INDEX II. 



23; 



•Uric acid genesis, the principle of, S. 

 E. rhillips on, 53. 



"Valley (F. TI.) on electric block tele- 

 graphs, 219. 



Vascular injection, photographs of repre- 

 sentations of, by Prof. Dantscher, of 

 Innsbruck, Dr. A. Thomson on, 114. 



Vegetable kingdom, the classification of 

 the, Prof. M'Nab on, 104. 



*Vibration-nnmber of tuning-forks, a 

 new method of determining the, Prof. 

 H. M'Leod on, 37. 



Victoria (Australia), notes on the sta- 

 tistics of, by Dr. J. Beddoe, 1G3. 



•Viscosity of dielectrics, W. E. Ayrton 

 and J. Perry on the, 33. 



Vision, binocular and monocular, the 

 relative apparent brightness of objects 

 in, S. P. Thompson on, 32. 



*Voltaic action, the contact theory of, 

 W. E. Ayrton and J. Perry on, 33. 



Volumes of solutions, J. A. Ewing and 

 J. G. MacGregor on the, 40. 



*\Varren (T. T. P. B.) on the determi- 

 nation of temperature-coefficients for 

 insulating envelopes, 37. 



Water, subterranean, in the chalk for- 

 mation, indications of the movement 

 of, B. Latham on, 207. 



supply of London, F. J. Bramwell 



on the, 173. 



Waters (A. W.) on the influence of the 

 position of land and sea upon a shift- 

 ing of the axis of the earth, 77. 



Watson (Sir J.) on improving the sani- 

 tary condition of large towns, 1S2. 



(W. H.) on the action of various 



fatty oils upon copper, 53. 



*Watts (Dr. J.) on pyrocatechin as a 

 derivative of certain varieties of tannic 

 acid, 53. 



"Waves, the rate of progression of groups 

 of, and the rate at which energy is 

 transmitted by wind, Prof. 0. Rey- 

 nolds on, 42. 



Wendron, Cornwall, some tin-mines in 

 the parish of, G. Le Neve Foster on, 

 70. 



Westmoreland, the occurrence of pebbles 

 in carboniferous shale in, Or. A. Le- 

 bour on, 72. 



*Whitmee (Eev. S. J.) on some charac- 

 teristics of the Malayo-rolynesians, 

 122. 



Wills (T.) on the arctic coal brought 

 home by the late expedition, 53. 



'Wilson (A. S.) on structural charac- 

 ters in relation to habitat in plants, 

 106. 



* Wind, the rate of progression of groups 

 of waves, and the rate at which 

 energy is transmitted by, Prof. 0. 

 Reynolds on, 42. 



Woods (E.), Address by, to the Mechan- 

 ical Section, 180. 



*Woodward (C. J.) on a new form of 

 apparatus to illustrate the interfe- 

 rence of plane waves, 43. 



■ (H.) on the occurrence of Branchi- 



pus or Chirocephalus in a fossil state in 

 the upper part of the fluvio-marine 

 series (Middle Eocene) at Gurnet and 

 Thorness Bays, near Cowes, Isle of 

 Wight, 78. 



(II. B.), notes on the Devonian 



rocks near Newton Abbot and Tor- 

 quay, with remarks on the subject of 

 their classification, 78. 



* Worth (R. N.), notes on the palaeon- 

 tology of Plymouth, 79; *on the 

 government establishments of Ply- 

 mouth and neighbourhood, 219. 



*Wright (Dr. C. R. A.), contributions 

 to chemical dynamics, 54 ; *on the 

 aconite alkaloids, 54. 



Young (Sir G., Bart.) on a proposed 

 reduction to system of the "modifi- 

 cations," or privileges to work over- 

 time, which are granted under the 

 Factory Acts to particular trades, 

 185. 



Zaparos, notes on the, by A. Simson, 121. 

 Zingler (M.) and 0. T. Kingzett on the 



albumen of commerce, 52. 

 Zoology of New Guinea, new points in 



the, by Prof. Rolleston, 102. 



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