INDEX. 



541 



Vivian (E.) on the exploration ©f Kent's 

 Cavern, 140. 



Volcanic products of the deep sea of the 

 Central Pacific with reference to the 

 « Challenger ' expedition, the Abb6 A. 

 Renard and T. Murray on the, 340. 



Voltaic induction balance, some expe- 

 riments with the, by W. C. Roberts, 

 303. 



"Wake (C. S.) on the Polynesian race, 

 390. 



•Wakefield (Rev. J.) on the southern 

 Galla country, 440. 



Walenn (W. H.) on a method of checking 

 calculations, 271. 



Wanklyn (J. A.) on the vapour densities 

 of ferrous chloride and iodide of po- 

 tassium, 308 ; on the constitution of 

 isocyanopropionic acid, 308. 



Ward (H. M.) on the embryology of 

 Gymnadina conopsea, 375. 



Warfare, savage and civilised, J. A. 

 Farrer on, 396. 



•Warmth of air, the sensible, an instru- 

 ment for determining, Prof. G. Forbes 

 on, 277. 



Water, the friction of, upon water, a 

 short account of some experiments 

 made to determine, by Rev. S. Haugh- 

 ton, 275. 



Watson (W. H.) on the detection of milk 

 adulteration, 322. 



•Weldon ( W.) on some relations between 

 the numbers expressing the atomic 

 weights of the elements, 293. 



Westwood (Prof.) on the insects which 

 injure books, 371. 



Whitaker (W.) on the circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 155. 



Williamson (Dr. A. W.) on patent legis- 

 lation, 223. 



Williamson (B.) on the calculation of 

 sun-heat coefficients, 66. 



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

 (Miocene) flora, &c, of the basalt of 

 the North of Ireland, 162 ; on the bota- 

 nical affinities of the Carboniferous 

 Sigillarias, 346. 



Wilson (E.) on the age of the Penine 

 chain, 343. 



Wood (H. T.) on patent legislation, 223. 



Wooldridge (L. C.) on the stroma of 

 mammalian red blood corpuscles, 418. 



Wright (Dr. C. R. A.) on the chemistry of 

 some of the lesser-known alkaloids, 

 especially veratria and bebeerine, 133. 



Wrightson (T.) on the changes of volume 

 in iron when passing from the liquid 

 to the solid state, and an instrument 

 for observing the same, 506. 



Writing telegraph, Cowper's, E.A Cowper 

 on, 520. 



Wynne (A. B.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 40. 



Wyse (L. N. B.) on the exploration of the 

 American isthmus and the inter-oceanic 

 canal of Panama, 454. 



Varra, the, and the languages of Aus- 

 tralia in connection with those of the 

 Mozambique and Portuguese Africa, 

 Hyde Clarke on, 381. 



Yttrium group, the rare metals of the* 

 T. S. Humpidge on, 316. 



Zambesi, the native races of the head- 

 waters of the, Major Serpa Pinto on, 393. 



Zoological station at Naples, report of the 

 Committee appointed to arrange for 

 the occupation of a table at the, 165 ; 

 report on, by W. P. Sladen, 167. 



Zululand and Natal, the physical aspects 

 of, B. Tower on, 442. 



