Index 



Vaccination, the Centenary of, 15 



Vallot (J.), the Solar Constant, 239 



\'alparaiso Water, Bacteriology of, Dr. Mourgues, 254 



\'ariable Stars, 206 ; Dr. Chandler, 426 ; Variable Star 

 Clusters, 108 ; ^'ariable Star Observations, 426 ; New Vari- 

 able in Herculis, T. D. Anderson, 327 ; the Variable Star 

 Z-Herculis, I'aiil S. Vendell, 527 



Variation : Colour, in Ducks and Pigeons, W. T. Van Dyck, 



\ aret (Kaoul), Nickel Cyanide, 95 



Varigny (Dr. 11. de). La \'ie de Carl Vogt, William Vogt, 3S6 



\'egetable Physiology : sec Botany 



\'elocity nl Reactions before Perfect Kquilibrium lakes place. Dr. 



Wildermann, 584 

 Verneau ( Dr. K. ), Osteology of Pygmy Peoples, 325 

 \'ernon-IIarco«rt (L. F.), Rivers and Canals, 459 

 \'errill(.\. E. ), Molluscan Archetype considered as a Veligcr-XxVii 



Form, 383 

 Ver.schatVelt (Mr.), Capillary .\scents of Liquid Carbon near 



Critical Temperature, 360 

 \'ertebrates, the Origin of the, W. H. Gaskell, F.R.S., 551 

 Vertebrates, on the Ancestry of the. Dr. Gaskell, 606 ; Prof. 

 W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 606; Prof. C. S. Minot, 606; 

 E. W. MacBride, 606 ; Walter Garstang, 606 ; F. A. Bather, 

 606 

 \"icentini's (Prof.) Modified Microseismograph, 402 ; Microseis- 



mographic Observations, 424 

 Vieille (>L), Explosive Properties of Acetylene, 591 

 N'igouroux (E.), Action of Silicon on Metals, 287 

 \'illard (P.), Combination of .-^rgon with Water, 432 

 A'illari (Prof. Emile), Manner in which X-Rays Discharge 

 Electrified Bodies, 287 ; Effect of Rontgen Rays on Electrified 

 Bodies, 355 ; Deflection of X-Rays behind Opaque Bodies, 

 456 ; the Discharge cf Electrified Bodies by X-Rays, 488 ; the 

 Discharge of Electrified Conductors by the X-Rays, Sparks and 

 Silent Discharge, 639 

 Visibility of Solar Prominences, Prof. Ilale, 185 

 \'isual Aid in Oral Teaching of Deaf Mutes, T. Hawksley, 523 ; 



Kitnig's .System of, A. Farrar, jun., 573 

 Vivisection : Observations on Isolated Nerves, 18 : Return of 

 Licensed Experiments in 1895, 352 ; Effects of Dividing one 

 Inferior Peduncle of Cerebellum, Dr. J. S. R. Russell, 287 ; 

