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INDEX. 



Water .sn])ply, the oxtcnt to which a 

 gcol(i,L;ical formation Is available- as a 

 .uathcriiiij: ground I'or, by W. Whitakcr, 



m>. 



AVatcrspouts, whirlwinds and, i'rof. J. 

 Thomson on, 64 1 . 



*Watt, Ihc, and horse-iiosvcr, bv W. JI. 

 I'rncci', 81i:i. 



■Watts (Dr. M.) on tlio prosont slato of 

 our knowlcdg'c? of spectrum analysis, 

 li!l5 ; on wavodiMiLith tables of the 

 sj)eclra of the elements, 'A')!. 



Wave-length tables of the spectra of the 

 (!lcments, rojiort on the preparation of 

 a new series of the, ;i;")l. 



Webster (II, E.) on patent li!gishUion, 

 293. 



*Weldon (\V.) on tlu^ nianufa<'tur(! of 

 soda and chlorine, (iT'.l. 



Westgarth (W.), the I'.ritisli l';nii)ire in 

 North AuKjrica and in A\istralasia, s;i.). 



Wethered ( ii.) on Ihc circulation of under- 

 ground waters, ilfi ; on the structure of 

 English and American carboniferous 

 coals, 711. 



Wharton (('apt. W. J. T,.) on the erosion 

 of the sea-coastsof Englandaud Wali's, 

 2;iS. 



Wliirhvinds and waterspouts, Prof. J. 

 Thomson on, (541. 



Whitakcr (W.) on tlu\ circulation of 

 underground waters, '.)() ; on tlu^ erosion 

 of the sea-coastsof England and Wiih>, 

 238 ; the value of iletailod geological 

 ma])s in relation to watcr-su])ply an<l 

 other iiractical questions, Tiil : the ex- 

 tent to which a geological formation 

 is available as a gathering grou.nd for 

 water supply, SOU. 



White (Jiov. (i. C), notes on friendl}'- 

 societies, with special reference to 

 lapses and malingering, 8(!0. 



WhiteliOusG (F. Cope), the latest re- 

 searches in the 5I(X'iis basin, 802. 



Whitworth (Sir J.) on tlio deterniination 

 of a gauge foi' the niainil'acture of 

 \arious small screws, 2S7. 



Williamson (Prof. A. W.) on the best 

 means for facilitating the adi)[)tion of 

 the metric system of wciglits and 

 measures in tireat Britain, 27; on 

 chemical nomenclature, iJil ; on patent 



legislation, 203 : on the present state 

 of our knowledge of si)ectruin analvsis, 

 21)5. 



Wilson (Dr. 1).), *the 1 1 uron-Iroquois, a 

 typical race of .'iininican aborigines, 

 itlo; *on a skull from the Liiss of 

 Podbaba, near i'rague, and a .skull 

 found in alluvium at Kankakee, Illinois, 

 along with a tooth of the mastodon 

 917. 



Wilson (J. M.) on Ameiican permanent, 

 way, '>'y^. 



Winnecke"s, Charles, cxploration.s in 

 Central Australia, J. S. O'JIallon.n on, 

 with notes on the emplo\ment of camels, 

 812. 



Winwood (llov. H. II.), recent excava- 

 tions in I'en Pits, Somersetshire, '.ilS. 



Wood (II. T.) on the determination of a 

 gauge for the manufacture of various 

 small screws, 287 ; on patent legisla- 

 tion, 2!);!. 



Woodall (J. W.) on the; erosion of the 

 sea-coasts of Enuland and Wales, 2:>8. 



Woodbury (C. J. II. )automatic sprinklers 

 for lire extinction, 81)1. 



Woodward (Dr. If.) on the fossil phyllo- 

 ]ioda of the jialaMizoic rock-^, 7^>. 



*Wragge (E.) and A. McDougall, trans- 

 ])ort by land and water, 8(12. 



Wright (I'nif. II. Pi.) on sensory nerve- 

 sacs in the skin of amiurus (siluridie), 

 7T7 ; on the function of th(^air-l)ladder 

 and its relationship to the auditory 

 organ in amiui'us, 778. 



Young (I'rof. (i. P.) nu solvable irreduci- 

 ble (^qu;it ions of prime ilegree, (IKi. 



Young, (Dr. S.) and Prof. W. llamsay on 

 the vai)our-]iressure of a substance in 

 tlu! solid and liquiil ^tiltes at the same 

 tem])erature, ()22 ; on evaporation and 

 dissociation, G7.'). 



Zoological station at Xajilcs, report of the 

 Committee appointed to arrange fortho 



occu])ation of a table at the, 2i" 



re- 



jiorts to the Commit tee, bv A. C. P>ourne, 

 251 ; by Prof. A. M. .Marshall, 25(5. 

 Zunis of New ^b'xico, the development 

 of industrial and ornamental art among 

 (he, by F. H. Cashing, 914. 



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