Nature, | 
Dec. 18, 1902 
Index 
xlv 
Vidal (E.), the Use of Hail Rockets, 312 
Vignon (Leo), Saponification of Nitric Esters, 624 
Vignon’s (Dr. P.) Researches and the “ Holy Shroud,” 13 
Vincent (C. A.), on a General Numerical Connection between 
the Atomic Weights, 143 
Vincent (J. H.), Redetermination of the Density and Coefficient 
of Cubical Expansion of Ice at 0° C., 611 
Violin, the Vibration of the, W. B. Coventry, 150 
Virchow (Rudolph Ludwig Karl), Death of, 483; Obituary 
Notice of, 551 
Visual Space Perception, Studies in Auditory and, Arthur 
Henry Pierce, Prof. Alex. Crum Brown, F.R.S., 73 
“*Vitalised” ? Can Carbon Dioxide be, Prof. R. 
F.R.S., 492 
Vitality : Religio Medici, &c., 457 
Viticulture: Quality of a Wine Depends upon the Yeast which 
Grows Spontaneously upon the Grape, A. Rosenstiehl, 192 ; 
Action of Sulphurous Acid upon Oxydase and on the Colour- 
ing Matter of Red Wine, A. Bouffard, 192 ; New Method for 
the Destruction of the Pyralis and other Noxious Insects, 
MM. Vermorel and Gastin, 288; Production of Sparkling 
Médoc, 329 ; Method of Concentrating Wine, MM. Baudoin 
and Schribaux, 360 
Vocal System Based on the Furdamental Laws of Language, 
the, G. Lionel Wright, 271 
Vogel (Prof. H. C.), the Orion Nebula and Movement in the 
Line of Sight, 18; Radial Velocity of the Orion Nebula, 
Meldola, 
309 
Vogel (Wolfgang), Schule des Automobil Fahrers, 313 
Voice Production, Health, Speech and Song, a Practical Guide 
to, Jutta Bell-Ranske, Dr. B. Moore, 388 
Volcanoes : the Recent Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies, 
53> 50, 79, 132, 153, 178, 203, 229, 635; Prof. J. Milne, 56, 
107, 151, 370; R. T. Hill, 485; Prof. I. C. Russell, 485; 
Report on the West Indian Eruptions, Robert T. Hill, 370; 
Prof. I. C. Russell, 372 ; Royal Society’s Report on the West 
Indian Eruptions, Dr. Tempest Anderson, Dr. J. S. Flett, 
402; Eruptions and Earthquakes during Week Ending Sep- 
tember 1 in the West Indies and Elsewhere, 446 ; Volcanic 
Dust from the West Indies, J. J. H. Teail, F.R.S., 130; 
Rev. T. C. Porter, 131; J. D. Falconer, 132; Mont Pelée 
Eruption and Dust Falls, Dr. William J. S. Lockyer, 53; 
Mont Pelée and After-glow, F. C. Constable, 79; Fresh 
Eruptions of Mont Pelée, 278, 580, 659 ; Eruption of Mont 
Pelée heard at Maracaibo, Venezuela, E. H. Plumacher, 554; 
Notes on the Recent Eruptions of Mont Pelee, Dr. H. A. 
Alford Nicholls, 638; Rocks of Mont Pelée, J. S. Diller, 
372; on the Rocks Thrown Out by the Actual Eruption of 
Mont Pelée, A. Lacroix, 544; Enclosures in the Andesites 
from Mont Pelée, A. Lacroix, 572 ; Magnetic Disturbances 
during the Eruption of Mont Pelée on May 8, Dr. L. A. 
Bauer, 421; Last Days of St. Pierre, Very Rev. G. Parel, 
372; Effects of the Recent Voitcanic Eruptions in Martinique 
and St. Vincent, H. Hesketh Bell, 306; the Mission to 
Martinique, M. Lacroix, 336; the Eruption of Martinique, 
538; A. Lacroix, M. Rollet de l’Isle and M. Giraud, 488, 516 ; 
Phenomena Observed at Zi-Ka-Wei, China, during the Mar- 
tinique Eruption, M. de Moidrey, 408 ; Effects Observed at 
St. Kitts during the Volcanic Eruptions in Martinique and 
St. Vincent, Dr. W. Branch, 378 ; Composition of the Vol- 
canic Dust at Barbadoes on May 7 and 8, 204; Eruptions of 
St. Vincent Volcano and Earthquake, 327 ; Eruption in St. 
Vincent, Captain Calder, 373 ; T. McGregor McDonald, 373; 
Eruptions in Venezuela and St. Vincent, 484; Volcanic 
Eruption in Java, Brilliant Sunset Glows in Igo1, and 
Probable Glows from the Eruption in Martinique, Henry 
Helm Clayton, ror ; a Theory of Volcanoes, A. Taquin, 233 ; 
Volcanic Dust, Agricultural Use of, 306 ; Volcanic Disturb- 
ances in Spain, the Azores and Costa Rica, 327 ; Periodicity 
of Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes, Rev. T. E. Espin, 
353; Possible Connection between Volcanic Eruption and 
Sun-spot Phenomena, H. I. Jensen, 360; Volcanic 
Eruption at Tori Shima, 396; Activity of the Rooang 
Volcano in Java, 396; Reports of Eruptions and Earth- 
quake Shocks, 421; the Lava-lake of Kilauea, S. E. 
