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INDEX. 



localities of dry land and under water, 

 eighteenth report on, 35. 



Underground waters in the permeable 

 formations of England and Wales, the 

 circulation of, and the quantity and 

 character of the water supplied to 

 various towns and districts from these 

 formations, report on, 71. 



Unification of time, the, and the adop- 

 tion of a universal prime meridian, re- 

 port on the proposals of M. Tondini de 

 Quarenghi relative to, 49. 



*Uniform nomenclature for the funda- 

 mental units of mechanics, report on 

 the desirability of introducing a, 516. 



Universal prime meridian, the adoption 

 of a, and the unification of time, report 

 on the proposals of M. Tondini de 

 Quarenghi relative to, 49. 



Unwin (Prof. W. C.) on the investigation 

 of the action of waves and currents on 

 the beds and foreshores of estuaries by 

 means of working models, 327 ; the 

 strength of alloys at different tempera- 

 tures, 746. 



Ussher (W. A. E.), the Devonian rocks 

 of Great Britain, 578. 



' V,' the determination of, by means of 

 electric oscillations. Prof. O. J. Lodge 

 and E. T. Glazebrook on, 497. 



Vallance (W.), poor law progress and re- 

 form, exemplified in the administration 

 of an East London union, 713. 



Vesuvius and its neighbourhood, the 

 volcanic phenomena of, report on, 283. 



Vibration of railway trains. Prof. J. Milne 

 on the, 492. 



Vikings, the, the direct ancestors of 

 the English-speaking nations, by P. B. 

 Du Chaillu, 779. 



Vine (G. K.), the polyzoaof the Hunstan- 

 ton red chalk, 578. 



Vines (Prof. S. H.) on epinasty and 

 hyponasty, 645. 



Volcanic and earthquake phenomena of 

 Japan, ninth report on the, 295. 



Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and its 

 neighbourhood, report on the, 283. 



Voltmeter, hot twisted strip, by Prof. J. 

 Perry, 512. 



Wager (H. W. T.) on the structure of 



the nuclei in Perono&iwra, and on 



their behaviour during the formation 



of the oosphere, 618 

 "Wages and the remainder of the economic 



product, the relation between, S. Webb 



on, 708. 

 Walker (Gen. J. T.) on the geography 



and geology of the Atlas ranges in the 



Empire of Morocco, 165. 



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

 for establishing a botanical station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 114; *on the de- 

 velopment of a sclerotium from Boti-ytis, 

 649 ; *on the recognition, by means of 

 microscopic sections, of woods dug by 

 Mr. Spurrell from the forest beds of 

 the Thames, ih. 



*Water, the composition of, by volume, 

 by Dr. A. Scott, 544. 



Water analysis, report of the Committee 

 for conferring with the Committee of 

 the American Association with a view 

 of forming a uniform system of record- 

 ing the results of, 55. 



Water-gas in the Ucited States, by A. C. 

 Humphreys, 732. 



Watherston (E. J.) on manual, or some 

 form of technical instruction a neces- 

 sary element of a compulsory system of 

 education, 712. 



Watson (Dr. R. S.), the difficulties of 

 arbitration, 707. 



*Watts (W. W.), exhibition of specimens 

 of belemnites from Luckmanier, 571. 



Waves and currents, the action of, on the 

 beds and foreshores of estuaries, report 

 on the investigation of, by means of 

 working models, 327. 



Webb (iS.) on the relations between 

 wages and the remainder of the eco- 

 nomic product, 708. 



*Webber (Maj.-Gen.), the distribution of 

 electricity from accumulators, 740. 



Weber (Prof. L.) on atmospheric elec- 

 tricity, 506 ; on photographs of light- 

 ning, 507. 



Webster (W.) on the purification of sew- 

 age and water contaminated with 

 organic matter by electrolysis, 745. 



Weddell (G.), notes on classification in 

 sociology, 794. 



Weiss (F. E.) on the occupation of the 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 100. 



West African possessions, our : their 

 economic opportunities and how they 

 are abused and neglected, by H. R. F. 

 Bourne, 702. 



West India Islands, second report on the 

 present state of our knowledge of the 

 zoology and botany of the, and on the 

 steps taken to investigate ascertained 

 deficiencies in the fauna and flora, 93. 



Wethered (E.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 35 ; on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 71. 



Wheeler (W. H.) on the investigation of 

 the action of waves and currents on the 

 beds and foreshores of rivers by means 

 of working models, 327 ; the applica- 

 tion of the transporting power of water 

 to the deepening and improvement of 

 rivers, 754. 



