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REPORT 1867. 



Upware, Cambridgesliire, J. F. Walker 

 on a new pliosphatic deposit near, 73. 



*Urquliart ( W. W.) on some of the dif- 

 ficulties the scientitic engineer meets 

 -with in practice, 157. 



Vancouver's Island, P. N. Compton on 



the coast of, 114. 

 Vegetable grovrths, Dr. J. D. Heaton on 



certain simiilatious of, hy mineral sub- 

 stances, 83. 

 Vegs, H. C. Criswick on life amongst 



the, 115. 

 Vessels, speed of, Admu-al Sir E. Bel- 

 cher on methods for testing the, over 



the measured mile, 153. 

 Vessies natatoires (Prof. C. Martins) sur 



les racines aeriferes ou, la synonymie 



etc. de quelques especes aquatiques du 



genre Jussinsa, 163. 

 *Vision, binocular, A. Claudet ou a 



new fact of, 10. 

 Vital action, Dr. J. Davy on the influence 



of atmosphoiic air ou, as tested by the 



air-pump, 100. 

 Maldis, Major R. Stuart on the, of 



Mount Pindus, 130. 

 Vole, Dr. Grierson on the destruction of 



plantations at Drumlanris" by a species 



of, 82. 

 Volta-convection by flame, Sir W. 



Thomson on, 17. 



Walker (J. F.) on a new phosphatie de- 

 posit near Upware, Cambridgeshire, 

 73. 



W^allace (A. E.) on bird's nests and 

 their plumage, or the relation between 

 sexiuil differences of colour and the 

 mode of uidihcation in birds, 97. 



Wallace (Messrs. Mayne and) on a Peiii- 

 viau expedition up the rivers Ucayali 

 and Pachitea, 131. 



W^alvisch Bay, Thomas Baines on, and 

 the ports of South-West Africa, 113. 



♦Wanklyu (J. A.) on the existence of 

 putrescible matter in river and lake 

 waters, 47 ; on the action of sodium 

 on valerianic and similar ethers, 47. 



and li. Schenk on the s^^Tithesis of 



caproic acid, 46. 



Warden (Alexander J.) on the lineu 

 mamifactm'e in Dundee and neigh- 

 bom-hood, 146. 



Warden of the Standards, reasons why 

 the office of, should include standard 

 weights and measures of the metric 

 system in addition to those of the im- 

 perial weights and measures, 147. 



Wan-en (T. T. Bruce) on the electrical 

 resistances of fixed and volatileoils, 47. 



Water, J. W. Barnes on an exploration 

 of Beloochistan and W^esteru Scinde, 

 with a view to examining the subter- 

 ranean supply of, 113. 



, Dugald Campbell on Messrs. W^an- 



klyn. Chapman, and Smith's method 

 of determining nitrogenous matter 

 in, 32. 

 -, Dr. G. Bobinson on certain effects 



of the concentrated solar rays upon the 

 tissues of living animals inmiersed in, 

 103. 



*W^aters, river and lake, J. A. Wau- 

 Iflyn on the existence of putrescible 

 matter in, 47. 



Weldon (Walter) on a new manufactu- 

 ring process for the perpetual regene- 

 ration of oxide of manganese used in 

 the manufacture of chlorine, 48. 



Whale, pUot, Prof. Turner on the 

 anatomy of the, 104. 



Whale-fishing, James Yeaman on, as 

 prosecuted by the North-Sea fleet 

 hailing from Dundee, 148. 



Wheat, Dr. Gilbert and J. B. Lawes ou 

 the composition of, grown for twenty 

 years in succession ou tlie same land, 

 36. 



Wheatstone (Prof. C.) on a new tele- 

 graphic thermometer, 11. 



Wick, C. W. Peach on the naked-eyed 

 Medusfe found at, 96. 



*Wilson (A. Stephen) on the measure 

 and value of oats, 147. 



Wilson (Capt. C. AV.) on recent dis- 

 coveries in and aromid the site of the 

 temple at Jerusalem, 131 ; report on 

 the P.alestine Exploration Fund, 131. 



Windsor, Nova Scotia, Dr. J. D. Everett 

 on the results of observations of atmo- 

 spheric electricity at Kcw Observatory 

 and, 20. 



Wire-gauge,Birmingham, Latimer Clark 

 ou the, 153. 



*Wuusch (E. A.) on some carboniferous 

 fossil trees imbedded in trappean ash 

 in the isle of Arran, 73. 



*Wyatt (J.) on the gradual alteration of 

 the coast-line in Norfolk, 73. 



Yates (James), reasons why the office of 

 warden of the standards should include 

 standard weights and measures of the 

 metric system in addition to those of 

 the imperial weights and measures, 

 147. 



Yeaman (James), notes on seal- and 

 whale-fisliings as prosecuted by the 

 North-Sea fleet hailing from Dundee, 

 148. 