Bishop, 441 ; Activity of Various Volcanoes, 511; Activity 
of Mount Chullapata, 553; Recent Sunset Effects and Those 
which Followed the Eruption of Krakatoa, A. W. Clayden, 
659 
Voltameter, Accuracy of an Improved Form of Silver, T. W. 
Richards and G. W. Heimrod, 158 
Vortex Spirals, Dr. J. Larmor, F.R.S., 630 
Waddell (IL. A.), the Tribes of the Brahmaputra Valley, 91 
Wahl (A.), Condensation of Nitromethane with Aromatic 
Aldehydes, 288; Method of Gradual Synthesis of Aldehydes, 
120; Synthesis of Fatty Aldehydes, 137 
Wahlburg (Axel), Brinell’s Researches on the Influence of 
Chemical Composition on the Soundness of Steel Ingots, 63 
Wales, Ordnance Survey of England and, 341 
Wales, Marine Biology in, G. W. Duff Assheton-Smith, 282 
Wales, the Royal Visit to the University of, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 
BARES: Ox 
Walker (James, F.R.S.), Elementary Inorganic Chemistry, 170 
Walker (Sydney F.), Coal Cutting by Machinery in the United 
Kingdom, 414 
Wall (E. J.), the Dictionary of Photography, 368 
Waller (Augustus D., F.R.S.), on Skin Currents, Part iii., the 
Human Skin, 455; Ae Vegetable Electricity, 491, 549 
“ Waltzing Mice” of Japan and China, Dr. K. Kishi, 114 
Ward (Prof. Marshall), Rust-fungus, 210 
Washington, D.C., the Carnegie Institution of, Dr, Daniel C. 
Gilman, 548 
Water : la Question de |’Eau potable devant les Municipalités, 
P. Guichard, 28 
Water, Diagrams of Mean Velocity of Uniform Motion of, in 
Open Channels based on the Formula of Ganguillet and 
Kutter, Prof. Irving P. Church, 439 
Water, Ebullition of Rotating, T. C. Porter, 118 
Water-power, the Utilisation in France of, for Industrial 
Purposes, Henri Desmarest, 485 
Water-supply, Prof. William P. Mason, 458 
Watkins (Alfred), the Watkins Manual of (Photographic) 
Exposure and Development, 245 
Watson (A. T.), on the Errant Habits of the Onuphidze 
(Polychzeta), 641 
Watson (W. F.), Elementary Experimental Chemistry, 170 
Watts (Prof. W. W.), Charnwood Forest, 642 
Waves and Sound, W. C. L. van Schaik, 268 
Weather Bureau Officials, Convention of, at Milwaukee, 
Weber (Pro:. Robert), a Graduated Collection of Problems in 
Electricity, 317 eos 
Webb (Wilfred Mark), the ‘* Nature Study » Exhibition, 
224 
wetber (Dr. Herbert J.), Germination of the Pollen Grain and 
the Series of Events Leading to Fertilisation in Two Species 
of Zamia, 67 
Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, 
222 
Wedding (Prof.), Photometric Tests of the Bremer Arc Lamp, 
611 
Wedekind (E.), a New Isomerism in Asymmetric Nitrogen, 
192 
Wecccheider (R.), the Rate of Hydrolysis of Sulphonic Acid 
Esters, 308 ; 
Weight, Conservation of, and the Laws of Thermodynamics, 102 
Weight? Does Chemical Transformation Influence, Lord 
Rayleigh, F.R.S., 58 a 
Weiss (Prof. F. E.), Welwitschtia mirabilis, 23 f 
Welch (R.), New Path along the Goban’s Cliffs, 417 ; ‘‘ Sports 
of Helix nemoralis, 612 ‘ ‘ ‘ 
Welch (Prof.), Recent Studies of Immunity with Special 
Reference to their Bearing on Pathology, 611 
Wellenlehre und Schall, W. C. L. van Schaik, 268 F 
Weltherrin und ihr Schatten, Die, Ein Vortrag ueber Energie 
und Entropie, Dr. Felix Auerbach, 414 
Wesché (Walter , Relations between the 
Diptera and Those of Other Insects, 512 
West (C. A.), Phosphorus Tetroxide, 214 
West (Prof. G. S.), Distribution of Pithophora, 296 
West Indies: the Recent Volcanic Eruptions in the, 56, 79, 
178, 203, 204, 635; Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 56, 107, 151, - 
370; Prof. Israel C. Russell, 372, 485; R. T. Hill, 485 ; 
Report on the West Indian Eruptions, Robert T. Hill, 370 ; 
Royal Society Report on the West Indian Eruptions, Dr. 
Tempest Anderson and Dr. J. S. Flett, 402 ; Volcanic Dust 
Mouth-organs of 
