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INDEX. 



Water supply, the extent to which a 

 geological formation is available as a 

 gathering ground i'or, by W. Whitaker, 

 896. 



Waterspouts, whirlwinds and, Prof. J. 

 Thomson on, 641. 



*Watt, the, and horse-power, by W. H. 

 Preccc, 8'J:-S. 



Watts (Dr. M.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of spectrum analysis, 

 295 ; on wave-length tables of the 

 spectra of the elements, 351, 



Wave-length tables of the spectra of the 

 elements, report on the preparation of 

 a new series of the, 351. 



Webster (R. E.) on patent legislation, 

 293. 



*Weldon (W.) on the manufacture of 

 soda and chlorine, 679. 



Westgarth (W.), the British Empire in 

 North America and in Australasia, 835. 



Wethered (E.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 96 ; on the structure of 

 English and American carboniferous 

 coals, 741. 



Wharton (Capt. W. J. L.) on the erosion 

 of the sea-coasts of England and Wales, 

 23S. 



Whirlwinds and waterspouts, Prof. J. 

 Thomson on, 641. 



Whitaker (W.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 96 ; on the erosion 

 of the sea-coasts of England and Wales, 

 238 ; the value of detailed geological 

 maps in relation to water-supply and 

 other practical questions, 731 ; the ex- 

 tent to which a geological formation 

 is available as a gathering ground for 

 water supply, 896. 



White (Rev. G. C), notes on friendly 

 societies, with special reference to 

 lapses and malingering, 869. 



Whitehouse (F. Cope), the latest re- 

 searches in the Moeris basin, 802. 



Whit worth (.Sir J.) on the determination 

 of a gauge for the manufacture of 

 various small screws, 287. 



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

 means for facilitating the adoption of 

 the metric system of weights and 

 measures in Great Britain, 27 ; on 

 chemical nomenclature, 39 ; on patent 



legislation, 293 ; on the present state 

 of our knowledge of spectrum analysis, 

 295. 



Wilson (Dr. D.), *the Huron-Iroquois, a 

 typical race of American aborigines, 

 915; *on a skull from the Loss of 

 Podbaba, near Prague, and a skull 

 found in alluvium at Kankakee, Illinois, 

 along with a tooth of the mastodon, 

 917. 



Wilson (J. M.) on American permanent 

 way, 593. 



Winnecke's, Charles, explorations in 

 Central Australia, J. 8. O'Halloran on, 

 with notes on the emplovment of camels, 

 812. 



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

 tions in Pen Pits, Somersetshire, 918. 



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

 gauge for the manufacture of various 

 small screws, 287 ; on patent legisla- 

 tion, 293. 



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

 sea-coasts of England and Wales, 238. 



Woodbury (C. J. II.) automatic sprinklers 

 for tire extinction, 894. 



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

 poda of the palfeozoic rocks, 75. 



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

 port by land and water, 862. 



Wright (Prof. R. R.) on sensor} - nerve- 

 sacs in the skin of amiurus (silurid;e), 

 77 7 ; on the function of the air-bladder 

 and its relationship to the auditory 

 organ in amiurus, 778. 



Young (Prof. G. P.) on solvable irreduci- 

 ble equations of prime degree, 646. 



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

 the vapour-pressure of a substance in 

 the solid and liquid states at the same 

 temperature, 622 ; on evaporation and 

 dissociation, 675. 



Zoological station at Naples, report of the 

 Committee appointed to arrange for the 

 occupation of a table at the, 252; re- 

 ports to the Committee, by A. G. Bourne, 

 254 ; by Prof. A. M. Marshall, 256. 



Zufiis of New Mexico, the development 

 of industrial and ornamental art among 

 the, by F. H. Cushing, 914. 



