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INDEX. 



of zinc and magnesium on, Prof. H. E. 



Eoscoe on, 596. 

 Vapour density determinations. Prof. 



Dewar and A. Scott on some, 597. 



* , Prof. T. E. Thorpe on, 597. 



Veley (V. H.) on the oxides of manganese, 



582. 

 ♦Velocity function of a liquid due to the 



motion of cylinders and surfaces of 



revolution, A. G. Greenhill on the, 540. 

 Viking's ship, discovered at Sandef jord 



in Norway, 1880, by J. H. Stone, 689. 

 Village system and the tenure of land in 



the Dravidian villages of the Dekhan, 



notes on, by Sir W. Elliot, 758. 

 Vine (G. R.) on fossil polyzoa, 161. 

 Volcanic action, some observations on the 



causes of, by Prof. J. Prestwich, 610. 

 Volcanic rock, the intrusion of, and 



volcanic eruptions, Prof. Sollas on the 



connection between, 613. 

 Volta-electric inversion, Prof. S. P. 



Thompson on, 552. 

 Voltaic action, some preliminary experi- 

 ments on, by J. Brown, 562. 

 Voltaic current, the effect of, on the 



elimination of sugar, W. H. Stone on, 



724. 

 Vyle (S.) on a new form of lightning 



conductor, which can be easily tested, 



780. 



Wages and other sources of income, 

 report on the present appropriation 

 of, and how far it is consonant with 

 the economic progress of the people of 

 the United Kingdom, 272. 



Wake (C. S.) on the Papuans and the 

 Polynesians, 696. 



Wales, Central, the glacial geology of, 

 W. Keeping on, 648. 



Waller (Rev. H.), some results of fifty 

 years' exploration in Africa, 746. 



Wanklyn (J. A.), note on the phosphates 

 of lime and ammonia, 597. 



Warington (R.) on alterations in the 

 properties of the nitric ferment by 

 cultivation, 593. 



Watherston (E. J.) on societies of com- 

 mercial geography, 748 ; on the progress 

 of British commerce in a generation, 

 763. 



Watts (Dr. M.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of spectrum analysis, 

 317. 



*Wave apparatus for lecture purposes, 

 to illustrate Fresnel's conception of 

 polarised light, C. J. Woodward on a, 

 563. 



Webster (Mrs. A.) on the manner in 

 which rudimentary science should be 

 taught, and how examinations should 

 be held therein, in elementary schools, 

 148. 



Weklon (W.) on the first two lines of 

 Mendelejefi's table of atomic weights 

 580. 



Westgarth (W.), a general banking law 

 for the United Kingdom, 751 ; the 

 silver question, and the double versus 

 the single standard, 759. 



Wethered (E.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 90 ; on the formation of coal, 623. 



Whipple (G. M.) on observations of atmo- 

 spheric electricity at the Kew Observa- 

 tory during 1880, 443 ; on a universal 

 sunshine recorder stand, 540. 



Whitaker (W.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 309. 



White light, a standard of, second report 

 on an investigation for the purpose of 

 fixing, 126. 



Wigliam (.J. E.), *the advantages of ex- 

 focal light in first-order dioptric light- 

 houses, 776 ; *on the value of quadri- 

 form gaslights for lighthouses in com- 

 parison with the electric light, 779. 



Wilkinson (R.) on the manner in whicli 

 rudimentary science should be taught, 

 and how examinations should be held 

 therein, in elementary schools, 148. 



*Williams (H. S.) on the desirability of 

 observing occultation of stars, of tlie 

 first and other bright magnitudes, from 

 places where they are to be seen near 

 the horizon, 547. 



Williams (W. C.) on the method of de- 

 termining the specific refraction of 

 solids from their solutions, 155. 



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

 in which rudimentary science should 

 be taught, and how examinations should 

 be held therein, in elementary schools, 

 148 ; on patent legislation, 222 ; on the 

 present state of our knowledge of spec- 

 trum analysis, 317 ; Address by, to the 

 Chemical Section, 568 ; on the present 

 state of chemical nomenclature, 593. 



Williamson (B.) on the calculation of sun- 

 heat coefficients, 89. 



Williamson (Prof. W. C.) on the tertiary 

 flora of the North of Ireland, 152 ; pre- 

 liminary remarks on the microscopic 

 structure of coal, 625. 



Wilson (E.) on a discover}' of fossil fishes 

 in the New Red Sandstone of Notting- 

 ham, 637 ; on the Ehsetics of Notting- 

 hamshire, 637. 



Wilson (Rev. J. M.) and H. S. H. Shaw on 

 a new integrating anemometer, 543. 



Wind, the pressure of, upon a fixed plane 

 surface, T. Hawksley on, 480. 



Wood (H. T.) on patent legislation, 222. 



Woods (Dr. T.) on drops and capillarity, 

 565. 



♦Woodward (C. J.) on a wave apparatus 

 for lecture purposes, to illustrate Fres- 

 nel's conception of polarised light, 563. 



