings as the Direct Ancestors of the English-speaking Na- 

 tions, Paul B. du Chaillu on the, 632 



Ville (G. ), Relations between Physical Characters of Plants and 

 Proportion of Elements of Fertility in Soil, 659 



Vine-Diseases in France, Treatment of, G. W. Roosevelt, 446 



Vine-Pests, the Cost of various Remedies against, 374 



Vines (Dr. Sydney H., F. R.S.): Eritnis liispanicusi^) on the 

 Roman Wall, 544 ; Examination of Points in Prof. Weis- 

 riann's Theory of Heredity, 621 



Vinland Voyages of Norse Colonists of Greenland, the. Prof. 

 Gustav Storm, 182 



Violle (J.), the Alloy of the Standard International Kilogramme, 

 48 



Viper : and Lizard, 134 ; a Lizard Swallowed by a, Prof. T. G. 

 Bonney, F.R. S., 150 



Vis (De), Prionodura newtoniana and Acanthiza squamata, 



Vision, Indirect, Kirschmann, 373 



Vital Statistics, Elements of, A. Newsholme, 145 



Viticulture in Algeria, the Dangers of, Consul-General Playfair, 



Viticulture in Victoria, 445 



Vogan (A. L), Intended Exploration of Interior of New South 

 Wales, 182 



Vogel (Prof. H. C), on the Motion of Stars in the Line of 

 Sight, 109 



Volatilization of Lead Oxide and its Action upon Glass at Low 

 Temperatures, J. W. Hogg, 587 



Volcanic Activity in Mount Ruapehu, 179 



Volcanic Eruption in Erzeroum, 479 



Volcanic Lavas and the Action of Molten Glass, 263 



Volcanic Regions of Italy, Scientific Excursions to, 537 



Volcano, the Miharaizan, 179 



Volcanoes of Italy, the Excursion to the, Dr. H. J. Johnston- 

 Lavis, 294 



Volcanoes : the Earlier Eruptions of Krakata"b, Prof. John W. 



Judd, F.R.S., 365 

 Voltmeter, a Hot Twisted Strip, Prof. Perry, F. R.S., on, 5S6 

 Volumetric .Analysis for Silver, &c., 38^ 

 Vries (M. de), the Spiral Torsion in Wild Teasel, 312 

 Vulcano, the Recent Eruption on, 384 



Wagner (Dr. Hermann) : Bericht iiber die Entwickelung der 



Methodik und des S'udiums der Erdkunde, 75 ; Discussion 



of Instructions for Observers of Prussian Meteorological 



Institute. 334 

 W^agner (Moriz), Die Entstehung der Arten durch raumliohc 



Sonderung Gesammelte Aufsatze von, 220 

 Walcott (C. D.) : Stratigraphic Position of Olenellus Fauna, 68 ; 



the Olenellus Fauna in North America and Europe, 310 

 Wales, Intermediate Education in, q7, 480 

 Walker Engineering Laboratories, 653 

 Walker (J. T.), Do Cats Count?, 394 

 Wall (E. J.), Dictionary of Photography, loi 

 Wallach (Dr.), Pinol, an Isomer of Camphor, 655 

 Wallace (Alfred Russel), Darwinism, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 



F.R.S., 566; Variability of Species in a State of Nature, 



566 ; on the Origin and Uses of Colour in Animals, 566 ; 



Lamarck versus Weismann, 619 

 Wallace (Prof. Robert), Farm Live Stock of Great Britain, 619 

 Walras (Leon), Elements d' Economic Politique Pure, 434 

 Walters (Rev. F. B. ) and A. Cockshott, a Treatise on Geo- 

 metrical Conies, 390 

 Ward (A. W.) : the Magnetic Rotation of Plane of Polarization 



of Light in Doubly Refracting Bodies, 117 ; the Use of the 



Biquartz, 191 

 Ward (F. L.), Sociology of Protection and Free Trade, 558 

 Ward (Prof. H. Marshall, F.R.S.), Timber Parasites, 67 

 Ward (Lester F.), Fortuitous Variation, 310 

 Warren (Rev. J.), an Elementary Treatise on Mechanics, 365 

 Warrington (R.), the Analysis of Rain Water, 215 

 Water- Distilling Apparatus, Sun, on Atacama Desert, Hon. 



Ralph Abercromhy, 211 

 Water, Examination of, for Sanitary and Technical Purposes, 



Henry Leffmann, 293 

 Water, on the Transporting Power of, in the Deepening of 



Rivers, W. II. Wheeler, 631 

 Water-Gas in the United States, Alex. C. Humphreys, 630 

 Water- Hammer, Experiment with, Dr. Reichel, 72 

 Waterspout in Saxony, 84 



Waikin (Sir E.), Purchase of Snowdon Summit by, 282 

 Watson (Rev. H. W., F.R.S.), Hertz's Equations, u 

 Watson (John), Sylvan Folk, 221 

 Watson (W.), Cactus Culture for Amateurs, 123 

 Watts Town, Earthquake at, 208 

 Watts (W. Marshall), Index of Spectra. 641 

 Watts's Dictionary of Chemistry, Sir H. E. Roscoe, F.R. S., 



640 

 Weather, Inclement, in China, 179 

 Weather Maps, Synoptic, Ru-sian, 133 

 Weather Prediction, Synoptic Table of, Plumandon and Colomes, 



61 

 Webster (W.), on the Purification of Sewage by Electrolysis, 



631 



Weed (W. H), the Formation of Siliceous Sinter by Vegetation 

 of Thermal Springs, 68 



Weevil, the Mango, Wray, 402 



Weighing and Measuring, the Progress of Science as Exemplified 

 in the Art of. Dr. William Harkness, 376 



W^eismann (T~)r. August) : Lamarck versus, J. T. Cunningham, 

 297 ; Pr. A. R. Wallace, 619 ; on the Inheritance of In- 

 juries, 303 ; Essays on Heredity and Kindred Biological 

 Problems, edited bv E. B. Poulton, Selmar Schonland, and 

 A. E. Shipley, 6i8 ; Theory of Heredity, Examination of 

 Points in. Dr. S. H. Vines, F.R.S., 621 ; Use of Panmixia, 

 610 



Weis'cnborn (Dr. Bernhard), Death of, 162 



Wells in Australia, Artesian, 305 



Welsford (J. W.) and F. E. Marshall, Longmans' School Arith- 

 metic, 52 



Welsh Intermediate Education Bill, the, 304 



Werner (J. R.): Journeys up the Ngala and Aruwimi Tribu- 

 taries of the Congo, 65 ; a Visit to Stanley's Rear Guard at 



