676 
variations in atmospheric pressure and 
rainfall causing oscillations in, I. 
Roberts on, 405. 
Underground waters in the permeable 
formations of England, the circulation 
of the, and the quantity and character 
of the water supplied to various towns 
and districts from these formations, 
ninth report on, 147. 
Unwin (Prof. W. C.), a flexible band 
dynamometer, 656. 
Ussher (R. J.) on explorations in caves 
in the carboniferous limestone in the 
south of Ireland, 132. 
Veley (V. H.) on chemical nomenclature, 
127. 
Vertebrate footprints in the Penrith sand- 
stone, the further discovery of, pre- 
liminary note on, by G. V. Smith, 510. 
Vine (G. RB.) on fossil polyzoa, 161. 
*Viscous fluids, the equations of motion 
and the boundary conditions for, Prof. 
O. Reynolds on, 401. 
Wake (C. 8.) on the descendants of Cain, 
563; the Polynesians and their origin, 
573. 
Walford (C.), a brief chronological and 
statistical review of the past and present 
of Canada, 613; onthe Palestine chan- 
nel and canal scheme, 617. 
Wanklyn (J. A.) *on the employment of 
limed coal in gas-making, 471. 
—— and W. Fox on the constitution of 
the natural fats, 470. 
Ward (M.) on some cell contents, 537. 
Warder (Prof. R. B.), suggestions for 
computing the speed of chemical 
reaction, 456. 
Warington (R.) *on the nitrates in soil, 
469. 
Waves, the action of, on sea beaches, by | 
A. R. Hunt, 658. 
Wealth, recent changes in the distribu- 
tion of, in relation to the incomes of 
the labouring classes, by Prof. L. Levi. 
353. 
Webb (F. W.) on compound locomotive 
engines, 647. 
Webster (Mrs. A.) on the workings of 
the proposed revised New Code, and of 
other legislation affecting the teaching 
of science in elementary schools, 309. 
Wethered (E.) on underground tem- 
perature, 45; on the circulation of 
underground waters, 147. 
Whitaker (W.) on the circulation of 
underground waters, 147; on local 
scientific societies, 318. 
White light, a standard of, report of the 
Committee for fixing, 127. 
, Capt. Abney on fixing, 422. 
Whitworth’ Sir J.) on the determination 
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INDEX. 
of a gauge for the manufacture of 
various small screws, 318. 
Wilkinson (R.) on the workings of the 
proposed revised New Code, and of 
other legislation affecting the teaching 
of science in elementary schools, 309. 
Williams (M. W.) *on a simplified ther- 
mostat, 470; *some experiments on 
asbestos, ib. 
Williamson (Prof. A. W.) on chemical 
nomenclature, 127; on the workings 
of the proposed revised New Code, and 
of other legislation affecting the teach- 
ing of science in elementary schools, 
309; on patent legislation, 316 ; 
*chemical views on the constitution 
of matter, 459. 
Williamson (Prof. W. C.) on the fossil 
plants of Halifax, 160; on the tertiary 
flora of the north of Ireland, 209; 
Address by, to the Geological Section, 
475; onsome supposed fossil algz from 
carboniferous rocks, 493. 
Wilson (Prof. A. §.) on the nectar gland 
of reseda, 537 ; on the closed condition 
of the seed-vessel in angiosperms, 538. 
Winding machinery, the, employed at the 
Rosebridge Colliery deep mine, G. H. 
Daglish on, 657. 
Wood (H. T.) on patent legislation, 316 ; 
on the determination of a gauge for 
the manufacture of various small 
screws, 318. 
Woodward (Dr. H.) on the fossil phyl- 
lopoda of the palzozoic rocks, 215. 
Wool plugs and sterilised fluids, J. D. 
Matthews on, 531. 
Wynne (A, B.) on underground tem- 
perature, 45. 
aw!,an approximate expression for, Prof. 
A. R. Forsyth on, 407. 
Yahgan Indians of Tierra del Fuego, Hyde 
Clarke on the, 572. 
Yassin and the Kajunah district, by Dr. 
R. G. Latham, 566. 
Yoredale rocks of Wensleydale, the 
occurrence of remains of labyrintho- 
donts in the, J. W. Davis on, 492. 
Yoredale series at Leyburn, in Yorkshire, 
some fossil fish-remains found in the 
upper beds of the, J. W. Davis on, 492, 
*Zoological literature, the record of, re- 
port on, 539. 
Zoological station at Naples, report of the 
Committee appointed to arrange for 
the occupation of a table at the, 234; 
report to the Committee, by J. T. 
Cunningham, 237. 
, the Scottish, report of the Com- 
mittee appointed to aid in the main- 
tenance of the, 233. 
