Index 



I Wilhelm His, 75 ; on ihe Origin of Vertebrate Limbs, J. 



F Graham Kerr, 58S 



K'ertical Light-beam through the Setting Sun. a, Prof. A. S. 



I Herschel", F.RS., 232 



IVesse, the Intermittent Spring at, F. Parmentier, 296 



Vesuvius in April-May, 1900, Activity of, Prof. R. V. Matteucci, 



134 

 Vesuvius, the New Eruptive Cone, Prof. E. Semmola, 334 

 Veterinary Work in British East Africa and Uganda Protec- 

 torates, R. J. Stordy, 67 

 Victoria, Curious Incrustations on Roots in Littoral Sand Dunes 



of, 409 

 Vignon (Leo), Nitro-mannite and Nitrocellulose, 596 ; Reducing 



Properties of Nitric Esters, 620 ; Nitro-Derivatives of Penta- 



erylhrite, 644 ; Nitro-Derivatives of Arabite and Rhamnite, 



668 

 VilMger (M.), Researches on Organic Peroxides, 64 

 Viper, the Cape, Claude E. Benson, 126 

 Virchow Celebration, the, 601 

 Vision, Pseudoscopic, without a Pseudoscope, a New Optical 



Illusion, Prof. R. W. Wood, 351 ; A. S. Davis, 376 

 Vitality of Seeds, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 256 

 V'iticulture : Utilisation of Wine Residues and Spoilt Wines as 



Manure, F. Garrigou, 344 ; Viticulture, Sir James Blyth, 432 ; 



Luminous Traps for Pyralis in Beaujolais, G. Gastine and V, 



Vermorel, 572 

 Vitrified Ouariz, Lecture at Royal Institution, W. A. Shenstone, 



F.R.S., 65, 126; Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 102 

 Vitznou (A. N), Excitability of Spinal Marrow, 620 

 Vivisection : the National Anti-Vivisection Society and Lord 



Lister. 55 : Hon. Stephen Coleridge, lot ; Editor, lOl ; 



Report on Licensed Experiments for 1900, G. D. Thane, 133 

 Voandzou plant, the, M. Balland, 48 

 Vngel, Der Gesangder, Dr. Valentin Hacker, 52 

 Vogt (J. G.), Entstehen und Vergehen der Welt als Kosmischer 



Kreizprozess, 277 

 Volcanoes : Recent Studies of Old Italian Volcanoes, Sir Arch. 



Geikie, F'.R.S., 103; Activity of Vesuvius in April-May 



1900, Prof. R. V. Matteucci, 134; the New Eruptive Cone 



on Vesuvius, Prof. E. Semmola, 334 ; on the Sequence of 



the Tertiary Igneous Eruptions in Skye, A. Harker, 565 

 Vries (Prof. Hugo de). Die Mutationstheorie, Versuche und 



Beobachtungen iiber die Entstehung von Arten in Pflanzen- 



reich, 208 



Wager (Harold), on the Cytology of the Cyanophyceae, 616 ; 

 on the Teaching of Botany in Schools, 592 



Wagner (Dr. W. A.), Mimicry in Spiders, 41 



Wagstatife (W. W.), the Climate of Sevenoaks, 637 



Wahl (A.), Ethyl Nitro-acetates, 48 ; Dimethyl-pyruvic Acid, 72 



Wahlberg (A.), Brinell's Method of Determining Hardness of 

 Iron and Steel, 64 



Walcott (Dr. C. D. ), Government Aid to Higher Education in 

 United States, 261 



Walker (Gilbert T. ), Boomerangs, 338 



Walker (G. W.), Asymmetry of Zeeman Effect, 668 



Wallace (R. H.), the Scientific Study of Commercial Cross 

 Cultivation, 164 



Walton (William), Death and Obituary Notice of, 164 



War Hospital, a Civilian, 346 



Ward (Lester), Status of the Mesozoic Floras of United 

 States, the Older Mesozoic, 633 



Ward (F. W. ), the Teaching of Mathematics, 280 



Ward (Prof. Marshall), on the Teaching of Botany in Univer- 

 sities, 593 ; on the Bromes and their Brown Rust, 616 



Ward (R. de C), Climate of Mammoth Tank, Colorado, 357 



Warfare, Future, II. G. Wells, 454 



Warington (Prof. R., F. R.S.), Vear-book of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, 1900, 372 



Warner (A.), Status of the Mesozoic Floras of United States, 

 the Older Mesozoic, 633 



Washington, Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of, 253 



Washington Observations, 1891-92, 63 



Water : The Thermal Variations of Waters, F. A. Forel, 71 ; 

 an Outline of the Development and Application of the Energy 

 of Flowing Water, Joseph P. Frizell, 121 ; Reservoirs for 

 Irrigation, Water-power and Domestic Water-supply, James 

 D. Schuyler, 154 ; Public Water-supplies : Requirements, 

 Resources, and the Construction of Works, F. E. Turneaure 

 and H. L. Russell, 179 ; the Settlement of Solid Matter in 



Fresh and Salt Water, W. H. Wheeler, 181 ; II. S. Allen, 



279; Water Filtration Works, Jaines H. Tuertes, 421; 



