INDEX. 



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Ussher (R. J.) on explorations in caves 

 of carboniferous limestone in the South 

 of Ireland, 240. 



Variations in the vertical due to the 

 elasticity ot the earth's surface, G. H. 

 Darwin on, 106. 



Velocity of explosion, the, of a mixture 

 of carbonic oxide and oxygen with 

 varying quantities of atiueous vapour, 

 by H. B. Dixon, 487. 



Velocity of the contraction-wave in 

 curarised muscle, an improved method 

 of directly determining the, by Prof. 

 E. A. Schiifer, 57.5. 



Velocity of white and coloured light, 

 Prof.'G. Forbes on tlie, 441. 



Vine (G. R.) on fossil polj'zoa, 249. 



Wages and other sources of income, com- 

 pletion of the report on the appro- 

 priation of, and its consonance with 

 the economic progress of the United 

 Kingdom, 297. 



Watherston (E. J.) on the appropriation 

 of wages and other sources of income, 

 297 ; railways— a plea for unity of 

 administration, 643. 



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

 of our knowledge of spectrum analysis, 

 120 ; on the preparation of a new 

 scries of tables of wave lengths of the 

 spectra of the elements, 144. 



Wave-action at a depth of forty fathoms 

 in the English Channel, evidence of, by 

 A. R. Hunt, 535. 



Wave lengths of the spectra of the 

 elements, report on the preparation of 

 a new series of tables of, 144. 



Webster (Mrs. A.) on the workings of the 

 proposed revised New Code, and of 

 other legislation affecting the teaching 

 of science in elementary schools, 307. 



*Weldon (W. R.) on the early develop- 

 ment of the lacerta muralis, 579. 



Westlake (E.) and T. W. Shore on the 

 Southampton artesian well, 547. 



Westleton beds, notes on the, by H. B. 

 Woodward, 530. 



Wethered (E.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 72 ; on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 213; oh the origin of 

 the hsematite deposits in the carboni- 

 ferous limestone, 533. 



Whidbornc (Rev. G. F.) and Prof. W. J. 

 Sollas on some fossils of the inferior 

 oolite, 534. 



Whitaker (W.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 213 ; list of works 

 on the geology and ijaUeontology of 

 Oxfordshire, of Berkshire, and of 

 Buckinghamshire, 327. 



White (R. B.), notes on the geology and 

 mining of the United Stales of 

 Colombia, S.A., 552. 



White light, a standard of, report of the 

 Committee for fixing, 38. 



Whitworth (Sir J.) on the determination 

 of a gauge for the manufacture of 

 various small screws, 311. 



Wilkinson (R.) on the workings of the 

 proposed revised New Code, and of 

 other legislation affecting the teaching 

 of science in elementary schools, 307. 



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

 state of our knowledge of spectrum 

 analysis, 120 ; on the workings of the 

 proposed re%dsed New Code, and of 

 other legislation affecting the teaching 

 of science in elementary schools, 307 ; 

 on patent legislation, 310. 



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

 the ' Halifax Hard Bed,' Lower Coal 

 Measures, 267 



* Wilson's theorem, a proof of. Prof. 

 Cayley on, 450. 



*Wind, the effect of, on the draught of 

 chimneys, Prof. Lord Rayleiarh on, 

 477. 



Wind pressures, the effective, to which 

 buildings and structures are exposed, 

 report upon the best means of ascer- 

 taining, 315. 



Wood (H. T.) on patent legislation, 310 ; 

 on the determination of a gauge for 

 the manufacture of various small 

 screws, 311. 



Woodward (H. B.), notes on the Bure 

 Valley beds and the Westleton beds, 

 530. 



Wrightson (T.) on the increased tenacity 

 in perforated test bars of steel and 

 iron, C64. 



W\-nne (A. B.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 72. 



Yule (Col. H.), notes on the oldest records 

 of the sea-route to China from Western 

 Asia, 347. 



*Zoological literature, report on the 

 record of, 589. 



Zoological station at Naples, report of the 

 Committee apisointcd to arrange for 

 the occupation of a table at the, 288 ; 

 reports to the Committee, bj- P. Geddes, 

 2W ; by A. G. Bourne, ih. ; by F. E. 

 Beddard, 291. 



, the Scottish, report of the Com- 

 mittee appointed to aid in the main- 

 tenance of, 282. 



Zoology and Botany, Address by Prof. 

 M. A. Lawson to the Department of, 

 580. 



