INDEX. 



w. 



^VaiStell, Mr. C. his method of ascer- 

 taining the value of growing limber 

 trees, at different and distant periods 

 of time, 24, 137, 185, SOO 



%Vater, decomposition of, 39 



Werner, M. his classification of the sub- 

 stance from cape de <jattes, called 

 yolith, or dichroit, 232 — see Haiiy 



Wernerian natural history society, 159 



%Vilson, Dr. his experiments on fevers, 

 119 



Wingfield, J. Esq. his account of a new 

 method of increasing the charging ca- 

 pacity of coated electrical jars, 209 



Wood, Prof, his iiew theory of the 

 diurnal motion of the Earth, 309 



^^''ollaston. Dr. W. H. his croonian 

 JLecture, 289— On muscular motion 



and voluntary action, 290— On sea 

 sickness, 293 — On the salutary effect 

 of riding and other modes of gestation, 

 297 

 Wrynecks, see swallows 



Yolith, a new species of mineral, de- 

 scription of, 232 



Young, Dr. T. on the functions of the 

 heart and arteries, dCy, 112 



■ errour in his theory of cap^ 



lary attraction, 126 



Zahn's experiments on the radiation ef 

 cold, 79 



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