 on the Physiological Effects of Peptone when injected into 

 the \'enous System, Prof. Thompson, 633 ; on the Effect of 

 Peritonitis on Peristalsis, Dr. Grunbaum, 634 ; on the Nerves 

 i)f the Intestine, Dr. J. L. Bunch, 634 ; on the Effect pro- 

 duced upon the Eye Movements by the Destruction of the 

 Ear, Dr. E. Stevenson, 635 

 Vogelfluges, Zur Mechanik des. Dr. Fr. Ahlborn, 25 

 Vogt (Carl), Dr. H. de \arigny, 386 

 A'ogt (William), La \"ie de Carl \'ogt, Dr. H. de Varigny, 3S6 



Wadsworth (Mr.), Objective Gratings, 256 



Waggener (W. J.), Measurement of Flame-Temperatures by 



Thermo-Elements, 311 

 Wagner (Prof.), the Relief of the Earth's Crust, 112 

 Wahl (A.), Messrs. A. G. Green and, on the Constitution of 



Sun Vellow or Curcumine and allied Colouring Matters, 584 

 Waite (Edgar R. ), Zoological Publications, 196 

 Wales: Astronomical Society of Wales, 579 

 Walker (C. H. H.), a Brilliant Meteor, 271 

 Walker (W. J. D.), Fluorescence of Photographic Plates under 



Rontgen Rays, 62 

 Wallace (Dr. A. R.), Reclus' proposed Gigantic Model of the 



Earth, 42 ; the Gorge of the Aar and its Teachings, 331 

 Waller (Prof.), Conditions which modify the Electrical Response 



of an Isolated Nerve to .Stimulation, 634 

 Wallis (H. S.), British Rainfall of 1895, 390 

 Warburg (Prof. E.), Action of Light on Sparking Discharge, 



120 ; Effect of Light on Spark Discharges, 544 

 Ward (II. Snowden), Practical Radiography, 245 

 Ward (R. de C. ), Meteorological Kite-flying, 156 

 Ward (Thos.), Halley's Chart of Magnetic Declinations, 196 

 Warming (Dr. E.) Lehrbuch der Okologischen Pflanzengeo- 



graphie, 458 

 Warren (T. H.), Position of Science at Oxford, 491 

 Warth (Dr. H.), a .Solar Halo, 248 



Wasps and Flies, 595 ; Prof. Meldola, 576 ; Wasps as Fly- 

 catchers, R. M. Barrington, 549 



Water : Koch's Gelatine Process for the Examination of Drink- 

 ing- Water, Frank Scudder, 52, 150 ; Prof. Percy F. Frank- 

 land, F. R.S. , 52 

 Water, the Surfusion of, J. Passy, 192 

 Water, Mr. W. N. Shaw on the Total Heat of, 567 

 Water Supply, W. P. Mason, 412 

 Water Supply of the City of New Vork, tlie, Edward Wegmann, 



242 

 Waterhouse (Mr.), New Forest Oaks Stripped by Lepidopterous 



Larvie, igi 

 Watkin's (Colonel) Photographic Method of Comparing Screw 



Gauges, 608 

 Watson (William), Elementary Practical Physics, 51 

 Watts (W. W.), Boring a Coral Reef at Funafuti, 201 ; on 



Ancient Rocks in Cha'rnwood Forest, 585 

 Wave in Japan, the Great Tidal, 252 

 Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, Edward Step, 221 

 Weber (F. Parkes and Hermann), the Spas and Mineral Waters 



of Europe, 195 

 Wedding (Prof. H.), the Roasting of Iron and Steel Ores with a 



view to their Magnetic Concentration, 515 

 Weed and Pirsson's (Messrs.) Interpretation in an Igneous Mass 



in the Highwood Mountains, Montana, Dr. Johnston-Lavis 



011,587 

 Wegmann (Edward), the Water Supply of the City of New 



Vork, 242 

 Weinck ( Prof. ), Lunar Photographs, 374 

 Weismann (August), Ueber (ierminal-Selection ; eine Quelle 



bestimmt gerichteter Variationen, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 121 

 Weismann's (Dr. ) New Experiments on Seasonal Dimorphism 



of Lepidoptera, 326 

 Weiss (Pierre), Non-isotropic Magnetisation of Crystallised 



Magnetite, 192 

 Welch (Prof. William H.), the Evolution of Modern Scientific 



Laboratories, 87 

 Welczynski (E. J.), the Solar Rotation, 579 

 Weldon (Prof. W. F. R., F.R.S.), an Atlas of the Fertilisation 



and Karyokinesis of the Ovum, E. B. Wilson, E. Learning, 



73 ; the Utility of Specific Characters, 294, 413, 546 ; on the 



Ancestry of the Vertebrates, 606 

 Wells (H. G.), Human Evolution, an Artificial Process, 589 

 West Indian Cyclone, most Destructive on Record, 577 

 West Indian Islands, Prof. Hull on the Great Uphft of the, 586 

 West Indies, Foreign Snails in, C. W. Branch, 392 

 Westbrook (Prof.), on Febrile Reaction produced in Mice by 



Inoculation with certain Bacilli, 633 

 Westermaier (Dr. Max), Compendium of General Botany, 594 

 Wetterhan (Prof. David), Utility of Specific Characters, 342 

 Wettstein (Dr. R. Von), Monographie der Gattung Euphrasia, 



169 

 Whale, the Sperm, and its Food, Frank T. Bullen, 102 

 Wheeler (W. H.), Report on Effects of Wind and Atmospheric 



Pressure on Tides, 608 

 Whetham (W. C. D.), Osmotic Pressure, 571 

 White (Alexander), Botanical Expedition into Nyika Plateau, 



629 

 White (Dr. A. D.), the Warfare of Science with Theology, 570 

 Whitney (Prof J. D.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 401 

 Wiedemann's Annalen, 45, 189, 285, 311, 455, 544 

 Wiedersheim (Prof. R.), the Structure of Man an Index to his 



Past History, 291 

 Wien (Willy), Emission Spectra of a Black Body, 455 

 Wiesner (Prof.), Measurements of Chemical Intensity of Light, 



299 

 Wild Life of Scotland, J. H. Crawford, 268 

 Wildermann (Dr.), the Velocity of Reactions before Perfect 



Equilibrium takes place, 584 

 Willaume (V. ), Meteorology of Copenhagen, 578 

 Willey (Dr. A.), Tidal Migrations of Limpets, 125; a Rare 



Variation in Shell of Pterocera lambis, 240 ; Fossil Tridacnids, 



in the Solomon Islands, 523 

 Williams (J. LI.), Fertilisation and Spore-Segmentation in 



Fucus, 286 

 Williams (Dr. R.), Birds profiting by Experience, 597 

 Williams (R. P.), Chemical Experiments, General and Ana- 

 lytical, 27 

 Williams (Walter), a Lunar Rainbow, 525 

 Williamson (S.), Ethereal Salts of Optically Active Malic and 



Lactic Acids, 47 

 Williamson (Prof. W. C, F.R.S.), the Reminiscences of a 



