INDEX. 



837 



Volcanic and earthquake phenomena of 



Japan, eleventh report on the, 123. 

 Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and its 



neighbourhood, report on the, 312. 

 *Volta river, the, by G. Dobson, 722. 

 Vowel-sounds, recent progress in the 



anahsis of, Dr. R. J. Lloyd on, 790. 

 Vnlcanicity in Lower Devonian rocks : 



the Prawle problem, by W. A. E. 



Ussher, G42. 



Wager (H.) on nuclear structure in the 

 bacteria, 681 ; on the nuclei of the 

 hymenomycetes, 700. 



Walford (E. A.) on the very fossiliferous 

 transition bed between the middle and 

 upper lias in Northamptonshire, 334. 



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

 establishing a botanical laboratory at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 358 ; on a simple 

 apparatus for the cultivation of small 

 organisms in hanging drops, and in 

 various gases, under the microscope, 

 678. 



Watts (Dr. M.) on the preparation of a 

 new series of wave-length tables of 

 the spectra of the elements and com- 

 pounds, 161. 



*\Vatts (N.) on electric firedamp indi- 

 cators, 773. 



Watts (W. W.) on the collection, preser- 

 vation, and systematic registration of 

 photographs of geological interest in 

 the United Kingdom, 321. 



Wave-length tables of the spectra of the 

 elements and compounds, report on the 

 preparation of a new series of, 161. 



Waves and currents, the action of, on the 

 beds and foreshores of estuaries, third 

 report on the investigation of, by means 

 of working models, 386. 



Webb (S.), the alleged differences in the 

 wages paid to men and women for 

 similar work, 742. 



Webster (A. G.), some experiments on a 

 new method for the determination of 

 'f,'580. 



Welsh customs, devices, and commerce, 

 ancient, on comparison of, with those 

 of contemporary nations, by Dr. Phene, 

 807. 



West India Islands, fourth 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, 354. 



Wethered (E.) on the circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 300. 



Wheeler (W. H.) on the investigation of 

 the action of waves and currents on the 

 beds and foreshores of estuaries by 

 means of working models, 386. 



Whidborne (Rev. G. F.) on the registra- 

 tion of all the type specimens of British 

 fossils, 299. 



Whipple (G. M.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 149 ; on the best methods of 

 recording the direct intensity of solar 

 radiation, 160. 



Whitaker (W.) on the work of the Cor- 

 responding Societies Committee, 41 ; 

 on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 300. 



White (A. S.) on the comparative value 

 of African lands, 715. 



Williams (E. L.) on the investigation of 

 the action of waves and currents on 

 the beds and foreshores of estuaries by 

 means of working models, 386. 



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

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 41. 



Wilkinson (J. J.) on the cave atElbolton, 

 351. 



Wills (A. W.) on the disappearance of 

 native plants from their local habitats, 

 359. 



Wilson (Sir D.) on the North-western 

 tribes of the Dominion of Canada, 

 407. 



Wilson (E.) on the very fossiliferous 

 transition bed between the middle 

 and upper lias in Northamptonshire, 

 334. 



AVilson (W. E.) on the absorption of heat 

 in the solar atmosphere, 557. 



Woodward (A. S.) on the registration of 

 all the type specimens of British fos- 

 sils, 299 ; remarks on the lower 

 tertiary fish fauna of Sardinia, 634 ; 

 evidence of the occurrence of ptero- 

 saurian and plesiosaurian reptiles in 

 the cretaceous strata of Brazil, 635. 



Woodward (Dr. II.) on the earthquake 

 and volcanic phenomena of Japan, 

 123 ; on tbe registration of all the 

 type specimens of British fossils, 299 ; 

 on the very fossiliferous transition bed 

 between the middle and upper lias in 

 Northamptonshire, 334. 



Woodv/ard (H. B.) on the collection, pre- 

 servation, and systematic registration 

 of photographs of geological interest 

 in the United Kingdom, 321 ; on the 

 very fossiliferous transition bed be- 

 tween the middle and upper lias in 

 Northamptonshire, 334. 



Worship of meteorites, the, Prof. H. A. 

 Newton on, 805. 



Wright (Prof. G. F.), recent discoveries 

 concerning the relation of the glacial 

 period in North America to the anti- • 

 quity of man, 647 ; the lava beds of 

 Californiaand Idaho, and theirrelation 

 to the antiquity of man, 651. 



