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INDEX. 



'»,' electrometric determination of, by 

 Profs. Sir W. Thomson, Ayi-ton, and 

 Perry, 616. 



^Valency, discussion on, 6.35. 



Valentine (J. S.) on the erosion of the 

 sea-coasts of England and Wales, 898. 



*Van't HofE's hypothesis and the con- 

 stitution of benzene, J. E. Marsh on, 

 631. 



Vapour densities at high temperatures 

 and under reduced pressure, the deter- 

 mination of, by Dr. W. Bott, 632. 



Veley (V. H.) on the rate of solution of 

 copper in acids, 638. 



Vesuvius, on a mass containing metallic 

 iron found on, by Dr. H. J. Johnston- 

 Lavis, 667. 



Vesuvius and its neighbourhood, the 

 volcanic phenomena of, report on, 320. 



Vogt (H. C), revolving sails, or air-pro- 

 pellers, 820. 



Volcanic action, the causes of, J. L. Lob- 

 lej'^ on, 670. 



Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and its 

 neighbourhood, report on the, 320. 



Volcanic structure, the recent, of the 

 Azorean archipelago, O. H. Howarth 

 on, 671. 



Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, the, by Dr. 

 T. Anderson, 663. 



Vortex analogue of static electricity, a, 

 by Prof. W^M. Hicks, 577. 



Vulcano, the late eruption in the island 

 of, Drs. T. Anderson and H. J. John- 

 ston-Lavis on, 664. 



Wage statistics and theories, J. Mavor 

 on, 757. 



Waist-belts and stays, the physiological 

 bearing of. Prof. Koy and J. G. Adami 

 on, 704. 



Walker (Gen. J. T.) on the work of the 

 Differential Gravity Meter Committee, 

 72 ; on the desirability of further re- 

 search in the Antarctic regions, 316. 



Ward (Prof. H. M.) on the steps taken 

 for establishing a botanical station 

 at Peradeniya, Ceylon, 421 ; *a lily 

 disease, 702. 



*Wasps and bees, solitary, the instincts 

 of. Sir J. Lubbock on, 706. 



Watcombe terra-cotta clay, W. A. E. 

 Ussher on the, 672. 



*Water, the beliaviour of, under great 

 provocation from heat, Prof. W. Ram- 

 say on, 562. 



Water colours, the action of light on. 

 Dr. A. Richardson on, 641. 



*Watherston (E. J.), the industrial educa- 

 tion of women abroad and at home, 

 771. 



Watts (N.), miners' electric safety-lamps, 

 816. 



Watts (W. W.), an igneous succession 



in Shropshire, 685. 

 Waves in a viscous liquid, by A. B. 



Bassett, 563. 

 Weather of 1888, the eflfects of the, on 

 the animal and vegetable kingdoms, 

 E. J. Lowe on, 726. 

 Weldon (W. F. R.) on the flora of the 



Bahamas, 3G1. 

 Wells (L. B.), plant and machinery in 

 use on the Manchester ship canal, 

 796. 

 West India Islands, report on the present 

 state of our knowledge of the zoology 

 and botany of the, and on the steps 

 taken to investigate ascertained de- 

 ficiencies in the fauna and flora, 437. 

 Western Asia, the early races of, Major 



C. R. Conder on, 855. 

 Wethered (E.) on the circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 145; on the lower 

 carboniferous rocks of Gloucestershire, 

 657. 

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

 of the sea-coasts of England and Wales, 

 898. 

 '\\Tieat, an examination into the reasons 

 of the price of, rising or falling con- 

 temporaneousl}^ with tlie variation in 

 the value of foreign currencies, bj^ 

 W. J. Harris, 767. 

 Whidborne (Rev. G. F.) on some De- 

 vonian cephalopods and gasteropods, 

 680 ; on some Devonian crustaceans, 

 681 ; on some fossils of the limestones 

 of South Devon, ih. 

 Whipple (G. M.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 28. 

 Whitaker (W.) on tlie circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 145 ; on the work 

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 255 ; on the extension of the 

 Bath oolite under London as shown by 

 a deep boring at Streatham, 656 ; on 

 the erosion of the sea-coasts of Eng- 

 land and Wales, 898. 

 White (W.) on the work of the Corre- 

 sponding Societies Committee, 255. 

 Whitehouse (Cope), the river of Joseph, 

 the Fayum and Raian basins, 746 ; the 

 Raiyfin project for the storage of Nile 

 flood, 799. 

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

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 255. 

 Williamson (Prof. W. C.) on the flora of 

 the carboniferous rocks of Lancashire 

 and West Yorkshire, 150. 

 Wilson (Col. Sir C. W.), Address to the 



Geographical Section by, 729. 

 Wilson (Dr. D.) on the North-western 

 tribes of the dominion of Canada, 

 233. 



