Nature, May 30, 1878] 



INDEX 



XV 



Vine-leaves, the Functions of, 20 



Vines (S. H.), the First Stages of Development in Plants, 433 



Virchow (Prof. Rudolf), the Liberty of Science in the Modern 



State, 72, 92, III 

 Virginia Creeper, the Climbing of, 508 

 Viticultural Society at Cassel, 411 

 Vogel's "Spectrum Analysis," Dr. Arthur Schuster, 99 

 Vohl (Dr.), Method for Determining the Impurities of the 



Rhine, 131 

 Volcanoes: Volcanic Eruptions in Iceland, 171; Volcanic 



Island, 194 ; Volcanic Phenomena in Borneo, A. H. Everett, 



200 ; Submarine, 372 ; in South America, 468 

 Volga and Moscow, Communication bet\veen,^9l 

 Volta, the Statue of, 490 



Volume of Liquids and Absorption of Gases, 514 

 Vowel Theory, Plelmholtz's, 41 1 



Wallace (A. R.), and Reichenbach's Odyle, 8; Wm. B- 

 Carpenter, F.R.S,, 8, 44 ; the Radiometer and its Lessons, 

 44 ; Bees Killed by Tritoma, 45 ; the Comparative Richness 

 of Faunas and Floras tested Numerically, icx) ; Mr. Crookes 

 and Eva Fay, loi ; Northern Affinities of Chilian Insects, 182 



War, New Applications of Science to, 361 



Warington (R.), Nitrification, 367 



Wasp and the Spider, 402, 448 



Watchman- Controlling Clock, 292 



Water, Specific Heat of, 252 



Waterfalls, Great, 221, 242 



Waterspouts in Callao, 372 



Watson (Arthur G.), Harrow School Bathing-Place, 487 



Waugh (Gen. Sir Andrew Scott, F.R.S. ), Death of, 350 



Waves, the Progression of, 95 



Weather, Weekly Statistics of the, 489 



Weber (Prof. Ernst Heinrich), Obituary Notice of, 286 



Weights, Discovery of Ancient Bronze, 351 



Wellington Philosophical Society, 296 



West Indies, Higgins' "Notes on the Western Tropics," 121 



Westinghouse Brake, 410, 507 



Westminster Aquarium : 70, 193 ; Seals at the, 38 ; Laplanders 

 at the, 70; Chimpanzee at, 153; Entomological Exhibition 

 ^t, 351, 391, 402 ; American Fishes at the, 392 



Whale, New Species of, 1 10 



Wheel -Animalcules (Rotifers) of Hungary, 12S 



White Sea, Algae of the, 345 



"White's Selborne," Prof. Bell's, 399 



Whitmee (S. J.), the Southern Drought, 447, 486 



Wild (M. H.), Researches on the Magnetic Properties of 

 Nickel, 393 



Williams (Prof. Monier), on Meteorology in India, 53 



Williamson (Prof. W. C.), the Origin of a Limestone Rock, 

 265 



Willmanns (Prof. Gustav), Death of, 436 



Wilson (A. Stephen), the Earthworm in Relation to the Fertility 

 of the Soil, 28 



Wine Protection of France, 372 



Wines, Adulteration of, in Berlin, 91 



Winkler's Lunar Landscape, 469, 514 



Wires, the Transmission of Sounds by, 519 



Wisby, Discovery of Ancient Bronze Weights at, 351 



Wisteria, the Seeding of, 439 



Wojeikoff (Dr.), Travels in Japan, 171 



Wolf (M. C), the New Paris Transit Circle, 165 



Wolf's History of Astronomy, J. R. Hind, F.R.S., 259 ; (Trans- 

 lation), 359 



WoUaston (Thos. Vernon), Obituary Notice of, 210; "Coleop- 

 tera Sanctse-Helense," E. C. Rye, 338 ; Testacea Atlantica, 



503 

 Wolves in France, 233 



Women, Higher Education of, 314; Prizes in Botany for, 314 

 Work, Relation of, and the Decomposition of Albumen, 515 

 Wormell (R.), " Thermodynamics," 25 

 Wright (Prof. E. Perceval), About Fishes' Tails, 286; the 



Islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam, 326 

 Wiirzburg, University Statistics, 334 



Yallala Rapids on the Congo — Tuckey and Stanley, Dr. J. 



Rae, 62 

 Yenissei, Exploration of the, 38 

 Yorkshire College of Science, 175 

 Young (E. D.), "Nyassa," 99 

 Young (Frank W.), Cruelty to Animals' Act and Physiological 



Teaching, 45 

 Young (J.), Mimicry in Birds, 486 



Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 254, 479, 394 

 Zenger (Prof. Ch. V.), the Law and Origin of Thunderstorms, 



362 

 Zeuthen (Dr. H. G.), Quatre Modele?, 240 

 Zollner's Scientific Papers, Prof. P. G. Tait, 420 

 Zoological Gardens, 68 

 Zoological Gardens : Additions to the, 18, 38, 54, 72, 92, no, 



133, 154, 172, 194, 213, 234, 253, 273, 293, 311, 331, 352, 



373, 411, 438, 456, 493, 515 ; Death of the Hippopotamus, 



392 

 Zoological 'Society, 95, 115, 135, 170, 275, 355, 375, 460, 499, 



520 

 Zoological Station, Naples, 329, 360 

 Zoological Station for the Channel Island;--, W. Saville Kent, 



102 ; W. A. Lloyd, 143 

 Zurich, University Statistic;;, 374 