Towers and Tanks for Water-works, J. N. Hazlehurst, 525 

 Water Vapour, on Determining the Influence of, on the Energy 



Lost by a Heated Body placed in an Enclosure containing 



Air, Hydrogen or Water Vapour, Prof. Morley, Mr. Brush, 



5S6 

 Waterston (Dr. D.), Viscera of Porpoise, 344 ; on the Pelvic 



Cavity of the Porpoise as a Guide to the Determination of 



the Sacral Region in the Cetacea, 587 

 Waterways and Maritime Works, Recent Progress in Papers 



read at International Engineering Congress at Glasgow, 639 

 Watson (G. C), Farm Poultry, 575 



Watt (Dr. George), the Hanbury Medallist for 1901, 162 

 Watts (Francis), Nature Teaching, 550 

 Wave-length of Green Corona Line, Sig. Ascarza, 2S9 

 Waves, Sand, in Tidal Currents, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 412 

 Wead (C. K.), Some Discontinuous and Indeterminate Functions, 



357 

 Weather, the Moon and Wet Days, Alex. B. MacDowall, 424 

 Weather Maps Published Daily by Various Countries, on, W. N. 



Shaw, F.R.S., 591 

 " Weather-shooting," Dr. J. M. Pernter, 39 

 Webb (Wilfred Mark), the Royal Horticultural Society's Lily 



Conference, 316 

 Wedekind (Edgar), die Heterocyklischen Verbindungen der 



Organischen Chemie, 252 

 Weight, Does Chemical Transformation Influence, Lord Ray- 



leigh, F.R.S., 181 

 Weights and Measures, le Systeme Metrique, G. Bigourdan, 



250 

 Weinstein (Dr. B.), die Erdstrome im Deutschen Reichstele- 



graphengebiet und ihr Zusammenhang mit den Erdmagnet- 



ischen Erscheinungen, 230 

 Weiss (Georges), Law of Electrical Stimulation of Nerves, 72 

 Weiss (Pierre), New System of Ammeters and Voltmeters, 23 ; 



Simple Circular Slide-Rule, 523 

 Wells (H. G.), Future Warfare, 454 

 Wells (H. L. ), a Cfesium-Tellurium Fluoride, 547 

 Wesendonk (Dr. Karl v.), the Spectra of Carbon Monoxide and 



Silicon Compounds, 29 

 West (G. S.), B. Eyferth's Einfachste Lebensformen des Tier- 



und Pflanzenreiches, Dr. Walther Schonichen und Dr. Alfred 



Kalberlah, 301 

 West (William), Death and Obituary Notice of, 579 

 West African Studies, Mary H. Kingsley, 231 

 West Indies, British, the Marine Resources of, Dr. J. E. 



Duerden. 31 

 Wet Days, the Moon and, Alex. B. MacDowall, 424 

 Wethered (E. G.), the Coal Exports of Great Britain, 19 

 Wetterkunde, Leitfaden der. Dr. R. Bornstein, 180 

 Whale, Cogia, Viscera of. Dr. W. B. Benham, 142 

 Whales, Armour-clad, 652 



Wharton (Sir W.J. L.), the Admiralty Survey, 1900, 309 

 Wheat, Field Experiments on, Prof. Italo Giglioli, 229 

 Wheeler (W. H.), the Settlement of Solid .Vlatter in Fresh and 



Salt Water, 181 ; Social Symbiosis among American Anls, 



409 : on the Sources of the Warp in the Humber, 566 

 Wheeler (W. M.), Imposters among Animals, 264 

 White (Gilbert), the Natural History of Selborne, 276 ; the 



Life and Letters of Gilbert White, of Selborne, Rashleigh 



Holt-White, 276 ; the Natural History and Antiquities of 



Selborne, 369 

 White (S. A. F. ), Eftect of High Frequency Oscillatory Field 



on Electrical Resistance, 246 

 Whitfield (Dr. A.), Electrolytical Method of Removing Super- 

 fluous Hairs, 311 

 Wigham (F. H.), Steel Wire with and without Copper, 492 

 Wigham (J. R.), on a Long-continuous-burning Petroleum 



Lamp for Beacons and Buoys, 613 

 Wild Flowers, a Raid on. Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S., Prof. R, 



Meldola, F. R.S., 126; David Houston, 156 

 Wild Flowers, the Story of, Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, 350 

 Wilkin (Anthonyl, Death and Obituary Notice of, no 

 Wilkin (A.), Libyan Notes, 123 



Williams (Stanley), Now Variable Star 71 (1901) .\urigx, 89 

 Willis (E. C), the New Comet, 55 

 Willis (J. M.), a Caesium-Tellurium Fluoride, 547 

 Wilson (Ernest), the Growth of Magnetism in Iron under 



Alternating Magnetic Force, 46, 



