1256 
Water, the composition of, by volume, by 
Dr. A. Scott, 976. 
Water in estuaries, the physical condi- 
tions of, H. R. Mill on, 940. 
Waters (A. W.) on cyclostamatous bryozoa 
(polyzoa) from Australia, 660 ; on fossil 
cheilostomatous bryozoa from Aldinga 
and the river Murray cliffs, South Aus- 
tralia, 664. 
Waterworks at Goldstone-road, Brighton, 
W. Whitaker on the, 1041. 
Watson (W.), the chasm called the Black 
Rock of Kiltearn, 1018. 
Watt (A.), an electro-centrifugal machine 
for laboratory use, 991. 
Watt (W.), the statistics and some points 
in the economics of the Scottish 
fisheries, 1175. 
Watts (Dr. M.) on wave-length tables of 
the spectra of the elements and com- 
pounds, 288. 
Wave-length tables of the spectra of the 
elements and compounds, report on 
the preparation of a new series of, 
288. 
Webster (H. A.), what has been done for 
the geography of Scotland, and what 
remains to be done, 1138. 
Webster (Sir R. E.) on patent legislation, 
695. 
West (Rev. G. H.) on the erosion of the 
coast from Christchurch to Poole, 
427. 
West Lothian geology, recent advances 
in, by H. M. Cadell, 1037. 
Westgarth (W.), what is capital ? 1165. 
Wethered (E.) on underground tempera- 
ture, 93; on the circulation of under- 
ground waters, 380. 
*Whale, a model of the, Capt. Gray on, 
1059. 
Wharton (Capt. W. J. L.) on the rate of 
erosion of the sea-coasts of England 
and Wales, 404. 
What is capital? by W. Westgarth, 1165. 
Whipple (G. M.) on magnetic reductions, 
83; anew wind vane or anemoscope, 
specially designed for the use of 
meteorologists, 926 ; the errors of sex- 
tants as indicated by the records of 
the verification department of the Kew 
Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, 936 ; 
on the behaviour of first-class watches 
whilst undergoing tests in the rating 
department of the Kew Observatory, 
937; on a recent improvement in the 
construction of instruments graduated 
upon glass, ib.; on methods of pre- 
venting change of zero of thermome- 
ters by age, 938. 
Whitaker (W.), on the circulation of 
underground waters, 380; on the rate 
of erosion of the sea-coasts of England 
and Wales, 404: chronological list of 
INDEX. 
works on the coast-changes and shore- 
deposits of England and Wales, 442; 
on the work of the Corresponding 
Societies Committee, 708 ; list of works 
onthe geology, mineralogy, and palzon- 
tology of Staffordshire, Worcestershire, 
and Warwickshire, 780; on deep bor- 
ings at Chatham: a contribution to the 
deep-seated geology of the London 
basin, 1041; on the waterworks at 
Goldstone Road, Brighton, 7b. 
Whitehouse (C.), projected restoration of 
the Reian Meeris, and the province, lake, 
and canals ascribed to the Patriarch 
Joseph, 1127. 
Wild (Dr. H.) on magnetic reductions, 
78 
Williams (J.) and M, H. Smith, the action 
of nitrous gases upon amyl alcohol, 
992. 
Williamson (Prof. A. W.) on chemical 
nomenclature, 262; on patent legisla- 
tion, 695; on the work of the Corre- 
sponding Societies Committee, 708. 
Willmot (J. W.) on the development of 
the pneumatic system as applied to 
telegraph purposes, 1198. 
Wilson (Dr. D.) on the North-western 
tribes of the Dominion of Canada, 696. 
Wilson (J.) on the reproduction of the 
common mussel (Mytilus edulis, L.), 
1094. 
Wilson (T.),a new cave man of Mentone, 
1218. 
*Wilson (W.,, jun.) on Aberdeenshire 
plants as food for animals, 1088. 
Wind vane or anemoscope, a new, speci- 
ally designed for the use of meteorolo- 
gists, by G. M. Whipple, 926. 
Wires, the cooling of, in air and in 
vacuum, J. T. Bottomley on, 904. 
Wood (H. T.) on patent legislation, 
695. 
Woodall (J. W.) on the rate of erosion of 
the sea-coasts of England and Wales, 
404. 
Woodward (B. H.) on the erosion of the 
coast at Weymouth, 426. 
Woodward (Dr. H.) on the fossil phyllo- 
poda of the palzozoic rocks, 326. 
Woodward (H. B.) on the erosion of the 
coast from Axmouth to Eype, 423; and 
in the neighbourhood of Bridport Har- 
bour, 425. 
Worcestershire, the geology, mineralogy, 
and paleontology of, list of works on, 
by W. Whitaker, 780. 
Wright (Dr. C. R. A.) on the determina- 
tion of chemical affinity in terms of 
electromotive force, 978. 
Young (Prof.) on the establishment of a 
marine biological station at Granton, 
Scotland, 474. 
